Posted August 22, 201113 yr Here are the Top 50 sales at number 1 for singles (i.e. sales whilst the single was top of the charts) since 1985 (using rough guesses in the early years). 1. 4,087,688 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT / CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997, Elton John (1997) 2. 1,596,000 UNCHAINED MELODY / WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, Robson & Jerome (1995) 3. 1,584,798 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE / EVERGREEN, Will Young (2002) 4. 1,377,534 LOVE IS ALL AROUND, Wet Wet Wet (1994) 5. 1,325,000 (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU, Bryan Adams (1991) 6. 1,200,777 UNCHAINED MELODY, Gareth Gates (2002) 7. 1,103,000 BELIEVE, Cher (1998) 8. 1,057,000 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, Whitney Houston (1992) 9. 1,043,864 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?, Band Aid 20 (2004) 10. 992,387 HALLELUJAH, Alexandra Burke (2008) 11. 960,340 THAT'S MY GOAL, Shayne Ward (2005) 12. 932,966 (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO, Tony Christie / Peter Kay (2005) 13. 894,000 SPACEMAN, Babylon Zoo (1996) 14. 882,000 WANNABE, Spice Girls (1996) 15. 881,754 EARTH SONG, Michael Jackson (1995) 16. 878,769 IT'S LIKE THAT, Run DMC / Jason Nevins (1998) 17. 873,245 PURE AND SIMPLE, Hear'Say (2001) 18. 848,000 2 BECOME 1, Spice Girls (1996) 19. 814,997 WHEN WE COLLIDE, Matt Cardle (2010) 20. 784,000 BARBIE GIRL, Aqua (1997) 21. 783,000 KILLING ME SOFTLY, Fugees (1996) 22. 782,906 I'LL BE MISSING YOU, Puff Daddy / Faith Evans / 112 (1997) 23. 776,080 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY / THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Queen (1991) 24. 757,000 BACK FOR GOOD, Take That (1995) 25. 744,000 STAY ANOTHER DAY, East 17 (1994) 26. 742,788 PERFECT DAY, Various Artists (1997) 27. 742,788 A MOMENT LIKE THIS, Leona Lewis (2006) 28. 730,000 THINK TWICE, Celine Dion (1995) 29. 704,847 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD, Kylie Minogue (2001) 30. 703,000 THE POWER OF LOVE, Jennifer Rush (1985) 31. 694,722 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME, Britney Spears (1999) 32. 691,762 BLEEDING LOVE, Leona Lewis (2007) 33. 685,000 SATURDAY NIGHT, Whigfield (1994) 34. 680,000 I BELIEVE / UP ON THE ROOF, Robson & Jerome (1995) 35. 670,000 MISTELTOE & WINE, Cliff Richard (1988) 36. 664,846 CAN WE FIX IT?, Bob the Builder (2000) 37. 660,829 CRAZY, Gnarls Barkley (2006) 38. 604,657 HERO, X Factor Finalists 2008 (2008) 39. 601,996 NO MATTER WHAT, Boyzone (1998) 40. 586,000 UNCHAINED MELODY, Righteous Brothers (1990) 41. 578,000 FAIRGROUND, Simply Red (1995) 42. 572,000 RIDE ON TIME, Black Box (1989) 43. 556,195 EVERYBODY HURTS, Helping Haiti (2010) 44. 548,000 I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT), Meat Loaf (1993) 45. 547,000 TELETUBBIES SAY 'EH-OH!', Teletubbies (1997) 46. 542,000 MEN IN BLACK, Will Smith (1997) 47. 540,000 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS, Band Aid (1984) NB - 1985 sales only 48. 532,000 BLUE (DA BA DEE), Eiffel 65 (1999) 49. 520,889 SOMEONE LIKE YOU, Adele (2010) 50. 515,301 A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, Elvis Presley / JXL (2002)
August 23, 201113 yr Interesting. But using this and the All Time 100 we should be able to produce a list of sales when these singles were not number 1. The big selling 1-weekers like Never Ever or Heartbeat/Tragedy would do well. Edited August 23, 201113 yr by tonyttt31
August 23, 201113 yr If memory serves the Candle In The Wind single was released on a Friday (?) due to production only being able to start following the funeral on the Sunday. Therefore the weekly sale above is, I believe, actually for two chart weeks (Fri/Sat plus a week). It would still be in the list on it's two day sale as well I think though.
August 23, 201113 yr Oh and Killing In The name should be within the last few entries too, think it was abt 550k.
August 23, 201113 yr Oh and Killing In The name should be within the last few entries too, think it was abt 550k. It was around 500k with Joe on 450k.
August 23, 201113 yr what about songs that sold well in the 80's like the original band aid and 70's like the boney m singles? I presume it must be quite hard to find weekly sales for them though
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