Posted January 12, 200917 yr From the MW report - In making way for Lady GaGa, Alexandra Burke’s Hallelujah suffers a steep 67% dip in sales and slips to number three. Nevertheless, the 34,440 copies it sold last week lift its cumulative sales to 1,026,828, making it the 10th single to sell more than a million copies in the 21st century. It is only the second by a female solo artist this century – following Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – and the first by any act since fellow X Factor victor Shayne Ward’s That’s My Goal in 2005/6. More surprisingly, it is the first ever million seller by a UK female solo artist – the previous biggest seller was Julie Covington’s 1976 hit Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, which has sold 993,000 copies. Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love may also join the million sellers club in due course - sales of 1,727 last week lift its career tally to 937,098.
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