CSPC: Elton John Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 6

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

Reg Strikes Back (1988) – 530,000 equivalent albums

Town of Plenty – 10,000
A Word in Spanish – 420,000
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Part Two – 25,000
I Don’t Wanna Go On with You Like That – 1,310,000

Sleeping with the Past (1989) – 870,000 equivalent albums

Healing Hands – 550,000
Club at the End of the Street – 460,000
Sacrifice – 1,770,000
Whispers – 120,000
Blue Avenue – 1,000

The One (1992) – 450,000 equivalent albums

Simple Life – 240,000
The One – 840,000
Runaway Train – 90,000
The Last Song – 330,000

Duets (1993) – 240,000 equivalent albums

True Love – 540,000
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – 230,000
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – 30,000

Some 20 years into his career the singer was still able to register million selling hits. I Don’t Wanna Go On with You Like That did just that, likewise SacrificeThe One came close while True Love sold over half a million units. While nothing ground-breaking, these figures are fairly good for an act that is now regarded as a mature Adult Contemporary singer.

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