CSPC: Elton John Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 7

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

Made in England (1995) – 345,000 equivalent albums

Believe – 590,000
Made in England – 210,000
Please – 10,000
Blessed – 340,000

The Big Picture (1997) – 102,000 equivalent albums

Live Like Horses – 140,000
If the River Can Bend – 20,000
Something About the Way You Look Tonight – 20,000
Recover Your Soul – 160,000

The Muse (1999) – 0 equivalent albums

No single released

The Road to El Dorado (2000) – 36,000 equivalent albums

Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado) – 110,000
Friends Never Say Goodbye – 10,000

Songs from the West Coast (2001) – 42,000 equivalent albums

Original Sin – 10,000
I Want Love – 120,000
This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore – 10,000

Peachtree Road (2004) – 15,000 equivalent albums

Turn the Lights Out When You Leave – 10,000
All That I’m Allowed – 20,000
Electricity – 20,000

Although Candle In The Wind 1997 sold record amounts thanks to its charity nature, John‘s sales with songs from 1995 to 2004 slowed down severely. The collapse of the market, and the always more mature target audience of the pop star, led his singles to struggle to sell even 10,000 units by the mid-00s.