CSPC: Elvis Presley Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Elvis Presley (1956) – 122,000 equivalent albums

Blue Suede Shoes – 510,000
Remaining tracks – 300,000

Elvis (1956) – 33,000 equivalent albums

All tracks – 220,000

Loving You (1957) – 97,500 equivalent albums

Loving You – 80,000
Remaining tracks – 200,000

Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957) – 365,000 equivalent albums

Santa Claus Is Back In Town – 190,000
Here Comes Santa Claus – 250,000
Blue Christmas – 1,280,000
Silent Night – 170,000
(There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) – 190,000
Remaining tracks – 350,000

King Creole (1958) – 97,500 equivalent albums

King Creole – 130,000
Hard Headed Woman – 230,000
Trouble – 150,000
Remaining tracks – 140,000

A Date with Elvis (1959) – 52,500 equivalent albums

Baby Let’s Play House – 150,000
Remaining tracks – 200,000

While both first albums of Presley are cult because they perfectly summarize the rock ‘n’ roll era, they do not contain the most remembered hits of the singer. From these 50s LPs, the highest selling song during the iTunes era has been expectedly Blue Christmas with well over a million sales. Remaining songs from Elvis’ Christmas Album also broke the 7 digits milestone.