It sold 660,000 copies, more than all singles issued before combined. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ did way better. It’s all relative though since they only add for 240,000 units combined. Things got a bit better with singles off Infinity. Journey started their career slow with singles which sold very limited amounts during several years. Journey Songs Sales Physical SinglesĪs a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single. Only Revelation did better, mostly because it included a CD 2 of re-recordings of their classic hits and because it was hugely supported by the exclusivity deal with WalMart. The departure of Perry concluded on irrelevant sales for the next albums. This represented a nice commercial reception for veterans. They returned in 1996 with the 1.8 million selling Trial By Fire. This was disappointing enough to see the band go into a near 10-years hiatus. Raised On Radio wasn’t as big with less than 3.3 million sales. It’s very close to 10 million pure sales there. Naturally, the album did very well on its side too topping US charts while lasting 38 weeks inside the top 10. ![]() Who’s Crying Now (#4), Don’t Stop Believin’ (#9) and Open Arms (#2 for 6 weeks) were all big hits. ![]() The 8th album, Escape, made the group superstars in North America. It was their first US Top 10 LP (#8) and features the successful Any Way You Want It. It fueled sales of the album Evolution to 3.7 million units.ĭream, After Dream, the soundtrack to a movie that got next to zero exposure, sold next to nothing.ĭeparture, the true follow up of Evolution, sold roughly the same amount at 3.8 million. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin became the band’s first top 20 Hot 100 hit, peaking at #16 in 1979. None of its singles was a big hit, but 3 of them made the Hot 100, unlike extracts from their previous LPs. Infinity, now with Perry, was their breakthrough. The fact they weren’t sung by Steve Perry also limited their catalog performances once the band started to be famous. They peaked at #138, #100 and #85 in the US, in this order, without making an impact abroad except a bit in Japan. The first 3 albums of Journey sold poorly. If you are unaware of the CSPC method, you will get the full idea within just a pair of minutes. ![]() 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 Journey‘s albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming. His participation in the band’s outputs from Infinity in 1978 to Trial By Fire in 1996 was fundamental to their sales as we will see throughout this article.Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge their results. In the eye of the general public, there is no Journey without him. When we talk about Journey‘s success, it’s impossible to ignore the presence (or absence) of Steve Perry. Escape (1981) is widely regarded as the band’s greatest album, with Evolution (1979) and Frontiers (1983) also receiving their share of critical acclaim.
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