Posted October 6, 201311 yr from http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/a...-all-time-2526/ Avicii’s Wake Me Up has become the UK’s 140th million-selling single, while Snow Patrol’s 2006 hit, Chasing Cars, has also broken through the million-copies sales barrier. Wake Me Up by Avicii has become one of the UK’s biggest selling singles of all-time, OfficialCharts.com can reveal. The 24-year-old Swedish DJ and Producer’s track broke through the million copies sales barrier this morning (Sunday, October 6, 2013). Wake Me Up is only the 140th single to reach this milestone in British history, and the third track released this year to do so (Daft Punk’s Get Lucky FT Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, and Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines FT TI and Pharrell Williams became million sellers in June and July, respectively). Comments the Official Charts Company’s Chief Executive, Martin Talbot: "Congratulations to Avicii - hitting the million mark is a superb achievement for any act. It has been a fantastic year for smash hit singles with three 2013-released million-sellers already, and we can be sure that Avicii is not going to be the last millionaire of this year!" Wake Me Up debuted at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart back in July. It became the fastest selling single of 2013 so far, selling 267,000 copies during its first week on sale. Wake Me Up spent three consecutive weeks at Number 1, and denied One Direction their fourth UK chart topper (with Best Song Ever). “Having the fastest selling record of 2013 is obviously a huge deal to me,” Avicii told BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show host Jameela Jamil. “I never thought being on the Official Chart was an option for my music. Dance music has its own things; we have our own charts and lists, so just having a Number 1 is insane!” In related news, Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars, has also crossed over the million sales mark. The track, which was originally released in 2006, and peaked at Number 6. Chasing Cars has re-entered Official Singles Chart an almost annual basis, climbing back into the Top 75 in six out of the last seven years. Sir Elton John’s double A-side, Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind '97, remains the UK’s biggest selling single of all-time. It has clocked up nearly 5 million sales since its release sixteen years ago.
October 6, 201311 yr Excellent news that Avicii has done it this week! :yahoo: Good to see that they've finally officially announced Chasing Cars as a million seller too.
October 6, 201311 yr Excellent news that Avicii has done it this week! :yahoo: Good to see that they've finally officially announced Chasing Cars as a million seller too. Though the latter is stale news... :P
October 6, 201311 yr I'm assuming Passenger is next on the list. Rule The World must be coming closer with the constant bashing on the X Factor TV show.
October 6, 201311 yr Though the latter is stale news... :P It is....very stale news hence why I said "finally announced." :P :D The OC are very slow and normally wait until there are 2/3 million sellers before doing an announcement, like its too much effort to do a quick twitter announcement as soon as a track passes the million mark. The only exceptions I can remember is Daft Punks Get Lucky, probably due to it reaching the million mark rather quickly.
October 6, 201311 yr It is....very stale news hence why I said "finally announced." :P :D The OC are very slow and normally wait until there are 2/3 million sellers before doing an announcement, like its too much effort to do a quick twitter announcement as soon as a track passes the million mark. The only exceptions I can remember is Daft Punks Get Lucky, probably due to it reaching the million mark rather quickly. They probably assume that an announcement about a current track will have more impact with the general public than an announcement about an older song. They are probably right about that so it makes sense to hold back announcements about older songs.
October 6, 201311 yr I'm assuming Passenger is next on the list. Rule The World must be coming closer with the constant bashing on the X Factor TV show. Rihanna's "Diamonds" might get there before Passenger.
October 6, 201311 yr I don't like how they keep using the phrase 'one of the UK's biggest selling singles' as if 1,000,000 is the magic exact barrier for a song to qualify for that arbitrary descriptor which gets less impressive with every song that passes the mark. Yay for 'Wake Me Up' I guess.
October 6, 201311 yr Not surprising news at all but YAY for Avicii making it. That must make him the second Swedish act to have a million seller, amazing news! :wub:
October 6, 201311 yr I'm assuming Passenger is next on the list. Rule The World must be coming closer with the constant bashing on the X Factor TV show. Plus Mariah's-AIWFCIY should also make it by the end of the year.
October 6, 201311 yr Plus Mariah's-AIWFCIY should also make it by the end of the year. I'm not convinced - it may well fall just short this year (70k to go?).
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