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Originally Posted by hallelujah_united
To put things in perspective, selling 50000 copies of something is already almost impossible in Singapore. Whereas (m)u sold 650000+ in it's opening week.
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Not to mention Malaysia. The Gold/Platinum certifications are extremely low. 7500 copies of an album warranats a gold certification from Singapore whereas 15000 makes the cut for Malaysia. Chicken feed compared to countries like the US (500000). I think RIAA certifications are based on the number of citizens in a country or the music industry's success in the country. I dunno but would be thankful if someone would shed more light on this..
Yes, (Miss)Understood sold A LOT in its first week. It exceeded Madonna's new album (300000+) and Shakira's album (150000) but technically its 2 weeks. However, if it did sell 450000 in its first week, that is still an amazing amount.
The problem is sales drop drastically in following weeks for Japanese CDs. (Miss)Understood dropped by 700% possibly? 650000 to 80000 copies for the second week...