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Best Selling Female Singles in UK ever


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1 BELIEVE CHER 1998
2 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1992
3 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE 2011
4 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION 1998
5 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 1999
6 THE POWER OF LOVE JENNIFER RUSH 1985
7 WE FOUND LOVE RIHANNA FEATURING CALVIN HARRIS 2011
8 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1996
9 THINK TWICE CELINE DION 1994
10 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS 1997
11 CALL ME MAYBE CARLY RAE JEPSEN 2012
12 HALLELUJAH ALEXANDRA BURKE 2008
13 PRICE TAG JESSIE J FEATURING B.O.B 2011
14 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD KYLIE MINOGUE 2001
15 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 1997
16 SATURDAY NIGHT WHIGFIELD 1994
17 POKER FACE LADY GAGA 2009
18 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) RIHANNA 2010
19 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 1994
20 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1996

 

Sales

1. Believe | 1,820M

2. I Will Always Love You | 1.630M

3. Someone Like You | 1.620M

4. My Heart Will Go On | 1.570M

5. ...Baby One More Time | 1.550M

6. The Power of Love | 1.450M

7. We Found Love | 1.410M

8. Wannabe | 1.380M

9. Think Twice | 1.370M

10. Never Ever 

11. Call Me Maybe | 1.350M

12. Hallelujah

13. Price Tag

14. Can't Get Out of My Head 

15. Torn

16. Saturday Night

17. Poker Face

18. Only Girl (In The World) | 1.160M

19. All I Want for Christmas Is You

20. 2 Become 1 | 1.130M

 

SOURCE

 

Female songs (lead artists) that passed 1M too are:

 

Rihanna - Diamonds

Katy Perry - Roar

Katy Perry - Firework

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Cheryl Cole - Fight for this Love

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts

Nicki Minaj - Starships

Adele - Rolling in the Deep 

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3. Someone Like You | 1.620M

 

Biggest song of the century in UK :'( 

 

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Kinda surprised Rihanna's 2nd song there isn't Diamonds.

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5 minutes ago, Khal said:

Kinda surprised Rihanna's 2nd song there isn't Diamonds.

It's really really close (1.1M)

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..Baby One More Time is such a classic. It's on the radio right now :weeps: 

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Why was Think Twice such a smash in the UK yet it flopped hard (#95) in the US?:jonny:

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7. "We Found Love": The Highest Selling Song by an International Act (Male or Female) this Century. :alexz:

 

"Only Girl In The World" in the top 20 also, along with several more in the Top 50 overall. :sosad:

 

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Carly Rae Jepsen???

Jessie J???

 

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RIHANNA. the international queen of the UK charts of the 2010s decade

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18 minutes ago, Mr Boots said:

RIHANNA. the international queen of the UK charts of the 2010s decade

The 2000's also. :gaycat5:

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1 hour ago, blackbeatxx said:

3. Someone Like You | 1.620M

 

Biggest song of the century in UK :'( 

 

Do you think it can sell that 10k after the Wembley dates so it passes IWALY? :eli: 

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Wow, most songs above ...Baby One More Time are Ballads, so after Believe it has its own niche of being the Biggest Female Uptempo Song EVER in the UK

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All those classics in the top 5 :clap3:

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Only icons :alexz: Gonna make a girl power playlist 

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44 minutes ago, myfirstlove said:

someone like you has sold 1.8M 

according to

 

UK OCC doesn't count streaming when they compile their all time charts, only physical and digital singles sales. Streaming "sales" are used for weekly charts and certifications.

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Whew..  Rihanna is SLAYING.

 

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Rih is really a force in UK..

 

My fave slays too.. :alexz:

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Global kweens.

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