| ▲ | Cheer2171 4 days ago | |
Clickbait headline. It outsold any of The Beatles singles *in Africa*: > “Sweet Mother,” his 1976 one-hit wonder, had sold at least thirteen million copies across the African continent – more than The Beatles’ bestseller “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” | ||
| ▲ | Cpoll 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
It's a bit ambiguous in your quote, but "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sold 12MM *globally* (source: the song's wiki page). | ||
| ▲ | yowzadave 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Incorrect, it outsold “I Want to Hold Your Hand” worldwide—it just happens that most of those sales were in Africa. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles | ||
| ▲ | rdlw 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
What's the clickbait? "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sold 12 million. Is the clickbait that it's downplaying the achievement, since "Sweet Mother" only sold well in Africa? | ||
| ▲ | 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
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