Posted August 20, 20177 yr The Best Selling Boyband in Britain at year end with both singles/albums sales combined since 1988 are: I've placed a #1 to show largest yearly total by group and how it changed hands over years and where it currently sits. In bold is highlighted the huge impressive achievement of over 3 million records sold in the year. 1988: Bros - 2,003,000 :no1: 1989: Bros - 637,000 1990: New Kids on the Block - 2,100,000 :no1: 1991: Color Me Badd - 556,600 1992: Take That - 983,500 1993: Take That - 2,137,000 :no1: 1994: East 17 - 1,933,400 1995: Take That - 2,020,000 1996: Boyzone - 2,070,000 1997: Backstreet Boys - 1,670,000 1998: Boyzone - 3,100,000 :no1: 1999: Boyzone - 3,186,860 :no1: 2000: Westlife - 3,084,643 2001: Westlife - 2,360,000 2002: Blue - 2,200,000 2003: Busted - 2,069,000 2004: Busted - 1,190,000 2005: Westlife - 1,630,000 2006: Take That - 1,850,000 2007: Take That - 2,416,521 2008: Take That - 2,711,766 2009: Take That - 2,238,970 2010: Take That - 3,015,311 2011: JLS - 1,387,700 2012: One Direction - 1,975,400 2013: One Direction - 2,651,750 2014: One Direction - 1,048,500 2015: One Direction - 1,132,500 2016: One Direction - 701,500 2017: CNCO - 779,500 2018: 5 Seconds Of Summer - 689,000 2019: Jonas Brothers - 760,000 2020: BTS - 420,000 Biggest Boyband in Britain by years: 1.Take That: 8 years 2.One Direction: 5 years 3=Boyzone/Westlife: 3 years Bros/Busted: 2 years Backstreet Boys/Blue/BTS/CNCO/Color Me Badd/East 17/JLS/Jonas Brothers/New Kids On The Block/5 Seconds Of Summer: 1 year It's interesting to see the balance between some mainstay boyband leaders over years and also the newcomers who throw a spanner in the works every few years!! Longest continuous run as yearly biggest boyband: Take That & One Direction (5 years) Top 10 biggest years: 1.Boyzone - 3,186,860 (1999) 2.Boyzone - 3,100,000 (1998) 3.Westlife - 3,084,643 (2000) 4.Take That - 3,015,311 (2010) 5.Take That - 2,711,766 (2008) 6.One Direction - 2,651,750 (2013) 7.Take That - 2,416,521 (2007) 8.Westlife - 2,360,000 (2001) 9.Take That - 2,238,970 (2009) 10.Blue - 2,200,000 (2002) Peak boyband years in Britain since 1988: 1998 - 2002 and then again 2007 - 2010. Peak Year For Boyband Year End Leaders: Backstreet Boys: 1997 Blue: 2002 Boyzone: 1999 Bros: 1988 BTS: 2020 Busted: 2003 CNCO: 2017 Color Me Badd: 1991 East 17: 1994 JLS: 2010 Jonas Brothers: 2019 New Kids On The Block: 1990 One Direction: 2013 Take That: 2010 Westlife: 2000 5 Seconds Of Summer: 2018 Lowest 10 years: 1.BTS - 420,000 (2020) 2.Color Me Badd - 556,600 (1991) 3.Bros - 637,000 (1989) 4.5 Seconds Of Summer - 689,000 (2018) 5.One Direction - 701,500 (2016) 6.Jonas Brothers - 760,000 (2019) 7.CNCO - 779,500 (2017) 8.Take That - 983,500 (1992) 9.One Direction - 1,048,500 (2014) 10.One Direction - 1,132,500 (2015) Lowest boyband years in Britain since 1988: 1991 - 1992 and then again 2014 - 2020. By Decade (most years top yearly act): 80's: Bros: 2 years 90's: Boyzone/Take That: 3 years 00's: Take That: 4 years 10's: One Direction: 5 years Years by nationality of top boyband (note One Direction count for both UK/Ireland & CNCO count for Cuba/Dominican Republic/Ecuador/Mexico/Puerto Rico) UK: 18 Ireland: 11 USA: 4 Australia: 1 Cuba: 1 Dominican Republic: 1 Ecuador: 1 Mexico: 1 Puerto Rico: 1 South Korea: 1 To throw it in, here are the second biggest boyband acts per year (1988 onwards) some miles behind whilst others missed being top by a whisker! 1988: Brother Beyond - 631,000 1989: New Kids on the Block - 592,000 1990: Bros - 200,000 1991: New Kids on the Block - 220,000 1992: Boyz II Men - 537,300 1993: East 17 - 725,000 1994: Take That - 1,340,500 1995: Boyzone - 1,550,000 1996: Take That - 1,740,000 1997: Hanson - 1,220,000 1998: Five - 1,560,000 1999: Westlife - 2,202,814 2000: Backstreet Boys - 712,165 2001: Blue - 1,290,000 2002: Westlife - 1,790,000 2003: Westlife - 1,229,000 2004: McFly - 910,000 2005: McFly - 931,500 2006: Westlife - 1,420,000 2007: Westlife - 1,395,233 2008: Westlife - 441,004 2009: JLS - 1,873,500 2010: JLS - 1,903,958 2011: The Wanted - 1,342,000 2012: Lawson - 421,500 2013: The Vamps - 237,750 2014: 5 Seconds Of Summer - 604,000 2015: Take That - 360,000 2016: The Vamps - 200,000 2017: Take That - 217,250 2018: Take That - 231,290 2019: Westlife - 331,200 2020: Jonas Brothers - 400,000 Group most years as runner up: 1.Westlife: 7 years 2.Take That: 5 years 3=JLS/McFly/New Kids On The Block/The Vamps: 2 years Backstreet Boys/Blue/Boyz II Men/Boyzone/Bros/Brother Beyond/Five/Hanson/Jonas Brothers/Lawson/The Wanted/5 Seconds Of Summer: 1 year Longest continuous run as yearly runner up boyband: Westlife (3 years) By Decade (most years runner up yearly act): 80's: Brother Beyond/New Kids on The Block: 1 year 90's: Take That: 2 years 00's: Westlife: 5 years 10's: Take That: 3 years 20's: Jonas Brothers: 1 year * For TT solo Fans Gary, Mark and Robbie's top solo combined sales year are below: 2013: Gary Barlow: 749,750 1996: Mark Owen: 306,165 1998: Robbie Williams: 3,633,000 Edited December 25, 20204 yr by nirvanamusic
August 20, 20177 yr Author Color Me Badd needn't worry though as it's looking like this year will be the lowest highest selling boyband act since 1991. In the UK charts last year One Direction reached that tally with a farewell single and few album sales of their last album. 5 Seconds of Summer have never really taken off outside of their debut year (2014) and unless there is a sudden boom of acts waiting in the wings and preparing to launch I don't see anyone taking One Direction's spot. Edited August 21, 20177 yr by nirvanamusic
August 20, 20177 yr Author Just as a side note to the above post I've also done a UK #1's tally (albums/singles) by decade below: I've only posted top three for each decade. 90's Take That: 11 Boyzone: 10 Westlife: 4 00's Westlife: 17 McFly: 9 Blue: 6 10's One Direction: 9 JLS: 4 Take That: 4 Edited January 2, 20196 yr by nirvanamusic
August 22, 20177 yr What stands out is Take That have two successful era's - during the 90s and 00s when they sold consistently well. None of the other groups have managed to achieve that and are unlikely to ever do so.
August 28, 20177 yr Author Using the data it would seem that this is Take That's sales per year (lower catalogue sales outside active years 97-04 unknown plus 2013 and 2016): 1991: 50,000 (estimate as only Do What U Like #82 and Promises #38 were released this year and based upon 1991 sales patterns) 1992: 983,500 1993: 2,137,000 1994: 1,340,500 1995: 2,020,000 1996: 1,740,000 2005: 754,862 2006: 1,850,000 2007: 2,416,521 2008: 2,711,766 2009: 2,238,970 2010: 3,015,311 2011: 1,146,700 2012: 65,000 2014: 579,000 2015: 360,000 2017: 217,250 2018: 231,290 2019: 210,000 2020: 60,000 Total records sold in Britain = 24,058,424 Top 10 Take That Years: 1.2010: 3,015,311 2.2008: 2,711,766 3.2007: 2,416,521 4.2009: 2,238,970 5.1993: 2,137,000 6.1995: 2,020,000 7.2006: 1,850,000 8.1996: 1,740,200 9.1994: 1,340,500 10.2011: 1,146,700 Edited December 25, 20204 yr by nirvanamusic
August 29, 20177 yr The comeback era really has helped them to stand out greatly from all the others.
September 1, 20177 yr Author Just for any one who may be interested here are the top yearly girlband all sales act since 1988: I've placed a #1 to show largest yearly total by group and how it changed hands over years and where it currently sits. In bold is highlighted the huge impressive achievement of over 3 million records sold in the year. 1988: Bananarama - 1,036,000 :no1: 1989: The Bangles - 892,000 1990: Wilson Philips - 200,000 1991: Wilson Philips - 200,000 1992: En Vogue - 300,000 1993: SWV - 288,000 1994: Eternal - 1,454,900 :no1: 1995: Eternal - 990,000 1996: Spice Girls - 4,740,000 :no1: 1997: Spice Girls - 4,610,000 1998: Spice Girls - 2,390,000 1999: TLC - 1,205,178 2000: All Saints - 1,456,265 2001: Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 2002: Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 2003: Sugababes - 1,061,000 2004: Girls Aloud - 780,000 2005: Sugababes - 1,090,000 2006: Girls Aloud - 1,140,000 2007: Sugababes - 1,046,000 2008: Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 2009: Girls Aloud - 1,078,708 2010: The Saturdays - 790,660 2011: Little Mix - 390,600 2012: Little Mix - 817,000 2013: Little Mix - 823,500 2014: Little Mix - 300,000 2015: Little Mix - 1,067,500 2016: Little Mix - 1,800,000 2017: Little Mix - 3,881,250 2018: Little Mix - 900,000 2019: Little Mix - 600,000 2020: Little Mix - 1,000,000 Top 10 biggest years: 1. Spice Girls - 4,740,000 (1996) 2. Spice Girls - 4,610,000 (1997) 3. Little Mix - 3,881,250 (2017) 4. Spice Girls - 2,390,000 (1998) 5. Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 (2008) 6. Little Mix - 1,800,000 (2016) 7. Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 (2001) 8. Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 (2002) 9. All Saints - 1,456,265 (2000) 10. Eternal - 1,454,900 (1994) Peak girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1996 - 1998, 2000 - 2002 and 2016 - 2017 Most continuous run as yearly biggest girlband: Little Mix (10 years) Lowest 10 years: 1= Wilson Phillips - 200,000 (1990/1991) 3. SWV - 288,000 (1993) 4= En Vogue/Little Mix - 300,000 (1992/2014) 6. Little Mix - 390,600 (2011) 7. Little Mix - 600,000 (2019) 8. Girls Aloud - 780,000 (2004) 9. The Saturdays - 790,660 (2010) 10. Little Mix - 817,000 (2012) Lowest girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1990 - 1993 and 2010 - 2012, 2014 and 2019. By Decade (most years top yearly act): 80's: Bananarama/The Bangles: 1 year 90's: Spice Girls: 3 years 00's: Girls Aloud: 4 years 10's: Little Mix: 9 years 20's: Little Mix: 1 year. Biggest girlband in Britain by years: 1.Little Mix: 10 years 2.Girls Aloud: 4 years 3=Spice Girls/Sugababes: 3 years Eternal/Wilson Philips: 2 years All Saints/Atomic Kitten/Bananarama/The Bangles/Destiny's Child/En Vogue/The Saturdays/SWV/TLC : 1 year Edited December 25, 20204 yr by nirvanamusic
September 1, 20177 yr Interesting post once again from you nirvanamusic. Do you have the sales information on Gary and Marks solo work?
September 2, 20177 yr Author Gary Barlow 1996: 300,000 1997: 590,000 1999: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns 2010: 185,300 2011: 43,700 2012: 514,200 2013: 749,750 2014: 357,000 Total records sold in Britain = 2,739,950 Mark Owen 1996: 306,165 1997: 180,000 2003: 80,000 2004: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns 2005: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns 2013: Would be a low estimate based on chart year patterns Total records sold in Britain = 566,165
September 2, 20177 yr Marks overall sales are very disappointing and he he has released some really good stuff.
September 3, 20177 yr Had no idea boring manufactured cheesecoverband Westlife in 00 were as big as the much better Take That with their revival or that Boyzone were bigger back in t day!!$
September 3, 20177 yr When Westlife where big they were big. Credit to Westlife for staying together so long as usually all the boybands break much sooner than they did. Id say its only a matter of time before they do a reunion tour at the least as none of them have had big solo success. Take That, they would have had a lot of mileage had they not split but looking back it was good as it paved the pay for the almighty return.
September 3, 20177 yr Author Westlife were definitely a force in their day and I've always said they were a good pop band 99-02 however all those covers and covers albums really were lazy throughout their career and not much variety from them for me. The year Take That overtook Boyzone first and then Westlife to become the biggest boyband in Britain are below: Take That - 13,292,383: 2007 (They were a fraction below Boyzone end of 2006 sales) Boyzone - 11,819,377: 2007 Maybe this in part inspired the 2008 comeback of Boyzone? Take That - 18,243,119: 2009 (They were a fraction below Westlife end of 2008 sales) Westlife - 16,999,149: 2009 So counting from their 2005 return it took them 3 years to overtake Boyzone and 5 years to overtake Westlife and then put distance between them. People are always surprised Boyzone were the highest selling boyband in Britain for the 90's and I think it's because they were initially primarily known as being very much in Take That's shadow for the first few years of their existence. They rose alongside the international late 90's boyband boom of Backstreet Boys, Hanson and NSYNC in America and Boyzone and Westlife in Britain. People also forget that 'No Matter What' outsold 'Back For Good' and that Boyzone also had two albums sell higher than Take That's highest seller in 1998 and 1999. Without sounding biased (!) I knew Boyzone and Westlife were huge in record sales however I don't think they had the same hysteria or acclaim that Take That did. The Spice Girls majorly burst new ground for pop sales from 1996 onwards and Boyzone and Westlife being the premier boybands benefitted from this although with far less sales. Boyzone year sales peak 3.1 million, Westlife 3 million however the Spice Girls rose to 4.7 million in 1996. Robbie's highest yearly solo records tally was 3.6 million in 1998. I believe this is when the sales for pop acts rose in Britain as a result of the Spice Girls dominance and tally possibly. By the late 90's boybands were also a well oiled and marketed machine able to capitalise from first singe like Westlife and no mistakes like in Take Take and East 17's initial floundering beginnings. Edited September 3, 20177 yr by nirvanamusic
September 26, 20177 yr Just for any one who may be interested here are the top yearly girlband all sales act since 1988: 1988: Bananarama - 1,036,000 1989: The Bangles - 892,000 1990: Wilson Philips - 200,000 1991: Wilson Philips - 200,000 1992: En Vogue - 300,000 1993: SWV - 288,000 1994: Eternal - 1,454,900 1995: Eternal - 990,000 1996: Spice Girls - 4,740,000 1997: Spice Girls - 4,610,000 1998: Spice Girls - 2,390,000 1999: TLC - 1,205,178 2000: All Saints - 1,456,265 2001: Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 2002: Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 2003: Sugababes - 1,061,000 2004: Girls Aloud - 780,000 2005: Sugababes - 1,090,000 2006: Girls Aloud - 1,140,000 2007: Sugababes - 1,046,000 2008: Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 2009: Girls Aloud - 1,078,708 2010: The Saturdays - 790,660 2011: Little Mix - 390,600 2012: Little Mix - 817,000 2013: Little Mix - 823,500 2014: Little Mix - 300,000 2015: Little Mix - 1,067,500 2016: Little Mix - 1,800,000 Top 10 biggest years: 1. Spice Girls - 4,740,000 (1996) 2. Spice Girls - 4,610,000 (1997) 3. Spice Girls - 2,390,000 (1998) 4. Girls Aloud - 1,848,722 (2008) 5. Little Mix - 1,800,000 (2016) 6. Destiny's Child - 1,700,000 (2001) 7. Atomic Kitten - 1,530,000 (2002) 8. All Saints - 1,456,265 (2000) 9. Eternal - 1,454,900 (1994) 10. TLC - 1,205,178 (1999) Peak girlband years in Britain since 1988: 1996 - 2002 Spice Girls totally dominating, outshining both all the girl groups and all the boybands :wub: Do you have second place for Girl groups too interested to see whether the girls featured in the top 2 in 1999 based on previous album sales and Goodbye? I wonder where they would place with their solo efforts in 1999/2000 as they did have some big singles and Geri/Melanie C both had multi-platinum albums :dance: Edited September 26, 20177 yr by Spiceboy
September 26, 20177 yr Author 1999 First: TLC - 1,205,178 Runner Up: B*Witched - 979,723 Third: Spice Girls - 453,400 1999: Geri Halliwell - 1,317,582 Melanie C - 766,734 Spice Girls - 453,400 Emma Bunton - 219,455 2000: Melanie C - 1,362,840 Spice Girls - 474,190 Geri Halliwell - 424,090 Victoria Beckham - 395,141 Melanie B - 159,000 Edited September 26, 20177 yr by nirvanamusic
September 26, 20177 yr Thank you! I forgot all about B*Witched they were massive, didn't they have like 4 or 5 #1 singles? How embarrassing that they only just managed to outdo their 1999 sales in 2000 despite having a new single and album out :blink: It is interesting to see how they basically sold just short of another million records in 1999 and 2000 despite barely doing anything as a group. The interest was still there, the girls just didn't have the desire to keep working to build on it anymore. Such a shame. Geri and Melanie really were massive for a short while as well weren't they. Edited September 26, 20177 yr by Spiceboy
September 27, 20177 yr I think the problem with B*Witched was the material on the 2nd single just didnt connect with people and wasnt nearly as good as their debut album. While the 2nd album did ok they got dropped quiet harshly and werent really given the opportunity to do a third album anywhere. From that side of things they were hard done by but i think the girls themselves werent really seeing eye to eye which didnt help.
September 27, 20177 yr Cest La Vie is the song i will always remember them for. While they had a few numbers 1's i honestly don't remember any other song from them.
