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ben08 View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 01:52 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 657 Member No.: 5,152 Joined: 31-December 07 No Gallery Pics	Ah, Valentine's Day – bunches of flowers, boxes of chocolates, a glass of champagne and a romantic dinner, but let's not forget the music to set the mood, right? The Brits are a soppy lot, and many of our best-selling singles of all time are love songs. To celebrate Valentine's Day, we count down the UK's favourite love ballads – the Official Top 20 best sellers, based on download and physical sales. RANK - TRACK - ARTIST - YEAR - SALES 1 - LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET - 1994 - 1.91m 2 - UNCHAINED MELODY/THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER - ROBSON GREEN & JEROME FLYNN - 1995 - 1.89m 3 - (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - BRYAN ADAMS - 1991 - 1.87m 4 - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN - WILL YOUNG - 2002 - 1.80m 5 - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON - 1992 - 1.66m 6 - MY HEART WILL GO ON - CELINE DION - 1998 - 1.60m 7 - THE POWER OF LOVE - JENNIFER RUSH - 1985 - 1.47m 8 - THINK TWICE - CELINE DION - 1994 - 1.39m 9 - JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) - BRUNO MARS - 2010 - 10 - UNCHAINED MELODY - GARETH GATES - 2002 - 1.35m 11 - ALL OF ME - JOHN LEGEND - 2014 - 1.31m 12 - THINKING OUT LOUD - ED SHEERAN - 2014 - 13 - ANGELS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 1997 - 14 - I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - AEROSMITH - 1998 - 15 - CHASING CARS - SNOW PATROL - 2006 - 16 - DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL - 1976 - 17 - NO MATTER WHAT - BOYZONE - 1998 - 18 - 2 BECOME 1 - SPICE GIRLS - 1996 - 1.15m 19 - BACK FOR GOOD - TAKE THAT - 1995 - 20 - BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS - 2007 - 21 - THAT’S MY GOAL - SHAYNE WARD - 2005 - 22 - UNCHAINED MELODY - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - 1965 - 23 - RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT - 2007 - 24 - HERO - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - 2002 - 25 - JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI - 2011 - 26 - WHOLE AGAIN - ATOMIC KITTEN - 2001 -


chartjack2 View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 01:55 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Climber Group: Members Posts: 120 Member No.: 21,383 Joined: 19-November 14 No Gallery Pics	I guess Something About the Way You Look Tonight isn’t counted 😂


Gambo View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 03:32 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Climber Group: Members Posts: 148 Member No.: 21,106 Joined: 29-July 14 No Gallery Pics	This Top 20 appears to be a Top 26! I assume it's been extrapolated based on what we know to have been at least million-selling singles in its literal sense up to a year ago when the OCC last published a consolidated list? But even by then Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love' had registered 1.021m and counting - is that not a clear-cut love song? If we agree it is, then shouldn't this list be extended further beyond 'Whole Again', if it's meant to rank seven-figure paid-for sales in this genre? This post has been edited by Gambo: Feb 12 2021, 03:32 PM


vibe View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 03:43 PM Post #4
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 6,224 Member No.: 11,763 Joined: 31-August 10 No Gallery Pics	what tracks have performed the best from downloads ?


ben08 View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 04:59 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 657 Member No.: 5,152 Joined: 31-December 07 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(Gambo @ Feb 12 2021, 03:32 PM) This Top 20 appears to be a Top 26! Yes it was a Top 20 - as listed here. But the OCC added, "And just outside our Top 20, we have a few more million-selling ballads worthy of a mention: Shayne Ward's That's My Goal lands at 21, while Unchained Melody makes yet another appearance, this time from original hitmakers the Righteous Brothers – thanks to its inclusion on '90s movie Ghost (22). Take That make another showing at 23 with Rule The World, from the film Stardust. Also bubbling under are Enrique Iglesias's Hero (24), Christina Perri's Jar of Hearts (25) and Atomic Kitten's Whole Again (26). Play those to us and, yes, we will marry you." So I thought I would include these 6 tracks as well.


garyfeld View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 07:28 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Climber Group: Members Posts: 171 Member No.: 10,773 Joined: 12-March 10 No Gallery Pics	anyone got an up to date pure sales top 20/50/100 ???..from figures given from all the official sources?


Sour Candy View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 07:34 PM Post #7
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Artist Mod Posts: 15,508 Member No.: 10,275 Joined: 22-December 09 No Gallery Pics	Shallow?


jimwatts View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 07:35 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 1,913 Member No.: 38,591 Joined: 28-August 17 No Gallery Pics	Jar Of Hearts is an interesting choice for this collection. Any chance they could include streams next time they update this list, what's the worst that could happen...


Love Leona View Member Profile	Feb 12 2021, 11:25 PM Post #9
New Entry Group: Members Posts: 37 Member No.: 73,241 Joined: 23-June 18 No Gallery Pics	Anyone has the total sales of Bleeding Love？


Campbell View Member Profile	Feb 13 2021, 01:24 PM Post #10
BuzzJack Regular Group: Members Posts: 201 Member No.: 10,260 Joined: 20-December 09 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(Sour Candy @ Feb 12 2021, 07:34 PM) Shallow? It's only based on pure sales and downloads, so I imagine 'Shallow' falls short for this list.