CSPC: Phil Collins Popularity Analysis

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Digital Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Face Value (1981) – 810,000 equivalent albums

In the Air Tonight – 4,940,000
This Must Be Love – 120,000
If Leaving Me Is Easy – 140,000
Remaining tracks – 200,000

Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) – 216,000 equivalent albums

I Don’t Care Anymore – 450,000
You Can’t Hurry Love – 910,000
Remaining tracks – 80,000

No Jacket Required (1985) – 266,000 equivalent albums

Sussudio – 450,000
One More Night – 820,000
Don’t Lose My Number – 160,000
Take Me Home – 290,000
Remaining tracks – 50,000

Buster (1988) – 209,000 equivalent albums

Two Hearts – 610,000
A Groovy Kind of Love – 680,000
Remaining tracks – 100,000 (non-Collins)

…But Seriously (1989) – 422,000 equivalent albums

Another Day in Paradise – 1,380,000
Do You Remember? – 350,000
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven – 280,000
I Wish It Would Rain Down – 460,000
Remaining tracks – 340,000

Among all Collins‘ 80s hits, its the breakthrough smash In The Air Tonight which became his signature song. The track is a huge catalog force with nearly 5 million digital sales. No other song comes close although Another Day In Paradise is past a million sales.