Those figures are definitely shipped. She was around 6 million last time her album was seen on the charts. While I don't doubt that it has continued to sell some low amounts here and there I don't believe it could have sold 2 million copies in two years without re-entering the notable charts monitored at some point. And if she was selling that high consistently there certainly would have been a note of it. That being said shipped to the label is sold regardless. So it doesn't really matter. They are going to be sold eventually. Congrats.
Pretty sure the plaque says it sold "6 million" not 8. I mean it goes hand and hand with the six discs found on the plaque. If it were 8 million, wouldn't there be eight cds instead of six on it? You can clearly see it says 8 million mastertone downloads though, which is really really impressive for a 2007 release.
btw also she's #27 on the US Digital Sales list! with over 6.1 million digital singles sold of TBDT huge! considering the album and singles came out at the very star of digital era!
LOL! It clearly says 6 million and have 6 CDs, that's a no brainer...whoever said 8million is delusional. No way it will sell 2million from 2008-2011, lol!!