How many Spotify streams should an album reach to be considered a success?

[Orsay]

if we're talking about albums released before the streaming era, streaming numbers have literally nothing to do with whether or not those albums and songs were successful. they just indicate whether or not those successful records continue to be remembered and enjoyed

 

some hit songs from back in the day are remarkably forgotten, but that doesn't take away from the fact they were big hits

[Blackout2006]

16 hours ago, Bears01 said:

Let’s go with recent releases, like from 2020-present 

1.5+ billion streams are apt for a mainstream artist. For indie artists, 300+ million streams is solid.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Blackout2006

[aesthetic bih]

Around ~70M for all tracks on Spotify alone (except interludes). ~150M streams per track average (except interludes)

[FolkLover1989]

Track average excluding singles should be 100m+ 

[wantedyoutogrow]

it depends on the artist

 

a 1B+ streamed album is a huge success for some artists (katy, britney, carly rae and etc) but that would seem like a flop for some artists (ariana, billie, taylor, dua and etc)

[Jude]

4B at least in 3-4 years, no exceptions. 

[Cloröx]

11 hours ago, Machete said:

An album released today to be considered a success needs 3B minimum. Smash territory is +7B.

 

2B is too low when there's tons of "albums" that are unknown and carried by a single hit with +1B streams.

Back in the day, having a smash hit doesn't guarantee a successful album. I think we need to exclude singles.

[FailSafe]

15 Billion with 30 percent coming from the official singles

 

[thatsmydemi]

Depends on the artist, year of release and hits. 

 

If all album tracks are around 20M-100M streams or above, it seems like a successful album to me.