In the first place, there is this Scribe video posted below. There are two ways to understand this revolutionary concept. The Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept (CSPC) Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the numbers directly. I fully recommend watching it before getting into the sales figures. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, below is a nice and short video of explanations. In fact, it will also determine their true popularity. This concept will not only bring you sales information for all albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming. What about the soundtrack and its singles? Also, how big were they globally? How do they compete against top performers like Grease and Saturday Night Fever?Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge its results. Obviously, these numbers refer to the movie and are limited to the US. It closed its run on nearly $93 million while Lone Wolf McQuade, the movie that prevented Flashdance to enter at #1, stopped its way up at a mere $12 million. The success of its singles was so impressive though that by its 13th week, rather than being dead already as it would have been the norm, the movie was still grossing nearly $4 million in a week. It opened with $5.65 million in the US while Grease had stormed on charts with over $18 million 5 years earlier without adjusting for inflation. It is nothing new as shown by this study of the iconic 1983 soundtrack Flashdance. This is why exposing songs that people like through theaters can be so rewarding. The movie industry has always been bigger than the music industry, appealing to a wider audience. The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia 2, A Star Is Born, and more recently Bohemian Rhapsody, reminded to all if that was needed how big a soundtrack can be.

Flashdance soundtrack songs