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Good work!
But I miss something.
You should count Andy's #1 singles, Chain reaction, Emotion and some other Bee Gees compositions as Bee Gees. In our times, these collaborations are called 'Featuring'.. and most of their songs for others were featuring The Bee Gees.
Hi Susanne!
No need to say you are correct, this is now fixed 😉
Hi Marc!
You have a real argument when you mention today most of those songs would get the featuring credit. I'll check those songs in detail and try to define a rule to adjust that evolution within' the music industry habits!
Hi,
Do you know what the album sales were for "Main Course" in the UK and why was it so low and why did it not chart? Thank you so much!
Hi Jacob!
It is really hard to tell. At the time though the Bee Gees were coming from multiple albums that failed to chart so they had truly no following. They got moderate hits but the albums weren't popular. Main Course fits into the R&B category too which was hardly selling albums in the UK by then. A third element is the size of the chart, it was only a Top 50, which is always easier to miss than a Top 100/200. No fanbase / poor selling genre / short chart, you get an era with a #5 lead single but no chart presence by the album!
First time reading this article fully. Great work buddy.
They have sold 72.8 million physical singles worldwide????? OOOOMMMGGG!
MJ
Do you have a list with the top 10 most streamed Bee Gees videos on YouTube with the respective figures?
Thanks a lot in advance
Marc, add their songwriting and production work from their earliest days in Australia to big successes with Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Carola, Jimmy Ruffin, etc. and they've even more massive.
Collecting all the potential "feat" instances will be quite a task, so I will not expect it. You've already done a lot. Starters would be the Barry and Robin solo albums at least. Most of the "feat" I can think of would be just 1 or 2 brothers, so whether that counts as Bee Gees, I am just not sure. You have to draw a line somewhere. One thing I would have put in are the pre-1967 Australian albums, but since they were almost exclusive to Aus and sales were not much, they would not make much difference in what you have done here.
May I point out that on the page cspc-bee-gees-popularity-analysis/32/cspc-bee-gees-popularity-analysis/32/ that is a photo of a tribute band, not the Gibb brothers.
The Top 100 Most Streamed Songs, By Decade in the USA
Stayin Alive the most Streamed song of the 70s in the US.
1950s Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin 24.03 M
1960s Hey Jude. The Beatles 84.74 M
1970s Stayin Alive The Bee Gees 244.37 M
1980s Billie Jean Michael Jackson 450.72 M
1990s I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston 315.17 M
Source: On- Demand U.S Streams (Audio and video combined) According to Nielsen Music
Great job!
Any chance to also include solo albums from Barry and Robin?
For sure they sell lesser than Bee Gees album, but I have never seen any estimation.
MJD, is there any particular reason why disco acts like Bee Gees or ABBA has pretty strong streamings yet somebody who is known as the biggest Disco singer of that era like Donna Summer seems to have very weak streams. I always wonder.
Hi Jazz!
It depends on where you are from. Donna Summer was huge in the US, while ABBA weren't. Globally though, there have been no match even during the disco era, the Bee Gees and ABBA were simply way, way bigger than her. US media tag lines (like the "Disco Queen") often disturb the perception of the reality in the long run.
Thank you MJD. I guess it make sense. Often times this Queen Of... makes you think they are bigger than people thought they are when it is not always the case.
