CSPC: Cranberries Popularity Analysis

Cranberries Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Cranberries 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
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	1		Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	8,520,000	25.01.18	1,174,000	375,000 (1,250,000)	458,000 (3,050,000)	1,345,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 550 LD: 1,230	11,872,000	20,230,928	1,345,000	981
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	2		No Need to Argue	17,840,000	25.01.18	1,939,000	603,000 (2,010,000)	570,000 (3,800,000)	1,968,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 790 LD: 1,350	22,941,000	20,230,928	1,968,000	982
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	3		To the Faithful Departed	6,230,000	25.01.18	222,000	144,000 (480,000)	75,000 (500,000)	212,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 80 LD: 130	6,883,000	20,230,928	212,000	983
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	4		Bury the Hatchet	3,510,000	25.01.18	319,000	78,000 (260,000)	90,000 (600,000)	381,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 150 LD: 230	4,378,000	20,230,928	381,000	984
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	5		Wake Up and Smell the Coffee	1,390,000	25.01.18	40,000	9,000 (30,000)	15,000 (100,000)	49,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	1,506,000	20,230,928	49,000	985
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	6		Roses	160,000	25.01.18	0	0 (0)	12,000 (80,000)	34,000 (09/28/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	206,000	20,230,928	34,000	986
7t0rwkOPGlDPEhaOcVtOt9	7		Orphan	0	25.01.18	16,000	3,000 (10,000)	11,000 (80,000)	9,000 (01/25/18)	N/A	39,000	20,230,928	9,000	1,742

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

The popularity of a band may disappear with time, but the numbers remain to testify to what happened in the past. From a 2018 perspective it may be difficult to believe that the Cranberries were once the biggest band on Earth. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? cracks the 10 million barrier in terms of overall equivalent album sales generated.

The follow up album No Need to Argue achieved a milestone even more impressive – 20 million units. It currently stands at 21,3 million to be exact, making it one of the biggest rock albums of the 90s.

The decreasing success is evident in the numbers for To the Faithful Departed and Bury the Hatchet but they still reach 10 million cumulatively. Wake up bombed while Roses was a non-event.

In total, the Cranberries are up to 44,5 million equivalent album sales. While they started stronger than Oasis they are now lying 14 million behind. The band remains ahead of successful bands like the Foo Fighters.

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 to better gauge their position in the history of the music industry.

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

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