Posted January 12, 201015 yr From Music Week: Singles: UK - Best-selling artists of 2009 - Singles This Year (Last Year) Artist / Units 01 (--) LADY GAGA 2,952,097 02 (--) BLACK EYED PEAS 2,232,024 03 (15) BEYONCE 1,819,291 04 (33) MICHAEL JACKSON 1,685,029 05 (--) TINCHY STRYDER 1,272,193 06 (06) KINGS OF LEON 1,270,106 07 (--) LA ROUX 1,178,955 08 (--) LILY ALLEN 1,166,363 09 (24) DIZZEE RASCAL 1,155,949 10 (--) DAVID GUETTA 1,076,469 11 (--) CHERYL COLE 1,009,333 12 (--) EMINEM 986,665 13 (--) SATURDAYS 967,417 14 (04) ALEXANDRA BURKE 949,080 15 (--) JAY-Z 906,356 16 (--) JLS 903,708 17 (23) FLO RIDA 849,072 18 (14) TAKE THAT 833,675 19 (--) CALVIN HARRIS 773,992 20 (09) BRITNEY SPEARS 752,407 Albums: UK - Best-selling artists of 2009 - Albums This Year (Last Year) Artist / Units 01 (21) MICHAEL JACKSON 2,797,666 02 (--) SUSAN BOYLE 1,632,732 03 (23) MICHAEL BUBLE 1,543,160 04 (03) KINGS OF LEON 1,536,316 05 (01) TAKE THAT 1,405,295 06 (--) LADY GAGA 1,388,847 07 (--) BLACK EYED PEAS 1,172,646 08 (--) PAOLO NUTINI 973,328 09 (--) JLS 969,792 10 (--) ROBBIE WILLIAMS 918,630 11 (--) LILY ALLEN 873,549 12 (--) BEYONCE 869,459 13 (15) SNOW PATROL 868,721 14 (6) LEONA LEWIS 841,756 15 (--) MUSE 739,205 16 (--) THE PRODIGY 711,852 17 (05) THE KILLERS 708,536 18 (--) THE BEATLES 704,450 19 (--) U2 694,028 20 (14) PINK 669,515
January 12, 201015 yr Author Yes they did hugely well considering how big 2008 was for them this added to the brilliant dvd sales made 2009 a great year for them, and with a new album coming this year im sure they have more huge sales to come.
January 13, 201015 yr Yes they did hugely well considering how big 2008 was for them this added to the brilliant dvd sales made 2009 a great year for them, and with a new album coming this year im sure they have more huge sales to come. Surprised they were so high in the singles given that they've only had one top ten hit this year (and that for only one week). I'm pretty sure most of that figure comes from RTW and GD. Good going on the album front. Norma
January 14, 201015 yr Author Well up all night and said it all combined would count for about 215,000-230,000 of those single sales, my prediction would be greatest day accoutned for about 150,000 and the rest for rule the world would have accounted for the rest. Like you Norma i never expected them to be so high on the singles list but they are obviously continuously selling in the lower numbers every week.
January 15, 201015 yr Am surprised and delighted by the single sales! Athough I liked all three singles that they released from The Circus I personally didn't think that they were as good as Patience, Shine and Rule The World. Am really looking forward to a new album at the end of this year hopefully. I can't wait to hear what they come up with!
January 15, 201015 yr Am surprised and delighted by the single sales! Athough I liked all three singles that they released from The Circus I personally didn't think that they were as good as Patience, Shine and Rule The World. I have to agree .... although The Circus Tour made sense of the whole album. And due to it ... Said It All was the stand-out song from The Circus era! Up All Night disappointed me quite a bit ... performed well ... but just didn't do it for me in the concert. Norma
January 17, 201015 yr Author Yes i agree again, said it all indeed came accroesss brilliantly on the tour and it made more sense fo the song, it always amazes me how a live performance can totally change a song.
