Posted January 3, 201411 yr Just thinking about what existing releases will reach the 1 million mark this year. A few shoe ins: Naughty Boy - La La La: currently 940K and in the Top 75 Rihanna - Diamonds: currently 980K and selling 1K + per week Katy Perry - Firework: currently 980K and still selling not far off 1K per week Roar is now also looking like a good bet with over 800K and in the Top 10 Some other possible contenders: Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child: currently 930K and selling 1 - 2K per week (should definitely get there by 2015) Adele - Rolling in the Deep: must be getting very close now? Pitbull - Give Me Everything: not sure how this is trickle selling but it must be close Any others? I think Counting Stars may fall slightly short sadly
January 3, 201411 yr la la la is a cert i also think katy perry could have 2 with firework and roar another potential million seller could be rule the world by take that especially as they are returning this year.
January 3, 201411 yr I would love to try and work out a list of the best sellers this century now there are so many million sellers :o I definitely think Firework, Roar and Diamonds will by the end of the year. Would love to see Swedish House Mafia get there as well.
January 3, 201411 yr If we are really going retro I anticipate Kylie and Jason's Especially For You and UB40's Red Red Wine to pass a million sales this year
January 3, 201411 yr If we are really going retro I anticipate Kylie and Jason's Especially For You and UB40's Red Red Wine to pass a million sales this year Yeah I was gonna say 'Especially For You', although isn't there some controversy as to its official sales figure?
January 3, 201411 yr Yeah I was gonna say 'Especially For You', although isn't there some controversy as to its official sales figure? Yeah, many feel (and are probably right) that its sales are closer to 800k. Although the OCC quoted 980k back in 2012 so they'll have to stick with that. Especially For You probably doesn't sell that much to be fair, but new material from Kylie this year as well as her role on the Voice UK might bump sales up just enough.
January 3, 201411 yr Is Whole Again a million seller yet? If not it can't be that far off?It is, it passed a million sales last year.
January 3, 201411 yr I'm surprised that My Sweet Lord George Harrison is not a million seller yet. However I think there is a difference in opinion between Alan Jones and other sources to its original 1971/6 sales.
January 3, 201411 yr I'd say Rolling in the deep is one of the closest of all the songs mentioned here. My estimates put it roughly 10k short of the million.
January 3, 201411 yr Some other possible contenders: Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child: currently 930K and selling 1 - 2K per week (should definitely get there by 2015) This is one I'm keeping half an eye on, should get there in the first half of next year. That's the thing with trickle sales, slow but steady, it takes time but they get there in the end!
January 4, 201411 yr Author On a slightly unrelated note it has occurred to me that I thnk there are now exactly 40 million sellers this century. The list would look something like this - NB the order is only my rough estimate. 1 Will Young - Evergreen 2 Adele - SLY 3 Robin Thicke - BL 4 Maroon 5 - MLJ 5 Gotye - STIUTK 6 Black Eyed Peas - IGF 7 Gareth Gates - UM 8 Rihanna - WFL 9 Daft Punk - GL 10 Shaggy - IWM 11 Kings of Leon - SOF 12 Carly Rae Jepsen - CMM 13 Alex Burke - Hallelujah 14 James Arthur - Impossible 15 Peter Kay - ITTWTA 16 LMFAO - PRA 17 PSY - GS 18 Bruno Mars - JTWYA 19 Avicii - WMU 20 Jessie J - PT 21 Band Aid 20 - DTKIC? 22 Eminem - LTWYL 23 Kylie - CGYOOMH 24 David Guetta - Titanium 25 Lady Gaga - PF 26 Shayne Ward - TMG 27 Rihanna - OGITW 28 Fun - WAY 29 Hear' Say - PAS 30 Leona - BL 31 Gnarls Berkeley - Crazy 32 Passenger - LHG 33 Kings of Leon - US 34 Ed Sheeran - TAT 35 Snow Patrol - CC 36 Cheryl - FFTL 37 Bob the Builder - CWFI 38 Matt Cardle - WWC 39 Atomic Kitten - WA 40 Lady Gaga - BR Let me know if I've missed any!
January 4, 201411 yr For a long time it seemed that only charity and X Factor-related songs could sell a million so it'e interesting to see that only two of the top ten in that list fit that category. I'm not counting Moves Like Jagger before anyone chips in.
January 4, 201411 yr For a long time it seemed that only charity and X Factor-related songs could sell a million so it'e interesting to see that only two of the top ten in that list fit that category. I'm not counting Moves Like Jagger before anyone chips in. I remember when people predicted that Band Aid 20 would be the last ever million-seller...
January 4, 201411 yr Let me know if I've missed any! 'Paradise' by Coldplay has unofficially sold a million, but it sold over 100k whilst being chart ineligible so the OCC doesn't count it - just throwing that out there in case you didn't know so you can decide whether to include it in your list or not ^_^
January 5, 201411 yr I remember when people predicted that Band Aid 20 would be the last ever million-seller... I honestly thought a few years ago that Will Young was going to be the biggest seller of the twenty-first century, let alone the 2000s!
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