CSPC: Shakira Popularity Analysis

SHAKIRA CAREER CSPC RESULTS

So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Shakira 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
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	1		Pies Descalzos	3,700,000	21.06.18	1,166,000	76,000 (10,000)	124,000 (830,000)	1,130,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 520 LD: 900	6,196,000	20,230,529	1,130,000	728
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	2		Dónde Están los Ladrones?	4,380,000	21.06.18	2,937,000	85,000 (115,000)	265,000 (1,770,000)	1,825,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 820 LD: 1,480	9,492,000	20,230,529	1,825,000	729
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	3		Laundry Service	12,630,000	21.06.18	1,389,000	1,689,000 (5,492,000)	641,000 (4,270,000)	1,485,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 610 LD: 1,420	17,833,000	20,230,529	1,485,000	730
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	4		Fijación Oral, Vol. 1	3,590,000	21.06.18	189,000	324,000 (520,000)	591,000 (3,940,000)	1,339,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 570 LD: 1,360	6,033,000	20,230,529	1,339,000	731
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	5		Oral Fixation, Vol. 2	5,000,000	21.06.18	387,000	540,000 (970,000)	1,662,000 (11,080,000)	1,878,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 780 LD: 1,280	9,467,000	20,230,529	1,878,000	732
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	6		She Wolf	1,780,000	21.06.18	325,000	369,000 (110,000)	711,000 (4,740,000)	882,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 350 LD: 850	4,067,000	20,230,529	882,000	733
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	7		Sale el Sol	2,610,000	21.06.18	220,000	-765,000 (510,000)	1,601,000 (10,670,000)	2,909,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 1,120 LD: 1,930	6,575,000	20,230,529	2,909,000	734
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	8		Shakira	860,000	21.06.18	0	161,000 (20,000)	395,000 (2,630,000)	1,341,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 380 LD: 680	2,756,000	20,230,529	1,341,000	735
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	9		El Dorado	230,000	21.06.18	0	0 (0)	105,000 (700,000)	4,337,000 (05/29/23)	Av.: 1,170 LD: 1,300	4,722,000	20,230,529	4,337,000	736
0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp	10		Orphan	0	21.06.18	7,000	1,625,000 (330,000)	743,000 (4,950,000)	479,000 (06/21/18)	N/A	2,853,000	20,230,529	479,000	1,732

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

Conclusions

As expected Laundry Service closes up counts as the most successful album of Shakira. At more than 16,7 million EAS across all formats, it is a highly valuable record which continues to grow.

Although the runner up stands much lower, on 8 million EAS, there is much more to say about her discography. Both Oral Fixation, Vol 2 and Dónde Están los Ladrones? are virtually tied at this second spot. It’s all the more impressive for the latter since it is a Spanish record.

Pies Descalzos, Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 and Sale El Sol are all around 5 million EAS. All Spanish records, that means 4 out of her top 6 are in her native language. Stunning. If She Wolf, Shakira. and El Dorado suffer from the absence of ground breaking global smashes like the remaining albums, they all maintained a healthy consistency. Each of them breaks 2 million EAS to date with the most recent one still increasing at very fast pace.

All in all, the artist sold 58,6 million EAS to date. While this is already a great achievement for a mainly Spanish language singer, the fact she is now over 6 million units from streams alone is highly promising for the future. Her back catalog also performs very well in this format. The massive market increases currently seen in Latin America, an area which jumped by more than 17,7% in 2017, are also paving a golden road for Shakira.

To go deeper…

Thanks to our new ASR (Artist Success Rating) concept, we know that her sales represent 13,8 million times the purchase of her full catalog. Coupled with her total sales, it translates into an ASR score of 161. She is tied with Ed Sheeran and ahead of Usher and Katy Perry.

Additionally, the following pages list her most successful songs as well as her 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.

As usual, feel free to comment and / or ask a question!

Sources: IFPI, Spotify, YouTube, Discogs, Chartmasters.org.