Posted December 8, 201212 yr SINGLES 1952 Al Martino Here in my heart 1953 Frankie Laine Answer me 1954 Winifred Atwell Let’s have another party 1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet 1956 Johnnie Ray Just walking in the rain 1957 Harry Belafonte Mary’s Boy Child 1958 Conway Twitty Its only make believe 1959 Emile Ford & The Checkmates What do you want to make those eyes at me for 1960 Cliff Richard I love you 1961 Danny Williams Moon River 1962 Elvis Presley Return to sender 1963 Beatles I want to hold your hand 1964 Beatles I feel fine 1965 Beatles We can work it out / Day Tripper 1966 Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home 1967 Beatles Hello Goodbye 1968 Scaffold Lily the Pink 1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 1970 Dave Edmunds I hear you knockin’ 1971 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 1972 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover from Liverpool 1973 Slade Merry Christmas Everybody 1974 Mud Lonely this Christmas 1975 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1976 Johnny Mathis When a child is born 1977 Wings Mull of Kintyre / Girls School 1978 Boney M Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord 1979 Pink Floyd Another brick in the wall 1980 St. Winifred’s School Choir There’s no one quite like grandma 189,000 1981 Human League Don’t you want me 188,000 1982 Renee & Renato Save your love 121,000 1983 Flying Pickets Only you 174,000 1984 Band Aid Do they know it’s Christmas 882,000 1985 Shakin’ Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone 145,000 1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The sweetest girl in town) 135,000 1987 Pet Shop Boys Always on my mind 107,000 1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine 210,000 1989 Band Aid II Do they know it’s Christmas 198,000 1990 Cliff Richard Saviours Day 102,000 1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the best days of our lives 279,000 1992 Whitney Houston I will always love you 217,000 1993 Mr. Blobby Mr. Blobby 92,500 1994 East 17 Just another day 204,000 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 261,851 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 429,000 1997 Spice Girls Too Much 252,000 1998 Spice Girls Goodbye 380,000 1999 Westlife I have a dream / Seasons in the sun 213,000 2000 Bob the Builder Can we fix it? 359,639 2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin’ Stupid 110,000 2002 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground 213,140 2003 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules Mad World 227,547 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know Its Christmas? 231,492 2005 Shayne Ward That’s My Goal 742,180 2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 571,992 2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe 275,742 2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 576,046 2009 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name 502,672 2010 Matt Cardle When We Collide 439,007 2011 Military Wives with Gareth Malone Wherever You Are 555,622 2012 ??
December 8, 201212 yr Author ALBUMS 1950's 1. 1956 Original Soundtrack... The King And I 2. 1957 Original Soundtrack .. The King And I 3. 1958 Original Soundtrack.. South Pacific 4. 1959 Original Soundtrack ..South Pacific 1960's 5. 1960 Original Soundtrack ..South Pacific 6. 1961 The George Mitchell Minstrels ..Another Black And White Minstrel Show 7. 1962 The Shadows ..Out Of The Shadows 8. 1963 The Beatles ..With The Beatles 9. 1964 The Beatles ..Beatles For Sale 10. 1965 The Beatles ..Rubber Soul 11. 1966 Original Soundtrack ..The Sound Of Music 12. 1967 The Beatles ..Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 13. 1968 The Beatles ..The Beatles (The White Album) 14. 1969 The Beatles ..Abbey Road 1970's 15. 1970 Andy Williams ..Andy Williams Greatest Hits 16. 1971 T. Rex Electric Warrior 17. 1972 Various artist compilation (K-Tel) ..20 All Time Hits Of The 50's 18. 1973 Elton John ..Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 19. 1974 Elton John ..Elton John's Greatest Hits 20. 1975 Queen ..A Night At The Opera 21. 1976 Glen Campbell ..20 Golden Greats 22. 1977 Various artist compilation (K-Tel) ..Disco Fever 23. 1978 Original Soundtrack ..Grease 24. 1979 Rod Stewart ..Greatest Hits Vol. 1 1980's 25. 1980 Abba ..Super Trouper 26. 1981 Abba ..The Visitors 27. 1982 John Lennon ..The John Lennon Collection 28. 1983 Various artist compilation.. Now, That's What I Call Music 29. 1984 Various artist compilation ..The Hits Album/The Hits Tape - 32 Original Hits 30. 1985 Various artist compilation ..Now - The Christmas Album 31. 1986 Various artist compilation ..Now, That's What I Call Music 8 32. 1987 Various artist compilation ..Now That's What I Call Music 10 33. 1988 Cliff Richard ..Private Collection 1979-1988 200,000 34. 1989 Phil Collins ..But Seriously 1990's 35. 1990 Madonna ..The Immaculate Collection 340,000 36. 1991 Queen ..Greatest Hits II 179,000 37. 1992 Cher ..Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 193,000 38. 1993 Meat Loaf ..Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell 189,000 39. 1994 Beautiful South ..Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South 264,258 40. 1995 Robson & Jerome ..Robson & Jerome 483,000 41. 1996 Spice Girls ..Spice 439,000 42. 1997 Celine Dion ..Let's Talk About Love 219,918 43. 1998 George Michael ..Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael 308,714 44. 1999 Shania Twain ..Come On Over 239,559 2000's 45. 2000 The Beatles .. 1 422,042 46. 2001 Robbie Williams ..Swing When You're Winning 365,208 47. 2002 Robbie Williams ..Escapology 310,237 48. 2003 Dido.. Life For Rent 270,652 49. 2004 Robbie Williams ..Greatest Hits 183,871 50. 2005 Eminem .. Curtain Call: The Hits 314,553 51. 2006 Take That .. Beautiful World 443,070 52. 2007 Leona Lewis Spirit 286,437 53. 2008 Take That The Circus 381,650 54. 2009 Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream 352,612 2010’s 55. 2010 Take That Progress 330,251 56. 2011 Michael Bublé Christmas 317,114 57. 2012
December 8, 201212 yr These are the updated singles and albums sales. Cheers to Gezza for the sales: SINGLES 1980 St. Winifred’s School Choir There’s no one quite like grandma 189,000 1981 Human League Don’t you want me 188,000 1982 Renee & Renato Save your love 121,000 1983 Flying Pickets Only you 174,000 1984 Band Aid Do they know it’s Christmas 882,000 1985 Shakin’ Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone 145,000 1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The sweetest girl in town) 135,000 1987 Pet Shop Boys Always on my mind 107,000 1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine 210,000 1989 Band Aid II Do they know it’s Christmas 198,000 1990 Cliff Richard Saviours Day 102,000 1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the best days of our lives 279,000 1992 Whitney Houston I will always love you 217,000 1993 Mr. Blobby Mr. Blobby 92,500 1994 East 17 Just another day 204,000 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 261,851 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 429,000 1997 Spice Girls Too Much 252,000 1998 Spice Girls Goodbye 380,000 1999 Westlife I have a dream / Seasons in the sun 213,000 2000 Bob the Builder Can we fix it? 359,639 2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin’ Stupid 110,000 2002 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground 213,140 2003 Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules Mad World 227,547 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know Its Christmas? 231,492 2005 Shayne Ward That’s My Goal 742,180 2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 571,992 2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe 275,742 2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 576,046 2009 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name 502,672 2010 Matt Cardle When We Collide 439,007 2011 Military Wives with Gareth Malone Wherever You Are 555,622 ALBUMS 1980's 33. 1988 Cliff Richard ..Private Collection 1979-1988 200,000 1990's 35. 1990 Madonna ..The Immaculate Collection 340,000 36. 1991 Queen ..Greatest Hits II 179,000 37. 1992 Cher ..Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 193,000 38. 1993 Meat Loaf ..Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell 189,000 39. 1994 Beautiful South ..Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South 264,258 40. 1995 Robson & Jerome ..Robson & Jerome 483,000 41. 1996 Spice Girls ..Spice 439,000 42. 1997 Celine Dion ..Let's Talk About Love 219,918 43. 1998 George Michael ..Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael 308,714 44. 1999 Shania Twain ..Come On Over 239,559 2000's 45. 2000 The Beatles .. 1 422,042 46. 2001 Robbie Williams ..Swing When You're Winning 365,208 47. 2002 Robbie Williams ..Escapology 310,237 48. 2003 Dido.. Life For Rent 270,652 49. 2004 Robbie Williams ..Greatest Hits 183,871 50. 2005 Eminem .. Curtain Call: The Hits 314,553 51. 2006 Take That .. Beautiful World 443,070 52. 2007 Leona Lewis Spirit 286,437 53. 2008 Take That The Circus 381,650 54. 2009 Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream 352,612 2010’s 55. 2010 Take That Progress 330,251 56. 2011 Michael Bublé Christmas 317,114 Edited December 8, 201212 yr by ★ G R I E F ★
December 8, 201212 yr 2000's 45. 2000 The Beatles .. 1 422,042 46. 2001 Robbie Williams ..Swing When You're Winning 365,208 47. 2002 Robbie Williams ..Escapology 310,237 48. 2003 Dido.. Life For Rent 270,652 49. 2004 Robbie Williams ..Greatest Hits 183,871 50. 2005 Eminem .. Curtain Call: The Hits 314,553 51. 2006 Take That .. Beautiful World 443,070 52. 2007 Leona Lewis Spirit 286,437 53. 2008 Take That The Circus 381,650 54. 2009 Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream 352,612 2010’s 55. 2010 Take That Progress 330,251 56. 2011 Michael Bublé Christmas 317,114 Strange how 2004 had the lowest sales for Christmas Number One album, despite that year apparently being the highest selling year for albums of the 21st century!
December 8, 201212 yr Strange how 2004 had the lowest sales for Christmas Number One album, despite that year apparently being the highest selling year for albums of the 21st century! Yes, I thought that as well. I guess that sales were more spread out in that week though. Edited December 8, 201212 yr by ★ G R I E F ★
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