Streaming Masters – The Chainsmokers

During the last two decades, various DJs got their hey-days. During the last 4 years though, very few have been as hot as The Chainsmokers. Their success on streaming platforms is wild, come see it by yourself!

Announcement

CSPC articles require time to compile. It may be frustrating to wait for them too long, especially when various new artists, and even more and more catalog acts, enjoy the large majority of their sales through streaming only these days. To make sure to provide you much more frequent updates, we are going to publish Streaming Masters sheets from now on, detailing the complete streaming section of artists.

Method

As detailed in the Fixing Log article, Spotify represents 157 million of the 272 million users of streaming platforms, while YouTube is pretty much the only video platform generating some revenue for the industry. Below is the equivalence set on the aforementioned article:

Audio Stream – 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream – 11,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = 272/157 * Spotify streams / 1500 + YouTube views / 11750

Results

Total: 9,523,967 EAS

Most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. Closer [Orphan] – 1,895,000
2. Don’t Let Me Down [Orphan] – 1,590,000
3. Something Just Like This [Memories… Do Not Open] – 1,259,000
4. Roses [Orphan] – 848,000
5. Paris [Memories… Do Not Open] – 816,000
6. All We Know [Orphan] – 503,000
7. Sick Boy [Orphan] – 284,000
8. #Selfie [Orphan] – 245,000
9. The One [Memories… Do Not Open] – 176,000
10. Setting Fires [Orphan] – 174,000
11. Somebody [Orphan] – 140,000
12. Until You Were Gone [Orphan] – 126,000
13. Inside Out [Orphan] – 117,000
14. Kanye [Orphan] – 113,000
15. Young [Memories… Do Not Open] – 104,000
16. Honest [Memories… Do Not Open] – 100,000
17. Let You Go [Orphan] – 94,000
18. Everybody Hates Me [Orphan] – 86,000
19. Break Up Every Night [Memories… Do Not Open] – 81,000
20. New York City [Orphan] – 77,000