charts discussion Why don't various artists compilation albums count towards artists' career total?

[family.guy123]

7 hours ago, PoisonedIvy said:

If someone buys a DVD just to own it but never watch it, that still counts as a sale for the DVD. How people spend their money is up to them, counting sales is just that: counting sales at the point of purchase. Nothing more nothing less.

I agree. 
 

Same way a stream of a song is just a stream of a song. Nothing more, nothing less. 

[PoisonedIvy]

Just now, family.guy123 said:

I agree. 
 

Same way a stream of a song is just a stream of a song. Nothing more, nothing less. 

Which is why I'm glad an individual stream counts as only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a sale. 

[family.guy123]

4 minutes ago, PoisonedIvy said:

Which is why I'm glad an individual stream counts as only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a sale. 

I'm glad you're glad and that we both agree. 

[Stallo]

On 3/21/2024 at 5:48 AM, Klein said:

Should every artists on that compilation be added 2M sales to their total? So that 2M sales from one compilation somehow translates to a total of 36M sales? 

No, the logical thing would be to use the CSPC-model. So the oriI actually find the topic fair.

Edited March 25 by Stallo