Streaming Masters - Neil Diamond

At the top of the game first as a songwriter and then as a singer-songwriter, Neil Diamond penned an impressive array of classics from the American songbook throughout his careers.

In this article, we break down the streaming statistics of his personal catalog, led by the evergreen track Sweet Caroline, one of the most played songs from the 60s to this day.

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Neil Diamond streaming review – the method

Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.

To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.

In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.

Audio Streams
– South Korea: Genie streams * 2.20 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan: AWA streams * 100 / 4 (AWA has 4% of the Japanese streaming market)
– Arabic world: Anghami streams
– Sub-Saharan Africa: Boomplay + Audiomack streams
– Elsewhere: Spotify streams * Spotify market shares based on artists’ market distribution

Video Streams
– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views increased by 10% to account for various local platforms

*since Chinese streaming platforms are mostly video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.

Audio Stream value – 1,500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 6,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * ArtistRatio + Genie * 2.20 + AWA * 100 / 4 + Anghami + Boomplay + Audiomack ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube * 1.1 ) / 6750

Please be aware that when the artist is regarded as the lead act, he is rewarded with 100% of these units, while featured acts share among them a 50% piece of the totals.

Neil Diamond streaming review – the results

CSPC Neil Diamond discography streaming youtube spotify statistics

Total: 2,300,489 EAS

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Neil Diamond most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) [Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show] – 885,000
2. Cracklin’ Rosie [Tap Root Manuscript] – 137,000
3. Forever in Blue Jeans [You Don’t Bring Me Flowers] – 122,000
4. I Am… I Said [Stones] – 116,000
5. Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon [Just for You] – 83,000
6. Song Sung Blue [Moods] – 61,000
7. September Morn [September Morn] – 60,000
8. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers [I’m Glad You’re Here with Me Tonight] – 50,000
9. Cherry, Cherry [The Feel of Neil Diamond] – 49,000
10. America [The Jazz Singer] – 48,000
11. Beautiful Noise [Beautiful Noise] – 46,000
12. Solitary Man [The Feel of Neil Diamond] – 41,000
13. Hello Again [The Jazz Singer] – 35,000
14. Love on the Rocks [The Jazz Singer] – 35,000
15. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show [Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show] – 35,000
16. Holly Holy [Touching You, Touching Me] – 31,000
17. Play Me [Moods] – 28,000
18. Shilo [Just for You] – 20,000
19. Soolaimón [Tap Root Manuscript] – 18,000
20. Kentucky Woman [Tennessee Moon] – 18,000