So, after checking all figures, how many overall album sales equivalent each Bee Gees album achieved? Well, at this point we barely need to do the addition of all figures defined all over this article!
In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.
artist_spotify_id
#
Cover
Album
Studio Album*
sales_update_date
Other LPs*
Physical Singles*
Digital Singles*
Streams
Daily Increase
Total CSPC
valid_as_of
streams_updated_value
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1
Bee Gees' 1st
1,350,000
09.04.17
6,609,000
684,000(2,280,000)
120,000(800,000)
184,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 80LD: 160
8,947,000
20,230,124
184,000
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2
Horizontal
1,200,000
09.04.17
4,565,000
1,863,000(6,210,000)
128,000(850,000)
145,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 60LD: 100
7,901,000
20,230,124
145,000
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3
Idea
1,250,000
09.04.17
3,367,000
1,269,000(4,230,000)
83,000(550,000)
153,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 70LD: 100
6,122,000
20,230,124
153,000
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4
Odessa
1,200,000
09.04.17
426,000
495,000(1,650,000)
15,000(100,000)
30,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
2,166,000
20,230,124
30,000
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5
Cucumber Castle
350,000
09.04.17
370,000
384,000(1,280,000)
15,000(100,000)
26,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
1,145,000
20,230,124
26,000
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6
2 Years On
400,000
09.04.17
618,000
528,000(1,760,000)
15,000(100,000)
17,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,578,000
20,230,124
17,000
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7
Trafalgar
600,000
09.04.17
1,919,000
723,000(2,410,000)
60,000(400,000)
58,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 20LD: 40
3,360,000
20,230,124
58,000
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8
To Whom It May Concern
650,000
09.04.17
376,000
363,000(1,210,000)
15,000(100,000)
26,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
1,430,000
20,230,124
26,000
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9
Life in a Tin Can
500,000
09.04.17
1,000
12,000(40,000)
0(0)
0 (04/09/17)
N/A
513,000
20,230,124
0
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10
Mr. Natural
325,000
09.04.17
28,000
93,000(310,000)
5,000(30,000)
1,000 (04/09/17)
N/A
452,000
20,230,124
1,000
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11
Main Course
2,800,000
09.04.17
2,676,000
1,305,000(4,350,000)
120,000(800,000)
122,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 50LD: 70
7,023,000
20,230,124
122,000
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12
Children of the World
3,000,000
09.04.17
3,804,000
1,557,000(5,190,000)
135,000(900,000)
233,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 100LD: 150
8,729,000
20,230,124
233,000
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13
Saturday Night Fever
34,800,000
09.04.17
24,813,000
5,943,000(19,810,000)
1,335,000(8,900,000)
2,743,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 1,170LD: 1,800
69,634,000
20,230,124
2,743,000
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14
Spirits Having Flown
11,700,000
09.04.17
2,354,000
3,951,000(13,170,000)
210,000(1,400,000)
291,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 130LD: 190
18,506,000
20,230,124
291,000
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15
Living Eyes
1,000,000
09.04.17
1,000
258,000(860,000)
3,000(20,000)
13,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,275,000
20,230,124
13,000
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16
Staying Alive
3,550,000
09.04.17
0
363,000(1,210,000)
3,000(20,000)
171,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 80LD: 450
4,087,000
20,230,124
171,000
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17
E.S.P.
2,700,000
09.04.17
739,000
741,000(2,470,000)
120,000(800,000)
96,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 40LD: 50
4,396,000
20,230,124
96,000
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18
One
1,250,000
09.04.17
58,000
264,000(880,000)
15,000(100,000)
124,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 60LD: 70
1,711,000
20,230,124
124,000
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19
High Civilization
1,300,000
09.04.17
51,000
186,000(620,000)
8,000(50,000)
13,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,558,000
20,230,124
13,000
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20
Size Isn't Everything
900,000
09.04.17
34,000
264,000(880,000)
15,000(100,000)
30,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 30
1,243,000
20,230,124
30,000
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21
Still Waters
3,600,000
09.04.17
147,000
483,000(1,610,000)
45,000(300,000)
64,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 30LD: 30
4,339,000
20,230,124
64,000
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22
This Is Where I Came In
1,100,000
09.04.17
62,000
30,000(100,000)
15,000(100,000)
33,000 (01/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,240,000
20,230,124
33,000
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23
Orphan
0
09.04.17
3,459,000
951,000(3,170,000)
225,000(1,500,000)
41,000 (04/09/17)
N/A
4,676,000
20,230,124
41,000
*Pure sales figures updated on 04/09/17. '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)
Until now, the biggest album ever studied by our website was Rumours by Fleetwood Mac at 60,5 million equivalent albums sold overall. Inside the Top 5 is Grease with 51,9 million. Both of those albums outsold Saturday Night Fever in pure album sales since they got cannibalized at a lower extent by compilations. Thanks to the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept, the real success of Saturday Night Fever is restored with a tremendous total of 66,7 million equivalent album sales since its release. The best selling album ever with a considerable margin until the release of Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, this #1 spot sounds very logical.
Spirits Having Flown ends up at over 18 million, nothing to be ashamed about even for the immediate follow up of one of the biggest album ever. No other album top the 10 million level, five are in the 6-9 million territory though including their first three releases.
The Bee Gees got incredibly big but also incredibly weak at times. As low as 450,000 units for Mr Natural in spite of more than 40 years of sales in every format including all compilations. With a total 53 times weaker than Saturday Night Fever, Living Eyes may be regarded as one of the biggest flops of the music industry history.
Nevertheless, in total the Bee Gees sold a truly solid 156 million equivalent album sales. Ironically, this is pretty much a tie with the other disco legends ABBA at 155,7 million. Defining the likes Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones as the first division of all-time top artists with near 200 million equivalent album sales or more, then the Bee Gees lead the second division by topping artists as popular as Whitney Houston, Bon Jovi or Metallica.
The following pages list their most successful songs. Do not forget to check our amazing cross-artists lists posted inside the CSPC: Data Collector which includes the full listing of all CSPC results compiled so far to better gauge their positionin the history of the music industry.
As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!
MJD, is there any particular reason why disco acts like Bee Gees or ABBA has pretty strong streamings yet somebody who is known as the biggest Disco singer of that era like Donna Summer seems to have very weak streams. I always wonder.
It depends on where you are from. Donna Summer was huge in the US, while ABBA weren’t. Globally though, there have been no match even during the disco era, the Bee Gees and ABBA were simply way, way bigger than her. US media tag lines (like the “Disco Queen”) often disturb the perception of the reality in the long run.
Thank you MJD. I guess it make sense. Often times this Queen Of… makes you think they are bigger than people thought they are when it is not always the case.
PLEASE ,one more time ,again and again, the BEE GEES are NOT a disco group ,they are talented songwriters and performers , they wrote more than 1040 songs for them as a group and solo efforts ,their brother Andy Gibb and other artists ( Warwick ,Dion , Streisand , Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton ,Ross , and hundred of artists covering their songs from Presley to Al Green ,Bolton, ,Bubble ,etc… etc…) , their dance oriented period and style ( in fact rnb blue eyed soul ) was from 75 to 79 , the Fever soundtrack contains only 5 new… Read more »
Giovanni Cuozzo
2 years ago
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.
Juan Cristobal Guzman
4 years ago
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
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 »
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MJD, is there any particular reason why disco acts like Bee Gees or ABBA has pretty strong streamings yet somebody who is known as the biggest Disco singer of that era like Donna Summer seems to have very weak streams. I always wonder.
Hi Jazz!
It depends on where you are from. Donna Summer was huge in the US, while ABBA weren’t. Globally though, there have been no match even during the disco era, the Bee Gees and ABBA were simply way, way bigger than her. US media tag lines (like the “Disco Queen”) often disturb the perception of the reality in the long run.
Thank you MJD. I guess it make sense. Often times this Queen Of… makes you think they are bigger than people thought they are when it is not always the case.
PLEASE ,one more time ,again and again, the BEE GEES are NOT a disco group ,they are talented songwriters and performers , they wrote more than 1040 songs for them as a group and solo efforts ,their brother Andy Gibb and other artists ( Warwick ,Dion , Streisand , Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton ,Ross , and hundred of artists covering their songs from Presley to Al Green ,Bolton, ,Bubble ,etc… etc…) , their dance oriented period and style ( in fact rnb blue eyed soul ) was from 75 to 79 , the Fever soundtrack contains only 5 new… Read more »
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 »