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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ UK Top 40 biggest selling singles by Irish acts

Posted by: danG Mar 17 2017, 08:51 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-by-irish-acts-of-the-last-20-years__18498/

1 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 1998 1 1,150,000
2 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6
3 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2014 2
4 C'EST LA VIE B'WITCHED 1998 1 925,000
5 HALL OF FAME SCRIPT FT WILL I AM 2012 1
6 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 2001 1 797,000
7 THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED SCRIPT 2008 2
8 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEATING 1999 1
9 I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN WESTLIFE 1999 1
10 IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES RONAN KEATING 2002 1
11 YOU RAISE ME UP WESTLIFE 2005 1
12 ROLLERCOASTER B'WITCHED 1998 1 510,000
13 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS WESTLIFE 1999 1
14 BREAKEVEN SCRIPT 2008 21
15 RUN SNOW PATROL 2004 5
16 LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RONAN KEATING 2000 1
17 FOR THE FIRST TIME SCRIPT 2010 4
18 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME BOYZONE 1998 2
19 WHAT MAKES A MAN WESTLIFE 2000 2
20 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 1987 4 418,000 (since 1997)
21 BEAUTIFUL DAY U2 2000 1 408,000
22 SWEAR IT AGAIN WESTLIFE 1999 1
23 BREATHLESS CORRS 2000 1 365,000
24 YOU NEEDED ME BOYZONE 1999 1
25 QUEEN OF MY HEART WESTLIFE 2001 1
26 RUNAWAY CORRS 1999 2 351,000
27 WHAT ABOUT NOW WESTLIFE 2009 2
28 IF I LET YOU GO WESTLIFE 1999 1
29 SUPERHEROES SCRIPT 2014 3
30 MY LOVE WESTLIFE 2000 1
31 SWEETEST THING U2 1998 3
32 CANNONBALL DAMIEN RICE 2003 9
33 WHAT CAN I DO CORRS 1998 3 274,000
34 SING IT BACK MOLOKO 1999 4
35 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE SAMANTHA MUMBA 2001 3
36 GOTTA TELL YOU SAMANTHA MUMBA 2000 2
37 WORLD OF OUR OWN WESTLIFE 2002 1
38 BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN B'WITCHED 1999 1 254,000
39 VERTIGO U2 2004 1
40 DISCOTHEQUE U2 1997 1
(41 ZOMBIE THE CRANBERRIES 1994 14)

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 17 2017, 09:29 AM

'With or Without You' sold an estimated 280k in 1987, so its total is just over 700k (with streams, I think this could comfortably be passed 800k).

Posted by: howiet1971 Mar 17 2017, 09:32 AM

Ireland has a lot to answer for: Boyzone, Ronan, Bewitched and the chart abominations that were Westlife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! laugh.gif

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 17 2017, 09:50 AM

Unless I'm missing something, Boyzone's Platinum selling 'When the Going Gets Tough' should appear here.

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My attempt at filling in the sales:

1 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 1998 1 1,150,000
2 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6 1,100,000+
3 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2014 2 ~950,000
4 C'EST LA VIE B'WITCHED 1998 1 925,000
5 HALL OF FAME SCRIPT FT WILL I AM 2012 1 800,000+
6 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 2001 1 797,000
7 THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED SCRIPT 2008 2 700,000+
8 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEATING 1999 1 680,000
9 I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN WESTLIFE 1999 1 665,000
10 IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES RONAN KEATING 2002 1 600,000+
11 YOU RAISE ME UP WESTLIFE 2005 1 534,000
12 ROLLERCOASTER B'WITCHED 1998 1 510,000
13 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS WESTLIFE 1999 1 460,000
14 BREAKEVEN SCRIPT 2008 21 450,000
15 RUN SNOW PATROL 2004 5 450,000
16 LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RONAN KEATING 2000 1 440,000
17 FOR THE FIRST TIME SCRIPT 2010 4 430,000
18 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME BOYZONE 1998 2 420,000
19 WHAT MAKES A MAN WESTLIFE 2000 2 420,000
20 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 1987 4 418,000 (since 1997)
21 BEAUTIFUL DAY U2 2000 1 408,000
22 SWEAR IT AGAIN WESTLIFE 1999 1 380,000
23 BREATHLESS CORRS 2000 1 365,000
24 YOU NEEDED ME BOYZONE 1999 1 355,000
25 QUEEN OF MY HEART WESTLIFE 2001 1 355,000
26 RUNAWAY CORRS 1999 2 351,000
27 WHAT ABOUT NOW WESTLIFE 2009 2 330,000
28 IF I LET YOU GO WESTLIFE 1999 1 325,000
29 SUPERHEROES SCRIPT 2014 3 320,000
30 MY LOVE WESTLIFE 2000 1 315,000
31 SWEETEST THING U2 1998 3 285,000
32 CANNONBALL DAMIEN RICE 2003 9 280,000
33 WHAT CAN I DO CORRS 1998 3 274,000
34 SING IT BACK MOLOKO 1999 4 270,000
35 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE SAMANTHA MUMBA 2001 3 270,000
36 GOTTA TELL YOU SAMANTHA MUMBA 2000 2 260,000
37 WORLD OF OUR OWN WESTLIFE 2002 1 255,000
38 BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN B'WITCHED 1999 1 254,000
39 VERTIGO U2 2004 1 240,000
40 DISCOTHEQUE U2 1997 1 240,000

Posted by: howiet1971 Mar 17 2017, 12:23 PM

p.s Moloko were only half Irish - the other half are English, so shouldn't really count....

Posted by: Melobrama Mar 17 2017, 12:27 PM

Snow Patrol aren't Irish tho.

Posted by: danG Mar 17 2017, 12:28 PM

The OCC compiled this list, go harass them!!1 tongue.gif

Posted by: gooddelta Mar 17 2017, 12:35 PM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Mar 17 2017, 09:50 AM) *
Unless I'm missing something, Boyzone's Platinum selling 'When the Going Gets Tough' should appear here.


And Picture Of You/Baby Can I Hold You, seeing as a U2 song from 1997 is included.

Also, B*Witched's To You I Belong is missing, pretty sure that outsold Blame It On The Weatherman.


Posted by: Mack Mar 17 2017, 12:43 PM

'Fairytale of New York' not on here?


Posted by: danG Mar 17 2017, 12:45 PM

The Pogues surprisingly are actually English.

Posted by: popchartfreak Mar 17 2017, 12:46 PM

Take out U2 and that's a horrific list, bar a handful!

they should have included older sales, like errr Dana, The Bacholers, Val Doonican and so on... errr maybe not!

I suspect the great Irish acts wouldnt appear on a sales basis... sad.gif

Posted by: Вuzzjack Mar 17 2017, 01:57 PM

QUOTE(howiet1971 @ Mar 17 2017, 12:23 PM) *
p.s Moloko were only half Irish - the other half are English, so shouldn't really count....


The Time Is Now is a better Moloko song than Sing It Back for me, wish it would have made the list instead of the overrated Sing it Back, also it definitely sounds like Clean Bandit were influenced by The Time Is Now with its whole orchestral influenced dance sound so it was ahead of its time!

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