CSPC: Alanis Morissette Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales

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

Alanis (1991) – 0 equivalent album

Unavailable through downloads platforms.

Now Is the Time (1992) – 0 equivalent album

Unavailable through downloads platforms.

Jagged Little Pill (1995) – 996,000 equivalent albums

All I Really Want – 210,000
You Oughta Know – 1,410,000
Hand in My Pocket – 1,120,000
You Learn – 540,000
Head over Feet – 660,000
Ironic – 2,220,000
Remaining tracks – 480,000

Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) – 93,000 equivalent albums

Thank U – 440,000
Remaining tracks – 180,000

Under Rug Swept (2002) – 39,000 equivalent albums

Hands Clean – 150,000
Remaining tracks – 110,000

So-Called Chaos (2004) – 38,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 250,000

Flavors of Entanglement (2008) – 65,000 equivalent albums

Underneath – 220,000
Not as We – 130,000
Remaining tracks – 80,000

Havoc and Bright Lights (2012) – 47,000 equivalent albums

Guardian – 250,000
Remaining tracks – 60,000

Orphan – 84,000 equivalent albums

Uninvited – 200,000
Crazy – 160,000
Remaining tracks – 200,000

It’s never a good sign when 73% of your downloads and ringtones come from an album which preceded the digital era by nearly one decade. It shows how much Morissette‘s recent efforts failed to produce hits.

In the other side, it also demonstrates the strong enduring appeal of Jagged Little Pill‘s songs. Ironic is comfortably over 2 million so far while both You Oughta Know and Hand In My Pocket are million sellers. You Learn and Head over Feet both top half a million units too. In total, tracks from the album moved 6,64 million digital sales, 5 million of which come from the US and Canada.