CSPC: Elvis Presley Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 8

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

Orphan – 25,247,000 equivalent albums

That’s All Right – 590,000
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy – 50,000
Mystery Train – 410,00
You’re a Heartbreaker – 380,000
Shake, Rattle And Roll – 420,000
Heartbreak Hotel – 3,150,000
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You – 1,710,000
Don’t Be Cruel – 5,390,000
Love Me Tender – 3,600,000
Too Much – 1,660,000
Jailhouse Rock – 4,010,000
All Shook Up – 3,740,000
Don’t – 1,840,000
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck – 1,590,000
One Night – 1,770,000
(Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I – 2,090,000
A Big Hunk Of Love – 1,440,000
Stuck On You – 2,250,000
It’s Now Or Never – 5,420,000
Are You Lonesome Tonight? – 4,450,000
A Mess Of Blues – 500,000
Surrender – 2,670,000
I Feel So Bad – 1,050,000
(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame – 1,630,000
Good Luck Charm – 2,840,000
She’s Not You – 1,790,000
King Of The Whole Wide World – 150,000
You’re The Devil In Disguise – 2,600,000
I Got Lucky – 20,000
Viva Las Vegas – 1,370,000
Ain’t That Loving You Baby – 1,180,000
Tell Me Why – 730,000
If Every Day Was Like Christmas – 500,000
Indescribably Blue – 460,000
You Gotta Stop – 30,000
U.S. Male – 490,000
You’ll Never Walk Alone – 170,000
A Little Less Conversation – 190,000 (Original) + 1,640,000 (JXL)
If I Can Dream – 1,110,000
Memories – 510,000
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard – 650,000
Suspicious Minds – 2,800,000
Don’t Cry Daddy – 1,670,000
Kentucky Rain – 1,040,000
The Wonder Of You – 2,100,000
Rags To Riches – 660,000
Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog – 130,000
I’m Leavin’ – 510,000
It’s Only Love – 330,000
An American Trilogy – 460,000
Burning Love – 2,290,000
Separate Ways / Always On My Mind – 1,050,000
Steamroller Blues – 700,000
Polk Salad Annie – 110,000
My Way – 1,060,000
You Gave Me A Mountain – 2,500
It’s Only Love – 260,000
The Sound Of Your Cry – 20,000
The Elvis Medley – 260,000
From the Waist Up – 2,500
The Twelfth Of Never – 40,000
America the Beautiful – 140,000
Rubberneckin’ – 280,000

Early Sun singles moved about half a million a piece thanks to fans collecting the frequent reissues. The real deal started with Heartbreak Hotel. That 3,15 million selling hit was only the first of an immaculate string of smashes. Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, All Shook Up, It’s Now Or Never, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Surrender , Good Luck Charm, You’re The Devil In Disguise, and more made the count of sales achieved by Presley increase faster than anyone else’s in the music industry.

Even though the success rate of his singles has dropped after the first 7 years madness, the rocker remained an impressive seller. In later years, both Suspicious Minds and Burning Love topped 2 million. Combined, these orphan singles sold upwards 84 million units to put the artist’s total at a mind blowing 135 million.