CSPC: Green Day Popularity Analysis

Green Day Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all figures, how many overall equivalent album sales each Green Day album achieved? Well, at this point we barely need to do the addition of all figures defined all over 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
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	1		39/Smooth	100,000	11.03.17	1,135,000	0 (0)	30,000 (200,000)	55,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	1,320,000	20,230,529	55,000	1,342
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	2		Kerplunk	1,950,000	11.03.17	43,000	0 (0)	60,000 (400,000)	70,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 20 LD: 20	2,123,000	20,230,529	70,000	1,343
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	3		Dookie	19,750,000	11.03.17	4,404,000	350,000 (920,000)	947,000 (6,310,000)	2,156,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 810 LD: 1,200	27,606,000	20,230,529	2,156,000	1,344
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	4		Insomniac	5,800,000	11.03.17	506,000	96,000 (118,000)	80,000 (530,000)	309,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 120 LD: 190	6,791,000	20,230,529	309,000	1,345
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	5		Nimrod	5,200,000	11.03.17	2,165,000	258,000 (400,000)	795,000 (5,300,000)	854,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 310 LD: 510	9,272,000	20,230,529	854,000	1,346
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	6		Warning	3,450,000	11.03.17	557,000	123,000 (260,000)	90,000 (600,000)	251,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 90 LD: 110	4,471,000	20,230,529	251,000	1,347
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	7		American Idiot	15,250,000	11.03.17	2,548,000	525,000 (850,000)	2,385,000 (15,900,000)	2,519,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 820 LD: 1,110	23,227,000	20,230,529	2,519,000	1,348
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	8		21st Century Breakdown	3,800,000	11.03.17	229,000	321,000 (50,000)	960,000 (6,400,000)	1,001,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 340 LD: 470	6,311,000	20,230,529	1,001,000	1,349
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	9		¡Uno!	1,050,000	11.03.17	98,000	0 (0)	150,000 (1,000,000)	192,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 50 LD: 50	1,490,000	20,230,529	192,000	1,350
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	10		¡Dos!	650,000	11.03.17	78,000	0 (0)	90,000 (600,000)	113,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	931,000	20,230,529	113,000	1,351
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	11		¡Tré!	550,000	11.03.17	78,000	0 (0)	105,000 (700,000)	111,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 20	844,000	20,230,529	111,000	1,352
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	12		Revolution Radio	700,000	11.03.17	0	0 (0)	60,000 (400,000)	458,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 170 LD: 110	1,218,000	20,230,529	458,000	1,353
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	13		Father of All...	0		0	0 (0)	0 (0)	183,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	183,000	20,230,529	183,000	0
7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY	14		Orphan	0	11.03.17	1,726,000	60,000 (200,000)	120,000 (800,000)	48,000 (03/11/17)	N/A	1,954,000	20,230,529	48,000	1,671

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

If the domination of both Dookie and American Idiot isn’t a surprise, their overall tally of over 25 million and over 21 million respectively is pretty impressive. One may try to point out how much they failed to reproduce such figures but in any case those two albums alone are responsible for more equivalent album sales than full discographies of various popular artists.

Their supposedly weaker albums are far from being ridiculous too. Nimrod is up to a solid 8 million total figure while all Insomniac, Warning and 21st Century Breakdown are in a respectable 4-6 million range.

Each of their last three albums failed to break the million milestone, but hope isn’t lost yet as Revolution Radio is still being promoted and should hit that mark at some point, possibly during 2017.

The cumulative total of Green Day climbs up to 81,15 million equivalent albums. This figure puts them in the same league as the likes Shania Twain and Adele. Among rock bands of the last 30 years, they are way below the Guns N’ Roses at 117 million, close to both Nirvana at 90 million and Coldplay at 83 million, while topping Linkin Park 74 million figure. Additional bands including Oasis and Radiohead still need to be studied but will appear nowhere near to Green Day, which proves the strong universal appeal of the latter band. Following pages list their most successful songs.

Do not forget to check our amazing 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, Chartmasters.org.