Here are the alltime biggest weekly sales for singles charting on downloads alone (either before a physical release or without a physical release).

 

01 13/12/08 131,593 Leona Lewis Run (1)

02 20/12/08 85,034 Leona Lewis Run (1)

03 27/12/08 80,883 Jeff Buckley Hallelujah (2)

04 23/05/09 74,440 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow (1)

05 27/12/08 72,417 Leona Lewis Run (3)

06 03/01/09 72,371 Leona Lewis Run (2)

07 14/03/09 72,101 Flo Rida Ft Ke$ha Right Round (1)

08 30/05/09 69,178 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow (2)

09 21/03/09 66,493 Flo Rida Ft Ke$ha Right Round (2)

10 22/11/08 64,661 T.I. Ft Rihanna Live Your Life (2)

 

11 15/11/08 64,554 Beyoncé If I Were A Boy (2)

12 04/04/09 57,781 Lady GaGa Poker Face (1)

13 22/11/08 56,280 The Killers Human (4)

14 11/04/09 55,318 Lady GaGa Poker Face (1)

15 21/03/09 55,293 Lady GaGa Poker Face (4)

16 28/03/09 53,699 Lady GaGa Poker Face (1)

17 28/03/09 53,478 Flo Rida Ft Ke$ha Right Round (2)

18 18/04/09 53,432 Lady GaGa Poker Face (2)

19 29/03/08 51,857 Estelle Ft Kanye West American Boy (1)

20 07/03/09 51,115 Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You (1)

 

21 01/03/08 50,962 Duffy Mercy (1)

22 12/07/08 49,414 Dizzee Rascal Ft Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me (1)

23 14/03/09 48,606 Lady GaGa Poker Face (3)

24 18/04/09 47,852 AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (3)

25 18/04/09 47,539 La Roux In For The Kill (4)

26 15/11/08 46,550 Britney Spears Womanizer (4)

27 10/01/09 46,454 Leona Lewis Run (2)

28 14/06/08 45,987 Mint Royale Singin’ In The Rain (1)

29 16/08/08 45,935 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl (1)

30 20/09/08 44,943 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire (1)

 

31 23/08/08 44,500 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl (1)

32 11/04/09 44,128 AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (3)

33 30/08/08 41,131 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl (1)

34 06/09/08 40,587 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl (1)

35 10/01/09 40,537 Lady GaGa Ft Colby O'Donis Just Dance (3)

36 29/11/08 40,476 T.I. Ft Rihanna Live Your Life (4)

37 26/04/08 40,364 Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes (1)

38 03/01/09 39,752 Jeff Buckley Hallelujah (7)

39 25/04/09 38,621 AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (4)

40 03/02/07 38,500 Mika Grace Kelly (1)

 

41 02/06/07 38,482 Rihanna Ft Jay-Z Umbrella (1)

42 23/02/08 38,366 Duffy Mercy (1)

43 18/04/09 37,912 Ciara Ft Justin Timberlake Love Sex Magic (6)

44 11/04/09 35,085 Beyoncé Halo (5)

45 22/11/08 34,634 Katy Perry Hot 'N' Cold (7)

46 24/05/08 34,585 Rihanna Take A Bow (2)

47 14/03/09 34,464 T.I. Ft Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone (6)

48 26/05/07 34,164 Rihanna Ft Jay-Z Umbrella (1)

49 06/10/07 34,068 Sugababes About You Now (1)

50 04/04/09 34,046 Beyoncé Halo (4)

 

51 25/04/09 33,987 Ciara Ft Justin Timberlake Love Sex Magic (5)

52 07/03/09 33,261 Taylor Swift Love Story (2)

53 02/05/09 33,149 Eminem We Made You (5)

54 04/04/09 32,570 AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (5)

55 07/03/09 32,338 Lady GaGa Poker Face (3)

56 07/03/09 31,733 T.I. Ft Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone (4)

57 08/04/06 31,703 Gnarls Barkley Crazy (1)

58 29/11/08 31,110 Katy Perry Hot 'N' Cold (5)

59 14/02/09 30,634 Eminem, Dr Dre & 50 Cent Crack A Bottle (4)

60 27/01/07 30,500 Mika Grace Kelly (1)

 

61 22/11/08 30,458 Britney Spears Womanizer (8)

62 14/02/09 30,390 Alesha Dixon Breathe Slow (5)

63 09/05/09 30,370 Eminem We Made You (8)

64 21/02/09 30,182 Eminem, Dr Dre & 50 Cent Crack A Bottle (4)

65 06/09/08 29,581 Eric Prydz Pjanno (2)

66 01/11/08 29,369 Guru Josh Project Infinity 2008 (3)

Edited May 26, 200916 yr by Ethan.

wow. shocked at Beyonce. Was sure if i thought about i'd come up with another higher sale. Of course, there will be songs who've sold more downloads that her in a week, they just happen to also have physical release (e.g. X-factor) On that, anyone know the split for the single? (d/l-physical)

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

wow. shocked at Beyonce. Was sure if i thought about i'd come up with another higher sale. Of course, there will be songs who've sold more downloads that her in a week, they just happen to also have physical release (e.g. X-factor) On that, anyone know the split for the single? (d/l-physical)

 

Yeah this list is just for downloads alone weeks, I believe Leona Lewis A Moment Like This, Shayne Ward That's My Goal and Leona Lewis Bleeding Love all shifted over 100k of downloads in their first week along with physicals. Gnarls Barkley did around 74k downloads + 120k physicals in its second week at No1.

Woah @ Britney :o To think a #4 song could sell that much ...

 

Strange to see Rihanna's 'Take A Bow' sold more on downloads than 'Umbrella' did in it's first week too.

wow. shocked at Beyonce. Was sure if i thought about i'd come up with another higher sale. Of course, there will be songs who've sold more downloads that her in a week, they just happen to also have physical release (e.g. X-factor) On that, anyone know the split for the single? (d/l-physical)

 

I don't know this week's, however in Week 1 out of 313,244 copies sold - 185,220 were physical singles & 128,024 were downloads, giving a 59:41 physical to download ratio.

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by Doctor Blind

I don't know this week's, however in Week 1 out of 313,244 copies sold - 185,220 were physical singles & 128,024 were downloads, giving a 59:41 physical to download ratio.

exceptional physical sales in this day and age. It is being sold everywhere though. Makes you think if shops would still support physicals properly their sales could still give downloads a run for their money, but they don't want to as the £ is in downloads these days :wacko:

cheers for the info, v interesting :)

T.I, i mean Rihanna, might top that this week!

Britney top 5 :cheer:

Leona's BL sold 112,816 physicals and 106,029 downloads giving a 51.6%/48.4% split.

 

I believe the chart at the top of this thread is going to be obliterated next year, once another gallon of mp3 players are sold for Xmas. The US chart downloads over Xmas last year were incredible and I think we'll follow suit here in the UK next year.

Here are the alltime biggest weekly sales for singles charting on downloads alone (either before a physical release or without a physical release).

 

19 08/04/06 31,703 Gnarls Barkley Crazy (1)

 

and did Gnarls sell more the previous week but not chart? I think so.

Here are the alltime biggest weekly sales for singles charting on downloads alone (either before a physical release or without a physical release).

 

01 22/11/08 70,000+ Ti ft Rihanna Live your life (2)

02 15/11/08 64,554 Beyoncé If I Were A Boy (2)

03 22/11/08 50,000+ The Killers Human (4)

Update for next week :P

and did Gnarls sell more the previous week but not chart? I think so.

 

Probably - but it couldn't chart due to the downloads rule in force at the time (it could only chart if the physical release came out the following week).

and did Gnarls sell more the previous week but not chart? I think so.

 

17k actually! ;)

 

Would have put it at #4 had it not been NCQ'd.

17k actually! ;)

 

Would have put it at #4 had it not been NCQ'd.

I thought it had sold enough to be #1 if it was not DSQ for the final week before the new rules? I am sure I read that it would have been Gnarls instead of Orson's No Tomorrow :unsure:

I thought it had sold enough to be #1 if it was not DSQ for the final week before the new rules? I am sure I read that it would have been Gnarls instead of Orson's No Tomorrow :unsure:

 

Your forgetting that it was Ne-Yo’s ‘So Sick’ that was No1 the week before Gnarls entered at No1! ;)

WOW! Interesting to see a song at number 4, selling more than some of the biggest sellers at number 1 :o a 2008 Top 12 :o Just proves that downloads are growing ever more popular :o

exceptional physical sales in this day and age. It is being sold everywhere though. Makes you think if shops would still support physicals properly their sales could still give downloads a run for their money, but they don't want to as the £ is in downloads these days :wacko:

cheers for the info, v interesting :)

But surely everyone makes more money with each physical single that download single? I mean even if only 20% of singles sold were physical, i'm sure the labels would actually make as much profit from physicals as downloads, unless they are one of those 99p things.

But surely everyone makes more money with each physical single that download single? I mean even if only 20% of singles sold were physical, i'm sure the labels would actually make as much profit from physicals as downloads, unless they are one of those 99p things.

 

I believe a CD single needs to sell 80,000 copies to break even with royalties, product development, manufacture and distribution…

I believe a CD single needs to sell 80,000 copies to break even with royalties, product development, manufacture and distribution…

So i think only Mercy, Now You're Gone, and now Hero, have actually made a profit because they're the only ones that have sold more than 80,000 physicals. I thought royalties were %?