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ninjamoose101 View member profile	27th December 2020, 05:31 PM Post #1
New Entry Joined: 3 November 2012 Posts: 19 User: 17,779	Does anybody have any weekly sales for albums or singles top 5, 10 or 20 for the 50s and 60s? Would be interested to see what a number one or two would sell, also what they had to move to even break into the top tiers.


ben08 View member profile	27th December 2020, 08:05 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 31 December 2007 Posts: 1,189 User: 5,152	This information is not available. Apart from The Beatles sales would be rather low.


tommie View member profile	27th December 2020, 08:16 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 January 2009 Posts: 7,064 User: 8,073	I know RIAA used to award certifications based on revenue earnt rather than actual sales, not sure how it looked for the UK. Pre-1994 the actual tracking of sales seems to have been a mess.


Steve201 View member profile	27th December 2020, 08:48 PM Post #4
Shakin Stevens Joined: 29 December 2007 Posts: 46,157 User: 5,138	I know Dasher had a thread which shows number one singles sales from 1980 onwards!


Sour Candy View member profile	27th December 2020, 09:00 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 22 December 2009 Posts: 30,359 User: 10,275	BPI started the certification in the 70s, but I think we have only total sales and certs, not weekly sales.


ninjamoose101 View member profile	27th December 2020, 10:27 PM Post #6
New Entry Joined: 3 November 2012 Posts: 19 User: 17,779	Thanks for the replies so far, it's a bit awkward with sales certifications as they only came into play in the 80s, If I remember correctly, and record companies have to pay to get audited which means why would a record label in 1990 get a single from 1953 validated? Just wondered as I'm quite interested in actual sales and the 60s seemed wild.


Steve201 View member profile	28th December 2020, 01:22 AM Post #7
Shakin Stevens Joined: 29 December 2007 Posts: 46,157 User: 5,138	You could maybe track streams of the songs now but there won’t be a huge amount from songs this old with ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Rock Around The Clock’ being some of the few songs doing well!