July 19, 201312 yr Oh, you're right. I'm gonna blame Wikipedia for that one, the 'list of million selling singles' article says 'Unchained Melody' came out in 1994. Fixed - the November 1994 date was when it got performed on Soldier Soldier, but didn't actually come out as a single until May 1995.
July 19, 201312 yr That's not good for Bra - two mistakes in one post. Reputation plummeting AS WE SPEAK I'm blaming Wikipedia for that as well :D Sorting the table on the Wiki article by artist doesn't put the two Elton songs together because one of them is alphabetised to 'E' and the other to 'J'. Lesson: Wikipedia should never ever be used for chart statistics ever
July 19, 201312 yr Of this list, I reckon there's about 30-35 that I really like, and a dozen that I loathe!
July 21, 201311 yr The Beatles six million sellers were spread out over six years: She Loves You (1963); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1963); Can't Buy Me Love (1964); I Feel Fine (1964); We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper (1965) and Hey Jude (1968). Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney later claimed their seventh million sellers with Imagine (1975/1980) and Mull Of Kintyre (1977) respectively.
July 21, 201311 yr It's a shame that nowadays any massive hit can easily sell one million and from 2003-2010, even the biggest hits would hardly reach that much. If sales in 2007 were like nowadays, Umbrella would probably sell a million in its fourth week.
July 21, 201311 yr Top ten circa 2023: 1 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 5.19 2 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE 2011 5.08 3 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 ELTON JOHN 1997 4.91 4 READ ALL ABOUT IT EMILE SANDE 2011 4.51 5 MR BRIGHTSIDE THE KILLERS 2004 4.47 6 GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS & NILE RODGERS 2013 4.24 7 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE FT TI & PHARRELL WILLIAMS 2013 4.22 8 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 1982 4.01 9 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS 1998 3.80 10 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 1984 3.78 Obviously a massive overexaggeration, but the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised :P Edited July 21, 201311 yr by BillyH
July 21, 201311 yr Top ten circa 2023: 1 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 5.19 2 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE 2011 5.08 3 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 ELTON JOHN 1997 4.91 4 READ ALL ABOUT IT EMILE SANDE 2011 4.51 5 MR BRIGHTSIDE THE KILLERS 2004 4.47 6 GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS & NILE RODGERS 2013 4.24 7 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE FT TI & PHARRELL WILLIAMS 2013 4.22 8 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 1982 4.01 9 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS 1998 3.80 10 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 1984 3.78 Obviously a massive overexaggeration, but the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised :P You think Band Aid will only sell 50k in 10 years? :P
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