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Originally Posted by icwuke
Most of americas totals are not a true reflection. They count how many albums have been advanced. So a store could order 5 million copies and that counts.
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Correct but only to a point...it's even worse...the system that calculates position in the charts, i.e. records sales, is tied in with the registers of certain stores...so...it is based on sales in those stores...however, returns do not count...and that says it all...