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Am I the only one who thinks this is utterly insane?

 

At least Someone Like You is properly iconic and I suppose deserving of its success. But Blurred Lines?! Really?

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Am I the only one who thinks this is utterly insane?

 

At least Someone Like You is properly iconic and I suppose deserving of its success. But Blurred Lines?! Really?

 

Glad to see it's not just me, then!

Can I have total sales for:

 

Kid Ink ft Chris Brown- Show Me

Lady GaGa ft R Kelly- Do What U Want

Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr- Eat Sleep Rave Repeat

Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais- Summertime Sadness

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Blurred Lines is good. Hate just makes the fire spread.

 

Then I'd better make sure I'm standing next to Robin Thicke when it does... :P

Am I the only one who thinks this is utterly insane?

 

At least Someone Like You is properly iconic and I suppose deserving of its success. But Blurred Lines?! Really?

It's a scandal. Blurred Lines is utter crap!

 

Can I have total sales for:-

 

The Wanted Word of mouth

James Blunt Moon Landing

Katy Perry Prism

 

Thanks!

I can't remember the last time I was so ambivalent about as song as I am about 'Blurred Lines', although obviously it's not ambivalence that sells records. Of course, a lot of people bought Adele's album instead of the single, ISTM that's less the case with Thicko.
However, with Someone Like You, it's quite possible that a lot of people bought the song twice. Their was the live BRITS version which probably sold like 300,000, and a portion of those probably bought the normal version too.

It's even weirder when you look at the top selling song of every single decade since the charts began:

 

1950s: Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock (birth of rock & roll in the charts, exciting new genre)

 

1960s: The Beatles - She Loves You (Beatles)

 

1970s: Wings - Mull of Kintyre (ok a little surprising, but still, Paul McCartney + Beatles + Christmas + gentle song for all the family)

 

1980s: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (massive charity release, every major star of the early 80s on it)

 

1990s: Elton John - Candle in the Wind '97 (Princess Diana memorial charity record, people buying 10+ copies each)

 

2000s: Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen (one of the first ever solo reality TV winners, Pop Idol was a huge and groundbreaking show)

 

2010s: Blurred Lines.

 

Ok we have six years left to go but if that ends up outselling everything from 2014-2019, just...wow. :lol:

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Sales for Headband by B.O.B please?

 

Sorry, this never got close to charting so I can't track it.

I think Blurred Lines will overtake Someone Like You for a whole but I don't think it will sell more outright. I can't see Blurred Lines being much of a trickle seller, Someone Like You is probably gonna be timeless and sell consistently throughout the decade

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Sales of Suede' s The Best Of and Bloodsports, please?
I think Blurred Lines will overtake Someone Like You for a whole but I don't think it will sell more outright. I can't see Blurred Lines being much of a trickle seller, Someone Like You is probably gonna be timeless and sell consistently throughout the decade

 

I would agree with this. I would say come mid-2014, Someone Like You will be selling more per week than Blurred Lines, esp if Adele brings out a new album and promotes herself etc. So it would seem there's a good chance of Someone Like You retaining the top decade of the decade spot even if it loses it in Q1 2014.

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Can I have total sales for:

 

Kid Ink ft Chris Brown- Show Me

Lady GaGa ft R Kelly- Do What U Want

Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr- Eat Sleep Rave Repeat

Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais- Summertime Sadness

 

17k, 76k, 118.5k, 472k

 

Can I have total sales for:-

 

The Wanted Word of mouth

James Blunt Moon Landing

Katy Perry Prism

 

Thanks!

 

28k :w00t: , 118k, 131.5k

 

Sales of Suede' s The Best Of and Bloodsports, please?

 

Unknown (see note 4), 24.5k to 21/9

Hi Vid!!!

 

Could you tell me these total sales please?

 

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love

Foxes - Youth

Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World

Jessie J - It's My Party

Katy B - 5 AM

The Killers - Shot At The Night

 

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Hi Vid!!!

 

Could you tell me these total sales please?

 

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love

Foxes - Youth

Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World

Jessie J - It's My Party

Katy B - 5 AM

The Killers - Shot At The Night

 

262.5k, 68.5k, 89.5k, 139.5k, 42.5k, 24.5k

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