Streaming Masters – John Lennon
To nobody’s surprise, Imagine is John Lennon‘s signature song, as shown by its more than 700 million streams on Spotify and 900 million views on YouTube. Such a phenomenal success would be the career-defining track of most artists.
Despite a relatively short solo career, the rest of his catalog adds for 2.3 billion streams on Spotify, and many more on remaining platforms. We break down his streaming numbers, song by song.
John Lennon streaming review – the method
Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.
To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.
In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.
Audio Streams
– South Korea: Genie streams * 2.20 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan: AWA streams * 100 / 4 (AWA has 4% of the Japanese streaming market)
– Arabic world: Anghami streams
– Sub-Saharan Africa: Boomplay + Audiomack streams
– Elsewhere: Spotify streams * Spotify market shares based on artists’ market distribution
Video Streams
– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views increased by 10% to account for various local platforms
*since Chinese streaming platforms are mostly video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.
Audio Stream value – 1,500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 6,750 views equal 1 album unit
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * ArtistRatio + Genie * 2.20 + AWA * 100 / 4 + Anghami + Boomplay + Audiomack ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube * 1.1 ) / 6750
Please be aware that when the artist is regarded as the lead act, he is rewarded with 100% of these units, while featured acts share among them a 50% piece of the totals.
John Lennon streaming review – the results
Total: 3,246,819 EAS
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John Lennon most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. Imagine [Imagine] – 867,000
2. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Orphan (John Lennon)] – 744,000
3. Woman [Double Fantasy] – 346,000
4. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [Double Fantasy] – 190,000
5. Stand by Me [Rock ‘n’ Roll] – 164,000
6. Jealous Guy [Imagine] – 157,000
7. (Just Like) Starting Over [Double Fantasy] – 87,000
8. Hold On [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band] – 64,000
9. Working Class Hero [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band] – 49,000
10. Mind Games [Mind Games] – 48,000
11. Watching the Wheels [Double Fantasy] – 48,000
12. Oh My Love [Imagine] – 33,000
13. Mother [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band] – 28,000
14. Oh Yoko! [Imagine] – 27,000
15. Give Peace a Chance [Orphan (John Lennon)] – 26,000
16. #9 Dream [Walls and Bridges] – 25,000
17. Love [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band] – 24,000
18. God [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band] – 21,000
19. Instant Karma! [Orphan (John Lennon)] – 18,000
20. Whatever Gets You thru the Night [Walls and Bridges] – 18,000
Sources: Spotify, YouTube, AWA (app), QQ, Genie, Anghami, Audiomack, Boomplay.
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