'This is the Last Time' is a classic. :wub: In fact, all the singles from 'Hopes & Fears' are great, I really ought to listen to the album.

 

I was going to point out that it has reached Silver before 'Bedshaped' which was a #10 hit (compared to #18 for 'This is the Last Time') but I see that neither reached the Top 200 of 2004 so both sold under 30k oops. 'This is the Last Time' seems more remembered so I'm not surprised its outselling 'Bedshaped'.

'This is the Last Time' is a classic. :wub: In fact, all the singles from 'Hopes & Fears' are great, I really ought to listen to the album.

 

This is basically my exact sentiment as well and has been for years at this point :lol: I'll get around to hearing the rest of the album one day xx

Can definitely recommend the album, one of my all time faves! :heart:

 

This is the Last Time is definitely more remembered now but I prefer Bedshaped (although all of the singles from Hopes & Fears are superb) so hopefully it's not too much longer to wait before that makes it as well, might be a while though.

I've been thinking about listening to it for years too! :lol:

 

Could be a while yet for 'Bedshaped' if the worldwide Spotify streams are anything to go by, where it's Keane's 7th most streamed on average compared to 3rd for 'This is the Last Time'.

05 February 2021

Florence & The Machine - Never Let Me Go - Silver - 2011

26 February 2021

Songs

Florence & The Machine - Cosmic Love - Silver - 2009

 

I know I'm a little late to this thread but :wub: at these going Silver! I would love Kiss With a Fist to be certified eventually too since it was sitting at similar sales to the others a few years ago.

 

I was a huge charts fan in the early 10s and I've only started following them again recently. It's incredible that songs which peaked in the lower half of the top 100 can eventually trickle enough units to be certified.

 

NLMG was at 133,000 combined in July 2018 and passed 200,000 in February 2021, meaning it must add around 2,000 units each month. For a song that peaked at #82 9 years ago, that is amazing and really highlights just how much higher 'sales' are in the streaming era.

Everyone should listen to Hopes and Fears! :wub:

Sadly I’ve managed to lose my CD of it somehow, though I still have the sleeve. :unsure:

Bend and Break is a glorious song too, as well as all 4 singles.

^Bend and Break was a single too, the 5th single but flopped cos the album had sold lots by then

Funnily I never bought it originally but found it recently on the street, somebody had thrown a CD copy to the garbage bin!! :o :/

Hopes & Fears is a fantastic album!

Omg yes some Bend and Break appreciation :heart: I love Bend and Break even more than any of the charting singles from the album, such a glorious track! :wub:

12 March 2021

Songs

Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - 3x Platinum - 1998

Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II) - 2x Platinum - 2009

Ariana Grande - 34+35 - Gold - 2020

Barry Manilow - Copacabana - Silver - 1993

Cast of Frozen & Maia Wilson - Fixer Upper - Silver - 2013

Craig David - 7 Days - 2x Platinum - 2000

D-Block Europe feat. Lil Baby - Nookie - Silver - 2019

Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me - 2x Platinum - 2008

Doja Cat - Boss Bitch - Gold - 2020

Doja Cat - Streets - Silver - 2019

Elle King - Ex's & Oh's - Platinum - 2014

Future & Juice WRLD - Fine China - Silver - 2018

Gorgon City feat. Katy Menditta - Imagination - Silver - 2014

Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha - Harder - Gold - 2019

Jax Jones feat. Au/Ra - I Miss U - Silver - 2020

Jesse McCartney - Beautiful Soul - Silver - 2006

Kanye West - Famous - Platinum - 2016

Katy Perry - Part of Me - Platinum - 2012

Lil Tjay - Leaked - Silver - 2019

LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It - 2x Platinum - 2011

Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License - Platinum - 2021

Paper Kites - Bloom - Silver - 2012

Post Malone feat. DaBaby - Enemies - Silver - 2019

September - Cry For You - Gold - 2008

The 1975 - Tootimetootimetootime - Gold - 2018

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - Gold - 1971

TLC - No Scrubs - 3x Platinum - 1999

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Silver - 1983/2004

YUNGBLUD - Parents - Silver - 2021

 

Albums

5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood - Gold - 2018

Band - The Last Waltz - Gold - 1978

Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur - Silver - 2007

Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight - Silver - 2021

Foster & Allen - The Ultimate Collection - Silver - 2012

Lil Baby - My Turn - Silver - 2020

Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall - Silver - 2020

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 6x Platinum - 2009

Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen - Gold - 2017

Rag'n'Bone Man - Wolves - Gold - 2017

Taylor Swift - evermore - Gold - 2020

The Smiths - The Sound of The Smiths - 2x Platinum - 2008

YUNGBLUD - Weird! - Silver - 2020

 

'Brown Sugar' sold about 340k in 1971 plus 10k in 1984; 750k+ in total.

 

I didn't even have 'Empire State of Mind (Part II)' and '7 Days' down as passing 1m, never mind 1.2m! 'Fill Me In' can't be that far behind, presumably.

Fixer Upper :cheeseblock:

6x platinum for Sigh no More!!!

DaBaby with another silver certified song that never charted in the UK top 100! (though in this case it was just because of the 3 track rule on Post Malone's album bomb tbf)

Cry For You :wub:

Gorgon City's 'Imagination' silver certified despite never even being a single. :o

19 March 2021

Songs

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire - Platinum - 1989

Blazin' Squad - Crossroads - Silver - 2002

Bruno Mars - It Will Rain - Gold - 2011

CJ - Whoopty - Gold - 2020

Cliq feat. Alika - Wavey - Gold - 2017

Delta Goodrem - Born To Try - Silver - 2003

Drake feat. Michael Jackson - Don't Matter to Me - Platinum - 2018

Dua Lipa - Levitating - Platinum - 2020

Eagles - Lyin' Eyes - Silver - 1975

Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto - Gold - 1969

Fantasia - When I See U - Silver - 2006

Frank Ocean feat. Earl Sweatshirt - Super Rich Kids - Silver - 2012

G-Eazy feat. Asap Rocky & Cardi B - No Limit - Gold - 2017

Iron Maiden - The Trooper - Silver - 1983

Justin Bieber - Children - Silver - 2015

The Kid LAROI. - Without You - Gold - 2020

Lil Peep - Awful Things - Silver - 2017

Lily Allen - Hard Out Here - Silver - 2013

Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise - Gold - 2020

Naomi Scott - Speechless (Full) - Silver - 2019

Noel Gallagher's High Flying - AKA...What A Life - Gold - 2011

Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks - 2x Platinum - 2012

Pop Smoke, 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch - The Woo - Gold - 2020

Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca - 2x Platinum - 1999

Sage The Gemini feat. Justin Bieber & Iamsu! - Gas Pedal - Silver - 2013

StaySolidRocky - Party Girl - Gold - 2020

Tiesto - Red Lights - Gold - 2014

Timbaland feat. Katy Perry - If We Ever Meet Again - Platinum - 2009

Tom Walker - Better Half of Me - Gold - 2019

twenty one pilots - The Judge - Silver - 2015

U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love) - Silver - 1984

Usher - Confessions Part II - Gold - 2004

The 1975 - Girls - Platinum - 2013

The Stone Roses - This is the One - Silver - 1989/2005

The Weeknd - Rockin' - Silver - 2016

 

Albums

D-Block Europe - Street Trauma - Silver - 2020

Maroon 5 - Red Pill Blues - Gold - 2017

Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife - Silver - 2015

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - Gold - 1969

Xzibit - Man vs. Machine - Silver - 2002

 

'We Didn't Start the Fire' sold 220k in 1989; 820k in total.

 

'Pride (In the Name of Love)' sold 350k in the 80s; 550k in total.

Love ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’, was on TOTP a few months back, his last true classic!

Not too much exciting happening this week although 2x Platinum is impressive for a #12 song by Mice and Men! You do hear it in a lot of places though so maybe not too surprising really!

 

Also :wub: at Red Lights going Gold and If We Ever Meet Again going Platinum, I loved them back in the day and had forgotten about them until now. That's always what I enjoy looking at the weekly certifications!

'Mice and Men' :cheeseblock: (there actually is a band called Of Mice & Men as well, not to be confused with the 'Little Talks' lot, or indeed the novel that they're both named after x)

 

Highlights from this week's certification dump for me are 'It Will Rain' going gold and 'Super Rich Kids', one of my fave songs from Frank Ocean, going silver!

I genuinely think I've always thought they were called of Mice and Men :lol: To be fair they were one hit wonders!