I would love to see if anyone has any kind of info about the acts with most records sold in the UK.

 

I mean acts with most albums+singles sales

 

I just thought about this after knowing last week that Rihanna had surpassed the 20M record mark.

 

I would love to, if anyone has any kind of list, or just some totals for other artists.

 

I post here what I know. And they are Rihanna's totals: 20.128.000

 

UK SALES:

 

SONGS:

 

PLATINUM = 6.170.100

 

1 We Found Love - 1.151.400 [~5.200 (#54)]

2 Love the way you lie - 1.046.300 [~1.700 (#40 -Urban-)]

3 Only girl (In the world) - 1.039.100 [~1.000 (OUT)]

4 What's my name - 803.100 [~700 (OUT)]

5 Umbrella - 801.700 [~800 (OUT)]

6 S & M - 685.700 [~600 (OUT)]

7 Rude boy 642.800 [~500 (OUT)]

 

GOLD = 2.692.400

 

8 Who's that chick? 558.900 [~400 (OUT)]

9 Disturbia 461.400 [~300 (OUT)]

10 Russian roulette 431.800 [~400 (OUT)]

11 Take Care 417.400 [~4.800 (#57)]

12 Dont stop the music 417.300 [~200 (OUT)]

13 Take a bow 405.600 [~300 (OUT)]

 

SILVER = 3.467.000

 

14 Unfaithful 394.900 [~400 (OUT)]

15 Live your life 383.300 [~100 (OUT)]

16 SOS 316.300 [~100 (OUT)]

17 Run this town 313.800 [~2.500 (#90)]

18 Where Have You Been 302.300 [24.000 (#14)]

19 California king bed 294.200 [~400 (OUT)]

20 All of the lights 283.800 [~400 (OUT)]

21 Princess Of China 271.300 [39.466 (#7)]

22 Shut up and drive 247.400 [~100 (OUT)]

23 Te amo 244.200 [~200 (OUT)]

24 Pon de replay 210.300 [~100 (OUT)]

25 Fly 205.200 [~300 (OUT)]

 

NOT CERT. = 1.268.700

 

26 You Da One 194.700 [~900 (OUT)]

27 Cheers 184.100 [~500 (OUT)]

28 Rehab 175.200 [~100 (OUT)]

29 Hate that I love you 170.400 [~100 (OUT)]

30 Talk That Talk 124.000 [~2.400 (OUT)]

31 Man down 97.800 [~1.200 (OUT)]

32 If I never see your face again 73.400 [>100 (OUT)]

33 If it's lovin' that you want 71.600 [>100 (OUT)]

34 Hard 71.400 [~100 (OUT)]

35 We ride 51.200 [>100 (OUT)]

36 Wait your turn 26.800 [~100 (OUT)]

37 Birthday Cake 17.100 [~1.000 (OUT)]

38 Cockiness 11.000 [~1.300 (OUT)]

 

+ NON-SINGLE SALES+Others: ~500.000

 

= 14.098.200 songs

 

ALBUMS:

 

1. GGGB - 1.843.800 [~700 (OUT)]

2. Loud - 1.814.200 [~2.500 (#57)]

3. Talk That Talk - 857.614 [10.946 (#9)]

4. Rated R - 697.100 [~400 (OUT)]

5. AGLM - 641.300 [~100 (OUT)]

6. MOTS - 176.500 [>100 (OUT)]

 

= 6.030.400 albums

 

TOTAL RECORDS SOLD: 20.128.600

I had a rifle through my Virgin book of UK singles the other day and found it has a list of the top 40 (I think it was 40) acts with the biggest singles sales in the UK - with total sales listed - and worked out that Rihanna would now be something like sixth on the list (and the tallies for the above couple of acts are not too far away from Rihanna's total). Amazing! IIRC, her sales are something like two-thirds of the number one act, which I think may have been the Beatles, but I'll check later when I get home!

Beatles recently overtook, but are still 3rd in the Virgin book. Think they'll stretch their lead tbh over 2nd and 3rd now they have their downloads.

 

I was about to post a similar thread actually- we have lists of most chart weeks for songs and artists in singles and albums, we have biggest selling singles and singles artists lists (I may Rihanna fifth - bloody hell!), and we have biggest selling albums list but WHY NO BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM ARTISTS? Maybe its too hard to count or something but love to see it, does anyone have even an older one? The Virgin Album book doesn't do one and the next book is overdue with no sign ;-(