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ninjamoose101 View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 05:31 PM Post #1
New Entry Group: Members Posts: 18 Member No.: 17,779 Joined: 3-November 12 No Gallery Pics	Does anybody have any weekly sales for albums or singles top 5, 10 or 20 for the 50s and 60s? Would be interested to see what a number one or two would sell, also what they had to move to even break into the top tiers.


ben08 View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 08:05 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Member No.: 5,152 Joined: 31-December 07 No Gallery Pics	This information is not available. Apart from The Beatles sales would be rather low.


tommie View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 08:16 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Banned Posts: 7,064 Member No.: 8,073 Joined: 7-January 09 No Gallery Pics	I know RIAA used to award certifications based on revenue earnt rather than actual sales, not sure how it looked for the UK. Pre-1994 the actual tracking of sales seems to have been a mess.


steve201 View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 08:48 PM Post #4
Shakin Stevens Group: Members Posts: 44,456 Member No.: 5,138 Joined: 29-December 07 No Gallery Pics	I know Dasher had a thread which shows number one singles sales from 1980 onwards!


Sour Candy View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 09:00 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Group: Artist Mod Posts: 28,571 Member No.: 10,275 Joined: 22-December 09 No Gallery Pics	BPI started the certification in the 70s, but I think we have only total sales and certs, not weekly sales.


ninjamoose101 View Member Profile	Dec 27 2020, 10:27 PM Post #6
New Entry Group: Members Posts: 18 Member No.: 17,779 Joined: 3-November 12 No Gallery Pics	Thanks for the replies so far, it's a bit awkward with sales certifications as they only came into play in the 80s, If I remember correctly, and record companies have to pay to get audited which means why would a record label in 1990 get a single from 1953 validated? Just wondered as I'm quite interested in actual sales and the 60s seemed wild.


steve201 View Member Profile	Dec 28 2020, 01:22 AM Post #7
Shakin Stevens Group: Members Posts: 44,456 Member No.: 5,138 Joined: 29-December 07 No Gallery Pics	You could maybe track streams of the songs now but there won’t be a huge amount from songs this old with ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Rock Around The Clock’ being some of the few songs doing well!