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Originally posted by Harry
All bark and no receipts. Typical little monster. Next
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Here's your receipts. These are the latest sales numbers to be released/leaked (to my knowledge).
US Sales
Do What U Want - 1,131,471
Unconditionally - 1,000,000
Since these are both kind of outdated numbers, let's look at Kworb's predictions.
Do What U Want - 1,134,000 (Last updated: 04/06/14)
Unconditionally - 1,109,000 (Last update: 12/28/14)
Now let's look at worldwide sales. (Some of these are based off of certifications.)
Do What U Want
US - 1,131,471
UK - 200,000
South Korea - 67,340
Mexico - 60,000
Canada - 40,000
Sweden - 40,000
Italy - 15,000
Venezuela - 5,000
TOTAL - 1,558,811
Unconditionally
US - 1,000,000
Australia - 70,000
Italy - 30,000
Sweden - 20,000
Denmark - 15,000
Venezuela - 5,000
TOTAL - 1,140,000
As you can see, both did about the same in the US (with Do What U Want doing slightly better), but it's clear which one was bigger worldwide, especially since one's worldwide sales just barely outdid the other's US sales. I can do this for Birthday and This Is How We Do as well if people insist on claiming they too were bigger songs.
Also, don't come for me saying that Unconditionally has more VEVO views.
Of course a legitimate music video would have more views than a simple audio video - that's how it works. If you really wanna bring that up though, Do What U Want's simple audio video has 42,221,243 views, while Unconditionally's lyric video - which is the most comparable thing to the audio video for Do What U Want - has 21,237,681 views.