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The Best Selling Boyband in Britain at year end with both singles/albums sales combined since 1988 are:

I've placed a #1 to show largest yearly total by group and how it changed hands over years and where it currently sits.
In bold is highlighted the huge impressive achievement of over 3 million records sold in the year.

1988: Bros - 2,003,000 no1.jpg
1989: Bros - 637,000
1990: New Kids on the Block - 2,100,000 no1.jpg
1991: Color Me Badd - 556,600
1992: Take That - 983,500
1993: Take That - 2,137,000 no1.jpg
1994: East 17 - 1,933,400
1995: Take That - 2,020,000
1996: Boyzone - 2,070,000
1997: Backstreet Boys - 1,670,000
1998: Boyzone - 3,100,000 no1.jpg
1999: Boyzone - 3,186,860 no1.jpg
2000: Westlife - 3,084,643
2001: Westlife - 2,360,000
2002: Blue - 2,200,000
2003: Busted - 2,069,000
2004: Busted - 1,190,000
2005: Westlife - 1,630,000
2006: Take That - 1,850,000
2007: Take That - 2,416,521
2008: Take That - 2,711,766
2009: Take That - 2,238,970
2010: Take That - 3,015,311
2011: JLS - 1,387,700
2012: One Direction - 1,975,400
2013: One Direction - 2,651,750
2014: One Direction - 1,048,500
2015: One Direction - 1,132,500
2016: One Direction - 701,500
2017: CNCO - 779,500
2018: 5 Seconds Of Summer - 689,000
2019: Jonas Brothers - 760,000
2020: BTS - 420,000

Biggest Boyband in Britain by years:

1.Take That: 8 years
2.One Direction: 5 years
3=Boyzone/Westlife: 3 years

Bros/Busted: 2 years
Backstreet Boys/Blue/BTS/CNCO/Color Me Badd/East 17/JLS/Jonas Brothers/New Kids On The Block/5 Seconds Of Summer: 1 year

It's interesting to see the balance between some mainstay boyband leaders over years and also the newcomers who throw a spanner in the works every few years!!

Longest continuous run as yearly biggest boyband: Take That & One Direction (5 years)

Top 10 biggest years:

1.Boyzone - 3,186,860 (1999)
2.Boyzone - 3,100,000 (1998)
3.Westlife - 3,084,643 (2000)
4.Take That - 3,015,311 (2010)
5.Take That - 2,711,766 (2008)
6.One Direction - 2,651,750 (2013)
7.Take That - 2,416,521 (2007)
8.Westlife - 2,360,000 (2001)
9.Take That - 2,238,970 (2009)
10.Blue - 2,200,000 (2002)

Peak boyband years in Britain since 1988: 1998 - 2002 and then again 2007 - 2010.

Peak Year For Boyband Year End Leaders:

Backstreet Boys: 1997
Blue: 2002
Boyzone: 1999
Bros: 1988
BTS: 2020
Busted: 2003
CNCO: 2017
Color Me Badd: 1991
East 17: 1994
JLS: 2010
Jonas Brothers: 2019
New Kids On The Block: 1990
One Direction: 2013
Take That: 2010
Westlife: 2000
5 Seconds Of Summer: 2018

Lowest 10 years:

1.BTS - 420,000 (2020)
2.Color Me Badd - 556,600 (1991)
3.Bros - 637,000 (1989)
4.5 Seconds Of Summer - 689,000 (2018)
5.One Direction - 701,500 (2016)
6.Jonas Brothers - 760,000 (2019)
7.CNCO - 779,500 (2017)
8.Take That - 983,500 (1992)
9.One Direction - 1,048,500 (2014)
10.One Direction - 1,132,500 (2015)

Lowest boyband years in Britain since 1988: 1991 - 1992 and then again 2014 - 2020.

By Decade (most years top yearly act):

80's: Bros: 2 years
90's: Boyzone/Take That: 3 years
00's: Take That: 4 years
10's: One Direction: 5 years

Years by nationality of top boyband (note One Direction count for both UK/Ireland & CNCO count for Cuba/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Puerto Rico)

UK: 18
Ireland: 11
USA: 4
Australia: 1
Cuba: 1
Dominican Republic: 1
Ecuador: 1
Mexico: 1
Puerto Rico: 1
South Korea: 1

To throw it in, here are the second biggest boyband acts per year (1988 onwards) some miles behind whilst others missed being top by a whisker!

1988: Brother Beyond - 631,000
1989: New Kids on the Block - 592,000
1990: Bros - 200,000
1991: New Kids on the Block - 220,000
1992: Boyz II Men - 537,300
1993: East 17 - 725,000
1994: Take That - 1,340,500
1995: Boyzone - 1,550,000
1996: Take That - 1,740,000
1997: Hanson - 1,220,000
1998: Five - 1,560,000
1999: Westlife - 2,202,814
2000: Backstreet Boys - 712,165
2001: Blue - 1,290,000
2002: Westlife - 1,790,000
2003: Westlife - 1,229,000
2004: McFly - 910,000
2005: McFly - 931,500
2006: Westlife - 1,420,000
2007: Westlife - 1,395,233
2008: Westlife - 441,004
2009: JLS - 1,873,500
2010: JLS - 1,903,958
2011: The Wanted - 1,342,000
2012: Lawson - 421,500
2013: The Vamps - 237,750
2014: 5 Seconds Of Summer - 604,000
2015: Take That - 360,000
2016: The Vamps - 200,000
2017: Take That - 217,250
2018: Take That - 231,290
2019: Westlife - 331,200
2020: Jonas Brothers - 400,000

Group most years as runner up:

1.Westlife: 7 years
2.Take That: 5 years
3=JLS/McFly/New Kids On The Block/The Vamps: 2 years

Backstreet Boys/Blue/Boyz II Men/Boyzone/Bros/Brother Beyond/Five/Hanson/Jonas Brothers/Lawson/The Wanted/5 Seconds Of Summer: 1 year

Longest continuous run as yearly runner up boyband: Westlife (3 years)

By Decade (most years runner up yearly act):

80's: Brother Beyond/New Kids on The Block: 1 year
90's: Take That: 2 years
00's: Westlife: 5 years
10's: Take That: 3 years
20's: Jonas Brothers: 1 year

* For TT solo Fans Gary, Mark and Robbie's top solo combined sales year are below:

2013: Gary Barlow: 749,750
1996: Mark Owen: 306,165
1998: Robbie Williams: 3,633,000


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Color Me Badd needn't worry though as it's looking like this year will be the lowest highest selling boyband act since 1991. In the UK charts last year One Direction reached that tally with a farewell single and few album sales of their last album.
5 Seconds of Summer have never really taken off outside of their debut year (2014) and unless there is a sudden boom of acts waiting in the wings and preparing to launch I don't see anyone taking One Direction's spot.


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Just as a side note to the above post I've also done a UK #1's tally (albums/singles) by decade below: I've only posted top three for each decade.

90's

Take That: 11
Boyzone: 10
Westlife: 4

00's

Westlife: 17
McFly: 9
Blue: 6

10's

One Direction: 9
JLS: 4
Take That: 4


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What stands out is Take That have two successful era's - during the 90s and 00s when they sold consistently well. None of the other groups have managed to achieve that and are unlikely to ever do so.
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Using the data it would seem that this is Take That's sales per year (lower catalogue sales outside active years 97-04 unknown plus 2013 and 2016):

1991: 50,000 (estimate as only Do What U Like #82 and Promises #38 were released this year and based upon 1991 sales patterns)
1992: 983,500
1993: 2,137,000
1994: 1,340,500
1995: 2,020,000
1996: 1,740,000
2005: 754,862
2006: 1,850,000
2007: 2,416,521
2008: 2,711,766
2009: 2,238,970
2010: 3,015,311
2011: 1,146,700
2012: 65,000
2014: 579,000
2015: 360,000
2017: 217,250
2018: 231,290
2019: 210,000
2020: 60,000

Total records sold in Britain = 24,058,424

Top 10 Take That Years:

1.2010: 3,015,311
2.2008: 2,711,766
3.2007: 2,416,521
4.2009: 2,238,970
5.1993: 2,137,000
6.1995: 2,020,000
7.2006: 1,850,000
8.1996: 1,740,200
9.1994: 1,340,500
10.2011: 1,146,700


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The comeback era really has helped them to stand out greatly from all the others.
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Just for any one who may be interested here are the top yearly girlband all sales act since 1988:

I've placed a #1 to show largest yearly total by group and how it changed hands over years and where it currently sits.
In bold is highlighted the huge impressive achievement of over 3 million records sold in the year.

1988: Bananarama - 1,036,000 no1.jpg
1989: The Bangles - 892,000
1990: Wilson Philips - 200,000
1991: Wilson Philips - 200,000
1992: En Vogue - 300,000
1993: SWV - 288,000
1994: Eternal - 1,454,900 no1.jpg
1995: Eternal - 990,000
1996: Spice Girls - 4,740,000 no1.jpg
1997: Spice Girls - 4,610,000
1998: Spice Girls - 2,390,000
1999: TLC - 1,205,178
2000: All Saints - 1,456,265
2001: Destiny's Child - 1,700,000
2002: Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000
2003: Sugababes - 1,061,000
2004: Girls Aloud - 780,000
2005: Sugababes - 1,090,000
2006: Girls Aloud - 1,140,000
2007: Sugababes - 1,046,000
2008: Girls Aloud - 1,848,722
2009: Girls Aloud - 1,078,708
2010: The Saturdays - 790,660
2011: Little Mix - 390,600
2012: Little Mix - 817,000
2013: Little Mix - 823,500
2014: Little Mix - 300,000
2015: Little Mix - 1,067,500
2016: Little Mix - 1,800,000
2017: Little Mix - 3,881,250
2018: Little Mix - 900,000
2019: Little Mix - 600,000
2020: Little Mix - 1,000,000

Top 10 biggest years:

1. Spice Girls - 4,740,000 (1996)
2. Spice Girls - 4,610,000 (1997)
3. Little Mix - 3,881,250 (2017)
4. Spice Girls - 2,390,000 (1998)
5. Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 (2008)
6. Little Mix - 1,800,000 (2016)
7. Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 (2001)
8. Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 (2002)
9. All Saints - 1,456,265 (2000)
10. Eternal - 1,454,900 (1994)

Peak girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1996 - 1998, 2000 - 2002 and 2016 - 2017

Most continuous run as yearly biggest girlband: Little Mix (10 years)

Lowest 10 years:

1= Wilson Phillips - 200,000 (1990/1991)
3. SWV - 288,000 (1993)
4= En Vogue/Little Mix - 300,000 (1992/2014)
6. Little Mix - 390,600 (2011)
7. Little Mix - 600,000 (2019)
8. Girls Aloud - 780,000 (2004)
9. The Saturdays - 790,660 (2010)
10. Little Mix - 817,000 (2012)

Lowest girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1990 - 1993 and 2010 - 2012, 2014 and 2019.

By Decade (most years top yearly act):

80's: Bananarama/The Bangles: 1 year
90's: Spice Girls: 3 years
00's: Girls Aloud: 4 years
10's: Little Mix: 9 years
20's: Little Mix: 1 year.

Biggest girlband in Britain by years:

1.Little Mix: 10 years
2.Girls Aloud: 4 years
3=Spice Girls/Sugababes: 3 years

Eternal/Wilson Philips: 2 years
All Saints/Atomic Kitten/Bananarama/The Bangles/Destiny's Child/En Vogue/The Saturdays/SWV/TLC : 1 year


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Interesting post once again from you nirvanamusic.

Do you have the sales information on Gary and Marks solo work?
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Gary Barlow

1996: 300,000
1997: 590,000
1999: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns
2010: 185,300
2011: 43,700
2012: 514,200
2013: 749,750
2014: 357,000

Total records sold in Britain = 2,739,950

Mark Owen

1996: 306,165
1997: 180,000
2003: 80,000
2004: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns
2005: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns
2013: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns

Total records sold in Britain = 566,165
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Marks overall sales are very disappointing and he he has released some really good stuff.
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Had no idea boring manufactured cheesecoverband Westlife in 00 were as big as the much better Take That with their revival or that Boyzone were bigger back in t day!!$
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When Westlife where big they were big. Credit to Westlife for staying together so long as usually all the boybands break much sooner than they did. Id say its only a matter of time before they do a reunion tour at the least as none of them have had big solo success.

Take That, they would have had a lot of mileage had they not split but looking back it was good as it paved the pay for the almighty return.
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Westlife were definitely a force in their day and I've always said they were a good pop band 99-02 however all those covers and covers albums really were lazy throughout their career and not much variety from them for me.

The year Take That overtook Boyzone first and then Westlife to become the biggest boyband in Britain are below:

Take That - 13,292,383: 2007 (They were a fraction below Boyzone end of 2006 sales)
Boyzone - 11,819,377: 2007

Maybe this in part inspired the 2008 comeback of Boyzone?

Take That - 18,243,119: 2009 (They were a fraction below Westlife end of 2008 sales)
Westlife - 16,999,149: 2009

So counting from their 2005 return it took them 3 years to overtake Boyzone and 5 years to overtake Westlife and then put distance between them.

People are always surprised Boyzone were the highest selling boyband in Britain for the 90's and I think it's because they were initially primarily known as being very much in Take That's shadow for the first few years of their existence.
They rose alongside the international late 90's boyband boom of Backstreet Boys, Hanson and NSYNC in America and Boyzone and Westlife in Britain. People also forget that 'No Matter What' outsold 'Back For Good' and that Boyzone also had two albums sell higher than Take That's highest seller in 1998 and 1999.
Without sounding biased (!) I knew Boyzone and Westlife were huge in record sales however I don't think they had the same hysteria or acclaim that Take That did. The Spice Girls majorly burst new ground for pop sales from 1996 onwards and Boyzone and Westlife being the premier boybands benefitted from this although with far less sales. Boyzone year sales peak 3.1 million, Westlife 3 million however the Spice Girls rose to 4.7 million in 1996. Robbie's highest yearly solo records tally was 3.6 million in 1998.
I believe this is when the sales for pop acts rose in Britain as a result of the Spice Girls dominance and tally possibly. By the late 90's boybands were also a well oiled and marketed machine able to capitalise from first singe like Westlife and no mistakes like in Take Take and East 17's initial floundering beginnings.


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Extremely interesting! Thanks so much for this Nirvana - greatly appreciated
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QUOTE(nirvanamusic @ Sep 1 2017, 06:30 PM) *
Just for any one who may be interested here are the top yearly girlband all sales act since 1988:

1988: Bananarama - 1,036,000
1989: The Bangles - 892,000
1990: Wilson Philips - 200,000
1991: Wilson Philips - 200,000
1992: En Vogue - 300,000
1993: SWV - 288,000
1994: Eternal - 1,454,900
1995: Eternal - 990,000
1996: Spice Girls - 4,740,000
1997: Spice Girls - 4,610,000
1998: Spice Girls - 2,390,000
1999: TLC - 1,205,178
2000: All Saints - 1,456,265
2001: Destiny's Child - 1,700,000
2002: Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000
2003: Sugababes - 1,061,000
2004: Girls Aloud - 780,000
2005: Sugababes - 1,090,000
2006: Girls Aloud - 1,140,000
2007: Sugababes - 1,046,000
2008: Girls Aloud - 1,848,722
2009: Girls Aloud - 1,078,708
2010: The Saturdays - 790,660
2011: Little Mix - 390,600
2012: Little Mix - 817,000
2013: Little Mix - 823,500
2014: Little Mix - 300,000
2015: Little Mix - 1,067,500
2016: Little Mix - 1,800,000

Top 10 biggest years:

1. Spice Girls - 4,740,000 (1996)
2. Spice Girls - 4,610,000 (1997)
3. Spice Girls - 2,390,000 (1998)
4. Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 (2008)
5. Little Mix - 1,800,000 (2016)
6. Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 (2001)
7. Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 (2002)
8. All Saints - 1,456,265 (2000)
9. Eternal - 1,454,900 (1994)
10. TLC - 1,205,178 (1999)

Peak girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1996 - 2002



Spice Girls totally dominating, outshining both all the girl groups and all the boybands wub.gif

Do you have second place for Girl groups too interested to see whether the girls featured in the top 2 in 1999 based on previous album sales and Goodbye?

I wonder where they would place with their solo efforts in 1999/2000 as they did have some big singles and Geri/Melanie C both had multi-platinum albums dance.gif


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1999

First: TLC - 1,205,178
Runner Up: B*Witched - 979,723
Third: Spice Girls - 453,400

1999:

Geri Halliwell - 1,317,582
Melanie C - 766,734
Spice Girls - 453,400
Emma Bunton - 219,455

2000:

Melanie C - 1,362,840
Spice Girls - 474,190
Geri Halliwell - 424,090
Victoria Beckham - 395,141
Melanie B - 159,000


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Thank you!

I forgot all about B*Witched they were massive, didn't they have like 4 or 5 #1 singles?

How embarrassing that they only just managed to outdo their 1999 sales in 2000 despite having a new single and album out blink.gif It is interesting to see how they basically sold just short of another million records in 1999 and 2000 despite barely doing anything as a group. The interest was still there, the girls just didn't have the desire to keep working to build on it anymore. Such a shame.

Geri and Melanie really were massive for a short while as well weren't they.


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I think the problem with B*Witched was the material on the 2nd single just didnt connect with people and wasnt nearly as good as their debut album. While the 2nd album did ok they got dropped quiet harshly and werent really given the opportunity to do a third album anywhere. From that side of things they were hard done by but i think the girls themselves werent really seeing eye to eye which didnt help.
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Cest La Vie is the song i will always remember them for. While they had a few numbers 1's i honestly don't remember any other song from them.
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