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How many copies did Robson and Jerome's Unchained Melody sell on it's first week?

Did Sia - Chandelier appear on something over the weekend? I notice it's risen up itunes quite considerably since I last looked. The song is having fantastic longevity! :dance:

I think Westlife may have had a few but I couldn't tell you exactly how many. Oasis must be at 4 or 5 I reckon too.

Does the Nomad song featured earlier in this countdown also sample this song?

I'm not sure if it was mentioned earlier but The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy was based on Technohead's - I Want To Be A Hippy. :) Some fantastic tunes here so far! Looking forward to seeing what else is still to come...

I really can't wait for this! Such a fan of anything 90s!!! :yahoo:

...and also both getting their 21st top 5 hit too! :)

I am not sure about whether it was continuously top 10 but 'Let Her Go' was in the daily iTunes top 10 every day from 25th April to 6th August, I believe.

'Whole Again' was definitely a shock success for me.

Tom Odell's sales won't be that bad. 'The Brits Critics' Choice winner's Columbia-issued Long Way Down had sold 20,305 copies by the end of trading on Tuesday, according to the Official Charts Company.' The other albums in the top 5 may be a little less impressive though.

The Who aren't Irish though. ;)

She is a terminally ill singer who has released a cover of Smile for Christmas. I think it's a lovely sentiment at this time of year. :yahoo:

Bizarrely, all three of these versions were million sellers. Seems a good song to cover!

Their music has been put on itunes for the first time. I have to confess, when I saw them with a few top 100 entries, I did Google it to see if someone in the band had died...very bad of me!

That is indeed the correct top 6 for that week! I checked on the OCC site. :cheer:

Personally, I think it's a great and interesting countdown. I imagine there are plenty reading it but maybe not commenting. I will try harder to think of interesting things to write. :D

Does anyone know what the biggest selling song in the UK is? Obviously Elton John has the biggest selling single, but I was wondering if any other song combined beats this. Do They Know It's Christmas? has two versions with high sales, plus the Band Aid 2 version, and Unchained Melody has three million selling versions, plus several others that charted rather well. Was curious to see if anyone knew. Thanks.

One of the groups sang it in the US X Factor which got it back into the chart. I think it was also in Strictly Come Dancing last night which has helped it rise a little further. :D

When this does eventually reach a million, will this be the first non top 5 to do so? As far as I know, Aerosmith and Robbie Williams number 4 hits are currently the lowest ones to achieve the feat.

It seems that this trend has being going on for a long time! Chubby Checker/Fat Boys & Chubby Checker - The Twist #2 Kylie Minogue/Little Eva - The Locomotion #2 Whigfield - Saturday Night #1 Los Del Rio - Macarena #2 The Tweets - Birdie Song #2 Black Lace - Agadoo #2 There are probably a whole lot more too! :D

I think it might be the same Emilia who had a hit with 'Big Big World' back in the 90s. She did enter a song for Eurovision representing Sweden, but it wasn't successful in getting through.

'Hallelujah' was a bit different from the usual structure too, so I guess you never know what might happen... :)

I remember reading that this song spent 9 weeks at number 2 in America....behind Macarena. How unlucky for Donna! I love this song and so many others here. Suppose I was a bit of a music geek in the 90s so a lot of the forgotten top 10 hits from that era are songs I absolutely love! :dance:

Who wants to know? ;)

Also, it's prettier. :D