Calculate equivalent album sales from total streams or find the streams needed for a given number of album units with a 1,250-stream ratio.
Equivalent Album Units Formula
The following formula is used to calculate the Equivalent Album Units.
EAU = S / 1250
- Where EAU is the Equivalent Album Units (units)
- S is the total number of streams
To calculate the sales from streams, divide the total number of streams by 1250.
| Streams | Album Units (Sales) |
|---|---|
| 1,000 | 0.80 |
| 2,500 | 2.00 |
| 5,000 | 4.00 |
| 10,000 | 8.00 |
| 25,000 | 20.00 |
| 50,000 | 40.00 |
| 75,000 | 60.00 |
| 100,000 | 80.00 |
| 150,000 | 120.00 |
| 200,000 | 160.00 |
| 250,000 | 200.00 |
| 500,000 | 400.00 |
| 750,000 | 600.00 |
| 1,000,000 | 800.00 |
| 2,500,000 | 2,000.00 |
| 5,000,000 | 4,000.00 |
| 10,000,000 | 8,000.00 |
| 25,000,000 | 20,000.00 |
| 50,000,000 | 40,000.00 |
| 100,000,000 | 80,000.00 |
| * Rounded to 2 decimals. Assumes 1 album unit = 1,250 streams (primary conversion used by this calculator). | |
How to Calculate Equivalent Album Units?
The following example problems outline how to calculate Equivalent Album Units.
Example Problem #1:
- First, determine the total number of streams.
- The total number of streams is given as: 10,000.
- Finally, calculate the Equivalent Album Units using the equation above:
EAU = S / 1250
The values given above are inserted into the equation below:
EAU = 10,000 / 1250 = 8 (units)
Example Problem #2:
For this problem, the variables needed are provided below:
total number of streams = 111,000
This example problem is a test of your knowledge on the subject. Use the calculator above to check your answer.
EAU = S / 1250 = ?
