January 6, 201213 yr Obviously single sales are higher now but it's still interesting to see. :) I agree with Jay - I really hope we can add a massive hit to this list for The Saturdays that tops Up, Higher and Ego at the top. Hopefully it'll be this year... (wishful thinking most probably...) :P Edited January 6, 201213 yr by Encore
January 18, 201411 yr I thought it would be interesting to update this list, and also add in Little Mix, since they've been challenging The Saturdays for biggest girl group tag. All the sales listed are the last known totals (rounded to the nearest thousand) in the respective artist forums. Girls Aloud | The Saturdays | Little Mix ##-PEAK-YEAR-SALES(K)-TITLE 01 | #01 | 2002 | 660,000k | Sound of the Underground 02 | #01 | 2008 | 537,000k | The Promise 03 | #01 | 2011 | 475,000k | Cannonball 04 | #01 | 2012 | 472,000k | Wings 05 | #01 | 2013 | 390,000k | What About Us (feat. Sean Paul) 06 | #05 | 2008 | 346,000k | Up 07 | #09 | 2010 | 341,000k | Ego 08 | #10 | 2010 | 326,000k | Higher (feat. Flo Rida) 09 | #03 | 2013 | 305,000k | Move 10 | #03 | 2007 | 290,000k | Call The Shots 11 | #02 | 2009 | 285,000k | Just Can't Get Enough 12 | #04 | 2009 | 260,000k | Issues 13 | #03 | 2012 | 250,000k | DNA 14 | #03 | 2006 | 245,000k | Something Kinda Ooooh 15 | #02 | 2003 | 230,000k | Jump 16 | #03 | 2010 | 215,000k | Missing You 16 | #03 | 2011 | 215,000k | All Fired Up 18 | #01 | 2004 | 210,000k | I'll Stand By You 19 | #02 | 2004 | 200,000k | Love Machine 19 | #09 | 2008 | 200,000k | Can't Speak French 21 | #02 | 2009 | 183,000k | Forever Is Over 22 | #08 | 2011 | 180,000k | Notorious 23 | #04 | 2005 | 165,000k | Biology 24 | #02 | 2012 | 153,000k | Something New 25 | #10 | 2009 | 145,000k | The Loving Kind 26 | #12 | 2013 | 137,000k | Change Your Life 27 | #02 | 2003 | 135,000k | No Good Advice 28 | #01 | 2007 | 130,000k | Walk This Way 29 | #05 | 2013 | 125,000k | Disco Love 30 | #16 | 2013 | 120,000k | How Ya Doin? (feat. Missy Elliot) 31 | #05 | 2007 | 115,000k | Sexy! No No No... 31 | #08 | 2008 | 115,000k | If This Is Love 33 | #11 | 2009 | 112,000k | Untouchable 34 | #22 | 2009 | 101,000k | Work 35 | #02 | 2004 | 099,000k | The Show 36 | #03 | 2003 | 090,000k | Life Got Cold 37 | #04 | 2006 | 086,000k | I Think We're Alone Now 38 | #07 | 2012 | 078,000k | 30 Days 39 | #04 | 2005 | 075,000k | Wake Me Up 40 | #14 | 2014 | 072,000k | Little Me 41 | #09 | 2005 | 070,000k | See The Day 42 | #07 | 2005 | 065,000k | Long Hot Summer 43 | #15 | 2011 | 055,000k | My Heart Takes Over 44 | #14 | 2013 | 054,000k | Gentleman 45 | #06 | 2006 | 052,000k | Whole Lotta History 46 | #97 | 2012 | 015,000k | Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me The Girls Aloud and some of The Saturdays figures should probably be slightly higher, but not by much, since they haven't been updated in a while.
January 18, 201411 yr 43 | #15 | 2011 | 055,000k | My Heart Takes Over 44 | #14 | 2013 | 054,000k | Gentleman 45 | #06 | 2006 | 052,000k | Whole Lotta History 46 | #97 | 2012 | 015,000k | Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me It's funny cause these 4 are nowhere near their worst songs for either of them. :(
January 18, 201411 yr I think it's worth noting that sales were a LOT lower back when Girls Aloud were around, so it's not entirely fair to compare them as the sales climates are different. Love how they still manage to take up the top 2 despite that though. :lol:
January 18, 201411 yr I think it's worth noting that sales were a LOT lower back when Girls Aloud were around, so it's not entirely fair to compare them as the sales climates are different. Love how they still manage to take up the top 2 despite that though. :lol: Yeah, Biology and Love Machine would have probably been Gold singles if they were released nowdays. Call The Shots too, but I know that was released when sales started to increase again. Also, between three big groups of the 21st century 11 years and 46 singles, It's pretty sad that they have only got one platinum single between them.
January 18, 201411 yr It's pretty incredible that The Saturdays have the most entries in the sales top 10 with 4. Girls Aloud and Little Mix both have 3 each!
January 18, 201411 yr 01 | #01 | 2014 | 900,000k | Not Giving Up ;) Edited January 18, 201411 yr by LoveKiller
January 19, 201411 yr If girls aloud is in this what about sugababes? We could probably go on for ages making a list of the best selling girl group singles. GA and LM are probably the best ones to compare to.
January 19, 201411 yr 01 | #01 | 2014 | 900,000k | Not Giving Up ;) What are you on? That's completely unrealistic, this is what will happen... 01 | #01 | 2014 | 1,650,000k | Not Giving Up :lol:
January 19, 201411 yr didn't realise some of these songs sold so much though :o You either need to remove the k after the numbers or divide each number by 1000.
January 19, 201411 yr Presuming I made no errors doing the calculation the average single sale for each of them is: 1, Little Mix - 261,571 2, The Saturdays - 204,313 3, Girls Aloud - 177,348 Although I'm pretty sure GA would win on the Album front, I don't have all the figures to hand right now though. [EDIT] 1, Girls Aloud - 449,805 2, Little Mix - 268,000 3, The Saturdays - 151,834 Edited January 19, 201411 yr by Electro Paradise
January 19, 201411 yr I find it hard to count BCYLM as a single for Girls Aloud. I know it was planned as a second single and got a video but there was no EP or physical (which GA always had, without fail) official announcement of a release date, or even a tweet from the girls saying 'Get our new single BCYLM now!' I thought it got scrapped.
January 19, 201411 yr I know its naughty, but just to put into perspective the incredibleness of Girl Power, if you include another girl group.. ARTIST TRACK UK SALES 1 Spice Girls Wannabe 1,340,000 2 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 1,100,000 3 Spice Girls Say You'll Be There 965,000 4 Spice Girls Goodbye 884,000 5 Spice Girls Spice Up Your Life 860,000 6 Spice Girls Who Do You Think You Are/Mama 685,000 7 Spice Girls Viva Forever 675,000 8 Spice Girls Too Much 667,940 9 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground 660,000 10 Girls Aloud The Promise 537,000 11 Little Mix Cannonball 475,000 12 Little Mix Wings 472,000 13 Saturdays What About Us 390,000 14 Saturdays Up 347,000 15 Saturdays Ego 341,000 16 Spice Girls Stop 334,369 17 Saturdays Higher 326,000 18 Little Mix Move 305,000 19 Girls Aloud Call The Shots 290,000 20 Saturdays Just Can't Get Enough 285,000 21 Saturdays Issues 260,000 22 Little Mix DNA 250,000 23 Spice Girls Holler 249,989 24 Girls Aloud Something Kinda Oooh 245,000 25 Girls Aloud Jump 235,000
January 19, 201411 yr I know sales were higher in the 90s, but Spice Girls' 2/3 years at their peak were a phenomenon in a way that I doubt any other girl band will probably ever be (8 platinum singles!). - Most of even the biggest bands of today would have trouble challenging their heights, even the likes of 1D or Coldplay. So I think LM/GA/TS are a much more realistic comparison. Edited January 19, 201411 yr by joepassmore
January 19, 201411 yr Spice Girls. :wub: I think comparing girl group singles sales isn't a very accurate indication of popularity (of the singles). Different times and different sales climates! :D The late 90s was one of the best times for high physical sales, and the Spice Girls' huge popularity took full advantage of that. Girls Aloud (and the Sugababes) were pretty unfortunate to be so popular in a period when physical singles were seriously declining, and the digital market was only slowly taking off. Things on that front didn't really start improving until 2008/9 - clear to see when 'The Loving Kind' is ahead of many of Girls Aloud's other singles. The Saturdays came onto the scene when things were on the up, so it's been relatively easier for them to achieve quite a few Silver certified singles. Little Mix came about when the digital market was really solidified, so it doesn't surprise me that they currently have the highest average. Little Mix have had three singles miss the Top 10 out of 7 releases, yet all three have outsold many Girls Aloud & Sugababes Top 3/Top 5/Top 10 singles. Arguably those GA/Babes singles were bigger hits in their day than 'How Ya Doin'?' and 'Little Me' though.
January 19, 201411 yr I know sales were higher in those days, but Spice Girls' 2/3 years at their peak were a phenomenon in a way that I doubt any other girl band will ever be. - Most bands in general would have trouble challenging them in those days, even the likes of 1D or Coldplay. I know right, and single sales actually were the highest ever in 2011 - 2012 so they are definatly comparable! 1D have WMYB - 900,000 OWOA - 469,000 Little Things - 467,000 But thats still nothing compared to Spice Girls! And then theres the albums... Spice Girls - Spice - 3,055,000 Spice Girls - Spiceworld - 1,900,000 One Direction - Up All Night - 1,018,000 One Direction - Take Me Home - 887,000 One Direction - Midnight Memories - 690,000 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits - 460,000 Spice Girls - Forever - 326,000 Total Spice Girls: 5,741,000 One Direction: 2,595,000
January 24, 201411 yr Sats vs LM vs GA 1. What About Us (400k) 2. Up (346k) 3. Ego (341k) 4. Higher (326k) 5. Just Can't Get Enough (284k) 6. Issues (260k) 7. Missing You (215k) 8. All Fired Up (206k) 9. Forever Is Over (183k) 10. Notorious (177k) (Total top 10 - 2,738,000) 11. Disco Love (130k) 12. If This Is Love (115k) 13. Work (101k) 14. 30 Days (78k) 15. Gentleman (53k) 16. My Heart Takes Over (42k) 17. Not Giving Up (1k) ----------------------------------------------------- 1. Wings (471k) 2. Cannonball (475k) 3. Move (274k) 4. DNA (250k) 5. Change Your Life (137k) 6. How Ya Doin'? (120k) 7. Litte Me (100k) 8. These Four Walls (6k) 9. Salute (0.5k) (Total top 10 - 1,663,000) ----------------------------------------------------- 1. Sound Of The Underground (660k) 2. The Promise (530k) 3. Call The Shots (290k) 4. Something Kinda Ooooh (245k) 5. Jump (230k) 6. I'll Stand By You (210k) 7. Love Machine (190k) 8. Can't Speak French (185k) 9. Biology (165k) 10. Something New (153k) (Total top 10 - 2,858,000) 11. The Loving Kind (145k) 12. No Good Advive (135k) 13. Walk This Way (130k) 14. Sexy! No No No... (115k) 15. Untouchable (112k) 16. The Show (100k) 17. Life Got Cold (90k) 18. I Think We're Alone Now (86k) 19. Wake Me Up (75k) 20. See The Day (70k) 21. Long Hot Summer (65k) 22. Whole Lotta History (52k) ---------------------------------------------------------- OVERALL TOP 25 1. Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 2. Girls Aloud - The Promise 3. Little Mix - Wings 4. Little Mix - Cannonball 5. The Saturdays - What About Us 6. The Saturdays - Up 7. The Saturdays - Ego 8. The Saturdays - Higher 9. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 10. The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough 11. Little Mix - Move 12. The Saturdays - Issues 13. Little Mix - DNA 14. Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh 15. Girls Aloud - Jump 16. The Saturdays - Missing You 17. Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You 18. The Saturdays - All Fired Up 19. Girls Aloud - Love Machine 20. Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 21. The Saturdays - Forever Is Over 22. The Saturdays - Notorious 23. Girls Aloud - Biology 24. Girls Aloud - Something New 25. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind Top 5: Sats 1 GA 2 LM 2 Top 10: Sats 5 GA 3 LM 2 Top 25: Sats 10 GA 11 LM 4
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