Digital Singles Sales – Part 4
Staying Alive (1983) – 3,000 equivalent albums
Remaining tracks – 20,000
E.S.P. (1987) – 120,000 equivalent albums
You Win Again – 800,000
Remaining tracks – 0
One (1989) – 15,000 equivalent albums
Remaining tracks – 100,000
High Civilization (1991) – 8,000 equivalent albums
Secret Love – 50,000
Remaining tracks – 0
You Win Again is largely the leading force of this period once again. This song was even the highest charted track in various European countries after Robin Gibb passed away, topping Stayin’ Alive.
Great job!
Any chance to also include solo albums from Barry and Robin?
For sure they sell lesser than Bee Gees album, but I have never seen any estimation.
The Top 100 Most Streamed Songs, By Decade in the USA
Stayin Alive the most Streamed song of the 70s in the US.
1950s Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin 24.03 M
1960s Hey Jude. The Beatles 84.74 M
1970s Stayin Alive The Bee Gees 244.37 M
1980s Billie Jean Michael Jackson 450.72 M
1990s I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston 315.17 M
Source: On- Demand U.S Streams (Audio and video combined) According to Nielsen Music
Stayin Alive has reached over 400 million views on YouTube since 2009
Collecting all the potential “feat” instances will be quite a task, so I will not expect it. You’ve already done a lot. Starters would be the Barry and Robin solo albums at least. Most of the “feat” I can think of would be just 1 or 2 brothers, so whether that counts as Bee Gees, I am just not sure. You have to draw a line somewhere. One thing I would have put in are the pre-1967 Australian albums, but since they were almost exclusive to Aus and sales were not much, they would not make much difference in what… Read more »