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UK

Teenage Dream is 3x Platinum in the UK http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx Please change that! --79.199.55.11 (talk) 12:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Done It would help if you would detail the request in a 'please change X to Y' format instead of simply saying "Please change that!". Leaving it to the volunteer to figure out which section and whether this is an addition or a replacement is really outside of the scope of the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 23:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)


"Part of Me" Single

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Katy Perry's single "Part of Me" will NOT be counting towards Teenage Dream. Billboard has already stated that the song will be listed as part of 'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection' in an article regarding the single. --76.189.253.72 (talk) at 07:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

http://www.billboard.com/news

So, in Katy Perry's Discography, please change "Part of Me" from being apart of 'Teenage Dream' to a part of 'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection' since Billboard has changed their policies. Thank you!

 Not done It's the same album. The songs from the re-release don't count towards the record. The album is not an EP as it's not available for solo purchase so all releases from the album count towards Teenage Dream. It's the same as on Rihanna discography where the songs on the GGGB re-release are included under GGGB itself. Sidenote: Billboard did not change any rules, any re-release that has more than 3 songs not on the original album count as a new album - this has been an established rule forever. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 07:20, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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Sadly, this is incorrect. Billboard does count "Disturbia" & "Take A Bow" off of 'Good Girl Gone Bad' (2007). For future reference, the rule was changed after Rihanna released 'Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded' as it sparked debate over how to count the singles. Billboard is counting the singles released from 'The Complete Confection' as they did with 'The Fame Monster' which was also packaged with 'The Fame'. Thank you!

Furthermore, it would be incredibly inaccurate to list the single from 'Teenage Dream' as if one were to site this website as a source they would have inaccurate information if "Part of Me" were listed as a single off of 'Teenage Dream' and not 'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'. Another example would be Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" which Billboard counts off of 'The Emancipation of Mimi' (2005) when the album was released including three additional songs and one additional remix. Because of artists doing this led to the rule change by Billboard. I imagine Wikipedia would want to have the correct information on their webpages, so listing a single off an album when it did not count off the aforementioned album would be completely inaccurate and make the article an unreliable source. --76.189.253.72 (talk) at 16:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

WP:DEADLINE. We will see how the album charts and how its single is classified to determine how Billboard is marking this. Until then it will be treated as a re-release off of Teenage Dream per WP:CONSENSUS. Also, please sign your posts using ~~~~. Thank you. If Billboard lists this as a new charting I will change the page. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 20:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I have listed the Billboard article on how Billboard is handling this single.

http://www.billboard.com/news

It clearly states it in the article. Thank you. 76.189.253.72 (talk) 18:47, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

 Not done AS you were told, wait until the album is released. Tbhotch. Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

A recent article by BILLBOARD has clearly stated how Katy Perry's single "Part of Me" will be classified in this article: http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-can-katy-perry-top-michael-1006185152.story?page=1

As I mentioned before, it will NOT count from the Teenage Dream album, but the re-release "The Complete Confection". Please change the discography to list "Part of Me" as a single from "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection". Thank you! 76.189.253.72 (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Not done: As above. Please wait. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 22:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

It's the same album, it's just a new release/version with extra tracks. The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga was released as an EP, it's not the same case. What Billboard says in that last article is that, when thinking of that Michael Jackson record, it won't count to Teenage Dream but, overall, "Part of Me" is considered a single from "'Teenage Dream' and its re-released version" - not from a new album. Decodet (talk) 22:57, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Then shouldn't the discography you guys have reflect that this is from "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection"? Otherwise, someone using this site as a source would be incorrectly informed that "Teenage Dream" had six #1 singles. Which as Billboard has stated MANY times, is NOT the case. Thank you! 76.189.253.72 (talk) 22:39, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

You have been told by 3 other editors (4 including myself) that it is a song from a re-release and is thus classified under Teenage Dream. Unless the Complete Confection is sold as an EP with just the new songs it is still from Teenage Dream. The lead does not state it's adding on to her record. You need to stop, WP:CONSENSUS has been established and this is WP:IDONTLIKEIT. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 23:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Certifications

I suggest chaning RIAA ARIA and BPI etc. certifications back to US, AUS, UK like on most other articles as it becomes complicated and less understandable, Katy Perry is a popular singing meaning this will be a more popular page compared to others so it needs to be made clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LukeChad (talkcontribs) 01:17, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry but they are staying as they are. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Discographies/style#Samples as what is present in the article is the new style that has been established. Eventually all article will follow this formatting. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 05:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree, can it definitely not be done? and 'Teenage Dream' the single has not been certified as 3xPlatinum in the UK, it is certified silver. The album is 3xPlatinum — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.12.80.90 (talk) 16:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but this will not be changed. WP:CONSENSUS has been established and this is the new format. However, I have corrected the Teenage Dream cert - it has been changed to gold. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 22:04, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Part Of Me

Please add No. 1 for POM's chart position in New Zealand http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Katy+Perry&titel=Part+Of+Me&cat=s --79.199.55.75 (talk) 14:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Already done Celestra (talk) 02:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Also please add No. 93 for the Netherlands http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Katy+Perry&titel=Part+Of+Me&cat=s --79.199.48.134 (talk) 21:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Done Celestra (talk) 01:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Please add Gold for Part Of Me in Australia http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 --79.199.54.123 (talk) 12:56, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

DoneDecodet (talk) 19:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Please add Platinum for Part Of Me in Australia http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 --93.229.106.36 (talk) 11:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Done - Happysailor (Talk) 16:39, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Part Of Me peaked at 27 on the Dutch Top 40, not on 67.. http://acharts.us/dutch_top_40/2012/11 or http://acharts.us/song/68599

 Not done dutchcharts is a better link. Tbhotch. Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 18:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
But dutchcharts is not the Dutch Top 40, which is the official chart, it's just the digital top 100. With all the other songs, the Dutch Top 40 is used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.249.107.217 (talk) 17:33, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Part Of Me

Please add the Platinum-cert for Part Of Me in the USA SOURCE--93.229.102.10 (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Done   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 04:30, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

"Goodbye for Now" - P.O.D. f/ Katy Perry

Why was this removed? Katy Perry is officially credited for being a feature in the song, as she sings background vocals and some words in the end. The album and the single credits here, so why must the song be removed from the "As featured artist" section and the music video section? It's no different than her feature in "Starstrukk" or "If We Ever Meet Again." --Crocodileman (talk) 21:29, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

There is a difference between background vocals and being a featured artist. That is why it was removed. Perry sings vocals, she does not FEATURE on the song; all she did was co-write and do backing vocals. Find a high-quality third-party reliable source (such as Billboard) that states she is a featured vocalist and that it was released as a single. WP:NOR and no WP:POV allowed in this article - that is why it was removed. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 21:32, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

When saying that "Part Of Me" was the sixth top 10 from the album, something should be said about how it doesn't qualify in the same way those first five No. 1s did. Although Wikipedia mentions the re-release of the album, Billboard Magazine doesn't see it as the same album in the same sense of Michael Jackson's "Bad" having those five No. 1s. "Part Of Me" is only from the "Confectionary" version of the "Teenage Dream" album; not sure how to say this all succinctly, but I know I read it in Billboard a couple times. Peace, P. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.146.149 (talk) 08:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

"Wide Awake" Is The Next Katy Perry Single

As stated here, "http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/katy-perry-wants-a-f-ing-vacation-after-1007042752.story" Regards! ZephyrWind (talk) 07:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 August 2012

Shouldn't the Complete Confection be a separate album instead of a combination. 24.127.235.45 (talk) 01:13, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Closing per Kuyabribri. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 13:46, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Venezuela

Is Venezuela really notable enough of a country to be listed in the Singles section? I've never seen it used, and the reference doesn't even work. NYSMy talk page 07:48, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

P.O.D. song

Could someone remove this? Backing vocals don't count as being a featured artist on a song. Even if they were, the article for the song cites no source that Perry was a backing vocalist for this single.98.155.5.150 (talk) 19:34, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

please update please

TEENAGE DREAM SALES – — ° ″ ′ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § THE album has sold for now more than 11 million copies you have to update

please


77.44.232.141 (talk) 11:44, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
And your reference is? Tbhotch. Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 17:56, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Hummingbird Heartbeat

Hummingbird Heartbeat is NOT a single. Wide Awake is the last single from Teenage Dream. Even the video's (youtube.com) text states: " Published on Jun 18, 2012

Official music video for "Wide Awake," the final chapter from 'Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection' on iTunes: "[1]

Hummingbird Heartbeat is and never was released as a single. It was just "released" by a radio station. There was no confirmation from neither Katy nor her record label. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jule Firework (talkcontribs) 19:50, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Refer to this. Tbhotch. Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 21:39, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Sales

I just wanted to say ... shouldn't we add a referenced salse column to singles like with albums ... JLo's Discography page has that and the certs on Katy Perry's are outdated and subject to inflation while a sales column would help give a better indication of units sold ... it shouldn't just BE with albums SayaamRulz (talk) 12:16, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

You mean remove certifications and add sales instead? Certification is easier to source AND it indicates sales from most countries off the table. We usually only have sales data from the US and sometimes the UK... Decodet (talk) 17:18, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
No, we could add it as it would only improve it and we could reference them all easily 82.19.13.93 (talk) 18:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

katy perry US sales

she has sold 49,897,000 digital singles will Roar sold 3,5 mils so it will be now 53.2 mils right and that will make her the second best selling digital artist right behind Rihanna in this page Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_the_United_States Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). 77.44.232.141 (talk) 16:40, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

What defines a single?

Can someone please tell me how do we know when a song becomes an official single? I know that just because a track is released to iTunes or any other digital outlet doesn't automatically make a single, however, things get a bit confusing for me when a "promotional single", such as "Dark Horse", gets airplay on radio. Noticeable spins/audience impressions/whatever too. Anony03271991 (talk) 14:04, 18 November 2013 (UTC)Anony03271991

"Dark Horse" would've been a single if it had an add date on radios. It is getting airplay but I don't think it was actually released to radio. That's why it is a promotional single. Decodet (talk) 14:50, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Katy Hudson singles

Search Me and Trust In Me were released as singles from Katy Hudson in 2001 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SayaamRulz (talkcontribs) 13:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Katy Perry discography

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Katy Perry discography's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "aria":

  • From Australian Recording Industry Association: ARIA Charts - Accreditations, ARIA
  • From Madonna singles discography: Austrian Recording Industry Association (2000). "Australian certification". aria.com.au. Retrieved 2008-08-06.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT 23:55, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

prism

and `1st week 453 http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week45-2013.htm

2nd week 242k

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week46-2013.htm

3rd week 147k http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week47-2013.htm

4th week 112k

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week48-2013.htm

5th week 106k

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week49-2013.htm

on it's 6th week

216k

http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm

that means WW sales 1,276,000

77.44.232.141 (talk) 22:12, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


MediaTraffic is NOT to be used as a source as: 1. We don't know where it gets THEIR sources from. 2. It probably does not collate ALL countries, but the main ones.

Vincexgaga (talk) 23:12, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Katy Hudson singles and If We Ever Meet Again

Search Me and Trust in Me were released as singles from Katy Hudson in 2001. I was thinking under Albums and Singles - they should be split into two sections "As Katy Hudson" and "As Katy Perry" because the music style and release were two VERY different things. Also, can I just note Katy Perry was FEATURED on If We Ever Meet Again (check iTunes AND the cover art) - it wasn't a duet - so it shouldn't be listed under "As Lead Artist" but under "As Featured Artist".

DollarSignAyaam (talk) 14:25, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

About "Search Me" and "Trust in Me" - do you have any reliable source claiming those tracks were released as singles? Even if they were, we can't split the singles into two sections, because Katy Hudson and Katy Perry are the same person, even though the music style of those releases are totally different.
About "If We Ever Meet Again" - to be honest, I'm not sure why it is listed as a duet. I just checked iTunes Store and the song is tagged as a release by "Timbaland featuring Katy Perry". Therefore, I personally see it as a single in which Perry is a featured artist. Decodet (talk) 23:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
They were released as singles according to this[2] - this was on Katy Hudson (album) - thanks for providing some insight.
This is a fansite though, it cannot be used as a source. Decodet (talk) 01:05, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

prism

http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm

WW sales Prism 1,8 million copies ...


US sales

968.000k copies as of 1/1/2014 NOTE : ( you have the sources for the past weeks sales on the Prism wiki page )

Prism sold another 99,000k copies in it's 8th week and ascending two positions to No. 5 with 99,000 (up less than 1%)

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5855135/beyonce-leads-for-third-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart

77.44.232.141 (talk) 22:11, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

KATY PERRY UPDATE

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5778180/katy-perry-tops-justin-bieber-for-most-twitter-followers


most followed person on twitter you should mention it on the main article 77.44.232.141 (talk) 20:29, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

One Of The Boys

Whoever is deleting it from the single part stop. It is the offciial third single in Australia so it should stay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billy4kate (talkcontribs) 04:31, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

WRONG DATA

in this article all Perry's albums sales is not more than 13-14 millions. so why is in the article "best-selling artists of all time" written that she sold 63 millions albums?? IT CAN'T BE TRUTH. she sold about 13-14 million albums. not as "best-selling artists of all time" article that claim: a. she sold 60+ million (!). b. MORE Than Prince and almost as GUNS N ROSES (!!!!) It's not truth FOR SURE. Please Fix it (i don't have an account in wiki). thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.117.143.24 (talk) 12:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

You are confused. List of best-selling music artists list total record sales of 63 million. This article shows total album sales of ~14 million. - SummerPhD (talk) 19:19, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Record sales = albums + singles + other songs. decodet. (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Maybe "Legendary Lovers" should be added to the "Other charted songs" "section

The song "Legendary Lovers" charted according to its Wikipedia article. Maybe it should be added to the "Other charted songs" section. Fladoodle (talk) 10:59, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

If We Ever Meet Again is NOT a DUET

On iTunes and the COVER ART, Katy is stated as the featured artist - it is therefore out of place on her singles ... Keshasbyotch (talk) 21:12, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

PEACOCK and BY THE GRACE OF GOD are both promotional single.

The song Peacock and By the Grace of God are both promotional single. Please add them both on the 'promotional single' section. See both articles to have a better proof. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShaneFilaner (talkcontribs) 09:03, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry Shane, but no. Just merely looking at an article is not enough "proof" for things like that, especially since articles have the chance of being unsourced/poorly sourced. The three promotional singles from Teenage Dream were "E.T." (which was later released as a single), "Not Like the Movies", and "Circle the Drain" while the two promotional singles from Prism were "Dark Horse" (which was later released as a single) and "Walking on Air". Snuggums (talk / edits) 13:11, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Certifications

I propose to make a new seperate table for the certifications. This will improve the readability of the singles table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stillnix (talkcontribs) 15:15, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Just no. Lets not turn this into a hagiography of Katy Perry. Her song articles already has the certifications listed. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 15:31, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
Fair Enough, thanks for your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stillnix (talkcontribs) 16:46, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
About not turning this into a hagiography, why are all certifications shown for each song in the singles table? The certifications are already mentioned on the single pages.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stillnix (talkcontribs) 16:36, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
That is not the point. Only the certifications for the 10 major charts that is listed, are present. Nothing else. A discography article should give a broad overview, not list everything in Perry's career. That would make it a hagiography. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 16:25, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Songwriting credits

Yesterday I came here to take a look at the other artists' songs in which Katy has songwriting credits but I couldn't find the list. Shouldn't we include that information in discographies? decodet. (talk) 12:04, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm personally not sure that should be included in discographies when the singer isn't vocally featured on tracks. Snuggums (talk / edits) 03:24, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

us sales

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6450846/ask-billboard-controversial-hits-katy-perrys-sales-taylor-swifts?page=0%2C1

this mean she has sold 6.150.000 albums' and 61 million singles without other uncharted songs or promotional singles such as Peacock (600.000)


does this help in anything ? thx

77.44.187.119 (talk) 21:24, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

@Harout72 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.44.182.236 (talk) 13:31, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

See WP:SYNTH. We do not simply sum up individual sales to come up to a number. We need Billboard to report on her total sales explicitly. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 13:35, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

The song Legends Never Die was released as a promotional single in Amazon

Check the links here http://www.amazon.com/Ferras-Legends-Never-Die-Single/sim/B00N1HDCXQ/2 http://www.amazon.com/Ferras-Legends-Never-Die-Single/dp/B00N1HDCXQ http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Never-feat-Katy-Perry/dp/B00KNK8TXC The song can be included in the "As featured artist" section. Any idea? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatyCatDRIDS (talkcontribs) 14:21, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2015

Where she has her Album sales, PRISM has sold 1,620,000 In the US, My source is http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm BEP878 (talk) 19:31, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Nope, Mediatraffic is unreliable. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 05:32, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 July 2015

Please change PRISM album sales: WW: 3,000,000 To PRISM album sales: WW: 4,000,000 because [3]

49.146.175.86 (talk) 23:47, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

No thats unacceptable source. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 03:15, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Teenage Dream World Wide Sales

I have a request to change the US and Worldwide sales of Teenage Dream. This shows a plaque presented to Bonnie McKee, one of Katy's co-writers by Capitol Records, and it states the album has sold 11 million copies world wide, and 2 million locally. This is shown in the third image. --Wkallao (talk) 01:47, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

No it will never be accepted as a reliable source. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 05:02, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

A literal image showing the plaque that's literally reads "11 million copies" isn't a reliable source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1004:B00A:11E8:BD2A:FB47:5290:B001 (talk) 19:17, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

update request

This page needs an update Dark horse and fireworks certificated diamond in the US

November 5 2015 Forbes ranked her 1st musician 100$ million


Her Us sales alone are enough to put her in a 130million claimed sales (that means with her worldwide sales can be higher)

When you will ask for source plz if you can search for what you for what you Consider a reliable source cut I don't know what you like....

If her claimed sales needs a source you should just put it there and say it needs a source Why?! Cuz her actual sales alone is a logical reason to do it

83.137.1.216 (talk) 09:49, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Can you take your same harping and crying somewhere else? You have been told many times that unless reliable source is found it won't be updated. And using multiple IPs to make the same point is disruptive. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 11:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I didn't change the iP I'm in Germany now 😂 lol I — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.137.1.211 (talk) 15:44, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

PRISM has sold 10 million copies worldwide

According to getmusicasia.com, PRISM has surpassed 10 million in total adjusted album sales worldwide. Read the article here:

Lol, noone of them are remotely reliable. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 11:01, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

PRISM has sold 10 million copies worldwide

According to this site, PRISM has surpassed 10 million in total adjusted album sales worldwide. I think they included the streams that's why the total sales is high.

That is a label statement and not to be considered a reliable source at all. —Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 11:19, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Teenage Dream has sold 6 million copies worldwide

Teenage Dream, racked up over 6 million copies sold worldwide according here:

To be honest, I'm not convinced Hypable is a credible reference. Reuters is definitely more reliable either way. Snuggums (talk / edits) 21:55, 10 January 2016 (UTC)