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					Originally posted by  Rivington Reject
					 
				 
				A-M, you should change BTW's sales back to 8 million. Billboard did confirm in in an artile referring to Gaga as the 2012 AP Entertainer of the Year. 
 
Also, the shipment figure for 8 million was reported in 2011. It is very likely that they have shipped more. News sources obviously wouldn't report of a new shipment figure because Born This Way isn't a new album anymore. 
 
Most of the sources that have reported Born This Way's sales have range from 7 to 10 million. Billboard is very reliable. So if they confirmed 8 million, they are likely very right on the dot. 
			
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 I do believe 7 million is still a better estimate. I'm pretty sure the 8 million figure comes from the International Business Times which reported it in late 2011 (obviously referring to shipments), and was just later picked up by other music publications. 
I tried to do a breakdown and this is the best I could come to:
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				USA - 2.3m 
CAN - 0.24m 
 
LATIN AMERICA - 0.5m 
 
JPN - 0.76m 
REST OF ASIA - 0.4m 
 
UK - 0.95m 
IR - 0.03m 
ITA - 0.08m 
ROM - 0.03m 
DE - 0.35m 
FR - 0.25m 
RU - 0.2m 
SWITZ - 0.04m 
PORT - 0.08m 
FIN + DEN - 0.04m 
 
AU+NZ - 0.25m 
 
TOT: 6.5m
			
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 Some countries are missing, and some totals are not fully updated (though I doubt much has changed), so it is definitely closer to 7m than 6m (the "other" figure which is often brought up).
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					Originally posted by  Jennifer
					 
				 
				lol. BTW hasn't shipped more than 6.5 million copies. 
			
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 It has SOLD more than 6.5M copies. I don't think the IBT is making up figures 
