Streaming Masters – Journey
American rock legends Journey are mostly famous nowadays for their legendary song Don’t Stop Believin’ and it’s record breaking streaming numbers.
Back in the day yet, they charted a whopping 39 distinct songs on various Billboard charts. In fact, their highest peaking hit is actually Open Arms.
Which songs are still popular up to this day then? Is their US-axed success enough to grant huge numbers in a streaming world?
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Journey streaming review – the method
Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now 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 * 3.05 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan : AWA streams * 100/5.5 (AWA has 5.5% of the Japanese streaming market)
– Elsewhere : Spotify streams * (370 – 8.5 – 9.5 – 33 – 9) / 207 (370 million global subscribers minus 8.5 million from South Korea minus 9.5 million from Japan minus 33 million from China divided by the number of Spotify only users minus 9 million more Asian users) + Genie streams * 3.05 (uses Genie rather than Spotify to extrapolate markets like Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)
Video Streams
– China* : Xiami streams * 125/6.5 (Xiami has just over 5% of the Chinese streaming market)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views
*since 96.4% of Chinese streaming platforms are free users, that paid-for users pay less than $2 a month and that they are also used as video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted in par with YouTube streams.
Audio Stream value – 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 11,750 views equal 1 album unit
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * 310/207 + Genie * 3.05*2 + AWA * 100/5.5 ) / 1500 + ( Xiami * 125/6.5 + YouTube ) / 11750
Journey streaming review – the results
Total: 1,511,342 EAS
Journey most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. Don’t Stop Believin’ [Escape] – 715,000
2. Any Way You Want It [Departure] – 141,000
3. Faithfully [Frontiers] – 116,000
4. Open Arms [Escape] – 91,000
5. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [Frontiers] – 89,000
6. Wheel in the Sky [Infinity] – 48,000
7. Lights [Infinity] – 37,000
8. Who’s Crying Now [Escape] – 27,000
9. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ [Evolution] – 26,000
10. Stone in Love [Escape] – 18,000
11. When You Love a Woman [Trial by Fire] – 16,000
12. Only the Young [Orphan] – 12,000
13. Send Her My Love [Frontiers] – 12,000
14. I’ll Be Alright Without You [Raised on Radio] – 11,000
15. Ask the Lonely [Orphan] – 9,000
16. Girl Can’t Help It [Raised on Radio] – 8,000
17. Be Good to Yourself [Raised on Radio] – 7,000
18. Feeling That Way [Infinity] – 6,000
19. Anytime [Infinity] – 5,000
20. After All These Years [Revelation] – 5,000