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| Mylo Griffo |
  29th October 2011, 12:23 PM
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Inspired by vidcapper's "Luckiest #1's?" thread & gezza76's "Furthest Races to Number one" thread...
Are there are any #2's that managed to have very high sales, or any big releases? Wham! - Last Christmas Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (perhaps the unluckiest of all!) Any others? 
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29th October 2011, 12:25 PM
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Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there!
Anyone know what beat it out of interest? Also La Roux - In For The Kill, it was stuck at for yonks but ended up 6th(?) in the end of year charts. And obviously Moves Like Jagger 
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29th October 2011, 12:30 PM
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Madonna - Crazy For You: stalled at #2, then when re-released stalled at #2 again.
Also most of the songs mentioned in gezza76's latest thread.  QUOTE(Liаm @ Oct 29 2011, 01:25 PM)  Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there! That'd be Last Christmas. Torn only passed the million on download trickle sales so I'd think it's one of the lowest selling million-selling non-#1s (if that makes sense  )Million-selling non-#1s: Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore Natalie Imbruglia - Torn New Order - Blue Monday Oasis - Wonderwall Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters Robbie Williams - Angels Wham! - Last Christmas And I think there's one other. This post has been edited by Bré: 29th October 2011, 12:34 PM |
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| Mylo Griffo |
29th October 2011, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(Liаm @ Oct 29 2011, 01:25 PM) Natalie Imbruglia - Torn. I don't know what beat it to number 1 but it's sold over a million, I think it's the biggest selling song ever not to reach number 1 or something, it's certainly up there! Anyone know what beat it out of interest? Also La Roux - In For The Kill, it was stuck at for yonks but ended up 6th(?) in the end of year charts. And obviously Moves Like Jagger Last Christmas is the biggest selling song never to reach number 1 - it sold 1,601,000 while Torn only sold 1,075,000! Oh, and Aqua - Barbie Girl beat it.
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| Mylo Griffo |
29th October 2011, 12:37 PM
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QUOTE(Bré @ Oct 29 2011, 01:30 PM) Million-selling non-#1s: Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore Natalie Imbruglia - Torn New Order - Blue Monday Oasis - Wonderwall Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters Robbie Williams - Angels Wham! - Last Christmas And I think there's one other. That would be Bing Crosby - White Christmas
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29th October 2011, 03:31 PM
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All4One - "I Swear":
seven weeks at #2, lost out to "Love is all around" by Wet, Wet, Wet. This post has been edited by Joinwithus: 29th October 2011, 03:32 PM |
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29th October 2011, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE(Mylo Griffo @ Oct 29 2011, 01:37 PM) That would be Bing Crosby - White Christmas No it wouldn't. The vast majority of its sales were before the charts started so it is not counted as a UK million seller. |
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29th October 2011, 03:36 PM
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Not 'unluckiest', but I found 'Bounce' and 'Feel So Close' to be unlucky to settle for #2. 'Bounce' was set for #1 in the midweeks, but had it snatched away at the last minute. 'Feel So Close' however still sounds like a #1 to me, but was beaten by Olly Murs & Rizzle Kicks. 'Feel So Close' has done significantly better than 'Heart Skips a Beat' I'd say, so perhaps deeming it 'unlucky' is the wrong thing to do - I just find Harris unlucky in always missing out on a string of number-one singles; which he deserves.
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29th October 2011, 03:48 PM
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Kate Nash 'Foundations'
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29th October 2011, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE(Jester @ Oct 29 2011, 04:35 PM) No it wouldn't. The vast majority of its sales were before the charts started so it is not counted as a UK million seller. Didn't it become a million seller after the charts started though? That's what I thought...
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29th October 2011, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE(Cremey @ Oct 29 2011, 04:48 PM) Kate Nash 'Foundations' Didn't it miss out on the number 1 spot by something stupid like 16 sales one week? Yes, it did.  It also missed out by about 130 sales one week as well!
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29th October 2011, 04:35 PM
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Destiny's Child 'Lose My Breath' <--- stalled at #2 for 4 weeks behind three different #1 singles
DJ Jurgen pts. Alice Deejay 'Better Off Alone' <--- stalled at #2 for 3 weeks behind three different #1 singles |
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29th October 2011, 05:10 PM
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Surprised nobody has mentioned "Vienna" and "Shaddup you face" in the same breath yet...............well apart from me obviously.
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29th October 2011, 05:16 PM
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rule the world and moves like jagger
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29th October 2011, 05:20 PM
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29th October 2011, 05:38 PM
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About 'Feel So Close' and 'Heart Skips A Beat', the latter has sold much more than the former even though the chart runs for both would suggest otherwise so I wouldn't say FSC has done 'significantly better'.
'Frisky' was #1 in the midweeks before it got overtaken by that midweek charity release as well. Also 'Your Song' was #1 on iTunes various times over the course of three weeks but kept being overtaken by the X Factor Finalists, Nicole Scherzinger and The Black Eyed Peas. |
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29th October 2011, 06:22 PM
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Calvin has only been ahead of Olly for one week. He' nowhere near having done 'significantly better'
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29th October 2011, 07:12 PM
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Sugababes - Get Sexy
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29th October 2011, 07:20 PM
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Mariah Carey: unlucky #2's
All I want for Christmas is you (750,000) We Belong Together (260,000) |
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29th October 2011, 07:44 PM
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Ellie Goulding- Your Song, was number 3 in midweeks, but built up a huge lead on itunes again and then got to number 2, ahead of poison, loosing to X factor who had dropped to number 10 on itunes!
Oh and off topic, but Liam, I love your signature. This post has been edited by jkac: 29th October 2011, 07:44 PM |
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