2 Kings, 1 Winner, Elvis has not dethroned Michael as the best seller

[ILoveHIStory]

By ChartMasters.org

If you are lonesome tonight, you may have enough time to read the highly anticipated CSPC article of Elvis Presley… or you may not. His discography is so massive that at some point Chartmasters’ team though this work would never be completed. Now the challenge is on your side to go through all information available!


During the last few weeks, we already started to dig into his results. We used YouTube Insights to define his popularity all over the world, we understood the structure of his discography, we have put some order among all myths related to his sales, we clarified the RIAA coverage of his albums before setting up his album results in the US, we broke down both his global physical singles and EP sales, and we highlighted various strong sources of hidden sales. After doing all that, only one step remained: publish final results. Here they are. More than ever, I can only advice you to use the summary available on page 3.

As usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge his results. This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Presley‘ albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming. In fact, it will also determine their true popularity. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, the next page explains it with a short video. I fully recommend watching the video before getting into the sales figures. Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the figures.

At 35,433,000 EAS, Elvis’ Christmas Album is the most successful Christmas album of al-time.
At 35,433,000 EAS, Elvis’ Christmas Album is the most successful album from the 50s.
At 28,775,000 EAS, Blue Hawaii is the most successful album from 1961.
At 7,646,000 EAS, Elvis Presley is among the 3 most successful albums from 1956.
At 7,214,000 EAS, How Great Thou Art is among the 20 most successful albums from 1967.
At 7,916,000 EAS, From Elvis In Memphis is among the 20 most successful albums from 1969.
At 10,300,000 EAS, Hound Dog is the most successful song from 1956.
At 6,850,000 EAS, Love Me Tender is among the 5 most successful songs from 1956.
At 6,570,000 EAS, Heartbreak Hotel is among the 5 most successful songs from 1956.
At 6,010,000 EAS, Don’t Be Cruel is among the 5 most successful songs from 1956.
At 18,690,000 EAS, Jailhouse Rock is the most successful song from 1957.
At 17,250,000 EAS, Blue Christmas is the 2nd most successful song from the 1957.
At 4,960,000 EAS, All Shook Up is among the 5 most successful songs from 1957.
At 4,850,000 EAS, It’s Now Or Never is among the 5 most successful songs from 1960.
At 26,940,000 EAS, Can’t Help Falling In Love is the most successful song from 1961.
At 13,860,000 EAS, Suspicious Minds is among the 5 most successful songs from 1969.
At 7,520,000 EAS, In The Ghetto is among the 10 most successful songs from 1969.
At 8,340,000 EAS, Burning Love is among the 10 most successful songs from 1972.
At 18,690,000 EAS, Jailhouse Rock is the most successful song from the 50s.
At 17,250,000 EAS, Blue Christmas is the 2nd most successful song from the 50s.
At 26,940,000 EAS, Can’t Help Falling In Love is the 2nd most successful song from the 60s.
At 26,940,000 EAS, Can’t Help Falling In Love is among the 10 most successful songs of all-time.
At 126,900,000 EAS, Elvis Presley is the most successful artist of the 50s
At 130,512,000 EAS, Elvis Presley is the 2nd most successful artist of the 60s
At 65,711,000 EAS from 1957’s material, Elvis Presley has the 3rd most successful annual output of all-time.
At 244,475,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 2nd highest seller of all-time.
At 154,985,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 2nd highest seller of all-time in the US.
At 10,465,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 5th highest seller of all-time in Canada.
At 26,585,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 3rd highest seller of all-time in the UK.
At 2,135,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 3rd highest foreign seller of all-time in Sweden.
At 58,445,000 pure album sales, Elvis Presley is the 11th highest seller of all-time in Europe.
At 135,203,000 physical singles sales, Elvis Presley is the 1st/2nd* highest seller of all-time
At 15,875,000 EPs sales, Elvis Presley is the highest seller of all-time.

https://chartmasters.org/2018/09/cspc-elvis-presley-popularity-analysis/132/

Artists Ranking – CSPC – Overall sales
Here is the sum of all the value released by each artist. The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales).

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.

1. The Beatles – 405,737,000 (as of Mar 2017)
2. Michael Jackson – 323,741,000 (as of Sep 2017)
3. Elvis Presley – 312,266,000 (as of Sep 2018)
4. Madonna – 241,134,000 (as of Aug 2017)
5. Queen – 238,637,000 (as of Oct 2017)
6. The Rolling Stones – 237,135,000 (as of Dec 2016)
7. Pink Floyd – 229,426,000 (as of Jun 2017)
8. Led Zeppelin – 200,459,000 (as of Aug 2016)
9. Elton John – 196,130,000 (as of Feb 2018)
10. U2 – 194,519,000 (as of Aug 2016)

https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/cspc-most-successful-artists-ever-data-collector/24/


Read this to compare: CSPC: Michael Jackson Popularity Analysis - https://chartmasters.org/2017/09/cspc-michael-jackson-popularity-analysis/50/

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[Dunk96]

This is shade writing itself. I'm obviously not surprised but I'm sure all the white people who kiss Elvis' feet are SEETHING that Michael is above Elvis in sales. But let them seethe because Michael is overall the better entertainer.

 

[BadTour87]

This is shade writing itself. I'm obviously not surprised but I'm sure all the white people who kiss Elvis' feet are SEETHING that Michael is above Elvis in sales. But let them seethe because Michael is overall the better entertainer.

Did this really have to be about race?

 

[Dunk96]

Did this really have to be about race?

Don't question me or my motives with what I post. It's just my opinion.

 

[Raest]

Don't question me or my motives with what I post. It's just my opinion.

Agreed, I am a Michael fan but even I can give Elvis his props he has stayed relevant 40 odd years after his death. That is amazing. Both are kings in there own right. It's not about being black, or being white.

 

[KOPV]

With elvis, there will always be a race factor.. those who dont see why simply dont get it.

 

[analogue]

If Michael had released as many albums as The Beatles did, then he would have been #1.