Aaliyah Career CSPC Results
So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each Aaliyah album achieved? Well, at this point we don’t need to combine all the figures found in this article.
In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.
| # | Cover | Album | Total CSPC | Sales* | Streams | Total CSPC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Albums | Other LPs | Physical Singles | Digital Singles | Last verified | Auto update | Daily Increase | |||||
| 1 |  | Age Ain't Nothig but a Number | 4,017,000 | 2,850,000 | 269,000 | 480,000(1,600,000) | 210,000(1,400,000) | 196,000 (04/09/22) | 208,000 (08/15/22) | Av.: 90LD: 100 | 4,017,000 |
| 2 |  | One in a Million | 5,517,000 | 4,250,000 | 522,000 | 630,000(2,100,000) | 30,000(200,000) | 64,000 (04/09/22) | 85,000 (08/15/22) | Av.: 170LD: 170 | 5,517,000 |
| 3 |  | Aaliyah | 6,168,000 | 5,100,000 | 720,000 | 188,000(627,000) | 75,000(500,000) | 73,000 (04/09/22) | 85,000 (08/15/22) | Av.: 90LD: 100 | 6,168,000 |
| 4 | Orphan | 2,691,000 | 0 | 1,663,000 | 608,000(2,027,000) | 143,000(950,000) | 277,000 (04/09/22) | N/A | N/A | 2,691,000 | |
| *Pure sales figures updated on 04/09/22. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day. | |||||||||||
As a reminder:
- Studio Album: sales of the original album
- Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
- Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10)
- Download Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10)
- Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)
See where the artist ranks among remaining singers
Mind-blowing? Definitely not. Good? For sure. A lot can be said about Aaliyah’s artistic talents as well as about her impact over R&B and Pop music too. Many popular singers do quote her as a key influence. Most of what is said about her album sales though – figures repeated often a la 24, 32 or even 80 million – are insanely exaggerated.
She definitely sold well as an urban artist, but all figures point out that she never crossed over to a mainstream audience. Basically, kids born in the late 80s may have been big fans of her, but their parents have most likely never heard her name. Not all artists should be A-List stars though. A trio of consistent albums from nearly 4 million to over 6 million equivalent album sales each, plus various successful singles outside of them, is already a very nice showing. If the mess around her discography availability gets cleared up in the future, the diva’s catalog sales pace will get much better..
Overall, Aaliyah moved 17,9 million equivalent albums. This tally is not at the level of most artists studied so far – most of them were absolute monsters though. Although, you would be surprised at how many well known singers are under that mark.
Do not forget to check our amazing lists posted inside the CSPC: Data Collector which includes the full listing of all CSPC results compiled so far to better gauge her position in the history of the music industry.
As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!
Sources: IFPI, Spotify, Last.fm, Chartmasters.org.
Aaliyah’s CSPC figures for each of her albums are nowhere to be found. Could somebody please add them again given that her albums are finally available on streaming platforms?
hello there! great page!! would it be possible to give me accurate album sales figures for the enigma 2 albums “the screen behind the mirror” and “voyageur” thank you!!!! jens gad