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Material Girl also became the most shared 80s song on tik tok, beating out Bad by Michael Jackson. That was about a year ago not sure if that is still...

Is there an ETA on when the Kanye study will be released?

You need to be more objective. Nobody is saying Garth was a bigger global star than Madonna or MJ. What everyone here is saying is that Garth sold an...

But Brooks wasn't just "successful" in America, he is one of the highest selling artists in America ever. Artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson did...

Interesting! Maybe millennials have a lot of nostalgia for the song? I remember that song being massive when I was a kid. I think it was the first rap...

Also, he died.

I can say that Mr. Brightside was always very popular in America. I was in college when it was big and my god, people listened to that song all the ti...

Wow, that's a huge increase due strictly to tik tok. Good for them though!

Hmm, I doubt that. When was the last time Tears for Fears had significant popularity? Probably ages ago. Maybe EWTRTW was used in some tv show or went...

I'm glad to see Chuck Berry in the top 10. One of rock's most important figures!

I'd like to know too, I am a fan of Tears for Fears and I had no idea how big Everybody Wants to Rule the World was. I always thought Shout was the bi...

That's true, it's still referred to in those terms to this day. But it's popularity endures (just like Stairway).

The youtube stats for November Rain are just insane. 2 billion views? There are popular acts now that would kill for those kind of views. I wonder how...

Great data, thank you!

Thanks for backing up with data! Interesting that Madonna's streams are way worse than her digital sales. She outsold The Beatles, (due to them releas...

That movie Rocket Man changed things. I think Elton's streams were way lower prior to the movie, in fact I think Madonna was outstreaming him prior to...

The Beatles are also getting there too: Here Comes the Sun--893m Come Together--552m Let It Be--509m Hey Jude--470m Yesterday--451m

The 505 numbers remind me that a great article for Chartmasters to do would be one called "biggest album cuts of all time" based on spotify numbers. O...

Agreed. Sales are very impressive coming from a statistical point of view but they don't tell the whole story regarding how talented/creative an artis...

I never thought I'd see the day when Kate Bush would get global recognition by the masses but I'm happy for her, she deserves it (being one of the bol...

Europe isn't the rest of the world either. She is still loved in South America, South and Southeast Asia and North America.

I don't like Britney at all but you are forcing me to defend her lol. Here in America, her music is played on oldies radio all the time. Her peers are...