AEROSMITH’ BIGGEST TRACKS
The list is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each song. Therefore, these figures are not merged units of singles formats. Instead, it includes weighted sales of the song’s physical single, download, ringtone and streaming as well as its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.
1. 1975 – Aerosmith – Walk This Way [Toys in the Attic] – 17,270,000
2. 1973 – Aerosmith – Dream On [Aerosmith] – 15,240,000
3. 1993 – Aerosmith – Crazy [Get a Grip] – 9,940,000
4. 1975 – Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion [Toys in the Attic] – 8,600,000
5. 1993 – Aerosmith – Cryin’ [Get a Grip] – 8,360,000
6. 1987 – Aerosmith – Dude (Looks Like a Lady) [Permanent Vacation] – 5,880,000
7. 1989 – Aerosmith – Water Song/Janie’s Got a Gun [Pump] – 5,310,000
8. 1989 – Aerosmith – Going Down/Love in an Elevator [Pump] – 4,540,000
9. 1998 – Aerosmith – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing [Armageddon: The Album] – 3,650,000
10. 1976 – Aerosmith – Back in the Saddle [Rocks] – 3,630,000
11. 1997 – Aerosmith – Pink [Nine Lives] – 3,530,000
12. 1987 – Aerosmith – Angel [Permanent Vacation] – 3,190,000
13. 1993 – Aerosmith – Amazing [Get a Grip] – 2,980,000
14. 1989 – Aerosmith – What It Takes [Pump] – 2,590,000
15. 1987 – Aerosmith – Rag Doll [Permanent Vacation] – 2,510,000
16. 1974 – Aerosmith – Same Old Song and Dance [Get Your Wings] – 2,390,000
17. 1993 – Aerosmith – Livin’ on the Edge [Get a Grip] – 2,070,000
18. 2000 – Aerosmith – Jaded [Just Push Play] – 1,980,000
19. 1976 – Aerosmith – Last Child [Rocks] – 1,830,000
20. 1977 – Aerosmith – Kings and Queens [Draw the Line] – 1,330,000
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Hi MJD, in Asia Aerosmith outside Japan sell this way less than Metallica?
Hi Jsak!
I haven’t all numbers at hand but from my memories of the Aerosmith study they got big in Asia only with I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing. Even in countries where they have strong views, this song represents a gigantic share of it. Metallica sold very well in Asia from the very beginning so it would be natural to see them ahead.
Aerosmith:
Asia – 9,780,000
Japan – 7,065,000
Metallica:
Asia – 8.380.000
Japan – 3.785.000
Aerosmith in Japan have sold far more, but there is no history outside.
Except this is inaccurate. Aerosmith has more than 150 million world wide in album sales. And if you rank them by platinum album sales Aerosmith is ranked 14th above metallica, Bon jovi, van halen, the who, Michael Jackson. And Aerosmith has still sold more units in America than bon jovi or metallica.
Hi Wayne! What’s inaccurate is all these good old claims coming out of nowhere and repeated online by lazy journalists who just pick the first thing they read on Wikipedia to fill their article. No, Elvis hasn’t sold 1 billion records, nor has the Beatles, Michael Jackson hasn’t sold 750 million, ABBA hasn’t sold 350 million, Madonna hasn’t sold 300 million albums, etc, etc, and Aerosmith haven’t sold more than 150 million albums globally. As for “ranking them by platinum”, that means considering the US is the World as well as considering that albums is the only format that ever… Read more »
Join the discussion…I heard on a 60 minutes episode of Steve Tyler on an interview and they said Aerosmith had sold 160 million albums world wide back in 2013. Obviously 7 years later their even higher now.
You get about 160m if you add all album and single sales together unweighted.