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Chart Listings: Best selling international artists in UK (Donna Sum. added)
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1. Madonna (37,251,714)
2. Michael Jackson (31,641,592)
3. U2 (22,284,000)
4. Rihanna (19.292.800) +1
5. Westlife (19,124,000)
Very impressive
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Where is the bodyguard & preacher wife sales at?
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1) The Beatles - He says that with Digital Sales added in, they now have 21,824,296 UK Singles Sales.
2) Elvis Presley has - 21,532,246 UK Singles Sales
3) Cliff Richard has - 21,498,951 UK Singles Sales.
4) Madonna is 4th - 17,582,206 UK Singles Sales
After The Beatles, the 2 Groups with the most UK Singles Sales are:,
A) Queen - 12,556,708
B) ABBA - 11,189,520
Rhianna is already on 13,311,889 UK Singles Sales,
& she has only been Charting since September 2005.
Lady GaGa has 7,246,566 - and she has only been Charting since January 2009.
All Totals go up to Sunday 8th April - which is the W/E 14th April Singles Chart.
Alan said:,
"The Beatles' Here Comes The Sun re-enters the chart at number 58 (5,270 sales) in response to Marks & Spencer's current TV advertising campaign, on which it is sung by
Gary Barlow.
A George Harrison song from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road, Here Comes The Sun was not a single at the time but did finally chart in November 2010, following the historic release of The Beatles’ catalogue on iTunes. It was one of four Beatles tracks to make the Top 75 at the time, and one of 32 to make the Top 200. In that first week on iTunes, 132,649 Beatles tracks were sold. A couple of weeks ago that total passed the million mark, and as of Saturday 8 April, total Beatles digital track sales were 1,023,037. The four tracks that made the Top 75 that very first week remain the Beatles’ four biggest sellers digitally. They are: Hey Jude (68,309), Let It Be (67,185), Twist And Shout (48,029) and Here Comes The Sun (46,208). There is a big gap to the fifth biggest seller, Come Together (27,654).
The Beatles' digital sales have made a big difference in the ongoing battle for the title of Britain's all-time biggest selling singles act. An OCC survey in 2003 came up with the following top three: 3 Elvis Presley - 19,243,960 sales, 2 The Beatles - 20,799,632 sales, 1 Cliff Richard - 20,908,500 sales. In the 452 chart weeks that have elapsed since then, Richard has sold a further 590,451 singles, raising his overall tally to 21,498,951, Presley has sold 2,288,286, increasing his tally to 21,532,246, and The Beatles have sold 1,024,664, increasing their tally to 21,824,296, making them the UK's biggest singles act. Without digital sales, they would be far adrift of Presley – since 2003 they have had only residual sales of 959 CDs, 652 7-inch and 16 cassette s. Although Presley has sold twice as many singles as The Beatles since 2003, his huge back catalogue has been available digitally for a lot longer than theirs, and in 2005, his 18 number ones were all re-released on 10-inch and CD, boosting his sales considerably.
Madonna, incidentally, is the UK's fourth biggest singles act, with sales of 17,582,206. Queen are the number two group, with sales of 12,556,708, with Abba third on 11,189,520. The Abba total in 2003 included estimated sales of 920,000 for Dancing Queen - but it has since sold a further 132,777 copies (all but six of them digitally) which, if the original estimate is correct,, would elevate it to a million seller, with a to date tally of 1,052,777. As huge as the sales of The Beatles, Presley and Richard might seem, the sheer size of the singles market these days means they will likely be overhauled eventually. Two 21st century stars already chasing hard are Lady GaGa, with sales of 7,246,566 in a little over three years, and Rihanna, with a staggering 13,311,889 sales since August 2005. Figures in the last three paragraphs relate to sales up to 8 April only, as an analysis of this scope takes some time to prepare and update"
** lets see if this can help you do the list.
BTW I think ABBA are #3-#5.... They deffo sold around 8-10M albums in the UK
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Originally posted by trinafan92
Where is the bodyguard & preacher wife sales at?
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I didn't count
but opening an exception to Whitney
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Originally posted by zzmyth
1) The Beatles - He says that with Digital Sales added in, they now have 21,824,296 UK Singles Sales.
2) Elvis Presley has - 21,532,246 UK Singles Sales
3) Cliff Richard has - 21,498,951 UK Singles Sales.
4) Madonna is 4th - 17,582,206 UK Singles Sales
After The Beatles, the 2 Groups with the most UK Singles Sales are:,
A) Queen - 12,556,708
B) ABBA - 11,189,520
Rhianna is already on 13,311,889 UK Singles Sales,
& she has only been Charting since September 2005.
Lady GaGa has 7,246,566 - and she has only been Charting since January 2009.
All Totals go up to Sunday 8th April - which is the W/E 14th April Singles Chart.
Alan said:,
"The Beatles' Here Comes The Sun re-enters the chart at number 58 (5,270 sales) in response to Marks & Spencer's current TV advertising campaign, on which it is sung by
Gary Barlow.
A George Harrison song from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road, Here Comes The Sun was not a single at the time but did finally chart in November 2010, following the historic release of The Beatles’ catalogue on iTunes. It was one of four Beatles tracks to make the Top 75 at the time, and one of 32 to make the Top 200. In that first week on iTunes, 132,649 Beatles tracks were sold. A couple of weeks ago that total passed the million mark, and as of Saturday 8 April, total Beatles digital track sales were 1,023,037. The four tracks that made the Top 75 that very first week remain the Beatles’ four biggest sellers digitally. They are: Hey Jude (68,309), Let It Be (67,185), Twist And Shout (48,029) and Here Comes The Sun (46,208). There is a big gap to the fifth biggest seller, Come Together (27,654).
The Beatles' digital sales have made a big difference in the ongoing battle for the title of Britain's all-time biggest selling singles act. An OCC survey in 2003 came up with the following top three: 3 Elvis Presley - 19,243,960 sales, 2 The Beatles - 20,799,632 sales, 1 Cliff Richard - 20,908,500 sales. In the 452 chart weeks that have elapsed since then, Richard has sold a further 590,451 singles, raising his overall tally to 21,498,951, Presley has sold 2,288,286, increasing his tally to 21,532,246, and The Beatles have sold 1,024,664, increasing their tally to 21,824,296, making them the UK's biggest singles act. Without digital sales, they would be far adrift of Presley – since 2003 they have had only residual sales of 959 CDs, 652 7-inch and 16 cassette s. Although Presley has sold twice as many singles as The Beatles since 2003, his huge back catalogue has been available digitally for a lot longer than theirs, and in 2005, his 18 number ones were all re-released on 10-inch and CD, boosting his sales considerably.
Madonna, incidentally, is the UK's fourth biggest singles act, with sales of 17,582,206. Queen are the number two group, with sales of 12,556,708, with Abba third on 11,189,520. The Abba total in 2003 included estimated sales of 920,000 for Dancing Queen - but it has since sold a further 132,777 copies (all but six of them digitally) which, if the original estimate is correct,, would elevate it to a million seller, with a to date tally of 1,052,777. As huge as the sales of The Beatles, Presley and Richard might seem, the sheer size of the singles market these days means they will likely be overhauled eventually. Two 21st century stars already chasing hard are Lady GaGa, with sales of 7,246,566 in a little over three years, and Rihanna, with a staggering 13,311,889 sales since August 2005. Figures in the last three paragraphs relate to sales up to 8 April only, as an analysis of this scope takes some time to prepare and update"
** lets see if this can help you do the list.
BTW I think ABBA are #3-#5.... They deffo sold around 8-10M albums in the UK
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Gurl, you have the tea
A outdated list
Pos. Artist Total
1 Cliff Richard 21410000
2 Beatles 21170000
3 Elvis Presley 21000000
4 Madonna 17345000
5 Elton John 15075000
6 Michael Jackson 14795000
7 Queen 12595000
8 Rihanna 11520000
9 Abba 11085000
10 David Bowie 10330000
11 Paul McCartney 10220000
12 Kylie Minogue 10080000
13 Rod Stewart 9610000
14 Rolling Stones 9535000
15 Eminem 8566000
16 Stevie Wonder 8550000
17 Take That 8420000
18 Oasis 8360000
19 Whitney Houston 7960000
20 Spice Girls 7830000
Thanks to Andy from Haven
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Originally posted by merlls
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Rihanna bigger than Mariah, Whitney and Kylie
Coming for 3rd spot next era, only behind the Queen and the King of POP.
#oops
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Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan
Rihanna bigger than Mariah, Whitney and Kylie
Coming for 3rd spot next era, only behind the Queen and the King of POP.
#oops
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20. Christina Aguilera (7,524,000)
In the next era, she will climb to the top 15 *praying*
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rihanna is certainly not bigger in the UK than Whitney or Mariah.. because you need to distinguish between singles sales and downloads and as you can see mainly download artists are rising fast on the list while the once who brought in real cash with expensive singles releases get pushed down.
on a list of sole gross revenue off music sales rihanna would not even make the top 40..lol
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Rihanna is doing her thing in the UK !! With Gaga's new era she should be in the top 10 for sure !
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And WHO is the youngest on that list? That's right
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Originally posted by stevyy
rihanna is certainly not bigger in the UK than Whitney or Mariah.. because you need to distinguish between singles sales and downloads and as you can see mainly download artists are rising fast on the list while the once who brought in real cash with expensive singles releases get pushed down.
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Good argument
Although, in my opinion... Rihanna is already bigger than Mariah in UK
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Originally posted by Last Boy on Earth
And WHO is the youngest on that list? That's right
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19. Cher (7,810,000)
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TBH Rihanna will ahve no problem getting to the 20M mark this same year.
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She needs release one more single from TTT. tbh, I can't see longevity in Where Have You Been (whatever, it's her most annoying song to date)
My hopes still in Princess Of China, it needs to be a huge hit. Deserves climb to her all time top10.
British loves greatest hits, waiting for "The Best Of Rihanna [Box set, 30 CD's] (2,000,000)"
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