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Unstack
post 8th December 2015, 10:57 PM
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Hello everyone, I'm new here. Trying to do some research into the 'success' of different artists. I have a simple question that may require a complicated answer, but perhaps you can help me. Where can I find the total number of UK singles sales for a particular artist? Or, not quite as good but still useful, the total number of UK singles sales for each single from a particular artist? e.g., say I wanted to find the number of (single) sales Ellie Goulding has made compared to Adele

The artists that I am interested in may not be popular enough to appear in year end Top 100s.


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post 9th December 2015, 12:35 AM
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You can find some of the information you want in our Sales and Analysis forum.
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post 9th December 2015, 12:31 PM
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Here's an out of date list (2012) for total single sales.

A few weeks ago the OCC gave Adele's total singles as ~7.8m. It would now be closer to 8.5m now, putting her in the top 20 singles artists of all time.

01 THE BEATLES 21.9m
02 ELVIS PRESLEY 21.6m
03 CLIFF RICHARD 21.5m
04 MADONNA 17.6m
05 MICHAEL JACKSON 15.3m
06 ELTON JOHN 14.8m
07 QUEEN 12.6m
08 ABBA 11.2m
09 DAVID BOWIE 10.6m
10 RIHANNA 10.4m
11 PAUL McCARTNEY 10.2m
12 KYLIE MINOGUE 10.1m
13 ROLLING STONES 9.9m
14 ROD STEWART 9.9m
15 TAKE THAT 8.9m
16 STEVIE WONDER 8.9m
17 OASIS 8.9m
18 EMINEM 8.6m
19 WHITNEY HOUSTON 8.4m
20 SPICE GIRLS 7.9m
21 GEORGE MICHAEL 7.8m
22 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 7.5m
23 BEE GEES 7.5m
24 U2 7.4m
25 SHAKIN' STEVENS 7.3m
26 BRITNEY SPEARS 7.2m
27 STATUS QUO 7.2m
28 LADY GAGA 7.2m
29 BOYZONE 7.0m
30 BLONDIE 7.0m
31 SLADE 6.9m
32 THE BLACK EYED PEAS 6.8m
33 BONEY M 6.8m
34 WESTLIFE 6.8m
35 CELINE DION 6.6m
36 BEYONCE 6.6m
37 UB40 6.6m
38 OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN 6.6m
39 MARIAH CAREY 6.6m
40 TOM JONES 6.3m
41 MADNESS 6.1m
42 THE POLICE 6.1m
43 WHAM! 5.9m
44 PHIL COLLINS 5.8m
45 DIANA ROSS 5.7m
46 THE JAM 5.7m
47 BRYAN ADAMS 5.6m
48 PET SHOP BOYS 5.6m
49 DAVID GUETTA 5.6m
50 ADAM ANT 5.5m
51 DURAN DURAN 5.4m
52 FRANK SINATRA 5.4m
53 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 5.3m
54 PRINCE 5.3m
55 KATY PERRY 5.2m
56 WET WET WET 5.1m
57 THE EVERLY BROTHERS 4.9m
58 THE SHADOWS 4.9m
59 PINK 4.9m
60 COLDPLAY 4.8m
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post 9th December 2015, 03:56 PM
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Good to see Kylie in there.
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