CSPC: NSYNC Popularity Analysis
Physical Singles Sales
As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.
NSYNC (1997) – 792,000 equivalent albums
I Want You Back – 1,270,000
Tearin’ Up My Heart – 610,000
For the Girl Who Has Everything – 160,000
Here We Go – 180,000
Together Again – 90,000
God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You – 290,000
Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy) – 40,000
Home for Christmas (1998) – 3,000 equivalent albums
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays – 10,000
No Strings Attached (2000) – 729,000 equivalent albums
Bye Bye Bye – 1,030,000
It’s Gonna Be Me – 780,000
This I Promise You – 480,000
I’ll Never Stop – 140,000
Celebrity (2001) – 363,000 equivalent albums
Pop – 280,000
Girlfriend – 720,000
Gone – 210,000
Orphan – 207,000 equivalent albums
Music of My Heart – 620,000
U Drive Me Crazy – 70,000
The late 90s were still good years for physical single sales, although majors had started to hold out various singles from that format in the US already. This is in part why NSYNC‘s sales are that irregular as their hits sold either about half a million units or zero in the US, depending on their availability.
The band was quite popular in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA) which provides them with some decent sales there. The 6 singles from their debut album which weren’t issued in the US sold nearly 90% of their units in GSA.
In total, they sold 7 million physical singles during their career including the million selling hits I Want You Back and Bye Bye Bye.