Where does one get these totals? Just adding them week-by-week?
Yes.
Year-end charts are released, but they are approximated and to get the exact total you have to add sales every week. I don't know if there is an archive with all the totals, if that's what you're asking.
Year-end charts are released, but they are approximated and to get the exact total you have to add sales every week. I don't know if there is an archive with all the totals, if that's what you're asking.
So what happens when an album falls off of the chart? For example, Loud fell off the chart, but it was within 5,000 copies of Born This Way as of last week, so we can assume it sold more than that. Are sales only kept of the top X albums?
So what happens when an album falls off of the chart? For example, Loud fell off the chart, but it was within 5,000 copies of Born This Way as of last week, so we can assume it sold more than that. Are sales only kept of the top X albums?
One of the guys over at Mediatraffic updates the forums with the sales for all the major acts. If the album completely falls below 10k, it can't tracked anymore.
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6M for sure, lets hope for a second wind >>> 7M!
LOUD still walked right over this era. Definitely proof that it is not how you start...
This is true, but it still won't make Lady Gaga's biggest under-performer right on the tail of what is considered Rihanna's biggest success any less funnier. Standards differ, huh?