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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.”



It's a bit ambiguous in your quote, but "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sold 12MM *globally* (source: the song's wiki page).


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


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?




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