If an author sells 5,000 books is that enough to make the NY Times bestseller li

Question: If an author sells 5,000 books is that enough to make the NY Times bestseller list!?
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This is what I was able to find:
"there are more than 200,000 books published each year in the US, and less than 5% ever sell more than 5,000 copies!. Their best seller formula includes current sales and historical data!. It is possible to create a spike in sales, even to the top positions, but other factors apply to this constantly changing algorithm!."

This site explains it a lot better:
http://www!.midwestbookreview!.com/bookbiz!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

make it onto the Times top-15 list by selling only 5,000 hardcover copies in a single week!.Www@QuestionHome@Com