Posted July 6, 201510 yr I thought I'd have another go at working out a rough list of the best selling girl group singles in the UK. I say "rough" because it's impossible for it to be anywhere near 100% accurate, due to the lack of information available in some cases. Some of the sales figures are many years old too. The following list represents: - girl groups who have had at least two Top 10 hits within the last 20 years. - of those girl groups, just their Top 40 hits. I may go beyond those constraints at some point! I believe these are all the girl groups who meet the above criteria (although I may have overlooked some): All Saints Atomic Kitten B*Witched Cleopatra Destiny's Child Eternal Girls Aloud Honeyz Little Mix Mis-Teeq Neon Jungle Spice Girls Stooshe Sugababes The 411 The Pussycat Dolls The Saturdays TLC I tried my best to pack in as much information as possible into each line, but make it readable. The dates on the end of each line (for instance, 2013/06 after 'Wannabe') represents the year & month that the sales figure was revealed in. If I've not written anything after the date, in most cases that means the sales figure is an official one, revealed by the OCC, Music Week or via a count down on a music channel. Please note that the following list isn't completed yet! 1,340,000 - 1996 - #01 - 2 x Platinum - Spice Girls - Wannabe 2013/06 1,320,000 - 1997 - #01 - 2 x Platinum - All Saints - Never Ever 2013/06 1,120,000 - 1996 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 2014/12 1,000,000 - 2001 - #01 - Platinum - Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 2013/06 950,000 - 1996 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 2013/10 895,000 - 1998 - #01 - Platinum - B*Witched - C'est La Vie 2013/06 884,000 - 1998 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Goodbye 2013/12 850,434 - 1997 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life 2012/08 775,000 - 2000 - #01 - Platinum - All Saints - Pure Shores 2013/09 675,000 - 1998 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Viva Forever 2013/08 667,940 - 1997 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Too Much 2009/06 667,357 - 1997 - #01 - Platinum - Spice Girls - Mama / Who Do You Think You Are 2009/06 (Physicals Only?) 665,000 - 2002 - #01 - Platinum - Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 2014/11 650,000 - 1997 - #01 - Platinum - Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One 2015/05 618,000 - 1999 - #03 - Platinum - TLC - No Scrubs 2014/03 600,000 - 2005 - #01 - Platinum - The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha 2014/05 (Certification) 600,000 - 2009 - #03 - Platinum - The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 2015/06 (Certification) 540,000 - 2008 - #01 - Gold - Girls Aloud - The Promise 2014/11 520,000 - 2007 - #01 - Gold - Sugababes - About You Now 2013/03 500,000 - 1998 - #01 - Gold - B*Witched - Rollercoaster 2012/01 480,000 - 2000 - #01 - Gold - Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part 1 2014/09 476,000 - 2012 - #01 - Gold - Little Mix - Wings 2014/04 475,000 - 2011 - #01 - Gold - Little Mix - Cannonball 2013/10 470,000 - 2012 - #03 - Gold - Stooshe - Black Heart 2013/03 465,000 - 2005 - #01 - Gold - Sugababes - Push The Button 2014/07 450,000 - 1998 - #01 - Gold - B*Witched - To You I Belong 2012/01 446,802 - 2002 - #01 - Gold - Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) 2009/09 424,799 - 1998 - #01 - Gold - All Saints - Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade 2006/10 412,501 - 2001 - #01 - Gold - Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame 2009/09 407,563 - 2013 - #01 - Gold - The Saturdays - What About Us 2014/08 400,000 - 1998 - #04 - Gold - Honeyz - Finally Found 2013/12 (Certification) 400,000 - 2013 - #03 - Gold - Little Mix - Move 2014/07 (Certification) 360,000 - 1998 - #05 - Silver - Honeyz - End of the Line 2015/03 352,480 - 2008 - #05 - Silver - The Saturdays - Up 2014/08 352,142 - 2010 - #09 - Silver - The Saturdays - Ego 2014/08 350,000 - 2001 - #01 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Survivor 2014/09 340,000 - 2004 - #02 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath 2014/09 334,369 - 1998 - #02 - Silver - Spice Girls - Stop 2009/06 (Physicals Only?) 333,000 - 1995 - #04 - Silver - TLC - Waterfalls 2014/03 330,000 - 2010 - #10 - Silver - The Saturdays - Higher 2014/08 325,000 - 2007 - #03 - Silver - Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 2014/11 284,472 - 2009 - #02 - Silver - The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough 2013/03 280,000 - 2002 - #01 - Silver - Sugababes - Freak Like Me 2010/04 265,000 - 2006 - #03 - Silver - Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Ooooh 2014/11 (Estimate) 260,000 - 1997 - #04 - Silver - Eternal - Angel of Mine 2012/01 260,000 - 1995 - #07 - Silver - Eternal - I Am Blessed 2012/01 260,000 - 2000 - #01 - Silver - Spice Girls - Holler / Let Love Lead The Way 2015/05 260,000 - 2002 - #01 - Silver - Sugababes - Round Round 2010/04 260,000 - 2009 - #04 - Silver - The Saturdays - Issues 2012/01 252,000 - 2012 - #03 - Silver - Little Mix - DNA 2014/04 (Estimate) 250,000 - 2003 - #02 - Silver - Girls Aloud - Jump 2013/11 240,000 - 1998 - #01 - Silver - All Saints - Bootie Call 2013/09 230,000 - 2000 - #01 - Silver - All Saints - Black Coffee 2008/?? 230,000 - 1999 - #01 - Silver - B*Witched - Blame It On The Weatherman 2012/01 230,000 - 2000 - #03 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Say My Name 2013/07 (Estimate) 230,000 - 2004 - #01 - Silver - Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You 2014/11 218,346 - 2002 - #03 - Silver - Atomic Kitten - It's OK! 2009/09 215,000 - 2001 - #02 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Bootylicious 2013/07 (Estimate) 215,000 - 2010 - #03 - Silver - The Saturdays - Missing You 2012/01 215,000 - 2011 - #03 - Silver - The Saturdays - All Fired Up 2012/05 210,000 - 2004 - #02 - Silver - Girls Aloud - Love Machine 2014/09 200,000 - 2000 - #05 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Jumpin', Jumpin' 2014/10 (Certification) 200,000 - 1999 - #06 - Silver - Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills 2014/11 (Certification) 200,000 - 2008 - #09 - Silver - Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 2013/07 (Certification) 200,000 - 2014 - #06 - Silver - Little Mix - Salute 2015/01 (Certification) 200,000 - 2001 - #02 - Silver - Mis-Teeq - All I Want 2015/06 (Certification) 200,000 - 2003 - #02 - Silver - Mis-Teeq - Scandalous 2014/05 (Certification) 200,000 - 2014 - #04 - Silver - Neon Jungle - Braveheart 2014/07 (Certification) 200,000 - 2003 - #01 - Silver - Sugababes - Hole In The Head 2015/04 (Certification) 200,000 - 2003 - #10 - Silver - Sugababes - Too Lost In You 2014/05 (Certification) 200,000 - 2008 - #03 - Silver - Sugababes - Girls 2013/07 (Certification) 200,000 - 2011 - #08 - Silver - The Saturdays - Notorious 2015/06 (Certification) 190,000 - 2009 - #02 - Sugababes - Get Sexy 2014/07 183,211 - 2009 - #02 - The Saturdays - Forever Is Over 2013/03 182,695 - 2002 - #02 - Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye / Be With You 2009/09 180,000 - 2012 - #02 - Girls Aloud - Something New 2015/05 176,714 - 1998 - #07 - Silver All Saints - War of Nerves 2006/10 {Note: Certification is most likely based on shipments} 170,000 - 2005 - #03 - Sugababes - Ugly 2010/04 165,000 - 2005 - #04 - Girls Aloud - Biology 2012/10 160,000 - 2001 - #03 - Destiny's Child - Emotion 2013/07 (Estimate) 160,000 - 1998 - #05 - Destiny's Child - No No No 2013/07 (Estimate) 160,000 - 2009 - #10 - Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 2014/08 160,000 - 2000 - #06 - Sugababes - Overload 2010/04 158,769 - 1997 - #04 - All Saints - I Know Where It's At 2006/10 144,500 - 2012 - #05 - Stooshe - Love Me 2012/12 140,000 - 2003 - #02 - Girls Aloud - No Good Advice 2014/11 140,000 - 2009 - #08 - Sugababes - About A Girl 2010/04 140,000 - 2007 - #01 - Sugababes / Girls Aloud - Walk This Way 2014/11 137,000 - 2013 - #12 - Little Mix - Change Your Life 2014/04 (Estimate) 133,750 - 2014 - #14 - Little Mix - Little Me 2014/04 (Estimate) 131,913 - 2013 - #05 - The Saturdays - Disco Love 2014/02 125,000 - 1999 - #09 - Destiny's Child - Bug A Boo 2013/07 (Estimate) 125,000 - 2009 - #11 - Girls Aloud - Untouchable 2014/11 (Estimate) 125,000 - 2002 - #07 - Sugababes - Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 2010/04 120,000 - 2007 - #05 - Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No... 2014/11 (Estimate) 120,000 - 2013 - #16 - Little Mix - How Ya Doin'? 2014/04 (Estimate) 115,000 - 2008 - #08 - The Saturdays - If This Is Love 2012/01 112,539 - 1999 - #10 - Atomic Kitten - Right Now 2009/09 110,000 - 2010 - #07 - Sugababes - Wear My Kiss 2010/04 101,000 - 2009 - #22 - The Saturdays - Work 2012/01 100,000 - 2005 - #04 - Destiny's Child - Soldier 2013/07 (Estimate) 100,000 - 2004 - #02 - Girls Aloud - The Show 2014/11 (Estimate) 100,000 - 2003 - #03 - Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold 2014/11 (Estimate) 100,000 - 2006 - #04 - Sugababes - Red Dress 2010/04 100,000 - 2004 - #03 - The 411 - Dumb 2014/08 95,000 - 2006 - #04 - Girls Aloud - I Think We're Alone Now 2014/11 (Estimate) 95,000 - 2007 - #13 - Sugababes - Change 2010/04 90,000 - 2008 - #15 - Sugababes - Denial 2010/04 86,773 - 2000 - #06 - Atomic Kitten - See Ya 2009/09 85,000 - 2005 - #04 - Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up 2014/11 (Estimate) 85,000 - 2000 - #12 - Sugababes - New Year 2010/04 84,192 - 2003 - #08 - Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night 2009/09 83,750 - 2006 - #03 - All Saints - Rock Steady 2006/12 80,000 - 2005 - #09 - Girls Aloud - See The Day 2014/11 (Estimate) 78,392 - 2003 - #03 - Atomic Kitten - If You Come To Me 2009/09 78,000 - 2004 - #04 - The 411 - On My Knees 2004/12 77,632 - 2012 - #07 - The Saturdays - 30 Days 2012/07 75,500 - 2014 - #06 - Little Mix - Word Up! 2014/09 (Estimate) 75,000 - 2005 - #07 - Girls Aloud - Long Hot Summer 2014/11 (Estimate) 65,211 - 2000 - #10 - Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love 2009/09 65,000 - 2001 - #13 - Sugababes - Run For Cover 2010/04 61,239 - 2003 - #04 - Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn't Have To Hurt 2009/09 60,000 - 2005 - #06 - Destiny's Child - Girl 2013/07 (Estimate) 60,000 - 2006 - #06 - Girls Aloud - Whole Lotta History 2014/11 (Estimate) 60,000 - 2006 - #08 - Sugababes - Easy 2010/04 55,000 - 2003 - #11 - Sugababes - Shape 2010/04 54,699 - 2001 - #07 - All Saints - All Hooked Up 2006/11 54,699 - 2011 - #15 - The Saturdays - My Heart Takes Over 2012/07 53,300 - 2013 - #14 - The Saturdays - Gentleman 2013/08 52,308 - 2004 - #08 - Sugababes - In The Middle 2009/06 49,406 - 2004 - #08 - Sugababes - Caught In A Moment 2009/06 49,063 - 2009 - #23 - Sugababes - No Can Do 2009/06 48,519 - 2004 - #08 - Atomic Kitten - Someone Like Me / Right Now 2004 2009/09 48,436 - 2007 - #11 - Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 2009/06 45,000 - 1999 - #15 - Destiny's Child - Get On the Bus 2013/07 (Estimate) 41,628 - 2000 - #20 - Atomic Kitten - Follow Me 2009/09 40,000 - 1998 - #19 - Destiny's Child - With Me 2013/07 (Estimate) 30,059 - 2014 - #19 - The Saturdays - Not Giving Up 2014/05 27,349 - 2005 - #10 - Atomic Kitten - Cradle 2005 2009/09 20,106 - 2006 - #32 - Sugababes - Follow Me Home 2009/06 14,359 - 2001 - #30 - Sugababes - Soul Sound 2009/06 12,404 - 2014 - #38 - The Saturdays - What Are You Waiting For? 2014/08 If you know of any updated figures I've not included, or if you can see that there's any mistakes, please let me know! :D I'd welcome any better estimates - if you could state the year/month of the estimation (even if that's the present day) & perhaps a short explanation as to how you arrived at that figure, or a source for the estimation, then that would be useful.
July 6, 201510 yr Author I still need to add the following songs to the above list, pending on when I can find the data for them (or if any of you could help me out!) B*Witched - Jesse Hold On #04 1999 - B*Witched - I Shall Be There #13 1999 - B*Witched - Jump Down #16 2000 - Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme #03 1998 - Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy #04 1998 - Cleopatra - I Want You Back #04 1998 - Cleopatra - A Touch of Love #24 1999 - Cleopatra - Come and Get Me #29 2000 - Eternal - Don't You Love Me #03 1997 - Eternal - Stay #04 1993 - Eternal - Oh Baby I... #04 1994 Silver Eternal - Someday #04 1996 - Eternal - Power of a Woman #05 1995 - Eternal - Save Our Love #08 1994 - Eternal - Just a Step From Heaven #08 1994 - Eternal - Good Thing #08 1996 - Eternal - Secrets #09 1996 - Eternal - So Good #13 1994 - Eternal - Crazy #15 1994 - Honeyz - Never Let You Down #07 1999 - Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down #07 2000 - Honeyz - Love of a Lifetime #09 1999 - Honeyz - Not Even Gonna Trip #24 2000 - Honeyz - I Don't Know #28 2001 - Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand #05 2001 - Mis-Teeq - B With Me #05 2002 - Mis-Teeq - Roll On / This Is How We Do It #07 2002 - Mis-Teeq - Why #08 2001 - Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back #08 2003 - Mis-Teeq - Style #13 2003 - Neon Jungle - Welcome to the Jungle #07 2014 - Neon Jungle - Trouble #12 2013 - Neon Jungle - Louder #14 2014 - Stooshe - Slip #12 2013 - Stooshe - Waterfalls #21 2012 - The 411 - Teardrops #23 2004 - The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu #01 2005 Silver The Pussycat Dolls - Beep #02 2006 Silver The Pussycat Dolls - Buttons #03 2006 Silver The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up #03 2008 Silver The Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need a Man #07 2006 - The Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That #09 2009 - The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part #12 2008 Silver The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush #17 2009 - TLC - Creep 96 #06 1996 - TLC - Unpretty #06 1999 Silver TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg #13 1992 - TLC - Red Light Special #18 1995 - TLC - Diggin' On You #18 1995 - TLC - Creep #22 1995 - TLC - Dear Lie #31 1999 -
July 6, 201510 yr Wow, thanks for posting this Jay! So interesting to see how each of these singles weighs up amongst other girl groups. Shame Girls Aloud don't have a higher seller than ~600k but that's just the sales climate of that time :(
July 6, 201510 yr Amazing! Thank you for this. :wub: I believe 'Wings' has officially taken over 'Cannonball' for Little Mix. It's all in the "Sales thread" in the Little Mix forum [/promo] so I don't know whether there are links or anything, but I think it was announced late last year :D 476,000 Wings 475,000 Cannonball 400,000 Move 252,000 DNA 200,000 Salute 137,000 Change Your Life 133,750 Little Me 120,000 How Ya Doin'? 75,500 Word Up!For the most part though, your totals seem o match pretty accurately!
July 6, 201510 yr Thanks Jay! Verrry interesting. I'm almost certain 'Black Magic' will zoom ahead of Little Mix's totals for 'Wings' and 'Cannonball'. It'll probably be their first platinum single.
July 6, 201510 yr You can use my thread on best selling girlgroups for the older stuff but those figures won't include downloads so up to you Jay.
July 6, 201510 yr On what planet are B*witched a UK group? Edit - I misread - apologies Edited July 6, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
July 6, 201510 yr Author Amazing! Thank you for this. :wub: I believe 'Wings' has officially taken over 'Cannonball' for Little Mix. It's all in the "Sales thread" in the Little Mix forum [/promo] so I don't know whether there are links or anything, but I think it was announced late last year :D For the most part though, your totals seem o match pretty accurately! Amendments made, thanks Jonjo! Hopefully when 'Black Magic' charts, MW will give an update on some of their previous singles sales! You can use my thread on best selling girlgroups for the older stuff but those figures won't include downloads so up to you Jay. Thanks Gezza - I'll have a look! Hopefully that'll be useful for Eternal... bar 'I Wanna Be The Only One' I don't recall the OCC ever giving updates for their other singles. Alisha's Attic should qualify? I'm disregarding duos for the time being! Also they never achieved a Top 10 hit and for now I'm just focusing on those that have managed at least 2 Top 10 hits within the past 20 years.
July 10, 201510 yr I could find some of the ones that were missing B*Witched - Jesse Hold On #04 1999 – 216,000 B*Witched - Jump Down #16 2000 – 35,000 Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme #03 1998 – 185,000 Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy #04 1998 – 164,000 Cleopatra - I Want You Back #04 1998 -142,000 Eternal - Don't You Love Me #03 1997 – 160,000 Eternal - Stay #04 1993 – 137,200 Eternal - Oh Baby I... #04 1994 Silver – 212,000 Eternal - Power of a Woman #05 1995 – 168,000 Eternal - Save Our Love #08 1994 – 95,000 Eternal - Just a Step From Heaven #08 1994 – 163,000 Eternal - Good Thing #08 1996 – 55,000 Eternal - So Good #13 1994 - 94,000 Honeyz - Never Let You Down #07 1999 – 90,000 Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down #07 2000 – 111,000 Honeyz - Love of a Lifetime #09 1999 – 116,000 Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand #05 2001 – 153,000 Mis-Teeq - B With Me #05 2002 - 91,000 Mis-Teeq - Roll On / This Is How We Do It #07 2002 – 81,000 Mis-Teeq - Why #08 2001 – 77,000 Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back #08 2003 – 52,000 Mis-Teeq - Style #13 2003 - 35,000 The 411 - Teardrops #23 2004 – 15,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu #01 2005 Silver – 248,761 The Pussycat Dolls - Beep #02 2006 Silver – 211,056 The Pussycat Dolls - Buttons #03 2006 Silver – 182,993 The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up #03 2008 Silver – 252,651 The Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need a Man #07 2006 – 90,056 The Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That #09 2009 – 167,000 The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part #12 2008 Silver – 206,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush #17 2009 – 152,000 TLC - Unpretty #06 1999 Silver – 209,500
July 24, 20159 yr Wannabe now at 1.28 million: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/s...o-today__10051/ OCC not using the original reported sales, I see... Edited July 24, 20159 yr by Ne Plus Ultra
July 26, 20159 yr Author I could find some of the ones that were missing Thank you Acidburn! I don't suppose you have the sources for those sales do you (any particular threads or articles where you found that information?) By the way I'm not too sure about the 'Jesse Hold On' sales figure, because it's not certified by the BPI as having sold over 200k.
July 26, 20159 yr Author Thank you to liamk97 / Shireblogger & Andy from Haven for these estimates, I'll add them to the first post asap: 1,345,000 Spice Girls - Wannabe (1996) [Est: Feb 2015] 1,322,000 All Saints - Never Ever (1997) [Est: Feb 2015] 1,120,000 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (1996) [Est: Feb 2015] 1,010,000 Atomic Kitten - Whole Again (2001) [Est: Feb 2015] 950,000 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There (1996) [Est: Feb 2015] 790,000 All Saints - Pure Shores (2000) [4Music: February 2014] 525,000 Sugababes - About You Now (2007) [Est: December 2013] 440,000 All Saints - Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade (1998) [Est: December 2013] 410,000 The Saturdays ft. Sean Paul - What About Us (2013) [Est: May 2015] 260,000 Sugababes - Round Round (2002) [Est: March 2012] 220,000 Atomic Kitten - It's Okay (2002) [Est: June 2011] 220,000 Pussycat Dolls ft. Snoop Dogg - Buttons (2006) [Est: May 2014] 185,000 Atomic Kitten - Last Goodbye/Be With You (2002) [Est: June 2011] 185,000 Pussycat Dolls ft. Missy Elliot - Whatcha Think About That (2009) [Est: May 2014] 175,000 Destiny's Child ft. Wyclef Jean - No No No (1998) [Est: May 2014] 160,000 Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (2001) [Est: June 2011] 145,000 Cleopatra - I Want You Back (1998) [Est: November 2013] 135,000 Little Mix - Little Me (2013) [Est: April 2014] 130,000 Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces (2002) [Est: March 2012] 120,000 Little Mix ft. Missy Elliot - How Ya Doin'? (2013) [Est: May 2014] 100,000 Sugababes - Red Dress (2006) [Est: March 2012] 95,000 Atomic Kitten ft. Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (2003) [Est: January 2012] 80,000 The 411 ft. Ghostface Killah - On My Knees (2004) [Est: April 2014] 55,000 Sugababes - In the Middle (2004) [Est: March 2012] 35,000 Mis-Teeq - Style (2003) [Est: June 2011]
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