That list puts Sound of the Underground over 786,000 - over 100,000 more than its last update 6 years ago?! :o A shame to see a couple of their big hits missing due to the different sales climate but I'm still pleased with the ones that did make it

It's had a more recent update than that, the first post of this topic is quite out of date :heehee: The previous most recent figure posted in this topic was 726,000 on 21st December 2017, so that's over 60,000 in 18 months *.*

It's had a more recent update than that, the first post of this topic is quite out of date :heehee: The previous most recent figure posted in this topic was 726,000 on 21st December 2017, so that's over 60,000 in 18 months *.*

Oh I didn't realise - that's even better! I was guessing it was doing 20,000 a year but that's more like 40,000?!

Something New top 10 is good.

One of their very best.

An update for Cheryl thanks to my friend @AJ!

 

 

3 words : 1,011,408

 

- Fight For This Love : 1,169,764

- 3 words : 362,690

- Parachute : 448,649

 

- Heartbreaker : 356,454

 

 

Messy Little Raindrops : 491,327

 

- Promise This : 469,954

- The Flood : 146,237

 

 

A Million Lights : 112,145

 

- Call My Name : 543,090

- Under the Sun : 208,492

 

- Screw You : 13,824

- Ghetto Baby : 8,012

 

 

Only Human : 68,208

 

- Crazy Stupid Love : 514,201

- I Don't Care : 358,486

- Only Human : 36,292

Nice to see an update :wub:

 

I expected Promise This and Call My Name to be slightly higher tbh but Parachute surprised me the other way around.

Girls Aloud

 

Sound of the Underground= 372,193

Sound of the Underground= 800,338

No Good Advice= 160,517

Life Got Cold= 100,055

Jump= 327,322

 

What Will the Neighbours Say?= 605,120

The Show= 124,905

Love Machine= 364,321

I'll Stand By You= 252,727

Wake Me Up= 83,352

 

Chemistry= 394,868

Long Hot Summer= 84,121

Biology= 214,055

See the Day= 83,544

Whole Lotta History= 74,386

 

The Sound of Girls Aloud= 1,233,745

Something Kinda Ooooh= 341,589

I Think We're Alone Now= 104,508

 

non-album single

Walk This Way (Sugarbabes vs Girls Aloud)= 156,200

 

Tangled Up= 509,634

Sexy! No No No…= 150,043

Call the Shots= 389,409

Can't Speak French= 242,253

 

Out of Control= 800,890

The Promise= 634,748

The Loving Kind= 186,119

Untouchable= 147,858

 

Ten= 236,052

Something New= 216,405

Beautiful Cause You Love Me= 28,922

 

Mixed Up= 19,579

Girls A Live= 14,850

The Collection= 1,290

 

Cheryl

 

3 Words (Album)= 1,011,408

- Fight For This Love= 1,169,764 (35K)

- 3 words= 362,690 (5K)

- Parachute= 448,649 (10K)

- Heartbreaker= 356,454 (8K)

 

Messy Little Raindrops (Album)= 491,327 (2K)

- Promise This= 469,954 (7K)

- The Flood= 146,237 (2K)

 

A Million Lights (Album)= 112,145 (600)

- Call My Name= 543,090 (20K)

- Under the Sun= 208,492 (3.5K)

- Ghetto Baby= 8,012 (600)

- Screw You= 13,824 (700)

 

Only Human (Album)= 68,208 (1K)

- Crazy Stupid Love= 514,201 (15K)

- I Don't Care= 358,486 (15K)

- Only Human= 36,292 (2K)

 

-Love Made Me Do It= 96,328

-Let You= 18,423

 

Kimberley Walsh

 

Centre Stage= 14,790

One Day I'll Fly Away= 3,894

 

Non-album singles

Like U Like (Aggro Santos feat. Kimberley Walsh)= 100,062

One Vision (Alfie Boe & Kimberley Walsh)= 1,926

The Road (Alistair Griffin & Kimberley Wash)= 5,485

 

Nadine Coyle

 

Insatiable= 14,720

Insatiable= 26,721

 

Non-album singles

Sweetest High= 1,826

I Could Be (Shane Filan & Nadine Coyle)= 5,478

Go to Work= 18,420

Girls On Fire= 2,868

Fool for Love= 907

 

Nicola Roberts

 

Cinderella's Eyes= 21,509

Beat of My Drum= 68,142

Lucky Day= 17,556

Yo-Yo= 8,791

 

Sarah Harding

 

Threads= 2,168

CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY

 

So much to dissect!! Thanks SO MUCH to AJ, and Mixxer above too, for the info :heart: :heart:

Yaaaaas

Some surprises there sales wise but so good to see a full list :wub:

 

Thanks for this!

 

Out of Control deserved to be GAs biggest selling album :heart:

Oh wow!! This is incredible to see :wub: :wub:

 

Pleasantly surprised that Call the Shots is getting so close to Gold now, which is truly the least it deserves! Love Machine increasing at a very healthy rate too.

 

Thank you soooo very much for this info AJ, Mixxer and Joseph! :heart:

 

 

Is there any chance we'd be able to find out figures for Theme to St. Trinian's and On the Metro too? Would be interesting to see if On the Metro has managed to overtake Beautiful Cause You Love Me (and I oop at its sales figure!).

About to edit Beat of My Drum into the post above, it's on 68,142!

Looking back at some old information given, there's some confusion with these:

 

July 2018:

241,738 - Can't Speak French

87,671 - Wake Me Up

 

August 2019:

242,253 - Can't Speak French (+515 sales)

83,352 - Wake Me Up (-4,319 sales)

 

I'm not sure, maybe the info was wrong from last year? Or there's some missing sales this year?

 

 

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Lots of stats incoming *.*

 

This following lists & stats is assuming that the new figures for Can't Speak French & Wake Me Up are correct:

 

 

Girls Aloud in sales order:

 

01. 800,338 - Sound of the Underground

02. 634,748 - The Promise

03. 389,409 - Call the Shots

04. 364,321 - Love Machine

05. 341,589 - Something Kinda Ooooh

06. 327,322 - Jump

07. 252,727 - I'll Stand By You

08. 242,253 - Can't Speak French

09. 216,405 - Something New

10. 214,055 - Biology

11. 186,119 - The Loving Kind

12. 160,517 - No Good Advice

13. 156,200 - Walk This Way

14. 150,043 - Sexy! No No No…

15. 147,858 - Untouchable

16. 124,905 - The Show

17. 104,508 - I Think We're Alone Now

18. 100,055 - Life Got Cold

19. 84,121 - Long Hot Summer

20. 83,544 - See the Day

21. 83,352 - Wake Me Up

22. 74,386 - Whole Lotta History

23. 28,922 - Beautiful Cause You Love Me

 

= 5,267,697 sales

 

I've posted the albums list in the Albums thread, but the sales for the singles & albums combined = 9,455,918, which means they have 544,028 to go until 10 million total units have been achieved!

 

Sales by era:

 

1,388,232 - Sound of the Underground era [57.65% - SOTU | 23.58% - J | 11.56% - NGA | 7.21% - LGC]

968,725 - Out of Control era [65.52% - TP | 19.21% - TLK | 15.26% - U]

825,305 - What Will the Neighbours Say? era [44.14% - LM | 30.62% - ISBY | 15.13% - TS | 10.10% - WMU]

781,705 - Tangled Up era [49.82% - CTS | 30.99% - CSF | 19.19% - S!NNN...]

456,106 - Chemistry era [46.93% - B | 18.44% - LHS | 18.32% - STD | 16.31% - WLH]

446,097 - The Sound of Girls Aloud era [76.57% - SKO | 23.43% - ITWAN]

245,327 - Ten era [88.21% - SN | 11.79% - BCYLM]

 

 

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Looking at older data, averages can be worked out and therefore we can forecast when singles may reach certification levels! Obviously a lot of these singles are depressingly far away from certifying Silver (or improving on the certification already achieved), and of course we have no idea what will happen over the next few years when it comes to sales levels and method of consumption. Also a reunion occurring would presumably cause their streams to pick up. Nevertheless, let's have a look at possibilities! By the way, I'm assuming these new sales are as of 2nd August 2019.

 

 

Sound of the Underground

726,000 (approx) on 15th December 2017 [85 weeks ago]

800,338 on 2nd August 2019 (+74,338~ sales)

874.56 sales a week on average

900,000 in October 2021

1,000,000 in December 2023 [21 years after release]

1,100,000 in February 2026

1,200,000 (2xPlatinum) in May 2028

 

 

The Promise

606,000 (approx) on 26th October 2018 [40 weeks ago]

634,748 on 2nd August 2019 (+28,748~ sales)

718.70 sales a week on average

700,000 in April 2021

800,000 in December 2023

900,000 in September 2026

1,000,000 in May 2029

1,100,000 in January 2032

1,200,000 (2xPlatinum) in September 2034

 

 

Love Machine

292,827 on 8th June 2018 [60 weeks ago]

364,321 on 2nd August 2019 (+71,494)

1,191.57 sales a week on average

400,000 (Gold) in February 2020

500,000 in October 2021

600,000 (Platinum) in May 2023

1,000,000 in October 2029

1,200,000 (2xPlatinum) in January 2033

 

 

Call the Shots

359,301 on 16th March 2018 [72 weeks ago]

389,409 on 2nd August 2019 (+30,108 sales)

418.17 sales a week on average

400,000 (Gold) in January 2020

500,000 in August 2024

600,000 (Platinum) in March 2029

 

 

Jump

301,784 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

327,322 on 2nd August 2019 (+25,538 sales)

622.88 sales a week on average

400,000 (Gold) in November 2021

500,000 in November 2024

600,000 (Platinum) in December 2027

 

 

Something Kinda Ooooh

311,928 on 8th June 2018 [60 weeks ago]

341,589 on 2nd August 2019 (+29,661 sales)

494.35 sales a week on average

400,000 (Gold) in November 2021

500,000 in September 2025

600,000 (Platinum) in August 2029

 

 

Biology

200,000 (approx) on 22nd June 2018 [58 weeks ago]

214,055 on 2nd August 2019 (+14,055~ sales)

242.33 sales a week on average

300,000 in May 2026

400,000 (Gold) in April 2034

 

 

Something New

200,000 (approx) on 9th February 2018 [77 weeks ago]

216,405 on 2nd August 2019 (+16,405~ sales)

213.05 sales a week on average

300,000 in February 2027

400,000 (Gold) in February 2036

 

 

The Loving Kind

171,200 on 28th July 2017 [105 weeks ago]

186,119 on 2nd August 2019 (+14,919 sales)

142.09 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in June 2021

 

 

No Good Advice

149,992 on 15th September 2017 [98 weeks ago]

160,517 on 2nd August 2019 (+10,525 sales)

107.40 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in August 2026

 

 

Sexy! No No No...

145,035 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

150,043 on 2nd August 2019 (+5,008 sales)

122.15 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in June 2027

 

 

Walk This Way

152,422 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

156,200 on 2nd August 2019 (+3,778 sales)

92.15 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in September 2028

 

 

Untouchable

144,393 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

147,858 on 2nd August 2019 (+3,465 sales)

84.51 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in May 3031

 

 

Long Hot Summer

75,271 on 27th July 2018 [53 weeks ago]

84,121 on 2nd August 2019 (+8,850 sales)

166.98 sales a week on average

100,000 in June 2022

200,000 (Silver) in November 2033

 

 

The Show

114,424 on 28th July 2017 [105 weeks ago]

124,905 on 2nd August 2019 (+10,481 sales)

99.82 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in January 2034

 

 

I Think We're Alone Now

101,107 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

104,508 on 2nd August 2019 (+3,401 sales)

82.95 sales a week on average

200,000 (Silver) in August 2041(!)

 

 

Whole Lotta History

71,712 on 19th October 2018 [41 weeks ago]

74,386 on 2nd August 2019 (+2,674 sales)

65.22 sales a week on average

100,000 in February 2027

200,000 (Silver) in July 2056 💀💀💀

 

 

I don't have enough recent data to be able to work out any of the other singles!

 

So in summary, this could be the timeline for future certifications:

 

 

01/2020 - Gold - Call the Shots

02/2020 - Gold - Love Machine

06/2021 - Silver - The Loving Kind

11/2021 - Gold - Jump

11/2021 - Gold - Something Kinda Ooooh

05/2023 - Platinum - Love Machine

08/2026 - Silver - No Good Advice

06/2027 - Silver - Sexy! No No No...

12/2027 - Platinum - Jump

05/2028 - 2xPlatinum - Sound of the Underground

09/2028 - Silver - Walk This Way

03/2029 - Platinum - Call the Shots

08/2029 - Platinum - Something Kinda Ooooh

05/2031 - Silver - Untouchable

01/2033 - 2xPlatinum - Love Machine

11/2033 - Silver - Long Hot Summer

01/2034 - Silver - The Show

04/2034 - Gold - Biology

09/2034 - 2xPlatinum - The Promise

02/2036 - Gold - Something New

08/2041 - Silver - I Think We're Alone Now

07/2057 - Silver - Whole Lotta History :')

 

 

I'd take everything I've predicted 2023 onward with a pinch of salt, given that so much could change in the next few years. At least we're certain to see Call the Shots and Love Machine go Gold in the very near future, and maybe in another couple of years Jump & Something Kinda Ooooh will join them. :wub: Will also be lovely to see The Loving Kind go Silver

 

The strong likelihood that Love Machine will go Platinum a few years before No Good Advice manages to reach Silver is pretty crazy! By the end of 2004, Love Machine had only sold 94,000 copies, whereas No Good Advice was on 105,000 at the end of 2003. Love Machine was a relatively strong seller for them in the download era (it had increased to 181,177 as of June 2009, whereas NGA was on 132,917) and obviously it's soaring in the streaming era!

 

It shows the power of playlists... Love Machine is definitely their most prominent song on Spotify, it's included in a number of popular playlists. An unfortunate thing is that Girls Aloud aren't included in the "All Out 00s" playlist, which has millions of followers and is very beneficial for these songs: Sugababes About You Now / Push the Button and Atomic Kitten Whole Again / The Tide Is High. If any Girls Aloud song was placed high up in that playlist, the sales would skyrocket!

 

 

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Solo lists:

 

Cheryl in sales order:

 

01. 1,169,764 - Fight For This Love

02. 543,090 - Call My Name

03. 514,201 - Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah)

04. 469,954 - Promise This

05. 448,649 - Parachute

06. 362,690 - 3 Words (feat. will.i.am)

07. 358,486 - I Don't Care

08. 356,454 - Heartbreaker (with will.i.am)

09. 208,492 - Under The Sun

10. 146,237 - The Flood

11. 96,328 - Love Made Me Do It

12. 36,292 - Only Human

13. 18,423 - Let You :(

 

= 4,729,060 sales

 

 

Kimberley in sales order:

 

01. 100,062 - Like U Like (with Aggro Santos)

02. 5,485 - The Road (with Alistair Griffin)

03. 3,894 - One Day I'll Fly Away

04. 1,926 - One Vision (with Alfie Boe)

 

= 111,367 sales

 

 

Nicola in sales order:

 

01. 68,142 - Beat of My Drum

02. 17,556 - Lucky Day

03. 8,791 - Yo-Yo

 

= 94,489 sales

 

 

Nadine in sales order:

 

01. 26,721 - Insatiable

02. 18,420 - Go to Work

03. 5,478 - I Could Be (with Shane Filan)

04. 2,868 - Girls on Fire (I wonder if this includes the digital sales of "Nadine EP"?)

05. 1,826 - Sweetest High

06. 907 - Fool for Love

 

= 56,220 sales :cry:

 

 

Sarah

 

01. 2,168 - Threads

 

 

All Solo in sales order:

 

01. 1,169,764 - Fight For This Love (Cheryl)

02. 543,090 - Call My Name (Cheryl)

03. 514,201 - Crazy Stupid Love (Cheryl)

04. 469,954 - Promise This (Cheryl)

05. 448,649 - Parachute (Cheryl)

06. 362,690 - 3 Words (Cheryl)

07. 358,486 - I Don't Care (Cheryl)

08. 356,454 - Heartbreaker (Cheryl)

09. 208,492 - Under The Sun (Cheryl)

10. 146,237 - The Flood (Cheryl)

11. 100,062 - Like U Like (Kimberley)

12. 96,328 - Love Made Me Do It (Cheryl)

13. 68,142 - Beat of My Drum (Nicola)

14. 36,292 - Only Human (Cheryl)

15. 26,721 - Insatiable (Nadine)

16. 18,423 - Let You (Cheryl)

17. 18,420 - Go to Work (Nadine)

18. 17,556 - Lucky Day (Nicola)

19. 8,791 - Yo-Yo (Nicola)

20. 5,485 - The Road (Kimberley)

21. 5,478 - I Could Be (Nadine)

22. 3,894 - One Day I'll Fly Away (Kimberley)

23. 2,868 - Girls On Fire (Nadine)

24. 2,168 - Threads (Sarah)

25. 1,926 - One Vision (Kimberley)

26. 1,826 - Sweetest High (Nadine)

27. 907 - Fool for Love (Nadine)

 

 

And finally... All Group and Solo in sales order!

 

01 - 1,169,764 - #01 - Fight For This Love (Cheryl)

02 - 800,338 - #01 - Sound of the Underground (Girls Aloud)

03 - 634,748 - #01 - The Promise (Girls Aloud)

04 - 543,090 - #01 - Call My Name (Cheryl)

05 - 514,201 - #01 - Crazy Stupid Love (Cheryl)

06 - 469,954 - #01 - Promise This (Cheryl)

07 - 448,649 - #05 - Parachute (Cheryl)

08 - 389,409 - #03 - Call the Shots (Girls Aloud)

09 - 364,321 - #02 - Love Machine (Girls Aloud)

10 - 362,690 - #04 - 3 Words (Cheryl)

 

11 - 358,486 - #01 - I Don't Care (Cheryl)

12 - 356,454 - #04 - Heartbreaker (Cheryl)

13 - 341,589 - #03 - Something Kinda Ooooh (Girls Aloud)

14 - 327,322 - #02 - Jump (Girls Aloud)

15 - 252,727 - #01 - I'll Stand By You (Girls Aloud)

16 - 242,253 - #09 - Can't Speak French (Girls Aloud)

17 - 216,405 - #02 - Something New (Girls Aloud)

18 - 214,055 - #04 - Biology (Girls Aloud)

19 - 208,492 - #13 - Under The Sun (Cheryl)

20 - 186,119 - #10 - The Loving Kind (Girls Aloud)

 

21 - 160,517 - #02 - No Good Advice (Girls Aloud)

22 - 156,200 - #01 - Walk This Way (Girls Aloud)

23 - 150,043 - #05 - Sexy! No No No… (Girls Aloud)

24 - 147,858 - #11 - Untouchable (Girls Aloud)

25 - 146,237 - #18 - The Flood (Cheryl)

26 - 124,905 - #02 - The Show (Girls Aloud)

27 - 104,508 - #04 - I Think We're Alone Now (Girls Aloud)

28 - 100,062 - #08 - Like U Like (Kimberley)

29 - 100,055 - #03 - Life Got Cold (Girls Aloud)

30 - 96,328 - #19 - Love Made Me Do It (Cheryl)

 

31 - 84,121 - #07 - Long Hot Summer (Girls Aloud)

32 - 83,544 - #09 - See the Day (Girls Aloud)

33 - 83,352 - #04 - Wake Me Up (Girls Aloud)

34 - 74,386 - #06 - Whole Lotta History (Girls Aloud)

35 - 68,142 - #27 - Beat of My Drum (Nicola)

36 - 36,292 - #70 - Only Human (Cheryl)

37 - 28,922 - #97 - Beautiful Cause You Love Me (Girls Aloud)

38 - 26,721 - #26 - Insatiable (Nadine)

39 - 18,423 - #57 - Let You (Cheryl)

40 - 18,420 - N/A - Go to Work (Nadine)

 

41 - 17,556 - #40 - Lucky Day (Nicola)

42 - 8,791 - #111 - Yo-Yo (Nicola)

43 - 5,485 - #196 - The Road (Kimberley)

44 - 5,478 - N/A - I Could Be (Nadine)

45 - 3,894 - N/A - One Day I'll Fly Away (Kimberley)

46 - 2,868 - N/A - Girls On Fire (Nadine)

47 - 2,168 - N/A - Threads (Sarah)

48 - 1,926 - N/A - One Vision (Kimberley)

49 - 1,826 - N/A - Sweetest High (Nadine)

50 - 907 - N/A - Fool for Love (Nadine)

 

Note: When it comes to the N/A songs that didn't chart - Nadine's Go to Work, Girls on Fire & Fool for Love were released when the official chart was just a Top 100. All the other N/A songs missed the chart when it was a Top 200.

2056 !!!!! That's depressing :lol: :(

 

What a FABULOUS post though, thank you so much for posting that Jay!!

You're very welcome *.* I enjoyed spending time on that post! :wub: Thanks again to AJ! :D

 

I'm certainly in no hurry to find out whether Whole Lotta History eventually goes Silver... I would be 68 years old by the time I've predicted it might occur :rofl: In the relatively near future though I'm quite excited to find out when certifications happen in the 2020s... it's certainly high time that some of those songs became Gold sellers. :wub:

Jay, an incredible post.

 

Let's hope Call the Shots goes Gold pronto!

Thanks Joe :heart: I'm so ready for Call the Shots to be Gold... it's been 12 84 years!

 

It seems the Wake Me Up & Can't Speak French figures from now are actually accurate; I'm not sure what was up with the figures given last year! I'm theorising that the Wake Me Up 87,000 figure was actually meant to be 81,000... the 1 & 7 characters looking similar mix up? Not really sure about Can't Speak French - maybe it was meant to be 231,000 rather than 241,000 back then.

Wow that's for those sales everyone and that post Jay! Exciting could double their number of Gold+ certified singles in less than 12 months! :o

 

I never realised that Crazy Stupid Love was Cheryl's third biggest seller either - although her album sales were in a huge downward spiral at that point, you can't really deny the singles sales were still strong for her 4th era

I never realised that Crazy Stupid Love was Cheryl's third biggest seller either - although her album sales were in a huge downward spiral at that point, you can't really deny the singles sales were still strong for her 4th era

 

Yup, CSL & I Don't Care did more than fine even tho they weren't album sellers.

 

Expected Promise This to be closer to 500k and Call My Name closer to 600k.

 

I guess this is the order of her upcoming certifications :

 

- Fight For This Love : 2x Platinum (2020)

- Call My Name : Platinum (2021)

- I Don't Care : Gold (2022)

Sales wise I expected CSL to be on around what it is but I felt like Promise This may have been ahead.

 

I’m so happy at Parachutes sales though probably my second favourite from her :wub: and one what hasn’t aged either! Love love love that track and includes my favourite Cheryl solo performance ever (the sport relief one).

 

Call My Name I felt may have been higher too.

 

Albums wise A Million Lights was robbed :( Messy Little Raindrops was lucky to get those sales as she was still popular at the time and was a Q4 release too. Quality wise it’s her weakest album by a long way for me.

 

Woop at Cheryl having a solo album to outsell any GA one though and also with the single too. A Geordie queen : :heart:wub:

372,000 - New Love Machine total from OCC