CSPC: Foo Fighters Popularity Analysis

Foo Fighters Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Foo Fighters achieved? Well, at this point we hardly need to add up all of the figures defined in this article!

In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses.

artist_spotify_id	#	Cover	Album	Studio albums (EAS)	sales_update_date	Other LPs (EAS)	Physical singles (units sold)	Digital singles (units sold)	Streams	Streams increase	Total EAS	valid_as_of	streams_updated_value	album_id
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	1		Foo Fighters	3,350,000	10.10.17	178,000	150,000 (270,000)	75,000 (500,000)	284,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 110 LD: 210	4,037,000	20,230,607	284,000	1,096
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	2		The Colour and the Shape	4,825,000	10.10.17	2,316,000	144,000 (280,000)	765,000 (5,100,000)	2,061,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 790 LD: 1,830	10,111,000	20,230,607	2,061,000	1,097
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	3		There Is Nothing Left to Lose	3,200,000	10.10.17	603,000	97,000 (120,000)	293,000 (1,950,000)	775,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 290 LD: 520	4,967,000	20,230,607	775,000	1,098
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	4		One by One	3,775,000	10.10.17	706,000	96,000 (180,000)	375,000 (2,500,000)	718,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 270 LD: 460	5,670,000	20,230,607	718,000	1,099
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	5		In Your Honor	4,050,000	10.10.17	1,066,000	267,000 (80,000)	540,000 (3,600,000)	904,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 320 LD: 470	6,827,000	20,230,607	904,000	1,100
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	6		Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	2,925,000	10.10.17	830,000	288,000 (90,000)	525,000 (3,500,000)	1,055,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 370 LD: 590	5,623,000	20,230,607	1,055,000	1,101
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	7		Wasting Lights	2,525,000	10.10.17	200,000	236,000 (7,000)	203,000 (1,350,000)	739,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 230 LD: 320	3,902,000	20,230,607	739,000	1,102
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	8		Sonic Highways	1,550,000	10.10.17	100,000	0 (0)	53,000 (350,000)	296,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 70 LD: 50	2,104,000	20,230,607	296,000	1,103
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	9		Concrete and Gold	550,000	10.10.17	0	0 (0)	15,000 (100,000)	471,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 190 LD: 110	1,036,000	20,230,607	471,000	1,104
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	10		But Here We Are	0		0	0 (0)	0 (0)	36,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	36,000	20,230,607	36,000	0
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	11		Medicine At Midnight	0		0	0 (0)	0 (0)	181,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	181,000	20,230,607	181,000	0
7jy3rLJdDQY21OgRLCZ9sD	12		Orphan	0	10.10.17	208,000	15,000 (50,000)	180,000 (1,200,000)	86,000 (10/10/17)	N/A	489,000	20,230,607	86,000	1,666

As a reminder:

• Studio Album: sales of the original album
• Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
• Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10)
• Download Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10)
• Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)

See where the artist ranks among remaining singers

The Colour and the Shape is the biggest album of all. It is up to 8,5 million units, a strong sophomore effort which more than doubles the debut LP. The most impressive aspect is the consistency though, as every album from the first 7 is well over 3,4 million. All those albums have decent catalog sales and push Greatest Hits close, with their noteworthy streaming results we can say that their future is really bright.

The negative conclusion is that the band is slowly but surely going down. Every album that came out after In Your Honor was less successful than its immediate predecessor. Concrete and Gold will need a serious hit to reverse this trend which isn’t looking likely as of now.

Nevermind (no pun intended), the band amassed 39,3 million equivalent album sales so far. That’s roughly half that of A-League bands like Coldplay, Green Day and Linkin Park which by itself is really good for a band that never had a hit crossing over the pop spectrum.

The following pages list their most successful songs as well as their records and achievements. Do not forget to check our amazing cross-artists lists posted inside the CSPC: Data Collector which includes the full listing of all CSPC results compiled so far to better gauge their position in the history of the music industry.

As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!

Sources: IFPI, Spotify, YouTube, Chartmasters.org.