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Posted by: liamk97 23rd April 2016, 10:52 AM
Pink's Official Top 20 biggest selling songs
23 April 2016
By Justin Myers
Hard to believe, but it's more than 15 years since Pink first burst into the Official Singles Chart with her punchy debut There You Go.
She may have changed her sound, not to mention her hair, since then, but she's been fairly consistent on the banger front.
She's had 27 UK Top 40s, including 18 Top 10s and three Number 1s, but when it comes to shifting your actual copies, what's her top song?
The Top 3
It's perhaps fitting that the Number 1 song on Pink's countdown never actually made it to the top of the Official Singles Chart – although it had a good go.
Just Give Me A Reason, which featured fun lead singer Nate Ruess, spent 11 weeks inside the Top 10, two of which were at Number 2. It was held off, however, in the first week by a surprise return to the charts by TV presenters Ant & Dec. After performing their 1994 classic Let's Get Ready To Rhumble on their Saturday Night Takeaway show, the track shot to Number 1, finishing just 5,000 copies ahead of poor Pink and Nate.
It didn't make it to Number 1, but it has shifted over 836,000 copies to make it Pink's top seller.
So What, Number 1 in 2008, is Pink's best selling chart-topper. Over 610,000 of you have bought what turned out to be Pink's most recent Number 1.
Next up is another chart-topper, but this time she wasn't alone. Pink joined forces with Mya, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.
Lady Marmalade has been a hit three times in the UK, and has reached the top spot twice! First a Number 17 hit for LaBelle in 1975, the track was covered by UK girlgroup All Saints, who whacked it into a double-A side (ask your mum) with a cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Under The Bridge and took it to Number 1 in 1998!
Pink's version has sold 577,000 copies.
Other notable entries
Raise Your Glass, which led Pink's 2010 greatest hits collection, is her biggest selling non-Top 10. It's sold 430,000 copies despite reaching only Number 13 – thanks in part, no doubt, to the song featuring on the second series of Glee in 2011.
Pink's first solo Number 1 from 2002, Just Like A Pill, lands at number 8 with sales of 370,000, while Pink's first ever single There You Go is at Number 16.
And, interestingly, two Top 10s don't make the Top 20 at all – Trouble (7 in 2003) and Feel Good Time (3 in 2003) both miss out.
Pink's Official Top 20:
TITLE PEAK YEAR
1 JUST GIVE ME A REASON (FEAT. NATE RUESS) 2 2013 836,000
2 SO WHAT 1 2008 610,000
3 LADY MARMALADE (WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA, LIL KIM, MISSY ELLIOTT & MYA) 1 2001 577,000
4 RAISE YOUR GLASS 13 2010 430,000
5 TRY 8 2012
6 GET THE PARTY STARTED 2 2002
7 F**KIN' PERFECT 10 2010
8 JUST LIKE A PILL 1 2002 370,000
9 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) 3 2012
10 WHO KNEW 5 2006
11 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME 12 2009
12 SOBER 9 2009
13 U & UR HAND 10 2006
14 DON'T LET ME GET ME 6 2002
15 TRUE LOVE (FEAT. LILY ALLEN) 16 2013
16 THERE YOU GO 6 2000
17 FAMILY PORTRAIT 11 2002
18 STUPID GIRLS 4 2006
19 MOST GIRLS 5 2000
20 LEAVE ME ALONE (I'M LONELY) 34 2007
©2016 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved.
Posted by: liamk97 23rd April 2016, 10:57 AM
The last update was only last October! 'Just Give Me a Reason' had sold 830k, 'So What' 607k, 'Lady Marmalade' 574k, 'Raise Your Glass' 425k and 'Just Like a Pill' 360k.
Posted by: roba 23rd April 2016, 11:02 AM
Wow I know 'Just Give Me a Reason was big but her best seller 
Poor 'Who Knew' only scraping the top 10 
should be much higher especially over 'Raise Your Glass'!
Posted by: girlsaloudjunkie 23rd April 2016, 03:50 PM
So that would make 'Just Like A Pill' her biggest trickle seller correct?
Posted by: vibe 23rd April 2016, 04:14 PM
Like Madonna her best material was released in low sale climates.
Posted by: JosephStyles 23rd April 2016, 04:17 PM
I think P!nk has way better songs than Just Give Me a Reason, wish it wasn't her best seller, but nonetheless it has excellent sales, it's incredible how successful she's been over such a long period of time, and she still remains relevant!
Posted by: Mango 23rd April 2016, 04:23 PM
So many utterly amazing songs there! Great to see 'Raise Your Glass' so high despite criminally never going Top 10, and great also to see the still stunning 'F***in' Perfect' in the Top 10 
Posted by: Envoirment 23rd April 2016, 05:11 PM
Not surprised at "Just Like A Pill" being such a strong trickle seller out of those with sales mentioned! Should go gold later this year, as I assume its sales will increase a little with P!nk being back in the charts.
14 DON'T LET ME GET ME 6 2002
15 TRUE LOVE (FEAT. LILY ALLEN) 16 2013
16 THERE YOU GO 6 2000
17 FAMILY PORTRAIT 11 2002
18 STUPID GIRLS 4 2006
19 MOST GIRLS 5 2000
20 LEAVE ME ALONE (I'M LONELY) 34 2007
Anyone have any estimates for these? "U & Ur Hand" is ceritifed silver, but the rest of these aren't ceritifed to my knowledge? So I guess some aren't far off the silver mark. Surprised at "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" making the top 20!
Posted by: JCM20 23rd April 2016, 05:23 PM
I'm very surprised to see another update already! As girlsaloudjunkie said, it's only been six months since the last one!
Posted by: Jake. 23rd April 2016, 05:45 PM
'Just Like a Pill' went Gold about a month ago - so that must mean there's at least 30,000 streaming sales on top of the total given in the OCC article.
Posted by: SKOB 23rd April 2016, 05:54 PM
Interestingly, Who Knew is one of her most popular songs released pre-2010 on Spotify
Posted by: Rogue 23rd April 2016, 07:23 PM
God her 'Try This' era was an utter disaster commercially wasn't it? It's amazing that she came back from that and has continued to become bigger and bigger. I predict that 'The Truth About Love' will remain her peak though.
Posted by: 360Jupiter 23rd April 2016, 08:10 PM
Pleasantly surprised how high her recent singles have sold compared to the overalls. Pink's strongest era has always felt like I'm Not Dead but she's actually had a fair number of smashes since. Doesn't seem to matter how long she takes off, every album campaign seems to come at just the right time for people to be hungry for her new material - pretty good going for someone who's never seemed a 'top-tier' star on the level of e.g. Beyonce or Britney.
Posted by: Steve201 23rd April 2016, 08:54 PM
Britney??
Lol she's had much more longevity than her! Rihanna maybe a better comparison?
Posted by: Doctor Blind 23rd April 2016, 09:02 PM
To be fair, Britney does have Top 20 hits that span 16 years and number 1s in 3 different decades.
Posted by: T Boy 23rd April 2016, 09:12 PM
Album sales for Try This seemed disappointing at the time yet artists would do anything for those sales now. As for the singles, she didn't have a big smash and that coincided with singles sales being generally at their lowest. She really was lucky to come back with I'm Not Dead in retrospect.
Posted by: Steve201 23rd April 2016, 09:14 PM
IMO she hasn't had a huge culturally defining hit for a long time but that's just me I guess.
Posted by: JosephStyles 23rd April 2016, 10:40 PM
I don't think anyone claimed she was in the "top tier" right now 
but she most definitely used to be and is still a huge name now!
Posted by: Joe. 23rd April 2016, 10:46 PM
Just Give Me a Reason being her biggest seller is annoying, but it came at a time when sales were much higher than a lot of her hits in the mid 00s when sales were at an all time low. It says a lot that Raise Your Glass didn't go top 10 but is so high on that list. (But it's amazing so I'm glad it sold so much).
Posted by: 360Jupiter 24th April 2016, 12:41 AM
I don't think Pink has *ever* been quite 'top-tier'. I don't mean that in a bad way, but she's never been the outright #1 female singer everyone's been talking about, at the absolute top of her game in pop, like the way Beyonce, Britney, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga or Madonna have been. That's not to say anything against her. By never stepping out as the number one she hasn't had, I don't think, as much of a hatedom formed against her or unrealistic expectations placed upon her to get better and better all the time. There has always been someone else who is the queen bee.
But how many of those queen bees has she outlived by never trying to be that number one character? Looking back to Lady Marmalade I wonder who would've predicted of the four (five? Missy Elliot) stars involved, that the only one still at the top of her game getting hit singles, albums, and not really receiving any public backlash would be Pink.
Posted by: Steve201 24th April 2016, 01:34 AM
Yeh she's done so well probably because she isn't 'run of the mill'.
On Britney I think she had a 5 year period where she was huge but really lost it basically after 2004. It's her name and marketability/celebrity that keeps her in the public eye - looking back tho Pink has had a much better career/discography. But I guess we are getting more into opinion here than fact.
Posted by: 777666jason 24th April 2016, 11:41 AM
It is interesting to see some of the lot peaking songs are actually the higher sellers
Posted by: Scene 24th April 2016, 01:09 PM
I'd disagree with that. I think her music has become very run of the mill. She was a lot more interesting musically in her earlier career. But I think ever since 2008, she's been churning out MOR pop/pop-rock and never really straying from that sound.
I agree with whoever said she's never been seen as a top tier artist despite her continued success. I think in her early career, she was always overshadowed by the likes of Britney and Christina - they were the two pop heavyweights at the turn of the century. They both claimed instant success with their début singles and albums while Pink made a slow start with hers - it was only when 'Get the Party Started' and Missundaztood were released that she properly took off. Even on 'Lady Marmalade', Christina was given the best part over Pink and similarly Pink wanted 'Beautiful' but Linda Perry found the song too personal to give away yet gave it to Christina shortly after. And I guess these days, despite her commercial success, Pink is now overshadowed by the likes of GaGa, Rihanna, Katy and Beyonce.
Posted by: Steve201 24th April 2016, 08:53 PM
The reason I think she's overshadowed because she isn't run of the mill but agree with your point about her current recent releases being made for radio.
Posted by: Glyn 26th April 2016, 12:18 PM
I love that this list contains a great mix of tracks from throughout her career. One of the few acts to have had a pretty steady run of success over her 15 years. Pretty impressive!!
I just wish the mighty God is a DJ was given a look in!
Posted by: liamk97 16th August 2017, 11:43 AM
16 August 2017 | By Justin Myers
We count down Pink's all-time biggest selling and most streamed hits.
It's more than 17 years since Pink scored her first UK hit with punchy debut There You Go.
She's changed her sound and her look numerous times, but she's been fairly consistent when it's come to success.
She's had 28 UK Top 40s, including 18 Top 10s and three Number 1s, but when it comes to shifting your actual copies and those plays on streaming services, what's her top song?
Before we go hard with the Top 20, here are some highlights:
Lady Marmalade
Her first chart-topper, Pink joined forces with Mya, Christina Aguilera and Lil Kim for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.
This cover has been a hit a couple of times before, and in a way this was Pink's farewell to the slick R&B sound of her debut album Can't Take Me Home – she was soon to reinvent herself on next single Get The Party Started with a more bolshy, rocky sound. Pink's version of Lady Marmalade has sold 584,000 copies and racked up 11.3 million streams since we began counting in 2014, to finish as her third biggest song overall.
Just Like A Pill
Pink's first chart-topper all by herself, Just Like A Pill was the perfect tune for anyone who'd ever felt like telling someone to sod off. It knocked Atomic Kitten off Number 1 in September 2002 to spend a week at the top. It's sold 378,000 copies and achieved 6.5 million plays in the last couple of years – but, perhaps surprisingly, it doesn't make Pink's ultimate Top 5!
So What
So What, Number 1 in 2008, is Pink's best selling chart-topper. Over 619,000 of you have bought what turned out to be Pink's most recent Number 1 – but we're sure another is on its way. Those sales and 8.9 million streams help So What to be Pink's all-time runner-up biggest song.
Raise Your Glass
Raise Your Glass, which led Pink's 2010 greatest hits collection, is her biggest selling non-Top 10. It's sold 440,000 copies despite reaching only Number 13 – thanks in part, no doubt, to the song featuring on the second series of Glee in 2011. 9.6 million streams lift it to be her fourth biggest tune.
Just Give Me A Reason
It's perhaps fitting that the top song on Pink's countdown never actually made it to the top of the Official Singles Chart – although it had a good go.
Just Give Me A Reason, which featured fun lead singer Nate Ruess, spent 11 weeks inside the Top 10, two of which at Number 2. It was held off, however, in the first week by a surprise return to the charts by TV presenters Ant & Dec. After performing their 1994 classic Let's Get Ready To Rhumble on their Saturday Night Takeaway show, the track shot to Number 1, finishing just 5,000 copies ahead of poor Pink and Nate.
It didn't make it to Number 1, but it has shifted over 850,000 copies and racked up almost 21 million listens to make it Pink's biggest song.
Just Like Fire
Thanks to being her only Top 40 hit so far to be released since streaming started counting towards the Official Chart, Pink's most streamed tune is not one of her newest, but Just Like Fire, from Alice In Wonderland. The song reached 19 in June 2016, with 22.4 million plays and 158,000 sales to date
Pink's Official Top 20:
SONG PEAK YEAR
1 JUST GIVE ME A REASON (FEAT NATE RUESS) 2 2013 1,060,000 (850,000)
2 SO WHAT 1 2008 708,000 (619,000)
3 LADY MARMALADE (WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA, MYA, LIL KIM) 1 2001 697,000 (584,000)
4 RAISE YOUR GLASS 13 2010 536,000 (440,000)
5 TRY 8 2012
6 JUST LIKE A PILL 1 2002 443,000 (378,000)
7 F**KIN' PERFECT 10 2010
8 GET THE PARTY STARTED 2 2002
9 WHO KNEW 5 2006 400,000+
10 JUST LIKE FIRE 19 2016 382,000 (158,000)
11 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) 2 2012
12 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME 12 2009
13 SOBER 9 2009
14 U & UR HAND 10 2006
15 TRUE LOVE (FEAT LILY ALLEN) 16 2013
16 DON'T LET ME GET ME 6 2002 200,000+
17 FAMILY PORTRAIT 11 2002
18 THERE YOU GO 6 2000
19 STUPID GIRLS 4 2006
20 TROUBLE 7 2003
©2017 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
Posted by: 360Jupiter 16th August 2017, 02:17 PM
Changes from the previous update:
Just Like a Pill +2
Get the Party Started -2
Who Knew +1
Just Like Fire NE @ 10
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) -2
Please Don't Leave Me -1
Sober -1
U + Ur Hand -1
Don't Let Me Get Me -2
There You Go -2
Trouble NE @ 20
Dropouts:
Most Girls, Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
Posted by: liamk97 2nd February 2019, 05:17 AM
Pink's biggest albums and songs on the Official Chart
01 February 2019 | By Admin
As Pink reveals she's working on her eighth studio album, we rank her biggest sellers so far.
For almost two decades, Pink has been steadily scoring an array of hits, building up an impressive back catalogue and sales to match.
She's aced phases of R&B, angry punky pop, attitude-packed revenge anthems, and heartfelt balladry, but despite the chameleon-like nature of her music career, she's always been consistent.
It's emerged studio album number 8 is on its way, as Pink posted a pic from the studio, so while we eagerly await its release, we looked at the story so far, to see how her albums – and their signature hits – have fared.
Missundaztood
Bridging the gap between her slick R&B debut Can't Take You Home and the empowerment and energy that would shape the rest of Pink's career, 2002's Missundaztood felt like a breath of fresh air and, at the time, a huge change for Pink. If it had come any later in her career it may well have derailed her, but lead single, confident smash Get The Party Started, and her first solo number 1 Just Like A Pill, ensured its success. Missundaztood peaked at 2, spawned three Top 10s and has sold an impressive 1.85 million across all formats, spending 27 consecutive weeks in the albums Top 10.
Top song: Just Like A Pill, on 517,000
I'm Not Dead
She certainly wasn't! Pink was taking no prisoners with with her fourth album, reassuring fans that even though she'd got married to motocross racer Carey Hart, she hadn't lost her edge. Blistering take on celeb culture Stupid Girls was first of the album's five Top 40 hits. Reaching Number 3 in 2006, I'm Not Dead is her second bestseller, with a whopping tally of 1.4 million.
Top song: Who Knew, on 520,000
Funhouse
I'm Not Dead's follow-up was Pink's breakup album, coming when her marriage to Carey Hart was on hiatus – they reunited soon after. Hart even appeared in the album's lead single So What, which became Pink's third Number 1, spending three weeks there in October 2008. Funhouse also has the honour of being Pink's first chart-topping album, spending six months in the Top 20 and producing four Top 40 singles. It's sold 1.29 million across all formats.
Top song: So What, on 829,000
Greatest Hits – So Far!!!
Many acts wait until their career has hit the skids before releasing a hits collection, but Pink made it clear she wasn't giving up – the "So Far" in the title offers a clue – and we think you'd agree she's made good on that promise. Leading off with the anthemic Raise Your Glass, Greatest Hits – So Far!!! went Top 5, and has sold 1.05 million across physical digital and streaming equivalent sales.
Top song: Raise Your Glass missed the Top 10 but still has combined sales of 672,000
The Truth About Love
On 907,000 sales, Pink's 2012 studio album spent a year in the Top 40, spawning four Top 20s, starting with Blow Me (One Last Kiss). Pink by now was well-known for showing off not just her vocal abilities but her physical dexterity, incorporating acrobatics into her performances, and this influenced her music. The Truth About Love peaked at 2.
Top song: Just Give Me a Reason, feat Nate Ruess, shifting 1.25 million across all formats. SPOILER: It's Pink's biggest song in the UK.
As for the rest of Pink's albums, 2003's Try This is on 554,000, 2017's Beautiful Trauma – her second Number 1 album – is next on 513,000, and that debut Can't Take Me Home rounds off her set on 470,000.
Pink's albums ranked by sales:
TITLE PEAK YEAR
1 MISSUNDAZTOOD 2 2002 1.85m
2 I'M NOT DEAD 3 2006 1.4m
3 FUNHOUSE 1 2008 1.29m
4 GREATEST HITS - SO FAR 5 2010 1.05m
5 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 2 2012 907k
6 TRY THIS 3 2004 554k
7 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA 1 2017 513k
8 CAN'T TAKE ME HOME 13 2000 470k
©2019 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved.
And shall we catch up on the songs while we're here?
Pink's biggest song in the UK may not have reached Number 1, but Just Give Me a Reason, with Nate Ruess, shifted 863,000 downloads, and racked up 38.6 million plays to be her all-time top.
Next up is Pink's most recent Top 10 and also her most streamed song: What About Us, which led off Beautiful Trauma, and notched up 70.2 million listens and 259,000 downloads. Pink's biggest chart-topper was her very first in 2001, but she wasn't alone: taken from the movie Moulin Rouge, this cover of Lady Marmalade featured Mya, Lil Kim, and Christina Aguilera, and is her biggest physical seller – 412,000 of you have a CD, tape, or record of this on your shelf, with a further 179,000 downloading it.
Another Number 1, So What, is next, with 602,000 downloads and 20.2m listens, while Raise Your Glass is Pink's biggest song not to make the Top 10 – thanks to featuring in movie Bridesmaids and being covered on Glee, the tune has 443,000 downloads and 22.7m streams
Among other notable tracks, Just Like A Pill (that first solo Number 10 has sold 200,000 physical copies, 188,000 downloads and amassed 13m plays, while Get the Party Started is on 294,000 physical (her second highest), 91,000 downloads and 10.6 million streams not bad for tracks that predate the digital era!
Just Like Fire, from the soundtrack of Alice Through the Looking-Glass, is on 463,000, Greatest Showman cover A Million Dreams ha salready scored Pink's debut hit There You Go just misses her Top 20, with a total tally of 204,000
Pink's Official Top 20 singles:
POS TITLE CREDITED ARTIST PEAK YEAR
1 JUST GIVE ME A REASON PINK FT NATE RUESS 2 2013 1.25m
2 WHAT ABOUT US PINK 3 2017 ~961k
3 LADY MARMALADE CHRISTINA AGUILERA/LIL' KIM/MYA/PINK 1 2001
4 SO WHAT PINK 1 2008 829k
5 RAISE YOUR GLASS PINK 13 2010 672k
6 TRY PINK 8 2012
7 WHO KNEW PINK 5 2006 520k
8 JUST LIKE A PILL PINK 1 2002 517k
9 F**KIN' PERFECT PINK 10 2010
10 GET THE PARTY STARTED PINK 2 2002 ~491k
11 JUST LIKE FIRE PINK 19 2016 463k
12 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) PINK 3 2012
13 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA PINK 25 2017
14 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME PINK 12 2009
15 SOBER PINK 9 2009
16 U & UR HAND PINK 10 2006
17 TRUE LOVE PINK FT LILY ALLEN 16 2013
18 DON'T LET ME GET ME PINK 6 2002
19 FAMILY PORTRAIT PINK 11 2002
20 A MILLION DREAMS PINK 11 2018 204k
©2019 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
Posted by: Bjork 2nd February 2019, 09:25 AM
great that she's got 4 million seller albums
Posted by: T Boy 2nd February 2019, 10:13 AM
Those album sales are so good. Her worst seller would have been a huge success on those sales in today’s climate.
Posted by: cantthinkofaname 2nd February 2019, 08:01 PM
I love that Who Knew (her best song by far) has climbed 10-7 since the 2016 list and Family Portrait has also gone 19-17
Additionally on the 2016 list only her Top 4 had sold more than 430k, but today her entire Top 11 has sold more than that!
Posted by: Envoirment 2nd February 2019, 11:25 PM
Additionally on the 2016 list only her Top 4 had sold more than 430k, but today her entire Top 11 has sold more than that!
I believe the 2016 is pure sales and doesn't include streaming. Still impressive nevertheless.
Amazed to see "What About Us" so high! Shouldn't have any issue passing 1 million. Happy to see "Beautiful Trauma" and "Million Dreams" make the top 20 as well. I hope her next era will deliver another bunch of hits! It's been great to see how consistently successful P!nk has been over the years. Also I didn't realise Beautiful Trauma had crossed the 500k mark! Hopefully it'll manage to cross 600k at some point. Her tour dates this year may help boost its sales a little.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 3rd February 2019, 05:19 PM
So many great songs but I find it disappointing she only has 2 platinum singles and no million seller as many of her songs felt huge to me.
Posted by: sammy01 3rd February 2019, 08:18 PM
I agree with whoever said she's never been seen as a top tier artist despite her continued success. I think in her early career, she was always overshadowed by the likes of Britney and Christina - they were the two pop heavyweights at the turn of the century. They both claimed instant success with their début singles and albums while Pink made a slow start with hers - it was only when 'Get the Party Started' and Missundaztood were released that she properly took off. Even on 'Lady Marmalade', Christina was given the best part over Pink and similarly Pink wanted 'Beautiful' but Linda Perry found the song too personal to give away yet gave it to Christina shortly after. And I guess these days, despite her commercial success, Pink is now overshadowed by the likes of GaGa, Rihanna, Katy and Beyonce.
I know this reply is old but I couldn't disagree more. Pink is very much seen as top tier, it is just she is less of a celebrity (by choice) than others.
When it comes to music and interest in her as an artists those album sales show she is every bit top tier. I think far too many confuse the celebrity of certain artists with them being as big as artists.
Posted by: Spiceboy 3rd February 2019, 10:49 PM
When it comes to music and interest in her as an artists those album sales show she is every bit top tier. I think far too many confuse the celebrity of certain artists with them being as big as artists.
I totally agree with this. Pink has been a top tier act since Misundaztood and only got more so with time. She is a private person, and doesn't use controversy for her career so her life isn't splashed in the tabloids like Madonna, Britney, Beyonce, Rihanna, Gaga etc. She's never done the celebrity marriage, the power couple, the drug abuse, the breakdown, the overt sexuality for attention etc. You can be top tier as a musician without all the drama and the evidence is in her sales and tours.
Posted by: Envoirment 3rd February 2019, 11:05 PM
I agree as well. P!nk wouldn't get the kind of radio support she gets if she wasn't top tier. Her tours are absolutely massive as well and her Beautiful Trauma tour looks like it's going to gross more than $200 million and become her most successful tour yet once it finishes later this year.
Posted by: zeus555 7th February 2019, 11:10 AM
In case anyone doesn't know - Pink is to get The BRIT Award for 'Outstanding Contribution To Music' Award at The BRITS.
She is the first Non-UK Female to get it and the first Solo Female to do so.
It means that she has been awarded it, when even Madonna never was...
Posted by: sammy01 7th February 2019, 11:47 AM
I've seen reaction to this this morning and of course it is silly stans crying why not Kylie or Madonna. My issue is why a non Brit is getting one at all? Surely we have an artist who is deserving of the award.
It just seems really short sighted because now every international act who can afford to buy the award or whose record label puts pressure on will be getting it.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 7th February 2019, 03:38 PM
It just seems really short sighted because now every international act who can afford to buy the award or whose record label puts pressure on will be getting it.
Good point actually, let's give it to Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Posted by: M4NG0 7th February 2019, 03:41 PM
As huge a Pink fan as I am, I think it's certainly unfair for her to get the award over Kylie or Madonna who have had much longer careers. Also agree with the point about her being a non-Brit!
Posted by: Bjork 7th February 2019, 03:52 PM
and coincidentally she has a new album, new single premiere etc
seems a bit like a paid-by-the-label award
makes no sense at all
Posted by: 777666jason 7th February 2019, 05:33 PM
Ed sheeran surely
Posted by: danG 7th February 2019, 06:35 PM
Ed Sheeran hasn't been around for long enough to warrant getting such an award. There's no doubt he will get it eventually but it shouldn't be until he's done at least 20 years in the business (like P!nk has).
I also think it should be reserved for British artists anyway seeing as it is the BRIT awards but it's not like the BRITs have a load of credibility to lose anyway, so as Pink would say, so what.
Posted by: T Boy 7th February 2019, 06:47 PM
I don’t see why it has to go to a British artist at all. U2 have already won this for a start but why should only the British receive it anyway? The Brit awards are about successful music in Britain, not exclusively British artists. They’ve already cut down the number of international awards way too short. Some of the reactions in here are very ‘male Britain great again’ which is the last thing we need.
So typical that Pink, a hardworking artist that puts so much into her music and touring and family, who shies away from the celebrity culture more offen then not, yes, she’s the one that gets criticism on this forum. She deserves everything she gets and it’s about time she actually got some recognition.
Posted by: sammy01 7th February 2019, 07:13 PM
It should go to Brits as I'm sure other countries have awards that reward people from their country.
I like Pink but it is cynical she gets it as she is about to release an album.
Posted by: T Boy 7th February 2019, 07:25 PM
I like Pink but it is cynical she gets it as she is about to release an album.
And the majority of awards at the Brits are for British people only. They already have that so I don’t see a problem.
And maybe it is because she’s got an album coming out but who cares? She still deserves it, it’s not like she hasn’t had the career to back it up. This is long awaited recognition of her talent.
But don’t let any of that stop you from your constant and nauseating negativity about everything.
Posted by: Bjork 7th February 2019, 07:26 PM
but can the brits actually lose more credibility? really don't think they can get any lower
after Anne Marie being nominated for album of the year, they're a joke
Posted by: JosephAvery 7th February 2019, 07:27 PM
after Anne Marie being nominated for album of the year, they're a joke
Shocker: your opinion is not shared by everybody
Posted by: 777666jason 7th February 2019, 07:50 PM
As long as they have had a long impact on the uk charts i font think their nationality should matter, also as long as most of the awards are for brits then again it shouldnt matter that one isnt given to a brit,
If anything she is more deserving than a laura marling who has had a lot of brit award success but only minimal actual chart success,
Think madonna was skipped over in case she fell over again
Posted by: Spiceboy 7th February 2019, 10:32 PM
And maybe it is because she’s got an album coming out but who cares? She still deserves it, it’s not like she hasn’t had the career to back it up. This is long awaited recognition of her talent.
But don’t let any of that stop you from your constant and nauseating negativity about everything.
While I don't think the award has to be exclusive to British acts (although I've always liked the fact it honoured Brits only in that award), P!nk being chosen over the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Cher etc to be the first non-Brit to win one is quite frankly ridiculous. Not saying she doesn't deserve one but the former are far more deserving with their longer (and bigger) success on the British charts...
Posted by: T Boy 7th February 2019, 10:48 PM
What’s pretty ridiculous is how people seem intent on downplaying Pink’s achievements. Whether those other artists deserve it or not, she does. It’s not her fault the Brits haven’t chosen to recognise the others.
And can people stop making out like she’s the first international artist to win this award? If any of you had bothered to do your research, you’d know that U2 won it 18 years ago and they’re not British.
This is an award Spice Girls won less than four years after they debuted. They won it before Paul mcCartney, Tom Jones, Sting, Petshop Boys and Oasis but most people deem that acceptable. Pink has been going for 19 years and has been possibly the most consistent artist of the past 2 decades with only Coldplay and Eminem really at that same level of consistency. Let her have her moment, she doesn’t get many.
Posted by: sammy01 7th February 2019, 11:00 PM
And maybe it is because she’s got an album coming out but who cares? She still deserves it, it’s not like she hasn’t had the career to back it up. This is long awaited recognition of her talent.
But don’t let any of that stop you from your constant and nauseating negativity about everything.
I actually bigged up and defended Pink on the previous page, feel free to have a read.
I stand by my views, just because she deserves it doesn't mean she should win it. She wouldn't be winning a Juno award she shouldn't be winning this.
As for your comment about negativity I've noticed that is just this forums way of saying 'You Hater!!!!111'.
Posted by: Spiceboy 7th February 2019, 11:26 PM
And can people stop making out like she’s the first international artist to win this award? If any of you had bothered to do your research, you’d know that U2 won it 18 years ago and they’re not British.
This is an award Spice Girls won less than four years after they debuted. They won it before Paul mcCartney, Tom Jones, Sting, Petshop Boys and Oasis but most people deem that acceptable. Pink has been going for 19 years and has been possibly the most consistent artist of the past 2 decades with only Coldplay and Eminem really at that same level of consistency. Let her have her moment, she doesn’t get many.
U2 are Irish yes but not all members were born in Ireland. Dick Evans and Adam Clayton were both born in England so your point there is actually wrong as there are English members of the band.
Nobody is downplaying Pink's achievements at all you are just being overly defensive over the fact people think she shouldn't be getting this award either because it should be for British acts only as it has always been, (hence the name of the awards ceremony), or because her being the first international act over the likes of Madonna, Cher, Michael Jackson, Kylie etc who have achieved far more than her is quite frankly ridiculous.
The Spice Girls achieved more in their 4 years as a group than Pink has in her whole career tbh, again that's no disrespect to Pink who has an incredible career (far longer than the girls) but they were a phenomenon that she has never been, that's why they were recognised (after Paul turned it down btw it was offered to him before them) - then there's the fact that they were British and it's a show celebrating their own home grown talent.
Posted by: 777666jason 8th February 2019, 11:00 AM
Nobody is downplaying Pink's achievements at all you are just being overly defensive over the fact people think she shouldn't be getting this award either because it should be for British acts only as it has always been, (hence the name of the awards ceremony), or because her being the first international act over the likes of Madonna, Cher, Michael Jackson, Kylie etc who have achieved far more than her is quite frankly ridiculous.
The Spice Girls achieved more in their 4 years as a group than Pink has in her whole career tbh, again that's no disrespect to Pink who has an incredible career (far longer than the girls) but they were a phenomenon that she has never been, that's why they were recognised (after Paul turned it down btw it was offered to him before them) - then there's the fact that they were British and it's a show celebrating their own home grown talent.
Oh please thats ridiculous pink has had 7 platinum albums (8 if you include GHSF) spice girls have only had 3, they clearly got out whilst they were still on top, they were probably scared of failing, if they carried on the probably would have had a couple more years on top at best, they probably would be dreaming of pinks longetivity,
They done more in 4 years sure fine ed, and adele have done more than that should just give it to one of them.
Just because a member of the band isnt from the country the rest of the members are doesnt make them not a irish band
Posted by: heysexy 8th February 2019, 11:45 AM
Didn’t she have a similar situation at the MTV VMA’s
She won an icon award but coincidentally it was around her album release for Beuatiful Trauma. All these awards shows are propaganda
Posted by: Supercell 8th February 2019, 01:47 PM
Nice to see Like A Pill in her top 10 biggest sellers. My favourite of hers by a mile.
As for the BRIT award argument. Yeah I can see why maybe perhaps Madonna should have been given the award, but Pink is deserving on the award as much as she is imho. She's been very inspirational to many for her music, her voice and is a brilliant role model. Michael Jackson won an Artist of a Generation award which basically sounds like the same thing.
I don't think it should be just a British thing either, like the BRITs doesn't really celebrate any international success and I think if it opened up its categories more it would probably be more respected internationally. There should be at least international single and album.
Posted by: zeus555 8th February 2019, 04:44 PM
The 'Official' reason why Pink has been given the Award is because The BRITS have opened the 'Outstanding Contribution' Award to International Acts.
However, I think that the fact that she has a New Album due, ('Hurts 2B Human'), and Single, ('Walk Me Home'), is why she has been chosen to be
the 1st 'International' Female to get it.
The BRITS wanted someone big, who would turn up to perform and that is why Pink has been given the Award. Madonna's New material is
not ready, and Kylie's New material was last Year.
ABBA have spent longer at No.1 in the UK than any Act since The Beatles split, (Post-1970), and they have never even had a BRIT Award.
They were nominated for Best International Album at the very 1st Awards in 1977. They were called The Britannia Awards then. As they
were the 1st, they were given for all of UK Chart History. ABBA's 'Arrival' lost to 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel in the
Best International Album category. The other 2 Nominees were 'Tapestry' by Carole King and 'Songs In The Key Of Life' by Stevie Wonder.
That is the 1st - and last - time that ABBA ever got a BRITS Nomination.
Other Acts were given the 'Outstanding Contribution' Award more than once. The Beatles got it in both 1977 and 1983. Robbie Williams, David Bowie
and Elton John have been given 'Special' BRITS Awards more than once, to celebrate their Careers. As a contrast, I don't think that Take That have had
the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award even once. (Sometimes the Award has been called the 'Lifetime Achievement' Award and it has been called
the 'Icon' Award, at other times).
Although 2 of U2 were born in the UK, they are regarded as an Irish Group. So, they were the 1st, (and last), Non-UK Group to get the Outstanding
Contribution To Music Award, in 2001.
Bob Geldof got the Award in 2005, and he too is Irish. Let's face it, he didn't get the Award for his 2 UK No.1's with the Boomtown Rats. He got
it for his Charity work with Band Aid and Live Aid...
Now that the 'Outstanding Contribution To Music' Award has been given to Pink, we can expect to see it given to other 'International' Acts, in the
future. Such as Madonna, Kyle Minogue, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder etc., etc. (I can't see it being given to ABBA, as they will not
all turn up tp accept the Award. They certainly will not perform. So, ABBA are probably out of the question, for the Award...).
Posted by: T Boy 8th February 2019, 05:48 PM
I’m not saying there weren’t other artists that couldn’t have it but, call me defensive, but to say Pink getting it is ‘ridiculous’ is an absolute insult. The Brits ignoring international artists would be a bad idea, we’re already considered xenophobic snobs a lot of the time anyway.
The double standards in this thread are amazing. In one breath lamenting that Pink doesn’t get enough recognition and in the next, complaining that she doesn’t deserve the recognition she’s actually getting.
She deserves it and I don’t really care if other disagree.
Posted by: vibe 8th February 2019, 06:16 PM
You have to accept the award . They have wanted to give it to Madonna in the past . However she says she is not finished to accept an award like this .
Posted by: zeus555 8th February 2019, 10:20 PM
Like Radio One, The BRITS are a bit obsessed with the idea of an Act being 'Relevant'. Therefore, it would not surprise me if
Ariana Grande, was the next International Female to get the 'Lifetime Achievement' Award. As regards the next International
Male Artist to get it, we may see Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake get it. Perhaps Drake...
The BRITS 'Committee' may just go for Artists who are having Hits in the present day, rather than rewarding Artists who have
achieved a lot over several Decades, but are seen as 'Old' or 'Irrelevant' in this Decade...
Which would leave out Madonna, Kylie, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Diana Ross, ABBA, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan,
Stevie Wonder, and many other 'Old' International Acts...
Posted by: -SCOTT- 8th February 2019, 10:41 PM
I would hardly say Beyoncé is old and irrelevant. She would be more relevant than Pink
Posted by: zeus555 9th February 2019, 12:02 AM
SCOTT -- I was counting Beyonce's Career starting in 1997 with Destiny's Child. That's 22 Years ago. Which may
be long enough for Radio One etc. to see her as an 'Old' Act.
I personally do not agree with splitting Acts into 'Relevant' and 'Irrelevant'. I think that Music should be judged
on merit and not on how young or old the Artist singing it is. Unfortunately, we have Radio One etc., that only really
judges an Act on how 'relevant' it is. I regard such a judgement as a joke. I recall Nick Grimshaw, declaring that
Robbie Williams was 'irrelevant', in 2012. Based purely on his Career starting in the early 1990's. Nick said that
Robbie was 'Too old' for Radio One. Really, DJ's with such a biased mentality should not be on the Radio...
Posted by: danG 9th February 2019, 09:26 AM
Beyoncé may be old but she still gets big R1 support and I'd be surprised if that stopped for her next era. Her music is still relevant to a young audience despite her age (this is also why Eminem and Jay Z still get support from R1)
Posted by: liamk97 27th February 2019, 08:59 PM
Pink's Top 5 most popular non-singles revealed
27 February 2019 | By Jack White
Pink has been a regular feature on the Official Singles Chart for nearly 20 years; and it looks set to continue this week as her latest single Walk Me Home is on track to become her 20th UK Top 10.
With seven successful albums under her belt and her eighth, Hurts 2B Human, on the way this spring, Pink must have a fair few belters in her back catalogue that didn't get a full blown release, right? Based on sales and streams, we've looked into her most popular non-singles.
Topping the list is Eminem collaboration Revenge, taken from 2017's Beautiful Trauma. Despite not being an official single, the song cracked Top 40, landing at 33 the same week as the album's release. To date, it's notched up 14 million plays.
Revenge is Pink and Eminem's fourth collaboration; and despite teaming together on a number of occasions, none one of their duets have been released as a single.
Sticking with Eminem, Pink's second most popular non-single is Won't Back Down, a song she featured on on the rapper's Recovery album in 2010. Although not a proper single, the track was used to promote the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and also featured in adverts for films Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Hitman: Agent 47. Won't Back Down has been downloaded 59,000 times in the UK and picked up 6.84 million streams.
Another popular non-single is Bad Influence, from Pink's 2008 album Funhouse. While not a single in the UK, the song was given a standalone release in Australia (albeit without a music video) where it peaked at Number 6. In Europe, Bad Influence was used in a Volkswagen Polo advert.
Slim Shady is back again, this time for Need Me, the pair's latest collaboration from Eminem's 2017 album Revival. A not-too-shabby 5.71 million audio streams have been chalked up in the UK to make this Pink's fourth biggest non-single. Rounding out the Top 5 is Beautiful Trauma highlight Where We Go, which has 5.78 million streams under its belt.
Pink's Top 5 most popular non-singles
TITLE ARTIST YEAR
1 REVENGE PINK FT EMINEM 2017
2 WON'T BACK DOWN EMINEM FT. PINK 2010
3 BAD INFLUENCE PINK 2008
4 NEED ME EMINEM FT. PINK 2017
5 WHERE WE GO PINK 2017
©2019 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
Posted by: heysexy 27th February 2019, 11:04 PM
27 February 2019 | By Jack White
Pink has been a regular feature on the Official Singles Chart for nearly 20 years; and it looks set to continue this week as her latest single Walk Me Home is on track to become her 20th UK Top 10.
With seven successful albums under her belt and her eighth, Hurts 2B Human, on the way this spring, Pink must have a fair few belters in her back catalogue that didn't get a full blown release, right? Based on sales and streams, we've looked into her most popular non-singles.
Topping the list is Eminem collaboration Revenge, taken from 2017's Beautiful Trauma. Despite not being an official single, the song cracked Top 40, landing at 33 the same week as the album's release. To date, it's notched up 14 million plays.
Revenge is Pink and Eminem's fourth collaboration; and despite teaming together on a number of occasions, none one of their duets have been released as a single.
Sticking with Eminem, Pink's second most popular non-single is Won't Back Down, a song she featured on on the rapper's Recovery album in 2010. Although not a proper single, the track was used to promote the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and also featured in adverts for films Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Hitman: Agent 47. Won't Back Down has been downloaded 59,000 times in the UK and picked up 6.84 million streams.
Another popular non-single is Bad Influence, from Pink's 2008 album Funhouse. While not a single in the UK, the song was given a standalone release in Australia (albeit without a music video) where it peaked at Number 6. In Europe, Bad Influence was used in a Volkswagen Polo advert.
Slim Shady is back again, this time for Need Me, the pair's latest collaboration from Eminem's 2017 album Revival. A not-too-shabby 5.71 million audio streams have been chalked up in the UK to make this Pink's fourth biggest non-single. Rounding out the Top 5 is Beautiful Trauma highlight Where We Go, which has 5.78 million streams under its belt.
Pink's Top 5 most popular non-singles
TITLE ARTIST YEAR
1 REVENGE PINK FT EMINEM 2017
2 WON'T BACK DOWN EMINEM FT. PINK 2010
3 BAD INFLUENCE PINK 2008
4 NEED ME EMINEM FT. PINK 2017
5 WHERE WE GO PINK 2017
©2019 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
Where We Go should of been a single. Would of been an awesome duet too and could of really reignited the Beautiful Trauma era!!
Revenge should of been a single for sure. It’s a shame it was scrapped. Although it was not my favourite
Posted by: liamk97 28th February 2019, 04:41 AM
I love Where We Go! Surprised it is in her Top 5 best selling album tracks though, it's not the first album track on Beautiful Trauma so it doesn't have the advantage of just being streamed first and gaining sales that way.
Not surprised the Eminem tracks appear or Bad Influence - the latter should definitely have been a single but then I wouldn't have wanted to sacrifice any of the other Funhouse singles either!
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 28th February 2019, 09:21 AM
I still wish 'Bad Influence' had been a single over 'Funhouse'.
'Where We Go' is a random choice there....
Posted by: Bjork 28th February 2019, 09:26 AM
Revenge was even on HH, so no surprises
Barbies is my fav album track from Pink
Posted by: M4NG0 28th February 2019, 09:56 AM
Revenge should of been a single for sure. It’s a shame it was scrapped. Although it was not my favourite
It makes me really sad when I see people write "should of", "could of" and "would of"
But that aside, I agree that Revenge should have been a single for sure, such a crazy decision to scrap it.
Posted by: Bjork 28th February 2019, 09:59 AM
Really? Revenge is terrible, glad it was never a single
they totally messed up the Eminem/Pink duets imho, Revenge fitted better in Eminem's album, while Needed Me would have fitted perfectly in Pink's BT
Needed Me is also 90% Pink, 10% Eminem + a much much better song than Revenge
Posted by: T Boy 28th February 2019, 10:00 AM
The list isn’t a great representation of her album tracks but I guess this has a lot to do with her first 4 albums being released before album tracks were allowed into to chart.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 28th February 2019, 10:02 AM
I feel like 'Cuz I Can', 'How Come You're Not Here' and 'Walk of Shame' were all totally robbed of being singles.
Also 'Secrets' from the last album should've been released earlier in the campaign.
Posted by: Rob 28th February 2019, 10:36 AM
Revenge is one of the worst songs either artist has ever put their name to.
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