CSPC: Elvis Presley 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.

Raised on Rock / For Ol’ Times Sake (1973) – 132,000 equivalent albums

Raised on Rock – 320,000
Are You Sincere – 120,000

Good Times (1974) – 402,000 equivalent albums

Loving Arms – 150,000
I’ve Got a Thing About You Baby – 350,000
My Boy – 840,000

Promised Land (1975) – 369,000 equivalent albums

Promised Land – 670,000
If You Talk in Your Sleep – 560,000

Today (1975) – 201,000 equivalent albums

T-R-O-U-B-L-E – 340,000
I Can Help – 120,000
Bringin’ It Back – 140,000
Green, Green Grass Of Home – 70,000

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976) – 114,000 equivalent albums

Hurt – 350,000
The Last Farewell – 30,000

Moody Blue (1977) – 1,149,000 equivalent albums

Unchained Melody – 280,000
Way Down – 2,680,000
Moody Blue – 870,000

It took his passing to see Presley selling a million again with a physical single. That one was Way Down which went as high as 2,68 million. Extracts from the album Moody Blue pushed the total to 51 million physical singles. As you can guess, the largest part of his sales on this format come from remaining hits…