Streaming Masters – Hozier
Five years after his first and eponymous album, Hozier will tomorrow release his sophomore, Wasteland, Baby! Is Take Me To Church his only success on streaming platforms? Have some other songs reached high numbers?
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: 2,946,686 EAS
Most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. Take Me to Church [Hozier] – 1,211,000
2. Someone New [Hozier] – 246,000
3. Cherry Wine [Hozier] – 230,000
4. Work Song [Hozier] – 195,000
5. From Eden [Hozier] – 175,000
6. Like Real People Do [Hozier] – 147,000
7. Jackie and Wilson [Hozier] – 117,000
8. Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene [Hozier] – 103,000
9. Arsonist’s Lullabye [Hozier] – 72,000
10. To Be Alone [Hozier] – 63,000
11. In a Week [Hozier] – 57,000
12. Sedated [Hozier] – 54,000
13. It Will Come Back [Hozier] – 41,000
14. Foreigner’s God [Hozier] – 39,000
15. Shrike [Wasteland, Baby!] – 29,000
16. Movement [Wasteland, Baby!] – 24,000
17. Almost (Sweet Music) [Wasteland, Baby!] – 22,000
18. Better Love [Orphan] – 21,000
19. Nina Cried Power [Wasteland, Baby!] – 20,000
20. NFWMB [Orphan] – 16,000