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Originally posted by Allstar
30M officially reported sales when in fact they're just 30k?
Of course.
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You have to remember the time he comes from when there weren't too many WW charts so artists' labels would inflate like crazy. Cher's label estimates her WW album sales at over 100M even though she's sold less than 30M WW
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Originally posted by Gazing Ball
Grammys are BLATANTLY promotional tools used to give "authenticity" to particular artists and their products. Hard to say about #1's but unsurprising.
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They're decided by the record labels. That should go without saying.
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Originally posted by Disha
What songs would have assumingly had their chart position bought? just as an example
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In the early 2000s, single sales were killed and a ton of artists were able to buy huge hits. Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Franz Ferdinand, Jessica Simpson, J. Lo and Good Charlotte were just some of the artists who were part of a payola sting that involved Columbia and Epic Records.