Do you know what IFPI is?

Who has the IFPI report for 2010?

It's based on pondered points from sales, airplay and votes.

More like 2 million.

Rihanna - Loud
Def Jam - 107.000

Total: 3,499,000 million

Selling amazing WW
I hope that ''Loud'' can sell another 100k+ next week, so it's sales would be over 3.6 million

Total Sales:
Eminem - Recovery = 6.349.000
Taylor Swift - Speak Now = 3.971.000
Rihanna - Loud = 3.497.000
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream = 2.899.000
P!nk - Greatest Hits... So Far = 2.025.000
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning = 2.012.000
Shakira - Sale El Sol = 1.349.000
Glee - Vol. 4 = 750.000
Soundtrack - Burlesque = 271.000
Avril Lavigne - 135.000 (Just Japan sales)

Teenage Dream - 3.000.000+ as of yesterday.

239.000
226.000
162.000
114.000
94.000
80.000
77.000
62.000
64.000
63.000
66.000
76.000
83.000
142.000
122.000
153.000
186.000
232.000
104.000
73.000
63.000
70.000
51.000
52.000
67.000
75.000
53.000
52.000

574K sold by The Fame...in 2011.

NO. 2,901,000

By the way, I worked out a *very* (I stress, *very*) approximate way of working out points for the UWC...

I based it on data given on sales and airplay for BTW this week and last.

Last week it was #1 with 434.000pts, with 103.000 airplay points and 470.000 copies sold.
This week it was #1 wit 424.000pts, with 127.000 airplay points and 410.000 copies sold.

Simultaneously solved...

103.000x + 470.000y = 434.000 . . . (1)
127.000x + 410.000y = 424.000 . . . (2)

(1) x 127
(2) x 103

13.081.000x + 59.690.000y = 55.118.000 . . . (3)
13.081.000x + 42.230.000y = 43.672.000 . . . (4)

(3) - (4)

17.460.000y = 11.446.000
y = 0.656

Substitute y into (1)

103.000x + 470.000(0.656) = 55.118.000
x = 1.222

Basically, multiply airplay points by 1.222 and sales by 0.656 to get the total.
I tested the theory with Grenade and it seems relatively sound:

138.000(1.222) + 230.000(0.656) = 319.000 (actual total 310.000)

Obviously this is extremely generalised and there must be some other factor that influences the points total, but it does give a *relatively* good idea of how the points system works.

Tracks: http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm