ARCTIC MONKEYS CAREER CSPC RESULTS

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Arctic Monkeys achieved? Well, at this point we hardly need to add up all of the figures defined in this article!

In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

#	Cover	Album	Total CSPC	Sales*				Streams			Total CSPC
				Studio Albums	Other LPs	Physical Singles	Digital Singles	Last verified	Auto update	Daily Increase
1		Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	5,930,000	3,390,000	136,000	87,000 (290,000)	465,000 (3,100,000)	616,000 (05/14/18)	1,852,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 800 LD: 1,300	5,930,000
2		Favourite Worst Nightmare	5,121,000	2,020,000	53,000	36,000 (120,000)	446,000 (2,970,000)	613,000 (05/14/18)	2,566,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 1,260 LD: 3,130	5,121,000
3		Humbug	1,677,000	970,000	0	15,000 (50,000)	112,000 (750,000)	215,000 (05/14/18)	580,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 240 LD: 520	1,677,000
4		Suck It and See	1,594,000	870,000	0	6,000 (20,000)	69,000 (460,000)	285,000 (05/14/18)	649,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 230 LD: 380	1,594,000
5		AM	9,889,000	2,890,000	0	5,000 (17,000)	729,000 (4,860,000)	2,091,000 (05/14/18)	6,265,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 2,690 LD: 5,980	9,889,000
6		Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	789,000	200,000	0	0 (0)	3,000 (20,000)	48,000 (05/14/18)	586,000 (08/11/22)	Av.: 350 LD: 310	789,000
7		Orphan	451,000	0	113,000	19,000 (63,000)	106,000 (710,000)	213,000 (05/14/18)	N/A	N/A	451,000
*Pure sales figures updated on 05/14/18. '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)

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Conclusions

Disappointing? After all, we can’t argue the Arctic Monkeys were a A-League band with their first 4 albums. The band’s fame in the UK wasn’t translated in full abroad. Nevertheless, Whatever and Favourite are solid sellers at nearly 8 million EAS across all formats. With Humbug and Suck It and See the hype vanished. They sold poorly with around 1,3 million EAS a piece.

In the meantime, the band went on to record their biggest album ever with AM. The LP is up to 5,7 million EAS, a tremendous figure. At last, they turned into one of the biggest bands of the World.

Obviously, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is just getting started. In general, albums issued with no single rarely do well. We will have to wait and see to check if a track from it takes off on streaming.

Until now, the Arctic Monkeys moved 16,8 million equivalent album sales. While it may not sound that impressive, a point often overlooked is the ongoing strength of a catalog. Even if they don’t release albums anymore, their numbers will be significantly higher in, say, 10 years of time.

To go deeper…

Thanks to our new ASR (Artist Success Rating) concept, we know that their sales represent 4,65 million times the purchase of their entire discography (equivalent discography sales). Coupled with their total sales, it translates into an ASR score is 50, almost on par with Lorde.

The following pages list their most successful songs as well as their records and achievements. 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 position in the history of the music industry.

As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!

Sources: IFPI, Spotify, YouTube, Discogs, Chartmasters.org.