The labels know the game. All the numbers fake.
Remember them 2.99 CDs back in the day with the notch in the spine?
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That was Def Jam n'nem buying the CDs from the stores to juice Sound Scan #'s.
Sometimes the store would turn around and resell themselves, or to a used CD spot.
Nothing is real, nothing has ever been real.