Streaming Masters – Foreigner
Foreigner are one of the few legacy artists with a track – I Want to Know What Love Is – surpassing a billion streams on Spotify and a billion views on YouTube.
As the detailed statistics in this article show, their success extends beyond this massive hit, with many more tracks still performing well.
Foreigner streaming review – the method
Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.
To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.
In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.
Audio Streams
– South Korea: Genie streams * 2.20 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan: AWA streams * 100 / 4 (AWA has 4% of the Japanese streaming market)
– Arabic world: Anghami streams
– Sub-Saharan Africa: Boomplay + Audiomack streams
– Elsewhere: Spotify streams * Spotify market shares based on artists’ market distribution
Video Streams
– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views increased by 10% to account for various local platforms
*since Chinese streaming platforms are mostly video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.
Audio Stream value – 1,500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 6,750 views equal 1 album unit
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * ArtistRatio + Genie * 2.20 + AWA * 100 / 4 + Anghami + Boomplay + Audiomack ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube * 1.1 ) / 6750
Please be aware that when the artist is regarded as the lead act, he is rewarded with 100% of these units, while featured acts share among them a 50% piece of the totals.
Foreigner streaming review – the results
Total: 3,030,776 EAS
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Foreigner: Most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. I Want to Know What Love Is [Agent Provocateur] – 1,353,000
2. Waiting for a Girl Like You [4] – 413,000
3. Cold as Ice [Foreigner] – 291,000
4. Juke Box Hero [4] – 252,000
5. Urgent [4] – 119,000
6. Hot Blooded [Double Vision] – 117,000
7. Feels Like the First Time [Foreigner] – 68,000
8. I Don’t Want to Live Without You [Inside Information] – 54,000
9. That Was Yesterday [Agent Provocateur] – 53,000
10. Double Vision [Double Vision] – 46,000
11. Head Games [Head Games] – 37,000
12. Say You Will [Inside Information] – 32,000
13. Long, Long Way from Home [Foreigner] – 23,000
14. Dirty White Boy [Head Games] – 23,000
15. Blue Morning, Blue Day [Double Vision] – 14,000
16. Girl on the Moon [4] – 9,000
17. Break It Up [4] – 9,000
18. Starrider [Foreigner] – 6,000
19. Night Life [4] – 6,000
20. Headknocker [Foreigner] – 5,000
Sources: Spotify, YouTube, AWA (app), QQ, Genie, Anghami, Audiomack, Boomplay.
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