Streaming Masters – Major Lazer

Do Major Lazer, partly known for their smash hit Lean On, have a lot of success on streaming platforms? Are they one-hit wonders or consistent hit makers?

Announcement

CSPC articles require time to compile. It may be frustrating to wait for them too long, especially when various new artists, and even more and more catalog acts, enjoy the large majority of their sales through streaming only these days. To make sure to provide you much more frequent updates, we are going to publish Streaming Masters sheets from now on, detailing the complete streaming section of artists.

Method

As detailed in the Fixing Log article, Spotify represents 157 million of the 272 million users of streaming platforms, while YouTube is pretty much the only video platform generating some revenue for the industry. Below is the equivalence set on the aforementioned article:

Audio Stream – 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream – 11,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = 272/157 * Spotify streams / 1500 + YouTube views / 11750

Results

Total: 7,140,322 EAS

Most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. Lean On [Peace Is the Mission] – 1,650,000
2. Cold Water [Music Is the Weapon] – 1,253,000
3. Light It Up [Peace Is the Mission] – 983,000
4. Know No Better [Music Is the Weapon] – 382,000
5. Run Up [Music Is the Weapon] – 326,000
6. Watch Out for This (Bumaye) [Free the Universe] – 238,000
7. Powerful [Peace Is the Mission] – 219,000
8. Sua Cara [Orphan] – 188,000
9. Boom [Peace Is the Mission] – 133,000
10. Get Free [Free the Universe] – 132,000
11. Miss You [Orphan] – 107,000
12. My Love [Orphan] – 97,000
13. All My Love [Peace Is the Mission] – 88,000
14. Believer [Music Is the Weapon] – 85,000
15. Get It Right [Orphan] – 84,000
16. Be Together [Peace Is the Mission] – 82,000
17. Bubble Butt [Free the Universe] – 76,000
18. Buscando Huellas [Orphan] – 74,000
19. Shape of You [Orphan] – 63,000
20. Let Me Live [Orphan] – 61,000