What makes a platinum Jpop artist?

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That's the second time I'm going to bring this up but it fits perfect.

The best example is still Mariah. Her new Album has been sold over 10 million times. But it isn't that much a differance between this and her preceding album Charmbracelet but Charmbracelet only sold 4.45 million times. It has a lot to do with a good promotion. On the other side Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill sold over 30 million times and had less promotion than The Emancipation of Mimi. It's sometimes a mystery we have to deal with. Like 1+1=2 and not 1.