Posted July 14, 200619 yr I've been looking for sales data pre 1995 - and it is scant to say the least. So I've done some homework and come up with what I think are the sales for the top 50 singles of 1994. :D I am working on the number 1 weekly sales for 1994 too, but this is more complex and harder to tie into multiple sources - I've got a rough version, but I'm double checking it. ;) Any help please? Rank TITLE Artist(es) Sales 1 LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet 1783000 (Shippments)? 1340000 (Retail)? 2 SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield 1090000 (Shipments)? 3 STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17 730000 4 BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell 720000 5 I SWEAR All-4-One 695000 6 WITHOUT YOU Mariah Carey 560000 7 ALWAYS Bon Jovi 535000 8 CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose 510000 9 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER D:Ream 490000 10 DOOP Doop 465000 11 THE SIGN Ace Of Base 450000 12 COME ON YOU REDS Manchester United Football Squad 425000 13 THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona 400000 14 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 395000 15 I LIKE TO MOVE IT Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman 390000 16 7 SECONDS Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry 386000 17 SWAMP THING The Grid 385500 18 LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D 385000 19 LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone 375000 20 EVERYTHING CHANGES Take That 370000 21 (MEET) THE FLINTSTONES BC-52's 360000 22 STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen 350000 23 INSIDE Stiltskin 348000 24 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Love Symbol (Prince) 347000 25 SEARCHING China Black 345000 26 CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail 338000 27 COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon with Brian and Tony Gold 332000 28 THE RETURN OF INNOCENCE Enigma 330000 29 WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong 325000 30 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain 314000 31 ANOTHER NIGHT MC Sar & The Real McCoy 312000 32 THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart 310000 33 BREATHE AGAIN Toni Braxton 307000 34 THINK TWICE Celine Dion 303000 35 REGULATE Warren G & Nate Dogg 298000 36 SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle 296000 37 ALL FOR LOVE Bryan Adams with Rod Stewart & Sting 290000 38 HEY NOW (GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN) Cyndi Lauper 288000 39 AROUND THE WORLD East 17 280000 40 STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 265000 41 SWEETS FOR MY SWEET CJ Lewis 264000 42 SURE Take That 262000 43 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU Boyz II Men 260000 44 ENDLESS LOVE Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey 257000 45 COTTON EYE JOE Rednex 253000 46 POWER RANGERS Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers 250000 47 SHINE Aswad 248000 48 MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies 245000 49 NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy 241000 50 GET-A-WAY Maxx 239000 I'd appreciate any feedback or info. Especially for the weeks of Wet Wet Wet and Whigfield at number 1. :) Edited July 14, 200619 yr by dynamoe88
July 14, 200619 yr Some Wet Wet Wet figures 04 Jun 63,533 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 11 Jun 75,644 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 18 Jun 83,998 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 25 Jun 82,040 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 02 Jul 73,304 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 09 Jul 73,242 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 16 Jul 71,159 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 23 Jul 62,684 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 30 Jul 62,399 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 06 Aug 63,875 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 13 Aug 60,809 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 20 Aug 64,805 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 27 Aug 59,646 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 03 Sep 55,936 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet 10 Sep 47,154 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet after 10 Sep, I have no figures
July 14, 200619 yr Year to date Chart 1994 You can scroll the menu bar for other years, I love this site for year to date charts.
July 14, 200619 yr Year to date Chart 1994 You can scroll the menu bar for other years, I love this site for year to date charts. Cool, so dynamoe88's Top50 so far as I can see is correct.
July 14, 200619 yr Author Cheers Mikey - I was using that Australian Site for the Top50 :) I've also seen those Wet's figures on the OCC website. I know that they are on the OCC website and everything, but I cannot see how they managed to end up selling 1.78m from just over 1m over the course of 15 weeks - that's why I've put 1.34m to retail. I've seen data that that was one of my sources for these sales stats that also says 1.78m in the year for the Wet's. As it spent several weeks in the top 75 in early 1995 then the 1.78m for 1994 is wrong. I'm assuming that the 1.78m is trade shipments. If so then where do all the other 400k of sales come from?
July 14, 200619 yr Wet Wet Wet with chart position, from www.polyhex.com #4 21 May ????? #2 28 May ????? #1 04 Jun 63,533 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 11 Jun 75,644 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 18 Jun 83,998 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 25 Jun 82,040 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 02 Jul 73,304 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 09 Jul 73,242 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 16 Jul 71,159 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 23 Jul 62,684 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 30 Jul 62,399 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 06 Aug 63,875 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 13 Aug 60,809 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 20 Aug 64,805 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 27 Aug 59,646 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 03 Sep 55,936 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #1 10 Sep 47,154 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet #2 17 Sep ????? #4 24 Sep #8 1 Oct #16 8 Oct #21 15 Oct #35 22 Oct #39 29 Oct #46 5 Nov #47 12 Nov #52 19 Nov #58 26 Nov #59 3 Dec #54 10 Dec #60 17 Dec #52 24 Dec #37 31 Dec #37 7 Jan 1995 #50 14 Jan #63 21 Jan #66 28 Jan
July 14, 200619 yr Author Weekly Number 1 Sales in 1994: These are fairly accurate - within 5000 I'd say. As discussed above I've got a problem with the Figures for The Wet's, Whigfield, East 17, Pato Banton and Mariah Carey. DATE SALES ARTIST - TITLE 08/01/94 50000 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Twist and Shout 15/01/94 55000 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Twist and Shout 22/01/94 60000 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better 29/01/94 65000 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better 05/02/94 65000 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better 12/02/94 60000 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better 19/02/94 115000 Mariah Carey - Without You 26/02/94 95000 Mariah Carey - Without You 05/03/94 90000 Mariah Carey - Without You 12/03/94 75000 Mariah Carey - Without You 19/03/94 85000 Doop - Doop 26/03/94 90000 Doop - Doop 02/04/94 75000 Doop - Doop 09/04/94 105000 Take That - Everything Changes 16/04/94 90000 Take That - Everything Changes 23/04/94 65000 Symbol (Prince) - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 30/04/94 55000 Symbol (Prince) - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 07/05/94 50000 Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing 14/05/94 65000 Stiltskin - Inside 21/05/94 75000 Manchester United Football Squad - Come On You Reds 28/05/94 65000 Manchester United Football Squad - Come On You Reds 04/06/94 65000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 11/06/94 75000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 18/06/94 85000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 25/06/94 80000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 02/07/94 75000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 09/07/94 75000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 16/07/94 70000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 23/07/94 65000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 30/07/94 60000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 06/08/94 65000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 13/08/94 60000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 20/08/94 65000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 27/08/94 60000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 03/09/94 55000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 10/09/94 45000 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around 17/09/94 150000 Whigfield - Saturday Night Shipment 240000? 24/09/94 135000 Whigfield - Saturday Night Shipment 220000? 01/10/94 115000 Whigfield - Saturday Night 08/10/94 100000 Whigfield - Saturday Night 15/11/94 80000 Take That - Sure 22/10/94 70000 Take That - Sure 29/10/94 95000 Pato Banton - Baby Come Back 05/11/94 110000 Pato Banton - Baby Come Back 12/11/94 90000 Pato Banton - Baby Come Back 19/11/94 85000 Pato Banton - Baby Come Back 26/11/94 75000 Baby D - Let Me Be You Fantasy 03/12/94 80000 Baby D - Let Me Be You Fantasy 10/12/94 150000 East 17 - Stay Another Day 17/12/94 105000 East 17 - Stay Another Day 24/12/94 255000 East 17 - Stay Another Day 31/12/94 190000 East 17 - Stay Another Day 07/01/95 75000 East 17 - Stay Another Day
July 14, 200619 yr I love that chart -1994 by far one of my favourite years for music and I'm gla someone has info pre 1995 as thats all I can find :P Mikey I'm unsure about that site - you told me to use it before for Year Charts and in 2004 they have Basement Jaxx 'Good Luck' at #22 as well as other notable errors :unsure: 2 SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield 1090000 (Shipments)? 3 STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17 730000 5 I SWEAR All-4-One 695000 6 WITHOUT YOU Mariah Carey 560000 7 ALWAYS Bon Jovi 535000 8 CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose 510000 All amazing specially Let Loose <3 :wub:
July 14, 200619 yr 1994 seems to be the exception of the 90s - most acts were getting close to 100K a week and here they mostly get 60-80K.
July 14, 200619 yr Author 1994 seems to be the exception of the 90s - most acts were getting close to 100K a week and here they mostly get 60-80K. Hmmm, I'm not sure about most were getting close to 100k a week? Do you have any actual figures that would help me to compile a list? I'm not sayin gthat these are 100% accurate - it's a sort of project. According to the Zobbel site the average sales for number 1's in each quarter were as follows: Q1 1994 - 77500 Q2 1994 - 73800 Q3 1994 - 97600 Q4 1994 - 96100. Zobbel quotes these figures as coming from the BPI. Quarter 1 was slightly higher because of what I can see is Mariah Carey - she sold 560k with just 4 weeks at number 1 and then fell fairly quickly after that. Q3 is skewed because of the 1st 3 weeks of Whigfield selling so well - otherwise it would have been about 72k. Q4 is traditionally higher - and so skewed by East 17's Xmas number 1 - which was the 3rd best seller of the year after just 4 weeks at number 1 (and a no7). Again I'm not saying they are spot on - I've looked at the year end chart, chart positions and runs and known artist and track sales figures for the year. Oh and www.zobbel.de I would appreciate comments, but please back them up with facts and data so I can get this more accurate then others can rely on it in the future. -) Edited July 14, 200619 yr by dynamoe88
July 14, 200619 yr Author Right I've worked out some sales figures for the 1993 end of year Top50 chart. Some are spot on - others are calculations to within about 5000 units. Rank TITLE Artist(es) Sales 1 I DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf 718000 2 (I CAN'T HELP) FALING IN LOVE WITH YOU UB40 606000 3 ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base 604000 4 NO LIMIT 2 Unlimited 532000 5 DREAMS Gabrielle 513000 6 MR. BLOBBY Mr. Blobby 510000 7 OH CAROLINA Shaggy 460000 8 WHAT IS LOVE? Haddaway 450000 9 MR VAIN Culture Beat 410000 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston 385000 11 FIVE LIVE (EP) George Michael with Queen featuring Lisa Stansfield 380000 12 YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells 375000 13 TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers 370000 14 BABE Take That 355000 15 PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams 350000 16 BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 345000 17 INFORMER Snow 335000 18 PRAY Take That 330000 19 SWEAT (A LA LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle 327000 20 LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury 323000 21 WHAT'S UP? 4 Non Blondes 319000 22 THE KEY, THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective 310000 23 DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll 305000 24 IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS FROM MY EYES) Bitty McLean 290000 25 TWO PRINCES Spin Doctors 285000 26 LITTLE BIRD c/w LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 270000 27 THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel 250000 28 RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That 245000 29 TRUE LOVE Elton John & Kiki Dee 235000 30 THE LOVE I LOST West End featuring Sybil 230000 31 TWIST AND SHOUT Chaka Demus & Pliers 225000 32 GIVE IT UP Goodmen 220000 33 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees 210000 34 RIGHT HERE SWV 207000 35 MR. LOVERMAN Shabba Ranks 204000 36 MOVING ON UP M People 201000 37 U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella 200000 38 EXTERMINATE! Snap featuring Niki Haris 199000 39 DEEP East 17 196000 40 WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY Sybil 195000 41 AIN'T NO LOVE (AIN'T NO USE) Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams 191000 42 ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN M People 189000 43 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 187000 44 IT'S ALRIGHT East 17 185000 45 TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 184000 46 GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 182000 47 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY? Lenny Kravitz 181000 48 SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers 179000 49 WHY CAN'T I WAKE UP WITH YOU? Take That 178000 50 GIVE IN TO ME Michael Jackson featuring Slash 177000
July 15, 200619 yr Author 1994 seems to be the exception of the 90s - most acts were getting close to 100K a week and here they mostly get 60-80K. I think you are right in a sense. Thinking back I remember the newspapers saying that Stiltskin had orders of 100k - and then it went to number 1. Although I think I remember reading afterwards when Manchester Utd had similar pre-orders that it didn't sell that many during that week. I think that there is a distinction between trade deliveries (or what I have called shipments) and retail sales to the consumer. The quarterly figures for retail sales for 1994 according to the BPI were: Q1 - 77500 Q2 - 73800 Q3 - 97600 Q4 - 96100 The % sales of the number 1 in Q1 1994 was 8.56%. The average weekly retail sales in Q1 1994 was 905,400 - this works out at 77502 as the weekly average across the 13 weeks of Q1. If you look at the trade delivery sales in 1994 the total was 63m. Q1 - 14.588m Q2 - 14.732m Q3 - 16.113m Q4 - 17.616m If you were to assume that the 8.56% also appies to trade deliveries, then you get the following weekly average trade sales for 1994: Q1 - 96056 Q2 - 97005 Q3 - 106098 Q4 - 115995 1994 Average 103789. Although Q4 would be higher than 8.56% imo because of higher year end sales and Xmas. I think that this is where you are getting the 100k for most weeks from. The OCC website quotes the 15 weeks sales for Wet Wet Wet - they average 67k a week. If 'most' weeks were doing upto 100k, then there's absolutely no way Wet Wet Wet would have been no1 for so long. Correct me if I'm wrong.
July 17, 200619 yr Author I'm becoming ever more convinced that sales data is going on trade sales (or shipments). The Top100 of All Time chart is, I'm sure, based on shipments to trade rather than real over the counter retail sales. It may be the same for year end charts in the 80s and 90s. Can anyone enlighten me, or back this theory up?
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