Talk:List of best-selling singles/Archive 3

Edit request on 7 July 2012
hi,i find that Madonna is not included with her singles "Hung Up, "4 minutes", "Music" and "Give it 2 me" that had selling wordwide 11 milions,8.1 milions, 7.1 milions and 6.5 milions respectively. the sells of "Like a prayer" single that are passed from 5 milions to 10 milions during the last two decades.So she must be included with her seven selling singles in that chart..before Katy Perry and Britney Spears.

Hardenheart (talk) 13:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.. Mdann52 (talk) 10:33, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * These sales are just impossible. ·  Mcdonalds  ( talk ·  cont ), at 17:46, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Ai Se Eu Tu Pego
16 million copies sold worldwide. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/16/michael-telo-ai-se-eu-te-pego-song_n_1676163.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.221.96 (talk) 04:08, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:– The source may be reliable, but the song still only has 1.41 million in certifications from the entire world. (Brazilian certifications would change that but there are none) I suggest we wait until the yearly IFPI Digital Music Report that comes out next January or simply wait until the song gets many more certifications.


 * Also, to put things into perspective, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is claimed to have sold 8 million copies and actually has 5.4 million in certifications in some of the world's biggest markets. That is around 67% of sales covered by certifications compared to "Ai se eu te pego!"'s 9% coverage.


 * If we are to believe that "Ai se eu te pego!" sold 16 million copies, it should have been certified for much more, especially since many countries, like Mexico, Poland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and New Zealand only started awarding Gold and Platinum awards after Bryan Adam's song was released, meaning that the new song should have a higher percentage of its sales covered by certifications to begin with.


 * I believe that Michel Teló song has not sold 16 million or even 8 million copies around the world, otherwise it would have proven sales and certifications comparable to the ones that "Poker Face" has.


 * Here it's not a question of WP:Verifiability but of WP:EXCEPTIONAL. Sixteen million sales for a song that does not even have 2 million in proven sales and has negligible sales in the United States, Australia or Canada and has not been released in the UK is not just hard to believe, but next to impossible.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 00:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it was a typo mistake and the correct sum is 1.6 million copies. What is weird is that the report names it as the biggest selling single of 2012, which is a lie: "Somebody That I Used to Know" holds that position with close to 8 million as of July. Actually, no single have sold 16 million copies in the first 8 months of a calendar year since when? Never. Not even "I Gotta Feeling", or "Poker Face", both 2009's best selling singles have reached that sum to date (14m, 12m respectively). — Hahc 21  00:45, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that thats also from Michel Telo's official YouTube channel... or is it? Facts here are contradicting O.o What are its latin world certifications? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.221.96 (talk) 16:58, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Somebody That I Used To Know
Its total sales, when adding up all the data from the bottom paragraph and the certifications is equal to 8,920,000.

''"Somebody That I Used to Know" has received nine Platinum certifications in Australia, accounting for shipments exceeding 630,000 units.[45] In New Zealand, it was certified four times Platinum. In the United Kingdom, it has sold over one million copies[46] and is the best-selling single of the year so far.[47] As of April 2012, it is the most downloaded song ever in Belgium,[48] as well as being the third best-selling digital single in Germany with sales between 500,000 and 600,000 copies,[49][50] and the most successful song in the history of the Dutch charts.[51] In the United States, the song has the fourth highest-selling single week ever with 542,000 digital downloads sold.[22][39][52] On 2 May 2012 the song became the first to reach digital sales of at least 400,000 for three consecutive weeks,[53] and the following week it became the first to simultaneously top the Alternative Songs, Hot Dance Club Songs and Dance Mix Show Airplay charts.[54] It is also the longest-reigning number-one song on the Alternative Songs chart.[54] As of June 2012, "Somebody That I Used to Know" has sold more than 6,000,000 million copies in the United States[44] and 7 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling single of 2012[55] and one of the best-selling digital singles of all time, reaching No. 1 in more than 23 national charts and charting inside the top ten in more than 30 countries around the world.[22]''

Certifications
I thought Hips Don't Lie had 10 million copies sold? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.230.96.206 (talk) 10:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Songs like these do provide a good arguent for the inflation of single sales. Let's not forget My Heart Will Go On's certifications– they don't even reach 6 million.
 * By the way, I already updated "Somebody That I Used to Know" here.
 * P.S.- Sorry for overlooking actual Belgian for "Somebody"'s sales if you didn't.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 10:45, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM, JUST DANCE, UMBRELLA
Thanks for updating Party Rock Anthem sales. What do you think about sources for updating Just Dance...?

I found also information about Umbrella, by Rihanna. Here (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080103006104/en/CORRECTING-REPLACING-2007-U.S.-Music-Purchases-Exceed) you can see Nielsen Soundscan sales were 2.359.000 in 2007 music report. Here (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html) you can see that sales (again by Nielsen Soundscan9 are now 4.089.000.

The difference is 1.730.000 only for USA sales; I am sure also UK sales have increased, but it is much more difficult to demonstrate. Do you think is it possible to increase 6.6 million sales (by IFPI 2008 report) up to 8.33 million (6.6 + 1.73)?

About "We Found Love" sales, for USA sales RIAA certification is used, but in Yahoo music (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html) they are now at 4.601.000. Thus sales could be increased to 6.90 million (6.30 + (4.60 - 4.00)). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.51.4.123 (talk) 16:46, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. I'll eventually update the other songs, but right now I'm a bit busy with the IB Diploma so progress will be slow.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 05:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Digital singles seperate?
Doesn't make much sense to seperate them. Every song is now available to purchase digitally, no matter how old they are, and a lot of sales is attributed to digital sales. Even when there wasn't any digital sales, you could say that during those times a lot more people were in shops buying CD's then there are now. --86.145.54.118 (talk) 23:59, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Just Dance, Party Rock Anthem
Good thing the IB Diploma. I created an account; I think it's the right moment, since this is my third talk.

What do you think about this source? http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141954

It would be very useful: the list is the same as the one revealed on Music Week (http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-150-biggest-selling-singles-of-the-21st-century-revealed-1382/) and sales should be based on sales reported in Music week. Furthermore, many sales data match with data I found in Music Week (for example "Someone like you" sales).

Here (http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141954) Just Dance sales are 909.000, while the previous source I used reported 700.000 (it was an older source, thus increased sales could be justified). New total sales would be 8.525.000 + (909.000-700.000) = 8.73m.

For Party Rock total sales I found also 246.420 copies sold in 2011 and 48.254 in 2012 in Gaon chart: http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/online/download/list.gaon You have to click in "연간" for annual chart (second round space next to the box with the year), then select in the year box "2012" and in the next box "2012 08" for total 2012 sales up tu august. For total 2011 sales select "2011 12" instead. The most convenient thing is waiting fo the end of 2012 and adding all the sales together.

Don't worry if you are busy, there is no deed to hurry. I have written it down also not to forget it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Lady Gaga
Paparazzi: has sold 3.3 million copies in the U.S., and the rest of the world and has sold over 2 million copies, it made ​​more than 5.3 million copies sold, putting it in the list deveriais.

The Edge of Glory: has sold 2.8 million copies in the U.S., and more than 2.6 million in the rest of the world, that makes having a total sales of 5.4 million worldwide.

Alejandro: has sold 2.4 million copies in the U.S., and more than 2.7 million in the rest of the world, that makes having a total sales of 5.1 million worldwide

Bad Romance: 9.7 million copies sold worldwide in 2010, it now has over 11 million copies sold worldwide

Telephone: Bad romance is like, sold 7.4 million copies world alrrededor in 2010, now has more than 8.6 million copies sold worldwide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.79.236.22 (talk) 07:11, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I partly agree with you about Bad Romance and Telephone, but the problem is that there is no way to find official and reliable sources to prove their sales. It's impossible to reach IFPI sales looking for certifications in every single country (Bad Romance wouldn't reach 8 million copies and Telephone 6 million), thus the only way to certify new sales is to find official 2010 sales, then official sales up to 2012 and make the difference.

With Poker Face and Just Dance it is possible (even if their sales in the main article are not very well done), but there are no sources with exact sales for Bad romance or Telephone.

Paparazzi, Alejandro, The Edge of Glory: certified sales in the world (excluding USA) don't reach the 1 million mark for each of these songs. If you have reliable sources, sales could be increased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.162.3.16 (talk) 14:27, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Da Da Da
The two singles "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye and "Da Da Da" by Trio are missing. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" has sold over seven million copies worldwide (source: wikipedia article "I'll Be There, the Jackson 5 song", passage "release and reaction"). "Da Da Da" by Trio has sold 13 million copies worldwide (source: wikipedia article "Da Da Da"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.122.141.163 (talk) 23:44, 14 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:– Wikipedia cannot cite itself. See WP:NOTSOURCE.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 22:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Mariah Carey
Without you has sold more than 9 million copies, Fantasy has sold more than 7 and one sweet day has sold more than 6.5. I saw that in a page what show the best selling singles worldwide. http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm (united world chart)

Note: the chart mentioned is not based on copies but points.


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:– Precisely. Mediatraffic "points" are original research and are also 30% airplay. See this discussion for more info on why we don't use Mediatraffic.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 23:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I gotta feeling
I gotta feeling has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide not 7 million. http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm (united world chart)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:– Precisely. Mediatraffic "points" are original research and are also 30% airplay. See this discussion for more info on why we don't use Mediatraffic.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 23:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Madonna - Hung Up
Hung up is one of madonna best selling tracks ever selling at least five million copies. I think it should be added as well


 * The song is already on the list as one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. Tracks are digital singles, so I don't understand your suggestion.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 23:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

White Christmas figure...
It's a guess. 50 million copies was being touted in the 1980s and is too much of a round number to be genuine. Certainly by 2010 several million more ought to have been added to that figure. Does any one know any more up to date figures, or could we work out an appropriate caveat for the article in terms of precision? DavidFarmbrough 10:50 a.m. UST 2nd December 2010.


 * Interesting observation. I believe the list could use some prose explaining not only that but the differences between the calculation of digital single sales as opposed to physical single sales.
 * In any case, my work tends to focus on singles from the 1980's and digital singles, so I think you're on own if you want to find up-to-date figures.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 23:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Party Rock ANTHEM, Just Dance, My Humps
Fist of all sorry for my English: it is terrible, but I'm italian...

I think that Party Rock's sales should be updated to 10 million (at least), because it sold 9.7 million just in 2011, when it wasn't still certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA. I've no sources I consider reliable (except for the new RIAA certification), but on yahoo it is said that it has reached even the 7 million mark in the USA, so 10 million worldwide could be resoneable.

About Just Dance by Lady Gaga, IFPI stated that its sales stood up to 7.7 million at the end of 2009, but Nielsen Soundscan sources report that it has reached 6.6 million in the USA, gaining 0.4-0.5 million in this country after 2009. I think Just Dance's sales should be rounded to 8 million; furthermore sales' certifications of this single around the world justify what I've said (if sources on Wikipedia page of Just Dance are correct).

On the contrary, I should not update Telephone's sales: in some cases IFPI's data seem to be oddish to me, 'cause the don't tally with certified sales in each countries. I'm talking about Telephone, but also "The Time: Dirty Bit", "Born this way" and many others. Aniway, IFPI is maybe the greatest source in the music selling world and I don't want to say anything more about it.

Finally My Humps by Black Eyed Peas: 8 million copies sold??? I think it's too much; I can accept that a song like Crazy in Love can have sold 8 million, since it was a success worldwide. But not My Humps: it's certified only 2x Platinum by RIAA and it achieved very moderate success in the rest of the world. I would be very careful with sources from http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/41097/biggest-selling-singles-since-the-year-2000/ ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.45.40.66 (talk) 22:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Regarding "Party Rock Anthem" and "Just Dance", you are correct, those sales figures are outdated as IFPI only count sales up to each November. As you can see here, those are not the only songs with outdated sales.
 * As you may have already seen with "Poker Face", "Rolling in the Deep" and "We Are Young" before and after, we do take care to update sales.
 * However, it is a slow process, as to date only Hahc21, Mcdonalds and myself have bothered to research global single sales country by country. For some of the bigger hits, such as "Poker Face" it can get to be quite complicated.
 * So bear with us, we will eventually update them all.
 * Lastly, I will not (if anyone asks, I can justify this with WP:IAR) accept "rounding" as you suggest. The best option is to (in my opinion) only use IFPI (best source for world sales), Yahoo! Music, Billboard and Music Week (for detailed US and UK sales) and certification databases (like RIAA, BPI, BVMI, SNEP, ARIA, CRIA, etc.)


 * Regarding "My Humps", I agree, those sales seem quite exaggerated. Singles from the early to mid-2000's are always troublesome. Since that particular Yahoo! source is special, let's wait for consensus before removing the single.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 10:20, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM etc.

Here I am again; I looked for total certified sales of Party Rock Anthem and this is what I found

Arustralia 11xPlatinum 770.000 http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm

Canada 6xPlatinum 480.000 http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=LMFAO&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist

Denmark platinum 30.000 http://ifpi.dk/?q=content/lmfao-party-rock-anthem-umg-2

France platinum 250.000 http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-DISQUES-D-OR.html?year=&type=9

Germany platinum 300.000 http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch

Italy multiplatinum 60.000 http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_242012.pdf

Japan gold 100.000 http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/04/riaj-reveals-digital-certifications-for-march-2012/ (directly from RIAJ)

Spain gold 20.000 http://promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20CANCIONES%20ANUAL%202011.pdf

Switzerland 3xplatinum 90.000 http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=LMFAO+feat.+Lauren+Bennett+%26+GoonRock+Party+Rock+Anthem

United States 7xplatinum 7.000.000 http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Party+Rock+Anthem%22

United Kingdom 1.007.622 http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/singles-chart-analysis-good-feeling-on-brink-of-400k-sales/047734

The total is 9.947.622; I didn't manage to find certification for sales in New Zealand, Belgium or Netherland, but I suppose I am not as good as you at using Internet, so you will be able to find them, maybe. The total should be more than 10 millions. As soon as possible I'll try to do the same with Just Dance, but it is much more difficult than what I thought... You have done and you are still doing a great work.

I have a question: is it possible to look for total sales directly on IFPI? Because I remember someone wroting in this Talk that Telephone's sales should be updated to 8.5 million since USA's sales have reached the 3 million mark and they were just 2 million when IFPI stated that total world's sales were 7.4 million. But if we sum up every single country's certified sales, we hardly reach 5 million. Thus it's not possible updating sales in this way. However, it is quite obvious that sales have increased (at least in USA), but we can do nothing in the end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.162.3.16 (talk) 13:38, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Here sales of Just Dance; I am looking for English language certifications about sales in Japan, but for the moment I have this. Hope it could help (many links are the same or similar to the ones on wikipedia page about Just Dance).

USA 6.600.000 http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ask-billboard-was-lady-gaga-s-born-this-1007298762.story

Australia 3x platinum 210.000 http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accr.htm

Belgium gold 10.000 http://www.ultratop.be/en/certifications.asp?year=2010

Canada 6platinum 480.000 http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=just%20dance&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist

Denmark 2platinum 60.000 http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-august

Germany gold 150.000 http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch

Japan gold (singles) + gold (mastertone) 500.000 http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w100322.html http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110220.html

New Zealand platinum 15.000 http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp

Norway 2 platinum 20.000 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=it&prev=/search%3Fq%3Difpi%2Bnorway%26hl%3Dit%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DjH3%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:it:official%26prmd%3Dimvns&rurl=translate.google.it&sl=no&u=http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm&usg=ALkJrhgP2E5LLvKzaCU8wbFEOMnSDnodJQ

Spain platinum 40.000 http://promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%202009.pdf

Sweden platinum 20.000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Singles_certified_platinum_by_the_International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry_of_Sweden

Switzerland 2 platinum 40.000 http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2009

UK 700.000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8240696.stm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.162.3.16 (talk) 13:22, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Total sales based on this certifications are 8.825 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.162.3.16 (talk) 13:34, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

I considered Gold certification by RIAJ as shipment of 250.000 copies, but it is for 100.000 copies. Therefore total sales for Just Dance are 8.525 million, not 8.825 million. A little mistake... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.252.4.137 (talk) 21:05, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

Other way to increase Party Rock's sales: I have searched for numbers in Paul Grein's blog on Yahoo Music and here (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-dec-25-2011-songs-bringing-sexy-235057906.html) you can see that Party Rock sold about 5 million copies in 2011 (after IFPI gave certification for 2011 music sales, 9.7 million for party rock). Here (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-1-2012-songs-jepsen-does-035518750.html) you can see that Party Rock sales in july broke the 7 million wall. I chose to check information in the same site and by the same blogger; I think he has used the same sources, thus sales should be comparable. If you accept this way of updating sales, Party rock is now at 11.7 million (9.7 million in 2011 IFPI report + 2 million sales in USA in 2012). I found your answer about updating Telephone's sales in the same way and I provided to give sources. I hope they are reliable, but I remember that data on Billboard were not so different.

Maybe I will try to look for Just Dance sales in the same way. Also Umbrella (by Rihanna) sales could be increased because billboard says that sales in USA are more than 4.000.000 and in 2007 (when IFPI certified 6.6 million sales) they were not so high. They were more than 3 million, but I'm sure not more than 3.5 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.162.3.16 (talk) 11:06, 5 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I think that the current method that you suggest in your "Other way" (used for "Just Dance" and "Poker Face") is the best we have right now. I've updated "Party Rock Anthem" and will update more when I can.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 23:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 October 2012
Alright... please include Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive to the list, the single claimed to have sold 14 million copies according to The Sun (United Kingdom)... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4339182/Disco-was-most-liberated-music-ever-Gay-or-straight-black-or-white-we-were-all-equal-Chic-producer-Nile-Rodgers-explains-how-disco-will-survive-the-wake-of-the-deaths-of-Donna-Summer-and-Bee-Gee-Robin-Gibb.html...

Thanks.

182.4.98.67 (talk) 05:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 21:31, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 October 2012
According to with Media Traffic, the song has sold 5.6 million copies across the world in 2010, thus becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Absalon R7 (talk) 18:32, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:–Mediatraffic "points" are original research and are also 30% airplay. See this discussion for more info on why we don't use Mediatraffic.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 20:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Last Friday Night
I think Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) should be added as it has sold 3.4. million copies in the US and has certifications in 5 more countries.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amanmohd2105 (talk • contribs) 13:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Sources for the American and British sales? -- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 21:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Here's UK: http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx Here's US: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-feb-12-2012-songs-luv-madonna-012009756.html Australia 3xPlatinum: http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auSINGLEaccreds2011.htm Italy: http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_492011.pdf

Will that do?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amanmohd2105 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Bad romance
This song has sold worldwide in 2012 11.3 million copies — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.21.82.113 (talk) 11:10, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 September 2012

 * The last update of Tik Tok sales is exagerated and sources do not prove it:


 * IFPI 2011 music report (published in january 2011) reports 12.8 worldwide sales


 * Nielsen Soundscan annual sales (published in january 2011): 5.483.000
 * Most recent Nielsen Soundscan sales: 6.332.000


 * Thus total sales can be 12.800.000 + (6.322.000 - 5.483.000) = 13.639.000 maybe 14 million (not certified), but not 16 million!!!


 * Also Poker Face and Just Dance sales should be modified because the MTV's article used does not report all 2009 sales. You can find them here and total sales are:
 * Poker Face: 9.800.000 + (6.700.000 - 4.551.000) = 11.949.000
 * IFPI 2010 music report: 9.800.000 ([www.ifpi.org/content/library/dmr2010.pdf])
 * Nielsen Soundscan: 4.551.999
 * Most recent Billboard/Nielsen sales: 6.700.000


 * Just Dance: 7.700.000 + (6.600.000 - 4.943.000) = 9.357.000 (Pker Face same sources)


 * Jason Mraz I'm Yours: 8.100.000 + (6.104.000 + 500.000 - 4.787.000) = 9.917.000
 * IFPI 2010 music report: 8.100.000
 * Nielsen Soundscan: 4.787.000
 * Most recent Nielsen Soundscan sales: 6.104.000
 * Mastertone: 500.000

If you don't accept this way of updating sales, you must keep 8.1 millions for I'm Yours because single countries certifications do not even reach 8 million and the same with Tik Tok, keeping back IFPI sales (12.8 million). About Poker Face you should consider again 10.75 million certified sales.


 * About Just Dance, I give you certified sales for a total amount of 8.73 million:
 * USA 6.600.000
 * Australia 3x platinum 210.000
 * Belgium gold 10.000
 * Canada 6platinum 480.000
 * Denmark 2platinum 60.000
 * Germany gold 150.000
 * Japan gold (singles) + gold (mastertone) 200.000
 * New Zealand platinum 15.000
 * Norway 2 platinum 20.000
 * Spain platinum 40.000
 * Sweden platinum 20.000
 * Switzerland 2 platinum 40.000
 * UK 909.000


 * I found also certified sales for Sexy Bitch by David Guetta:


 * usa 3.354.000
 * canada 40.000
 * australia 350.000
 * france 400.000
 * germany 300.000
 * austria 30.000 (search for "sexy bitch")
 * Uk 659.791
 * Finland 6.735
 * Italy 30.000
 * Spain 40.000
 * Switzerland 120.000


 * Total sales: 5.330.525

Argo90 (talk) 16:15, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd like to make a quick clarification to your correction of "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The link from October 2009 was used because the IFPI 2010 report says sales to November 2009. If complete American sales from 2009 were subtracted, we would lose sales in December 2009 and possibly November 2009 and the first week of 2010.


 * Please be patient as "we" (more like I) have a backlog of requests.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 21:59, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I am really sorry. I don't know exactly why, but I thought that it wasn't you who made the last updates so I repeated sources and references; anyway, you are right about Poker Face and Just Dance. I wrote especially for Tik Tok, but it would have been better to avoid all the rest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 30 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Marking as ❌ at least for now as I'm not entirely sure what exactly the requested changes are. -— Isarra ༆ 22:02, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Apologize, California Gurls, Girlfriend, On the Floor, Born this Way, Need You Now and Super Bass
New updates:

1) Apologize by OneRepublic: Worldwide sales (from December 2007 to November 2008) in IFPI 2009 report: 6.200.000 (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2009.pdf) USA sales in Nielsen Soundscan music report (until 12/28/2008): 4.009.000 (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081231005304/en/2008-U.S.-Music-Purchases-Exceed-1.5-Billion) USA sales, last update I could find: 5.456.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-23-2012-songs-song-sweeping-015634675.html) Total sales: 6.200.000 + (5.456.000 – 4.009.000) = 7.647.000

2) California Gurls by Katy Perry: Worldwide sales (to November 2010) in IFPI 2011 report: 6.700.000 (http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html) USA sales in Nielsen Soundscan music report (until 12/28/2010): 4.398.000 (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report) USA sales, last update I could find: 5.358.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html) Total sales: 6.700.000 + (5.358.000 – 4.398.000) = 7.660.000 (very similar to sales that can be obtained by summing all countries certifications)

3) Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne: Worldwide sales (from December 2006 to November 2007) in IFPI 2008 report: 7.300.000 (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2008.pdf) USA sales in Nielsen Soundscan music report (december 2007): 2.415.000 (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080103006104/en/CORRECTING-REPLACING-2007-U.S.-Music-Purchases-Exceed) USA sales, last update I could find: 3.509.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-1-2012-songs-jepsen-does-035518750.html) Total sales: 7.300.000 + (3.509.000 – 2.415.000) = 8.394.000

4) On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez: Worldwide sales (from December 2010 to November 2011) in IFPI 2012 report: 8.400.000 (IFPI 2012 music report)	USA sales (first source I could find after IFPI report): 3.308.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-top-25-hits-200054457.html) USA sales, last update I could find: 3.588.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-idol-vs-idol-201209548.html) Total sales: 8.400.000 + (3.588.000 – 3.308.000) = 8.680.000

5) Born This Way by Lady GaGa: Worldwide sales (from December 2010 to November 2011) in IFPI 2012 report: 8.200.000 (IFPI 2012 music report)	USA sales (first source I could find after IFPI report): 3.476.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-top-25-hits-200054457.html) USA sales, last update I could find: 3.700.000 (http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ask-billboard-was-lady-gaga-s-born-this-1007298762.story) Total sales: 8.200.000 + (3.700.000 – 3.476.000) = 8.424.000

6) Need You Now by Lady Antebellum: USA sales: 5.861.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-country-top-100-194947814.html) For Australia and New Zealand sales I considered the “old” sources: http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1736&chartKind=S Total Sales: 6.016.000

7) Super Bass by Nicki Minaj: USA sales: 4.273.000 (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-june-24-2012-songs-elton-peas-214235458.html) Australia sales: 420.000 (http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm) UK sales . 400.000 (http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx) New Zealand sales: 15.000 (http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1797&chartKind) Total sales: 5.108.000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Me Against the Music
Does it seem odd that the single "Me Against the Music" is listed twice, once with Madonna's name, and once with Britney Spears? And they are both associated with different numbers...

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.226.237 (talk) 03:19, 19 July 2008‎ (UTC)

WHITNEY's HOUSTON I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU is the best selling single by a female artist
I Will Always Love You is the best selling single by a female artist,not Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On ! You put 15 million for My Heart Will Go On and 12 million for I will Always Love You ! Is this a mistake ?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.190.1.45 (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2012‎ (UTC)

David Guetta Sexy Bitch
Sexy Bitch by David Guetta, another song with more than 5 million sales:

usa 3.354.000 http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-16-2012-songs-mindless-fun-022236621.html

canada 40.000 http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=sexy%20bitch&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist

australia 350.000 http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auSINGLEaccreds2011.htm

france 400.000 http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=&type=10

germany 300.000 http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch

uk 610.000 http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/akon-official-top-20

austria 30.000 http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin (search for "sexy bitch")

Total sales are 5.084.000 and I still have to look for Spain, Switzerland, Italy and other european countries sales. However I am not completely sure about Mtv source; I think it is reliable, but I would like to know your opinion.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 17 September 2012‎ (UTC)

David Guetta Sexy Bitch
Other certifications for Sexy Bitch: Uk 659.791 http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/the-wanted-back-on-top-of-uk-singles-chart/046239 Finland 6.735 http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/david+guetta Italy 30.000 http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week34.pdf Spain 40.000 http://www.promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%20%28PUBLICAR%29%202010.pdf Switzerland 120.000 http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2011

For UK sales I found data in music week, which is better than Mtv.

Total sales: 659.791 (uk) + 6.735 (finland)+ 30.000 (italy) + 40.000 (spain) + 120.000 (switzerland) + 3.354.000 (usa) + 40.000 (canada) + 350.000 (australia)+ 400.000 (france)+ 300.000(germany) + 30.000 (austria)= 5.330.525

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 13:49, 18 September 2012‎‎ (UTC)

Korean Sales on Gaon Chart, Telephone and Bad Romance
I tried at random to find Korean singles sales and I managed to find something in the official Gaon Chart website, even if I am not very sure about it.

Hereunder what I have done:

Enter Gaon Chart website and click on “CHART” (on the top, next to “Gaon”).

At this point you can see in the middle the title “<2012& 10& &&>” (the &s are Korean words, I think they are simply the year, the month and the day or maybe the week). Above the title there is a large rectangle in light gray and white divided into eight parts: the first part is selected, but you have to choose the third one. The third allows you to see real singles sales, while the first one shows you singles points, something similar to Billboard method to decide singles ranking.

Now go under “2012& 10& &&” on the left (above the numbered list) and you find three “squared buttons”: choose the one on the right (the third button, the first should be selected when you enter the page). In this way you choose foreign artists’ singles sales; the second button is for Korean singles and the first is for all the singles together.

Then, at the same height on the right side, there are three round and little buttons: choose the third one (the first and the second round buttons are for weekly and monthly sales, I think, but you can see only 2011 and 2012 sales in this case).

On the right, next to the round buttons, there are two rectangular spaces: in the first one you can choose the year, in the second one you choose the way you want to see singles sales (for the whole year, monthly, weekly).

It could be quite interesting because many worldwide best selling singles have a lot of sales in Korea. For example Rolling in the Deep sold 1.462.934 in 2012 (up to now), which could be added to global sales. Moves like Jagger sold 2.149 million copies in 2011 and 1.545 million in 2012, therefore 12 million copies if we sum up all the certifications/sources we have. Also Poker Face, I’m Yours, Party Rock Anthem and many other songs sales could be updated.

If you think these numbers are not annual sales or that something is wrong (absolutely possible, I don’t know anything about Korean language…) you can simply not consider them. I hope it is clear, it is very hard to describe.

Telephone: there are no sources about sales in 2010, but Nielsen Soundscan published the list of the 20 best selling singles of 2010 and Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha is the 20th with 2.664.000 copies. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-we-have-a-winner.html;_ylt=AlLN3vJPHIpCAI08UkolN6oPwiUv;_ylu=X3oDMTFmbTBra2pmBG1pdANNdXNpYyBCbG9nIEluZGV4BHBvcwMxMDAEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0luZGV4;_ylg=X3oDMTFpMm9iMzh1BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANibG9nBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

Obviously Telephone sold fewer copies, but we can use this number and make the difference with sales of June 2012. We loose the difference between Your Love Is My Drug sales and real Telephone sales, but this is the only “certification” we have; furthermore I think not many copies are lost because real sales should not have been far from 2.5 million. We can also add 160.306 copies sold in Korea in 2010 (see in Gaon Chart).

Global sales: 7.400.000 + (3.200.000 – 2.663.000) + 160.306 = 8.097.306

Bad Romance: sales until the 4th of March 2011: 4.649.000. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-eminem-bumps-off-gaga.html Sales until June 2012: 5.200.000. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ask-billboard-was-lady-gaga-s-born-this-1007298762.story

We loose sales from November 2010 to the end of February 2011 (probably 300.000 copies), but it is the first source I found after IFPI annual report.

Global sales: 9.700.000 + (5.200.000 – 4.649.000) = 10.251.000

I don’t know if IFPI music report considers sales from the beginning of November (and then for 12 months) or from the end of November. In the second case, you can add also USA sales until November, 29 (2009), which consist in 807.000 copies. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-nov-29-2009-women-take-charge.html;_ylt=ArIst3SSNMfUwHijfO8TX0IPwiUv;_ylu=X3oDMTFlYmhlM2cyBG1pdANNdXNpYyBCbG9nIEluZGV4BHBvcwM3NgRzZWMDTWVkaWFCbG9nSW5kZXg-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpMm9iMzh1BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANibG9nBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 3 November 2012
last friday nighis on of the best selling singles accumulating 5 million copies worldwide. so katy perry has seven entries already

180.193.113.11 (talk) 09:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please provide sources from which we can extract the 5 million copies worlwide number. — ΛΧΣ  21™  09:33, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

i think the whole article is "vandalized". for one, there are no clarifications of what a single is and what are eligible for inclusion. second, certifications are not reliable sources since some of them are given based on shipments rather than sales (think of the riaa). third, mastertones should not be included since the wikipedia article for truetones say it is different from a single, it is released first before the real single, and it often outsells them. fourth, the ifpi maybe reliable, but according to its annual reports, the top ten singles they list usually combines various formats of the song which may include physical (other countries still release them), downloads and truetones. and lastly, i wonder why some internationally popular tracks are not included in the list considering they are the ones that sell the most. the other songs on the list would have total available sales record even less than a half of their reported claimed sales. this is one reason why i think the whole article is majorly "vandalized". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.202.135.161 (talk) 09:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No list is perfect. What we are trying to do here is compensate for the fact that the IFPI only releases its list ONCE a year and that they only include the top 10 singles, meaning that if the tenth-best-selling song of the year sold 7.5 million copies, all the songs that sold between 5.01 and 7.49 million copies are left out.


 * Regrading certifications, when it comes to digital certifications, the awards are always given after a given track or ringtone has sold the minimum amount. There is no such thing as a "shipment" when it comes to digital singles.


 * Besides, even if shipments did exaggerate sales, that could be considered a good way of compensating for the sales from countries we don't have (many) certifications from, like Japan, Argentina, Poland, all of Africa, Colombia, Indonesia, China and India.


 * Regarding the "internationally popular tracks", I am well aware that there are singles/tracks that sell 3-5 million copies in South Korea or Japan alone, yet I haven't been able to include them due to lack of reliable (or understandable) sources.


 * Finally, I agree that we need to specify what a single is.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 21:34, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 November 2012
Bryan Adams's "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and ABBA's Fernando should be placed on the 10 million selling list. here the sources.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/singles-that-have-sold-over-10-million-copies.html

Thanks.

39.208.6.201 (talk) 02:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I'd really like to know where that Yahoo! list comes from or what it's based on. We already took one of that blogger's lists as gospel and I don't want to blindly accept what that same blog says for a second time.


 * I've contacted "yradish" to see if he can enlighten us on why, for instance, he didn't list "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" or why he claims "Fernando" sold over 10 million copies despite the prevailing opinion on UKMIX that no ABBA single sold that much.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 04:50, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll now add the songs in this new Yahoo! list to the Wikipedia list. It's unfair to be using the first list but not the new one.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 17:14, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

very good, finally you understand mauri. thanks Politsi (talk) 05:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Why are ABBA's Fernando and Baccara's Yes Sir I Can Boogie still on the 10m list. No way has either of them - especially Baccara sold that amount. These sales lists don't do Wikipedia's reputation any good.(Coachtripfan (talk) 18:16, 15 December 2012 (UTC))

Edit request on 17 November 2012
I think Words (F. R. David song) should be place on this list with 8 million claim figures, we could this source (--link removed per WP:ELNO--) as reference cause it is look reliable enough. thanks

Politsi (talk) 07:41, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry this took so long to answer - the link you gave didn't work yesterday - just gave a database error. Now that it does work, the problem I have is that it seems to be a link leading to fileshare download sites for the song, and we can't include those here. (I removed the link from your post for that reason). There's also no indication of how they arrive at that number. I searched quickly myself and I couldn't find anything else to support that 8 million number. Is there another source you are aware of? Begoon &thinsp; talk 10:36, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Not yet, i'm searching day by day but could not find from any reliable source such a newspaper or something else. Politsi (talk) 05:39, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 19 November 2012
Britney Spears's 1999 blockbuster seller ...Baby One More Time has claim to have sold 9m according to BBC.

Is it possible to place that singles into 10 million list. since Digital Spy (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a377189/ten-things-about-britney-spears.html) claim that single sold 10m. thanks

Politsi (talk) 05:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Done - This and this indicate that the source is fine where news stories like this are concerned, so I've updated the article for you. Begoon &thinsp; talk 05:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Edit request (2) on 19 November 2012
ABBA's Fernando still placed with 6m claim, that song has been placed in the 10m list. Please remove the old claim figures. thanks Politsi (talk) 05:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Done - with this edit - Thank you. Begoon &thinsp; talk 06:04, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

There is no credible source for the 10m claim for Fernando. Please remove it from 10m section (Coachtripfan (talk) 10:10, 16 December 2012 (UTC))

canadian singles
hey i found an article on the list of best selling singles in canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_Canada. hope it helps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.202.135.161 (talk) 06:59, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
Has now sold 13 million copies. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/gotye-kimbra-win-big-at-aria-awards-1008033592.story Gotye's huge hit "Somebody That I Used To Know" has now sold more than 13 million units worldwide and notched up more than 350 million hits on YouTube. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arilegolego (talk • contribs) 22:14, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Airplanes
Another song with more than 5 million certified sales

Airplanes by B.o.B.:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.auaccreds2010.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20100527014557/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=63 http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week41.pdf http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141954
 * USA, 4.004.000 (also 4 platinum by RIAA):
 * Canada, 240.000 (3 platinum): http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=airplanes&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist
 * Australia, 210.000 (3 platinum):
 * New Zealand 7.500 (gold):
 * Austria, 15.000 (gold):
 * Germany, 150.000 (gold):
 * Italy, 15.000 (gold=oro):
 * UK, 724.000:

Total sales: 5.365.500

I would have also nearly 8 million certified sales for Sexyback by Justin Timberlake, but they include also 3 million 3.000.000 of us mastertones and 240.000 of Canadian mastertones. Anyway, here to you these certifications:


 * USA, 4.000.000: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-23-2012-songs-song-sweeping-015634675.html
 * USA, 3.000.000 mastertone: R.I.A.A. (search for Timberlake)
 * UK, 410.000: http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/justin-timberlake-official-top-20
 * Canada, 480.000 (240.000 digital download + 240.000 ringtones): http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Justin%20Timberlake&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist
 * Australia, 70.000: http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Singles.htm
 * NZ, 15.000: http://web.archive.org/web/20110724195845/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61

Total: 7.975.000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 14:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Remove Fernando from 10m list
The link below is just a "Claim" it is not "Official". Who compiled the list? How? Isn't Wikiepdia meant to have at least 20% of claims backed up by official certifications? For Fernando, all there is ; Uk (500,000), Canada (100,000), Germany (500,000). It doesn't reach 2million certified claims. Remove this!

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/singles-that-have-sold-over-10-million-copies.html

(Coachtripfan (talk) 11:34, 16 December 2012 (UTC))

Guinness Book of Record Claims
The Guinnness Book of Records does not compile sales statistics. It doesn't say how it gets its claims for White Christmas for example. We should exclude it as a redible source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)#Sales_figures (Coachtripfan (talk) 11:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC))

Cher, Believe
The Article of Cher's Song Believe says that it sold 11 Million copies. The Reference #17 talks about the album, that sold 10 million copies. Please check this out and correct it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.51.223.126 (talk) 01:01, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

rules and regulations
although i appreciate the fact that we try to improve this article as much as we try to do, i think there should be rules and regulations with this article. for one we should define what a single is. also, we should also define when a single is physical and when is it digital. we should also decide whether mastertones are to be included (although according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truetone mastertones are not singles and they often outsold them). also let's decide whether south korean retail sales should be used or not since the said source (gaon charts) is a bit unreliable.

i would like to clarify with mastertones. i think we should not include them as it just gives confusion to readers, for one, even if ifpi includes them in their annual tally, i think they would only include countries where a mastertone is considered as a single, which means countries such as the us, canada, spain and japan treat them differentlyfrom a single. in fact, in the us, even if low would reach 9x platinum, the riaa still considers i gotta feeling as the best certified digital single there, meaning mastertones are only classified as singles when certified (there are no mastertone albums). for more of it you should raher visit the riaa site.

as with singles that do not have a single source mentioning their global sales, the ifpi (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/international-award-levels.pdf) mentions countries where they get sales figures for their annual tally. in the list single sales from south korea and russia are not included, so we should not include them; otherwise the list gets a bit complicated.

some points to consider: for physical singles:
 * anak sold 30 million
 * achy breaky heart sold 20 million
 * seasons of the sun sold 11.5 million
 * the ballad of bonnie and clyde sold 7.5 million
 * music (madonna) sold 7 million
 * lady marmalade sold 5.2 million
 * yeah (usher) sold 5 million
 * because we removed mastertones, several tracks would have sales go down, including: thriller at 5.5 million and billie jean at 5 million.(beat it would drop out of the list).
 * songs with multiparty sources should be corrected: eye of the tiger is at 8 million; ill be missing you is at 7.1 million; youre the one that i want is at 6.5 million
 * other tracks with 'special sources': crazy in love is at 6 million
 * boulevard of broken dreams is a digital single, while toxic is a physical single

for digital singles:
 * many songs should just instead be returned to their sales figures reported by ifpi: poker face, bad romance, party rock anthem, love the way you lie, moves like jagger, rolling in the deep, im yours, low, hey soul sister, love story and single ladies (irreplaceable will drop out)
 * many songs with multiparty sources: we are young has sold 8.1 million; firework and someone like you, 7.8 million; hot n cold, 7 million; fuck you, 6.8 million; dont stop believin, 6.7 million; lose yourself, 6.2 million; need you now, 5.9 million; right round and fireflies, 5.7 million; empire state of mind, 5.6 million; party in the usa, 5.4 million; teenage dream, 5.2 million; sexy bitch, 5.1 million; and set fire to the rain and pumped up kicks, 5 million (only girl sold 4.8 million only, so drop it out).
 * special sources: my humps and la tortura at 5 million
 * i gotta feeling is at 15 million
 * somebody... (gotye) is at 13 million
 * because of you is at 7 million
 * waka waka is at 5 million
 * loca (shakira) is at 5 million

also footnotes should only be used for eye of the tiger, bohemian rhapsody, thriller, billie jean and dont stop believin. the list should also be arranged from highest to lowest sales, and 1 decimal place only.

ill wait for any reply.


 * One quick, and possibly unhelpful comment from an "outsider" who happens to have this page on his watchlist:
 * Yes, standardisation and consistency in list criteria is essential - otherwise such a list becomes a nonsense.
 * I feel there is a need to be very careful "inventing" one's own metrics, lest the list be opened up to claims of original research.
 * In general, we should follow established reliable sources.
 * But, ahhh..., the sources don't agree, either on how to measure, or on figures...
 * See, I said it might not be a helpful answer - I don't have the answer, just things to consider...
 * Begoon &thinsp; talk 10:32, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

dont worry. every reaction, both good and bad, are welcome to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.202.135.161 (talk) 08:30, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, I think you are right about Gaon Chart (I posted the discussion about it): it is unrealistic that Moves Like Jagger has sold more that 3.6 million copies only in South Korea. So, I agree with you. However, I think we can update sales by IFPI if we have the increased sales in countries such as us: IFPI uses Billboard/Nielsen Soundscan sources for usa's sales and in the annual report by Nielsen or in Paul Grein Chart Watch we can see which number of copies a song has reached. Just to make an example, Poker Face had sold something less than 4.3 million copies until November 2009, when IFPI reported worldwide sales of 9.8 m, but on June 2012 it had passed 6.7 million copies (http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ask-billboard-was-lady-gaga-s-born-this-1007298762.story) and I am quite sure it will have sold more than 6.8 m in the next Nielsen annual report. I think it would be unfair not to consider so many more copies sold, especially because numbers come from the same source IFPI uses.

About mastertones, it is difficult to decide since IFPI considers them within total singles sales, while (for example) RIAA does not. Maybe considering the average price of a mastertone could be a solution. I am from Italy and here true mastertones do not really exist; there are only ring tones that are nearly illegal, meaning that companies generally sell them in subscriptions that aim to bilk customers. Therefore I cannot say what the average price of a mastertone is in Italy. But I imagine that in US is different: if the price of a mastertone is similar to the price of a digital single (on Amazon or on iTunes e.g.), I think we could consider mastertones together with digital single sales in the total sales of a song (this plus the fact that IFPI already puts them in total sales) because for purchaser it would be almost the same, in the end. What do you think about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 10:43, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

i actually think that mastertones should not be counted. as far as ive researched, only canada, japan, spain and the usa give these format sales awards. and even there they are only categorized as singles because there are no mastertone albums. besides, i dont think iTunes and Amazon MP3, among others, offer these formats. here in the philippines, mastertones are even considered uncommon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.215.117.232 (talk) 11:30, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Don't understand...

 * Given the recent trend that commercial music download sites reportedly sell mostly single tracks rather than whole albums, an increase in popularity that seems to have rubbed off on physical formats, the list is split between digital singles and physical (CD and vinyl) singles.

I can't understand the logic of this sentence. It seems to be saying that singles are becoming more popular versus albums across both digital and physical media, and hence the list is split. Why would that be a reason for splitting the list? I'm not saying there might not be a good reason to split the list, just that this does not, in my opinion, explain what that is. 81.159.107.156 (talk) 03:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Poker Face and Bad Romance
Poker Face: In 2009 it sold 4.2 million copies in the U.S. and worldwide a total of 9.8 million copies, but between 2010 and 2012 Poker Face has sold 2.6 million copies in the U.S. that make a total of 6.8 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, but between 2010 and 2012 has not sold only in U.s but also sold another 2 million more in the rest of the world and that makes a total of 14.3 million copies sold worldwide.

Bad Romance: In the same case as Poker Face, Bad Romance sold in 2010 a total of 9.7 million copies worldwide and only us 4 million copies, but between 2011 and 2012 has sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. for a total 5.5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone and over 1 million copies in the world that makes a total of 12.2 million copies sold worldwide in late 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.77.216.39 (talk) 09:04, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

IFPI Digital Music Report 2013?
Is there going to be one this year? In previous years, they were released sometime between around January 18th and January 25th and it's now February 5th and still nothing... SamZR (talk) 06:46, 5 February 2013 (UTC)


 * All I can honestly tell you at this point is that one of IFPI's similar publications, "Record Industry in Numbers" is only just going to published in Spring 2013 which can mean anywhere from March to June.
 * If that publication's publishing date is anything to go by, we could be in for a long wait.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 17:28, 5 February 2013 (UTC)


 * It will be released in three weeks. ·  Mcdonalds  ( talk ·  cont ), at 17:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Credible Sources needed
The vast majority of attributed sales on the list are simply not credible. Just because something appears on Yahoo or in the media doesn't make it true. The Guinness Book of Records is not reliable either. It ignores its own rules on verification when it comes to record sales - and prints any old claim.

There needs to be some reliable sources eg sertfications such as RIAA, BPI, ARIA and/or chart compilers eg Soundscan, official Charts Company. This article isn't doing Wikiepedia's reputation any good. (Coachtripfan (talk) 20:41, 14 December 2012 (UTC))

This link is not a credible source? How was the list compiled? Who by? http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/singles-that-have-sold-over-10-million-copies.html (Coachtripfan (talk) 10:14, 16 December 2012 (UTC))

Why can't Wikpedia at the very least have the same rules for singles as it does for albums?

"Albums without sufficient certifications to support published claimed figures may not be added to the list. Editors should expect all albums' claimed figures be supported by the following specified percentage of certified units. To be on this list, albums released: before 1975 are required to have their claimed sales figures supported by 20% in certified units between 1975-1990 are required to have their claimed figures supported by 20-50% in certified units. (That is 2% for each additional year after 1975) between 1990-2000 are required to have their claimed figures supported by 50-65% in certified units. (That is 1.5% for each additional year after 1990) in 2000 and onwards are required to have their claimed figures supported by 65-85% in certified units. (That is 1.66% for each additional year after 2000)" (Coachtripfan (talk) 12:57, 16 December 2012 (UTC)) I agree completely. This page is a mess; quoting random newspaper articles and Amazon biographies is not good enough. Ulmanor (talk) 20:08, 16 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree that random Amazon biographies and the lists published by "yradish" are not reliable, however, all other Yahoo! sources (Paul Grein blog) should be used as they cite Nielsen SoundScan figures only published elsewhere annually at businesswire.com.


 * As to the question: Why can't Wikpedia at the very least have the same rules for singles as it does for albums?,
 * I've been asking myself the same question since I first edited this page seriously one and a half years ago.


 * It's the main reason I've put so much time and effort into it.


 * Despite all that, we can't have the same standards for singles that we already have for albums for two reasons:
 * 1– While the difference between each RIAA platinum level an album receives is 5% of an album that sells 20 million copies (low error margin for proven sales vs. real sales), until 1989 it was 40% (or 20% if after 1989) of a single that sold 5 million. (high error margin for proven sales vs. real sales)
 * In other words, when Michael Jackson's Off the Wall receives a 8× Platinum RIAA award (total worldwide certs of 9.7 million) in the United States instead of a 9× or 10× Platinum award, a reasonably strong case can be made that the album hasn't sold 20 million copies because if it had sold just a few more copies in the U.S. (8.7, 9.2 or 9.6 million) the album would have been certified for it.
 * On the other hand, when the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" receives a Platinum RIAA award for sales of 2 million (total worldwide certs of 2.9 million) in the United States instead of a 2× Platinum award, a only a weak case can be made that the album hasn't sold 5 or more million copies because the difference between a 1× Platinum and 2× Platinum award is so large that the single could have sold 2.3, 2.6 or even 3.4 million copies and still only be certified for 2 million copies.
 * In fact, this is exactly what happened with this particular single, as its real U.S. sales are 2.9 million. When this is added to real French sales of 0.84 million, you get sales of ~4.13 million in just Canada, France, the U.K. and the U.S.


 * 2– On a related note, let us compare Off the Wall and "Stayin' Alive" 's variety of certifiactions. While the former has received Gold, Platinum and multi-platinum awards from nine countries, the Bee Gees song has only received them from four countries, this despite the fact that the two were released within 20 months of each other.


 * Imagine how well-certified best-selling singles were before 1973, a time when there were no German certifications, British certifications, Canadian certifications or Platinum RIAA awards.


 * The truth of the matter would appear to be that certification-awarding institutions are simply not interested in or would/do not profit from tracking the sales of their older single releases and certifying them. This becomes apparent when one does further research and finds out that of the nine certification-awarding institutions that gave Off the Wall an award, three of them (New Zealand, Mexico, and Italy) did not exist when the album was released. Evidently, these institutions care more about certifying albums than singles, since "Stayin' Alive" did top the charts in New Zealand and Italy, in addition to charting in Australia (No. 1), Germany (No. 2), Switzerland (No. 2), Austria (No. 2), Belgium (No. 2), and Holland (No. 1)- all of which also eventually certified Thriller, which was released just three years later.


 * Conclusion: We can't effectively use certification requirements for older singles, especially those released before the mid-1970's.
 * -- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 06:38, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

certain parts of your comments are true; however even if agree with you in some cases, a clarification would still be needed. as i remember, it was the same concern ive read about this article months ago. although i agree that there should be a reliable source, i like to clarify that even these sources are all based on claimed sales alone. in fact, there is still much debate whether mastertones should be considered as sales since the format is not available in all countries, and even theses countries have different definitions on what the format is. i suggest we clear it out.

also, what im more concerned is the accuracy of the list. many singles on the list, whose sources are multiparty such as in the case of 'thriller' and 'bohemian rhapsody' use various sources for the countries where they come from. riaa and bpi cert. may be used as sources for us and uk sales in one song, but in another song us and uk sales might use nielsen and music week. it gets a bit confusing.

also, even these sources are out of date. for example, 'we are young' has sold 6.7 million downloads based on certifications only and 8.7 million if riaa and bpi certifications will be used replaced with nielsen and music week figures. however the page itself is out of date as it says the song has sold 6.7 million only. a bit confusing, right?

p.s. according to my research based on available sources, 'airplanes' by b.o.b., 'sexy chick' by david guetta and 'stronger' by kanye west should have sold 5 million copies by now. update the list, alright!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.1.119 (talk) 12:02, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

THE TRUTH ABOUT MADONNA
Hung Up 12 million Music 8.5 million 4 Minutes 8 million Vogue 7.2 million Like a Prayer 6 million — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoreMoneyGomes (talk • contribs) 21:58, 9 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: To be honest, I trust these detalied fanmade estimates more than the figures you just pulled from thin air.


 * Don't forget that in 2005 it was very difficult for a single to sell very well: the physical era of single sales had come to an end, while digital single sales were not very strong yet. The one notable exception, "Hips Don't Lie" only reached 10 million because, after combining digital downloads and mastertone sales, it sold over 5 million copies in the Unites States alone.


 * On the other hand, "Hung Up" only reached No. 7 in the United States and has sold less than 2 million copies there.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 22:06, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

All I Want For Christmas Is You
12 million copies? A year ago it had only sold 6 million copies WW. I don't think we should be using the sun as a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adore1985 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * A year ago it only had 6 million copies because I had only taken the sales from a couple of countries (United States, Japan, UK, Australia, Denmark, Italy) and added them together.
 * The 12 million figure represents worldwide sales.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 04:20, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

sales
i found several sources where we can update the sales of several songs: http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af812392985b701393080bb2f00c7 http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101256641/-1/Shakira%3A_un_%C3%A9xito_rotundo_en_el_2011.html#.UR4n1h2BmXl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_of_the_2000s_(UK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_British_music_charts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_British_music_charts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_British_music_charts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_British_music_charts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_in_British_music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_British_music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_British_music http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177

hope these sites be helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.1.119 (talk) 12:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Question
If the buzzjack forum list is considered reliable, can we add songs to the list using it as a source or would it be better to only use it to update ones already on there?  politoed89/austin  04:54, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


 * We can add songs to the list using it as a source. It gets its numbers straight from Nielsen SoundScan.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 17:43, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey There Delilah, Stronger, Some Nights
Other songs that have sold more than 5 million copies.

Hey There Delilah:

U.S.A. 4,456,171 http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177 Canada 240,000 (3 platinum) http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=hey%20there%20delilah&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist Germany 150,000 (gold) http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch Australia 70,000 (platinum) http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles.htm UK 281,820 http://www.lastfm.it/user/Silentist/journal/2009/01/19/2evdf4_uk%27s_100_best_selling_albums_&_singles%272008_%28%252B2007_&_2006%29 Total sales: 5.2 million.

Stronger (by Kanye West):

U.S.A. (digital single sales) 4,983,907 http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177 Australia 70,000 (platinum) http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Singles.htm Total sales 5.05 million, without considering 1 million of mastertones sales certified by RIAA.

Some Nights:

U.S.A. 4,338,860 http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177 Canada 400,000 (5 platinum) http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Some+Nights&sa=Fun.&smt=0 Australia 350,000 (5 platinum) http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm Italy 30,000 (platinum) http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_072013.pdf Switzerland 15.000 (gold) http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Fun.+Some+Nights (on wikipedia there are also certifications from Sweden and New Zealand) Total sales: 5.13 million.

One last thing: Super Bass was also certified gold by BPI, this brings total sales to 5.41 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Argo90 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

buzzjack
should we really consider buzzjack as a reliable source? the page itself looks like a forum, which bothers me more. also, how are we so sure of the figures it releases? do they have link directing us to the nielsen site? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.1.119 (talk) 06:06, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * No, but if you compare the Buzzjack forum numbers to official Nielsen SoundScan numbers released on Business Wire and Yahoo! Music, they almost perfectly match, save for the fact that the numbers on Buzzjack are updated much more often and are not rounded to the thousands.


 * Furthermore, the author of the list even states when updates the list with numbers from the most recent sales week. -- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 20:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

r. kelly sales
according to http://www.clanotopia.com/music_promis/starcorner.php?action=biografie&group_id=72 r. kelly's 'i believe i can fly' sold 5 million copies worldwide to date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.1.119 (talk) 09:16, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

please update please
katy perry – — ° ″ ′ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § california gurls sales are 8 million according to her page on wiki please update

77.44.232.141 (talk) 11:49, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌ Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it!  See terms and conditions.  17:57, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Call Me Maybe
That song is from 2011, not 2012. It was released in September 2011. Please can somebody fix this. 79.97.153.17 (talk) 00:23, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done: Fixed. While both "Take on Me" and "Call Me Maybe" were released in the artist's home country one year before in the rest of the world, "Take on Me" was re-recorded whereas the same version of "Call Me Maybe" was used in both the local & international release.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 22:30, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 April 2013
Please change the sales of California Gurls from 6.7 to 7.4.

Hi, I'd like the sales of "California Gurls" to be revised from 6.7 million to 7.4 million

Here is the breakdown of sales that I've gathered:


 * In the UK, it has sold at least ~748,000 copies
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_of_the_21st_century_%28UK%29 = California Gurls is at #62
 * http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141954 = California Gurls is at #62 also with 748,000 sales


 * In the US, it has sold at least 5,358,000 copies (August 2012)
 * http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html


 * Australia = at least 350,000 http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm
 * Austria = at least 30,000 http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin
 * Belgium = at least 15,000 http://www.ultratop.be/fr/certifications.asp?year=2010
 * Canada = at least 320,000 http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php#archives
 * Denmark = 15,000 http://www.hitlisterne.dk/default.asp?w=32&y=2010&list=t40
 * Germany = 300,000 http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/
 * Italy = 30,000 http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week48.pdf
 * Japan = 100,000 http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110920.html
 * New Zealand = 30,000 http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=63
 * Sweden = 40,000 http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20100001&newi=0&height=420&platform=Win32&browser=MSIE&navi=no&subframe=Mainframe
 * Switzerland = 30,000 http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=katy+perry

MarryingtheNightTonight (talk) 18:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done: I also added Korean sales and Canadian ringtone sales, the new total is 7.557 million.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 06:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Titanium, Raise Your Glass
Other two songs that have sold more than 5 million copies so far.

“Titanium” by David Guetta feat. Sia, total sales: 5,133,296

Australia 350,000 (5 platinum) http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm Austria 30,000 (platinum, search for “titanium”) http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin Belgium 15,000 (gold) http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2012 France 150,000 (gold) http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2012&type=7 Germany 300,000 (platinum, search for “titanium”) http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/ Italy 60,000 (multiplatinum) http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_142013.pdf New Zealand 45,000 (3 platinum) http://www.webcitation.org/6DVDjPG6p Spain 20,000 (gold) http://promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%202012.pdf UK 1,000,000 http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/exclusive-interview-david-guettas-titanium-hits-one-million-sales-1875/ USA 3,163,296 http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177

“Raise Your Glass” by P!nk, total sales: 5,294,543

Australia 350,000 (5 platinum) http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSINGLEaccreds2012.htm Canada 320,000 (4 platinum, if link is not correct, search for “raise your glass” in gold/platinum) http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Raise%20Your%20Glass&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist Germany 150,000 (gold, search for “raise your glass”) http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch New Zealand 7,500 (gold) http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1615 Sweden 10,000 (gold) http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=41&dfom=20110119&newi=0&mode=list Switzerland 15,000 (gold) http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=p!nk UK 382,490 http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=245695&page=22 or http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=152308 USA 4,062,043 http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105177

You have already included Super Bass and Some Nights in the list, but not “Hey there Delilah”: something wrong with the links? There are also “Sexy Bitch”, “Airplanes” and “Sexyback”, when you have time...


 * Nothing is wrong with the links. I am just working through a backlog of requests. Patience will be appreciated.-- Mαuri ’96   “ ...over the Borderline ” 01:12, 20 April 2013 (UTC)