100th million selling single in the UK
Jun 1, 2010 17:49:58 GMT -5
Post by Fresh on Jun 1, 2010 17:49:58 GMT -5
On its 50th appearance in the Top 75, the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" makes its biggest slide to date, falling 43-60 – but the 4,899 copies it sold last week see it safely past the million sales mark, and make it the 100th single to reach the target.
At the start of the 21st century, only 70 singles had sold a million copies. "I Gotta Feeling" is the 11th song released since then to secure a seven figure sale but the advent of the digital age means that 19 singles released in the last century have also crossed the million sales mark, including such veteran campaigners as "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury & the Blockheads (up from 979,000 to 1,005,000), Adam & the Ants' "Stand And Deliver" (985,000 to 1,007,000) and Take That's "Back For Good" (959,000 to 1,042,000).
By far the biggest beneficiary of the download era is Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger" which has pounced 40 places in the rankings to move into the 40s with sales up from 990,000 to 1,255,000.
"I Gotta Feeling" is the 26th million seller by an American act. The 101st million seller is likely to be Kings Of Leon's "Sex On Fire" (984,050 sales to date, growing at the rate of about 2,500 a week), Also closing in are Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love", which has sold 989,877 copies and is adding around 400 sales a week), Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" (983,047 sales to date, growing by 500 a week) and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" (963,391 sales, increasing by 2,500 a week).
Source: Music Week[/ul]
