Streaming World: Back To 2000
2000 TOP 100 HITS – #2
Coldplay – Yellow – 162 600 000
Its lead of nearly 50 million over the #3 song is still not enough to grant Coldplay cult song Yellow the #1 spot. Being runner up is nothing to be ashamed of especially after starting so slowly.
Indeed, the song was an instant smash in the UK and in Australia, hitting the Top 5 in both places and sending the album to #1 and #2 respectively. The road to success wasn’t that easy elsewhere yet. In the US, the song never went higher than #48 and the album similarly peaked at #51. At #82 in the Netherlands or #96 in France among others, Yellow wasn’t a record breaking it in 2000.
Years worked hard in favor to this song yet. With the immense and continuous success Coldplay have been enjoying ever since, Yellow has for long moved into the section of all-time classic songs, just like its album Parachutes. Let review the incredible results of this album songs on below table. While the album ties the Eminem one with 7 entries inside the Top 100, it also has 3 more songs bubbling under the list.
Hey guys, are we ever going to get another installment? Your analysis of the Spotify numbers is truly the best out there.
Great work, as always!! I’m always learning so many things through your articles and forum posts. Just one thing though. I don’t know about Spotify, but Groovejet isn’t available on all streaming platforms for sure – it’s not available on the one I use, Google Play Music. I had to add the downloaded song to my library so that I can stream it with the rest of my music. So if it is officially available on Spotify – which I kinda doubt – it must a very recent addition. Hence why its streaming count is so low. I don’t think… Read more »
One more very interesting article. Thank you for making our undertsanding of charts better!
Hi MJDangerous, I would recommend doing a populatity analysis for Britney Spears, as she is releasing her 9th studio album later this week, and even though she clearly isn’t particularly big anymore, she still remains the best selling female act who debuted during the past 25 years. She’s also one of the lucky acts who benefit from being successful in 3 different eras (peak of album sales, peak of digital sales, and streaming), so her CSPC results should be interesting! And unfortunately, as it happens with most of the big selling acts, there’s always been confusion regarding how much she… Read more »