With Love The Way You Lie passing 1m for Rihanna on 22/10/11, followed by Only Girl on 10/12/11 & We Found Love to follow in the next 3 weeks, surely no-one will have had three 7-figure sellers in such rapid succession?

 

I dare say someone will pedentically point out that their release dates are much further apart than that... :rolleyes:

Edited January 28, 201213 yr by vidcapper

How many even have 3 million selling singles?

How many even have 3 million selling singles?

 

The Beatles have several million selling singles.

Indeed they do. anyone else?

The Beatles have several million selling singles.

 

 

Yep had a look through the list, the beatles are the only other act who have had 3 or more.

 

[8] SHE LOVES YOU - Beatles (1963) 1,890,000

[15] I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - Beatles (1963) 1,750,000

[24] CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - Beatles (1964) 1,520,000

[35] I FEEL FINE - Beatles (1964) 1,415,000

[37] WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAYTRIPPER - Beatles (1965) 1,387,000

 

Here are 8 Double Million selling artists.(I have included Band Aid as the organisation)

 

 

 

[38] RELEASE ME - Englebert Humperdinck (1967) 1,370,000

[60] THE LAST WALTZ - Englebert Humperdinck (1967) 1,160,000

 

[6] YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1978/1998) 2,015,000

[19] SUMMER NIGHTS - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1978) 1,570,000

 

[5] RIVERS OF BABYLON/BROWN GIRL IN THE RING - Boney M (1978) 2,020,000

[10] MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD - Boney M (1978) 1,831,000

 

[7] RELAX - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1983/1993) 2,005,000

[20] TWO TRIBES - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984) 1,565,000

 

[2] DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - Band Aid (1984) 3,640,000

[66] DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - Band Aid 20 (2004) 1,143,000 

 

[45] THINK TWICE - Celine Dion (1994) 1,285,000

[33] MY HEART WILL GO ON - Celine Dion (1998) 1,420,000

 

[9] UNCHAINED MELODY/WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER - Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (1995) 1,850,000

[76] I BELIEVE/UP ON THE ROOF - Robson & Jerome (1995) 1,109,000

 

[43] WANNABE - Spice Girls (1996) 1,357,000 

[79] 2 BECOME 1 - Spice Girls (1996) 1,105,000

 

And of course for Now Rihanna.

And did any three of those Beatles songs pass 1 million within 5 months of each other?

 

Funny how Rihanna's three songs pass a million all at a similar time though. I can't see her getting another in a while (if ever) as her next highest-selling song is What' My Name?, which is *only* on just under 800,000 I think, so that would take an ETERNITY to get near a million, and I can't see any of her upcoming songs being million-sellers.

And did any three of those Beatles songs pass 1 million within 5 months of each other?

 

Funny how Rihanna's three songs pass a million all at a similar time though. I can't see her getting another in a while (if ever) as her next highest-selling song is What' My Name?, which is *only* on just under 800,000 I think, so that would take an ETERNITY to get near a million, and I can't see any of her upcoming songs being million-sellers.

What about her next album?

 

In the context of still increasing single sales and her quite frankly astonishing hit rate, I'd say it's a near certainty she'll get another from the next album.

I agree with the prediction of another one from the next album or maybe a collabotation.

What are the chances of 'Talk That Talk' being reissued later on this year with a few new singles. If this was the case, and a new single proved popular Rihanna could very well get another big selling single by the end of 2012.

 

Like Snow Spiider has pointed out, Rihanna's extraordinary hit rate is on par with Madonna in the mid 80s (1985 to 1987) but Rihanna has the advantage of downloads. Madonna relied purely on physical formats back then in which only a certain amount would've been shipped. 'Into The Groove' is Madonna's biggest selling single of her entire career yet hasn't sold anywhere near one million copies.

I think Rihanna would just release an entire new album later this year, rather than a re-issue.

 

I read an interview of one of her managers saying that in this current climate, to be a successful pop star, you need to always be releasing new material, and that they would re-release her albums, but they get too much hate from the general public for it, so he said (well, he suggested) that they'll just release a whole new album every year instead.

 

Not that it'll make a difference, as yes, still more potential million-sellers from any new material.

 

Maybe Madonna could get her biggest-selling song this year! :o Although if she did, it would be because download sales are so high atm, rather than because it's her most popular song.

Edited January 28, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob

Maybe Madonna could get her biggest-selling song this year! :o Although if she did, it would be because download sales are so high atm, rather than because it's her most popular song.

 

It really depends on what the record company choose to release as the lead single. Madonna would have to comeback with a track on par with 'Hung Up' if she is going to sell bucketloads in her first week of release.

It really depends on what the record company choose to release as the lead single. Madonna would have to comeback with a track on par with 'Hung Up' if she is going to sell bucketloads in her first week of release.

 

Even if she had a 4 Minutes-style chart run where she takes a month to climb to #1, I think that could do it, with today's sales climate. How much does she need to sell to do it?

 

Although I heard what I think is a demo of her her new song, and it sounds really boring (although I remember the demo of Hung Up, and that was really boring too, but it turned out to be good in the end). But if the final version is not much better, I can see it not being a big hit at all.

Even if she had a 4 Minutes-style chart run where she takes a month to climb to #1, I think that could do it, with today's sales climate. How much does she need to sell to do it?

 

Although I heard what I think is a demo of her her new song, and it sounds really boring (although I remember the demo of Hung Up, and that was really boring too, but it turned out to be good in the end). But if the final version is not much better, I can see it not being a big hit at all.

 

I can't see *any* brand new Madonna single not being a big hit, given her huge fanbase!

I can't see *any* brand new Madonna single not being a big hit, given her huge fanbase!

 

'Celebration' wasn't really a big hit :P