Posted December 27, 20159 yr Today VH1 did the best selling albums of the 21st century. It gave Adele sales of 4.7m followed by Amy on 3.6m. Unfortunately I only saw the last few minutes of the program. It will be repeated on Tuesday afternoon from 4pm until 7.45pm on Sky channel 356. Hopefully someone can produce the complete list with official OCC sales figures.
December 28, 20159 yr The list on the programme (and sales) were as follows : 40 Christina Aguilera - stripped 2.0m 39 ed Sheehan - X 2.0m 38 Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way 2.0m 37 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane 2.0m 36 Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 2.1m 35 Robbie Williams - Escapology 2.1m 34 Green Day - American Idiot 2.1m 33 Killers - Hot Fuzz 2.2m 32 Emile Sande - Our Version Of Events 2.2m 31 Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning 2.2m 30 Take That - Circus 2.2m 29 Duffy - Rockferry 2.2m 28 Michael Buble - Christmas 2.2m 27 Adele - 19 2.2m 26 Michael Jackson - number ones 2.3m 25 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 2.3m 24 Take That - Ultimate Collection 2.4m 23 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 2.4m 22 Take That - Progress 2.4m 21 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning 2.4m 20 Eminen - Marshall Mathers 2.4m 19 Abba - Gold 2.5m 18 Nora Jones - Come Away With Me 2.5m 17 Coldplay - Parachutes 2.6m 16 Coldplay - X & Y 2.7m 15 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 2.8m 14 Keane - Hopes And Fears 2.8m 13 Take That - Beautiful World 2.9m 12 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night 2.9m 11 Dido - Life For Rent 2.9m 10 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2.9m 09 Lady Gaga - The Fame 2.9m 08 David Grey - White Ladder 3.0m 07 Michael Buble - Crazy Love 3.1m 06 Beatles - One 3.1m 05 Dido - No Angel 3.1m 04 Leona Lewis - Spirit 3.1m 03 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 3.3m 02 Amy Winehous - Back To Black 3.6m 01 Adele - 21 4.7m
December 28, 20159 yr That list is many months out of date- Adele '21' passed 4.75m before June 2015, and Ed's 'X' passed 2.05m on 11/4/15. I suspect that is a list as of the end of 1st Qtr 2015. Edited December 28, 20159 yr by vidcapper
December 28, 20159 yr Not to mention 25 (2,420,117 copies to 25/12/15) is missing and should currently be ranked about 20th.
December 28, 20159 yr Author Thanks very much for that list - appreciated. It is several months out of date. On 15/3/15 OCC gave the top 5 as, 1 21 ADELE XL RECORDINGS 4,740,000 2 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE ISLAND 3,560,000 3 BACK TO BEDLAM JAMES BLUNT ATLANTIC 3,310,000 4 SPIRIT LEONA LEWIS SYCO MUSIC 3,130,000 5 NO ANGEL DIDO ARISTA 3,080,000 VH1 figures are rounded up.
December 28, 20159 yr Bit OT, but does anyone happen to have an up to date list of the best selljng singles of the 21st Century? :)
December 29, 20159 yr Bit OT, but does anyone happen to have an up to date list of the best selljng singles of the 21st Century? :) Here's the T50 This includes streaming... (all figures est.) † sales total given in 25 December 2015 Music Week published report. (Position relative to chart of millennium published May 2012) 01 (NE) 2,340,000 Pharrell Williams “Happy” 02 (NE) 2,225,000 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk” 03 (NE) 1,914,000 Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” 04 (NE) 1,870,000 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne “Rather Be” 05 (NE) 1,801,000 Robin Thicke / TI / Pharrell “Blurred Lines” 06 (01) 1,795,000 Will Young “Anything is Possible/Evergreen” 07 (NE) 1,732,000 John Legend “All Of Me” 08 (NE) 1,695,000 Avicii “Wake Me Up” 09 (02) 1,693,673† Adele “Someone Like You” 10 (NE) 1,562,000 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” 11 (30) 1,550,000 Gotye ft. Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” 12 (06) 1,533,000 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” 13 (NE) 1,527,000 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 14 (NE) 1,509,000 Omi “Cheerleader” 15 (NE) 1,483,000 Passenger “Let Her Go” 16 (13) 1,477,000 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris “We Found Love” 17 (05) 1,438,000 Shaggy ft. RikRok “It Wasn't Me” 18 (09) 1,435,000 Kings of Leon “Sex On Fire” 19 (04) 1,428,000 Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” 20 (NE) 1,405,000 Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 21 (NE) 1,400,000 Mr Probz “Waves” 22 (NE) 1,383,000 Sam Smith “Stay With Me” 23 (63) 1,367,000 David Guetta ft. Sia “Titanium” 24 (NE) 1,362,000 OneRepublic “Counting Stars” 25 (03) 1,343,000 Gareth Gates “Unchained Melody” 26 (12) 1,327,000 Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are (Amazing)” 27 (08) 1,296,000 Alexandra Burke “Hallelujah” 28 (NE) 1,289,000 James Arthur “Impossible” 29 (NE) 1,270,000 PSY “Gangnam Style” 30 (NE) 1,261,000 Bastille “Pompeii” 31 (19) 1,258,000 Eminem ft. Rihanna “Love The Way You Lie” 32 (16) 1,256,000 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” 33 (NE) 1,255,000 George Ezra "Budapest" 34 (07) 1,244,000 Tony Christie ft. Peter Kay “Is This the Way to) Amarillo” 35 (NE) 1,240,000 Katy Perry “Roar” 36 (18) 1,236,000 Jessie J ft. B.o.B. “Price Tag” 37 (34) 1,226,000 Ed Sheeran “The A Team” 38 (NE) 1,220,000 Ella Henderson “Ghost” 39 (NE) 1,207,000 fun. ft. Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” 40 (11) 1,206,000 Kylie Minogue “Can't Get You Out of My Head” 41 (NE) 1,202,000 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith “La La La” 42 (14) 1,201,000 Lady Gaga “Poker Face” 43 (NE) 1,200,000 Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” 44 (38) 1,184,000 Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” 45 (10) 1,183,000 Band Aid 20 “Do They Know It's Christmas?” 46 (NE) 1,178,000 Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do” 47 (NE) 1,157,500 Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth “See You Again” 48 (NE) 1,148,000 Rihanna “Diamonds” 49 (36) 1,145,495† Adele “Rolling In The Deep” 50 (20) 1,145,000 Rihanna “Only Girl (In The World)” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 51 (58) 1,133,000 Eminem “Lose Yourself” 65 (NE) 1,051,480† Adele “Hello” 71 (49) 1,032,266† Adele “Make You Feel My Love”
December 29, 20159 yr Adele will be top 2 before too long :o Insane when you think how album sales in general are declining. I wonder how 19 is currently selling? Maybe it could eventually at least go up a few spots.
December 29, 20159 yr ^^ It's still selling, but slowly. It's ~2.29m at the moment and has been overtaken by both Ed Sheeran and Michael Buble since the above list was compiled. However, since 19 was released in 2008, only 8 albums have sold more than it (and 2 of those are also Adele albums)
December 29, 20159 yr Author VH1 said they had no Beatles videos to play so they skipped it. They will have no excuse when this program is updated - there are now 50 official videos to chose from. :dance:
December 29, 20159 yr The streaming quotient for singles should have bee estimated better - in my opinion. Edited December 29, 20159 yr by Mistle-Tony
December 29, 20159 yr To think I thought the top 2 of Will Young and Gareth Gates in the singles would be untouchable not too long ago.
December 29, 20159 yr 04 (NE) 1,870,000 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne “Rather Be” 05 (NE) 1,801,000 Robin Thicke / TI / Pharrell “Blurred Lines” 06 (01) 1,795,000 Will Young “Anything is Possible/Evergreen” This seems so strange to read. Rather Be over Anything is Possible?
December 29, 20159 yr Streaming has been weighted too much in my opinion. To think Cheerleader is 200k ahead of Wannabe in 'sales' for example is mindboggling.
December 30, 20159 yr 04 (NE) 1,870,000 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne “Rather Be” 05 (NE) 1,801,000 Robin Thicke / TI / Pharrell “Blurred Lines” 06 (01) 1,795,000 Will Young “Anything is Possible/Evergreen” This seems so strange to read. Rather Be over Anything is Possible? It seems appropriate that they've been overtaken by songs that've sold on merit, though. Edited December 30, 20159 yr by vidcapper
December 30, 20159 yr Streaming has been weighted too much in my opinion. To think Cheerleader is 200k ahead of Wannabe in 'sales' for example is mindboggling. But it's not a one-way street, though - modern songs don't have the benefit of physical sales...
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