September 19, 20177 yr Here's what the list looks like without streams - 170 of these have passed the mark without streaming: Official/Sales Only/Title/Artist 01 01 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND 97 ELTON JOHN 02 02 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 04 03 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 14 04 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL WINGS 12 05 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 13 06 RELAX FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 17 07 RIVERS OF BABYLON/BROWN GIRL IN THE RING BONEY M 22 08 SHE LOVES YOU THE BEATLES 06 09 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS 26 10 LOVE IS ALL AROUND WET WET WET 20 11 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD BONEY M 29 12 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU STEVIE WONDER 33 13 UNCHAINED MELODY/(THERE'LL BE BLUEBIRDS OVER) THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER ROBSON GREEN & JEROME FLYNN 25 14 (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU BRYAN ADAMS 31 15 BARBIE GIRL AQUA 27 16 BELIEVE CHER 15 17 LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS WHAM! 34 18 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND THE BEATLES 39 19 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN WILL YOUNG 40 20 IMAGINE JOHN LENNON 24 21 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL 44 22 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS 32 23 EYE OF THE TIGER SURVIVOR 05 24 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS 18 25 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE 42 26 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 54 27 SUMMER NIGHTS JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 43 28 DON'T YOU WANT ME? HUMAN LEAGUE 59 29 TWO TRIBES FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 41 30 GANGSTA'S PARADISE COOLIO FEATURING L.V. 55 31 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION 69 32 THREE LIONS BADDIEL & SKINNER & LIGHTNING SEEDS 62 33 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 79 34 PERFECT DAY VARIOUS ARTISTS 74 35 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE THE BEATLES 46 36 MOVES LIKE JAGGER MAROON 5 FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA 67 37 KARMA CHAMELEON CULTURE CLUB 61 38 CARELESS WHISPER GEORGE MICHAEL 82 39 TEARS KEN DODD 47 40 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW GOTYE FEATURING KIMBRA 77 41 YMCA VILLAGE PEOPLE 19 42 WONDERWALL OASIS 21 43 WAKE ME UP AVICII 63 44 I GOTTA FEELING BLACK EYED PEAS 38 45 GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS 76 46 KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES 90 47 THE POWER OF LOVE JENNIFER RUSH 98 48 (WE'RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS 58 49 IT WASN'T ME SHAGGY FEATURING RIKROK 100 50 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER THE SEEKERS 68 51 COME ON EILEEN DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 99 52 I FEEL FINE THE BEATLES 51 53 WE FOUND LOVE RIHANNA FEATURING CALVIN HARRIS 103 54 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER THE BEATLES 52 55 SEX ON FIRE KINGS OF LEON 81 56 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 111 57 RELEASE ME ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 104 58 THINK TWICE CELINE DION 101 59 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS 70 60 CALL ME MAYBE CARLY RAE JEPSEN 91 61 TAINTED LOVE SOFT CELL 118 62 (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO TONY CHRISTIE FT PETER KAY 126 63 UNCHAINED MELODY GARETH GATES 75 64 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) BRUNO MARS 110 65 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS JASON NEVINS 105 66 HEART OF GLASS BLONDIE 86 67 IMPOSSIBLE JAMES ARTHUR 116 68 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 102 69 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY SLADE 112 70 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 60 71 TITANIUM DAVID GUETTA FT SIA 107 72 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM LMFAO FEATURING LAUREN BENNETT AND GOONROCK 09 73 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE 137 74 IT'S NOW OR NEVER ELVIS PRESLEY 11 75 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND 78 76 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE EMINEM FEATURING RIHANNA 147 77 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME TOM JONES 150 78 DIANA PAUL ANKA 37 79 LET HER GO PASSENGER 119 80 BLUE MONDAY NEW ORDER 132 81 PRICE TAG JESSIE J FEATURING B.O.B 122 82 ANGELS ROBBIE WILLIAMS 168 83 BRIGHT EYES ART GARFUNKEL 07 84 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN 96 85 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 155 86 HEARTBEAT/TRAGEDY STEPS 158 87 EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON 129 88 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 149 89 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD KYLIE MINOGUE 164 90 SATURDAY NIGHT WHIGFIELD 123 91 I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING AEROSMITH 182 92 MARY'S BOY CHILD HARRY BELAFONTE 181 93 STRANGER ON THE SHORE MR ACKER BILK AND HIS PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND 180 94 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? BAND AID 20 183 95 THE LAST WALTZ ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 136 96 POKER FACE LADY GAGA 87 97 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 165 98 GHOSTBUSTERS RAY PARKER JR. 195 99 DON'T GIVE UP ON US DAVID SOUL 145 100 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) RIHANNA 184 101 STARSHIPS NICKI MINAJ 192 102 SPACEMAN BABYLON ZOO 95 103 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 186 104 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 159 105 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) PINK FLOYD 209 106 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE GARY GLITTER 114 107 WE ARE YOUNG FUN FT JANELLE MONAE 174 108 HEY JUDE THE BEATLES 188 109 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 157 110 DANCING QUEEN ABBA 64 111 COUNTING STARS ONEREPUBLIC 124 112 CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY 161 113 BLUE (DA BA DEE) EIFFEL 65 213 114 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS 193 115 I FEEL LOVE DONNA SUMMER 221 116 I BELIEVE/UP ON THE ROOF ROBSON & JEROME 175 117 BACK FOR GOOD TAKE THAT 73 118 THE A TEAM ED SHEERAN 130 119 USE SOMEBODY KINGS OF LEON 146 120 BLEEDING LOVE LEONA LEWIS 97 121 ROAR KATY PERRY 220 122 THAT'S MY GOAL SHAYNE WARD 228 123 TELETUBBIES SAY "EH-OH!" TELETUBBIES 233 124 I REMEMBER YOU FRANK IFIELD 108 125 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 199 126 UNCHAINED MELODY THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 226 127 PURE AND SIMPLE HEAR'SAY 125 128 DIAMONDS RIHANNA 215 129 RIDE ON TIME BLACK BOX 140 130 FIREWORK KATY PERRY 113 131 ROLLING IN THE DEEP ADELE 211 132 I WILL SURVIVE GLORIA GAYNOR 242 133 FAME IRENE CARA 84 134 LOSE YOURSELF EMINEM 189 135 RULE THE WORLD TAKE THAT 134 136 LA LA LA NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH 252 137 THE YOUNG ONES CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS 194 138 UPTOWN GIRL BILLY JOEL 247 139 SAILING ROD STEWART 163 140 RED RED WINE UB40 246 141 STAND & DELIVER! ADAM AND THE ANTS 128 142 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN 202 143 GIVE ME EVERYTHING PITBULL FEATURING NE-YO, AFROJACK AND NAYER 223 144 WHITE CHRISTMAS BING CROSBY WITH THE KEN DARBY SINGERS AND JOHN SCOTT TROTTER ORCHESTRA 204 145 BAD ROMANCE LADY GAGA 258 146 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT TIGHT FIT 240 147 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE CHERYL COLE 218 148 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FEATURING BUBBLER RANX 250 149 SUGAR SUGAR THE ARCHIES 214 150 HERO ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 278 151 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA JULIE COVINGTON 208 152 MAMBO NO.5 (A LITTLE BIT OF...) LOU BEGA 284 153 CAN WE FIX IT? BOB THE BUILDER 238 154 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE 285 155 SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME BROTHERHOOD OF MAN 263 156 WHOLE AGAIN ATOMIC KITTEN 205 157 JAR OF HEARTS CHRISTINA PERRI 171 158 WHERE IS THE LOVE BLACK EYED PEAS 225 159 DON'T SPEAK NO DOUBT 276 160 WHEN WE COLLIDE MATT CARDLE 291 161 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING THE NEW SEEKERS 290 162 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE SHOWADDYWADDY 293 163 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE DAWN FEATURING TONY ORLANDO 277 164 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 212 165 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL ONE DIRECTION 302 166 EYE LEVEL THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA 298 167 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN 304 168 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND 206 169 FORGET YOU CEE LO GREEN 162 170 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE ADELE
September 19, 20177 yr What a ridiculous list. A million DELLERS list should be about copies, not streams. That's why it's not been called a 'million-sellers' list, rather a 'millionaires' list. BTW, I count 147 out of 315 coming from 2010 or later! :o
September 19, 20177 yr Conversely, these songs would still be on the list if they hadn't sold a single copy: quite sad that only 3 songs in the top 10 most streamed don't feature one of Ed Sheeran or Justin Bieber. 03 01 SHAPE OF YOU ED SHEERAN 08 02 ONE DANCE DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA 10 03 SORRY JUSTIN BIEBER 16 04 LOVE YOURSELF JUSTIN BIEBER 30 05 DESPACITO (REMIX) LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER 36 06 WHAT DO YOU MEAN JUSTIN BIEBER 07 07 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN 45 08 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 56 09 CASTLE ON THE HILL ED SHEERAN 72 10 CLOSER CHAINSMOKERS FT HALSEY 65 11 LEAN ON MAJOR LAZER FT MO & DJ SNAKE 71 12 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA MIKE POSNER 80 13 STITCHES SHAWN MENDES 05 14 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS 28 15 CHEERLEADER (FELIX JAEHN REMIX) OMI 50 16 7 YEARS LUKAS GRAHAM 106 17 LUSH LIFE ZARA LARSSON 92 18 SAY YOU WON'T LET GO JAMES ARTHUR 88 19 THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA 135 20 COLD WATER MAJOR LAZER/JUSTIN BIEBER/MO 23 21 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER
September 19, 20177 yr and finally, I also made a Spotify playlist of the list ;) https://open.spotify.com/user/11887295/play...wRZOTbut8EeLWYf
September 19, 20177 yr Oh wow! Loving this list this is amazing!! Seems the The OCC have finally done away with their ridiculous stance on sales and finally accepting TES as the new modern sales units. Although the amount of million sellers now is just crazy and Ed Sheeran being third is quite hilarious. 8 million sellers to his name is even more eyebrow raising. I wonder if they will change the certifications at any point. Going back to platinum being given to songs that shift a million units seems fairly reasonable given its happening fairly frequently and has been doing so since the start of the decade. Also a nice surprise to see Adele actually has 3 million sellers in old money, 4 including streaming.
September 19, 20177 yr Oh wow! Loving this list this is amazing!! Seems the The OCC have finally done away with their ridiculous stance on sales and finally accepting TES as the new modern sales units. Although the amount of million sellers now is just crazy and Ed Sheeran being third is quite hilarious. 8 million sellers to his name is even more eyebrow raising. nine! Shape/Thinking/Castle/A Team/Photograph/Sing/Galway/Lego/Don't
September 19, 20177 yr Shake It Off at 962k in pure sales :o Ik it was a massive seller but I wasn't expecting it over 900k! <3
September 19, 20177 yr nine! Shape/Thinking/Castle/A Team/Photograph/Sing/Galway/Lego/Don't Ah thought I'd missed one. Still incredible/crazy
September 19, 20177 yr I am simply beside myself with joy over this whole turn of events :yahoo: Everyone else has pretty much hit upon most of the exciting parts of this (official recognition of "combined sales" million sellers, up to date sales figures for more than 300 high profile songs, the raw amount of data available for parsing, and the assurance that, despite some questionable rule adjustments in recent months, the OCC are still on basically the right track), but I am particularly excited about the inclusive distinction between "million sellers" and "millionaires", as it will allow the OCC to maintain a separate listing of sales only million sellers without diverting any energy from the new classification. The million sellers list may be trending to irrelevancy as the years go on (for better or worse), but it continues to be a neat little representation of the old era ( :cry: ) of music purchasing. As streaming figure inflate more and more, it has become increasingly apparent that directly comparing figures of the sales era and the streams era is a fool's errand, so it will be nice having access to both listings. Anyway, time to dig into the figures and update my documents/playlists B-) Edited September 19, 20177 yr by GerryJ
September 19, 20177 yr Using the 1:150 ratio for all SES puts “Shape Of You” at #6 on 2.1 million and plummets “One Dance” from 8 to 31 (on 1.75 million). Also, I'm not sure what is going on with the “Starships” sales total but it is definitely over a million.. Edited September 19, 20177 yr by Doctor Blind
September 19, 20177 yr How awesome to see C'est la Vie finally become a million seller for B*Witched! I did wonder a few years ago if that was due to become one with streams being incorporated given it was on about 900k pure sales around the time they did The Big Reunion :)
September 19, 20177 yr Author I am simply beside myself with joy over this whole turn of events :yahoo: Everyone else has pretty much hit upon most of the exciting parts of this (official recognition of "combined sales" million sellers, up to date sales figures for more than 300 high profile songs, the raw amount of data available for parsing, and the assurance that, despite some questionable rule adjustments in recent months, the OCC are still on basically the right track), but I am particularly excited about the inclusive distinction between "million sellers" and "millionaires", as it will allow the OCC to maintain a separate listing of sales only million sellers without diverting any energy from the new classification. The million sellers list may be trending to irrelevancy as the years go on (for better or worse), but it continues to be a neat little representation of the old era ( :cry: ) of music purchasing. As streaming figure inflate more and more, it has become increasingly apparent that directly comparing figures of the sales era and the streams era is a fool's errand, so it will be nice having access to both listings. Anyway, time to dig into the figures and update my documents/playlists B-) I suspect there won't be a separate listing published anymore though. Provided they give us similarly detailed breakdowns in future we can work it out, but they've changed the canon now, so it's not all good.
September 19, 20177 yr Using the 1:150 ratio for all SES puts “Shape Of You” at #6 on 2.1 million and plummets “One Dance” from 8 to 31 (on 1.75 million). Also, I'm not sure what is going on with the “Starships” sales total but it is definitely over a million.. Presuming the figures for SES and total sales are correct, that gives "Starships" 1,162,065 in download sales. Must've been a typo from the OCC. (though I do think the SES figure given is oddly low..)
September 19, 20177 yr Presuming the figures for SES and total sales are correct, that gives "Starships" 1,162,065 in download sales. Must've been a typo from the OCC. (though I do think the SES figure given is oddly low..) It's not sold that much - it only 'officially made 1 million' in July 2016: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/n...-the-uk__15646/ I think it's something like ~1,062,000 sales and ~126,000 SES
September 19, 20177 yr At least SOY could still sell a million copies but it is crazy that it no 3 yet without streaming its nowhere yet
September 19, 20177 yr It's not sold that much - it only 'officially made 1 million' in July 2016: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/n...-the-uk__15646/ I think it's something like ~1,062,000 sales and ~126,000 SES Oh yes, I hadn't noticed that its streams listed were suspiciously low. A shame there's that mistake, thus its amended pure sales are wrong. :( I feel that an additional 62k downloads in the last year alone would be a bit of a stretch? I really can't figure out what figures they meant to write! :drama: (Just for reference, but OCC originally and mistakenly stated 2,081 for its pure sales).
September 19, 20177 yr I suppose this was inevitable as downloads are rapidly declining in popularity. Would become very stagnant if they didn't accept streams. So happy to see the sales and streams breakdown. You wait ages for some decent sales info then you get a 300+ list all at once! :banana:
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