Posted May 30, 20223 yr Advance notice. MTV Hits (Sky channel 351) 9pm Friday 3rd June, 5 hours Platinum selling artists of the Century: Official Top 50 We use exclusive official sales and streaming figures to bring you the definitive countdown of the best platinum-selling hits of the century so far. Who will volunteer to list the Top 50 hits with sales figures (if given)? I'm too busy celebrating!
May 31, 20223 yr I assume this will be chart sales rather than pure sales. Interesting to see if Mariah etc make the Top 50
May 31, 20223 yr Author Most of these 69 singles should feature. They are the multi-platinum awards from BPI web site based on their digital release date. But some could be excluded because they were released before 2000 (like Mariah Carey). Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You - Asylum - Platinum 9x - 2017 Ed Sheeran - Perfect - Asylum - Platinum 7x - 2017 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved - Emi - Platinum 7x - 2018 Killers - Mr Brightside - Vertigo - Platinum 7x - 2005 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - Asylum - Platinum 6x - 2014 Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk - Columbia - Platinum 6x - 2014 Killers - Mr Brightside - Vertigo - Platinum 6x - 2005 Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Bieber - Despacito (Remix) - Def Jam/Rbmg/Republic/Umle - Platinum 6x - 2017 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You - Columbia - Platinum 6x - 2004 Drake Ft Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance - Cash Money/Republic Records - Platinum 6x - 2016 Oasis - Wonderwall - Big Brother - Platinum 6x - 2004 George Ezra - Shotgun - Columbia - Platinum 6x - 2018 Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk - Columbia - Platinum 5x - 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy - Columbia - Platinum 5x - 2013 Drake Ft Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance - Cash Money/Republic Records - Platinum 5x - 2016 John Legend - All Of Me - Columbia - Platinum 5x - 2013 George Ezra - Shotgun - Columbia - Platinum 5x - 2018 Tones & I - Dance Monkey - Parlophone - Platinum 5x - 2019 Adele - Someone Like You - Xl Recordings - Platinum 5x - 2011 Weeknd - Blinding Lights - Republic Records/Xo - Platinum 5x - 2019 Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill - Asylum - Platinum 5x - 2017 Avicii - Wake Me Up - Positiva/Prmd - Platinum 5x - 2013 Hozier - Take Me To Church - Island - Platinum 5x - 2013 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go - Columbia - Platinum 5x - 2016 Justin Bieber - Sorry - Def Jam - Platinum 5x - 2015 Bastille - Pompeii - Virgin - Platinum 5x - 2013 Clean Bandit Ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be - Atlantic - Platinum 5x - 2014 Passenger - Let Her Go - Nettwerk - Platinum 5x - 2012 Pharrell Williams - Happy - Columbia - Platinum 4x - 2013 Ed Sheeran - Perfect - Asylum - Platinum 4x - 2017 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself - Def Jam - Platinum 4x - 2015 Sia - Cheap Thrills - Monkey Puzzle/Rca - Platinum 4x - 2015 George Ezra - Budapest - Columbia - Platinum 4x - 2014 Omi - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) - Ultra Records - Platinum 4x - 2014 Dua Lipa - New Rules - Warner Records - Platinum 4x - 2017 French Montana Ft Swae Lee - Unforgettable - Black Butter - Platinum 4x - 2017 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling - Rca - Platinum 4x - 2016 Adele - Hello - Xl Recordings - Platinum 4x - 2015 Pogues Ft Kirsty Maccoll - Fairytale Of New York - Rhino - Platinum 4x - 2005 Ed Sheeran - The A Team - Asylum - Platinum 4x - 2011 Chainsmokers Ft Halsey - Closer - Rca - Platinum 4x - 2016 Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance - Rca - Platinum 4x - 2014 Vance Joy - Riptide - Atlantic - Platinum 4x - 2013 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger - Big Brother - Platinum 4x - 2004 Cher - Believe - Warner Records - Platinum 4x - 2004 Onerepublic - Counting Stars - Interscope - Platinum 4x - 2013 Camila Cabello Ft Young Thug - Havana - Columbia - Platinum 4x - 2017 Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean - Def Jam - Platinum 4x - 2015 Sia - Chandelier - Monkey Puzzle/Rca - Platinum 4x - 2014 Eminem Ft Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie - Interscope - Platinum 4x - 2010 Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own - Capitol - Platinum 4x - 2016 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road - Rca - Platinum 4x - 2019 Gotye Ft Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know - Island - Platinum 4x - 2011 Ed Sheeran - Photograph - Asylum - Platinum 4x - 2014 Wham - Last Christmas - Epic - Platinum 4x - 2004 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl - Asylum - Platinum 4x - 2017 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow - Interscope - Platinum 4x - 2018 Rag'n'bone Man - Human - Best Laid Plans/Columbia - Platinum 4x - 2016 Daft Punk Ft Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky - Columbia - Platinum 4x - 2013 Mr Probz - Waves - Left Lane Recordings - Platinum 4x - 2014 Post Malone Ft 21 Savage - Rockstar - Republic Records - Platinum 4x - 2017 Rudimental/Glynne/Macklemore - These Days - Asylum - Platinum 4x - 2018 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy - Interscope - Platinum 4x - 2019 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care - Asylum/Def Jam - Platinum 4x - 2019 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Amazing) - Elektra - Platinum 4x - 2010 Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love - Def Jam - Platinum 4x - 2011 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know - Domino Recordings - Platinum 4x - 2013 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis/Dalton - Can't Hold Us - Macklemore - Platinum 4x - 2012 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris - Warner Records - Platinum 4x - 2007 Edited May 31, 20223 yr by ben08
May 31, 20223 yr I think you’ve just proved that we more or less know what it will look like already. Still I’ll be interested to see the exact list when it’s posted!
June 2, 20223 yr Author But it is the order of tracks which is important, and the actual combined sales figures. Also on MTV Hits, Friday 3rd June at 9pm for 5 hours, Best-selling (singles) Artists of the Century Official Top 50. We use exclusive official sales and streaming figures to bring you the definitive countdown of the best-selling artists of the century so far. (Repeated several times next week). It would be no secret to divulge that Ed Sheeran is number one with combined sales of 68,900,000.
June 2, 20223 yr Oh so they’re probably not going to reveal individual track figures then - just overall sales per artist. I guess Drake and Rihanna will definitely be Top 10.
June 2, 20223 yr Author MTV Hits not on Freeview but is on Virgin Media at channel 312. There are 2 programs - one for best-selling singles and the other for Artist totals.
June 4, 20223 yr Author Here’s the Top 10 Artists. 10 Beyoncé - 26.3m combined sales since 2000 9 Adele - 26.8m 8 Coldplay - 27.6m 7 Justin Bieber - 29.4m 6 Ariana Grande - 30.1m 5 Taylor Swift - 31.4 m 4 Rihanna - 35.4m 3 Eminem - 42.0m 2 Drake - 55.7m 1 Ed Sheehan - 68.9m
June 4, 20223 yr Author The remains positions. No Elvis or Abba. 50 Justin Timberlake - 11.6m 49 Michael Bible - 11.6m 48 James Arthur - 11.7m 47 Black Eyed Peas - 11.7m 46 Nicki Minaj - 12.0m 45 The Killers - 12.0m 44 Sia - 12.3m 43 Ellie Goulding - 12.6m 42 Elton John - 12.6m 41 Shawn Mendes - 14.0m 40 Dave - 14.2m 39 Avicii - 14.5m 38 Fleetwood Mac - 14.5m 37 Clean Bandit - 14.8m 36 Imagine Dragons - 14.9m 35 Michael Jackson - 14.9m 34 Stormzy - 14.9m 33 The Beatles - 15.1m 32 Lewis Capaldi - 15.8m 31 George Ezra 16.3m 30 Jason Derulo - 16.4m 29 Billie Eilish - 17.5m 28 Chris Brown - 17.5m 27 Bruno Mars - 18.0m 26 Maroon 5 - 18.1m 25 Dua Lipa - 18.8m 24 One Direction - 18.8m 23 Lady Gaga - 19.2m 22 Pink - 19.2m 21 Katy Perry - 19.3m 20 Queen - 19.4m 19 Sam Smith - 20.1m 18 Oasis - 20.6m 17 David Guetta - 22.0m 16 Arctic Monkeys - 23.6m 15 Calvin Harris - 24.5m 14 Little Mix - 25.0m 13 Post Malone - 25.5m 12 The Weeknd - 25.8m 11 Kanye West - 26.3m
June 4, 20223 yr How is Westlife not in this list? Their singles total was 12,853,945 in November, now it could be closer to 13.5m. I dont think they sold much more than 1m singles in 1999, so their 21st century total should be over 12m. Unless singles released before 2000 are not considered at all in this list which would make their total ~11m….
June 4, 20223 yr Author It appears the description was wrong. It was total Artist songs and not “the best-selling platinum hits.” Sorry for any confusion.
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