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Posted by: Hassaan 26th July 2015, 04:41 PM

A thread detailing chart statistics for records released by contestants on British talent shows. They are cumulative sales where possible, with the biggest selling entry per artist.

The X Factor
Singles
Series 1
204,511 - Steve Brookstein: Against All Odds (#1) [June 2016]
30,000 - G4: Bohemian Rhapsody (#9) [May 2013]

Series 2
1,200,000 - Shayne Ward: That's My Goal (#1) [September 2022]
151,000 - Chico: It's Chico Time (#1) [May 2013]
18,000 - Maria Lawson: Sleepwalking (#20) [May 2013]

Series 3
1,800,000 - Leona Lewis: Bleeding Love (#1) [March 2021]

Series 4
506,000 - Leon Jackson: When You Believe (#1) [December 2012]
35,000 - Same Difference: We R One (#13) [May 2013]

Series 5
1,800,000 - Alexandra Burke: Hallelujah (#1) [December 2022]
600,000 - JLS: Beat Again (#1) [June 2017]
200,000 - Diana Vickers: Once (#1) [July 2013]
17,000 - Laura White: You Should Have Known (#32) [May 2013]

Series 6
1,200,000 - Olly Murs: Dance With Me Tonight (#1) [September 2020]
859,000 - Joe McElderry: The Climb (#1) [December 2022]
140,000 - Jedward & Vanilla Ice: Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) (#2) [May 2013]
13,000 - Stacey Solomon: Driving Home For Christmas (#27) [May 2013]

Series 7
2,049,000 - Harry Styles: Watermelon Sugar (#4) [November 2022]
1,811,000 - One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful (#1) [September 2022]
1,500,000 - Zayn: Pillowtalk (#1) [November 2022]
1,300,000 - Niall Horan: Slow Hands (#7) [November 2022]
1,300,000 - Liam Payne feat. Quavo: Strip That Down (#3) [November 2022]
1,038,000 - Matt Cardle: When We Collide (#1) [September 2017]
600,000 - Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki: Just Hold On (#2) [October 2019]
200,000 - Cher Lloyd: Swagger Jagger (#1) [July 2013]
200,000 - Rebecca Ferguson: Nothing's Real But Love (#10) [June 2016]
15,000 - Aiden Grimshaw: Is This Love (#35) [May 2013]

Series 8
2,400,000 - Little Mix: Shout Out to My Ex (#1) [April 2024]
200,000 - Amelia Lily: You Bring Me Joy (#2) [July 2013]
92,000 - Marcus Collins: Seven Nation Army (#9) [May 2013]
82,000 - Misha B: Home Run (#11) [May 2013]
27,000 - Lucy Spraggan: Last Night (#11) [May 2013]

Series 9
3,668,517 - James Arthur: Say You Won't Let Go (#1) [February 2024]
1,800,000 - Ella Henderson: Ghost (#1) [June 2021]
200,000 - Lucy Spraggan: Last Night (Beer Feer) (#11) [October 2020]

Series 10
310,000 - Sam Bailey: Skyscraper (#1) [December 2014]

Series 11
610,286 - Ben Haenow: Something I Need (#1) [October 2015]
600,000 - Fleur East: Sax (#3) [September 2016]

Series 12
880,000 - Clean Bandit feat. Louisa Johnson: Tears (#5) [March 2018]
200,000 - Reggie N Bollie: New Girl (#26) [December 2016]

Series 13
600,000 - Matt Terry/Iglesias/Paul: Subeme La Radio (#10) [April 2021]

Series 14
400,000 - Rak Su: Dimelo (#2) [December 2019]

Celebrity
600,000 - Wes Nelson & Hardy Caprio: See Nobody (#3) [October 2021]

Finalist Charity Singles
820,000 - Hero (#1) [May 2013]
402,000 - You Are Not Alone (#1) [May 2013]
320,000 - Heroes (#1) [May 2013]
172,000 - Wishing on a Star (#1) [May 2013]

Albums
Series 1
611,000 - G4: G4 (#1) [December 2012]
105,338 - Steve Brookstein: Heart And Soul (#1) [November 2015]

Series 2
538,918 - Shayne Ward: Shayne Ward (#1) [November 2015]
414,000 - Journey South: Journey South (#1) [December 2012]
315,000 - Andy Abraham: The Impossible Dream (#1) [May 2013]
10,000 - Maria Lawson: Maria Lawson (#41) [May 2013]

Series 3
3,210,000 - Leona Lewis: Spirit (#1) [October 2022]
240,000 - Ray Quinn: Doing It My Way (#1) [May 2013]
100,000 - Ben Mills: Picture Of You (#3) [July 2013]
25,000 - The MacDonald Brothers: The MacDonald Brothers (#18) [May 2013]

Series 4
406,000 - Rhydian: Rhydian (#3) [December 2012]
136,117 - Leon Jackson: Right Now (#4) [November 2015]
112,000 - Same Difference: Pop (#22) [May 2013]

Series 5
1,435,000 - JLS: JLS (#1) [January 2015]
821,189 - Alexandra Burke: Overcome (#1) [November 2015]
133,000 - Diana Vickers: Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree (#1) [May 2013]

Series 6
1,464,000 - Olly Murs: Right Place, Right Time (#1) [December 2012]
247,046 - Joe McElderry: Classic (#2) [December 2012]
32,000 - Jedward: Planet Jedward (#17) [May 2013]

Series 7
1,200,000 - One Direction: Up All Night (#2) [October 2021]
656,234 - Rebecca Ferguson: Heaven (#3) [March 2015]
600,000 - Harry Styles: Fine Line (#2) [May 2022]
278,227 - Matt Cardle: Letters (#2) [November 2015]
224,198 - Cher Lloyd: Sticks + Stones (#4) [August 2012]
100,000 - Niall Horan: Heartbreak Weather (#1) [July 2022]
100,000 - Liam Payne: LP1 (#17) [June 2023]
100,000 - Zayn: Mind of Mine (#1) [November 2018]
60,000 - Mary Byrne: Mine & Yours (#6) [July 2013]
60,000 - Louis Tomlinson: Walls (#4) [December 2021]
10,000 - Aiden Grimshaw: Misty Eye (#19) [May 2013]

Series 8
1,200,000 - Little Mix: Glory Days (#1) [October 2021]
50,000 - Marcus Collins: Marcus Collins (#7) [May 2013]

Series 9
513,356 - James Arthur: Back From the Edge (#1) [February 2024]
453,000 - Ella Henderson: Chapter One (#1) [November 2017]
64,576 - Union J: Union J (#6) [December 2014]
60,000 - Jahmene Douglas: Love Never Fails (#1) [October 2013]
60,000 - Lucy Spraggan: Join the Club (#7) [October 2018]

Series 10
168,118 - Sam Bailey: The Power of Love (#1) [September 2016]

Series 11
92,000 - Fleur East: Love, Sax & Flashbacks (#10) [December 2018]
60,000 - Ben Haenow: Ben Haenow (#10) [January 2016]

Britain's Got Talent
Singles
2,485,000 - Calum Scott: Dancing on My Own (#2) [January 2022]
200,000 - Bars & Melody: Hopeful (#5) [August 2022]
104,500 - Gabz: Lighters (The One) (#6) [December 2013]

Albums
1,943,000 - Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream (#1) [June 2019]
551,955 - Paul Potts: One Chance (#1) [December 2009]
209,516 - Collabro: Stars (#1) [March 2017]
159,904 - Richard & Adam: The Impossible Dream (#1) [December 2013]
100,000 - Jonathan & Charlotte: Together (#5) [November 2012]
100,000 - Calum Scott: Only Human (#4) [July 2022]
100,000 - Andrew Johnston: One Voice (#4) [January 2009]
100,000 - Tokio Myers: Our Generation (#4) [March 2020]
100,000 - Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow (#35) [January 2008]
100,000 - Escala: Escala (#2) [January 2010]

Popstars
Singles
1,118,000 - Hear'Say: Pure and Simple (#1) [September 2017]
1,040,000 - Cheryl: Fight for this Love (#1) [October 2019]
874,000 - Girls Aloud: Sound Of The Underground (#1) [December 2016]
638,000 - Liberty X: Just a Little (#1) [May 2021]
400,000 - The Cheeky Girls: Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) (#2) [September 2018]
270,000 - One True Voice: Sacred Trust / After You're Gone (#2) [December 2016]

Albums
1,234,000 - Girls Aloud: The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (#1) [August 2019]
900,000 - Hear'Say: Popstars (#1) [June 2001]
900,000 - Cheryl: 3 Words (#1) [July 2010]
693,000 - Liberty X: Thinking It Over (#3) [December 2021]

Pop Idol
Singles
2,000,000 - Will Young: Anything is Possible / Evergreen (#1) [August 2021]
1,348,000 - Gareth Gates: Unchained Melody (#1) [September 2017]
400,000 - Darius: Colourblind (#1) [May 2020]

Albums
1,717,000 - Will Young: Friday's Child (#1) [June 2019]
600,000 - Gareth Gates: What My Heart Wants to Say (#2) [November 2002]
300,000 - Darius: Dive In (#6) [December 2002]
100,000 - Michelle McManus: The Meaning of Love (#3) [April 2004]

Fame Academy
Singles
200,000 - David Sneddon: Stop Living The Lie (#1) [July 2013]
200,000 - Lemar: If There's Any Justice (#3) [November 2013]

Albums
600,000 - Lemar: Time To Grow (#8) [April 2005]
300,000 - Alex Parks: Introduction (#5) [December 2003]

The Voice UK
Singles
1,200,000 - Becky Hill: Remember (#3) [January 2023]
574,874 - Cian Ducrot: All For You (#16) [August 2023]
62,000 - Stevie McCrorie: Lost Stars (#6) [March 2021]

Albums
107,843 - Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend (#7) [August 2022]

Posted by: mrbrightside 26th July 2015, 05:31 PM

I don't really understand the list? Why are only some singles and some albums included? A lot of them seem to be debuts but some aren't (like Olly Murs single and album listed and One Direction album)?? Sorry I'm just confused

Posted by: Hassaan 26th July 2015, 05:43 PM

For instance, I've included the best selling One Direction album - this wasn't their debut but their best selling album (in week 1). It is rare that an acts second/third release isn't their best selling (unlike the majority of the others which are the debuts). Like I mentioned in the opening post, there are no multiple entries, and so I just included the best selling One Direction album (for example).

Apologies for the confusion.

Posted by: Froot. 26th July 2015, 05:43 PM

Is it the highest selling?

EDIT: woops bit late~

Posted by: Juranamo 26th July 2015, 08:04 PM

So essentially, this is a list of each X Factor acts' highest first week sale (for albums and singles)?

Posted by: Hassaan 26th July 2015, 08:48 PM

Correct. I have edited the opening post to make this more clear to readers of this thread.

Posted by: Heathyheath_ 26th July 2015, 08:57 PM

It's odd because when I was reading about Andrea's album sales on Friday and wondering how he stacked up against other releases by X Factor alumni so thanks so much for putting all the figures together. I wonder how Ben Haenow's album and the next X Factor winner's single are going to perform

Posted by: Hassaan 26th July 2015, 09:19 PM

I think the fact he was mentored by Simon will mean him and Fleur receive the full Ella/1D/Leona in terms of the team they work with and subsequent material & promotion. Only the Young, also from the last series have a single coming out soon so it'll be interesting to see how that fares.

Posted by: Hassaan 4th August 2015, 05:41 PM

I have added cumulative sales to the above post. It looks like it'll be an X Factor top 2 this week on the singles chart with 1D at #1 and Little Mix at #2.

Posted by: Herbs 4th August 2015, 08:40 PM

Any idea how much maria lawsons album sold first week to make #41?

Posted by: Cameron 4th August 2015, 08:46 PM

Stacey's album is actually called 'Shy'

Posted by: Hassaan 4th August 2015, 08:51 PM

I can't seem to find any sales for that, unfortunately.



What do you mean I mistakenly wrote "Fly"?

Posted by: Hassaan 25th November 2015, 10:13 AM

Updated the post with Ben and Fleur's sales.

Posted by: CharlieB 10th December 2015, 10:36 AM

I like this thread but I would also like to see the total sales as well as the debuts.

Posted by: mr_pmt 10th December 2015, 11:32 AM

This should be 68,385.

Posted by: Hassaan 10th December 2015, 11:33 AM

I have listed cumulative sales (i.e, totals) along with the debuts.

Posted by: Hassaan 10th December 2015, 11:37 AM

Amended.

Posted by: CharlieB 10th December 2015, 01:39 PM

The cumulative sales of Cher Lloyd's and Diana Vickers’ albums are both in excess of 100k+ (they are both certified gold) and not listed here.

Swagger Jagger’s sales are 200k+ as of 2011. Once has sold 204,000 copies. Bleeding Love has sold at least 1,180,000 copies and Bad Boys 860,000 copies.

Posted by: 777666jason 13th December 2015, 10:32 PM

It interesting to note all winners debut are their best singles and albs except little mix they are actually at their most successful 4 years after winning

Posted by: 777666jason 14th December 2015, 07:09 PM

It's crazy to note that the week same difference debuted at 22 they sold 31k shocking how much sales climate has changed

Posted by: Juranamo 14th December 2015, 09:58 PM

Over 30,000 people with amazing taste, I still adore 'We R One' and 'All the Roads Lead to Heaven' off that album! The 2nd album (that completely missed the Top 200 iirc) was even better!

Posted by: Jimmy Jam 15th December 2015, 12:44 AM

YAAAAAS! Same Difference are a real x-factor gem. We R One is still ma jaaam

Posted by: 777666jason 15th December 2015, 06:19 PM

I know I saw this thread and instantly had to go find We R One again played it 5 times in a row

Speaking of which it's missed from the first post of 3rd place singles

Was also a shame the the lead single only, shine on forever, from the second album only hit 100 it should have gone higher I think a problem with the pre orders lost it some sales at the time

Posted by: Hassaan 1st June 2016, 12:44 PM

I've updated the original post with loads more data. Enjoy!

Posted by: XhannahlongX 1st June 2016, 12:54 PM

Any chance you could update Black Magic to it's sales of 830,192 (as of April 2016) because it's their highest selling single?

Posted by: Hassaan 1st June 2016, 01:21 PM

Done. I couldn't find any recent sales for it.

Posted by: Hassaan 7th July 2016, 10:18 AM

Giving this a little bump... Do we think threads like this (in addition to other threads which list sales for a certain group of artists) should be stickied in this forum?

Posted by: danG 7th July 2016, 04:35 PM

No, we already have enough pinned topics and there are quite a lot of these sorts of threads at the moment.

Posted by: Hassaan 29th July 2016, 07:17 PM

Calum Scott is the newest success from the talent show vault. Really impressive to see how he's crept up the charts over the past few months.

Posted by: Hassaan 20th July 2023, 12:11 PM

The opening post has now been updated with a (hopefully) neater formatting.

Posted by: Dobbo 20th July 2023, 03:40 PM

There's a couple of BGT hits missing: Susan Boyle - Wild Horses and Gabz - Lighters.

Posted by: Hassaan 20th July 2023, 05:41 PM

Neither of those have a certification on the BPI website, so we don't know how they've done in total (roughly anyway).

They've definitely done less than 200,000 though.

Posted by: Dobbo 21st July 2023, 08:51 AM

Interesting. I'm surprised Bars & Melody made it then given their track lasted even fewer weeks on the chart!

Posted by: Hassaan 21st July 2023, 02:00 PM

If we look at them:

44,491 - Gabz (#6, 2013) - 6-19-36-37-51-65-90-out (7 weeks)
40,191 - Bars & Melody (#5, 2014) - 5-31-54-out (3 weeks)
29,571 - Susan Boyle (#9, 2009) - 9-13-30-34-57-77-out (6 weeks)

A total of 104,500 for Gabz (by the end of 2013) is quoted http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161619.

Bars & Melody's single was released in the streaming era, which might have helped their total.

Posted by: Hassaan 25th July 2023, 01:51 PM

Added some stats for Voice UK. Not much there though.

Posted by: Dobbo 25th July 2023, 02:02 PM

Had no idea Cian Ducrot was on The Voice!

Posted by: facts. 25th July 2023, 02:13 PM

Interesting thread. I'm also surprised that Bars & Melody song has built up over 200k sales.

Just one small thing I noticed in the OP, Clean Bandit ft Louisa Johnson was Tears not Forever Young. I assume it's Tears that has 880k sales and not her flop winners single.

Posted by: Hassaan 25th July 2023, 02:17 PM

Correct - well spotted.

Posted by: TomJ1991 25th July 2023, 04:19 PM

There's nothing about it on his Wikipedia page, so I'm guessing he doesn't like to shout about it! Having done some research, no-one turned during his audition...but he's gone on to almost certainly be the 2nd best-selling artist from the show!

I know it would just be a lot more work, but it would be interesting to see how these compare with Pop Idol, Popstars and Fame Academy artists!

Posted by: Hassaan 25th July 2023, 05:07 PM

The video of his audition was on the BBC Voice UK page but it has since been taken down.

It might have something to do with a video he did on his channel a year or two afterwards where he "exposed" the show. That video doesn't exist anymore either; he spoke about the behind the scenes stuff but all of it was only a revelation to those who somehow don't realise The Voice is a television show.

I have updated the original post with what I could find for those additional shows.

Posted by: Hassaan 19th August 2023, 09:58 AM

Cian Ducrot became the first Voice UK contestant to achieve a number one album last week.

Posted by: Hassaan 7th October 2023, 05:18 PM

I've updated the original post with some extra X Factor numbers.

If anyone's able to get hold of up to date numbers for everything it'd be really appreciated.

Posted by: Hassaan 3rd February 2024, 11:30 AM

The opening post has been updated with more recent sales for James Arthur.