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Seabirdie, good luck, and have fun. Packerfan386beer here 12:22, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

January 2022

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December 2022

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Chartmasters is listed at WP:BADCHARTSAVOID

Hi. Please do not use Chartmasters as a source for any album sales, as it has been previously discussed and listed at WP:BADCHARTSAVOID. Thanks. Ss112 08:39, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adele's sales figures

Hi. Please do not engage in edit warring which will result in a blocked IP address. I don't read the official IFPI report because I don't know where it is, the verification failed. If you change information or sales figures in a sentence, it must appear in the source(s) that supports that sentence. For now the Billboard source 1 says: "a whopping 5 million physical units of her latest album in less than two months, IFPI reports", but you wrote "The album sold over 5.5 million pure copies within the year". Also, there is no source in the sentence or at the end of that sentence saying that "Adele has sold more than 170 million records worldwide with 70 million in album sales and over 100 million in single sales as of 2022"; the current sources are: The Daily Telegraph 2, BBC Online 2, and the Dorset Echo [1] which said that she "sold over 120 million records". Please, remove the old sources and place the new one that supports each of these new numbers: "5.5 million pure copies ... 170 million ... 70 million ... 100 million." If there is an IFPI report, please indicate the pages in the reference, it is easier to check. Thank you. Oroborvs (talk) 18:08, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.ifpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IFPI_Global_Music_Report_2022-State_of_the_Industry.pdf, check the link and see the tabulated figures of sales of 30 and also check the indications of the units of sale figures under the table. Billboard has reported what IFPI's music head has reported in a sentence with single number figure. As to 170 million records sales, the news reports you mentioned are not music pages and are reporting what was written in wikipedia at that time since major news outlets report from wikipedia if not from music news outlets. Adele's total figures are based on her individual sales that were reported previously. I have totaled those sales from official reports. Wikipedia never had any total sales report, since all was written was certifications not sales and most of the reports are from again music blogs or major new outlets which base their information from wikipedia and the cycle continues. RIAA gives certifications and billboard and IFPI reports sales of only calendar years. Total sales of any artist can be calculated from individual official sales. Since most information of other artists sales here are manipulated with streams counted with sources from blogs. Seabirdie (talk) 19:16, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OR? You should take days off to read Wikipedia's policies, including biographies of living persons. It is not explicitly written in the IFPI report that she sold 5.5 million pure copies; you probably added up album sales to vinyl sales to find that figure. And you still haven't switched the Billboard source for the IFPI one, but you undo it when I restore. Also, she did not sell 5 million pure copies of 30 within the year (within a span of 12 months) but in less than two months following its release on 19 November 2021; that's the actual performance. You deleted relevant things in the lead, such as her breaking attendance records (100,000 fans for a single show), and "number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music" to add her rank by Insider magazine instead. The Insider's info and its source must go in the section #Accolades and achievements. Oroborvs (talk) 17:12, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's how pure sales are calculated, isn't it? combination of digital, physical and vinyl sales. Billboard's report of over 5 million is the statement of IFPI's head written in summary, so they rounded it off with mentioning "OVER" instead of exact number. Ok, I will change the source now to IFPI report and within the year means, they are calculating the calendar year sales of albums , so it was written within the year. Mentioning 2 months would a achievement rather than album sales calculation method. Anyways, I will change it nonetheless and VH1's list is not a relevant publication list like Insider and Adele was honoured with number 5th in 2011. Adele started in 2008. The list is like a personal choice rather than music achievements of women in music. Almost like a blog writer's fav picks. Insider's explicit pick of Adele is as honour as it gets and so deserves mention in the lead just like how musician's singular titles are honoured. Her attendance record is in achievements para again, I agree with you on this one since it's Adele's achievement, it deserves mention. Seabirdie (talk) 04:48, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

January 2023

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