CSPC: Paul Simon Popularity Analysis

Paul Simon Career CSPC Results

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Paul Simon 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
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	1		Paul Simon	3,150,000	10.05.18	4,483,000	696,000 (2,320,000)	100,000 (670,000)	439,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 160 LD: 160	8,940,000	20,231,202	439,000	792
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	2		There Goes Rhymin' Simon	2,770,000	10.05.18	1,064,000	732,000 (2,440,000)	31,000 (210,000)	191,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 70 LD: 90	4,854,000	20,231,202	191,000	793
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	3		Still Crazy After All These Years	3,270,000	10.05.18	2,339,000	802,000 (2,673,000)	56,000 (370,000)	332,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 130 LD: 180	6,721,000	20,231,202	332,000	794
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	4		One-Trick Pony	1,430,000	10.05.18	309,000	222,000 (740,000)	11,000 (70,000)	71,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 30	2,130,000	20,231,202	71,000	795
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	5		Hearts and Bones	1,010,000	10.05.18	114,000	75,000 (250,000)	5,000 (40,000)	28,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	1,232,000	20,231,202	28,000	796
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	6		Graceland	14,570,000	10.05.18	3,093,000	492,000 (1,640,000)	302,000 (2,020,000)	1,068,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 380 LD: 370	19,525,000	20,231,202	1,068,000	797
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	7		The Rhythm of the Saints	5,170,000	10.05.18	105,000	72,000 (240,000)	17,000 (120,000)	78,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 30 LD: 20	5,448,000	20,231,202	78,000	798
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	8		Songs from The Capeman	640,000	10.05.18	25,000	0 (0)	0 (0)	5,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	670,000	20,231,202	5,000	799
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	9		You're the One	870,000	10.05.18	23,000	0 (0)	0 (0)	4,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	897,000	20,231,202	4,000	800
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	10		Surprise	650,000	10.05.18	15,000	13,000 (13,000)	9,000 (60,000)	8,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	695,000	20,231,202	8,000	801
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	11		So Beautiful or So What	540,000	10.05.18	6,000	0 (0)	3,000 (20,000)	10,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	565,000	20,231,202	10,000	802
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	12		Stranger to Stranger	320,000	10.05.18	0	0 (0)	4,000 (30,000)	15,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	342,000	20,231,202	15,000	803
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	13		In the Blue Light	0		0	0 (0)	0 (0)	15,000 (12/02/23)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	15,000	20,231,202	15,000	0
2CvCyf1gEVhI0mX6aFXmVI	14		Orphan	0	10.05.18	22,000	598,000 (1,990,000)	5,000 (30,000)	8,000 (05/10/18)	N/A	632,000	20,231,202	8,000	1,717

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)

Artist career totals

See where the artist ranks among remaining singers

When Simon went solo, it was near impossible to match the ground breaking success of his former duo. He hasn’t even come close, but his numbers are still strong.

Graceland is naturally the leader with 18,7 million equivalent album sales across all formats. Released more than 20 years after the commercial breakthrough of the artist, this album is one of the most unexpected smashes of all-time.

If this album largely overshadows the rest of his discography, results of various additional albums are still very good. Paul Simon is a solid runner up at more than 8,6 million units while Still Crazy After All These Years, The Rhythm of the Saints and There Goes Rhymin’ Simon are all in the 5-6 million range.

The remaining 7 albums average less than 1 million sales. Now in the last part of his career, Simon will not be looking at a flashy comeback with his upcoming releases. Still, at 51 million equivalent album sales on his own, his solo career is more than respectable.

Thanks to our new ASR (Artist Success Rating) concept, we can add that his ASR score is 182. This puts his solo career ahead of stars like P!nk, Nickelback and Michael Bublé.

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, Discogs, Chartmasters.org.