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Originally posted by bijonse
Proportions are stupid. If Album A sells 4 million copies in one country and 2 million copies in the rest and Album B sells 400K copies in one country and 1 milion copies in the rest Album A is more global as its more popular around the globe. dominating in one particular country means nothing
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Your point is valid, but someone like Kworb might use proportions. Some could say that the rest of the world buying some albums is just backwash from the US.
It doesn't really mean much because when the US likes something, other countries usually like it too. People look to the US and the UK for music. But when the world starts liking an album, and it's NOT just reaction to the US/UK buying it, then it's Global.
If Lorde's new single was the biggest song of the year in the UK, but only reached top 20 everywhere else, we'd consider her local. If the opposite happened, we'd consider her global.
