CSPC: Justin Timberlake Popularity Analysis

Justin Timberlake Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Justin Timberlake 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
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	1		Justified	8,550,000	09.02.18	572,000	450,000 (1,400,000)	1,185,000 (7,900,000)	1,513,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 530 LD: 790	12,270,000	20,230,607	1,513,000	937
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	2		FutureSex/LoveSounds	9,340,000	09.02.18	337,000	401,000 (1,035,000)	4,260,000 (28,400,000)	2,185,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 780 LD: 1,150	16,523,000	20,230,607	2,185,000	938
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	3		The 20/20 Experience	3,800,000	09.02.18	285,000	124,000 (10,000)	1,709,000 (11,390,000)	1,637,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 460 LD: 560	7,554,000	20,230,607	1,637,000	939
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	4		The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2	1,400,000	09.02.18	285,000	374,000 (1,000)	296,000 (1,970,000)	641,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 120 LD: 100	2,995,000	20,230,607	641,000	940
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	5		Man of the Woods	400,000	09.02.18	0	0 (0)	71,000 (470,000)	1,026,000 (06/07/23)	Av.: 470 LD: 190	1,497,000	20,230,607	1,026,000	941
31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	6		Orphan	0	09.02.18	1,000	1,948,000 (2,297,000)	6,098,000 (40,650,000)	2,177,000 (02/09/18)	N/A	10,223,000	20,230,607	2,177,000	1,684

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

It isn’t easy to move from a boy band to a solo career. Robbie Williams did it successfully, but then the Backstreet Boys members bombed and former One Direction stars are still struggling so far to be big by themselves. Timberlake managed the trick from the very first try with his successful debut Justified. It wasn’t a blockbuster, nor did it create a mania around him, but the album definitely gained him status as a true pop star with 11,2 million equivalent album sales to date.

FutureSex / LoveSounds raised the bar even higher. With slightly over 15 million units sold cumulatively, the era was huge for the singer. The 20 / 20 Experience had mixed fortunes, but that’s still more than 9 million sales mostly over the course of one single year.

Man of the Woods is off to a slow start. The competition is low at the moment though so it still has plenty of time to turn things around.

Apart from his albums, the various orphan hits add for a stunning 10,2 million CSPC units, led by his recent song Can’t Stop the Feeling at 1,9 million equivalent album sales.

Sales of all his solo records amount for a combined 46,47 million units. This tops his 44,03 million units from his NSYNC days. It also tops Ed Sheeran, but not for long, while this puts him below Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars who started many years after him but have been more prolific.

The following pages list his most successful songs as well as his 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 his 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.