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Originally posted by MrLovett
Whilst I agree that the release totals are a bit unfair, it's still not representative of the group to include solo releases. That's just how many each group has released for that year. But to add solo releases is like combining Beyoncé and Kelly's record sales into those of Destiny's Child and saying they're the best selling group ever with 400 million records or something crazy like that. It's not accurate of the group's sales.
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That's not really the same thing though, at all.
Most of the solo releases that I included in the OP are promoted as "NAME (from GIRLGROUP X)", and thus are an extension of the groups promotional activities, and more importantly, they all occurred during the group's own activities, whereas Kelly/Beyoncé's record sales primarily come from periods where they promoted solo due to the group being inactive at the time, and weren't associated with DC.
EDIT: It's also worth noting that the solo sales aren't making up more than 50% of the group's total, and so the group is still the largest contributing factor.