Digital Singles Sales – Part 5
As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.
Double Trouble (1967) – 1,500 equivalent albums
All tracks – 10,000
Clambake (1967) – 21,000 equivalent albums
Big Boss Man – 110,000
Remaining tracks – 30,000
Speedway (1968) – 1,500 equivalent albums
All tracks – 10,000
From Elvis in Memphis (1969) – 122,000 equivalent albums
In the Ghetto – 770,000
Remaining tracks – 40,000
Back In Memphis (1969) – 9,000 equivalent albums
All tracks – 60,000
That’s the Way It Is (1970) – 90,000 equivalent albums
I Just Can’t Help Believin’ – 90,000
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – 100,000
Bridge Over Troubled Water – 160,000
Remaining tracks – 250,000
Presley recovered his fame thanks to the success of In the Ghetto. The song remains hot with 770,000 downloads and ringtones. Home of multiple covers of well known songs, That’s the Way it Is performs well in digital platforms and approaches 100,000 equivalent album sales from downloads
Enlighten me. In 1978, “A Legendary Performer Vol. 3” was released. After a few weeks, it was awarded a gold certification (500,000 sales, USA only, dec18th 1978) from RIAA. You have worldwide sales at 440,000. Any comment?
I would assume that CHARTMASTERS has accounted for all UK album releases before September, 2018? /It looks like (earlier catalog (reissue product since 2000) releases / ELVIS THAT”S THE WAY IT IS ( 30) has gotten a gold (100,000) award in 2021/Another ,TODAY (40) at ( 60,000) in 2019/ Add these to world totals/ OTHER re-issue but new product in found awards in 2020 -THE WONDER OF YOU LP at (600,00),50 GREATEST HITS at (900,000)./ 2019 – JAILHOUSE ROCK LP at (60,000), THE ESSENTIAL at (60,000) , IF I CAN DREAM LP at ( 1,200,000) /
CHARTMASTER’s No.82 notes FOR LP FANS ONLY at 430,00 worldwide. Considering the contents of this LP contained ALL re-issued material (on single or EP release ) this initial sales figure seems right .Lower US charted figures in 1959 also back this up. It is surprising however, that after this LP was also converted into re-processed stereo in 1963,as well as mono, it still failed to make it to RCA’s MILLION DOLLAR status, even in RCA’s 1971 catalog. Someone at RCA just had to be asleep! Or if not, considering 8 track & cassettes sold ,just had to ADD sales well… Read more »
FLAMING STAR /CHARTMASTER’S no.77 / This (noted) post 1977 RIAA awarded LP is noted at 2,150,000 totaled by CHARTMASTERS. This has got to be too LOW, as it is based upon combined Camden-Pickwick figures, most of it from post 1977 successful marketing efforts, along with other ‘low priced’ budget product./As this LP was ALREADY noted as a MILLION DOLLAR LP seller by RCA (not RIAA) in it’s 1971 catalog. Yet these sales had to include a Billboard chart placing at 96.While this figure is considered low, the (then) rules made this LP have to sell more than the usual LP,… Read more »
CHARTMASTERS could look into (especially) the 1977 re-issued Presley LP sales of HAREM SCARUM no.23,SPINOUT no.26,DOUBLE TROUBLE no.28 & CLAMBAKE no.29.With these sales, each of these (deleted in 1971) US LPs, ADD to over 500,000 each, as WORLD entities./
Paradise Hawaiian Style 1966/Elvis Presley/CHARTMASTERS no 25./The 1971 RCA catalog notes this LP as a WORLDWIDE MILLION $ SELLER. This updates CHARTMASTERS WORLDWIDE figure of 430,000 before 1977.
It Happened At The World’s Fair-Elvis Presley.1963./CHARTMASTERS no.17.The CHARTMASTERS WORLD figure at 600,000.This LP DID reach top 10 chart status in 1963.It is NOT noted as a WORLDWIDE MILLION SELLER on the back of the Elvis For Everyone LP in 1965.It was put on stereo 8 ,as an 8 track (P8S-1140) in 1966.By 1971,it was DROPPED as a re-issued catalog item. Later in 1977,following Presley’s death, the LP was AGAIN released as (APL1-2568) in the (US)),featuring the original MONO cover, in STEREO form. Like all Elvis product release in 1977,however brief, this LP, as well on 8 track & cassette… Read more »
ELVIS IS BACK LP.CHARTMASTERS no.10 /CHARTMASTERS (US) at 675,000,has got to be low? As a WORLD total at 1,160,000,it seems that this LP has better stats to match? As Elvis’s first official ‘Living Stereo’ release (released in mono & stereo ,with mono sales selling more) in 1960-61.An another RCA mistake , it could have been a RIAA award in 1961,with RCA not getting around to it until 1999..This LP got to no.2 on BILLBOARD,& lasted on (LP) chart for 56 weeks. In March,2011,it actually charted as a re-issue in BILLBOARD, which then proclaimed it at 199,with an added week-a total… Read more »