BIGGEST TRACKS – Phil Collins
The list of most successful songs is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each of them. It includes the song’s own physical singles sales with a 0,3 weighting, its download and streaming sales, and with appropriate weighting too, plus its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.
1. 1981 – Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight [Face Value] – 25,090,000
2. 1989 – Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise […But Seriously] – 19,230,000
3. 1982 – Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love [Hello, I Must Be Going!] – 14,310,000
4. 1985 – Phil Collins – Sussudio [No Jacket Required] – 10,760,000
5. 1984 – Phil Collins – One More Night [No Jacket Required] – 9,190,000
6. 1984 – Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look at Me Now) [Against All Odds Soundtrack] – 5,340,000
7. 1985 – Phil Collins – Take Me Home [No Jacket Required] – 4,940,000
8. 1999 – Phil Collins – You’ll Be in My Heart [Tarzan] – 3,870,000
9. 1985 – Phil Collins – Don’t Lose My Number [No Jacket Required] – 3,810,000
10. 1985 – Phil Collins & Philip Bailey – Easy Lover [Chinese Wall] – 3,560,000
11. 1989 – Phil Collins – I Wish It Would Rain Down […But Seriously] – 3,190,000
12. 2002 – Phil Collins – Can’t Stop Loving You [Testify] – 2,710,000
13. 1989 – Phil Collins – Something Happened on the Way to Heaven […But Seriously] – 2,480,000
14. 1989 – Phil Collins – Do You Remember? […But Seriously] – 2,390,000
15. 1988 – Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind of Love [Buster] – 2,380,000
16. 1993 – Phil Collins – Everyday [Both Sides] – 2,290,000
17. 1993 – Phil Collins – Both Sides of the Story [Both Sides] – 2,220,000
18. 1996 – Phil Collins – Dance into the Light [Dance into the Light] – 1,840,000
19. 1988 – Phil Collins – Two Hearts [Buster] – 1,810,000
20. 1993 – Phil Collins – Can’t Turn Back the Years [Both Sides] – 1,540,000
If you feel inspired by this list, we just created this CSPC Phil Collins playlist on Spotify!
Just one question, how do you guys measure ASR?
Hi Drewwwwww!
You can check explanations and formulas here.
I think it’s would be a very good idea to do the same work for Peter Gabriel and, first, for Genesis…
We’ read here that Phil Collins and Paul McCartney are the only artists who are above the 100 million sales for their work with their solo career AND for their main band. For Macca, the work has been done, and well done, IMO.
But for Phil Collins, we just have a part of the picture… Hope for Genesis CSCP in the next future… Fingers crossed !
Genesis is top 10 on the requests list. You can vote for them here.
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“But for Phil Collins, we just have a part of the picture”
I couldn’t agree more, basically half of his career hasn’t been studied, which is a little strange considering we have Sting/The Police, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Neil Young/CSNY, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel…etc.
His total with Genesis would be around 255 million EAS, i.e. more than Madonna. I think he deserves a complete study of his career.