The sales figures are based on certain stores' willingness to share their data.
It does not reflect the sales in France. Only in some stores in France.
The numbers are for CDs only.
Does it surprise anybody that people buy less CDs now than they did in 2003?
The "album sales figure " does not reflect the fact that a large percentage of Alizée's audience is outside of France, thus buying their music outside of France.
The reported figures ignore digital sales; digital stores; Amazon.com (Fod God's sake?!); stores in other countries.
Here's something else:
If 95% of Alizée's Facebook fans did not buy the album, that still means 30000 sales.
Apart from Alizée and her team, nobody has accurate sales figures; least of all French tabloids who certainly do not care about "informing the public".
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