It's strange to think Cold Heart will probably overtake Candle in the Wind one day. Maybe as soon as the late 2030's or 2040's.

There will always be an asterisk on these lists now for me!

There will always be an asterisk on these lists now for me!

oh i so much agree. Best selling lists and charts the last 10 yrs have been more of "to waste some time" thing than something to take serious. Before it was very clear who sold the most, physical. now you get to be on a playlist and automatically you earn sales.

I think the OCC realise it’s apples and oranges for the all time list now as we have seen them do separate all time sales and all time streams lists.

 

the decade end chart for the 2020s is going to be a right mess though with Wham vs The Killers for the number one..

This thread is great: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=258660

 

OCC figure of 4.951 million in September 2017 apparently. So I guess it is creeping up slowly but much much slower than all the other huge “sellers”.

 

Thank you very much, most helpful.

I'm new to this, but from the above I have compiled a Top 15 of all time, all of which have reached the 4 million chart units total.

Where a song was outside the 2023 year end Top 100, I have made a sales estimate based on the time since the most recent BPI platinum award, and the time taken to achieve the previous BPI platinum award.

 

1 Shape of You 6.15m

2 Do They Know It's Christmas 5.95m

3 Last Christmas 5.53m

4 Mr. Brightside 5.29m

5 Someone You Loved 5.27m

6 Perfect 5.22m

7 Bohemian Rhapsody 5.03m

8 Candle In The Wind 4.99m

9 All I Want for Christmas is You 4.97m

10 Thinking Out Loud 4.58m

11 Wonderwall 4.33m

12 Blinding Lights 4.26m

13 Shotgun 4.23m

14 UpTown Funk 4.20m

15 FairyTale of New York 4.04m

 

Does anyone have any additions or corrections?

 

Year end Top 100 albums with estimated sales from vidcapper at Haven:

 

Pos LW YTD Total Artist Title New Hst

 

1 1 391,200 831,000 Weeknd Highlights 18/02/21 2

 

2 2 340,200 757,200 Taylor Swift Midnights 03/11/22 1

 

3 4 299,400 299,400 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version) 09/11/23 1

 

4 3 299,200 1,382,200 Elton John Diamonds 23/11/17 2

 

5 5 275,600 736,000 Harry Styles Harry's House 02/06/22 2

 

6 6 264,400 1,175,600 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 29/11/18 6

 

7 7 262,400 3,044,000 Eminem Curtain Call - Greatest Hits 10/12/05 5

 

8 8 245,200 286,200 SZA SOS 22/12/22 2

 

9 9 236,400 1,886,800 Arctic Monkeys AM 21/09/13 7

 

10 10 230,400 5,653,400 Abba Gold - Greatest Hits 03/10/92 5

 

11 11 221,000 655,600 Taylor Swift Lover 05/09/19 8

 

12 12 215,200 1,756,600 Taylor Swift 1989 08/11/14 5

 

13 14 213,200 622,200 Taylor Swift Folklore 06/08/20 6

 

14 13 211,800 211,800 Lewis Capaldi Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 01/06/23 1

 

15 15 208,600 371,400 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 21/09/23 1

 

16 17 207,200 827,200 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 03/06/21 5

 

17 16 205,400 1,625,800 Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 30/05/19 4

 

18 18 193,400 1,757,400 Oasis Time Flies : 1994-2009 26/06/10 15

 

19 19 191,600 1,057,000 Ed Sheeran = 11/11/21 4

 

20 20 189,400 2,842,000 Queen Greatest Hits 07/11/81 13

 

21 21 188,600 756,400 Taylor Swift Reputation 23/11/17 13

 

22 22 185,000 2,339,400 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 26/02/77 12

 

23 23 178,000 177,000 Ed Sheeran - 18/05/23 1

 

24 24 175,600 175,600 Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 20/07/23 1

 

25 25 172,200 1,600,200 Michael Jackson Essential 30/07/05 18

 

26 26 170,000 4,184,800 Ed Sheeran ÷ 16/03/17 16

 

27 27 162,800 162,800 The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds 02/11/23 1

 

28 30 155,600 1,533,400 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 11/02/12 22

 

29 28 154,400 154,400 Pink Trustfall 02/03/23 1

 

30 29 154,000 859,200 Harry Styles Fine Line 20/12/19 11

 

31 31 153,400 220,600 Eminem Curtain Call 2 18/08/22 21

 

32 32 148,000 686,800 Weeknd Starboy 08/12/16 23

 

33 33 147,200 432,600 Little Mix Between Us 25/11/21 20

 

34 34 143,200 143,200 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 04/05/23 14

 

35 36 141,400 5,104,600 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 14/10/95 26

 

36 35 141,000 383,400 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You : Best Of 01/12/12 13

 

37 37 139,800 139,800 Take That This Life 07/12/23 1

 

38 39 139,400 2,213,800 Elvis Presley Elv1S 30 #1 Hits 05/10/02 20

 

39 38 138,600 250,600 Beyonce Renaissance 11/08/22 6

 

40 42 129,400 686,200 Maroon 5 Singles 03/12/15 35

 

41 41 129,000 159,400 Metro Boomin Heroes & Villains 15/12/22 12

 

42 43 126,200 380,200 Taylor Swift Evermore 24/12/20 24

 

43 40 126,200 2,323,600 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 04/02/06 20

 

44 44 124,200 473,400 50 Cent Best Of 13/04/17 35

 

45 48 122,200 122,200 Noah Kahan Stick Season 22/06/23 6

 

46 45 121,200 121,200 Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 06/04/23 1

 

47 46 119,000 119,000 Travis Scott Utopia 10/08/23 1

 

48 47 118,600 1,757,800 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 11/09/10 32

 

49 50 117,400 3,100,800 Bob Marley Legend 19/05/84 34

 

50 49 117,200 143,600 Foo Fighters The Essential Foo Fighters 10/11/22 22

 

51 51 116,800 324,800 Taylor Swift Red (Taylor's Version) 25/11/21 37

 

52 52 115,200 912,800 David Bowie Legacy 24/11/16 35

 

53 53 110,800 2,050,200 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits 29/11/03 40

 

54 54 110,800 824,000 Kanye West Graduation 22/09/07 39

 

55 55 108,000 480,000 Green Day Greatest Hits - God's Favourite Band 30/11/17 47

 

56 56 106,800 1,603,000 George Michael Twenty Five 25/11/06 23

 

57 58 104,400 2,582,600 Oasis Definitely Maybe 10/09/94 45

 

58 59 104,000 2,211,200 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 30/10/10 45

 

59 60 103,000 1,421,200 Billy Joel Piano Man - The Very Best Of 27/11/04 47

 

60 57 103,000 3,964,800 Beatles 1 25/11/00 21

 

61 61 101,600 3,964,400 Adele 25 03/12/15 48

 

62 62 100,600 5,513,200 Adele 21 05/02/11 50

 

63 63 100,600 3,341,400 Lady Gaga Fame 24/01/09 40

 

64 64 99,800 99,800 Tom Grennan What Ifs & Maybes 29/06/23 1

 

65 65 99,000 1,414,800 Pink Greatest Hits… So Far! 27/11/10 34

 

66 67 96,800 96,800 Drake For All the Dogs 19/10/23 1

 

67 66 96,800 708,800 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia 09/04/20 38

 

68 68 95,000 996,400 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 15/06/17 59

 

69 69 95,000 153,200 XXXTentacion Look At Me: The Album 23/06/22 49

 

70 70 95,000 496,200 Britney Spears Singles Collection 05/12/09 43

 

71 74 95,000 208,800 Smiths Sound Of : Very Best Of 22/11/08 39

 

72 73 94,800 1,560,000 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 01/03/03 57

 

73 72 94,600 372,400 Weeknd After Hours 02/04/20 36

 

74 71 94,000 120,800 Ella Henderson Everything I Didn'T Say 24/03/22 38

 

75 75 93,600 1,031,800 Killers Direct Hits 23/11/13 35

 

76 78 90,600 2,056,200 Eminem Eminem Show 08/06/02 40

 

77 77 90,400 346,200 Pitbull Greatest Hits 04/03/21 63

 

78 76 90,200 90,000 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation 23/03/23 1

 

79 79 89,800 346,800 Drake Certified Lover Boy 16/09/21 64

 

80 141 89,800 3,360,400 Michael Bublé Christmas 05/11/11 1

 

81 80 89,600 1,320,000 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 05/05/07 38

 

82 81 89,200 2,932,400 Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour 07/06/14 53

 

83 82 89,000 683,600 Phil Collins Singles 27/10/16 73

 

84 83 88,800 247,000 Becky Hill Only Honest On the Weekend 09/09/21 36

 

85 85 88,200 1,342,400 Nirvana Nirvana 09/11/02 43

 

86 84 87,000 130,600 Madonna Finally Enough Love 01/09/22 27

 

87 86 87,000 112,000 Nicki Minaj Queen Radio, Vol.1 08/09/22 77

 

88 87 86,600 329,400 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 21/10/21 26

 

89 91 86,400 1,096,400 Beatles 1967-1970 05/05/73 2

 

90 89 86,400 1,946,000 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 31/03/73 8

 

91 88 85,800 2,287,600 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 16/06/07 42

 

92 90 84,200 2,444,400 Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits 27/03/04 31

 

93 92 83,800 163,400 Drake and 21 Savage Her Loss 17/11/22 21

 

94 93 82,600 81,800 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Council Skies 15/06/23 2

 

95 95 82,400 621,800 Billie Eilish Don't Smile At Me 19/07/18 68

 

96 94 82,200 82,200 Luke Combs Gettin' Old 06/04/23 5

 

97 97 82,200 312,200 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever 12/08/21 50

 

98 101 81,800 81,800 Joel Corry Another Friday Night 27/07/23 5

 

99 96 81,600 574,000 Pop Smoke Shoot For The Stars… 17/07/20 70

 

100 99 81,600 1,549,200 Stevie Wonder Definitive Collection 09/11/02 77

Do you have any estimates for the positions just outside the top 100?

Sorry not to hand, but should be easy enough to estimate for those that dropped out shortly before the year end. Will be interesting to see the gold certifications for the last week to see if Whistle / 0800 Heaven / Trustfall got there. Suspect the first two would have and Trustfall might have needed another week.

1989 be most successful taylors version by end february,

 

weird that fearless performing so much worse than the rest, debut gonna be interesting

I count 18 albums released this year making the top 100 only :/

 

299,400 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version)

211,800 Lewis Capaldi Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent

208,600 Olivia Rodrigo Guts

 

177,000 Ed Sheeran Substact

175,600 Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

162,800 The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

154,400 Pink Trustfall

143,200 Post Malone The Diamond Collection

139,800 Take That This Life

122,200 Noah Kahan Stick Season

121,200 Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

119,000 Travis Scott Utopia

 

99,800 Tom Grennan What Ifs & Maybes

96,800 Drake For All the Dogs

90,000 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation

82,600 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Council Skies

82,200 Luke Combs Gettin' Old

81,800 Joel Corry Another Friday Night

Edited January 4, 20241 yr by Bjork

Is the first time ever where the biggest-selling album of the year didn't peak at #1?

Any update of autumn variations is it still miles from silver

Great sales for ‘Hackney Diamonds’ considering it was only released 2 months ago!

Way to go Britney!!! 496k for the single collection!

15 15 208,600 371,400 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 21/09/23 1

 

How is the above correct? It was only released this year so it can’t have sold 371k in total.

15 15 208,600 371,400 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 21/09/23 1

 

How is the above correct? It was only released this year so it can’t have sold 371k in total.

Agree that must be a mistake from him and the total is the 209k.

Shame it looks like Tension just missed out :(

I count 36 Greatest Hits in the top 100 :o

Greatest hits literally just mean people are streaming popular songs, they’re not even listening to the album.

 

If Taylor Swift released a greatest hits at the end of the year with 25 of her most popular songs it’d probably be #1 for half the year. It’s clogging up the entire chart.

Edited January 4, 20241 yr by BellyClarkson

So 0800 Heaven was the only 2023 release to pass 400k by the end of the year and still miss the Year End 100. I suspect it will have been around #103 after Style (~406k) and I’ll Be Waiting (~404k).

Whistle, Trustfall and Popular all made it to gold this week though!

Thanks very much for doing this Jules! I look forward to seeing the results for this year!