Physical Singles Sales

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.

Foo Fighters (1995) – 120,000 equivalent albums

This Is a Call – 210,000
I’ll Stick Around – 70,000
Big Me – 60,000
For All the Cows – 60,000

The Colour and the Shape (1997) – 99,000 equivalent albums

Monkey Wrench – 160,000
My Hero – 50,000
Everlong – 70,000
Walking After You – 50,000

There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999) – 51,000 equivalent albums

Breakout – 40,000
Learn to Fly – 80,000
Generator – 20,000
Next Year – 30,000

One by One (2002) – 66,000 equivalent albums

All My Life – 120,000
Low – 20,000
Have It All – 20,000
Times Like These – 60,000

In Your Honor (2005) – 42,000 equivalent albums

No Way Back – 10,000
Best of You – 80,000
DOA – 30,000
Resolve – 20,000

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) – 33,000 equivalent albums

The Pretender – 90,000
Long Road to Ruin – 20,000

Wasting Lights (2011) – 3,000 equivalent albums

Rope – 5,000
Remaining Singles – 5,000

Orphan – 15,000 equivalent albums

Wheels – 10,000
The One – 40,000

Rock bands rarely sell singles. Some achieved one big crossover hit at best. The Foo Fighters have no such song, and their singles weren’t even released in the US so their sales in this format are somewhat irrelevant. Across their entire career, they moved only 1,4 million physical singles.