There’s many discussions about the ‘best selling record’ or ‘fastest selling album’ online but did you know that there’s a very elite club of artists who have best selling records, tapes, cd’s and so on, that at present has just 14 members?
Welcome to the 15 Million Copies Sold club.
Selling a mere 15 million physical copies isn’t an easy feat, especially in today’s streaming environment (but that’s a different post for another day).
The average U.K. number 1 single (according to Official U.K. charts) in the last few years needs to have sold around 100’000 physical copies. Be it CD, Tape or record. Just to get in to the top 40, an artist or band would expect to sell 8000.
How Many Sales Today?
So, in today’s standards, to get in to the 15 million physical release sold club, a modern day artist would need to be at number 1 for around a 150 weeks, or just shy of 3 years…and you thought Wet Wet Wet were at number 1 for too long!
So who are these elite members? Take a guess and then scroll down
Click on each header for the eBay listing to purchase your copy.
“Wind of Change”
1991
15 Million Copies Sold
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
“You’re the One That I Want”
1978
15 Million Copies Sold
“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”
1991
15 Million Copies Sold
“All I Want for Christmas Is You”
1994
16 Million Copies Sold
“My Heart Will Go On”
1997
18 Million Copies Sold
“Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”
1977
18 Million Copies Sold
“If I Didn’t Care”
1939
19 Million Copies Sold
“We Are the World”
1985
20 Million Copies Sold
“It’s Now or Never”
1960
20 Million Copies Sold
“I Will Always Love You”
1992
20 Million Copies Sold
“Rock Around the Clock”
1954
25 Million Copies Sold
“In the Summertime”
1970
30 Million Copies Sold
“Candle in the Wind 1997”
1997
33 Million Copies Sold
“White Christmas”
1942
50 Million Copies Sold