and excuse me, but how are Beyoncé fans not allowed to criticize mediatraffic? mediatraffic is not official. mediatraffic does not have special access to WW sales and does not track every country... we are allowed to criticize an unofficial site even if its estimations and information gathering is decently sound. u sound ridiculous if u get bothered that we don't treat this site like a Bible. It's not even allowed to be used as a citation source on wikipedia, lol.
They're allowed to criticize it all they want, but they need to stop acting brand new. When their Beyonce first week numbers came out, everyone was all "exposed" as if it was some shock that they wouldn't match up. They need to go somewhere with that. There is a time and a place to pull the "not official" card, but it's a well run indicator of sales around the world that's easily accessible.
We have used MediaTraffic for years now, and its the best place to get estimated worldwide sales.
I don't understand the hatred towards it, when 1.9 million sold for Bey seems pretty accurate. We already know it's first week sales on the chart were due to the split sales.
For example, because it is an iTunes exclusive, several countries would not even post the sales for the first week until the physical copies were shipped. Therefore, even it's first week was wrong based off that.
I think it gives us a good indicator of a person's sales though, but she could be slaying in a country that is not tracked, and those sales would not be added. That is all.
We have used MediaTraffic for years now, and its the best place to get estimated worldwide sales.
I don't understand the hatred towards it, when 1.9 million sold for Bey seems pretty accurate. We already know it's first week sales on the chart were due to the split sales.
They're allowed to criticize it all they want, but they need to stop acting brand new. When their Beyonce first week numbers came out, everyone was all "exposed" as if it was some shock that they wouldn't match up. They need to go somewhere with that. There is a time and a place to pull the "not official" card, but it's a well run indicator of sales around the world that's easily accessible.
Can you stop generalizing. There is Beyoncé fans in this very thread correcting other Beyoncé fans that do not understand how the methodology works. Every week you're in here on the same high horse with your "I like how bey fans criticize... Bey fans are dragging numbers... Bey fans... Bey fans!!" Like!
Yes the discrepancy has been explained countless times & it will continue to be explained EVERY week because there will always be someone who didn't get the memo. Shut up about it already & stop generalizing!
Britney Jean 
And this is just the third week 