No, because it doesn't track WW sales.
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Mr Peanut- I think it's because there is no way to track sales in most Asian countries (and South America, Mexico, etc). Aside from the big cities in those places, all transactions are done without computers/registers. Even in developed cities in Asia, it's still hard to find vendors (for anything) that take anything other than cash. There is so much work to be done on so many societal/economical aspects before implanting technology like soundscan would even be an option, lol.
Shipments are really the only way to know how much an album "sold" worldwide. And it'll be that way for a while I'm sure.
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Exactly. You simply can't track every CD sold across the entire world.
Shipments are supply meeting demand, so that's as good as sales for the most part. Obviously labels can over-ship, but you have to consider that they wouldn't willingly lose money by doing that.
