In regards to 'Unwritten', its sales were on 180k (+/- 2.5k) in July 2013 so it's decent trickle seller!

Wow at 'Power' going silver! Only a minor top 40 hit and didn't exactly spend months lower down the top 100 :o

 

Hozier should be a gold certification though right?

30 January 2015

Singles

Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones - I Got U - Platinum - Released: 2014

Ed Sheeran - One - Silver - Released: 2014

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - 2x Platinum - Released: 2014

Frank Sinatra - My Way - Silver - Released: 1969

Imagine Dragons - Demons - Gold - Released: 2013

Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang - Platinum - Released: 2014

Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C - Platinum - Released: 2014

M.I.A - Paper Planes - Gold - Released: 2008

Mr Probz - Waves - 2x Platinum - Released: 2014

Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow - Gold - Released: 2011

 

Albums

Glee Cast - Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers - Silver - Released: 2011

Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station - Gold - Released: 2002

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - Gold - Released: 2012

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems - Silver - Released: 2014

Luther Vandross - The Greatest Hits - Gold - Released: 2014

Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear - Silver - Released: 2014

Various Artists - Dreamboats & Petticoats: Summer in the City - Silver - Released: 2014

Various Artists - Superstar DJs - Gold - Released: 2013

 

Well done to Ed Sheeran getting a certification with an album track! Not many acts have managed that and I think most had some sort of big exposure - i.e. Emeli Sande's 'Read All About It (Part 3)' with the Olympics.

 

An extra certifications from last week (and yes, 'Take Me to Church' was certified Gold, not Silver):

 

Hozier - Hozier - Silver - Released: 2014

Paper Planes :wub: :wub:

 

And :o :o that a song worse than waves got certified this week

I wonder what the total sales of 'My Way' are? 200k downloads (or a bit less than that cos streams but there aren't gonna be that many streams for it) plus 120-ish weeks of being in the top 50 surely must add up, even if sales were very low at the time of its original release. Of course the OCC wouldn't be able to give it an accurate sales figure though.

 

Kendrick's album finally gold *.*

bengy99 on Haven said that 'My Way' was certified Silver for 250k sales on 24th January 1970 by DISC magazine, but is unaware of what it sold between 1970 and 2006 (the date of release BPI give, presumably when it was first released as a download). I'll try and find some more sales info on it.

 

Edit: Andy on Haven has an estimate of 940,000 as of May 2014. I don't think you'll get any more accurate than that.

 

In fact, Haven have an article about the 100 Best Selling Karaoke Classics that Magic broadcasted in August 2012 with sales from the OCC and 'My Way' had sales of 910k.

6 February 2015

Singles

5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia - Silver

50 Cent - P.I.M.P - Silver

Alesso - Heroes (We Could Be) [feat. Tove Lo] - Silver

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? - Platinum

Eminem - The Way I Am

Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) - Platinum

Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb/Encore - Platinum

Ne-Yo - Mad - Silver

Olly Murs - Army of Two - Silver

The Vaccines - If You Wanna - Silver

 

Albums

Jefferson Airplane - Best Of - Silver*

Pixies - Doolittle - Platinum

Now Music - Now That's What I Call a Party - Silver

 

* Not sure which album this is, on Wikipedia there's one called 'Journey... Best of'; so I assume it's that one.

'Do I Wanna Know?' by the Arctic Monkeys is their first Platinum single which means it is also their biggest selling single. Not bad for a record that peaked at number 11 and when they have had two number 1 singles, a number 2 and two other top 5 hits.

6 February 2015

 

 

Albums

Jefferson Airplane - Best Of - Silver*

 

* Not sure which album this is, on Wikipedia there's one called 'Journey... Best of'; so I assume it's that one.

It's most likely a 2010 album called 'The Best Of Jefferson Airplane'

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Jefferson-Air...e/dp/B003SBZEKO

Fancy finally Platinum :D hopefully Black Widow goes Gold next!

 

Edited February 7, 201510 yr by jmmc

I've just noticed that 'Numb/Encore' by Jay-Z & Linkin Park has gone Platinum. The track peaked at number 14 and had an amazing run inside the top 20, meandering around positions 14 to 20 for three months from December 2004 to February 2005. The single is back in the top 75 following a price reduction at iTunes. It has now spent 44 weeks inside the top 75 and 176 weeks in total inside the top 200.

 

Its full chart run:

 

Date: 04/12/2004 - Run: *14*-18-19-19-18-17-16-17-14-17-18-14-17-21-25-30-37-40-50-54-63-63-73-78-84-94-105-103-107-110-139-132-101-109-111-119-110-138-150-155-154

-156-167-142-158-133-148-142-136-137-128-152-140* (53 wks)

 

Re 01: 13/01/2007: 64-69-68-79-69-71-91-99-81-66-74-80-76-92-79-85-79-75-81-77-74-72-74-72-95-135-134-115-106-110-94-97-107-103-102-112-116-

122-132-123-142-109-118-138-134-135-138-151-174-186-192- (104 wsf)

05/01/2008: 126-110-109-116-102-65-65-83-84-82-67-61-76-82-97-105-112-116-127-114-126-130-131-112-122-110-64-45-65-71-98-109-112-123-122-138-141-136

-134-152-153-150-164-181-149-175-168-200-184-0-0-0- (153 wsf)

03/01/2009: 179-175-153-155-148-153-168-173-165-167-182 (111-100c wks, 164 wsf)

 

Re 02: 12/09/2009: 173-178-127-112-178-185 (6 wks, 170 wsf)

 

Re 03: 13/03/2010: 168-158-174 (3 wks, 173 wsf)

 

Re 04: 07/07/2012: 139-180 (2 wks)

 

Re 05: 07/02/2015: 42** (1 wk)

 

Total # of weeks: 176-100c ( Top 75: 44)

 

Thanks to Hanboo at ukmix for the chart data

 

* record removed from the chart due to the 52 week rule in place at the time. The record was allowed to re-enter the chart on 13/01/07 when all download sales began to count towards a chart position.

 

** still on chart

 

On the Digital Singles chart, in the era when the main chart was based purely on physical singles, the track reached number 3

 

11/12/2004: 34-3-6-8-5-3-4-7-8-10-13-23-25-25-29-28-33-38--> 18 wks

Edited February 7, 201510 yr by Robbie

13 February 2015

Singles

Bastille - Flaws - Silver - Released: 2012

Blonde ft. Melissa Steel - I Loved You - Released: 2014

Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - Latch - Platinum - Released: 2012

Ed Sheeran - Don't - Platinum - Released: 2014

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do - Silver - Released: 2015

Hozier - Take Me to Church - Platinum - Released: 2013

Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora - Black Widow - Gold - Released: 2014

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk! - 2x Platinum - Released: 2014

Maroon 5 - Animals - Silver - Released: 2014

Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin' - Silver - Released: 2015

Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow - Silver - Released: 2003

The Script - Superheroes - Gold - Released: 2014

 

Albums

Elvis Presley - Original Recordings - Silver - Released: 2013

Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits - 3x Platinum - Released: 2004

George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage - 3x Platinum - Released: 2014

Tool - Lateralus - Gold - Released: 2001

Various Artists - The Chillout Session - Gold - Released: 2012

Various Artists - The Weekender - Silver - Released: 2015

'Latch' going platinum despite never making the top 10 :heart:

'Do I Wanna Know?' by the Arctic Monkeys is their first Platinum single which means it is also their biggest selling single. Not bad for a record that peaked at number 11 and when they have had two number 1 singles, a number 2 and two other top 5 hits.

Must admit, I did have a feeling it was their second biggest single. 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' feel so much bigger so I'm surprised it's outsold it (but in a way, not surprised either seeing as it was released in 2005 :lol:).

Black Widow :cheer: now only a Silver certification for the album is left, will it even get there :drama:

 

Edited February 13, 201510 yr by jmmc

Black Widow :cheer: now only a Silver certification for the album is left, will it even get there :drama:

 

Not sure I follow you with this post. "Fancy" going platinum, "Black Widow" and "Problem" gold and "Work" silver - not sure she'll get another certification again soon unless the Jennifer Hudson collaboration ends up being a hit and helping push the album.

 

Not sure I follow you with this post. "Fancy" going platinum, "Black Widow" and "Problem" gold and "Work" silver - not sure she'll get another certification again soon unless the Jennifer Hudson collaboration ends up being a hit and helping push the album.

He's referring to the album, The New Classic, which hasn't gone Silver yet.

20 February 2015

Singles

Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - Outside - Gold - Released: 2014

Eminem - Rap God - Silver - Released: 2013

 

Albums

Eels - Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006) - Silver - Released: 2008

Kanye West - Yeezus - Gold - Released: 2013

Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - Silver - Released: 2015

Original Soundtrack - Fifty Shades of Grey - Silver - Released: 2015

Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction - 2x Platinum - Released: 2014

Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Legends - Gold - Released: 2014

Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Power Ballads - Silver - Released: 2015

 

Well done to Paloma for all her three albums now being over 600k! :cheer:

Really impressive for Paloma, especially in the current album market!

Really impressive for Paloma, especially in the current album market!

It really is! I remember thinking Paloma wouldn't be able to quite make 2x Platinum with A Perfect Contradiction but obviously 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' really helped keep the album selling well. FYI, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful has sold around 720k and Fall to Grace has sold around 660k.