Below are the biggest no.1 week sales for singles. Any single that sold over 100k at the top spot in one week is in here. The list is updated from has all of 1999's big selling no.1 weeks added. 2000 onwards will be added soon.

 

[Which week in its run] - If there is no week specified, then it is the opening week.

 

001. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight [2] = 1,547,000

002. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight [3] = 1,067,000

003. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight [1] = 658,000

004. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight [4] = 572,000

005. Britney Spears - ...Baby, One More Time [1]= 463,000

006. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 [1] = 429,000

007. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman [1] = 418,000

008. Various Artists - Perfect Day [1] = 385,000

009. Spice Girls - Goodbye = 380,000

010. Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? = 377,000

011. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There [1]= 349,000

012. Shaggy ft. RikRok - It Wasn't Me = 345,000

013. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life = 321,000

014. Isaac Hayes (South Park's "Chef") - Chocolate Salty Balls = 320,000

015. Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say"Eh-Oh" [1] = 317,000

016. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head - 306,000

017. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 [2] = 300,000

018. Cher - Believe [3] = 287,000

019. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat [1] = 283,000

020. Spice Girls - Viva Forever [1] = 278,000

021. Boyzone - No Matter What [1] = 275,000

022. Various Artists - Perfect Day [2] = 275,000

023. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight [5] = 274,000

024. ATB - 9pm [1] = 270,000

025. Hanson - MMMBop [1] = 260,000

026. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love? = 257,000

027. Spice Girls - Too Much [1] = 252,000

028. Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate [1] = 251,000

029. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger = 250,000

030. Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are?/Mama [1] = 248,000

031. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That [1] = 246,765

032. Aqua - Barbie Girl [2] = 239,000

033. Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On [1] = 234,700

034. Boyzone - Words = 232,000

035. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions 98 [1] = 232,000

036. Britney Spears - ...Baby, One More Time [2] = 231,000

037. Westlife - Seasons In The Sun [2] = 231,000

038. Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say "Eh-Oh" [2] = 230,000

039. Eiffel 65 - Blue [1] = 226,500

040. Lou Bega - Mambo No.5 [1] = 224,000

041. Spice Girls - Too Much [2] = 218,000

042. Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough. The Tough Get Going [1] = 213,000

043. Westlife - Seasons In The Sun [1] = 213,000

044. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha = 208,500

045. Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free = 206,000

046. Cher - Believe [2] = 205,000

047. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman [2] - 204,000

048. Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment [1] = 200,000

049. Madonna - Frozen = 197,000

050. Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going [2] = 197,000

051. Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All [1] = 197,000

052. Robson & Jerome - What Becomes of The Broken Hearted/Saturday Night At The Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone [1] = 196,000

053. No Doubt - Don't Speak = 195,000

054. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly [2] = 195,000

055. The Prodigy - Breathe = 195,000

056. Aqua - Barbie Girl [1] = 190,000

057. Aqua - Barbie Girl [3] = 190,000

058. S Club 7 - Bring It All Back = 190,000

059. Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door = 189,000

060. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat [2] = 184,000

061. Will Smith - Men In Black [1] = 182,000

062. Boyzone - No Matter What [2] = 176,000

063. Lou Bega - Mambo No.5 [2] = 175,000

064. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly [3] = 173,000

065. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle [1] = 172,000

066. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 - I'll Be Missing You [3] = 167,000

067. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That [2] = 167,000

068. Eiffel 65 - Blue [2] = 165,500

069. Aqua - Barbie Girl [4] = 165,000

070. Cher - Believe [4] = 165,000

071. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There [2] = 163,000

072. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly [4] = 160,000

073. Cliff Richard - The Millenium Prayer [3] = 159,000

074. Cliff Richard - The Millenium Prayer [2] = 158,000

075. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly [1] = 157,000

076. B*Witched - Rollercoaster [1] = 157,000

077. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 - I'll Be Missing You [2] = 156,000

078. Spice Girls - Wannabe [2] = 154,000

079. B*Witched - C'est La Vie - 153,000

080. Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are?/Mama [2] = 152,000

081. Eternal ft. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One = 150,000

082. Spice Girls - Wannabe [3] = 150,000

083. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions 98 [2] = 150,000

084. B*Witched - To You I Belong = 150,000

085. Boyzone - No Matter What [2] = 148,500

086. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next = 148,000

087. Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle = 148,000

088. Cliff Richard - The Millenium Prayer [1]- 147,000

089. Spice Girls - Wannabe [4] = 145,000

090. Boyzone - You Needed Me = 143,000

091. Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza = 142,000

092. Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate [2] = 141,000

093. Eiffel 65 - Blue [3] = 141,000

094. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds = 3 Lions 96 [2] = 140,000

095. No Doubt - Don't Speak = 140,000

096. Robbie Williams - Millenium = 140,000

097. Offspring - Pretty Fly = 140,000

098. Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment [2] = 140,000

099. Cher - Believe [5] = 139,000

100. Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up = 139,000

101. Five - Keep On Movin' = 137,000

102. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That [3] = 136,000

103. Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom = 134,000

104. Will Smith - Men In Black [2] = 133,000

105. Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino = 132,000

106. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca [1] = 131,000

107. Peter Andre - Flava = 129,000

108. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman [3] - 128,000

109. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That [5] = 128,000

110. Blondie - Maria = 128,000

111. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 - I'll Be Missing You [5] = 127,000

112. Cher - Believe [6] = 126,000

113. Spice Girls - Wannabe [5] = 125,000

114. U2 - Discothèque = 125,000

115. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca [2] = 125,000

116. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112 - I'll Be Missing You [4] = 124,000

117. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away = 123,000

118. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle [2] = 123,000

119. Will Smith - Men In Black [3] = 122,000

120. Blur - Beetlebum = 120,000

121. Hanson - MMMBop [2] = 120,000

122. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love [2] = 120,000

123. Robbie Williams - She's The One = 120,000

124. White Town - Your Woman = 119,500

125. The Prodigy - Firestarter = 119,000

126. Billie Piper - Girlfriend = 119,000

127. Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Hussain - You Don't Know Me = 118,500

128. Aqua - Doctor Jones [2] = 117,000

129. All Saints - Bootie Call = 116,000

130. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That [4] = 114,000

131. Cher - Believe [7] = 114,000

132. Robson & Jerome - What Becomes of The Broken Hearted/Saturday Night At The Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone [2] = 113,000

133. Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On [2] = 112,000

134. Spice Girls - Viva Forever [2] = 112,000

135. B*Witched - Rollercoaster [2] = 112,000

136. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions 96 = 110,000

137. George Michael - Jesus To A Child - 110,000

138. Spice Girls - Wannabe [6] = 110,000

139. Oasis - All Around The World = 110,000

140. Usher - You Make Me Wanna = 110,000

141. Gary Barlow - Forever Love = 109,000

142. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 [1] = 109,000

143. Spice Girls - Wannabe [1] = 108,000

144. ATB - 9pm [2] = 108,000

145. All Saints - Under The Bridge/Lady Marmalade = 107,000

146. Cher - Believe [1] = 107,000

147. Will Smith - Men In Black [4] = 105,000

148. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work = 105,000

149. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions 98 [3] = 104,000

150. The Fugees - Killing Me Softly [5] = 103,000

151. Aqua - Doctor Jones [1] = 102,000

152. Westlife - Swear It Again = 102,000

153. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 - I'll Be Missing You [6] = 100,000

154. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun = 100,000

155. Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All [2] = 100,000

 

The list will be updated as time goes on.

Edited December 28, 201014 yr by Storm Lee

463,000 for Britney - Baby One More Time?

345K for Shaggy - It Wasn't Me

306K for Kylie - Can't Get You Out of My Head

463,000 for Britney - Baby One More Time?

:o

 

How could I forget that one? :o

 

I don't think there has been any bigger ones that weren't charity, reality or dedicated singles, has there?

Babylon Zoo - Spaceman = 418,000 :o

Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? sold 377k in their first week

381,000 - Goodbye - Spice Girls

349,000 - Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls

321,000 - Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls

 

As far as I know.

Keep the sales coming, I'll see if I can find any monster ones bigger than Britney's.

292,845 - Fight For This Love - Cheryl Cole

278,000 - A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs. JXL

277,000 - Viva Forever - Spice Girls

277,000 - No Matter What - Boyzone

257,000 - How Deep Is Your Love - Take That

248,000 - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are - Spice Girls

218,000 - Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

Biggest One Week Sales Since 2000

1. 1,108,269 Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (Mar 9 2002)*

2. 850,535 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (Mar 30 2002)*

3. 742,180 Shayne Ward – That’s My Goal (Dec 31 2005)*

4. 576,046 Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah (Dec 27 2008)*

5. 571,253 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This (Dec 31 2006)*

6. 549,823 Hear’say - Pure And Simple (Mar 24 2001)*

7. 502,672 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name (Dec 26 2009)*

8. 453,426 Helping Haiti Everybody Hurts (Feb 20 2010)*

9. 450,838 Joe McElderry The Climb (Dec 26 2009)*

10. 439,007 Matt Cardle When We Collide (Dec 25 2010)*

11. 377,074 Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (Mar 16 2002)

12. 359,639 Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (Dec 30 2000)

13. 345,498 Shaggy feat. RikRok - It Wasn't Me (Mar 10 2001)*

14. 313,244 X Factor Finalists 2008 – Hero (Nov 8 2008)*

15. 311,887 Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah (Jan 2 2009)

16. 306,648 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Sep 29 2001)*

17. 292,845 Cheryl Cole Fight For This Love (Oct 31 2009)*

18. 292,594 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Dec 11 2004)*

19. 292,318 Westlife - Uptown Girl (Mar 17 2001)*

20. 287,849 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Dec 18 2004)

21. 275,742 Leon Jackson When You Believe (Dec 30 2007)*

22. 273,508 Gareth Gates feat. The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky (Mar 22 2003)*

23. 266,844 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (Mar 26 2005)*

24. 261,031 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (Apr 2 2005)

25. 243,301 JXL vs Elvis Presley A Little Less Conversation (Jun 22 2002)*

26. 242,406 Hear’say - Pure And Simple (Mar 31 2001)

27. 240,973 Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Jul 20 2002)*

28. 231,929 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Jan 1 2005)

29. 231,747 Westlife - What Makes A Man (Dec 30 2000)*

30. 231,492 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Dec 25 2004)

31. 228,477 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (Apr 6 2002)

32. 227,547 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World (Dec 27 2003)*

33. 222,561 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) (Dec 27 2003)*

34. 218,805 Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love (Nov 3 2007)

35. 214,963 Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (Dec 23 2000)

36. 214,370 Shaggy feat. RikRok - It Wasn't Me (Mar 17 2001)

37. 213,140 Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground (Dec 28 2002)*

38. 207,906 Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma (Oct 26 2002)*

39. 202,617 Spiller - Groovejet-(Aug 26 2000)*

40. 199,307 Robbie Williams Rock Dj (Aug 12 2000)*

" = 1st week on chart

 

Biggest 1st week sales of the nineties

 

Rank Title Artist (Sale-000’s)

1 CANDLE IN THE WIND’97 Elton John (658)

2 PURE AND SIMPLE Hear’ Say (549)

3 BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears (463)

4 TWO BECOME ONE Spice Girls (429)

5 SPACEMAN Babylon Zoo (420)

6 PERFECT DAY Various Artists (385)

7 GOODBYE Spice Girls (381)

8 CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS Chef (373)

9 D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Oasis (371)

10 SAY YOU’LL BE THERE Spice Girls (350)

11 THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES/BOHIEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen (350)

12 BACK FOR GOOD Take That (345)

13 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE Spice Girls (321)

14 TELETUBBIES SAY EH OH Teletubbies (317)

15 UNCHAINED MELODY Robson & Jerome (314)

16 FLAT BEAT Mr Oizo (285)

17 VIVA FOREVER Spice Girls (278)

18 NO MATTER WHAT Boyzone (277)

19 COUNTRY HOUSE Blur (274)

20 9PM (TILL I COME) Atb (270)

21 I BELIEVE/UP ON THE ROOF Robson & Jerome (258)

22 TOO MUCH Spice Girls (252)

23 SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE Shanks & Bigfoot (251)

24 DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER Oasis (250)

25 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE/MAMA Spice Girls (248)

26 MMM BOP Hanson (244)

27 IT’S LIKE THAT Run DMC vs Jason Nevins (243)

28 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion (234)

29 WORDS Boyzone (232)

30 THREE LIONS ’98 Lightning Seeds (232)

287000- Cher- Believe 3rd week

Edited December 20, 201014 yr by gilly010

I've added all of 1996's weeks where the no.1 sold more than 100k :)

 

What d'yous think? :)

Edited December 20, 201014 yr by Storm Lee

287000- Cher- Believe 3rd week

 

Believe sold 187,000 in its 3rd week; it opened with 107, and increased to 205 on its 2nd.

It's quite sad that 9 tracks from the the top 10 are from/because of reality shows!

Edited December 20, 201014 yr by Aidan

Two dance songs opening with 270k+ ... could have only happened in 1999, really.

Never knew Britney opened with SO much! :o Suppose it is an iconic song though.

There must have been some massive sales back in the 70s (obviously figures are very scarce). Slade for example - the bulk of Merry Xmas... sales must have come back in 1973 but the song was only in the chart for 9 weeks (5 at number 1).

 

Another Brick In The Wall too - only 12 weeks top 75 but 5 at number 1 in 79/80

The Beatles single 'Cant buy me love' had 1.2 million pre orders(customer orders) in 1964. But it was not possible in those days to deliver that number of physical singles in a week(not many motorways in those days), the actual sales in the first week are unknown.

 

Singles in those days were much more expensive anyway, a single would cost the equivalent of £15 these days, albums £60! as a proportion of national average wage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The whole top 10 from the 2000's has something to do with a reality show - I include Helping Hiati as its Simon Cowell & includes X Factor acts. The highest non-reality show related song is Bob The Builder, oh Britain :lol:

The whole top 10 from the 2000's has something to do with a reality show - I include Helping Hiati as its Simon Cowell & includes X Factor acts. The highest non-reality show related song is Bob The Builder, oh Britain :lol:

I was literally about to say that!

 

How sad is this country? :lol: