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Originally posted by Legofanyoda
Wasn't there a really weird situation with the effect from Ghost Stories that sent ASFOS and Magic into the top 20, though? I thought I remembered the article saying something about that being from CMA.
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It was due to the sales that week in general. Billboard only mentioned CMA to explain why it dropped off HDS from No. 9. The sales came from the people who completed their album that Sunday night (iTunes release normally come around 11-11:10 p.m. EST, not exactly Midnight of the new day). GS sold 245k digital albums, so the pre-orders from that all registered as people "buying" ASFOS.
"Sing" would only be able to accomplish the same feat if he has a lot of pre-orders, plus maybe streaming if its still strong on that chart.