Digital Singles Sales – Part 2

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) – 780,000 equivalent albums

The Pretender – 3,500,000
Let It Die – 350,000
Long Road to Ruin – 850,000
Remaining tracks – 500,000

Wasting Lights (2011) – 435,000 equivalent albums

Bridge Burning – 300,000
Rope – 700,000
Arlandria – 250,000
These Days – 500,000
Walk – 650,000
Remaining tracks – 500,000

Sonic Highways (2014) – 158,000 equivalent albums

Something from Nothing – 350,000
Congregation – 150,000
Outside – 150,000
Remaining tracks – 400,000

Concrete and Gold (2017) – 15,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 100,000

Orphan – 180,000 equivalent albums

Wheels – 750,000
Remaining tracks – 450,000

We already met the case of bands such as Coldplay and Linkin Park that had little showing in the singles chart until the digital years. On a lower scale, the Foo Fighters did the same. The Pretender joins Everlong and Best Of You among the songs with impressive strength, having sold 3,5 million units to date.

Both Wasting Lights and Sonic Highways had no such hit. They benefited from coming out when people were already using iTunes a lot, inclusively replacing the purchase of albums. Thus, all their tracks have relatively decent sales.

Over the course of their career, the Foo Fighers sold a very respectable total of 26 million digital singles.