CSPC: Celine Dion Popularity Analysis

Celine Dion Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all figures, how many overall album sales equivalent each Celine Dion 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
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	1		Unison	3,400,000	28.09.21	258,000	218,000 (550,000)	23,000 (150,000)	37,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	3,935,000	20,230,529	37,000	1,553
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	2		Dion Chante Plamondon	1,500,000	28.09.21	881,000	142,000 (450,000)	8,000 (50,000)	33,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	2,564,000	20,230,529	33,000	1,554
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	3		Celine Dion	5,700,000	28.09.21	988,000	617,000 (1,650,000)	208,000 (1,390,000)	225,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 100 LD: 110	7,738,000	20,230,529	225,000	1,555
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	4		The Colour Of My Love	16,600,000	28.09.21	3,635,000	1,928,000 (4,200,000)	323,000 (2,150,000)	435,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 250 LD: 270	22,920,000	20,230,529	435,000	1,556
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	5		D'Eux	7,200,000	28.09.21	4,359,000	684,000 (2,200,000)	81,000 (540,000)	416,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 230 LD: 260	12,740,000	20,230,529	416,000	1,557
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	6		Falling Into You	28,100,000	28.09.21	10,643,000	2,150,000 (6,850,000)	836,000 (5,570,000)	1,025,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 580 LD: 580	42,753,000	20,230,529	1,025,000	1,558
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	7		Let's Talk About Love	29,800,000	28.09.21	12,117,000	3,340,000 (12,350,000)	665,000 (4,430,000)	1,012,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 470 LD: 510	46,934,000	20,230,529	1,012,000	1,559
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	8		S'il Suffisait D'Aimer	3,900,000	28.09.21	750,000	253,000 (600,000)	26,000 (170,000)	118,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 60 LD: 70	5,046,000	20,230,529	118,000	1,560
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	9		These Are Special Times	11,900,000	28.09.21	1,391,000	826,000 (2,350,000)	284,000 (1,890,000)	423,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 190 LD: 60	14,824,000	20,230,529	423,000	1,561
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	10		A New Day Has Come	9,400,000	28.09.21	750,000	540,000 (1,400,000)	315,000 (2,100,000)	431,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 240 LD: 260	11,436,000	20,230,529	431,000	1,562
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	11		One Heart	4,400,000	28.09.21	270,000	134,000 (350,000)	121,000 (810,000)	81,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 40 LD: 30	5,006,000	20,230,529	81,000	1,563
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	12		1 Fille & 4 Types	1,500,000	28.09.21	136,000	85,000 (200,000)	5,000 (40,000)	42,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	1,768,000	20,230,529	42,000	1,564
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	13		Miracle	1,900,000	28.09.21	18,000	0 (0)	0 (0)	20,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	1,938,000	20,230,529	20,000	1,565
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	14		D'Elles	700,000	28.09.21	2,000	21,000 (70,000)	15,000 (100,000)	13,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 0	751,000	20,230,529	13,000	1,566
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	15		Taking Chances	3,400,000	28.09.21	205,000	91,000 (50,000)	254,000 (1,700,000)	93,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	4,043,000	20,230,529	93,000	1,567
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	16		Sans Attendre	1,300,000	28.09.21	25,000	0 (0)	38,000 (250,000)	53,000 (09/28/21)	Av.: 0 LD: 22,690	1,416,000	20,230,529	53,000	1,568
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	17		Loved Me Back To Life	1,700,000	28.09.21	0	0 (0)	17,000 (120,000)	104,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	1,864,000	20,230,529	104,000	1,569
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	18		Encore Un Soir	800,000	28.09.21	0	0 (0)	9,000 (60,000)	124,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 40 LD: 50	939,000	20,230,529	124,000	1,570
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	19		Courage (Deluxe Edition)	0	28.09.21	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	136,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 50 LD: 40	136,000	20,230,529	136,000	1,996
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	20		Orphan	3,000,000	28.09.21	3,996,000	1,379,000 (2,100,000)	105,000 (700,000)	468,000 (09/28/21)	N/A	8,948,000	20,230,529	468,000	1,642
4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK	21		D'eux - Édition 15ème Anniversaire	0		0	0 (0)	0 (0)	394,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	394,000	20,230,529	394,000	0

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

This is it!

The first part of the table displays the artist French discography, which totals an impressive 28,1 million album sales equivalent. The most outstanding result is clearly the one of D’Eux, which is responsible for 12,4 million of those sales. In spite of being released in 1995, the record is the biggest French album in every category, including digital sales and streaming.

With English albums, a real wave-like curve is highlighted by figures. From 3,9 million to 7,6 million to 22,6 million to 41,9 million to 46,1 million, the climb of Celine Dion from 1990 to 1998 reached the sky. If Fall Into You and Let’s Talk About Love fell short of matching several albums we previously studied like Led Zeppelin‘s IV at 55,5 million, Celine Dion is still the first with back-to-back 40 million-plus sellers, a terrific achievement. The closest performance we have seen so far is Madonna albums Like A Virgin and True Blue at 39 million and 36 million respectively.

In a more negative note, it has been four albums in a row now that Celine Dion failed to reach 5 million equivalent album sales, with the last one under 2 million. A return to her best form seems complicate in the future in spite of her success with her French albums. This feeling gets even bigger when we notice how CSPC sales follow massively pure album sales for this artist. While other acts, like Coldplay, saw their album sales slowdown barely because their success got transferred to other formats, it isn’t the case of Celine Dion who’s left with very little to work with outside the album sales area.

In any case, Celine Dion has nothing left to prove. Overall, she sold the astonishing total of 193,4 million equivalent album sales. Of course some may say it is a long way from Madonna total of 246 million, but let put it that way – full discographies of Britney Spears, Rihanna and Amy Winehouse combine for roughly the same as Celine Dion alone. She is also close to Adele, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga combined. Yeah, Celine Dion results are *that* incredible.

Do not forget to check our amazing lists posted inside the CSPC: Data Collector which includes the full listing of all CSPC results compiled so far to better gauge her position in the history of the music industry.

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Sources: IFPI, Spotify, Chartmasters.org.