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Nice to see Kylie in one top 10 at least. And lol at rumours (nearly 40 years on!)

Will we be getting sales for these or is someone attempting that later? Wasn't listening at the mo so not sure they're telling on the show?

There's an argument here that Cheryl Kelly Beyonce shouldnt be on here at all as their debut material was as part of a band. By the time they went solo they had a massively inflated profile vs any normal debut artist so its hardly a level playing field. Hard feat to master though. Hasn't anyone from the 80s or earlier done this? Seems so unlikely there wouldn't be one or 2...

Hey just to say the jump figure on front page needs updating (was 250k in Nov 13 countdown as posted above by outstandingmike) Nice list haven't looked at in ages, wonder how much higher they'd have been in another era - could see the sats overtake them someday which in terms of prominence and cultural impact doesnt seem quite right!

Interesting to see Rihanna pass even Madonna's single sales (about 18mil now?) on what was a relatively quiet year (for her!). I noted a while back her singles chart weeks were surpassing madge and I think are now well ahead also. It is a difficult comparison; when Madonna started she was releasing singles every couple of months (not unlike Rihanna you say?) however the release of one single would see copies of the previous dwindle in the shops/be deleted and by the time the next single again was out you definitely weren't finding the first one many places at all. Potentially people would have continued buying these songs and continued to swell her sales, so instead of the 2-3 month chart run average of madge you could have the 6 month+ Rihanna has for a large number of her singles as 4 or 5 clutter up the bottom end of the chart simultaneously. In addition to that is the constant collabs - this is something Madge never really did and even lately its been the odd record and not at the same time as her other solo songs. Rihanna has so many features as the second artist while she has her own stuff out. This is the way of the charts now though; artists like pitbull, flo rida, calvin harris etc accumulate masses of chart weeks even if the contribution is so small you couldn't pick them out of the song (like JT's featuring credit on Rehab!). If we removed Rihanna's (2nd artist) collab sales (as I've seen some of these lists do) I'd think she's still a fair bit behind Madge. In terms of revenue and inflation adjusting I'm sure Madge is still way ahead. Also in terms of Cultural impact, longevity, ticket sales and revenue, and massively ahead on album sales but that could change in the future. Madonna has been so consistent and changed the game, but Rihanna's achievements in such a short space are nothing short of breathtaking; she hasn't changed the rules, she's playing a whole different game IMHO.

Yes the "deluxe jewel box" all the way! Much easier to get booklets out and if the corners got (inevitably) smashed it didn't break the hinges. Miss them (I :heart: 2007) These days I like when the CD is the deluxe edition and has extra tracks. They cost more mostly so this makes sense I hate when there are bonus digital only tracks...

err MW we have Rihanna? She'll have 4 in a matter of weeks so will keep ahead anyway ;P within 8 months is quite something though its all "featured artist" crap in hits now, makes chart histories so spotty which annoys the pedantic part of my brain! Beck down to 5 (or lower?) by Sunday then. Low no1 sales I fear in albums

see what you did there Bre? very drole! not sure it'll outsell BL but I hope Adele overtakes it again. any chance of a from-release VC sales graph to compare?!

Actually about 10 months old! Though I'm sure more up to date than last known in some cases. The front list probably could do with a wee update. E.g. Whole Again is now a million seller

Nice to see umbrella update. Was it ahead of What's my name again now then? Shame they don't put these bloody lists on OCC website too. All these sales floating around that you miss if you don't watch multiple TV channels 24/7...

Note the too lost in you update from music TV countdown. No28, 190k. Seems quite a big increase in the last few years? Was on 19/1/14 I believe (from UK chart thread)

I think Buble will overtake Sande and even TT by decade end probably with Xmas but I think Adele is beyond reach to say the least! Its sad but I can hardly see a new album topping 2mil any time soon. With decreasing sales year on year and few artists who can be relied on to shift that much its going to become unusual. Maybe someone like Ed Sheeran will trickle there if his next Album's a hit. Even 1D who are a bona fide phenomenon are only scraping 1mil with one album so far. Maybe Take That have a shot with their next album as their last 4 (!) Have managed it but I think its uphill struggle even for them with an increasing tendency to regress toward the mean

Thanks for the info Bre! I think they're brill "A&E" is a choon! I just have my usual 'why now?' Feeling. I'm never sure how everyone else seems immediately to know if and when a band will go major (obv I'll start reading the preorders) ;-)

Great consistency from pink again, impressive. I think the truth about love will go slow and steady this year still and her GH will trickle sell as it has continued to do. Great olly has outsold 1D album for album (in sales order), shows how big he is here

Why would clean bandit be a future no1? They haven't had a big impact so far what am I missing?

Wonder how many of this outer 20 will make it til the end of the decade, or even next year. Not many I'd guess. Stereophonics GH is a genuine surprise and I'd forgotten JLS sold quite so much - probably more than the sales of all their other albums combined! 1D have obv been much more consistent impressively but have yet to come close to JLS total with any of their albums. Time will tell... I own 3 albums so far, not that representative

I rest my case :P Manics FTW! (actually don't as it = career death!)

Not too surprising that many buzzjackers are CD stalwarts though I doubt we're a representative slice of the music buying public. Interesting the small trends of some ppl buying more vinyl and 'Now' albums than before - ties in well with the sales growth in both vinyl and compilations overall. Still buy CD almost always if available but bought much less this year until Q4 as it felt there was just nothing out. Downloaded quite a few albums in the digital "sales" after Xmas £1.99 for an album and the convenience of having it straight on my phone was too tempting. Also couldn't be assed with the queues in HMV but may end up buying physical of the downloaded albums I like when it quietens down. I mostly use my CDs in the car too as opposed to my digital stuff which I use all over the house. It is just more convenient and it can be a pain ripping all your CDs. I like the better quality of CDs and its nicer to have a physical product and also I think actually owning it as I think the odd track has disappeared from my digital services or won't always download again easily (this is rare though)

Wonder if Gary could get an outstanding contribution Brit. You know for solo take that songwriting charity stuff like sing etc. I'm trying to think what old dried up hasbeen they'll give it to this year instead (they're stretching it pretty thin when their handing them to PSB)

What reissue did Belinda do? Dying with excitement! :P

I think it'll be close - 70-90k for 1D and 10-15k for Emeli? Maybe they'll do it. On one hand be good to see a new album at the top and they are the biggest thing around at the moment. On the other hand not a fan. Though Emeli has basically benefitted by being rammed down our throats like she was the only artist in existence for around 18 months of her campaign so I don't love her either. Robbie last minute rush FTW!

So what do people think? Less than 24 hours for them to cross the line - with no mids this week it'll be a tough call... I think Emeli will scrape it!

Roughly 100 copies a week then? That's quite encouraging! And not a traditional Xmas song as such. Most of the traditional more popular others seem to be adding about 50k a year fairly consistently so bound to be a few which pass it over the next few years

Ouch for Sam and shame the physical seems to be non existent in many of the usual haunts Robbie FTW in albums, but he's losing a tiny bit every day though could easily change on a big saturday Hooray for Leona showing a bit of staying power on a non XF performance week maybe she'll gain some traction as a new bona fide Xmas hit (surely we're overdue for one)

Nice wee list and hooray! List should probably go In Its only wee thread in the sales vault? Hopefully we get annual updates ;-)