Adjusted for Inflation

1981: Sammy Hagar, “There’s Only One Way to Rock”

Now: “There’s Only 3.45 Ways to Rock”

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1968: Three Dog Night, “One”

Now: “Nine”

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1987: Three Men and a Baby

Now: 8.28 Men and a Baby

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1961: Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Now: Catch 230.81

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1972: Alice Cooper, “I’m Eighteen”

Now: “I’m 135.08”

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1969: Six kids in the Brady Bunch

Now: 52 kids in the Brady Bunch

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1954: The Seven Samurai

Now: The 81.63 Samurai

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1964: The Beatles, “Eight Days a Week”

Now: “80.95 Days a Week”

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2014: Taylor Swift, 1989

Now: 2,635.54

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1984: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

Now: Breakin’ 6.04: Electric Boogaloo

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1981: Tommy Tutone, “867-5309 / Jenny”

Now: “299-378-32.84 / Jenny”

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1997: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Now: 15.64 Heads in a Duffel Bag

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1989: Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814

Now: Rhythm Nation 4,610

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1988: Van Halen, OU812

Now: OU2195.31

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2011: Fast Five

Now: Fast Seven

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2015: Furious 7

Now: Furious 9.4

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1969: Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Now: Slaughterhouse-Forty-Two Point Seventy-Four

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1976: Mary MacGregor, “Torn Between Two Lovers”

Now: “Torn Between 11.03 Lovers”

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2018: Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

Now: Ready Player One Point Two-Five

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1990: Sinead O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Now: “Nothing Compares 4.8 U”

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2006: You, Me, and Dupree

Now: You, Me, and Three Duprees

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1966: The 5th Dimension

Now: The 48th Dimension

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1992: Barenaked Ladies, “If I Had $1,000,000”

Now: “If I Had $2,235,844”