Thanks for the information Rob Do you know if I've missed any other 500,000+ sellers? I've heard Bangles - Eternal Flame was the 161st biggest seller of the 80s and was the biggest non half million seller?

Eternal Flame sold 498,000 copies - it was Alan Jones who mentioned this at the same time that he mentioned the top 160 had all passed 500,000 sales and Eternal Flame was at #161 for the decade.

 

Off the top of my head I can't think of any other records that may have sold 500,000 but I'll have a look around what I've got, sales wise, and see if I can find anything else...

Edited March 22, 200916 yr by Robbie

Found some more sales figures-

The bangles-eternal flame 598,000

Tiffany-i think we're alone now 535,000

Glenn mederious-nothings gonna change my love for you 517,000

Jason donovan-too many broken hearts 507,000

some of the sales here are definitely too high but I have those same sales as you have - they were guesstimates made by a poster at Haven a couple of years ago.

 

Eternal Flame sold 498,000 copies which would put Too Many Broken Hearts on lower sales too. The Tiffany and Glenn Medeiros sales are also guesstimates but I don't know how accurate they are. I'd imagine they are probably close as both records were certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 each.

 

Theres a few others 2 that may be 500,000 copies:

Thompson twins-Hold me now

Queen-i want to break free

Yazoo-only you

Belinda carlisle-heaven is a place on earth.

Tina turner-whats love got to do with it.

Kate robbins-more than in love

Dionne warwick-heartbreaker.

Kids from fame-starmaker

I also think abbas-one of us and the pretenders-brass in a pocket sold over 500,000 copies.

 

i thought kylies loco motion and got to be certain were around 500,000 ,anyone know sales for them?

The Loco-motion was about 440,000 but Got to be certain was only 279,000 copies.

Does any know the sales of irene cara-flashdance ..what a feeling?

Don't think Holiday passed 500,000+ until 1991 (but I could be wrong). Plus in 1989, only two singles passed half million mark. I think Like A Prayer passed the half million mark since, but not in 1989.

 

Saving All My Love For You probably sold 500,000+, but I'm not sure about the others.

 

Anyone else know?

but even if the sales are from, let´s say 1991, LAP was out in 1989...doesn´t it count as an 80´s single?

Apparently madonna has had more singles in the uk sell over 500,000 then any other female? i think shes had 10 in total plus 4 more selling 400,000 making her have more gold singles than any other female.

I was shocked to find that "Stay" by Shakespears Sister did not make the top 100 biggest sellers of the 90s even though it peaked at #1 for eight weeks back in 1992, so does anybody know how many copies it sold and also what position it would come in the top 200 sellers of the 90s. Thanks.

I was shocked to find that "Stay" by Shakespears Sister did not make the top 100 biggest sellers of the 90s even though it peaked at #1 for eight weeks back in 1992, so does anybody know how many copies it sold and also what position it would come in the top 200 sellers of the 90s. Thanks.

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I'm not sure how did that happen... could it be the single sales at early 1992 were dire? :thinking:

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I'm not sure how did that happen... could it be the single sales at early 1992 were dire? :thinking:

 

Yeah i know single sales were quite low in 92 but its just hard to believe that a song that stayed at no.1 for 2 months did not make the list...bizarre.

I think it sold about 501,000 copies or summit.

 

 

'Stay' was the 4th Best Seller of 1992. Despite 8 Weeks at No.1, it only sold

around 490,000 copies!

Is that it? wow? Does anyone know the sales of the bangles walk like an egyptian?

 

'Walk Like An Egyptian' reached No.3 in 1986. It was the 23rd Best Seller of that Year - around 390,000 Sales.

'Stay' by Shakespears Sister, would only have been the 13th Best Seller of 1986, had it been a Hit that

Year. And had The Bangles Hit been a 1992 Single, it would have been the 9th Best Seller of 1992.

What about the sales for bonnie tylers holding out for a hero?

Does anyone have the sales for the top 40 singles of every 80's year? :D :D

The OCC have the Top 50 Singles of each Year of the 1980's

- with all their estimated and/or announced Sales. However, I

don't know what they plan to do with them. All I know is that

they were compiled for them - at their request - in July 2008.

No doubt, The OCC will use them - for some purpose - one day.

A Top 300 of The 1980's was created from the Year End Top 50's.

Edited April 8, 200916 yr by zeus555

Do you know if the top 300 is available anywhere on the web or on here? :D :D