From the top to the bottom: exactly 50 weeks ago - after its title track had spent five weeks at number one and sold a million copies - Robin Thicke's album Blurred Lines debuted at number one. Without a hit single to help it, and following a slew of negative reviews Thicke's new album Paula - which concerns itself largely with his break-up with his wife - is at the exact opposite end of the chart,
debuting at number 200 on sales of just 530 copies. Blurred Lines sold 25,981 copies on its debut, and has since gone on to sell 117,353 copies, whilst the single (feat. T.I. and Pharrell) has a towering to-date tally of 1,654,421 sales.
Source: Musicweek
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Also full sales:
Singles
1 Ariana Grande / Iggy Azalea 112,903
2 Ella Henderson 70,536 (387,036)
3 George Ezra 55,331
4 Ed Sheeran 51,759
5 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill 49,953
6 Sia 38,244
7 Sam Smith 37,039
8 Mr. Probz 32,957
9 Coldplay 32,403
10 DJ Fresh vs. TC / Little Nikki 31,024
14 5 Seconds Of Summer [Don't Stop] 25,519
23 5 Seconds Of Summer [She Looks So Perfect] 15,761
46 Ed Sheeran [All Of The Stars] 7,869
48 Ed Sheeran [I See Fire] 7,817
52 Dolly Parton [Jolene] 6,877 (214,279 digital copies)
57 Ed Sheeran [Nina] 6,521
60 Ed Sheeran [Bloodstream] 6,443
62 Ed Sheeran [Tenerife Sea] 6,031
63 Busta Rhymes / Eminem 5,968
71 Ed Sheeran [Runaway] 5,441 850 4,590
73 5 Seconds Of Summer [Amnesia] 5,362
75 Dolly Parton [9 to 5] 5,100 (303,511 digital copies)
89 Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers 4,436 (245,577 digital copies)
118 5 Seconds Of Summer [Good Girls] 3,271
153 Dolly Parton [Here You Come Again] 2,507 (50,033 digital copies)
182 Dolly Parton [Blue Smoke] 2,154
Albums
1 Ed Sheeran 93,270 (275,723)
2 5 Seconds Of Summer 66,973
3 George Ezra 32,568
4 Dolly Parton 28,256
5 Sam Smith 24,397
6 Kasabian 18,649
7 Paolo Nutini 15,933
8 Coldplay 15,015
9 Lana Del Rey 12,989? (12,9890 typo in article)
10 David Gray 10,516
11 Paloma Faith 6,996
12 Bellowhead 6,668
15 Michael Jackson [Bad] 5,633
16 John Barrowman 5,441
17 Trey Songz 5,347
21 Linkin Park 4,627
24 Lily Allen 4,184
26 Metallica 3,940
27 Disclosure 3,824
35 Monty Python 3,345
39 Caro Emerald 2,924
41 Dolly Parton [The Very Best Of...] 2,841 (457,890)
43 Jack Bugg [Shangri La] 2,499
46 Bombay Bicycle Club 2,291
50 Bon Jovi 2,251
51 Craig Odgen 2,247
52 Pink Floyd 2,246
53 Hillsong Worship 2,179
58 Kodaline 2,049
61 Mastodon 2,004
64 Kasabian 1,752
66 The Black Keys 1,710
159 Dolly Parton [The Real Dolly Parton] 657
200 Robin Thicke 530
Source: BuzzJack forum