The biggest selling debut singles (UK, 21st Century)
Pop Idol winner Will Young leads the charge with his 2002 double A-side single Anything Is Possible / Evergreen being crowned the biggest-selling debut single of the 21st Century. In its first week on sale, it sold a staggering 1.1 million copies, and has shifted nearly 1.8 million copies to date.
Will’s fellow Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates is at Number 2 with his version of Unchained Melody, which was made famous by The Righteous Brothers in 1965, and later Robson & Jerome in 1995. Gareth’s version, which was also released in 2002, sold 850,000 in its first week on sale and has sold over 1.3 million copies to date.
2008 X Factor winner Alexandra Burke is at Number 3 with her cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. Gotye FT Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used To Know is at Number 4, and Bruno Mars completes the Top 5 with Just the Way You Are (Amazing) at Number 5.
01 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN WILL YOUNG
02 UNCHAINED MELODY GARETH GATES
03 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE
04 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW GOTYE FT KIMBRA
05 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE BRUNO MARS
06 THAT'S MY GOAL SHAYNE WARD
07 PURE AND SIMPLE HEARSAY
08 CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY
09 CAN WE FIX IT BOB THE BUILDER
10 WHEN WE COLLIDE MATT CARDLE
You can view the Top 10 above, but be sure to tune into MTV at 12 (midday) today to see the full Top 60 countdown!