CSPC: Elton John Popularity Analysis

BIGGEST TRACKS – Elton John

The list of most successful songs is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each of them. It includes the song’s own physical singles sales with a 0,3 weighting, its download and streaming sales, and with appropriate weighting too, plus its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.

1. 1970 – Your Song [Elton John] – 18,940,000
2. 1972 – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) [Honky Château] – 14,970,000
3. 1973 – Bennie and the Jets [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] – 13,020,000
4. 1975 – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart [Rock of the Westies] – 10,100,000
5. 1989 – Sacrifice [Sleeping with the Past] – 8,160,000
6. 1973 – Candle in the Wind [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] – 7,800,000
7. 1974 – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me [Caribou] – 7,430,000
8. 1972 – Crocodile Rock [Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player] – 6,860,000
9. 1973 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] – 6,090,000
10. 1983 – I’m Still Standing [Too Low for Zero] – 6,060,000
11. 1976 – Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word [Blue Moves] – 5,930,000
12. 1971 – Tiny Dancer [Madman Across the Water] – 5,440,000
13. 1973 – Daniel [Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player] – 4,720,000
14. 1992 – The One [The One] – 4,700,000
15. 1985 – Nikita [Ice on Fire] – 4,610,000
16. 1983 – I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues [Too Low for Zero] – 4,180,000
17. 1995 – Can You Feel the Love Tonight [Orphan] – 3,470,000
18. 1975 – Philadelphia Freedom [Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy] – 3,280,000
19. 1973 – Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting [Goodbye Yellow Brick Road] – 2,810,000
20. 1984 – Sad Songs (Say So Much) [Breaking Hearts] – 2,670,000
21. 1975 – Someone Saved My Life Tonight [Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy] – 2,640,000
22. 1997 – Something About the Way You Look Tonight [The Big Picture] – 2,620,000
23. 1978 – Song for Guy [A Single Man] – 2,190,000
24. 1974 – Step into Christmas [Caribou] – 2,100,000
25. 1988 – I Don’t Wanna Go On with You Like That [Reg Strikes Back] – 1,920,000
26. 1982 – Blue Eyes [Jump Up!] – 1,760,000
27. 1980 – Little Jeannie [21 at 33] – 1,750,000
28. 1995 – Believe [Made in England] – 1,690,000
29. 1993 – True Love [Duets] – 1,180,000
30. 2001 – I Want Love [Songs from the West Coast] – 1,140,000

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