So, after checking all figures, how many overall album sales equivalent each Bee Gees album achieved? Well, at this point we barely need to do the addition of all figures defined all over 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
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1
Bee Gees' 1st
1,350,000
09.04.17
6,609,000
684,000(2,280,000)
120,000(800,000)
217,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 80LD: 160
8,980,000
20,230,924
217,000
1,311
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2
Horizontal
1,200,000
09.04.17
4,565,000
1,863,000(6,210,000)
128,000(850,000)
172,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 70LD: 120
7,928,000
20,230,924
172,000
1,312
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3
Idea
1,250,000
09.04.17
3,367,000
1,086,000(3,620,000)
83,000(550,000)
178,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 70LD: 110
6,147,000
20,230,924
178,000
1,313
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4
Odessa
1,200,000
09.04.17
426,000
315,000(1,050,000)
15,000(100,000)
36,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
2,172,000
20,230,924
36,000
1,314
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5
Cucumber Castle
350,000
09.04.17
370,000
234,000(780,000)
15,000(100,000)
30,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
1,149,000
20,230,924
30,000
1,315
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6
2 Years On
400,000
09.04.17
618,000
528,000(1,760,000)
15,000(100,000)
18,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,579,000
20,230,924
18,000
1,316
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7
Trafalgar
600,000
09.04.17
1,919,000
666,000(2,220,000)
60,000(400,000)
68,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 30LD: 40
3,370,000
20,230,924
68,000
1,317
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8
To Whom It May Concern
650,000
09.04.17
376,000
252,000(840,000)
15,000(100,000)
31,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
1,435,000
20,230,924
31,000
1,318
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9
Life in a Tin Can
500,000
09.04.17
1,000
12,000(40,000)
0(0)
0 (04/09/17)
N/A
513,000
20,230,924
0
1,319
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10
Mr. Natural
325,000
09.04.17
28,000
94,000(310,000)
5,000(30,000)
1,000 (04/09/17)
N/A
452,000
20,230,924
1,000
1,320
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11
Main Course
2,800,000
09.04.17
2,676,000
1,134,000(3,780,000)
120,000(800,000)
141,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 50LD: 70
7,042,000
20,230,924
141,000
1,321
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12
Children of the World
3,000,000
09.04.17
3,804,000
1,362,000(4,540,000)
135,000(900,000)
276,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 110LD: 180
8,772,000
20,230,924
276,000
1,322
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13
Saturday Night Fever
34,800,000
09.04.17
24,813,000
5,070,000(16,900,000)
1,233,000(8,220,000)
3,244,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 1,270LD: 2,050
70,135,000
20,230,924
3,244,000
1,323
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14
Spirits Having Flown
11,700,000
09.04.17
2,354,000
3,951,000(13,170,000)
210,000(1,400,000)
341,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 130LD: 230
18,556,000
20,230,924
341,000
1,324
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15
Living Eyes
1,000,000
09.04.17
1,000
258,000(860,000)
3,000(20,000)
15,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,277,000
20,230,924
15,000
1,325
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16
Staying Alive
3,550,000
09.04.17
0
363,000(1,210,000)
6,000(40,000)
301,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 130LD: 640
4,217,000
20,230,924
301,000
1,326
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17
E.S.P.
2,700,000
09.04.17
739,000
687,000(2,290,000)
120,000(800,000)
113,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 40LD: 70
4,413,000
20,230,924
113,000
1,327
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18
One
1,250,000
09.04.17
58,000
192,000(640,000)
15,000(100,000)
146,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 60LD: 90
1,733,000
20,230,924
146,000
1,328
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19
High Civilization
1,300,000
09.04.17
51,000
171,000(570,000)
8,000(50,000)
16,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,561,000
20,230,924
16,000
1,329
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20
Size Isn't Everything
900,000
09.04.17
34,000
168,000(560,000)
15,000(100,000)
37,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 20
1,250,000
20,230,924
37,000
1,330
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21
Still Waters
3,600,000
09.04.17
147,000
381,000(1,270,000)
45,000(300,000)
72,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 30LD: 40
4,347,000
20,230,924
72,000
1,331
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22
This Is Where I Came In
1,100,000
09.04.17
62,000
30,000(100,000)
15,000(100,000)
36,000 (09/24/23)
Av.: 10LD: 10
1,243,000
20,230,924
36,000
1,332
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23
Orphan
0
09.04.17
3,459,000
429,000(1,430,000)
225,000(1,500,000)
41,000 (04/09/17)
N/A
4,676,000
20,230,924
41,000
1,625
'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)
Until now, the biggest album ever studied by our website was Rumours by Fleetwood Mac at 60,5 million equivalent albums sold overall. Inside the Top 5 is Grease with 51,9 million. Both of those albums outsold Saturday Night Fever in pure album sales since they got cannibalized at a lower extent by compilations. Thanks to the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept, the real success of Saturday Night Fever is restored with a tremendous total of 66,7 million equivalent album sales since its release. The best selling album ever with a considerable margin until the release of Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, this #1 spot sounds very logical.
Spirits Having Flown ends up at over 18 million, nothing to be ashamed about even for the immediate follow up of one of the biggest album ever. No other album top the 10 million level, five are in the 6-9 million territory though including their first three releases.
The Bee Gees got incredibly big but also incredibly weak at times. As low as 450,000 units for Mr Natural in spite of more than 40 years of sales in every format including all compilations. With a total 53 times weaker than Saturday Night Fever, Living Eyes may be regarded as one of the biggest flops of the music industry history.
Nevertheless, in total the Bee Gees sold a truly solid 156 million equivalent album sales. Ironically, this is pretty much a tie with the other disco legends ABBA at 155,7 million. Defining the likes Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones as the first division of all-time top artists with near 200 million equivalent album sales or more, then the Bee Gees lead the second division by topping artists as popular as Whitney Houston, Bon Jovi or Metallica.
The following pages list their most successful songs. 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 to better gauge their positionin the history of the music industry.
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