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    Ain't in LA by @adelajergova is poised to strike global charts in the coming weeks. Capitol (UMG) has secured over 40 million in Spotify playlist audience and early results are pr…

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    Ain't in LA by @adelajergova is poised to strike global charts in the coming we…
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    Ariana Grande's latest album "Petal" received 62.2m first day streams on Spotify. Streams by market: 🇺🇸 21.76m 🇧🇷 5.09mr 🇬🇧 3.86m 🇲🇽 3.05m 🇵🇭 2.84m 🇨🇦 2.45m 🇩🇪 1.76m 🇫🇷 1.61m 🇦🇺 1…

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    How big were The Offspring, really? Smash was the bigger album seller. Americana ultimately wins once singles, downloads, streaming, and compilation sales are included. And their…

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    1996's biggest rock album was released before the recording band got known and after its singer had already died. Today, our new CSPC analysis breaks down Sublime's unique commerc…

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    78 million equivalent album sales. Back-to-back 30-million-selling albums. A top 20 all-time song. See how Lynyrd Skynyrd's numbers stack up:

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    8 billion streams. One more record for Thriller. Still soaring following the release of the Michael biopic, Michael Jackson's masterpiece becomes the first album from the 1980s to…

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    8 billion streams. One more record for Thriller. Still soaring following the re…
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    World Cup hit song Dai Dai climbs to #1 on Spotify's daily global chart, marking two major milestones. At 49, Shakira extends her own record as the oldest artist ever to top the r…

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    ChartMasters' most-visited artist dashboard pages in June: 🥇Michael Jackson 🥈Drake 🥉Olivia Rodrigo 4⃣Ariana Grande 5⃣ Lady Gaga 6⃣Oliver Tree 7⃣BTS 8⃣Taylor Swift 9⃣Kanye West 🔟Be…

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    ChartMasters' most-visited artist dashboard pages in June: 🥇Michael Jackson 🥈Dr… ChartMasters' most-visited artist dashboard pages in June: 🥇Michael Jackson 🥈Dr… ChartMasters' most-visited artist dashboard pages in June: 🥇Michael Jackson 🥈Dr… ChartMasters' most-visited artist dashboard pages in June: 🥇Michael Jackson 🥈Dr…
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    Taylor Swift has surpassed 160 million followers on Spotify. She is the first female artist to reach this level. Top 10 pictured. All 21k+ artists over 100k followers at

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    Taylor Swift has surpassed 160 million followers on Spotify. She is the first f…
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    Malcolm Todd's Earrings rockets to #1 on the Global Spotify chart, smashing its previous peak of #7 after one of the closest races in recent memory. The top four songs are separat…

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    Malcolm Todd's Earrings rockets to #1 on the Global Spotify chart, smashing its…
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    Boosted by the release of his biopic on June 12 in this country, Michael Jackson has 16 albums inside the top 300 best-selling physical records in Japan. TW LW Album Weekly Sales…

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    In 2007, Radiohead made In Rainbows available for free. The album still went on to sell 7 million equivalent album units. Nearly two decades later, it streams as strongly as The B…

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    Our comprehensive study reveals British legends Radiohead are closing in on 70 million equivalent album sales. Here's the full album-by-album breakdown ⬇️

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    Our comprehensive study reveals British legends Radiohead are closing in on 70…
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    We ranked the best-selling rock bands of all-time. Yes, the Beatles are on top with 526 million eq. album sales. No less than 26 more bands hit 100 million, how many of them do yo…

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    We ranked the best-selling rock bands of all-time. Yes, the Beatles are on top…
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    79.2 million equivalent album sales for Lionel Richie, with Can't Slow Down alone accounting for 36.9 million! As a songwriter, he also led the Hot 100 for more weeks than anyone…

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    Easy. Brick House. Three Times a Lady. The Commodores' self-titled album is the 4th best-selling Black album of the 1970s; it's part of a catalog totaling nearly 60 million equiva…

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    The Who never had a #1 hit in the US or UK. They still crossed 109 million equivalent album sales. How does one of rock's greatest catalogs break down format by format? Full CSPC…

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    Drake's Iceman debuts with 139.9m first day streams on Spotify. It's the biggest debut of the year! Streams by country: 🇺🇸 65.50m 🇨🇦 12.31m 🇬🇧 10.54m 🇦🇺 4.03m 🇿🇦 3.72m 🇩🇪 3.46m 🇲🇽…

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    Michael Jackson reaches #1 on Spotify's Artist chart, overtaking Bad Bunny amid renewed momentum following the release of his biopic. He is the first deep legacy artist to top the…

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    Michael Jackson reaches #1 on Spotify's Artist chart, overtaking Bad Bunny amid…
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    Do you know? As Olivia Rodrigo drops Drop Dead today, Sour remains the decade's #2 album overall. With 23.5M EAS, it leads all 2020s female releases. Guts sits at #35 overall with…

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    Do you know? As Olivia Rodrigo drops Drop Dead today, Sour remains the decade's…
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    Updated figures push Madonna's debut album over 20 million equivalent album sales, including more than 10 million pure copies. It's the 11th biggest female album of the 1980s, in…

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    Updated figures push Madonna's debut album over 20 million equivalent album sal…
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    BTS' long awaited comeback album Arirang debuts with 110m first day streams on Spotify. It is the biggest debut ever by a group and an Asian act!🔥 The album also received over 1 m…

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    Indian icon Alka Yagnik has no competition among the most-viewed female artists on YouTube, with a 25-billion-view lead over Taylor Swift. The late Brazilian star Marília Mendonça…

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    Indian icon Alka Yagnik has no competition among the most-viewed female artists…
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    The best-selling female bands' albums are pictured below, with the Spice Girls at #1. Along with Destiny's Child, TLC, the Supremes, and the Chicks, they all land two albums in th…

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    The best-selling female bands' albums are pictured below, with the Spice Girls…
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    The most successful female artist to debut in every decade. 1950s - Aretha Franklin: 83.6m 1960s - Barbra Streisand: 154.2m 1970s - Tina Turner: 75.9m 1980s - Madonna: 263.5m 1990…

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    Most successful female artists, by format. Pure Album Sales 1 Madonna - 201.9m 2 Celine Dion - 171.6m 3 Mariah Carey - 152.8m 4 Barbra Streisand - 138.6m 5 Whitney Houston - 128.6…

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    The woman with the most monthly listeners on Spotify right now? Rihanna. Not bad, a decade after her last release. Also, Shakira ranks at #6, 35 years after her debut album, ahead…

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    The woman with the most monthly listeners on Spotify right now? Rihanna. Not ba…
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    We continue our International Women's Day wrap-up with the most-streamed female artists on Spotify. Expectedly, Taylor Swift is on top, followed by Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish…

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    We continue our International Women's Day wrap-up with the most-streamed female…
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    The strongest year ever for female artists? It is a four-way tie. In 1998, 2001, 2008, and 2024, seven albums by female artists ranked in the year's overall Top 10. Lists pictured…

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    The strongest year ever for female artists? It is a four-way tie. In 1998, 2001… The strongest year ever for female artists? It is a four-way tie. In 1998, 2001… The strongest year ever for female artists? It is a four-way tie. In 1998, 2001… The strongest year ever for female artists? It is a four-way tie. In 1998, 2001…
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    Among the best-selling female albums of all time, Adele's 21 is closing in on the top spot. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard still holds at #1 following the latest data updates. Ce…

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    Among the best-selling female albums of all time, Adele's 21 is closing in on t…