CSPC: Foo Fighters Popularity Analysis

Foo Fighters - Dave Grohl

In 1995 a new alternative rock band emerged, the Foo Fighters. The curiosity came from the fact its singer was none other than Dave Grohl, the former drummer of Nirvana, a band suddenly no longer after the passing of Kurt Cobain one year prior. While rock fans were curious about them, very few would have expected the band to still be around 22 years later.

But here they are. Concrete And Gold, their 9th studio output, recently topped the Album Chart in various countries including the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands. The group never crossed over to the mainstream though. Their highest peak ever inside the US Hot 100 singles ranking is a dreadful #18 position, a very poor showing considering their 13 songs that reached #1 on the Alternative and / or Mainstream Rock charts. Even in the UK, where it is easier to hit a high peak due to the strong turnover that happened in the late 90s / early 00s, the band never had a Top 3 single.

With virtually no pop appeal, can a band really sell well? Has the band managed to stay relevant after the initial impact stemming from people’s curiosity? Those are the questions we will answer today.

As usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge their results. This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Foo Fighters‘ albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming, but it will also determine their true popularity. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, the next page explains it with a short video. I fully recommend watching the video before getting into the sales figures. Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the figures.

Let’s go!

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Daydreamer

I would like to see the CSPC for:

The Who
The Doors
The Moody Blues
Simon & Garfunkel
Deep Purple
Kiss
Duran Duran
Eurythmics

Hagai Mahayyadipta Tambayong

Hey MJD, I am very impressed with your works after reading several analyses. Keep up the excellent work. I have several requests, which are: 1. I think it would be better if you put an extra page about the total album (all types) sales per country. I don’t know if you have included this particular page on every artist as I’ve only seen it on Nirvana and Pink Floyd. It is fascinating to add this page since the readers can see which country generates the most sales and primary markets for the artists. 2. I would like to see the… Read more »

He should also add Slipknot and Muse on the list too.

Pelvis

Hi MJD !!!

I think to know who are these two famous artists; maybe they are Queen and Elton John.
I guess !!!

HSH

MJ you are the 21st century Interstellar. And good to see old memebers of the UKMIX here. Also waiting 1 week is too long here.

The Dude

Wow, almost forty million album units sold worldwide. I thought it would be a little lower than that, but this is not too shabby. 😃

borderwolf

Rock!!!