CSPC: Aerosmith Popularity Analysis

AEROSMITH CAREER CSPC RESULTS

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Aerosmith achieved? Well, at this point we hardly need to add up all of the figures defined in this article!

In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

artist_spotify_id	#	Cover	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
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	1		Aerosmith	3,540,000	01.06.18	11,386,000	332,000 (1,070,000)	534,000 (3,560,000)	1,175,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 500 LD: 970	16,967,000	20,230,606	1,175,000	758
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	2		Get Your Wings	3,880,000	01.06.18	1,042,000	36,000 (90,000)	27,000 (180,000)	80,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 50	5,065,000	20,230,606	80,000	759
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	3		Toys in the Attic	10,180,000	01.06.18	15,328,000	352,000 (1,930,000)	613,000 (4,090,000)	1,348,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 540 LD: 750	27,821,000	20,230,606	1,348,000	760
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	4		Rocks	5,350,000	01.06.18	1,057,000	294,000 (820,000)	48,000 (320,000)	107,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 50 LD: 50	6,856,000	20,230,606	107,000	761
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	5		Draw the Line	2,740,000	01.06.18	321,000	158,000 (510,000)	9,000 (60,000)	27,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	3,255,000	20,230,606	27,000	762
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	6		Night in the Ruts	1,510,000	01.06.18	196,000	59,000 (190,000)	3,000 (20,000)	10,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	1,778,000	20,230,606	10,000	763
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	7		Rock in a Hard Place	1,050,000	01.06.18	156,000	0 (0)	3,000 (20,000)	6,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 10	1,215,000	20,230,606	6,000	764
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	8		Done with Mirrors	930,000	01.06.18	9,000	9,000 (30,000)	6,000 (40,000)	7,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	961,000	20,230,606	7,000	765
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	9		Permanent Vacation	7,590,000	01.06.18	3,401,000	540,000 (1,760,000)	471,000 (3,140,000)	503,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 220 LD: 290	12,505,000	20,230,606	503,000	766
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	10		Pump	10,520,000	01.06.18	2,955,000	527,000 (1,690,000)	289,000 (1,930,000)	276,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 100 LD: 130	14,567,000	20,230,606	276,000	767
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	11		Get a Grip	13,360,000	01.06.18	9,471,000	754,000 (2,410,000)	505,000 (3,370,000)	1,354,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 580 LD: 720	25,444,000	20,230,606	1,354,000	768
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	12		Nine Lives	6,110,000	01.06.18	185,000	360,000 (1,150,000)	78,000 (520,000)	272,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 110 LD: 170	7,005,000	20,230,606	272,000	769
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	13		Just Push Play	3,120,000	01.06.18	129,000	82,000 (235,000)	57,000 (380,000)	188,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 80 LD: 110	3,576,000	20,230,606	188,000	770
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	14		Honkin' on Hobo	1,310,000	01.06.18	2,000	0 (0)	24,000 (160,000)	23,000 (06/06/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	1,359,000	20,230,606	23,000	771
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	15		Music from Another Dimension!	520,000	01.06.18	0	0 (0)	24,000 (160,000)	28,000 (06/01/18)	N/A	572,000	20,230,606	28,000	772
7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	16		Orphan	0	01.06.18	2,520,000	1,337,000 (3,030,000)	953,000 (6,350,000)	353,000 (06/01/18)	N/A	5,162,000	20,230,606	353,000	1,613

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)

See where the artist ranks among remaining singers

Conclusions

Aerosmith may not have their Appetite For Destruction, they do have two monster albums which combined for a terrific 51 million equivalent album sales. After closing in numbers, Toys in the Attic edges ahead of Get a Grip by only 2 million. They both continue to register all-around sales with consistent streams, downloads, some pure units and then healthy compilation sales.

At 16 million Aerosmith is a strong bronze medalist. By 1975 very few would have guessed that it was going to do so well in the long run. Furthermore, both Pump and Permanent Vacation top 10 million quite comfortably.

Already out of their personal top 5 Rocks and Nine Lives are still big successes with nearly 7 million equivalent album sales a piece. Below them, sales drop quickly although Get Your Wings is still very respectable at 5 million.

The career total of Aerosmith is at 130,0 million equivalent album sales so far. This number puts them a few millions behind both Metallica and Bon Jovi. No doubt they lost these units with I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing which didn’t came out from one of their studio album nor compilation. Instead, it powered the Armageddon soundtrack up to more than 7 million sales. This wouldn’t have been enough to dislodge the Eagles has the most successful American ever still. Their total of 171 million equivalent album sales remains a good 25 million ahead of anyone else.

To go deeper…

Thanks to our new ASR (Artist Success Rating) concept, we know that their sales represent 31.94 million times the purchase of their full catalog. Coupled with her total sales, it translates into an ASR score of 365. Interestingly, this puts them ahead of Metallica and Nirvana, but below Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen.

Additionally, the following pages list their most successful songs as well as their records and achievements. Do not forget to check our amazing cross-artists lists posted inside the CSPC: Data Collector which includes the full listing of all CSPC results compiled so far.

As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!

Sources: IFPI, Spotify, YouTube, Discogs, Chartmasters.org.