CSPC: Aerosmith Popularity Analysis

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Digital Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Aerosmith (1973) – 545,000 equivalent albums

Dream On – 3,490,000
Remaining tracks – 140,000

Get Your Wings (1974) – 33,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 220,000

Toys in the Attic (1975) – 626,000 equivalent albums

Walk This Way – 2,440,000
Sweet Emotion – 1,470,000
Remaining tracks – 260,000

Rocks (1976) – 54,000 equivalent albums

Back in the Saddle – 260,000
Remaining tracks – 100,000

Draw the Line (1977) – 12,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 80,000

Night in the Ruts (1979) – 5,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 35,000

Rock in a Hard Place (1982) – 3,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 20,000

Done with Mirrors (1985) – 6,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 40,000

The popularity of Dream On, especially in the US, remains massive. The song is one of the most downloaded from the 70s at nearly 3,5 million units. Walk This Way is a solid runner up at 2,44 million units. All versions have been combined. Then Sweet Emotion is big too. It sold 1,47 million so far. The last two songs are nearly as big in the US, but the former has a wider appeal globally.

Apart from these 3 songs, there isn’t much that remains relevant nowadays among these tunes.