CSPC: David Bowie Popularity Analysis

As it had to be expected, songs from Let’s Dance perform much better than anything else from the artist 80s catalog. This is still nothing sensational as the scale of 1 million-ish for his very top sellers and around half a million for his other classic gems remains true, a scale fairly low in comparison to other artists.

At 2,5 million, the total of all songs from below four albums is indeed disappointing with the one of Never Let Me Down being really very, very down from his standards.

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

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) – 75,000 equivalent albums

Ashes To Ashes – 300,000
Fashion – 100,000
Remaining Tracks – 100,000

Let’s Dance (1983) – 270,000 equivalent albums

Modern Love – 350,000
China Girl – 300,000
Let’s Dance – 950,000
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – 150,000
Remaining Tracks – 50,000

Tonight (1984) – 23,000 equivalent albums

Blue Jean – 75,000
Remaining Tracks – 75,000

Never Let Me Down (1987) – 5,000 equivalent albums

Remaining Tracks – 30,000