mediatrafficīs number for 21 is ********, they (he, itīs one guy doing that site), didnīt Count the sales for 21 during all the time it was outside of top 40, which was more than 2 years. easily 1+million sales right there.
plus there are no official WW sales like soundscan, we get the numbers from label and IFPI and they Count shipments. back in the day shipments could be much higher than actual sales, but now that physical sales have dwindled and almost no stores are left, shipments are basically the same as sales.
and the official numbers that XL/Columbia has used for 21 is 30+ million, and that was Before 25 were released, and since then, 21 has sold around an additional 1 million copies, so 31+ million is the most accurate figure we have!
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21 is ahead of "Purpose" on US Itunes
HELLO
Hopefully she can get a third in the bag with WUTB
