But to be fair, 14,5 million last year is shipments, and last year 21 shipped 4,2 in UK, so total shipments (which is what matters to labels and the only WW numbers we can get official) were 18,7 million
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We don't know if any new shipments have come out for sure until new official numbers are out
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But of course, my guess is that the official sales (ie shipments) of 21 WW now has surpassed 20 million!!
So when talking sales to end customer (like soundscan), mediatraffic is still the best source we have.