The Nanook
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I believe it's a bit more complicated now at least for Billboard. Billboard changed the methodology in 2018 so that for paid subscription services 1,250 streams = 1 album unit while for ad-supported streams 3,750 streams = 1 album unit.If I am not mistaken, it is 1 sale for every 1,500 streams for an album (songs is different). So you need about 15 million album streams to move "10k" copies of an album. Someone feel free to correct me if I am off.
RIAA still uses 1,500 streams = 1 album unit.