Several months ago, we launched our Receipts Database with the objective of putting together as many factual data figures as possible.
The database keeps growing. This week, we injected over 17,000 shipment codes from Brazil amounting to 162 million sales.
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A top frontman and a legendary guitarist shot Van Halen among the best selling American bands of all-time.
The latter, Eddie Van Halen, passed away on October this year from cancer at the age of 65.
Our best way to pay tribute to this iconic band is to study their sales figures in detail, which happen to be very impressive.
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Since the summer of 2016 dozens of artists have been analyzed using the CSPC method.
Some of them destroyed the competition during a short time thanks to only one album, while others have proven longevity through the years.
In the end though, who has really dominated each of the last six decades? Is it the former or the latter kind of artists? You will find the answer in the list below!
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On 13 February 1970, the Birmingham band Black Sabbath released their eponymous debut LP.
This album is regarded by most as the very first heavy metal album ever released.
Their fundamental contribution to the history of rock music gave the band its nickname of Godfathers of Heavy Metal while singer Ozzy Osbourne is widely recognized as the Prince of Darkness.
How many people embraced these satanic flavoured music though? Today, we celebrate this legendary band by studying their commercial success through the years.
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One year ago, we called Billie Eilish the next big thing, 12 months later she is not only a superstar but also unstoppable.
On her way to hit 10 billion streams on Spotify, the 18 year old icon recently became the first female singer ever to manage a sweep of the big 4 categories at the Grammys.
The diva, who’s also the chosen one to record the upcoming James Bond theme, is breaking every barrier.
Speaking about boundaries, are there countries which still resist to her out of the blue success?
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Bohemian Rhapsody, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, I Want to Break Free, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Another One Bites the Dust, etc. the list of songs by Queen speaks for itself.
The Freddie Mercury-led band from London, UK, shook the world with their iconic hits from 1973 to 1991.
Over 28 years after the passing of their singer, their valuable catalog is as hot as ever.
In fact, their evergreen success has become even more incredible since the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic who led a new generation to discover these classic rock heroes.
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If you visit us, you surely saw a lot of news in recent years stating streaming records. What’s unlikely is that you ever saw a comprehensive list of Spotify most streamed artists, with numbers for all those who belong to the all-time top 200.
Thanks to our Spotify numbers tool, it’s now possible to retrieve an enormous quantity of data very efficiently. So, who are the most streamed male, female, bands, legacy artists on the platform?
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Since their breakthrough in 1963, the Beatles have been the number one force of the music industry. It’s regarded as a given that they are massively popular all around the world.
How true is it yet? Their records sales in markets like the US, the UK, and Japan are monstruous, but does their appeal shines as well in lesser known regions?
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In recent years, Kendrick Lamar has become one of the most popular artists in the world. His latest album, Damn, which was released exacly two years ago, ended up as the 7th best selling album of 2017 with over 1.3 million units shipped globally. How much has this album moved as of 2019? How big is he globally? We’ll find out shortly!
After going through the fantastic atmosphere of the 80s in this country, do you wanna know which were Brazil’s top foreign sellers of the 70s? If you search for “Brazil 70s” on Google, everything you find is related to their legendary win at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. If you want to know which sound, which music genre, which singers and which bands Brazilians were crazy about at the time you are at the correct place!