IFPI had Crush selling 6 Million in 2011 when it was released in 2008 and only went top 10 in one country.

IFPI makes mistakes. Billboard has made mistakes. You can't discredit a source because of that - it's still official at the end of the day, something I can cite as a source in school if needed, unlike Mediatraffic.

As Kworb put it before, Mediatraffic is more of a service than a source.

IFPI makes A LOT of mistakes. It is not reliable. Get over it.

Quote 'mediatraffic' in my post then.

Technically there is no exact source for global sales. You'll just have either the big markets' official charts or to simply enjoy the music.

IFPI is OFFICIAL. Mediatraffic is NOT. Deal with it.

Holy ****, I watched that with no audio. [Hailen]I can't front, I LEGIT[/Hailen] thought it was a gay p0rno.

I LOVE that they have 4 minutes as Justin's biggest hit, and Madonna's 3rd biggest hit from the 2000's alone

Madonna has 9 songs higher than Janet's best on the all-time list

Wait Janet has 2 songs there? I guess it's not reliable after all

Who cares about global single sales anyway? Can't compare it to the past (market has changed). Can't compare songs to each other (insufficient data, pricing differences). Not even a good measure of popularity (airplay/streams/piracy >>> sales) and too US focused. It will never be an interesting stat unless IFPI provides a larger list with meaningful transparency and methodology.

How about focusing on the music rather than sales?

I agree. Their lists are always fishy. Circus making the list but not Womanizer is so

The 90s were amazing.