Billy Joel

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Country: US
Birth: 1949-05-09
Active: Yes

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Genre: Pop Rock, Rock And Roll, Soft Rock, Contemporary Classical Music

On-demand audio streams C+

Monthly listeners 56.0m 17

Lead streams 12.6b 15

Feat streams 18.1m 1

Monthly revenue $16.0 1

Sales data A

CSPC units 154.7m 17

Pure albums 131.6m 18

Physical singles 36.9m 16

Digital singles 21.0m 12

Spotify statistics C

Lead streams 7.7b 14

Feat streams 11.0m 1

Monthly listeners 33.4m 17

Followers 1

100m+ tracks 15 11

Popularity 1

Followers / Listeners NA 1

Replay value 1.0 1

Trends & Indicators C+

Daily streams 77.5 1

Daily listeners +/- 23.8k 10

Daily followers +/- 3.3k 13

Monthly streams 2.2k 1

Monthly listeners +/- 1.6m 11

Weekly followers +/- 28.7k 14

Trend 1.0 9

Globalness 39.4 14

Monthly listeners map

Below map represents the 50 cities where the artist has the most Spotify monthly listeners.

Artist career totals

All-Time Rank	Studio albums (EAS)	Other LPs (EAS)	Physical singles (units sold)	Digital singles (units sold)	Streams	Total EAS
31	91,400,000	40,235,000	36,900,000	21,000,000	8,811,000 (07/31/25)	154,667,000

Albums statistics

Figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

artist_spotify_id	#	Album	Studio albums (EAS)	sales_update_date	Other LPs (EAS)	Physical singles (units sold)	Digital singles (units sold)	Streams	Streams increase	Total EAS	valid_as_of	streams_updated_value	album_id
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	1	Cold Spring Harbor	1,100,000	03.11.21	2,007,000	60,000 (200,000)	60,000 (400,000)	102,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 40 LD: 80	3,329,000	20,250,731	102,000	1,514
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	2	Piano Man	6,700,000	03.11.21	10,558,000	330,000 (1,100,000)	600,000 (4,000,000)	1,268,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 460 LD: 860	19,456,000	20,250,731	1,268,000	1,515
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	3	Streetlife Serenade	1,700,000	03.11.21	433,000	150,000 (500,000)	135,000 (900,000)	42,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 10 LD: 40	2,460,000	20,250,731	42,000	1,516
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	4	Turnstiles	2,900,000	03.11.21	3,083,000	240,000 (800,000)	150,000 (1,000,000)	263,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 100 LD: 190	6,636,000	20,250,731	263,000	1,517
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	5	The Stranger	15,300,000	03.11.21	7,287,000	1,665,000 (5,550,000)	675,000 (4,500,000)	2,384,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 1,160 LD: 1,810	27,311,000	20,250,731	2,384,000	1,518
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	6	52nd Street	13,300,000	03.11.21	1,770,000	1,410,000 (4,700,000)	150,000 (1,000,000)	629,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 280 LD: 690	17,259,000	20,250,731	629,000	1,519
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	7	Glass Houses	11,000,000	03.11.21	2,322,000	1,380,000 (4,600,000)	180,000 (1,200,000)	505,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 220 LD: 270	15,387,000	20,250,731	505,000	1,520
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	8	The Nylon Curtain	4,900,000	03.11.21	1,037,000	450,000 (1,500,000)	75,000 (500,000)	134,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 50 LD: 80	6,596,000	20,250,731	134,000	1,521
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	9	An Innocent Man	13,000,000	03.11.21	6,578,000	2,265,000 (7,550,000)	510,000 (3,400,000)	1,636,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 710 LD: 1,170	23,989,000	20,250,731	1,636,000	1,522
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	10	The Bridge	4,400,000	03.11.21	338,000	615,000 (2,050,000)	45,000 (300,000)	91,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 30 LD: 70	5,489,000	20,250,731	91,000	1,523
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	11	Storm Front	7,900,000	03.11.21	3,586,000	915,000 (3,050,000)	360,000 (2,400,000)	813,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 320 LD: 510	13,574,000	20,250,731	813,000	1,524
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	12	River Of Dreams	9,000,000	03.11.21	1,107,000	840,000 (2,800,000)	135,000 (900,000)	222,000 (07/31/25)	Av.: 80 LD: 130	11,304,000	20,250,731	222,000	1,525
6zFYqv1mOsgBRQbae3JJ9e	13	Orphan	200,000	03.11.21	129,000	750,000 (2,500,000)	75,000 (500,000)	55,000 (11/03/21)	N/A	1,209,000	20,250,731	55,000	1,628

'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.

As a reminder:

Studio Album: sales of the original album
Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10)
Download Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10)
Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)

Songs statistics

Figures in equivalent album sales generated through all formats.

#	Single	EAS
1	Piano Man [Piano Man]	15,976,000
2	Uptown Girl [An Innocent Man]	14,872,000
3	We Didn't Start the Fire [Storm Front]	9,094,000
4	It's Still Rock and Roll to Me [Glass Houses]	8,400,000
5	The River of Dreams [River Of Dreams]	7,964,000
6	She's Always a Woman [The Stranger]	7,860,000
7	My Life [52nd Street]	7,735,000
8	Just the Way You Are [The Stranger]	5,433,000
9	Honesty [52nd Street]	4,856,000
10	The Longest Time [An Innocent Man]	4,808,000

Studio album sales

Year	Title	Sales
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	1,100,000
1973	Piano Man	6,700,000
1974	Streetlife Serenade	1,700,000
1976	Turnstiles	2,900,000
1977	The Stranger	15,300,000
1978	52nd Street	13,300,000
1980	Glass Houses	11,000,000
1982	The Nylon Curtain	4,900,000
1983	An Innocent Man	13,000,000
1986	The Bridge	4,400,000
1989	Storm Front	7,900,000
1993	River Of Dreams	9,000,000

Compilation album sales

Physical singles sales

Year	Album	Single	Sales
1983	An Innocent Man	Uptown Girl	3,500,000
1977	The Stranger	Just the Way You Are	2,500,000
1978	52nd Street	My Life	2,400,000
1980	Glass Houses	It's Still Rock and Roll to Me	2,300,000
1993	River Of Dreams	The River of Dreams	2,300,000
1983	An Innocent Man	Tell Her About It	1,750,000
1989	Storm Front	We Didn't Start the Fire	1,700,000
1978	52nd Street	Honesty	1,500,000
1980	Glass Houses	You May Be Right	1,000,000
1983	An Innocent Man	An Innocent Man	1,000,000

Downloads and ringtones sales

Year	Album	Track	Sales
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	She's Got a Way	240,000
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Everybody Loves You Now	67,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	You Can Make Me Free	7,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Why Judy Why	7,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Falling of the Rain	12,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Turn Around	12,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	You Look So Good to Me	7,500
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Tomorrow Is Today	15,000
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Nocturne	20,000
1971	Cold Spring Harbor	Got to Begin Again	7,500

Most streamed songs (Top 20)

#	Seq.	Album	Song	Spotify total	Spotify daily	AOD total	EAS
1	130	An Innocent Man	Uptown Girl	1,224,215,551	941,120	2,093,941,125	1,395,960
2	30	Piano Man	Piano Man	1,066,748,491	726,373	1,824,603,955	1,216,402
3	82	The Stranger	Vienna	854,749,513	705,123	1,461,993,483	974,662
4	161	Storm Front	We Didn't Start the Fire	620,731,624	383,097	1,061,721,095	707,814
5	77	The Stranger	She's Always a Woman	506,251,479	470,198	865,910,248	577,273
6	87	52nd Street	My Life	321,986,873	485,834	550,737,617	367,158
7	67	The Stranger	Just the Way You Are	321,249,624	178,244	549,476,600	366,317
8	97	Glass Houses	It's Still Rock and Roll to Me	287,313,295	142,334	491,430,715	327,620
9	72	The Stranger	Only the Good Die Young	235,280,920	127,492	402,432,720	268,288
10	70	The Stranger	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	192,721,631	128,594	329,637,822	219,758
11	128	An Innocent Man	The Longest Time	177,371,711	76,476	303,382,782	202,255
12	171	River Of Dreams	The River of Dreams	132,213,081	77,168	226,141,881	150,761
13	101	Glass Houses	You May Be Right	103,417,921	54,273	176,889,631	117,926
14	86	52nd Street	Honesty	101,203,024	57,025	173,101,194	115,400
15	58	Turnstiles	New York State of Mind	100,629,800	65,737	172,120,731	114,747
16	75	The Stranger	Scenes from an Italian Restaurant	79,027,527	54,553	135,171,448	90,114
17	127	An Innocent Man	Tell Her About It	60,561,590	34,266	103,586,663	69,057
18	91	52nd Street	Zanzibar	59,205,961	20,582	101,267,947	67,511
19	160	Storm Front	The Downeaster 'Alexa'	54,207,850	32,493	92,719,003	61,812
20	84	52nd Street	Big Shot	45,659,421	27,959	78,097,471	52,064
		Album	Song
				∑ = 6,544,746,887	∑ = 4,788,941	∑ = 11,194,364,141	∑ = 7,462,909

Unlock full updated discography data Table keys

Seq. stands for sequence. It sorts albums in discographic order.
Spotify total reflects release to date (RTD) streams of the track as shown on their software.
Spotify daily is calculated based on streams over the last 1 day(s).
AOD (Audio on-demand) reflects total streams through all AOD platforms, Spotify included. The non-Spotify part is an algorithm based figure which considers the main artist's strength and Spotify shares in each market.
AOD streams divided by 1,500 would provide equivalent album sales (EAS) for the track.
The 'Song' and 'Album' grey fields at the bottom of the table allow filtering on them.

Thresholds - Spotify KPIs

Date	KPI	Milestone
2024-07-20	Listeners	32,000,000
2024-07-05	Listeners	31,000,000
2024-06-19	Followers	6,000,000
2024-03-30	Listeners	30,000,000
2024-03-24	Listeners	29,000,000
2024-03-18	Listeners	28,000,000
2024-03-12	Listeners	27,000,000
2024-03-04	Listeners	26,000,000
2024-02-15	Listeners	25,000,000
2024-02-04	Listeners	24,000,000
2024-01-14	Listeners	23,000,000
2023-05-23	Listeners	22,000,000
2023-04-15	Listeners	21,000,000
2023-03-27	Listeners	20,000,000
2023-03-16	Followers	5,000,000
2023-01-10	Listeners	19,000,000
2022-12-03	Listeners	18,000,000
2022-11-16	Followers	4,000,000
2020-05-17	Followers	2,000,000

Thresholds - Streams

Date	Format	Title	Milestone
2025-07-18	Single	She's Always a Woman	500,000,000
2025-07-02	Single	Uptown Girl	1,200,000,000
2025-06-24	Album	The Stranger	2,200,000,000
2025-06-11	Single	My Life	300,000,000
2025-06-08	Album	An Innocent Man	1,500,000,000
2025-06-04	Single	We Didn't Start the Fire	600,000,000
2025-05-26	Single	Vienna	800,000,000
2025-05-23	Album	Piano Man	1,100,000,000
2025-05-03	Album	The Stranger	2,100,000,000
2025-04-26	Artist all credits	Billy Joel	7,000,000,000
2025-04-26	Single	Piano Man	1,000,000,000
2025-04-19	Album	52nd Street	500,000,000
2025-04-17	Single	Just the Way You Are	300,000,000
2025-03-25	Album	Storm Front	700,000,000
2025-03-16	Artist leads	Billy Joel	7,000,000,000
2025-03-08	Album	The Stranger	2,000,000,000
2025-01-29	Single	Uptown Girl	1,100,000,000
2024-12-29	Single	Vienna	700,000,000
2024-12-26	Album	The Stranger	1,900,000,000
2024-11-28	Album	Piano Man	1,000,000,000
2024-10-14	Single	Piano Man	900,000,000
2024-10-13	Album	An Innocent Man	1,300,000,000
2024-10-08	Album	The Stranger	1,800,000,000
2024-09-22	Single	Uptown Girl	1,000,000,000
2024-07-20	Album	The Stranger	1,700,000,000
2024-07-18	Single	Vienna	600,000,000
2024-06-28	Artist leads	Billy Joel	6,000,000,000
2024-06-27	Album	An Innocent Man	1,200,000,000
2024-06-26	Artist all credits	Billy Joel	6,000,000,000
2024-06-03	Single	Uptown Girl	900,000,000
2024-05-17	Album	Storm Front	600,000,000
2024-05-11	Album	The Stranger	1,600,000,000
2024-04-13	Album	Piano Man	900,000,000
2024-03-30	Album	An Innocent Man	1,100,000,000
2024-03-03	Album	The Stranger	1,500,000,000
2024-02-16	Single	Uptown Girl	800,000,000
2024-02-06	Single	Piano Man	800,000,000
2023-12-03	Album	The Stranger	1,400,000,000
2023-11-19	Album	An Innocent Man	1,000,000,000
2023-09-24	Artist leads	Billy Joel	5,000,000,000
2023-09-21	Artist all credits	Billy Joel	5,000,000,000
2023-07-23	Album	Piano Man	800,000,000
2023-07-20	Artist leads	Billy Joel	4,000,000,000
2023-06-04	Album	An Innocent Man	900,000,000
2023-04-13	Single	Piano Man	700,000,000
2023-02-25	Artist all credits	Billy Joel	4,000,000,000
2023-01-24	Album	The Stranger	1,100,000,000
2022-11-22	Album	An Innocent Man	800,000,000
2022-10-14	Album	Piano Man	700,000,000
2022-09-22	Album	The Stranger	1,000,000,000
2022-05-23	Album	The Stranger	900,000,000
2022-05-04	Album	An Innocent Man	1,400,000,000
2022-04-26	Album	An Innocent Man	700,000,000
2021-11-06	Artist leads	Billy Joel	3,000,000,000
2020-09-08	Artist leads	Billy Joel	2,000,000,000

Overtakings

Date	Ranking	Overtaking
2025-07-01	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1973	Piano Man climbs from #10 to #2.
2025-06-30	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1983	Uptown Girl climbs from #5 to #4.
2025-06-04	Top Artists CSPC - All Time	Billy Joel climbs from #32 to #31.
2025-06-01	Top Artists CSPC - All Time	Billy Joel climbs from #32 to #31.
2025-04-22	Top Songs CSPC - All Time	Piano Man climbs from #93 to #92.
2025-04-22	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1983	Uptown Girl climbs from #5 to #3.
2025-04-07	Top Artists CSPC - All Time	Billy Joel climbs from #31 to #30.
2025-04-05	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1973	Piano Man climbs from #10 to #2.
2025-04-03	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1983	Uptown Girl climbs from #5 to #2.
2025-03-20	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1983	Uptown Girl climbs from #5 to #4.
2025-03-17	Top Songs CSPC - All Time	Piano Man climbs from #92 to #90.
2025-03-14	Most Streamed Tracks - Year 1983	Uptown Girl climbs from #5 to #4.

Artist rankings

With 154,660,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #31 among the most successful artists of alltime.
With 19,564,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #6 among the most successful artists of 1973.
With 27,208,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #8 among the most successful artists of 1977.
With 17,211,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #6 among the most successful artists of 1978.
With 15,314,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #9 among the most successful artists of 1980.
With 6,568,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #10 among the most successful artists of 1982.
With 23,915,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #3 among the most successful artists of 1983.
With 13,170,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #7 among the most successful artists of 1989.
With 11,383,000 EAS, Billy Joel ranks #10 among the most successful artists of 1993.
With 129,075,000 copies, Billy Joel ranks #32 among the artists with the most pure album sales of all time.
With 129,075,000 copies, Billy Joel ranks #33 among the artists with the most pure album sales of all time.
With 36,900,000 copies, Billy Joel ranks #28 among the artists with the most physical single sales of all time.

Album rankings

With 19,455,000 EAS, Piano Man ranks #4 among the most successful albums of 1973.
With 27,309,000 EAS, The Stranger ranks #8 among the most successful albums of 1977.
With 17,258,000 EAS, 52nd Street ranks #7 among the most successful albums of 1978.
With 15,387,000 EAS, Glass Houses ranks #8 among the most successful albums of 1980.
With 6,596,000 EAS, The Nylon Curtain ranks #10 among the most successful albums of 1982.
With 23,988,000 EAS, An Innocent Man ranks #3 among the most successful albums of 1983.
With 13,573,000 EAS, Storm Front ranks #7 among the most successful albums of 1989.
With 1,152,504,871 streams on Spotify, Piano Man ranks #5 among the most streamed albums of 1973.
With 2,262,893,637 streams on Spotify, The Stranger ranks #5 among the most streamed albums of 1977.
With 1,545,544,568 streams on Spotify, An Innocent Man ranks #5 among the most streamed albums of 1983.

Song rankings

With 15,975,000 EAS, Piano Man ranks #93 among the most successful songs of all time.
With 15,975,000 EAS, Piano Man ranks #2 among the most successful songs of 1973.
With 7,735,000 EAS, My Life ranks #10 among the most successful songs of 1978.
With 14,871,000 EAS, Uptown Girl ranks #4 among the most successful songs of 1983.
With 9,094,000 EAS, We Didn't Start the Fire ranks #5 among the most successful songs of 1989.
With 7,964,000 EAS, The River of Dreams ranks #8 among the most successful songs of 1993.
With 1,066,022,118 streams on Spotify, Piano Man ranks #2 among the most streamed tracks of 1973.
With 854,044,390 streams on Spotify, Vienna ranks #10 among the most streamed tracks of 1977.
With 1,223,274,431 streams on Spotify, Uptown Girl ranks #5 among the most streamed tracks of 1983.
With 620,348,527 streams on Spotify, We Didn't Start The Fire ranks #6 among the most streamed tracks of 1989.

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