CSPC: Elton John Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 4

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.

21 at 33 (1980) – 474,000 equivalent albums

Little Jeannie – 1,280,000
Sartorial Eloquence – 290,000
Dear God – 10,000

The Fox (1981) – 242,000 equivalent albums

Just Like Belgium – 25,000
Nobody Wins – 500,000
Chloe – 280,000

Jump Up! (1982) – 470,000 equivalent albums

Ball and Chain – 10,000
Blue Eyes – 1,020,000
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) – 530,000
Princess – 5,000

John‘s difficult years continued in the early 80s. Most singles flopped with the exception of Little Jeannie, a US #3 hit. Blue Eyes wasn’t a smash but it did nicely in many countries including in France, Italy and Australia, enough to amass a million sales in the world.