Posted June 4, 201213 yr Announced this afternoon on BBC Radio 2 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee these are the Top 60 biggest selling artists of the last 60 yearsin the UK. The songs in brackets are the biggest sellers from that act. 01 THE BEATLES (She Loves You) 02 ELVIS PRESLEY (It's Now or Never) 03 CLIFF RICHARD (The Young Ones) 04 MADONNA (Into The Groove) 05 MICHAEL JACKSON (Earth Song) 06 ELTON JOHN (Candle In The Wind '97) 07 QUEEN(Bohemian Rhapsody) 08 ABBA (Dancing Queen) 09 DAVID BOWIE (Let's Dance) 10 RIHANNA (Only Girl In The World) 11 PAUL McCARTNEY (Mull of Kintyre) 12 KYLIE MINOGUE (Can't Get You Out of My Head) 13 ROLLING STONES (Satisfaction) 14 ROD STEWART (Sailing) 15 TAKE THAT (Back For Good) 16 STEVIE WONDER (I Just Called To Say I Love You) 17 OASIS (Wonderwall) 18 EMINEM (Love The Way You Lie) 19 WHITNEY HOUSTON (I Will Always Love You) 20 SPICE GIRLS (Wannabe) 21 GEORGE MICHAEL (Careless Whisper) 22 ROBBIE WILLIAMS (Angels) 23 THE BEE GEES (How Deep Is Your Love) 24 U2 (With Or Without You) 25 SHAKIN' STEVENS (This Ole House) 26 BRITNEY SPEARS (Baby One More Time) 27 STATUS QUO (Rockin' All Over The World) 28 LADY GAGA (Poker Face) 29 BOYZONE (No Matter What) 30 BLONDIE (Heart of Glass) 31 SLADE (Merry Xmas Everybody) 32 THE BLACK EYED PEAS (Where Is The Love?) 33 BONEY M (Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring) 34 WESTLIFE (Uptown Girl) 35 CELINE DION (My Heart Will Go On) 36 BEYONCE (If I Were A Boy) 37 UB40 (Red Red Wine) 38 OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN (You're The One That I Want) 39 MARIAH CAREY (All I Want For Christmas Is You) 40 TOM JONES (Green Green Grass of Home) 41 MADNESS (Baggy Trousers) 42 THE POLICE (Don't Stand So Close To Me) 43 WHAM! (Last Christmas) 44 PHIL COLLINS (In The Air Tonight) 45 DIANA ROSS (Chain Reaction) 46 THE JAM (A Town Called Malice) 47 BRYAN ADAMS (Everything I Do) 48 PET SHOP BOYS (Always On My Mind) 49 DAVID GUETTA (Titanium) 50 ADAM ANT (Goody Two Shoes) 51 DURAN DURAN (The Reflex) 52 FRANK SINATRA (My Way) 53 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (Relax) 54 PRINCE (1999) 55 KATY PERRY (Firework) 56 WET WET WET (Love Is All Around) 57 EVERLY BROTHERS (Cathy's Clown) 58 SHADOWS (Apache) 59 PINK (So What!) 60 COLDPLAY (Paradise) Edited June 4, 201213 yr by Shaky Fan
June 4, 201213 yr The Official Charts Company today released the Top Selling Singles Acts of all time in the UK as follows: The Top 12 were: 01 THE BEATLES 21.9m 02 ELVIS PRESLEY 21.6m 03 CLIFF RICHARD 21.5m 04 MADONNA 17.6m 05 MICHAEL JACKSON 15.3m 06 ELTON JOHN 14.8m 07 QUEEN 12.6m 08 ABBA 11.2m 09 DAVID BOWIE 10.6m 10 RIHANNA 10.4m 11 PAUL McCARTNEY 10.2m 12 KYLIE MINOGUE 10.1m Regarding the above - The Official Charts Company have not given a source for their figures. I doubt that they can or will as most record companies keep such information confidential. I know Sony does. Point of sale scans and downloads are only part of the equation. A lot of Elvis' sales records have been lost in the mists of time e.g. his HMV sales for openers. I have e-mailed them requesting an official source. Brian
June 13, 201213 yr The Official Charts Company today released the Top Selling Singles Acts of all time in the UK as follows: The Top 12 were: 01 THE BEATLES 21.9m 02 ELVIS PRESLEY 21.6m 03 CLIFF RICHARD 21.5m 04 MADONNA 17.6m 05 MICHAEL JACKSON 15.3m 06 ELTON JOHN 14.8m 07 QUEEN 12.6m 08 ABBA 11.2m 09 DAVID BOWIE 10.6m 10 RIHANNA 10.4m 11 PAUL McCARTNEY 10.2m 12 KYLIE MINOGUE 10.1m Regarding the above - The Official Charts Company have not given a source for their figures. I doubt that they can or will as most record companies keep such information confidential. I know Sony does. Point of sale scans and downloads are only part of the equation. A lot of Elvis' sales records have been lost in the mists of time e.g. his HMV sales for openers. I have e-mailed them requesting an official source. Brian Thanks Shaky and Brian for the info. It will be interesting to hear what was their source.
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