Streaming Masters - Paul McCartney

Through his life, Paul McCartney sold more records than anyone else. While his voice sounds so familiar for so many people, we can’t hear it on his most streamed song.

We dig into his entire post-Beatles career to break down streaming statistics song by song, to establish his most remembered song up to this day. Spoiler alert: the ranking comes with its share of surprises.

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Paul McCartney 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.

Paul McCartney streaming review – the results

CSPC Paul McCartney streaming statistics discography

Total: 5,886,957 EAS

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Paul McCartney most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. FourFiveSeconds [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 1,436,000
2. Wonderful Christmastime [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 612,000
3. Band on the Run [Band on the Run] – 364,000
4. Say Say Say [Pipes Of Peace] – 246,000
5. Live and Let Die [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 218,000
6. All Day [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 215,000
7. Maybe I’m Amazed [McCartney] – 188,000
8. The Girl Is Mine [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 161,000
9. Only One [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 153,000
10. Silly Love Songs [Wings At The Speed Of Sound] – 133,000
11. My Love [Red Rose Speedway] – 83,000
12. The Kiss of Venus [McCartney III] – 83,000
13. Ebony And Ivory [Tug Of War] – 82,000
14. Jet [Band on the Run] – 74,000
15. No More Lonely Nights [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 68,000
16. Hope Of Deliverance [Off The Ground] – 58,000
17. Let ‘Em In [Wings At The Speed Of Sound] – 58,000
18. Let Me Roll It [Band on the Run] – 53,000
19. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey [Ram] – 50,000
20. Mull of Kintyre [Orphan (Paul McCartney)] – 49,000