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Originally posted by Sam
For what it's worth, I actually agree. The logic that 10 singles sold = 1 album is not correct. But, this is labelled as adjusted album sales, so it really should just be taken for what it is, an adjusted/inflated secondary value used to predict how the album may have performed in an earlier time when album sales were high and single sales weren't.
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I know what it is, it just doesn't make sense. By this logic, we should be converting DVD sales, TV airings, and Internet streaming on sites like Netflix into box office figures. There's a reason the music industry is the only one that actually does things like that, it's because the logic makes no sense.
I mean, honest question, does anyone really think that a person who ONLY bought a single for $.99 is gonna buy the entire album if that one single wasn't available? Of course not. They would have if they wanted to. They just wanted the single.
I accept she got 100M in adjusted sales, but I don't respect it in the least
(BTW, this isn't aimed at you since you said you agree it's illogical. It's aimed at the system in general)