Posted June 14, 201015 yr Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling is heading for the record books by becoming the first single in the UK to sell more than 1m downloads. The Interscope/Polydor release is expected to break through seven figures at the end of this week having surpassed the 990,000 digital mark already, according to the OCC, and is now adding about 5,000 download sales each week. Although several singles have reached 1m unit sales in the download age, including I Gotta Feeling itself in May, they have accomplished this rare feat through a combination of digital and physical sales so the new achievement for Black Eyed Peas’ will represent a new landmark for one-track downloads. “This is an extraordinary achievement by Black Eyed Peas, who will forever be able to state that they scored the UK’s first million-selling download,” says the Official Charts Company’s managing director Martin Talbot. “It is a success which also represents a coming of age for digital downloading, six years since legitimate music downloading moved into the UK mainstream through the launch of the likes of 7Digital, iTunes and MyCokeMusic.” Polydor president Ferdy Unger-Hamilton says his company is bowled over by the will.i.am-led act set to claim the UK’s first digital million seller. “It’s an amazing song and Will is a fantastic music maker,” he says. The Black Eyed Peas hit, which in April established itself as the biggest download of all time in the US when it reached 5.56m SoundScan sales to overtake Low by Flo-Rida featuring T-Pain, also yesterday (Sunday) clocked up a full year in the UK Top 75. This, says Unger-Hamilton, reflects a change in the market. “Songs that are big have a much longer life now,” says the Polydor president whose company is behind seven of the UK’s 10 biggest downloads of all time. “You can say that about two or three Lady GaGa songs, two or three Black Eyed Peas songs and two or three Cheryl Cole songs. They were huge last year and they’ve stayed around this year.” Talbot says the continuing availability of digital downloads which, unlike their physical counterparts, can rarely, if ever, be deleted means music can continue to sell, as long as it remains popular. “And I Gotta Feeling is clearly one of the defining tunes of our time,” Talbot adds. I Gotta Feeling will reach 1m UK downloads after clocking up two other feats: becoming the UK’s 100th million-selling single based on sales of all formats and also the first not to have emerged from a reality TV programme or released in aid of a charity since Parlophone artist Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head in the pre-iTunes days of 2001. All but around 15,500 units of I Gotta Feeling’s UK sales have been achieved digitally, the rest made up of a two-track CD. This sales breakdown is indicative of a singles market which is now around 98% digital. Black Eyed Peas, who played in Johannesburg last Thursday in a multi-artist concert to launch the 2010 World Cup, are likely to be joined in the digital millionaires club later this year by Kings Of Leon and Lady GaGa. The Columbia-handled US rock band’s Sex On Fire is on around 970,000 UK digital sales, while Lady GaGa’s Interscope/ Polydor-issued Poker Face has sold about 950,000 downloads.
June 14, 201015 yr I am very proud to say that I did not and never will contribute to a BEP million seller
June 14, 201015 yr I wouldn't say Cheryl Cole had a HUGE year last year, certainly not on BEP or Lady GaGa levels
June 14, 201015 yr Last year was such a huge year for the Black Eyed Peas. 3 of their songs in the year-end top 10! Not to mention, Meet Me Halfway only had a few months of the year to sell. Same with Lady Gaga. 3 number-ones in a year! I don't think we'll have anyone getting 3 number-ones this year. Dizzee almost did, if You Got the Dirtee Love wasn't up against Everybody Hurts.
June 14, 201015 yr I still don't and probably never will understand why this song is so popular. Good for BEP I guess.
June 14, 201015 yr I still don't and probably never will understand why this song is so popular. Good for BEP I guess. I totally understand why it's popular ;-( It's dull generic fodder that people who don't necessarily like music can easily sing and dance along to. Very clever really
June 14, 201015 yr I still don't and probably never will understand why this song is so popular. Good for BEP I guess. I think it's popular because it's one of those songs that's generally liked by everyone (apart from Buzzjack members :lol:). It's also a decent song that makes people happy. Contrast that with Boom Boom Pow, where most people think it's much better than I Gotta Feeling, but many people also absolutely hate the song. Whilst I think people would generally say that Boom Boom Pow is better, it's just too marmite. I Gotta Feeling is a song that not many people love, but most people like it. I think the same with Poker Face. I don't know anybody who thinks it's the best song ever made or anything (apart from Buzzjack members :lol:), but most people generally quite like it. It's clever of these artists, to be honest. I mean, we've got people like Tinie Tempah, Alicia Keys, and others making a lot of love/hate songs, which are likely to have more fans, but too many people will hate the songs. And Buzzjack isn't really a good place if you want to understand why certain songs are so popular, and others not. Like at school, Meet Me Halfway was easily the most popular song for about 4 months. At the moment it's probably Frisky. Edited June 14, 201015 yr by Eric_Blob
June 14, 201015 yr It was obvious from my first listen of this that it would be huge. Its an amazing achievement. Well done to them!
June 14, 201015 yr Rock That Body is sooooo much more interesting. Agreed. Still, it's a good enough song so well done to them I suppose.
June 14, 201015 yr Whilst I got so sick of it last year and up to the point I was putting :puke2: in my posts for it However, it was certainly one of the defining songs of that year, why it did so well was because it was radio friendly, catchy and just sounded like a hit- anyone could listen to it and enjoy it- hence huge sales
June 14, 201015 yr Would have been nice to have a UK act achieve this first but it looks like the million sellers list will be dominated by American arists - First BEPs to be followed by GaGa and KOL. Reading this though almost makes me want to go and download IGAF :lol:
June 14, 201015 yr Reading this though almost makes me want to go and download IGAF :lol: Haha, i thought exactly the same when i read it ^_^
June 14, 201015 yr Rock That Body is sooooo much more interesting. Yeah. I actually think I Gotta Feeling is the worst for their 5 singles (and Missing You, which was sort of a single, as it got airplay and charted in some countries), but I can see why it's sold the most. Meet Me Halfway was the best, in my opinion. The E.N.D. is also the first album in over 23 years to get 3 number-ones from the same album in both the UK and the US (Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway and Imma Be). Also, the Black Eyed Peas are the first group to have 5 top 10 hits in the US from one album in over 20 years. And then there's the whole "26 consecutive weeks at #1 in the US" thing. They've really done quite well I suppose. :lol:
June 14, 201015 yr I think it's popular because it's one of those songs that's generally liked by everyone (apart from Buzzjack members :lol:). It's also a decent song that makes people happy. Contrast that with Boom Boom Pow, where most people think it's much better than I Gotta Feeling, but many people also absolutely hate the song. Whilst I think people would generally say that Boom Boom Pow is better, it's just too marmite. I Gotta Feeling is a song that not many people love, but most people like it. I think the same with Poker Face. I don't know anybody who thinks it's the best song ever made or anything (apart from Buzzjack members :lol:), but most people generally quite like it. It's clever of these artists, to be honest. I mean, we've got people like Tinie Tempah, Alicia Keys, and others making a lot of love/hate songs, which are likely to have more fans, but too many people will hate the songs. And Buzzjack isn't really a good place if you want to understand why certain songs are so popular, and others not. Like at school, Meet Me Halfway was easily the most popular song for about 4 months. At the moment it's probably Frisky. I guess you are right. Regardless of my opinion on the song, whenever it is played in the bars and clubs everyone loves it. Same for Bonkers, which I can't stand normally.
June 14, 201015 yr This band is just one huge flop. 3.3 million downloads, including a million selling single and album in uk and about 80 million sales world wide - A Flop? :huh:
June 14, 201015 yr 3.3 million downloads, including a million selling single and album in uk and about 80 million sales world wide - A Flop? :huh: :lol:
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