Best of the 20 Biggest-selling Singles in the UK 1998-2008

Gnarls vs Kylie.

Gnarls to walk... hang on, Chef? ummmmm.... No, Gnarls it is.

Either Eiffel 65, Lou Bega, Shaggy or Cher.

wtf @ chef.

Novelty "comedy" records frequently do well. See also: Peter Kay, Bob the Builder, Band Aid etc.

wtf @ most of the list.

lmao what a fucked up country

Yeah, shoulda been more Garth Brooks.

Novelty "comedy" records frequently do well. See also: Peter Kay, Bob the Builder, Band Aid etc.

― Birth Control to Ginger Tom (Noodle Vague), Monday, January 5, 2009 2:52 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah but south park is not bob the builder. (tbh i don't even think i've heard 'chocolate salty balls' either.)

South Park merchandise about a million times more popular than Bob the Builder with under 10s at the point when that song was released.

you're telling a guy who has a 'respect my authority' t-shirt

Just be glad that Isaac Hayes has infiltrated this shite.

Bleeding Love presuambly suffering more than most here by illegal downloads. thought it would be higher. not sure where 'Umbrella' would place (low 20s/high 30s maybe).

Cher vs Britney vs Kylie vs Gnarls.
Although actually, it's Kylie vs Gnarls.
Then again, if I'm being totally honest, isn't it really Cher?
Yes, it's Cher.

lmao what a fucked up country

― like a super-saiyan stuffed in a checkered shirt (cankles), Monday, January 5, 2009 1:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and it's not something to be fucking proud of, brits in this thread.

Most of these are horrible. Voted Kylie.

would like to compare this list with other countries equivalents

Eiffel 65 is probably the one that I'd most like to hear again, but probably Kylie

Shaggy

American list would be pretty much identical with the reality pop stars switching country and the novelty songs replaced by Maroon 5.

Songs that have sold over 2 million copies in the US over the past decade:

"Low", Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
"Apologize", Timbaland presents OneRepublic
"4 Minutes", Madonna
"Before He Cheats", Carrie Underwood
"Big Girls Don't Cry", Fergie
"Crazy", Gnarls Barkley
"Don`t stop the music",Rihanna
"Disturbia",Rihanna
"Fergalicious", Fergie feat. will.i.am
"Girlfriend", Avril Lavigne
"Glamorous", Fergie feat. Ludacris
"Gold Digger", Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
"Hips Don't Lie", Shakira feat Wyclef Jean
"How to Save a Life", The Fray
"I Kissed a Girl", Katy Perry
"Kiss Kiss, Chris Brown
"Laffy Taffy", D4L
"No One", Alicia Keys
"Smack That", Akon feat. Eminem
"The Boy Is Mine", Brandy and Monica
"Umbrella", Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
"Unwritten", Natasha Bedingfield
"You're Beautiful", James Blunt

for real? 'Evergreen' sold less in the UK than all of those, with a mere 1.8 million. i'm surprised even Madonna beats that on US sales. bigger market obv but still.

These are mostly download-era songs though; with the glaring exception of "The Boy Is Mine", the earliest is (I think) "You're Beautiful", from July '05 (possibly later). A similar American list would be skewed because their chart is primarily based on airplay since physical sales over there have been, by and large, piddling for a fair while (Bright Eyes was #1 in the sales chart of physical singles once, wasn't he?). A representative view of the biggest singles of the decade would involve, like, formulas and stuff. Or asking that feller on Billboard with the massive eyebrows.

(Bright Eyes was #1 in the sales chart of physical singles once, wasn't he?)

― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 5 January 2009 15:58 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Morrissey as well.

never!

Or asking that feller on Billboard with the massive eyebrows.

lol Fred Bronson

and it's not something to be fucking proud of, brits in this thread.

there are 5 songs there i like (and they're pretty much the standards, yr britneys and kylies and leonae)

bump

This list is about 1/10th as good as I'd have expected. I keep being suckered into thinking we are living through some kind of golden age

Kiley > Shaggy > Gnarls > Leona > Ike > wtf?

Cher is the worst thing in it

not that i'm a fan or anything, but britney is probably the standout here.

unlike a lot of people, i could never stomach that kylie track. 'spinning around' was sort of nice though

Worst thing is The Millennium Prayer. Or Gareth Gates' laughable attempt at Unchained Melody.

Best, dunno. Probably Britney.

That US list is better than I thought it would be, to be honest.

ps Gnarls

Cher > Gnarls > Kylie, and the rest just makes me sad.

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"Tragedy" is better than all the rest of these put together.

i agree Tragedy would be better than hearing all of the others at the same time

The trumpet.

Nice to see that Morrissey got a vote for Bob The Builder