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Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

 

It has sold around 970,000 copies on download and may pass a million sales later this year. If not this year it definitely will at some point in 2015.

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!

 

he still might be, if sales start to fall and streaming takes over

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!

 

It quite likely will be. I think I'm right in saying that the majority of new million sellers and trickle-over-the-line classics that become million sellers only get a short way over the million mark at best, whereas Will is comfortably over by quite a margin.

Grenade must be fairly close by now. Might get there over the next 12 months with the help of some sort of boost. Although I'll only be happy to see it cross the million mark after Rolling In The Deep in order to avenge the latter's defeat to number 1.
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Ooh. How far away is this from getting to a million? What a lovely addition this would be :wub:
It quite likely will be. I think I'm right in saying that the majority of new million sellers and trickle-over-the-line classics that become million sellers only get a short way over the million mark at best, whereas Will is comfortably over by quite a margin.

I will predict that it won't be, safe in the knowledge that, if it is still the century's biggest seller by 31 December 2100, I will be long dead so won't see the "told you so" posts :D

I think that "Don't Speak" will be a million seller this year..It's quite close to achieve this!!!
I think that "Don't Speak" will be a million seller this year..It's quite close to achieve this!!!

What's it currently on?

What's it currently on?

 

More than 975.000 copies..

More than 975.000 copies..

 

Almost 25,000 copies is alot to find on trickle sales alone. It could do it if it gets a big boost from being used on The Voice, X Factor, BGT or gets a random surge in sales due to being 59p.

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So we've had our first two trickle selling millionaires of the year - Rolling in the Deep and Diamonds. From that OCC article I can now more accurately order and update the 43 million sellers of the 21st century:

 

1 Will Young - Evergreen

2 Robin Thicke - BL

3 Adele - SLY

4 Maroon 5 - MLJ

5 Gotye - STIUTK

6 Black Eyed Peas - IGF

7 Shaggy - IWM

8 Daft Punk - GL

9 Gareth Gates - UM

10 Rihanna - WFL

 

11 Peter Kay - ITTWTA

12 Kings of Leon - SOF

13 Avicii - WMU

14 Carly Rae Jepsen - CMM

15 Alex Burke - Hallelujah

16 James Arthur - Impossible

17 Bruno Mars - JTWYA

18 LMFAO - PRA

19 PSY - GS

20 Jessie J - PT

 

21 Band Aid 20 - DTKIC?

22 Kylie - CGYOOMH

23 Eminem - LTWYL

24 David Guetta - Titanium

25 Lady Gaga - PF

26 Rihanna - OGITW

27 Shayne Ward - TMG

28 Hear' Say - PAS

29 Fun - WAY

30 Passenger - LHG

 

31 Leona - BL

32 Gnarls Berkeley - Crazy

33 Pharrell - Happy

34 Kings of Leon - US

35 Ed Sheeran - TAT

36 Snow Patrol - CC

37 Bob the Builder - CWFI

38 Cheryl - FFTL

39 Matt Cardle - WWC

40 Lady Gaga - BR

 

41 Atomic Kitten - WA

42 Adele - RITD

43 Rihanna - Diamonds

Use Somebody has sold a million but Sex On Fire hasn't? That's very surprising.

Check the list again, Sex On Fire is #12.

I wonder how close Give Me Everything is now? I only say because of the VAST amount of songs released in 2011 that have now passed a million - Price Tag, The A Team, Someone Like You, Rolling In The Deep, We Found Love, Party Rock Anthem, Moves Like Jagger and Titanium! I hadn't realised at the time what a huge year it was for mammoth hits :o
It's sold 980k.
I wonder how close Give Me Everything is now? I only say because of the VAST amount of songs released in 2011 that have now passed a million - Price Tag, The A Team, Someone Like You, Rolling In The Deep, We Found Love, Party Rock Anthem, Moves Like Jagger and Titanium! I hadn't realised at the time what a huge year it was for mammoth hits :o

 

 

That is a lot.

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Jar of Hearts will pass it at some stage too.

 

I'm hoping MW will give us an updated total for it, tomorrow.

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