BIGGEST TRACKS
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. 1986 – Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al [Graceland] – 10,070,000
2. 1972 – Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard [Paul Simon] – 6,740,000
3. 1975 – Paul Simon – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [Still Crazy After All These Years] – 4,570,000
4. 1990 – Paul Simon – The Obvious Child [The Rhythm of the Saints] – 2,780,000
5. 1986 – Paul Simon – Graceland [Graceland] – 2,360,000
6. 1986 – Paul Simon – Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes [Graceland] – 2,290,000
7. 1973 – Paul Simon – Kodachrome [There Goes Rhymin’ Simon] – 2,240,000
8. 1980 – Paul Simon – Late in the Evening [One-Trick Pony] – 1,650,000
9. 1972 – Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion [Paul Simon] – 1,230,000
10. 1975 – Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years [Still Crazy After All These Years] – 1,090,000
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S&G are well above Paul Simon in solo. Their sales are probably in the 120-140 million range, at the minimum ! We’ll see “Late in the evening”….
Honestly, quite underwhelming. And i doubt Simon and Garfunkel did any better.
Simon and Garfunkel did loads more! They were massive, biggest selling 60s artists after The Beatles I’d say!
Yep, looks like you were right.
Ok MJD. I didn’t pay attention to Santana because I thought you were only talking about solo artists and not about bands… And Cher neither. Seeing her face, I couldn’t imagine she was more old than 25 when she released Believe (lol)…
Oh please let’s have Simon and Garfunkel! 😊
Not bad
Never a big fan of simon………..but he has his place. Fav song is “kodachrome” and from
SandG “So long frank loyd wright”
I’m wondering what are the 2 most successful albums ever by an artist aged 45 or more ?… I’ve failed to find one. Eric Clapton’s Unplugged is a live album, so it can’be this one, I suppose… Very puzzling !
I’d say Pink Floyd – The Division bell.
Actually forget I said that..
Hi Winston!
Cher’s Believe is slightly ahead while the still unstudied Santana with Supernatural will be the #1 on that ‘old guns’ category 😉
I wonder if a Simon & Garfunkel article is coming next?
Hi Isaiah!
Yes, Simon & Garfunkel is coming tonight 😉
Thanks, thanks and thanks ! I was hoping this one since many months !