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Yeah i'd like to back this up, although I'm not wanting to give a slap haha. They were phenomenal for a time, all four of their singles off that album reached no1 and sold over 600k each, three of them over 950k. Not many artists have managed that feat and it was a harder to achieve back when singles had a shelf life of 3/4 months, rather than infinite potential. To then have an album sell as it did alongside two of those singles, with both 2 become 1 and Spice shifting 400k each in one week over Christmas was/is huge. Anyway, aside from that I'm sure Coldplay's Paradise is actually a million seller? Wasn't it prevented from charting for several weeks due to the promotional single rules back at the time and therefore actually not having its sales counted. They may have added it on since but I'm sure it shifted between 20-40k before it was made chart eligible which would make it an million seller on downloads if it hasn't been counted. I do love this all time list but do think it would be interesting/good practice if they had a separate list for the digital era, i.e downloads/streaming. As that would show more evenly how songs have rated the past 10-15 years. And as others have pointed out, draws a more fair comparison to the Physical chart era.

Ah thought I'd missed one. Still incredible/crazy

Ah yes! been waiting to see one of these types of threads pop up for the Spice Girls. Childhood favourites of mine and one of (if not all time) my favourite pop groups. 11 Wannabe 10 Say You'll Be There 09 2 Become 1 09 Who'd Do You Think You Are 03 Mama 10 Spice Up Your Life 10 Too Much (second favourite behind Wannabe) 09 Stop! 08 Viva Forever 08 Goodbye 07 Holler 03 Let Love Lead The Way 03 Headlines

Oh wow! Loving this list this is amazing!! Seems the The OCC have finally done away with their ridiculous stance on sales and finally accepting TES as the new modern sales units. Although the amount of million sellers now is just crazy and Ed Sheeran being third is quite hilarious. 8 million sellers to his name is even more eyebrow raising. I wonder if they will change the certifications at any point. Going back to platinum being given to songs that shift a million units seems fairly reasonable given its happening fairly frequently and has been doing so since the start of the decade. Also a nice surprise to see Adele actually has 3 million sellers in old money, 4 including streaming.

Nice to see P!nk still holding up, hoping if she has an xf performance it may finally be within shot of no.1, as I still have a hunch she will eventually get there. Sam Smith looking safe for a second week at no.1.

The ACTUAL original though was more rhythmic (and better in my opinion). It came out between "Latch" and "La La La" in early 2013. Yeah that's the version I first heard and downloaded. Oddly it seems to have vanished off itunes now and its not available on Spotify (from what I've seen)

She's getting close to 1 million combined units for TDIMM. Nice to see she has three songs over 400k. Come On Over definitely does deserve those sales, its a very solid album all the way through. Country pop crossover at its finest imo. She stood out massively to everything else at the time, It was the first time I was introduced to country music, albeit with a pop/rock undertone. It was TDIMM that made the album sales sky rocket from what I remember, but given she'd had two very popular wedding style hits prior to that it just became a word of mouth success. To be fair most of the biggest selling albums in the UK are fuelled by one big hit and a follow up of other popular hits.

Ah cheers! Although I thought they were still running with the original ratio? Or did they change it when the OCC did?

So Lay Me Down has actually shifted over a million units when the two versions are combined. My favourite of his by far and was the first solo song I heard from him on the Nirvana ep. Irritating the OCC have no consistency, they combined Ed's version of SOY with Stormzy with the original, whilst these two versions weren't.

Sam's song isn't that bad but its not the best either. Granted he's played it a bit too safe but there's been far worse comeback singles this year. Zayn & Sia's song is annoyingly good. I've never liked any of his stuff especially that one he did with taylor which sounds like two alley cats screeching. But can see this one being a slow burning hit. Love to see what radio1 call Tove Lo's song if its playlisted :lol:

Ah didn't realise Sam Smith was releasing tomorrow. In that case I wouldn't be surprised if he goes to no.1, he'll have fairly decent download sales at least.

84.4 Million streams, what is that equivalent to in downloads out of interest? 844k? Not sure if they convert them to sales like the OCC do with the UK chart. If that is the case, with downloads added that's a mind blowing set of first week sales units!

Going to be close next week should nothing else big be released, Taylor may struggle to hold on given she's now fallen behind P!nk on downloads and Dua on streaming. Either P!nk or Dua are within a chance next week or even Megan McKenna :lol:

I always thought Pillowtalk had shifted over a million units? Maybe I had imagined it haha. Not surprised to see Cheryl at the top. I wonder how some of the older songs would have sold if single sales had been what they are now/the last few years. Thanks for putting this together Gezza :)

Look At Me was such an underrated bit of jazzy pop for what it was at the time. Was gutted when she was beat to No.1, she was by far my favourite from the group. I've always thought that Geri did muck up her solo career at the time by continuing with a fairly cheesy pop sound, she would have suited her jazzy pop sound that she had for Look At Me and Goodnight Kiss a lot better. Look At Me and Mi Chico Latino were both quite strong first singles, but the follow ups are quite cringey and haven't aged very well (apart from Its Raining Men). But still having four consecutive no.1s is a feat no female solo artist has thus far matched, though I think going with Pete Waterman was what killed her career off in the long run. Mel C's team pulled an amazing rollout of her debut album and after Geri she was my second favourite from the group. I liked all of the singles from Northern Star which they seemed to save the best till later in the era and was a very solid album. Never Be The Same Again, to me is the song that summaries the demise of the group and it all falling apart and perfectly captures what was going on with them all at the time. One of the best songs from all of the solo releases. Her follow up albums though I wasn't a fan of but both Northern Star and Geri's first two albums are the only Spice Girl solo albums I actually got. Victoria was and always has been a target from the press. Out Of Your Mind was an absolute corker of a song and I loved NSAIG when that was released as well. Had both that and the album been released in 2000 after OOYM she may have faired a lot better than she did. Also really liked her brief comeback in 2003, Let Your Head Go was a great bit a of dance pop. Emma's early solo material I thought was really bland and boring, but her second album was much better and did stand out from other pop music at the time. Mel B's solo stuff was terrible, didn't like any of her solo material at all.

I reckon she could well easily land herself her first no.1, especially given Dua's only shifting around 40k so it wont take a huge amount to get there. She could shift 100k plus in week 1 if she comes back with an absolute smash but I don't think she will. She's never been close to the success Ed has had in the UK so thats not really a good comparison at all. All of his albums have shifted 2 million for starters. I think Ellie Goulding is a more an even match if you were to compare her to an act, but given both Ellie's no.1s were held back for several weeks they had naturally massive first week sales. Stateside though Taylor is as big there as Ed is here so she'll easily storm to no.1 with massive first week sales.s I went for her being no.1, she could do up to 60-80k maybe, but they'll be steady sales in the long run. I think she's being overestimated somewhat.

Brilliant Shape Of You Feels Good Sign Of The Times Symphony Rockabye (Took a long time for me to like) Im The One New Rules (When its gets there) Alright Wild Thoughts Awful Despacito Bridge Over Troubled Water Just realised looking back at this year I've actually liked most of this years no.1s so far which hasn't happened for a while. Think 2013 was the last time I liked more than 50% of the no.1s.

Hard to gauge without hearing what Justin's song sounds like. But Its going be pretty hard for him to miss no.1 given everything he releases seems to go there at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if he does something similar to WDYM in that he might have several stints at no.1 with perhaps Taylor, Clean Bandit, Sam Smith sneaking in a week here and there. I can see Mi Gente becoming a big hit in the coming weeks as well. I really hope this is the start of a busy Q4 with lots of blockbuster releases, its been years since we've had a nice proper busy run up to Christmas.

Given P!nk is struggling still on Spotify for the time being I think Dua Lipa has this in the bag. Think P!nk will easily remain in the top 5 though, wouldn't be surprised if she ends up at no.3 in the end if her download sales hold up. Still an amazing achievement for her though this far into her career.

The turnover of new entires I think has naturally speeded up this year, ACR has just heightened it further. Whilst it is nice to see more fluid movement its rather irritating its due to older songs being penalised, it kind of takes away the achievement of being no.1 unless your song is the top seller/streamed track (and even then its not a guarantee). But I agree though compared to last year, even without ACR, the chart has improved in its pacing.

Its going to be very close but I do think both p!nk and Dua look to have the top 2 spots next Friday I reckon. She's maintaining a decent lead on iTunes with Dua Lipa only going up to 50% so far. If P!nk's sales hold up I'd estimate she's on course for 35-40k of downloads plus maybe 10-15k from streaming which thanks to ACR last weeks no.1 only had 39k of combined sales so P!nk could shift that on downloads alone. Dua Lipa I reckon will do around 40-45k, if P!nk maintains a steady lead on downloads and her streaming pulls up she may just about clinch it.

I can see Taylor Swift finally bagging herself a no.1 single now she's caved and added her stuff to Spotify again, she would have had a couple of no.1s with the 1989 era had she not removed it all. Although I think she'll only manage a week or two, she doesn't have the same fan base here as she does in the U.S where I think she will easily dominate, with the album easily shifting a million units in its first week. Sam Smith is a hard one to call, I think he'll have a couple of top tens, maybe a sixth no.1 with his album easily getting to no.1 but I don't think it will flop as bad as Emile did but it will sell less than his debut. P!nk I'm sure will score another top 10, she always comes back with a banger, and her album will go top 5. Paloma will have another top 5 album and a couple of top 20 hits by the end of the year. Clean Bandit will score another couple of big top 5 hits and a top 5 album if they release one. I have a feeling either Ed will release Perfect and it will become a slow burning hit or he may surprise with releasing more new material. His album will remain firmly in the top 10 the rest of the year. Foo Fighters will easily nab another no.1 album and will sell moderately well. Quite a potentially exciting Q3/4 lined up with loads of releases compared to last year. I think the new BBC music show may provide unexpected weekly chart boosts.

I don't like how stale the chart has been the past two years, even though it was showing signs of speeding up this year prior to these stupid ACR rules. I do miss the "good old days" where you'd have multiple new entires each week and that if a song managed to hold onto no1 for 7+ weeks it was a huge achievement and streaming has made a mockery of that. However, I hated the way record labels manipulated the chart to the extent they did to achieve that. It was fair game during the 90s ect as that's just how everything worked. But when downloads were introduced it created this unfair advantage to pre album singles that were on pre-order for 8 weeks, compared to post album releases which would have a natural progression up the charts. I think only Gaga and the BEP were the only two acts that actually managed to have post album no.1 hit without having a big tv performance to boost it there (Telephone, Pokerface & I Gotta Feeling). Streaming has brought it this wonderful new digital era that is boosting both albums and singles sales and has created a new fair level playing field once again. But I do agree with most comments on here that it just hasn't been calculated into the chart very well the past year or so. I have mentioned it before so don't want to be a stuck record (pardon the pun :P ) but removing the daily cap of streaming and setting a permanent cap is the best solution I can think of rather than forced manipulation.

Interesting to see the chart without ACR but I echo a lot of other comments about how ridiculous this is. I remember people complaining on how One Dance held the no.1 spot for so long when it wasn't on downloads but this is just simply stupid as Despacito is no.1 on both and still isn't.