20:1520:15, 21 May 2008diffhist+175
Cashbox (magazine)
Changed "Hot 100" in final paragraph to "Top 100" -- Cash Box's chart was called "Top 100", not "Hot 100." Added line about chart fixing controversy and corrected some punctuation.
08:2108:21, 3 May 2008diffhist+24
m
Hard Candy (Madonna album)
Replaced "iTunes Deluxe Version" with "general digital Deluxe Version," since these three tracks are available at all digital outlets (Amazon, Rhapsody, etc). Only "Ring My Bell" was iTunes exclusive.
16 April 2008
07:1307:13, 16 April 2008diffhist+3
4 Minutes
→Chart performance: Replaced "most top ten hits" with more accurate "most top ten singles," as two of Elvis's singles were double-sided hits, giving him 38 top ten hits, but 36 top ten singles.
21:1421:14, 12 March 2008diffhist+337
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
→After death: Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart has"Over the Rainbow" charting at #172 with 1040092 total sold in 3/22 issue. Sales figures are unpublished data, so I can't provide a reference.
05:0705:07, 26 September 2007diffhist+23
Tad (band)
Changed detail about couple on cover of "8-Way Santa." Only the woman was a born-again Christian, and she had remarried. I know this because the man on the cover is my brother Kim.
21:4821:48, 3 October 2006diffhist+30
Photograph (Nickelback song)
RIAA changed download cert standard to 1 mil Platinum, 500,000 Gold, downgrading previous Platinum certs to Gold if under 1 mil. Deleted "one of the few" million-selling downloads; no longer true.
22:2722:27, 28 September 2006diffhist+380
Digital Songs
Added some (though not all) additional million-selling downloads, according to SoundScan data. Moved all quotation marks in same list to their correct place outside the commas.
09:1509:15, 28 September 2006diffhist+8
Madonna discography
Corrected quantity for Into the Groove gold cert for USA. At the time, gold certification for 12-inch singles (as opposed to 7-inch singles) was only 500,000; confirmed by a recent call to the RIAA.
09:0309:03, 28 September 2006diffhist+335
Madonna discography
Added Into the Groove's #1 Variety Singles Sales position, and explained this in an addendum to the already-existing Into the Groove footnote.
08:4608:46, 28 September 2006diffhist0
Madonna discography
Corrected error - Lucky Star was #6 on Hot 100 Singles Sales; previous poster had mistakenly listed #3 sales, but that was its airplay position.
08:3708:37, 28 September 2006diffhist+11
Madonna discography
Added Variety Singles Sales position for Borderline. Changed key accordingly. Variety US Singles Sales chart ran 1976-1985, but was only a top ten chart from 82-85.
20:1520:15, 21 May 2008diffhist+175
Cashbox (magazine)
Changed "Hot 100" in final paragraph to "Top 100" -- Cash Box's chart was called "Top 100", not "Hot 100." Added line about chart fixing controversy and corrected some punctuation.
08:2108:21, 3 May 2008diffhist+24
m
Hard Candy (Madonna album)
Replaced "iTunes Deluxe Version" with "general digital Deluxe Version," since these three tracks are available at all digital outlets (Amazon, Rhapsody, etc). Only "Ring My Bell" was iTunes exclusive.
16 April 2008
07:1307:13, 16 April 2008diffhist+3
4 Minutes
→Chart performance: Replaced "most top ten hits" with more accurate "most top ten singles," as two of Elvis's singles were double-sided hits, giving him 38 top ten hits, but 36 top ten singles.
21:1421:14, 12 March 2008diffhist+337
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
→After death: Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart has"Over the Rainbow" charting at #172 with 1040092 total sold in 3/22 issue. Sales figures are unpublished data, so I can't provide a reference.
05:0705:07, 26 September 2007diffhist+23
Tad (band)
Changed detail about couple on cover of "8-Way Santa." Only the woman was a born-again Christian, and she had remarried. I know this because the man on the cover is my brother Kim.
21:4821:48, 3 October 2006diffhist+30
Photograph (Nickelback song)
RIAA changed download cert standard to 1 mil Platinum, 500,000 Gold, downgrading previous Platinum certs to Gold if under 1 mil. Deleted "one of the few" million-selling downloads; no longer true.
22:2722:27, 28 September 2006diffhist+380
Digital Songs
Added some (though not all) additional million-selling downloads, according to SoundScan data. Moved all quotation marks in same list to their correct place outside the commas.
09:1509:15, 28 September 2006diffhist+8
Madonna discography
Corrected quantity for Into the Groove gold cert for USA. At the time, gold certification for 12-inch singles (as opposed to 7-inch singles) was only 500,000; confirmed by a recent call to the RIAA.
09:0309:03, 28 September 2006diffhist+335
Madonna discography
Added Into the Groove's #1 Variety Singles Sales position, and explained this in an addendum to the already-existing Into the Groove footnote.
08:4608:46, 28 September 2006diffhist0
Madonna discography
Corrected error - Lucky Star was #6 on Hot 100 Singles Sales; previous poster had mistakenly listed #3 sales, but that was its airplay position.
08:3708:37, 28 September 2006diffhist+11
Madonna discography
Added Variety Singles Sales position for Borderline. Changed key accordingly. Variety US Singles Sales chart ran 1976-1985, but was only a top ten chart from 82-85.