Only 9.8k for "Burn" to go until it hits platinum, should easily clear that this week then; here's hoping BPI bring attention to it.

I'm not sure though, because the four million-sellers came before the sales started collapsing at the end of the summer. However, there was Roar and Counting Stars afterwards. I think 2014's sales will be back down on a similar level to 2010/2011, so we will probably still get million-sellers, but they won't reach a million as effortlessly as some of the songs this year did.

 

What interests me in a Lack of faith in on air releases esp looking at the top 10 selling singles of the year 5 are on air singles & 2 others (Blurred Lines & Wake me Up) were early releases due to massive demand!

Edited December 31, 201311 yr by steve201

BTW, I estimate that 195-196 singles sold over 100k in 2013.

For the last time this year. How much has P!nks -

 

Blow me

Try

True love

Truth about love (album total sales)

 

Sold?

 

 

And has robbies swings both ways sold more than take the crown?

 

For the last time this year.

 

But you'll ask me again next week... :P

 

How much has P!nks -

 

Blow me

Try

True love

Truth about love (album total sales)

 

Sold?

And has robbies swings both ways sold more than take the crown?

 

I'll answer these on Thurs.

 

As to the last part, I'll point you to last week's sales thread... http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t=0&start=0

I own the whole Top 20 singles bar the awful and overrated Macklemore songs, mostly thanks to the Now music compilations I've bought this year.

Hi Vid, what's your estimate on the total sales of the first two One Direction albums? Surely 'Up All Night' must be quite close to a million by now?

Hi Vid, what's your estimate on the total sales of the first two One Direction albums? Surely 'Up All Night' must be quite close to a million by now?

 

Not as close as it was on 7/12, when it passed that mark. :P

 

TMH 906.5k, UAN 1033k

Not as close as it was on 7/12, when it passed that mark. :P

 

TMH 906.5k, UAN 1033k

Thanks... technically 1033k is still quite close to a million though :P

 

I guess Take Me Home and Midnight Memories will both pass 1m sometime in the next few months too, not bad for your first three albums!

Killers - Direct Hits &

Keane - Best Of &

Jake bugg - shangri la please!

 

And if you have it Killers - shot at the night.

Killers - Direct Hits &

Keane - Best Of &

Jake bugg - shangri la please!

 

And if you have it Killers - shot at the night.

 

175.5k, 118.5k, 128k, ~31k

Vidcapper, do you have an estimate for Avril's Here's To Never Growing Up and her album please? Do you also have an estimate for Dido's Greatest Hits as well? Thanks!

What interests me in a Lack of faith in on air releases esp looking at the top 10 selling singles of the year 5 are on air singles & 2 others (Blurred Lines & Wake me Up) were early releases due to massive demand!

 

I make it 6 songs that were OA/OS ('Get Lucky', 'Let Her Go', 'Thrift Shop', 'Just Give Me a Reason', 'Counting Stars' and 'Mirrors'). Plus as you say, 'Blurred Lines' and 'Wake Me Up' were brought forward, which makes 'Roar' and 'La La La' the only properly held-back songs in the top 10.

 

Obviously this debate has been had a million times, but it's really beyond doubt now that immediate releases work best for ALL artists. People usually talk bring up specific examples of OA/OS releases from the likes of Lady Gaga or Britney which flopped, but they're really bad examples because most of their singles underperform these days even if they're held back for ages. It's probably a factor in the drop in singles sales (though I don't think it could be the only factor) as people start more routinely using Youtube or whatever to listen to songs which they aren't "allowed" to buy yet, and the record labels really need to wake up asap.

Edited December 31, 201311 yr by Danny

Only 'Get Lucky' and 'Mirrors' were OA/OS, the rest were just tracks from previously available albums (so all racked up a number of sales before entering the chart).

Only 'Get Lucky' and 'Mirrors' were OA/OS, the rest were just tracks from previously available albums (so all racked up a number of sales before entering the chart).

 

But that makes them OA/OS to all intents and purposes, no, since they were available to buy from the point when they started getting serious promotion/airplay/video-play? No sales for those songs were "lost" in the way they would definitely have been for 'Roar' and 'La La La'.

Edited December 31, 201311 yr by Danny

Vidcapper, do you have an estimate for Avril's Here's To Never Growing Up and her album please? Do you also have an estimate for Dido's Greatest Hits as well? Thanks!

 

45k to 31/8, 21k

 

34.5k

Do you have the total sales & gift card week sales for What About Us and Disco Love? (if either of them charted in the top 200)

But that makes them OA/OS to all intents and purposes, no, since they were available to buy from the point when they started getting serious promotion/airplay/video-play? No sales for those songs were "lost" in the way they would definitely have been for 'Roar' and 'La La La'.

 

Yea that's why I counted them as on air releases. Record companies don't like it because artists that rely on no1s for a successful career lose out with releasing early!

Please- :D

 

APPLAUSE - LG

DWUW - LG

UNCONDITIONALLY - KP

 

175.5k, 118.5k, 128k, ~31k

 

Ouch, I really would've thought Direct Hits had passed the 200k mark by now.

 

It seems unlikely it'll reach platinum status now, isn't it?