CSPC: Shakira Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Pies Descalzos (1995) – 195,000 equivalent albums

Remaining Tracks – 1,300,000

Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) – 315,000 equivalent albums

Remaining Tracks – 2,100,000

Laundry Service (2001) – 666,000 equivalent albums

Whenever, Wherever – 2,550,000
Underneath Your Clothes – 890,000
Objection (Tango) – 500,000
Remaining Tracks – 500,000

Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005) – 759,000 equivalent albums

La Tortura – 3,240,000
Las de la Intuición – 700,000
Remaining Tracks – 1,120,000

Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005) – 1,839,000 equivalent albums

Don’t Bother – 660,000
Hips Don’t Lie – 11,080,000
Remaining Tracks – 520,000

She Wolf (2009) – 1,041,000 equivalent albums

She Wolf – 4,050,000
Did It Again – 690,000
Give It Up to Me – 1,080,000
Gypsy – 860,000
Remaining Tracks – 260,000

Sale el Sol (2010) – 809,000 equivalent albums

Loca – 2,510,000
Rabiosa – 1,150,000
Addicted to You – 650,000
Remaining Tracks – 1,080,000

Shakira (2014) – 549,000 equivalent albums

Can’t Remember to Forget You – 1,740,000
Empire – 810,000
Dare (La La La) – 890,000
Remaining Tracks – 220,000

El Dorado (2017) – 155,000 equivalent albums

Chantaje – 420,000
La Bicicleta – 280,000
Me Enamore – 150,000
Remaining Tracks – 180,000

Orphan Album – 2,124,000 equivalent albums

Beautiful Liar – 4,950,000
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) – 7,010,000
Je l’aime à mourir – 300,000
Try Everything – 1,080,000
Get It Started – 340,000
Remaining Tracks – 480,000

Just like with physical sales, Shakira is someway poorly represented by digital sales. English-speaking countries, most notably the US and the UK have been by very, very far the leading downloads markets along with South Korea. In these markets, among global stars of the last 15 years the diva is likely one of those who’s getting the lowest share of their sales there.

It doesn’t mean she hasn’t sold some downloads though, she clearly did, even getting as high as 11 million with the gigantic smash Hips Don’t Lie. In total, she is over 56 million downloads and ringtones in her lifetime.