April 26, 201411 yr Author I'm surprised that 'Blurred Lines' was bigger in the UK than in the US tbh. When you take population into account about 2.35% of the UK bought it yet only 2.18% of the US bought the song. That's reasonably close though :lol:
April 26, 201411 yr I believe as a rule the American market buys less music per person than the UK does. Certainly that is the tale certifications tell, particularly once you get into the albums. And then there's the question of how many platinum albums are released in America each year compared to the UK? I really doubt the comparison is favourable to the Americans.
April 26, 201411 yr Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 3,988,000 Jason Derulo - In My Head - 3,174,000 Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo - 3,033,000 Never knew these were quite this big. Very impressive that his first three singles all surpassed three million. Edited April 26, 201411 yr by NoahspiKEBAB
April 26, 201411 yr I believe as a rule the American market buys less music per person than the UK does. Certainly that is the tale certifications tell, particularly once you get into the albums. And then there's the question of how many platinum albums are released in America each year compared to the UK? I really doubt the comparison is favourable to the Americans.Just over ten per year lately. 'Babel' and 'Midnight Memories' each sold 1,096,000 last year and were 11th and 12th respectively on the year-end list.
April 27, 201411 yr Author Since we've just had the countdown of the best-selling downloads in the UK, I matched that list with the first post of this thread (not quite as accurate but the best that we have) so we can see which songs are higher in the US or the UK. Songs that aren't on the UK list are crossed out. Red means it's lower in the UK and blue means it's higher (note that #4 is the same on both charts). 20 MAROON 5 FEAT CHRISTINA AGUILERA - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - 6,347,000 01/25/2014 (#3 UK) Any surprises?? :D I'm surprised by this one given that Radio 1 wouldn't play it.
April 27, 201411 yr It's not really a 'surprise' but it's odd that 'Rolling In The Deep' is right at the top in the USA but much lower in her home country. Although of course the reverse is true for 'Someone Like You' anyway (with that at almost the same position in the US as 'Rolling In The Deep' is in the UK).
April 27, 201411 yr 76 THE LUMINEERS - HO HEY - 4,438,737 (#61 UK) I'm most shocked at this one! For 'Ho Hey' to be higher in the UK, where it had considerably less airplay :o
April 27, 201411 yr 76 THE LUMINEERS - HO HEY - 4,438,737 (#61 UK) I'm most shocked at this one! For 'Ho Hey' to be higher in the UK, where it had considerably less airplay :o I guess the difference-maker is the UK loves their reality TV, and similarly loves exposing the same songs on reality TV. And I suppose this kind of song is a bit more "UK"? Certainly feel more of a typical British hit than American.
May 4, 201411 yr Author updates this week (billboard chart date 05/10/2014): Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6,724,000Katy Perry - Roar - 5,313,000Katy Perry feat Juicy J - Dark Horse - 4,804,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 4,702,000Sara Bareilles - Love Song - 3,717,000Jason Derulo feat 2Chainz - Talk Dirty - 3,207,000John Legend - All Of Me - 3,157,000updated figures in first post
May 4, 201411 yr I was reading an old issue of Billboard and came across what is perhaps the earliest version of this very list. Ten years ago... http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l219/Yoshi538/topdigitalsongs.jpg
May 4, 201411 yr Author I was reading an old issue of Billboard and came across what is perhaps the earliest version of this very list. Ten years ago... http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l219/Yoshi538/topdigitalsongs.jpg 10 months of sales. That's less than 30k a month for Outkast ... WOW :lol:
May 4, 201411 yr That is actually quite adorable :kink: Britney Spears once had the third best selling digital song of all time!
May 8, 201411 yr Author updates last week:- (billboard chart date - 05/17/2014):Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 8,517,000Imagine Dragons - Radioactive - 7,000,000+Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6,739,000Katy Perry feat Juicy J - Dark Horse - 4,887,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 4,876,000John Legend - All Of Me - 3,318,000Jason Derulo feat 2Chainz - Talk Dirty - 3,306,000DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross - All I Do Is Win - 3,000,000+updated figures in first post
May 22, 201411 yr Author updates last week:- (billboard chart date - 05/24/2014):Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell - Blurred Lines - 7,049,000Ke$ha - Tik Tok - 6,668,000Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything - 4,874,000Usher featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - 4,198,000Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull - I Like It - 4,081,000Ke$Ha - We R Who We R - 4,047,000Pitbull featuring Ke$ha - Timber - 4,001,000Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry - 4,000,000+updated figures in first post
May 22, 201411 yr Author updates last week:- (billboard chart date - 05/31/2014):Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6,770,000Katy Perry - Firework - 6,622,000Katy Perry - E.T. - 5,736,000Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls - 5,630,000Katy Perry - Hot N Cold - 5,511,000Katy Perry - Roar - 5,377,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 5,162,000Katy Perry featuring Juicy J - Dark Horse - 5,025,000John Legend - All Of Me - 3,619,000Jason Derulo featuring 2Chainz - Talk Dirty - 3,474,000updated figures in first post
June 4, 201411 yr Author updates last week:- (billboard chart date - 06/07/2014):Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 7,117,000Lady GaGa feat Colby O'Donis - Just Dance - 6,911,000Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6.789,000Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 5,503,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 5,296,000Phillip Phillips - Home - 5,099,000Katy Perry feat Juicy J - Dark Horse - 5,081,000Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 4,000,000+John Legend - All Of Me - 3,766,000Jason Derulo feat 2Chainz - Talk Dirty - 3,549,000updated figures in first post
June 7, 201411 yr Author updates this week (billboard chart date 06/14/2014):Flo Rida Feat T-Pain - Low - 7,000,000+Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6,805,000Eminem - Lose Yourself - 6,113,000Jay-Z + Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind - 5,513,000Katy Perry - Roar - 5,410,000+Pharrell Williams - Happy - 5,409,000Katy Perry Feat Juicy J - Dark Horse - 5,130,000Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say - 4,000,000+Alicia Keys - No One - 4,000,000+John Legend - All Of Me - 3,889,000Idina Menzel - Let It Go - 3,000,000+updated figures in first post
June 17, 201411 yr Author updates this week (billboard chart date 06/21/2014): Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger - 6,451,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 5,514,000Maroon 5 feat Wiz Khalifa - Payphone - 5,510,000Maroon 5 - One More Night - 4,635,000John Legend - All Of Me - 4,005,000Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts - 3,798,000Christina Perri - Thousand Years - 3,657,000Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved - 3,197,000Bastille - Pompeii - 3,000,000+ updated figures in first post
June 29, 201411 yr Author updates last week (billboard chart date 06/28/2014): Justin Timberlake feat T.I. - Sexyback - 4,494,000Lady GaGa Feat Beyonce - Telephone - 3,348,000updated figures in first post
June 29, 201411 yr Author updates this week (billboard chart date 07/05/2014): Florida Georgia Line - Cruise - 6,858,000Pharrell Williams - Happy - 5,676,000John Legend - All Of Me - 4,220,000Linkin Park - What I've Done - 3,588,000 updated figures in first post
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