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Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

UK Chart Runs & Sales - Singles

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Sound of the Underground

Sound of the Underground



NE (22/12/2002) | 1-1-1-1-3-5-9-15-19-19-22-27-38-42-57-56-71-67-56-71-73-77-x
RE (29/06/2003) | 127-111-114-x
RE (27/07/2003) | 128-134-x
RE (17/08/2003) | 131-144-135-195-170-198-189-x
RE (19/10/2003) | 196-152-188-x
RE (04/01/2004) | 167-x
RE (18/04/2004) | 176-x
RE (21/12/2008) | 169-200-186-x

Weeks: 42
Sales: 1,100,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Platinum (14/03/2003)

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No Good Advice



NE (18/05/2003) | 2-5-11-17-26-36-46-55-55-55-41-42-54-75-77-83-87-92-98-99-91-90-95-x
RE (02/11/2003) | 117-120-129-143-185-194-179-x
RE (04/01/2004) | 120-126-119-144-169-x
RE (15/02/2004) | 189-179-x

Weeks: 37
Sales: 178,000 (rounded figure to 24/04/2022)

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Life Got Cold



NE (24/08/2003) | 3-8-16-31-36-43-47-48-68-x
RE (30/11/2003) | 112-106-123-135-101-88-84-91-93-104-132-119-102-139-x
RE (14/03/2004) | 144-156-162-182-172-177-x
RE (02/05/2004) | 177-x
RE (16/05/2004) | 190-175-x

Weeks: 32
Sales: 100,055 (August 2019)

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Jump



NE (23/11/2003) | 2-4-6-12-20-20-17-25-29-32-37-45-54-73-x
RE (04/04/2004) | 154-x
RE (18/04/2004) | 190-128-148-x
RE (16/05/2004) | 193-x

Weeks: 19
Sales: 472,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Gold (26/11/2021)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

What Will the Neighbours Say?

The Show



NE (04/07/2004) | 2-5-12-15-22-28-42-56-58-75-x
RE (31/10/2004) | 129-198-180-159-x
RE (09/01/2005) | 165-x

Weeks: 15
Sales: 136,000 (rounded figure to 06/08/2021)

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Love Machine



NE (19/09/2004) | 2-2-8-18-21-32-34-48-54-75-x
RE (23/01/2005) | 88-113-128-x
RE (20/02/2005) | 134-185-x
RE (13/03/2005) | 147-180-188-x
RE (17/04/2005) | 214-201-167-151-151-168-200-238-x
RE (26/06/2005) | 242-218-x
RE (17/07/2005) | 228-245-225-205-212-216-144-181-210-226-216-x

Weeks: 39
Sales: 625,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Platinum (15/09/2023)

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I'll Stand By You



NE (21/11/2004) | 1-1-4-5-9-9-12-22-40-51-59-64-63-71-x
RE (17/04/2005) | 143-184-183-204-225-x
RE (05/06/2005) | 240-x

Weeks: 20
Sales: 287,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Silver (14/05/2010)

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Wake Me Up



NE (27/02/2005) | 4-10-14-23-34-46-47-57-70-94-100-121-151-144-111-151-168-187-215-245-x
RE (31/07/2005) | 243-x
RE (14/08/2005) | 237-243-196-x
RE (23/10/2005) | 243-249-x

Weeks: 26
Sales: 83,352 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Chemistry

Long Hot Summer



NE (28/08/2005) | 7-14-24-36-45-62-72-70-77-99-141-167-202-189-212-206-218-237-212-x

Weeks: 13
Sales: 84,121 (August 2019)

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Biology



NE (20/11/2005) | 4-5-9-12-21-29-31-33-48-65-79-99-105-142-136-151-x

Weeks: 16
Sales: 286,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Silver (22/06/2018)

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See the Day



NE (25/12/2005) | 9-10-19-37-53-66-80-107-160-139-144-176-190-x
RE (23/04/2006) | 195-x
RE (11/06/2006) | 101-x

Weeks: 15
Sales: 83,544 (August 2019)

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Whole Lotta History



NE (12/03/2006) | 80-6-13-33-40-73-93-87-95-115-162-176-189-x
RE (06/08/2006) | 188-x

Weeks: 14
Sales: 74,386 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

The Sound of Girls Aloud

Something Kinda Ooooh



NE (22/10/2006) | 5-3-3-7-12-9-14-18-28-32-21-28-48-58-75-90-102-131-144-141-133-143-178-x
RE (09/09/2007) | 165-193-x
RE (25/11/2007) | 141-195-x
RE (30/12/2007) | 184-x
RE (26/10/2008) | 136-165-180-x
RE (21/12/2008) | 107-142-133-168-174-x

Weeks: 36
Sales: 453,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Gold (31/12/2021)

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I Think We're Alone Now



NE (17/12/2006) | 50-4-7-11-23-40-56-84-108-134-171-161-162-x
RE (08/04/2007) | 170-179-x

Weeks: 15
Sales: 104,508 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Tangled Up

Sexy! No No No...



NE (02/09/2007) | 64-5-7-12-21-26-48-68-81-108-92-114-52-70-103-124-144-91-109-135-165-x

Weeks: 21
Sales: 150,043 (August 2019)

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Call the Shots



NE (25/11/2007) | 9-3-3-5-9-7-7-11-16-20-23-29-33-38-34-42-46-46-49-62-75-78-82-97-105-121-127-129-142-150-140-151-161-146-137-155-197-x
RE (31/08/2008) | 132-151-172-159-159-174-161-142-145-100-113-113-151-167-x
RE (14/12/2008) | 197-106-135-123-160-163-175-189-197-x
RE (22/02/2009) | 189-x
RE (29/03/2009) | 150-147-177-x
RE (03/05/2009) | 181-x

Weeks: 65
Sales: 488,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Gold (14/02/2020)

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Can't Speak French



NE (24/02/2008) | 49-35-20-16-9-11-14-18-21-23-27-29-43-46-56-66-66-71-84-104-107-106-59-78-101-117-115-142-142-165-168-159-144-110-138-68-82-89-110-149-x
RE (21/12/2008) | 173-134-126-172-176-196-x

Weeks: 46
Sales: 304,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Silver (22/07/2013)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Out of Control

The Promise



NE (26/10/2008) | 1-2-3-6-7-10-15-20-19-14-15-25-37-42-46-50-58-39-41-59-56-62-72-84-85-88-94-84-91-104-96-101-116-115-130-188-x
RE (12/07/2009) | 197-198-181-170-166-158-168-164-164-173-190-171-193-x

Weeks: 49
Sales: 805,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Platinum (27/07/2018)

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The Loving Kind



NE (09/11/2008) | 134-x
RE (14/12/2008) | 87-38-46-39-29-10-14-24-29-38-43-54-71-81-81-77-96-97-112-128-115-146-166-194-195-x

Weeks: 26
Sales: 200,000 (rounded figure to 23/12/2021)
Certification: Silver (17/12/2021)

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Untouchable



NE (22/03/2009) | 146-54-41-42-36-27-11-21-37-50-62-84-106-101-148-187-x
RE (26/07/2009) | 122-139-156-135-159-109-144-171-x
RE (07/02/2010) | 152-x

Weeks: 25
Sales: 147,858 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Ten

Something New



NE (25/11/2012) | 2-14-30-45-45-53-49-89-140-141-x
RE (13/03/2013) | 155-178-x

Weeks: 12
Sales: 279,000 (rounded figure to 28/04/2024)
Certification: Silver (09/02/2018)

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Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

NE (02/12/2012) | 97-155-137-145-163-192-x

Weeks: 6
Sales: 28,922 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Other

Walk This Way (Sugababes vs Girls Aloud)



NE (18/03/2007) | 1-2-14-24-43-69-86-108-132-155-141-131-184-x

Weeks: 13
Sales: 156,200 (August 2019)

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Theme to St. Trinian's (non-single)



NE (23/12/2007) | 65-96-51-123-x
RE (27/04/2008) | 121-153-184-x
RE (18/01/2009) | 194-x

Weeks: 8
Sales: 30,564 (21/06/2009)

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Cheryl

Heartbreaker (will.i.am feat. Cheryl Cole)



NE (23/03/2008) | 74-175-49-29-18-8-8-4-4-4-5-10-10-12-15-16-19-21-24-31-40-53-56-73-74-90-105-107-97-103-113-121-135-142-167-x
RE (04/01/2009) | 163-x
RE (18/01/2009) | 197-x
RE (23/08/2009) | 184-x
RE (04/10/2009) | 196-199-158-178-134-x

Weeks: 43
Sales: 400,000 (rounded figure to 08/06/2023)
Certification: Gold (02/06/2023)

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Fight For This Love



NE (25/10/2009) | 1-1-2-4-5-8-10-13-17-14-11-26-33-37-37-42-43-36-40-49-51-40-43-51-50-65-73-70-70-81-92-90-86-84-93-107-104-102-105-102-108-109-114-118-105-80-97-121-137-122-105-115-107-57-83-110-159-128-140-144-170-124-102-144-155-175-149-125-167-x

Weeks: 69
Sales: 1,200,000 (10/04/2020)
Certification: 2x Platinum (10/04/2020)

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3 Words (feat. will.i.am)



NE (01/11/2009) | 26-30-37-43-41-25-14-7-4-5-11-18-29-34-40-52-61-67-79-88-89-92-97-110-127-151-166-146-147-164-186-x
RE (01/11/2009) | 157-x

Weeks: 32
Sales: 374,000 (rounded figure to 24/02/2022)
Certification: Silver (14/05/2010)

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Parachute



NE (01/11/2009) | 116-x
RE (20/12/2009) | 65-107-88-107-138-153-194-46-26-19-11-10-8-6-5-10-10-17-23-25-38-44-58-65-69-70-80-89-103-104-113-79-91-112-120-132-130-156-172-190-191-183-157-177-178-86-130-163-x
RE (02/01/2011) | 151-x

Weeks: 50
Sales: 448,649 (August 2019)
Certification: Gold (04/04/2014)

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Boy Like You (feat. will.i.am) (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 105-x

Weeks: 1

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Stand Up (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 112-x

Weeks: 1

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Heaven (feat. will.i.am) (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 122-x

Weeks: 1

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Rain On Me (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 135-x

Weeks: 1

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Make Me Cry (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 154-x

Weeks: 1

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Happy Hour (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 161-x

Weeks: 1

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Don't Talk About This Love (album track)

NE (01/11/2009) | 177-x

Weeks: 1

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Promise This



NE (31/10/2010) | 1-2-7-17-19-28-37-42-38-33-52-81-108-142-168-198-200-x
RE (31/10/2010) | 193-x

Weeks: 18
Sales: 490,000 (rounded figure to 04/11/2022)
Certification: Gold (22/07/2013)

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The Flood



NE (31/10/2010) | 81-189-x
RE (07/11/2010) | 156-74-63-53-26-30-18-21-30-43-65-82-126-184-x

Weeks: 18
Sales: 146,237 (August 2019)

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Call My Name



NE (17/06/2012) | 1-2-5-10-13-16-22-29-35-64-62-65-62-75-90-100-96-115-144-167-155-171-x
RE (30/12/2012) | 198-191-x

Weeks: 24
Sales: 646,000 (rounded figure to 23/06/2022)
Certification: Platinum (07/05/2021)

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Screw You (feat. Wretch 32) (album track)

NE (24/06/2012) | 100-x

Weeks: 1
Sales: 13,824 (August 2019)

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Under the Sun



NE (24/06/2012) | 195-x
RE (29/07/2012) | 110-57-36-26-23-24-15-13-17-21-35-44-69-95-156-x
RE (25/11/2012) | 197-135-x
RE (30/12/2012) | 188-x

Weeks: 19
Sales: 208,492 (August 2019)
Certification: Silver (24/02/2017)

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Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah)



NE (27/07/2014) | 1-2-4-9-20-25-22-32-33-44-54-59-72-91-91-68-71-91-92-126-176-152-99-78-93-133-162-196-x

Weeks: 28
Sales: 524,000 (03/03/2020)
Certification: Gold (27/03/2015)

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I Don't Care



NE (09/11/2014) | 1-4-13-23-37-62-75-77-71-86-125-157-197-x
RE (05/04/2015) | 142-158-x
RE (26/04/2015) | 195-x

Weeks: 16
Sales: 400,000 (rounded figure to 12/05/2022)
Certification: Gold (06/05/2012)

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Only Human



NE (12/10/2014) | 70-x
RE (16/11/2014) | 186-x
RE (29/03/2015) | 107-x

Weeks: 3
Sales: 36,292 (August 2019)

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Love Made Me Do It



NE (16/11/2018) | 19-47-59-77-x

Weeks: 4
Sales: 96,328 (August 2019)

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Let You



NE (07/06/2018) | 57-x

Weeks: 1
Sales: 18,423 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Kimberley Walsh

Like U Like (Aggro Santos feat. Kimberley Walsh)



NE (23/01/2011) | 8-22-25-43-75-x

Weeks: 5
Sales: 100,062 (August 2019)

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One Vision (Alfie Boe & Kimberley Walsh)



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 1,926 (August 2019)

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One Day I'll Fly Away



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 3,894 (August 2019)

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The Road (Alistair Griffin feat. Kimberley Walsh)



NE (06/07/2014) | 196-x

Weeks: 1
Sales: 5,485 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Nadine Coyle

Insatiable



NE (07/11/2010) | 26-50-115-x

Weeks: 3
Sales: 26,721 (August 2019)

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Sweetest High



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 1,826 (August 2019)

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I Could Be (Shane Filan & Nadine Coyle)



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 5,478 (August 2019)

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Go to Work



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 18,420 (August 2019)

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Girls On Fire



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 2,868 (August 2019)

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Fool For Love



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 907 (August 2019)

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All That I Know



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:11 PM

Nicola Roberts

Beat of My Drum



NE (12/06/2011) | 27-64-88-145-76-50-59-84-96-162-190-x
RE (02/10/2011) | 187-x

Weeks: 12
Sales: 68,142 (August 2019)

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Lucky Day



NE (25/09/2011) | 40-120-x

Weeks: 2
Sales: 17,556 (August 2019)

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Yo-Yo



NE (15/01/2012) | 111-x

Weeks: 1
Sales: 8,791 (August 2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:12 PM

Sarah Harding

Threads



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0
Sales: 2,168 (August 2019)

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Wear It Like a Crown



DID NOT CHART

Weeks: 0

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:12 PM

Additional Chart Peaks

Radio Airplay

01 Call the Shots
01 The Promise
01 The Loving Kind
01 Fight For This Love
01 Parachute
02 Call My Name
03 Sound of the Underground
03 Promise This
04 3 Words
04 Crazy Stupid Love
05 Can't Speak French
05 Untouchable
06 See the Day
07 Under the Sun
09 I'll Stand By You
09 Heartbreaker
10 Something New
13 No Good Advice
14 I Don't Care
19 Something Kinda Ooooh
20 Jump
20 Wake Me Up
22 The Flood
25 The Show
26 Life Got Cold
28 Love Made Me Do It
30 Sexy! No No No...
34 Biology
36 Love Machine
42 Long Hot Summer
54 Walk This Way
55 Whole Lotta History
67 I Think We're Alone Now

TV Airplay

01 Biology
01 See the Day
01 Fight For This Love
01 Call My Name
01 Crazy Stupid Love
01 I Don't Care
02 3 Words
03 Jump
03 I Think We're Alone Now
03 Heartbreaker
03 The Promise
04 The Show
04 Parachute
04 Promise This
05 Wake Me Up
05 Something Kinda Ooooh
05 Something New
06 Love Machine
06 I'll Stand By You
06 Long Hot Summer
07 Under the Sun
08 Life Got Cold
08 Whole Lotta History
08 Sexy! No No No...
08 Call the Shots
09 Walk This Way
09 Untouchable
10 Can't Speak French
15 The Loving Kind
23 Love Made Me Do It
25 The Flood
26 Only Human
35 Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me
37 Beat of My Drum
39 Insatiable

Downloads

01 The Promise
01 Fight For This Love
01 Promise This
01 Call My Name
01 Crazy Stupid Love
01 I Don't Care
02 Biology
02 Call the Shots
02 Walk This Way
03 Something Kinda Ooooh
03 Heartbreaker
03 Love Made Me Do It
04 Something New
05 I'll Stand By You
05 3 Words
05 Parachute
06 Love Machine
06 Sexy! No No No...
10 Like U Like
11 The Loving Kind
11 Let You
13 Can't Speak French
13 Untouchable
13 Under the Sun
16 Long Hot Summer
17 Wake Me Up
18 The Flood
19 I Think We're Alone Now
22 See the Day
23 Whole Lotta History
27 Beat of My Drum
33 Insatiable
45 Only Human
57 Go to Work
73 Beat of My Drum
93 Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

Physicals

01 Walk This Way
01 Something New
01 Fight For This Love
02 Whole Lotta History
02 Sexy! No No No...
02 The Promise
02 The Loving Kind
02 Untouchable
02 Parachute
02 Promise This
02 Lucky Day
02 The Road
02 Threads
03 The Flood
03 Something Kinda Ooooh
03 I Think We're Alone Now
03 Can't Speak French
03 Beat of My Drum
03 Yo-Yo
04 Biology
04 Call the Shots
04 3 Words
06 Insatiable
07 Long Hot Summer
07 Heartbreaker
08 See the Day

Audio Streams

08 I Don't Care
09 Call My Name
22 Something New
22 Crazy Stupid Love
24 Under the Sun
76 Love Made Me Do It

Sales

01 Crazy Stupid Love
01 I Don't Care
03 Love Made Me Do It
11 Let You
57 Go to Work

Indie

03 Insatiable

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 03:12 PM

Analysis
(non-singles excluded for peak position + sales records)

By peak position

01 Call My Name
01 Crazy Stupid Love
01 Fight For This Love
01 I Don't Care
01 I'll Stand By You
01 Promise This
01 Sound of the Underground
01 The Promise
01 Walk This Way
02 Jump
02 Love Machine
02 No Good Advice
02 Something New
02 The Show
03 Call the Shots
03 Life Got Cold
03 Something Kinda Ooooh
04 3 Words
04 Biology
04 Heartbreaker
04 I Think We're Alone Now
04 Wake Me Up
05 Parachute
05 Sexy! No No No...
06 Whole Lotta History
07 Long Hot Summer
08 Like U Like
09 Can't Speak French
09 See the Day
10 The Loving Kind
11 Untouchable
13 Under the Sun
18 The Flood
19 Love Made Me Do It
26 Insatiable
27 Beat of My Drum
40 Lucky Day
57 Let Me
70 Only Human
97 Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me
111 Yo-Yo
196 The Road
000 All That I Know
000 Fool For Love
000 Girls On Fire
000 Go to Work
000 I Could Be
000 One Day I'll Fly Away
000 One Vision
000 Sweetest High
000 Threads
000 Wear It Like a Crown

By first week sales

213,140 Sound of the Underground [01]
077,110 The Promise [01]
070,850 Something New [02]
059,820 Jump [02]
057,597 I'll Stand By You [01]
051,500 Walk This Way [01]
042,762 No Good Advice [02]
042,114 Something Kinda Ooooh [03] *
035,800 Love Machine [02]
031,963 Life Got Cold [03]
031,963 Call the Shots [03] *
028,572 The Show [02]
025,917 Biology [04]
021,708 Untouchable [11] *
021,612 Sexy! No No No... [05] *
020,857 I Think We're Alone Now [04] *
020,000 See the Day [09]
019,655 The Loving Kind [10] *
019,556 Can't Speak French [09] *
018,451 Long Hot Summer [07]
016,351 Wake Me Up [04]
011,720 Whole Lotta History [06] *

292,846 Fight For This Love [01]
157,210 Promise This [01]
152,001 Call My Name [01]
118,145 Crazy Stupid Love [01]
082,346 I Don't Care [01]
038,621 3 Words [04] *
033,861 Parachute [05] *
024,815 Heartbreaker [04] *
020,542 Under the Sun [13] *
017,864 The Flood [18] *

011,392 Insatiable [26]

012,851 Beat of My Drum [27]
007,256 Lucky Day [40]

* first full week of availability (physicals + downloads)

By total sales

1,100,000 Sound of the Underground [01]
0,805,000 The Promise [01]
0,625,000 Love Machine [02]
0,488,000 Call the Shots [03]
0,472,000 Jump [02]
0,453,000 Something Kinda Ooooh [03]
0,304,000 Can't Speak French [09]
0,287,000 I'll Stand By You [01]
0,286,000 Biology [04]
0,279,000 Something New [02]
0,200,000 The Loving Kind [10]
0,178,000 No Good Advice [02]
0,156,200+ Sexy! No No No... [05]
0,156,200 Walk This Way [01]
0,147,858 Untouchable [11]
0,136,000 The Show [02]
0,104,508 I Think We're Alone Now [04]
0,100,055 Life Got Cold [03]
0,084,121 Long Hot Summer [07]
0,083,544+ Wake Me Up [04]
0,083,544 See the Day [09]
0,074,386 Whole Lotta History [06]
0,028,922 Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me [97]

1,200,000 Fight For This Love [01]
0,646,000 Call My Name [01]
0,524,000 Crazy Stupid Love [01]
0,490,000 Promise This [01]
0,448,649 Parachute [05]
0,400,000 I Don't Care [01]
0,400,000 Heartbreaker [04]
0,374,000 3 Words [04]
0,208,492 Under the Sun [13]
0,146,237 The Flood [18]
0,096,328 Love Made Me Do It [19]
0,036,292 Only Human [70]
0,018,423 Let You [57]

0,100,062 Like U Like [08]
0,005,485 The Road [196]
0,003,894 One Day I'll Fly Away [xx]
0,001,926 One Vision [xx]

0,026,721 Insatiable [26]
0,018,420 Go to Work [xx]
0,005,478 I Could Be [xx]
0,002,868 Girls On Fire [xx]
0,001,826 Sweetest High [xx]
0,000,907 Fool For Love [xx]
0,000,000 All That I Know [xx]

0,068,142 Beat of My Drum [27]
0,017,556 Lucky Day [40]
0,008,791 Yo-Yo [111]

0,002,168 Threads [xx]
0,000,000 Wear It Like a Crown [xx]

Most Top 10 Weeks

08 Heartbreaker
07 Call the Shots
07 Fight For This Love
07 Sound of the Underground
06 I'll Stand By You
06 Parachute
06 The Promise
05 Something Kinda Ooooh
04 Call My Name
04 Crazy Stupid Love
03 3 Words
03 Biology
03 Jump
03 Love Machine
03 Promise This
02 I Don't Care
02 I Think We're Alone Now
02 Life Got Cold
02 No Good Advice
02 See the Day
02 Sexy! No No No...
02 The Show
02 Wake Me Up
02 Walk This Way
01 Can't Speak French
01 Like U Like
01 Long Hot Summer
01 The Loving Kind
01 Something New
01 Whole Lotta History

Most Top 40 Weeks

18 Fight For This Love
18 Heartbreaker
15 Call the Shots
14 The Promise
13 3 Words
13 Parachute
13 Sound of the Underground
12 Something Kinda Ooooh
11 Can't Speak French
11 Jump
09 Call My Name
09 Crazy Stupid Love
09 I'll Stand By You
09 Promise This
09 Under the Sun
08 Biology
08 The Loving Kind
07 Love Machine
06 No Good Advice
06 The Show
05 I Don't Care
05 I Think We're Alone Now
05 Life Got Cold
05 Sexy! No No No...
05 The Flood
05 Untouchable
05 Wake Me Up
04 Long Hot Summer
04 See the Day
04 Walk This Way
04 Whole Lotta History
03 Something New
03 Like U Like
01 Beat of My Drum
01 Insatiable
01 Love Made Me Do It
01 Lucky Day

Posted by: JosephStyles* 3rd May 2020, 08:56 PM

New, updated chart run threads for albums and singles are up!

Posted by: Liam.k. 3rd May 2020, 09:05 PM

Love the update!

Posted by: Jay ☆ 3rd May 2020, 09:28 PM

Thanks for this, Joseph! So neat!

The various 'Did Not Chart' moments for Nadine and Sarah...

Posted by: Jay ☆ 25th May 2020, 11:14 AM

I'm currently deleting old PMs because I keep running out of space... I have PMs going back as far as 10 years ago Here's some old sales information I found for Nicola Roberts:

Beat Of My Drum
01. 12/06 - #27 - 12,851 sales
02. 19/06 - #64 - 4,362 sales
03. 26/06 - #88 - 2,763 sales
04. 03/07 - #145 - 1,761 sales
05. 10/07 - #76 - 3,658 sales
06. 17/07 - #50 - 6,664 sales
07. 24/07 - #59 - 4,882 sales
08. 31/07 - #84 - 3,233 sales
09. 07/08 - #96 - 2,581 sales
10. 14/08 - #162 - 1,397 sales
11. 21/08 - #190 - 1,237 sales
Running Total: 45,389 sales

It deserved better than that.

Random observation, but the length of time between the releases of Sound of the Underground and Beat of My Drum (3,093 days) is less than Beat of My Drum to now (3,277 days), and I'd like someone to explain to me how all of this time has gone by

Posted by: Liam.k. 25th May 2020, 11:32 AM

QUOTE(Jay ☆ @ May 25 2020, 12:14 PM)

Random observation, but the length of time between the releases of Sound of the Underground and Beat of My Drum (3,093 days) is less than Beat of My Drum to now (3,277 days), and I'd like someone to explain to me how all of this time has gone by

Posted by: Chemistry 25th May 2020, 01:36 PM

QUOTE(Jay ☆ @ May 25 2020, 11:14 AM)

Random observation, but the length of time between the releases of Sound of the Underground and Beat of My Drum (3,093 days) is less than Beat of My Drum to now (3,277 days), and I'd like someone to explain to me how all of this time has gone by

Posted by: Liam.k. 7th August 2020, 03:03 PM

'Long Hot Summer' has achieved 3m streams in the UK according to the OCC:

Posted by: Chemistry 15th August 2020, 11:34 AM

That's still quite low, isn't it? Generally speaking I'm always quite shocked to see how low their streams are, I know they were quite local, but still. The Saturdays, who basically did not have any hits outside of the UK, are doing so much better on streaming which seems bizarre.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 17th August 2020, 11:37 PM

Long hot summer was never a big fave of mine, not song i listen to much.

Posted by: Liam.k. 3rd December 2020, 01:55 PM

Posted by: Jay* 3rd December 2020, 03:22 PM

A nice increase since 800k in August 2019 I'm looking forward to it reaching 1 million!

Posted by: Chemistry 7th December 2020, 11:16 AM

QUOTE(Liam.k. @ Dec 3 2020, 02:55 PM)

Posted by: jsweetxe 7th December 2020, 11:34 AM

I'm shocked and appalled at Nicola's Yo-Yo not even entering the top 100.. I know she wasn't huge but god that is such a good song. Probably one of my favourites from them as a group/soloists overall.

Posted by: elf 8th December 2020, 01:14 AM

QUOTE(Chemistry @ Dec 7 2020, 11:16 AM)

Those streaming numbers are so low for a classic Also interesting that total streaming numbers at at 24 million, so only 2 million streams from outside the UK?

Posted by: Jay❄ 18th February 2021, 06:28 PM

Here's all the information I could find out about Something Kinda Ooooh and Call the Shots in the midweeks. Both were unfortunate enough to be #2 throughout the midweek updates, only to be pushed down to #3 in time for the official chart.

~~~~~

Something Kinda Ooooh

Midweeks
Tues 24th Oct 2006: #2 Girls Aloud (12,559), #3 Fedde Le Grand (8,469) [4,090 difference]
Wed 25th Oct 2006: #2 Girls Aloud (19,235), #3 Fedde Le Grand (16,138) [3,097 difference]
Thurs 26th Oct 2006: #2 Girls Aloud, #3 Fedde Le Grand
Fri 27th Oct 2006: #2 Girls Aloud (29,141), #3 Fedde Le Grand (28,592) [549 difference]

Sunday 29th Oct 2006 Chart
#2 - 46,896 - Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up for Detroit
#3 - 42,114 - Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh [4,782 sales behind]


The week after that, it started out at midweek #2 again but was quickly overtaken:

Midweeks
Tues 31st Oct 2006: #2 Girls Aloud, #3 Bodyrox
Wed 1st Nov 2006: #2 Bodyrox (9.9k), #3 Girls Aloud (9.5k)
Thurs 2nd Nov 2006: #2 Bodyrox, #3 Girls Aloud
Fri 3rd Nov 2006: #2 Bodyrox (16k), #3 Girls Aloud (15k)

Sunday 5th Nov 2006 Chart
#2 - 23,181 - Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah
#3 - 21,695 - Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh [1,486 sales behind]

Something Kinda Ooooh sold 147,000 in 2006 & 34,000 in 2007 - 180,919 total at the end of 2007.
Yeah Yeah sold 104,500 in 2006 and 46,000 in 2007 - 150,500 total at the end of 2007.

Both are Silver certified. Last known figure for Something Kinda Ooooh was 341,589 in August 2019. I have no idea what Yeah Yeah's total is these days!

~~~~~

Call the Shots

Midweeks
Tues 27th Nov 2007: #2 Girls Aloud (10,745), #3 T2 (9,597) [1,148 difference]
Wed 28th Nov 2007: #2 Girls Aloud (15,507), #3 T2 (14,068) [1,439 difference]
Thurs 29th Nov 2007: #2 Girls Aloud (19,224), #3 T2 (17,854) [1,370 difference]
Fri 30th Nov 2007: #2 Girls Aloud (22,403), #3 T2 (21,413) [990 difference]

Sunday 2nd Dec 2007 Chart
#2 - 31,768 - T2 feat. Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken
#3 - 31,457 - Girls Aloud - Call the Shots [311 sales behind]


Call the Shots wasn't too far off #2 in its second week at #3 either, although it was midweek #3 in every update during that week:

Sunday 9th Dec Chart
#2 - 22,902 - T2 feat. Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken
#3 - 22,135 - Girls Aloud - Call the Shots [767 sales behind]

The following week, Sunday 16th Dec, Call the Shots was finally higher in the chart than Heartbroken... GA: #5 [18,455 sales] and T2: #9 [17,844 sales]. Just 611 sales separating them on that occasion, that was a tight chart!

By the end of 2008, Heartbroken had sold 240,145 while Call the Shots was on 249,495.

Interestingly both songs of these songs went Gold in 2020. Call the Shots on 14th February, Heartbroken on 10th July.


~~~~~

Considering that both SKO and CTS ended up outselling Yeah Yeah and Heartbroken respectively, it's a pity they GA didn't quite manage to nab #2 peaks with those singles! I can't argue that SKO deserved better than Put Your Hands Up for Detroit though - that single went Gold in 2019.

Initially McFly - Star Girl prevented Fedde Le Grand from #1. Star Girl was highly front-loaded at the time, with a chart run of 1-9-19-27-42-62-93-x-98-99-x, meaning that it was only ahead of Something Kinda Ooooh in the charts in that week it was at #1. Star Girl achieved just 86,000 sales in 2006, whereas Something Kinda Ooooh managed 147,000. Something Kinda Ooooh passed 200,000 sales towards the end of 2008 (14th December 2008 - 206,344). Star Girl didn't reach 200k until June 2015. Interestingly Star Girl has become increasingly popular in the streaming era though... it went Gold (400k+) in May 2020. In 2006 I was pretty aggrieved that McFly's ardent fanbase prevented SKO from a better peak, but in the long run... somehow it's ended up being more memorable for the public!

Posted by: Liam.k. 18th February 2021, 06:38 PM

'Something Kinda Ooooh' quite comfortably had the biggest weekly sale for a #3 position in 2006. Only three other songs sold 30k+ whilst at that position:

04/11 | 42,114 | Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh
29/07 | 32,322 | Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don’t Lie
03/06 | 31,800 | Infernal - From Paris To Berlin
02/12 | 30,582 | Emma Bunton - Downtown

Would have been enough for #1 in a lot of weeks that year!

Posted by: Jay❄ 18th February 2021, 06:52 PM

That will always hurt! ( ) Trust them to choose such a difficult week!

The previous week when it was only available as a download, resulted in a rather surprisingly high entry at #5. I remember being so thrilled with that. They were the first UK act to achieve a Top 5 hit with just downloads! So that's another reason why it only moving up to #3 a week later felt a tad deflating.

When it entered at #5 (14,308 sales) it was only 491 sales behind that week's #3. The #1 only sold 29,201! If only Something Kinda Ooooh had been scheduled a week earlier... it seems very likely that they'd have got a #1 single.

Despite the disappointment about the #3 peak, The Sound of Girls Aloud getting to #1 a week later was certainly a moment that made up for it - the fanbase was overjoyed!

P.S. G'won Emma Bunton with that high #3 sale! Though that was another frustrating moment for me, it was only 57 sales behind #2!! (The chart fortunes of girl groups and solo girl group members have clearly been a source of stress for me over the years )

Posted by: Jay❄ 18th February 2021, 07:18 PM

These are Girls Aloud's sales as of 30th December 2007... which I appreciate probably isn't that interesting, but I found this information via my old Girls Aloud Discography site through the Wayback Machine, so I thought I may as well post it!

590,344 - Sound of the Underground
197,359 - Jump
186,679 - I'll Stand By You
180,919 - Something Kinda Ooooh
147,918 - Love Machine
128,459 - Call the Shots
122,508 - No Good Advice
119,323 - Biology
108,995 - Walk This Way
89,937 - The Show
84,700 - Life Got Cold
81,867 - Sexy! No No No...
74,326 - I Think We're Alone Now
66,111 - Wake Me Up
62,447 - See the Day
51,590 - Long Hot Summer
43,873 - Whole Lotta History

2000s sales were so depressing. Girls Aloud were incredibly popular, yet 5 years into their career only one of their singles had sold enough to be certified! The major success of The Sound of Girls Aloud a year before indicates how much affection the public had for their hits; the singles sales really weren't an accurate reflection (the peak positions were, at least).

By the way, while I was researching the midweeks information for Something Kinda Ooooh, it led me to remember an annoying chart rule that was in place in 2006: if a single's physical was deleted, it wasn't eligible for the singles chart. A few of Girls Aloud's singles were appearing in the midweeks in October/November 2006, but they were 'starred out' (indicating that they wouldn't be eligible to chart). For instance, Biology would theoretically have been midweek #145 on Friday 27th October 2006 if no singles were starred out (only 377 sales was needed for that position!). Anyway, they were robbed of achieving some more chart positions in their chart runs

Posted by: Jay❄ 16th April 2021, 02:40 PM

These are my latest estimates for some of the singles:

896,000 - Sound of the Underground
699,000 - The Promise
482,000 - Love Machine
423,000 - Call the Shots
386,000 - Something Kinda Ooooh
383,000 - Jump
236,000 - Biology
235,000 - Something New
199,000 - The Loving Kind
170,000 - No Good Advice
164,000 - Walk This Way
161,000 - Sexy! No No No...
155,000 - Untouchable
134,000 - The Show
112,000 - I Think We're Alone Now
99,000 - Long Hot Summer
80,000 - Whole Lotta History

I'm a little unsure about Biology and Something New though. Something New could have pushed ahead of Biology by now, if their popularity positions on Spotify is anything to go by. But based on the last couple of sales updates we had, Biology was increasing at a faster rate.

It seems The Loving Kind could be coming for silver in June, although that's based on the sales increase from July 2017 to August 2019. It could have slowed down or increased its weekly sales since then. Hopefully it's still on track for silver fairly soon though.

Jump and Something Kinda Ooooh could be gold by the end of 2021!

Posted by: Liam.k. 16th April 2021, 02:48 PM

Thanks for that Jay! Their sales are looking so much more representative of their success thanks to streams. I'm looking forward to the day 'Sound of the Underground' passes 1m!

Posted by: London 17th April 2021, 12:49 AM

I’m surprised none of their songs have passed a million, but like you say, sales were depressing in the 00s. Imagine some of those sales totals if they have released musics later.

Posted by: Chemistry 17th April 2021, 01:48 PM

It's quite shocking to see, once again, how low sales were during most of their prime-time. Especially singles like The Show, you would never think The Loving Kind or even Untouchable outsold that one.

Posted by: Jay❄ 4th May 2021, 03:48 PM

Something random: I was looking at download charts from 2006, and was reminded that their Megamix reached #43 in the download chart on 5th November 2006.

It was ineligible to chart in the singles chart, because only singles with a physical release were allowed to chart (these eligible singles were also allowed 1 week in the chart with just download sales, prior to the physical release). This rule was changed in January 2007, when any song was able to chart if it it sold enough downloads, without requiring a physical.

Kasabian - Shoot the Runner was #42 in the download chart that week, and #65 in the official chart - this being its "download only" week prior to its physical release week. Madonna - Jump was at #59 in the official chart, with 2,246 sales, and was download only that week. I assume if the singles chart had been a free-for-all like it was in 2007, then Girls Aloud's Megamix would have made the official Top 100? And maybe sold about 2000 copies.

~

I've also just remembered that one of their Christmas songs appeared in the midweeks in 2007, but ultimately it didn't manage to hold on to the Top 200. That was 'Merry Xmas Everybody', appearing at midweek #135 on Tuesday 4th December 2007 (354 sales). A day later it was down to #170 (380 sales). On Thursday it wasn't midweek Top 200 - the #200 had sold 394. It seems it never re-emerged after that, so I wonder what caused that initial boost in sales for the track?

Posted by: Liam.k. 7th May 2021, 02:42 PM

Posted by: Jay❄ 7th May 2021, 03:04 PM

I'm pleasantly surprised!

Call My Name felt absolutely massive while it was being promoted and in its first week on sale, but it fizzled out more quickly than I expected it to (4 weeks in the Top 10, 9 weeks in the Top 40). By the end of 2012 it had sold 421,200 (Gold) and ended as the 34th best seller of the year.

I'm glad its finally gone Platinum, even if it did take 9 years in the end!


Really hoping that The Loving Kind is on the verge of Silver now, I'm so impatient for that to happen! Then Girls Aloud would finally have ten certified singles.

Posted by: Geri WAP 7th May 2021, 03:50 PM

Call my name is a great song. I spent my Summer 2012 in Turkey and the song was everywhere from radio to music TV stations. Global musical legend haha x

Posted by: -Jay- 30th June 2021, 09:24 AM

I'm impatient for The Loving Kind to certify I feel like it should be fairly imminent, unless its streaming has really slowed down.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 30th June 2021, 10:30 AM

I feel like 'Call My Name' is pretty well remembered.

Posted by: Anth 24th July 2021, 09:31 PM

What are the current sales of I’ll stand by you? It wasn’t on the list of the most recent sales update?

Posted by: -Jay- 25th July 2021, 06:22 AM

The most recent sales for that are 252,727 as of August 2019!

Posted by: Liam.k. 6th August 2021, 08:48 AM

136k for 'The Show' https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2004-ushers-burn-beats-girls-alouds-the-show-to-number-1__9965/

Posted by: -Jay- 6th August 2021, 02:09 PM

It’s painful how slowly that sells. 12k in 2 years It deserves 12k a month x

Posted by: Chemistry 6th August 2021, 03:42 PM

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Aug 6 2021, 02:09 PM)

It’s painful how slowly that sells. 12k in 2 years It deserves 12k a month x

Posted by: spiceboy 6th August 2021, 04:32 PM

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Aug 6 2021, 03:09 PM)

It’s painful how slowly that sells. 12k in 2 years It deserves 12k a month x

Posted by: spiceboy 15th August 2021, 09:27 AM

Girls Aloud are one of only 31 music acts (and only 10 bands) ever to have 20 or more top 10's on the singles chart!! Wow I didn't appreciate what a huge achievement it actually was at the time... and 20 of those consecutive too! Amazing!

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/artists-with-the-most-top-10-singles-in-the-uk__25400/

Posted by: -Jay- 15th August 2021, 10:35 AM

If only they'd added a few more to that total with another album era in 2009 and/or 2010

Posted by: spiceboy 15th August 2021, 09:02 PM

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Aug 15 2021, 11:35 AM)

If only they'd added a few more to that total with another album era in 2009 and/or 2010

Posted by: Dangerous Julian 2nd September 2021, 01:18 PM

Okay but The Show's sales figure is CRIMALLY HOMOPHOBIC.

Posted by: -Jay- 3rd September 2021, 01:12 AM

QUOTE(Dangerous Julian @ Sep 2 2021, 02:18 PM)

Posted by: Willm 28th October 2021, 08:47 AM

The official charts today posted an update on 'The Promise' sales 712,140

Posted by: Seinfeld 28th October 2021, 09:40 AM

The Promise trickle sales are very slow considering what a big hit it was at the time. I can see Love Machine outselling it eventually.

Posted by: DangerousJulian 30th November 2021, 03:03 PM

Finally 'Jump' has gone Gold!

Posted by: Chemistry 30th November 2021, 05:22 PM

QUOTE(DangerousJulian @ Nov 30 2021, 04:03 PM)

Finally 'Jump' has gone Gold!

Posted by: -Jay- 1st December 2021, 01:47 AM

Great Hopefully Something Kinda Ooooh isn’t too far behind.

Also The Loving Kind has to be silver soon?? It’s taking ages!

Posted by: JulianaGrande 21st December 2021, 11:11 AM

'The Loving Kind' is Silver, look at them scooping up these Certs!

Posted by: Liam.k. 21st December 2021, 11:24 AM

Finally!

Posted by: -Jay- 21st December 2021, 02:01 PM

Omg So pleased that it's finally made it! It's about time!

Platinum - Sound of the Underground (14.03.2003)
Platinum - The Promise (27.07.2018)
Gold - Love Machine (07.02.2020)
Gold - Call the Shots (14.02.2020)
Gold - Jump (26.11.2021)
Silver - Something Kinda Ooooh (30.01.2009)
Silver - I'll Stand By You (14.05.2010)
Silver - Can't Speak French (22.07.2013)
Silver - Something New (09.02.2018)
Silver - Biology (22.06.2018)
Silver - The Loving Kind (17.12.2021)



Hopefully it's not too much longer until Something Kinda Ooooh goes Gold. For a song that was so big at the time, it still only being Silver feels wrong.

After that, I think the most likely next certification would be Love Machine going Platinum

When it comes to a different song certifying for the first time, unfortunately I think it'll take quite a few years... when I did some estimations a couple of years ago, I had No Good Advice going Silver in 2026, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it took even longer than that. If people had had more taste in 2003 it should have gone Silver that year, not take possibly approaching 25 years x

Posted by: Chemistry 22nd December 2021, 08:35 AM

QUOTE(JulianaGrande @ Dec 21 2021, 12:11 PM)

'The Loving Kind' is Silver, look at them scooping up these Certs!

Posted by: Chemistry 22nd December 2021, 10:24 AM

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Dec 22 2021, 10:48 AM)

Posted by: -Jay- 22nd December 2021, 02:26 PM

Completely agree! It's such a shame that sales were in the doldrums then, it really didn't reflect how big particular singles felt at the time. By today's standards I feel like Something Kinda Ooooh would be Platinum for sure, if not double Platinum! Oh well

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 22nd December 2021, 04:16 PM

'The Loving Kind' should be a million seller. On a more serious note, I feel glad that their run during a climate of poor singles sales is more than made up for in album sales.

'No Good Advice' and "approaching 25 years" in the same sentence has properly shaken me up. That'll feel so weird, remembering the release of it so well and the week it entered the chart.

Posted by: Simon. 23rd December 2021, 11:33 AM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Dec 22 2021, 04:16 PM)

'No Good Advice' and "approaching 25 years" in the same sentence has properly shaken me up. That'll feel so weird, remembering the release of it so well and the week it entered the chart.

Posted by: JulianaGrande 7th January 2022, 06:12 PM

'Something Kinda Ooooh!' is now GOLD, look at them racking up these certs.

Posted by: JulianaGrande 7th January 2022, 06:12 PM

EDIT: Oops double post.

Posted by: Chemistry 7th January 2022, 06:24 PM

QUOTE(JulianaGrande @ Jan 7 2022, 07:12 PM)

'Something Kinda Ooooh!' is now GOLD, look at them racking up these certs.

Posted by: -Jay- 8th January 2022, 03:23 AM

So happy to see it finally certify Gold!

Posted by: Liam.k. 8th January 2022, 04:06 AM

Yes! So deserved!

I think it’ll be Love Machine going platinum before any other certification now.

Posted by: JulianaGrande 8th January 2022, 08:39 AM

I think it'll be close between 'Love Machine' going Plat and 'Sexy', 'Untouchable' and/or 'No Good Advice' going Silver. I'm going to assume those will be the next four certs anyway. Justice for 'The Show'.

Posted by: -Jay- 9th January 2022, 03:26 AM

Back in August 2019, based on updated figures from that month vs. previously known sales, I estimated when the following singles could go silver or gold:

January 2020 - Gold - Call the Shots
February 2020 - Gold - Love Machine
June 2021 - Silver - The Loving Kind
November 2021 - Gold - Jump
November 2021 - Gold - Something Kinda Ooooh

In the end, this happened:

February 2020 - Gold - Love Machine
February 2020 - Gold - Call the Shots (1 month later)
November 2021 - Gold - Jump
December 2021 - Silver - The Loving Kind (6 months later)
December 2021 - Gold - Something Kinda Ooooh (1 month later)

Evidently The Loving Kind really slowed down (and I wonder if it's not helped by the fact it's not included on 'This Is Girls Aloud' on Spotify )

Everything else wasn't too far off or did happen on time. Here are other predictions I made in August 2019, covering the upcoming 10 years:

05/2023 - Platinum - Love Machine
08/2026 - Silver - No Good Advice
06/2027 - Silver - Sexy! No No No...
12/2027 - Platinum - Jump
05/2028 - 2xPlatinum - Sound of the Underground
09/2028 - Silver - Walk This Way
03/2029 - Platinum - Call the Shots
08/2029 - Platinum - Something Kinda Ooooh
05/2031 - Silver - Untouchable

It'll be interesting to see whether Love Machine keeps up the pace to be able to go Platinum in less than 18 months from now. Unfortunately it seems that we'll have a long wait for any currently uncertified singles to go Silver, but No Good Advice was the one on track to make it first, ahead of Sexy!, Walk This Way and Untouchable. Here's a reminder of what the sales of those singles were in August 2019:

160,517 - No Good Advice
156,200 - Walk This Way
150,043 - Sexy! No No No…
147,858 - Untouchable

Posted by: Chemistry 9th January 2022, 11:24 AM

Only 160K for No Good Advice is just criminal

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 9th January 2022, 06:08 PM

QUOTE(Chemistry @ Jan 9 2022, 11:24 AM)

Only 160K for No Good Advice is just criminal

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 9th January 2022, 09:56 PM

Thats really disappointing for no good advice.

Posted by: -Jay- 10th January 2022, 04:57 AM

Sadly it isn't one of their better remembered singles and it doesn't seem to have any good playlisting anywhere

We had a full sales update on 30th Dec 2007 and at that point No Good Advice had sold 122,508. On 21st June 2009 it was up to 132,917. So it was managing reasonably decent downloads while they were still active, but it's not doing so good in the streaming era.

At the end of 2003 it had sold 105,000 copies, enough to make it the 56th best seller of that year.

Posted by: Willm 10th January 2022, 01:06 PM

Definitely true about playlisting, with 'No Good Advice' in particular it really suffers from being on no major Spotify playlist, 'Sexy No No' on the other hand is used more on major playlists so I wonder if it may overtake 'No Good Advice' at this point

Posted by: Liam.k. 13th January 2022, 07:39 AM

'Promise This' had sold 490k (including 5.2m streams) as of November 2021.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2010-cheryls-promise-this-beats-rihanna-to-debut-at-number-1__34371/

Posted by: Liam.k. 22nd February 2022, 01:33 PM

178k for No Good Advice and 374k for 3 Words.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/forgotten-second-singles-did-these-follow-ups-deserve-better__35281/?fbclid=IwAR0A6eD0j7uUSPL2wIDVpmXFvw2J7C4EU_RqyvnEnA9qbMRvIt7Pz_XrhAw

Posted by: 365 22nd February 2022, 01:33 PM

No good advice 178,000 via OCC

Posted by: 34+35 22nd February 2022, 02:00 PM

18,000+ sales for No Good Advice in less than 3 years. That seems high, no?

Not that I’m complaining!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 22nd February 2022, 04:58 PM

Hopefully its right as its the least it deserves, it will take a long time to get to 200k.

Posted by: spiceboy 26th April 2022, 08:21 PM

QUOTE(Liam.k. @ Feb 22 2022, 02:33 PM)

Posted by: Liam.k. 10th May 2022, 05:21 PM

Gold for 'I Don't Care'.

Posted by: Liam.k. 23rd June 2022, 09:41 AM

'Call My Name' is the OCC's Chart Flashback this week:

Posted by: Mixxer 26th June 2022, 02:13 PM

QUOTE(Liam.k. @ May 10 2022, 07:21 PM)

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 29th June 2022, 02:06 PM

QUOTE(spiceboy @ Apr 26 2022, 09:21 PM)

Posted by: -Jay- 12th September 2022, 05:45 PM

I worked out some estimated sales and posted on Popjustice, so I'll post them here too!

As ever I stress they're just estimates, based on previous sales figures and the average sales. They might not be very accurate:

Estimate figure is written before the titles, and I've included previous official sales after the titles:

973,000 - Sound of the Underground [27th November 2020: 874,000 / 2nd August 2019: 800,338]
743,000 - The Promise [22nd October 2021: 712,140 / 2nd August 2019: 634,748]
578,000 - Love Machine [7th February 2020: 400,000+ / 2nd August 2019: 364,321]
451,000 - Call the Shots [14th February 2020: 400,000+ / 2nd August 2019: 389,409]
425,000 - Jump [26th November 2021: 400,000+ / 2nd August 2019: 327,322]
417,000 - Something Kinda Ooooh [31st December 2021: 400,000+ / 2nd August 2019: 341,589]
253,000 - Biology [2nd August 2019: 214,055 / 22nd June 2018: 200,000+]
251,000 - Something New [2nd August 2019: 216,405 / 9th February 2018: 200,000+]
204,000 - The Loving Kind [17th December 2021: 200,000+ / 2nd August 2019: 186,119]
182,000 - No Good Advice [18th February 2022: 178,000 / 2nd August 2019: 160,517]
171,000 - Walk This Way [2nd August 2019: 156,200 / 19th October 2018: 152,422]
170,000 - Sexy! No No No... [2nd August 2019: 150,043 / 19th October 2018: 145,035]
162,000 - Untouchable [2nd August 2019: 147,858 / 19th October 2018: 144,393]
142,000 - The Show [6th August 2021: 136,000 / 2nd August 2019: 124,905]
118,000 - I Think We're Alone Now [2nd August 2019: 104,508 / 19th October 2018: 101,107]
111,000 - Long Hot Summer [2nd August 2019: 84,121 / 27th July 2018: 75,271]
85,000 - Whole Lotta History [2nd August 2019: 74,386 / 19th October 2018: 71,712]

The following singles haven't had enough recent updates to be able to work out some good estimates. But I'll share again what their totals were back in August 2019:

252,727 - I'll Stand by You
242,253 - Can't Speak French
100,055 - Life Got Cold
83,544 - See the Day
83,352 - Wake Me Up
28,922 - Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me

Hopefully I'll Stand by You and Can't Speak French are much closer to 300,000 now. I can only see Wake Me Up, See the Day and Life Got Cold increasing by 10k to 15k at best in the past 3 years.

Posted by: -Jay- 16th September 2022, 07:00 PM

I wrote a lengthy post regarding Call the Shots midweeks & sales from November/December 2007. I'm sharing the link to the post here so that the information doesn't get lost (I would probably forget which topic I wrote it in) http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=257296&view=findpost&p=7183652

Posted by: Liam.k. 3rd November 2022, 04:19 PM

Posted by: -Jay- 3rd November 2022, 04:52 PM

Quite a forgotten #1 but it's nice to see it almost at half a million!

An old total: 427,262 in June 2012. It's certainly been slow progress to 500k.

Posted by: Liam.k. 29th March 2023, 12:06 PM

Posted by: Liam.k. 29th March 2023, 12:06 PM

Oh. My. God!

Posted by: Liam.k. 29th March 2023, 12:22 PM

Sound of the Underground sold 557k by the end of 2003 so has managed 5k physicals since then, wonder how many of that was at Christmas due to the vinyl release?

Really interesting to see how the non-singles rank in terms of sales, especially seeing their megamix above 'Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me' which had sold 29k as of 2019). Makes sense that it's mostly Christmas songs and album tracks from 'Tangled Up', 'Out of Control' and 'Ten' that make up their best selling non-singles; judging by Spotify numbers I would assume 'Graffiti My Soul' is highest placed out of the earlier album tracks and probably wasn't far from the Top 40. Their covers of 'With Every Heartbeat' and 'Teenage Dirtbag' featuring is interesting, particularly the latter which isn't even on Spotify.

Posted by: 365 29th March 2023, 03:58 PM

Omg they have a million seller now? Deserved!

Posted by: -Jay- 29th March 2023, 09:54 PM

Wow!! So great to have all this information, particularly confirmation that Sound of the Underground has passed 1 million! But I do wish OCC would be a bit more generous and reveal more sales data than just the Top 5.

Maybe this is just me but I’m bemused that their most streamed song has less than half of Busted’s Year 3000 streams (recently revealed to be 80 million?!).

Love Machine has slowed down a bit. Based on how it was performing in 2018-2020 it seemed it would have been on course for 590,000 now, and Platinum by May 2023 - but it’s been revealed as 580,000. So Platinum is seemingly going to take a bit longer. I wonder if it’s been removed (or become less prominent) on a particular playlist?

Beautiful Cause You Love Me still being below Megamix and Theme to St. Trinian’s (with neither of those being available to download or stream for a few years now) - eek! I’m assuming that Megamix is the Something Kinda Ooooh version and that the Something New megamix (which is available) counts separately?

I wonder what has more influence on the album tracks that appear, downloads or streaming? I could see some of them having sold decently enough in the download era, hundreds or maybe even a few thousand in trickle sales… but maybe it’s streaming racking up over the past 9 years that is the main reason for these particular album tracks/B Sides showing? Who knows!

Frustrating that Theme to St. Trinian’s has been unavailable to download or stream for a few years, considering it’s still their best selling non-single.

I really want No Good Advice to be Silver.

Since the sales we got in 2019, these singles have swapped places:

Call the Shots and Love Machine (that happened in 2020)
Something Kinda Ooooh and Jump
Biology and Something New
I’ll Stand by You and Can’t Speak French
Walk This Way and Sexy! No No No…
See the Day and Wake Me Up

Posted by: -Jay- 30th March 2023, 04:10 AM

QUOTE(Liam.k. @ Mar 29 2023, 01:22 PM)

Posted by: -Jay- 30th March 2023, 05:41 AM

Sorry for triple posting

Increases since last updates (I'm assuming the data is from up to 24th March 2023:

Sound of the Underground
874,000 - 27th November 2020
1,028,000 - 24th March 2023
(+154,000 in 121 weeks)
= 1272.73 per week on average

Predictions:
1,100,000 - April 2024
1,200,000 [2xPlatinum] - October 2025

^ It seems like it might have crossed 1,000,000 back in October 2022? If so, that was a couple of months in advance of its 20th anniversary!


The Promise
712,140 - 22nd October 2021
765,000 - 24th March 2023
(+52,860 in 74 weeks)
= 714.32 per week on average

Predictions:
800,000 - March 2024
900,000 - November 2026
1,000,000 - July 2029
1,100,000 - March 2032
1,200,000 [2xPlatinum] - November 2034

^ The Promise felt so massive at the time that I feel it deserves the status of having sold a million already, but it looks like it might take more than 20 years after its release for it to manage that.


Love Machine
400,000 [Gold] - 7th February 2020
580,000 - 24th March 2023
(+180,000 in 163 weeks)
= 1,104.29 per week on average

Predictions:
600,000 [Platinum] - August 2023
700,000 - April 2025
800,000 - January 2027
900,000 - October 2028
1,000,000 - July 2030
1,100,000 - April 2032
1,200,000 [2xPlatinum] - December 2033

^ However I wonder if its weekly sales might be lower now than the average suggests. I'll still be keeping my fingers crossed for it to go Platinum this year!


Call the Shots
400,000 [Gold] - 14th February 2020
462,500 - 24th March 2023
(+62,500 in 162 weeks)
= 385.80 per week on average

Predictions:
500,000 - February 2025
600,000 [Platinum] - January 2030

^ With how sales work for current hits nowadays, I'm sure a hit as big as Call the Shots would have gone Platinum within a couple of years at least. Instead it took 12+ years to go Gold and will possibly need 22+ years to go Platinum. Although this is still up there with their most streamed singles (it is 6th on their Spotify) these weekly sales are pretty low. It's pretty much selling at a rate of 20,000 per year.


Jump
400,000 [Gold] - 26th November 2021
446,000 - 24th March 2023
(+46,000 in 69 weeks)
= 666.67 per week on average

Predictions:
500,000 - October 2024
600,000 [Platinum] - August 2027


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Quite an injustice that many of their excellent singles aren't even certified yet. It stings a bit when you see numerous old songs sailing past Silver/Gold/Platinum in recent years, some of which didn't even chart. Sadly quite a few of these Girls Aloud songs just aren't very prominent or widely remembered. I'm hopeful that No Good Advice will go Silver within the next couple of years (it deserved that in 2003 let alone ~2025 ), and I'd say that there's quite a reasonable chance that both Sexy! No No No... and Walk This Way can crawl their way to Silver status before the end of the 2020s. Not holding my breath for Untouchable or The Show to manage that.

Posted by: Jessie Where 30th March 2023, 09:04 AM

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Mar 29 2023, 10:54 PM)

Posted by: Liam.k. 30th March 2023, 01:21 PM

QUOTE(Jessie Where @ Mar 30 2023, 10:04 AM)

Posted by: spiceboy 31st March 2023, 10:29 AM

I find it really annoying that random tracks from yesteryears and things like One Direction and solo album tracks or songs peaking at #16 or #22 etc hitting those marks too. It really makes actual hits from the past not look like proper hits anymore.

Busted's Year 3000 has truly taken on a life of it's own!

Posted by: -Jay- 31st March 2023, 11:05 AM

It probably doesn't help that I never particularly liked Year 3000 the time and I can't say 20 years has helped it grow on me. I guess I must have been under a rock and didn't realise it had developed into such a majorly remembered classic. The leap from 160,000 in 2003 to over 1 million now feels a bit wild. I mean, it being on 80m means its streamed almost twice as often as Spice Girls - Stop (44m). And Stop went from 331,000 in its year of release to recently being revealed to be on 776,000... and it'll take a few more years to get to a million. Grr!

My two favourite Busted singles from their heyday still aren't certified You Said No and Who's David!

Back to Girls Aloud, I hate how low some of their sales are because certain singles did feel big while they were out, like The Show. Only 136,000 by 2021. It feels like pretty much anything released nowadays can certify, so this is quite the injustice! Even Love Machine which has come on leaps and bounds, it's still taking quite a bit of time to go Platinum.

Posted by: spiceboy 31st March 2023, 12:23 PM

Those are my two favourite ones too! The taste!

Posted by: -Jay- 31st March 2023, 12:30 PM

QUOTE(spiceboy @ Mar 31 2023, 01:23 PM)

Posted by: Liam.k. 5th June 2023, 12:14 PM

Gold for ‘Heartbreaker’ by will.i.am and Cheryl.

Posted by: -Jay- 5th June 2023, 04:26 PM

Oh wow, finally, it’s taken an absolute age to get there!

Always find it kind of funny that most of its downloads from when it was a hit came from the solo album version, and I wonder if that’s the case for streaming too?

Posted by: Liam.k. 21st September 2023, 02:07 AM

'Love Machine' is Platinum!

QUOTE(-Jay- @ Mar 30 2023, 06:41 AM)

Posted by: -Jay- 21st September 2023, 08:15 PM

It's about time!! Fabulous that they now have three singles with Platinum status.

It's a shame that its weekly sales have slowed down a bit... I wonder if it was removed from a fairly significant playlist?

Posted by: Liam.k. 21st September 2023, 09:04 PM

Having 'Sound of the Underground', 'Love Machine' and 'The Promise' as their three Platinum singles feels right, it's their holy trinity of 'signature songs'.

I guess you're right that 'Love Machine' must have been taken off a playlist. 300 chart sales seems like relatively a lot to lose and to not be too far from the weekly average of 'Jump' too (although hasn't 'Jump' risen a lot on Spotify? Maybe that's had some better playlisting in place of 'Love Machine').

Posted by: pippa 23rd September 2023, 05:22 PM

If Call The Shots was Platinum ahead of Love Machine I would be happier.

Posted by: 365 8th November 2023, 02:33 PM

Some new sales
SOTU 1,065,000
The Promise 783,000
Love Machine 605,000
Call The Shots 475,000
Jump 460,000

Posted by: -Jay- 8th November 2023, 07:32 PM

^ Woo!

Comparing it to the article published by OCC on 29th March 2023 (32 weeks ago):

Sound of the Underground has increased from 1,028,000 to 1,065,000 (+37,000)
Love Machine has increased from 580,000 to 605,000 (+25,000)
The Promise has increased from 765,000 to 783,000 (+18,000)
Jump has increased from 446,000 to 460,000 (+14,000)
Call the Shots has increased from 462,500 to 475,000 (+12,500)

The average rounded sales per week are:

1,156 - Sound of the Underground
781 - Love Machine
563 - The Promise
438 - Jump
391 - Call the Shots

I'm a bit surprised that Jump isn't increasing far more than that!

At the rate they are selling at per week, these are milestones that could occur in the 2020s. Although a reunion/becoming an active band could do wonders for their back catalogue and make their weekly sales increase.

Sound of the Underground
1,100,000 (in June 2024)
1,200,000 [2xPlatinum] (in January 2026)
1,300,000 (in October 2027)
1,400,000 (in May 2029)

The Promise
800,000 (in June 2024)
900,000 (in October 2027)

Love Machine
700,000 (in March 2026)
800,000 (in August 2028)

Call the Shots
500,000 (in January 2025)
600,000 [Platinum] (in December 2029)

Jump
500,000 (in August 2025)
600,000 [Platinum] (in December 2029)


Only one change to their Top 40 list since March - Every Now and Then has overtaken Revolution in the Head.

Posted by: spiceboy 11th November 2023, 07:18 PM

QUOTE(Liam.k. @ Sep 21 2023, 09:04 PM)

Posted by: lovaticuk 20th November 2023, 11:05 AM

Love Made Me Do It must be over 100,000 now?

Posted by: 365 27th November 2023, 04:36 PM

Really hoping having them in the public eye can speed things up again, The Show, Untouchable and No Good Advice need to be silver before next year is out. If they do Glasto it'll give their back catalogue a huge boost, too.

Posted by: Last Dreamer 27th November 2023, 05:09 PM

'Love Machine' is the one from their worst singles.

Posted by: Delicate 30th January 2024, 11:30 PM

How far is Crazy Stupid Love from platinum? It was already at 524,000 units in 2020, and that was four years ago. Surely not many more years to go?

Hopefully Cheryl does a medley of her hits on the tour to give her catalogue a boost too.

Posted by: JLJ 31st January 2024, 05:20 PM

I love Cheryl but a no to a Cheryl hits medley on this tour (it’s all about the Girls Aloud hits)!

Not just a Cheryl solo no but a no to any solo hits (they all did try the solo route at least).

I have a feeling this could be their biggest streaming year yet especially when the tour kicks off. It would be good to see some certifications though and a boost of sales for their catalogue.

Posted by: Padamic Tension 31st January 2024, 11:39 PM

I would also be a no for a Cheryl solo medley on this tour,

Posted by: spiceboy 1st February 2024, 02:28 PM

NO Cheryl solo! If she wants to be the opening act then she can, otherwise the show it GIRLS ALOUD only! They have way too many amazing songs to put Cheryl's (weaker) solo stuff in there.

Posted by: Padamic Tension 1st February 2024, 10:43 PM

I just think it's better leave Cheryl's solo out completly of this tour and let it all be about girls aloud.

Posted by: -Jay- 10th April 2024, 11:02 AM

Here's some random information - Girls Aloud's peaks/weeks in the UK Download Singles chart!

The chart varied in size at different periods in time:

20th June 2004 to 22nd August 2004: Top 20 (Test Data)
29th August 2004 to 28th November 2004: Top 20
5th December 2004 to 2nd April 2006: Top 40
9th April 2006 to 13th August 2006: Top 200
20th August 2006 to 29th October 2006: Top 100
5th November 2006 to 11th February 2007: Top 200
18th February 2007 to 9th May 2010: Top 100
16th May 2010 to present: Top 200

NOTE: The singles chart remained physical sales only until the Sunday 17th April 2005 chart - so download sales of The Show, Love Machine, I'll Stand by You and Wake Me Up did not contribute to their sales in the singles chart until that date and beyond.

Red - #1 / Top 10 / Top 20

11/07/2004 - #06, 03 weeks - The Show
19/09/2004 - #06, 22 weeks - Love Machine
21/11/2004 - #05, 08 weeks - I'll Stand By You
20/02/2005 - #17, 05 weeks - Wake Me Up
28/08/2005 - #16, 02 weeks - Long Hot Summer
20/11/2005 - #02, 15 weeks - Biology
11/12/2005 - #22, 06 weeks - See the Day
19/03/2006 - #23, 04 weeks - Whole Lotta History
22/10/2006 - #03, 18 weeks - Something Kinda Ooooh
05/11/2006 - #19, 15 weeks - I Think We're Alone Now
05/11/2006 - #43, 05 weeks - Girls Aloud Megamix
05/11/2006 - #97, 06 weeks - Sound of the Underground
18/03/2007 - #02, 06 weeks - Walk This Way
02/09/2007 - #06, 14 weeks - Sexy! No No No...
25/11/2007 - #02, 25 weeks - Call the Shots
30/12/2007 - #49, 02 weeks - Theme to St. Trinian's
24/02/2008 - #13, 25 weeks - Can't Speak French
26/10/2008 - #01, 31 weeks - The Promise
14/12/2008 - #11, 18 weeks - The Loving Kind
29/03/2009 - #13, 13 weeks - Untouchable
25/11/2012 - #04, 12 weeks - Something New
02/12/2012 - #93, 06 weeks - Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me
19/03/2021 - #18, 02 weeks - Hear Me Out
15/03/2023 - #125, 01 week - Wicked Game
15/03/2023 - #136, 01 week - Disco Bunny

The Show actually pre-dates the official launch of the download chart (29th August 2004). However, as early as 20th June 2004, the OCC gathered together "test data" charts. The Show didn't enter the test data download chart until Sunday 11th July 2004, whereas in the singles chart it entered on 4th July (following its Monday 28th June 2004 release date). Either The Show wasn't legally available to download in the first week on sale, or it was but didn't sell enough downloads to make it into the Top 20.
Love Machine 14 weeks in Top 40. 22 weeks in Top 200.
I'll Stand by You - 8 weeks in Top 40 (7 in 2004/5, and 1 in 2021).
Wake Me Up - 5 weeks in Top 40. It was available to download from the 'What Will the Neighbours Say?' album in advance of its physical single release, and entered the download Top 40 a week earlier than it entered the official singles chart.
Long Hot Summer - 2 weeks in Top 40.
Biology - 8 weeks in Top 40 / 9 weeks in Top 100 / 15 weeks in Top 200.
See the Day - 5 weeks in Top 40 / 6 weeks in Top 200. It was available to download from the 'Chemistry' album two weeks earlier than its physical single release.
Whole Lotta History - 2 weeks in Top 40 / 4 weeks in Top 200.
Something Kinda Ooooh - 12 weeks in Top 40 / 18 weeks in Top 100 / 18 weeks in Top 200. It was made available to download 1 week earlier than the physical single release.
I Think We're Alone Now - 6 weeks in Top 40 / 11 weeks in Top 100 / 15 weeks in Top 200. It first entered the download chart in the week that 'The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits' was released.
Girls Aloud Megamix - 3 weeks in Top 100 / 5 weeks in Top 200.
Sound of the Underground - 1 week in Top 100 / 6 weeks in Top 200. Although it first entered the Download Top 200 on 5th November 2006 (the week of the release of 'The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits', it didn't make the Download Top 100 until 10th September 2021.
Walk This Way - 3 weeks in Top 40 / 6 weeks in Top 100.
Sexy! No No No... - 5 weeks in Top 40 / 14 weeks in Top 100. It was made available to download 3 days before the physical single release.
Call the Shots - 15 weeks in Top 40 / 25 weeks in Top 100. It was available to download from the 'Tangled Up' album one week earlier than its physical single release.
Theme to St. Trinian's - 2 weeks in Top 100.
Can't Speak French - 11 weeks in Top 40 / 25 weeks in Top 100.
The Promise - 13 weeks in Top 40 / 31 weeks in Top 100.
The Loving Kind - 8 weeks in Top 40 / 18 weeks in Top 100.
Untouchable - 9 weeks in Top 40 / 13 weeks in Top 100 - two of these weeks occurred in 2023.
Something New - 3 weeks in Top 40 / 8 weeks in Top 100 / 12 weeks in Top 200.
Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me - 1 week in Top 200 / 6 weeks in Top 200.
Hear Me Out - 1 week in Top 40 / 2 weeks in Top 100 / 2 weeks in Top 200.

Posted by: Liam.k. 28th April 2024, 10:21 PM

From MTV:

01. Sound Of The Underground - 1.1M+
02. The Promise - 805K+
03. Love Machine - 625K+
04. Call The Shots - 488K+
05. Jump - 472K+
06. Something Kinda Ooooh - 453K+
07. Can't Speak French - 304K+
08. I'll Stand By You - 287K+
09. Biology - 286K+
10. Something New - 279K+

Posted by: -Jay- 29th April 2024, 07:18 PM

Thank you for posting! I wonder if they’re very recent totals?

Biology is now so close to overtaking I’ll Stand By You!

Posted by: Padamic Tension 30th April 2024, 08:49 PM

Really really happy to see something new in the top 10 and i hope it can overtake ill stand by you and biology, something new has definitely been one of their songs to benefit from the streaming era as its sales have thankfully climbed since its initial chart run. It is disappointing though that no good advice is not there.

Posted by: -Jay- 1st May 2024, 04:09 PM

^ Both Biology and Something New are on track to overtake I'll Stand By You, but within the last 5 years Biology overtook Something New, and I'd be surprised if Something New ever surges to the point of going back ahead of Biology.


We had a full sales update back in August 2019 (I can't believe it's approaching 5 years!). Here's a comparison of the sales from back then, and now. The order I've listed these songs in, is in the 2024 Top 10 best sellers order:

2019 (accurate sales) | 2024 (approx sales) | Increase (approx sales) -

800,338 | 1,100,000 | +299,650 - Sound Of The Underground
634,748 | 805,000 | +170,250 - The Promise
364,321 | 625,000 | +260,700 - Love Machine
389,409 | 488,000 | +98,600 - Call The Shots
327,322 | 472,000 | +144,700 - Jump
341,589 | 453,000 | +111,400 - Something Kinda Ooooh
242,253 | 304,000 | +61,750 - Can't Speak French
252,727 | 287,000 | +34,250 - I'll Stand By You
214,055 | 286,000 | +71,950 - Biology
216,405 | 279,000 | +62,600 - Something New


Predictions:

Change of Top 10 order
June 2024 - Biology overtakes I'll Stand By You (predicted sales for both: 288,000)
September 2025 - Something New overtakes I'll Stand By You (predicted sales for both: 297,000)
December 2025 - Jump overtakes Call the Shots (predicted sales for both: 522,000)

Sales milestones
500,000+ Call the Shots in November 2024
500,000+ Jump in April 2025
300,000+ Biology in April 2025
700,000+ Love Machine in September 2025
1,200,000+ Sound of the Underground in December 2025
300,000+ Something New in December 2025
300,000+ I'll Stand By You in January 2026
500,000+ Something Kinda Ooooh in May 2026
900,000+ The Promise in December 2026


It's a shame that No Good Advice hasn't managed to go Silver yet. It was on 178,000 in February 2022, but evidently has still not reached 200k, 2 years on.

Random: At the end of 2007, when Girls Aloud were 17 singles deep into their career, I'll Stand By You ranked as their 3rd best seller at that point. Their best sellers list from then is posted http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=233674&view=findpost&p=6801751.

Posted by: spiceboy 1st May 2024, 05:36 PM

Interesting to see the updated information for songs like I’ll stand by you biology and something new. Surely No good advice must be really close to silver.

Wish we would get updated totals for spice girls top 10 like this (would be all but headlines lol)

Posted by: DanielSwift 24th May 2024, 04:20 PM

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!!

Posted by: Jessie Where 25th May 2024, 12:24 AM

QUOTE(DanielSwift @ 24th May 2024, 05:20 PM)

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!!

Posted by: spiceboy 25th May 2024, 07:26 AM

QUOTE(DanielSwift @ 24th May 2024, 05:20 PM)

NEW GIRLS ALOUD CERTIFICATION!!!!!!!!

"No Good Advice" is now certified SILVER for selling 200k!!!!!

Posted by: JulianNial 25th May 2024, 06:13 PM

One of my absolute favourites of theirs, about bloomin' time.

Posted by: -Jay- 26th May 2024, 02:22 AM

It really is about time! Elated that No Good Advice is finally silver! And it did it on the date that I saw them live

Now we need Sexy to be certified! Potentially it's not too far away. In August 2019 its sales were 150,043, compared to No Good Advice being on 160,517 at that point.

Posted by: -Jay- 26th May 2024, 02:45 AM

This is in order of best selling to worst, of their 12 certified singles!

Platinum - Sound of the Underground (14.03.2003)
Platinum - The Promise (27.07.2018)
Platinum - Love Machine (15.09.2023)
Gold - Call the Shots (14.02.2020)
Gold - Jump (26.11.2021)
Gold - Something Kinda Ooooh (31.12.2021)
Silver - Can't Speak French (22.07.2013)
Silver - I'll Stand By You (14.05.2010)
Silver - Biology (22.06.2018)
Silver - Something New (09.02.2018)
Silver - The Loving Kind (17.12.2021)
Silver - No Good Advice (24.05.2024)

The date listed is when they were awarded the certification. 22.07.2013 is the date that certifications became automatic, before then the labels had to apply for them.