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edit It is essential to provide reliable sources when editing this article. For examples, see the references section. Unsourced or unreliably sourced additions will be removed immediately. The list is frequently edited in good faith to update the certified sales figures; however, claimed sales figures need to be supported by reliable sources, preferably from news organizations. Artists with claimed sales figures below 75 million may not be added to the list. Whilst we encourage editors to be bold, it is highly recommended to discuss changes on this talk page before editing. Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists. One lead artist and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both, the lead artist and the featured artist as both will have almost equal amount of part). Two lead artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as both will have almost equal amount of part). Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough). One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part). The year next to markets below indicates how far back the certification systems go in each country. The percentages stand for the global market share based on a 2007 IFPI report. USA: RIAA (1958) (31.6%) Japan: RIAJ (Physical certifications since (1989)(16.5%) UK: BPI (1973) (10.6%) Germany: BVMI (1975) (8.4%) France: SNEP, Infodisc (albums), Infodisc (singles) (1973) (5.8%) Australia: ARIA (1990) (2.23%) Canada: Music Canada (1975) (2.22) Italy: FIMI (2009) (1.95%) The Netherlands: NVPI (1978) (1.52%) Spain: PROMUSICAE (1979) (1.48%) Austria: IFPI (1990) (1.10%) Mexico: AMPROFON (1999) (1.08%) Brazil: PMB (1990) (0.97%) Belgium: Ultratop (1995) (0.91%) Norway: (Archived certification-database) (1993) (0.86%) Switzerland: Schweizer Hitparade (1989) (0.84%) Sweden: IFPI (Archived certification-database), Sverige Topplistan (Chart-database) (1987) (0.81%) Denmark: Hitlisten (Chart-database), IFPI Denmark (2001) (0.67%) Ireland: IRMA (2005) (0.52%) Poland: ZPAV (1995) (0.51%) Finland: IFPI (1971) (0.49%) Argentina: Capif (1980) (0.48%) New Zealand: Recorded Music NZ (1978) (0.37%)

Avril Lavigne

The list includes artists with the most record sales(albums + singles). Avril Lavigne has sold around 35 million albums worldwide and over 50 million singles, for a total of 85 million million records! Add her on the list please!

Your source says 30 million albums (not 35 million). But for a claim as high as 80 million (30 million albums, 50 million singles), Lavigne would need that claimed figure supported by 63.2% certified sales based on the requirement for those artists who've begun charting in 2002. In other words, she'd need 50.5 million in certified sales to be listed here. Lavigne's available certified sales are only 20.3 million albums, 10.8 million singles and 365,000 videos, that is total of 31.4 million certified units. That's only enough for claimed figures of up to 50 million, and this list starts from 75 million claims.--Harout72 (talk) 17:22, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Katy Perry

I don't know if she has to be on the list, if selling 81 singles makes her available to enter on the list. Even, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have sold less than her, they are on the list. UK X Factor said Katy Perry has sold over 81 million singles and 11 million albums worldwide. So, I think is logic to put her on the list. If I'm wrong, please say me why. Thank you. Here is the link where I saw it: --84.123.67.198 (talk) 19:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

This list requires all artists to have certain amount of certified sales based on the year they've begun charting. The requirements can be found in the second yellow box from top on this talk page. Since Perry has begun charting in 2008, her claimed figures need to be supported by 72.8% certified sales. Currently she has 51.7 available certified sales, which can support sales claims of up to 71 million (singles, albums, videos combined).--Harout72 (talk) 19:50, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Lady Gaga

Just for completeness, UK X-Factor claims Gaga's sales are at 114 million records (90 million singles and 24 million albums). Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGd00HPEhs. Her certs have her just under 60 million so I'm not sure how recently they've been updated or how inflated those numbers are. Mc8755 (talk) 22:48, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Those are inflated sales and the source is pretty unreliable. She needs more certifications so that claim can be on this list. — Tomíca 22:58, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Haven't been on here for a while sorry. @Harout I had this in the above section because it was a similar inflated sales claim by the X-Factor UK, that's why I included it beneath the Katy Perry sales. I never intended it to be used as a source for the article, just to show that X-Factor in the UK claims high sales for most artists who perform on their show (hence starting it with "just for completeness". Mc8755 (talk) 12:40, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Is Billboard a reliable source? http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5785652/lady-gaga-artpop-release-events-to-be-live-streamed-exclusive " Gaga has amassed five Grammy Awards (from 15 nominations), 24 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide." Are these inflated sales? because I obviously think they are but just wanted to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.48.140.76 (talk) 21:12, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Based on her available certified album sales (17 million units) and certified singles sales (42.6 million units), the 24 million claim for her albums is somewhat realistic, but the claim for the singles, 125 million, is inflated. They should not claim anything higher than 60-65 million units for singles, at least based on her available certified singles.--Harout72 (talk) 21:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Herman's Hermits

hi harout, if you think my question is not important to get answer, just said "i'm not interest and you wasting my time"

what do you think about this source (http://syvnews.com/entertainment/music/cassidy-brings-the-world-s-greatest-teen-idols-to-chumash/article_979cb568-2963-11e3-b61f-0019bb2963f4.html) which mention this band sold 80m-records

thanks Politsi (talk) 09:12, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Not enough certified sales, just 5.5 million certified units from the U.S. market.--Harout72 (talk) 15:20, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Inconsistency

I'm concerned about the fact that a lot of the figures on this page are inconsistent with those on here: https://en.wikipedia.org/Biggest_selling_British_acts_of_all_time

Surely one page needs to be altered for accuracy, but I'm unsure which. Can anyone make some suggestions please? EdwardRussell (talk) 21:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

This list uses claimed sales that are closer to artists' available certified sales. Thus we should go with the ones indicated here.--Harout72 (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

David Bowie

Where is he on the list????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.180.163 (talk) 20:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Adding Kylie Minogue?

I see that a lot of the musicians added to the list have a combined sales/certifications of both Albums + Singles. After I did some research, I saw that Kylie Minogue has sold over 68 million studio albums worldwide. However, I was concerned over the selection of singles because, in the United Kingdom, she has sold solely of 10.1 million singles there. I do not know if selective countries would count for being there, but with calculations, it tallies up to 78.1 million records overall. With this, I was wondering, should she be on the list with over 78 million sales worldwide, or not? Please answer so it can be more coherent. Thank you.

Links: 68 million album's worldwide - Publisher: BBC

10.1 million singles (In the United Kingdom) - Publisher: The Official Chart Company

121.75.70.144 (talk) 22:20, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

This list starts from 75 million claimed sales figures. Even if a reliable source was found for Minogue that claims 75 million records (albums, singles, videos), she would still need to have her 75 million claim supported by 36% certified sales (or 26.9 million certified units). Minogue's available certified sales are only 21.8 million units.--Harout72 (talk) 23:26, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Rihanna - 180 or 200 million?

Rihanna should be moved to 180 million AT LEAST because several credible sources claim she's sold 50 million albums and 180 million singles worldwide http://www.vibe.com/article/rihanna-perform-receive-icon-2013-american-music-awards http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/15/rihanna-to-perform-receive-the-first-ever-icon-award-on-the-2013-american-music-awards/215932/

http://www.thewrap.com/rihanna-american-music-awards-icon-award-abc

http://singersroom.com/content/2013-11-15/Rihanna-to-Receive-Icon-Award-at-2013-AMAs-Joins-Performance-Lineup/

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-rihanna-to-receive-icon-honor-at-american-music-awards-20131114,0,6277965.story#axzz2kp3jOn9l

they may not be the most reliable sources but they can't all be lying. especially the LA times, it's a credible news source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.174.117.6 (talk) 05:05, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

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Rihanna and taylor swift did not sell more records than eminem, you need to change that 65.48.137.144 (talk) 14:07, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

 Not done: I assume you mean Metallica rather than Rihanna. Anyhow, these table entries are sourced. Do you have better sources? --Stfg (talk) 14:32, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

It was well known since 1983, when Abba disbanded, that they had sold between 300 and 400 million records, second only to the beatles, whose numbers are questionable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.239.250.100 (talk) 08:43, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Reversion of Edit to Chicago

I see that my edit has been reverted, with the justification that the numbers should not be changed unless "the certified sales are really close to the current claimed figures." Subjective as it is, I understand the reasoning behind not wanting to use inflated numbers. However, there are large numbers of reputable sources that cite between 120 and 122 million for Chicago. Verbatim, the article header says "inflated claimed figures that will meet the required certified sales amount but are unrealistically high from available certified sales, will not be used." I don't see what's unrealistically high for 120 million out of certified sales of 47.8 million (39.2%). Not only does this greatly surpass the certification bar of 20%, but it's significantly higher than several other artists that are further up on the list. What exactly makes this updated claim unnecessarily inflated? Vmanjr (talk) 18:29, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Actually, this here is not an updated figure, it is from 2009. Whereas the source currently supporting the 100 million is from December 2012. Based on Chicago's available certified sales (48 million), their claimed sales should not surpass 75-80 million mark. In other words, the current 100 million is already quite inflated. Had Chicago really sold in the neighborhood of 100 million units, their available certified sales would have stood in the area of 70 million units. So, is the 122 million claimed by CNN unrealistic? It really is. By the way, your second source that you had used, is also from 2009 and claims albums sales only. That is more inflated than CNN's claim for 122 million records (albums, singles, videos). The second source shouldn't have been used at all as we avoid using sources that use the term albums, this is also in the lead of the list.--Harout72 (talk) 19:04, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Just curious - how do you arrive at the estimate of 70 million units? Vmanjr (talk) 19:27, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Well the 70 million mark is an approximate figure, if we're talking about 100 claimed sales. To explain what I mean, let's take an album or two by Chicago in the U.S. music market for example. RIAA has certified Chicago XIII Gold for 500,000 units, this very album may have sold between 500,000 and 1 million units in the U.S., but because it still hasn't reached shipment of 1 million units, it has only a Gold certification for 500,000 verifiable units. In other words, while the certified sales are an excellent way of determining where the actual sales of an album approximately may be, it may often times not show a few hundred thousands of units. Often times, however, the actual sales of an album (again in the U.S.) may be only 450,000 units, while the album might already have a Gold-certification for 500,000 units of shipment. The same works for Platinum albums. In the U.S. Chicago's album Chicago III has a Platinum certification for a shipment of 1 million units. While the actual sales for that album may be either between 500,000 and 1 million units, or between 1 million and 2 million units, the Platinum certification shows us that there is a million units of the album shipped or in circulation. So the certifications are always a good way of determining where the approximate actual sales lie for a particular album, single (physical, not digital). This example in difference between shipped units and actual units is smaller for all other music markets as the certification-levels are much lower everywhere else.--Harout72 (talk) 20:08, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Makes sense, though it brings up the issue of how credible any of these numbers from news sources are, really. I'm willing to bet that, these days, many journalists are simply looking up Misplaced Pages to get their numbers, and that others still mention blatantly incorrect facts. Shame that there's no reliable way to determine any of this. Vmanjr (talk) 21:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, we have lot of news agencies claiming incorrect blown figures. I believe the main reason behind this is because they are given these inflated numbers by artists' record companies, who in their turn are in business of using every possible marketing strategy to promote their artists when there is a new studio album on the way.--Harout72 (talk) 21:14, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

criterias for the list

Is it not a bit strange to compare album sales + singles downloads of some artists with just album sales of others? Like Taylor Swift over Eminem, when the listed sources say 26 million albums vs over 100 million albums. surely they should all be compared on equal grounds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcraak (talk • contribs) 17:37, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

it's time for katy perry

Katy Perry US Certified Sales =Albums=

One of the Boys-Album 1,529,000 Mtv Unplugged 55,000 Teenage Dream-Album 2,782,000 Prism 1,485,000 Total: 5,873,000 =Singles=

6,341,000, "Firework"

5,606,000, "E.T." (feat. Kanye West) 5,542,000, "California Gurls" (feat. Snoop Dogg) 5,414,000, "Hot N Cold" 4,573,000, "Teenage Dream" 4,444,000, "I Kissed a Girl" 3,632,000, “Roar” 3,470,000, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" 3,074,000, "Wide Awake" 2,662,000, "Part of Me" 2,617,000, "The One That Got Away" 2,211,000, "Waking Up in Vegas" 1,079,000, "Thinking of You" 643,000, "Peacock"

Total 57,271,000 (Source: RIAA) (Site: http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH) ________________________________________

UK Certified Sales

=Albums= Teenage Dream-Album 100,000 (Note that both certifications for the Album and Single are posted under a the same title) One of the Boys-Album 600,000 Total: 1,700,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 600,000 California Gurls (Snoop Dogg)-Single 600,000 Firework-Single 600,000 E.T. (feat. Kanye West)-Single 400,000 Teenage Dream-Single 400,000 (Note that both certifications for the Album and Single are posted under a the same title) Part of Me-Single 200,000 Last Friday Night (TGIF)-Single 400,000 Wide Awake-Single 200,000 The One That Got Away-Single 200,000 Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 600,000 Starstrukk (30H3 feat. Katy Perry)-Single 200,000 If We Meet Again (Timbaland feat. Katy Perry)-Single 400,000 Total: 4,800,000 =Videos= Katy Perry: Part of Me-Video 50,000 Total: 6,350,000 (Source: BPI) (Site: http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx) ________________________________________ French Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 200,000 (Posted as Double-Platinum in 2012) Teenage Dream-Album 200,000 (Posted as Double-Platinum in 2012) Total: 400,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 150,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) Total: 550,000 (Source: SNEP) (Site: http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml) ________________________________________ German Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 300,000 Teenage Dream-Album 200,000 Total: 500,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 300,000 Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 300,000 Firework-Single 150,000 Teenage Dream-Single 150,000 California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 300,000 E.T.-Single 150,000 Total: 1,350,000 Total: 1,850,000 (Source: Bundesverband Musikindustrie) (Site: http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/) ________________________________________

Australian Certified Sales

=Albums= One of the Boys-Album 140,000 (Posted as 2x Platinum in 2010) Teenage Dream-Album 280,000 (Posted as 4x Platinum in 2012) Prism Total: 420,000 =Singles= Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 140,000 (Posted as 2x Platinum in 2009) I Kissed a Girl-Single 70,000 (Posted as Platinum in 2008) One of the Boys-Single 35,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) Waking Up in Vegas-Single 35,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) Firework-Single 420,000 (Posted as 6x Platinum in 2012) Teenage Dream-Single 280,000 (Posted as 4x Platinum in 2011) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 350,000 (Posted as 5x Platinum in 2012) E.T.-Single 210,000 (Posted as 3x Platinum in 2011) Last Friday Night-Single 210,000 (Posted as 3x Platinum in 2011) The One That Got Away-Single 70,000 (Posted as Platinum in 2012) Part of Me-Single 210,000 (Posted as 3x Platinum in 2012) Wide Awake-Single 210,000 (Posted as 3x Platinum in 2013) Roar-Single 70,000 (Posted as Platinum in 2013) Total: 2,310,000 Total: 2,730,000 (Source: ARIA) (Site: http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm) ________________________________________ Canadian Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 160,000 Teenage Dream-Album 320,000 Total: 480,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 280,000 (Digital: Released before March 1, 2010. Previous levels for Digital Download were: Gold=20,000, Platinum=40,000) I Kissed a Girl-Single 240,000 (Ringtone) Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 240,000 (Digital: Released before March 1, 2010) Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 80,000 (Ringtone) Thinking of You-Single 40,000 (Digital: Released before March 1, 2010) Waking Up in Vegas-Single 40,000 (Digital: Released before March 1, 2010) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 320,000 (Digital) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 40,000 (Ringtone) Firework-Single 480,000 (Digital) Firework-Single 20,000 (Ringtone) E.T.-Single 320,000 (Digital) Teenage Dream-Single 320,000 (Digital) Teenage Dream-Single 20,000 (Ringtone) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)-Single 320,000 (Digital) Wide Awake-Single 240,000 (Digital) The One That Got Away-Single 160,000 (Digital) Part of Me-Single 240,000 (Digital)

Roar 320,000

Total: 3,720,000 Total: 4,200,000 (Source: Music Canada) (Site: http://www.musiccanada.com/gpSearchResult.aspx) ________________________________________ Brazilian Certified Sales =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 60,000 (Digital) One of the Boys-Single 60,000 (Digital) Thinking of You-Single 60,000 (Digital) Ur So Gay-Single 60,000 (Digital) Walking up in Vegas-Single 60,000 (Digital) Hot ‘N Cold (Rock Version)-Single 60,000 (Digital) Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 60,000 (Digital) I Kissed a Girl (Jason Nevins Funkrokr Extended Mix)-Single 60,000 (Digital) Total: 480,000 (Source: ABPD) (Site: http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados.asp) ________________________________________

Swedish Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 20,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) Teenage Dream-Album 40,000 Total: 60,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 20,000 (Posted as Platinum in 2009) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 40,000 (Posted as Platinum in 2010) (LÅT format) Firework-Single 40,000 (LÅT format) Teenage Dream-Single 20,000 (LÅT format) Total: 120,000 Total: 180,000 (Source: IFPI Sweden) (Site: http://web.archive.org/web/20110517224028/http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67) ________________________________________ Austrian Certified Sales =Albums= One of the boys-Album 20,000 Teenage Dream-Album 10,000 Total: 30,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 30,000 Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 30,000 California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 30,000 Fireworks-Single 15,000 Teenage Dream-Single 15,000 E.T.-Single 15,000 Total: 135,000 Total: 165,000 (Source: IFPI Austria) (Site: http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin) ________________________________________

Swiss Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 15,000 =Singles= Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 30,000 I Kissed a Girl-Single 30,000 California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 30,000 If We Ever Meet Again-Single 15,000 Total: 105,000 Total: 120,000 (Source: Schweizer Hitparade) (Site: http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search) ________________________________________ Belgian Certified Sales =Albums= One of the Boys-Album 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) Teenage Dream-Album 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2011) Total: 30,000 =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2008) Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2009) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2010) Firework-Single 15,000 (Posted as Gold in 2011) Total: 60,000 Total: 90,000 (Source: Ultratop) (Site: http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2008) ________________________________________ Italian Certified Sales (Database is from 2009 onwards) =Albums= Teenage Dream-Single 30,000 (Posted as Gold in Week 21, 2011) =Singles= California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 30,000 Firework-Single 60,000 (Posted as Multi-Platinum in Week 20, 2013) E.T.-Single 30,000 If We Ever Meet Again-Single 15,000 Last Friday Night-Single 30,000 Teenage Dream-Single 15,000 Part of Me-Single 15,000 Wide Awake-Single 15,000 (Posted as Gold in Week 35, 2012) Total: 210,000 Total: 240,000 (Source: FIMI) (Site: http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni.php) ________________________________________ Japanese Certified Sales =Albums= Teenage Dream-Album 100,000 (Posted on December 2011) =Singles= California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 100,000 (Full-R format) (Posted on: August 2011) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single (PC format) (Posted on November 2011) Total: 200,000 Total: 300,000 (Source: RIAJ) (http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/index.html) (Source: RIAJ) (http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/index.html) ________________________________________ ` Spanish Certified Sales =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 40,000 (Posted on: SEMANA 01: del 29.12.08 al 04.01.09) Hot ‘N’ Cold-Single 40,000 (Posted on: SEMANA 16: del 19.04.2010 al 25.04.2010) If We Ever Meet Again-Single 20,000 (Posted on: SEMANA 05: del 31.01.2011 al 06.02.2011) Total: 100,000 (Source: PROMUSICAE) (http://promusicae.es/english.html) ________________________________________

New Zealand Certified Sales (Database is from 1999 onwards) =Albums= Teenage Dream-Album 45,000 (Posted on Chart# 1904: April 16, 2012) =Singles= I Kissed a Girl-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1508: 10 November 2008) Hot N Cold-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1521: 09 February 2009) California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1608: 18 October 2010) Teenage Dream-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1619: 03 January 2011) Firework-Single 30,000 (Posted on Chart# 1632: 04 April 2011) E.T.-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1645: 04 July 2011) Last Friday Night-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 2000: 12 September 2011) The One That Got Away-Single 7,500 (Posted on Chart# 1792: 9 January 2012) Part of Me-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 1914: 30 April 2012) Wide Awake-Single 15,000 (Posted on Chart# 2046: 24 September 2012) Total: 157,500 Total: 202,500 (Source: RIANZ) (http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp) ________________________________________ Mexican certified Sales =Albums= Teenage Dream-Album 60,000 (Source: AMPROFON) (Site: http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?item=menuCert&contenido=certificados) ________________________________________

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