Britney Spears :: Charts & Sales History

[InFamous]

Her recurrent streams must be really good in the UK. She has like four songs and three albums currently charting on Apple Music.

In the UK when songs get streams they are all given to the album that is charting highest on a particular week so basically all streams will be given to The Singles Collection from any track that is on it ( as opposed to streams from Toxic going to ITZ for example) So you can expect TSC to be on the streaming chart going forward as long as her streams stay the same or increase.

[catch22]

Her streaming numbers are growing each year, legend!

Well every artist's streams grow each year, due to the streaming format becoming more popular. Every year tens of millions of people join streaming so there will be a natural increase for all artists. But yes, certain Britney songs are increasing faster than just the expected increase--like Toxic, Oops, BOMT, Gimme More, and I'm sure some others. You have to take into account the % yearly increase due to more people streaming, and compare it to the % yearly increase of an artist's discography. I don't have the numbers to crunch right now, but it's something I'm looking into.

[Instinct]

catch22


Songs stream's differences vs a year ago.

"Gimme More", "Criminal" & "If U Seek Amy" have grown the most on current daily gains, by around 100% each. "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Womanizer", "Scream & Shout", "S&M (Remix)", and "I Wanna Go" have all grown at least 40%, with "Toxic" coming close at 38%.

36% of Criminal's total streams & 33.9% of Gimme More's total streams came from the last 366 days. We can see very healthy increases for the majority of her catalog.

[catch22]

Thank you for the data Instinct. I'll see if I can find updated numbers on the increase of streaming users, and Spotify's share of the market. Streaming is increasing quickly, and the demographic of people who use music streaming services is changing too. It was mainly young people at first, but now lots of boomers are switching to it as well. Just like what happened with movie streaming--Spotify is the Netflix of music streaming services.

[coddiecollins]

catch22


Songs stream's differences vs a year ago.

"Gimme More", "Criminal" & "If U Seek Amy" have grown the most on current daily gains, by around 100% each. "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Womanizer", "Scream & Shout", "S&M (Remix)", and "I Wanna Go" have all grown at least 40%, with "Toxic" coming close at 38%.

36% of Criminal's total streams & 33.9% of Gimme More's total streams came from the last 366 days. We can see very healthy increases for the majority of her catalog.

We have 8 songs to reach 100m but after that is kind of impossible ..at least for the foreseeable future

[Instinct]

At this rate I see I Wanna Go hitting 100 million this year. That will be three 100 million+ songs for Femme Fatale. Criminal is coming within the next three months.

[pedrolabre]

Predictions for Britney new 100M songs on Spotify

2021

Criminal - April
Im a Slave 4 U - April
Sometimes - August
If U Seek Amy - Spetember
I Wanna Go - November

2022

Everytime - February
Stronger - March
Piece of Me - May
Crazy + Remix - August
Lucky - September

2023

3 - October

Gimme More and My Only Wish has good chances to reach 200M by the end of the year

And its great how both Circus and Femme Fatale should end 2021 with 3 songs above 100M plays

[pedrolabre]

We have 8 songs to reach 100m but after that is kind of impossible ..at least for the foreseeable future

5 songs in 2021
4 songs in 2022
1 song in 2023

After that we should see songs like You Drive Me Crazy (Album version), Slumber Party, Pretty Girls, Overprotected and Hold it Against Me reaching the mark between 2026-2028

of course we never know i some song will be revived or will fade into existence

[catch22]

Plus I think a new Britney album should be album to pull off a 100M song if she plays her cards right (mainly the "comeback" card). Make Me managed to do it and that song got minimal support from radio and minimal promotion from Britney. The next lead song shouldn't have trouble hitting 100M in my opinion.

[Instinct]

Forgot about If U Seek Amy hitting 100 million this year. Love how both Circus and Femme Fatale are having a revival of some sort since that's the second half of her career. Queen of longevity!

Plus I think a new Britney album should be album to pull off a 100M song if she plays her cards right (mainly the "comeback" card). Make Me managed to do it and that song got minimal support from radio and minimal promotion from Britney. The next lead song shouldn't have trouble hitting 100M in my opinion.

I agree. She never really struggles with her leads.

[pedrolabre]

[Enzolorenzo]

Why doesn’t The Singles Collection re-enter the album chart if it’s charting on the streaming chart? I mean, aren’t charts completely driven by streaming these days?

[pedrolabre]

Why doesn’t The Singles Collection re-enter the album chart if it’s charting on the streaming chart? I mean, aren’t charts completely driven by streaming these days?

Probably not UK case

Nevermind by Nirvana is #10 on Vynil Chart and dont appear on the Streaming Chart, yet is #100 on the album chart... so pure sales must have some little power

besides, i believe the Streaming chart (most streamed albums) dont include the Album chart (actually SPS) rule which the 3 biggest tracks get its streams reduced

[Stronger99]

Daily streams (Jan. 25)

Toxic – 434,577
Oops!...I Did It Again – 278,435
Baby One More Time – 245,494
Womanizer – 219,445
Scream & Shout – 200,587
Gimme More – 177,249
Criminal – 135,089
Circus – 110,056
Work Bitch – 103,749
I'm a Slave 4 U – 82,046
If U Seek Amy – 77,594

[JeremySpears]

Do you see the problem?

[Instinct]

Do you see the problem?

Well, Beyoncé I can understand, as she does much better on streaming. But Britney is outstreaming Shakira in the US and not that far off Pink, and it goes without saying that she also outstreams Xtina. She should definitely be as high as those three..

The thing is that songs like ...Baby One More Time, Toxic, Oops!...I Did It Again and Womanizer are the only songs of hers with good playlisting. Gimme More for example has pitiful playlist reach despite organically rising to nearly 200k daily streams a day. Same with Criminal, If U Seek Amy, I'm a Slave 4 U, Circus and Work Bitch.

[Instinct]

New peak in daily streams for Criminal on Spotify (141,005).

Daily streams (Jan. 26)
Toxic – 446,652
Oops!...I Did It Again – 289,194
...Baby One More Time – 253,449
Womanizer – 228,896
Scream & Shout – 210,388
Gimme More – 182,244
Criminal – 141,005
Circus – 111,129
Work Bitch – 108,180
I'm a Slave 4 U – 85,391
If U Seek Amy – 77,818

[Enzolorenzo]

Spotify playlist reach:

-Toxic: 35,4M
-Oops!... I Did It Again: 31,8M
-...Baby One More Time: 27M
-Womanizer: 19,5M
-Scream & Shout: 11,9M
-Gimme More: 7,9M
-Criminal: 1,1M
-Circus: 4,1M
-Work Bitch: 5,3M
-I’m a Slave 4 U: 4,7M
-If U Seek Amy: 2,9M

Criminal’s daily streams are insane considering the horrible playlist reach

[Ivica]

Jay from buzzjack

UK albums chart

112 (121) The Singles Collection (#38, 69 weeks)

[1st Entry: 29/11/2009] 38-57-66-79-90-98-113-148-183-Out (9w)
[2nd Entry: 23/01/2011] 47-77-107-199-199-Out (5w)
[3rd Entry: 01/05/2011] 136-139-175-Out (3w)
[4th Entry: 29/05/2011] 161-164-163-Out (3w)
[5th Entry: 09/02/2018] 198-199-Out (2w)
[6th Entry: 27/07/2018] 188-181-Out (2w)
[7th Entry: 17/08/2018] 153-118-97-145-184-Out (5w)
[8th Entry: 15/03/2019] 184-200-Out (2w)
[9th Entry: 12/04/2019] 179-Out (1w)
[10th Entry: 23/08/2019] 183-Out (1w)
[11th Entry: 17/01/2020] 200-193-190-194-Out (4w)
[12th Entry: 21/02/2020] 188-184-170-166-Out (4w)
[13th Entry: 19/06/2020] 155-165-164-147-134-128-151-148-154-150-152-174-142-147-147-149-147-148-133-144-155-159-163-177-out (24w)
[14th Entry: 01/01/2021] 172-130-121-112- (4w)

Total Sales: 256,938

It sold 1,193 to be #112. 1,181 of that was streaming + 7 physicals & 5 downloads. It was only 47 sales behind #100.

#112 is its 11th best position in its 69 week chart run, and the highest it has been since it was #97 on 31st August 2018.

[Instinct]

Daily streams (Jan. 27)

Toxic – 455,474
Oops!...I Did It Again – 294,927
Baby One More Time – 260,524
Womanizer – 237,740
Scream & Shout – 222,522
Gimme More – 189,876
Criminal – 146,564
Circus – 116,360
Work Bitch – 110,492
I'm a Slave 4 U – 87,734
If U Seek Amy – 79,858
Matches – 72,487

Seems like 400k updates are the new norm for Toxic - same with 200k for Womanizer. Also new peak in daily streams for Criminal (yes, again).