BEST SELLING SINGLES WORLDWIDE 2012

 

1. "Somebody that I used to know" Gotye ft. Kimbra - 7,030,000

2. "We Are Young" Fun. ft. Janelle Monae - 4,934,000

3. "We Found Love" Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - 4,412,000* (total: 9,700,000)

4. "Stronger(What doesn't kill you)" Kelly Clarkson - 4,101,000

5. "Wild Ones" Flo Rida ft. Sia - 4,097,000

6. "Starships" Nicki Minaj - 3,886,000

7. "Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO - 3,829,000* (total: 7,700,000)

8. "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen - 3,811,000

9. "Set Fire to the Rain" Adele - 3,622,000* (total: 7,000,000)

10. "Good Feeling" Flo Rida - 3,394,000*

 

11. "Someone Like You" Adele - 3,211,000* (total: 10,000,000)

12. "Part of Me" Katy Perry - 3,058,000

13. "Turn Me On" David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj - 2,970,000* (total: 3,500,000)

14. "Domino" Jessie J - 2,899,000

15. "Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - 2,864,000* (total: 11,000,000)

16. "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" Michael Telo - 2,831,000

17. "Drive by" Train - 2,671,000

18. "Titanium" David Guetta ft. Sia - 2,656,000* (total: 3,500,000)

19. "Wild, Young and Free" Wiz Khalifa ft. Snoop Dogg and Bruno Mars - 2,531,000

20. "Paradise" Coldplay - 2,414,000* (total: 4,600,000)

 

21. "Glad You Came" The Wanted - 2,275,000

22. "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction - 2,218,000*(total: 2,500,000)

23. "Boyfriend" Justin Bieber - 2,215,000

24. "International Love" Pitbull ft. Chris Brown - 2,209,000

25. "Payphone" Maroon 5 - 2,158,000

26. "The One that got away" Katy Perry - 2,121,000* (total: 4,000,000)

27. "Levels" Avicii - 2,116,000* (total: 2,500,000)

28. "Rolling in the Deep" Adele - 2,041,000* (total: 12,100,000)

29. "Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO - 1,924,000* (total: 11,200,000)

30. "Without You" David Guetta ft. Usher - 1,861,000* (total: 5,300,000)

 

31. "Take Care" Drake ft. Rihanna - 1,861,000 (total: 2,200,000)

32. "Turn up the Music" Chris Brown - 1,735,000

33. "It Will Rain" Bruno Mars - 1,725,000* (total: 4,000,000)

34. "Give Me All Your Luvin" Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. - 1,434,000

35. "Video Games" Lana Del Rey - 1,190,000* (total: 1,500,000)

36. "Dance Again" Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - 1,112,000

37. "Ass back Home" Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch - 1,094,000

38. "So Good" B.O.B. - 1,058,000

39. "Feel So Close" Calvin Harris - 1,028,000* (total: 1,200,000)

40. "She doesn't mind" Sean Paul - 1,024,000

 

- Numbers indicate sales between 1.1.2012. and 5.6.2012.

- Singles that have star (*) next to the number were released last year, or even earlier, so this number doesn't represent their total sales.

 

 

BEST SELLING ALBUMS WORLDWIDE 2012

 

1. "21" Adele - 6,711,000* (total: 23,650,000)

2. "Born to die" Lana Del Rey - 1,651,000

3. "Up All Night" One Direction - 1,573,000* (total: 2,300,000)

4. "Mylo Xyloto" Coldplay - 1,470,000* (total: 5,100,000)

5. "MDNA" Madonna - 1,321,000

6. "Making Mirrors" Gotye - 1,187,000* (total: 1,300,000)

7. "Wrecking Ball" Bruce Springsteen - 1,185,000

8. "Talk That Talk" Rihanna - 1,097,000* (total: 3,000,000)

9. "Greatest Hits" Whitney Houston - 1,083,000* (total: 11,000,000)

10. "19" Adele - 1,064,000* (total: 5,500,000)

 

11. "Tuskegee" Lionel Richie - 1,053,000

12. "Sorry For Party Rocking" LMFAO - 995,000* (total: 2,500,000)

13. "Nothing but the Beat" David Guetta - 947,000* (total: 2,800,000)

14. "El Camino" The Black Keys - 930,000

15. "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" Nicki Minaj - 835,000

16. "Liones:Hidden Treasures" Amy winehouse - 783,000* (total: 2,450,000)

17. "Doo Woops and Hooligans" Bruno Mars - 776,000* (total: 5,200,000)

18. "Old Ideas" Leonard Cohen - 713,000

19. "Ceremonials" Florence + The Machine - 638,000* (total: 1,950,000)

20. "Take Care" Drake - 590,000* (total: 2,200,000)

 

21. "Blunderbuss" Jack White - 585,000

22. "Blown Away" Carrie Underwood - 572,000

23. "Plus" Ed Sheeran - 562,000* (total: 800,000)

24. "A Different Kind of Truth" Van Halen - 557,000

25. "Little Broken Hearts" Norah Jones - 557,000

26. "Our Version of Events" Emeli Sande - 536,000

27. "Love is a Four Letter Word" Jason Mraz - 455,000

28. "Own the Night" Lady Antebellum - 444,000* (total: 2,100,000)

29. "Stronger" Kelly Clarkson - 436,000* (total: 1,300,000)

30. "Hunger Games OST" Various Artists - 416,000

 

31. "Kisses on the Bottom" Paul McCartney - 400,000

32. "Born and Raised" John Mayer - 393,000

33. "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry - 392,000* (total: 5,000,000)

34. "Here and Now" Nickelback - 372,000* (total: 1,750,000)

35. "Ultimate Collection" Whitney Houston - 359,000* (total: 1,500,000)

36. "Bangarang" Skrillex - 355,000* (total: 500,000)

37. "4" Beyonce - 289,000* (total: 2,600,000)

38. "Born This Way" Lady Gaga - 279,000* (total: 6,200,000)

39. "Tailgates and Tanlines" Luke Bryan - 273,000* (total: 1,100,000)

40. "Torches" Foster the People - 272,000* (total: 1,300,000)

 

 

- Numbers indicate sales between 1.1.2012. and 5.6.2012.

- Albums that have star (*) next to the number were released last year, or even earlier, so this number doesn't represent their total sales.

 

Source: United World Chart

 

I have an impression that this statistics are incomplete, but better this than nothing :P

Edited June 13, 201213 yr by Tommy

Oh wow thanks for that! Lots of interesting stuff there. Especially in the album sales. Nicki's sold so little! :o

Thanks for posting!

But like i said earlier this statistics are incomplete. I think that someone add only this week when song/album was in top 40 (because uwc chart shows only top 40 sales).

The UWC singles is wrong as it adds in airplay as well. Plus from Japan Mr. Children has 2 Best albums each a million plus and AKB48 has had 2 1.3 million+ selling singles this year so I think the list is not up to date/inaccurate.

What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) looks so out of place up there with We Found Love, Somebody That I Used To Know, We Are Young, Call Me Maybe etc :lol:

The UWC singles is wrong as it adds in airplay as well. Plus from Japan Mr. Children has 2 Best albums each a million plus and AKB48 has had 2 1.3 million+ selling singles this year so I think the list is not up to date/inaccurate.

 

 

Numbers indicate sales between 1.1.2012. and 5.6.2012.

Thanks for this!!!

 

What a brilliant top 2 in the singles chart!!!

 

Surprised to see Nicki not in the top 10 for albums as she is one of the biggest acts around right now. The album is very polarizing though I guess.

 

Born This Way's worldwide sales are huge!!! :cheer: I would have thought Teenage Dream sold more than it, but glad its ahead by a good million!

Edited June 14, 201213 yr by HausofKubrick

Numbers indicate sales between 1.1.2012. and 5.6.2012.

 

Erm, It's still wrong.

 

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week21-2012.htm

Maybe it's only european and american music??