Million-Selling Singles [UK]

Taken from http://www.everyhit.com/awardmill.html

The first single to sell a million copies in Britain alone was Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock." Released in 1955, it took until 1957 to attain this landmark achievement. Below is a list of all million-sellers since "Rock Around The Clock" in chronological order of the date upon which they achieved their millionth sale!

The first date refers to the year in which the track sold its millionth copy. This can differ significantly from the year of release / peak chart success (the second date shown).

Key: M - a million+ sold 'over the counter' MM - 2 million+ sold 'over the counter' etc.
(M) - a re-issue pushed 'over the counter' sales above a million m - a million to retail.

	Year	Released	Millions	Artist	Title
1	1957	1955	M	Bill Haley	Rock Around The Clock
2	1957	1957	M	Harry Belafonte	Mary's Boy Child
3	1957	1957	M	Paul Anka	Diana
4	1960	1960	M	Elvis Presley	It's Now Or Never
5	1962	1962	M	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	The Young Ones
6	1962	1961	M	Mr Acker Bilk	Stranger On The Shore
7	1962	1962	M	Frank Ifield	I Remember You
8	1963	1963	M	The Beatles	She Loves You
9	1963	1963	M	The Beatles	I Want To Hold Your Hand
10	1964	1964	M	The Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love
11	1964	1964	M	The Beatles	I Feel Fine
12	1965	1965	M	Ken Dodd	Tears
13	1965	1965	M	The Seekers	The Carnival Is Over
14	1966	1965	M	The Beatles	We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper
15	1966	1966	M	Tom Jones	Green Green Grass Of Home
16	1967	1967	M	Englebert Humperdinck	Release Me
17	1967	1967	M	Englebert Humperdinck	The Last Waltz
18	1973	1973	M	Gary Glitter	I Love You Love Me Love
19	1975	1975	M(M)	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody
20	1976	1976	M	Brotherhood Of Man	Save Your Kisses For Me
21	1977	1976	M	David Soul	Don't Give Up On Us
22	1977	1942	(M)	Bing Crosby	White Christmas
23	1977	1977	MM	Paul Mccartney & Wings	Mull Of Kintyre / Girl's School
24	1977	1972	M	The Simon Park Orchestra	Eye Level
25	1978	1978	Mm	Boney M	Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring
26	1978	1978	M	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	You're The One That I Want
27	1978	1978	M	John Travolta & Olivia-Newton-John	Summer Nights
28	1978	1978	M	Boney M	Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord
29	1979	1978	M	The Village People	Y.M.C.A.
30	1979	1979	M	Blondie	Heart Of Glass
31	1979	1979	M	Art Garfunkel	Bright Eyes
32	1981	1975	M	John Lennon	Imagine
33	1981	1981	M	The Human League	Don't You Want Me
34	1982	1982	M	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen
35	1983	1983	M	Culture Club	Karma Chameleon
36	1984	1983	M	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Relax
37	1984	1984	M	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Two Tribes
38	1984	1984	M	George Michael	Careless Whisper
39	1984	1984	M	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called To Say I Love You
40	1984	1984	MMM	Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas
41	1984	1984	M	Wham!	Last Christmas / Everything She Wants
42	1985	1985	M	Jennifer Rush	The Power Of Love
43	1985	1973	(M)	Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody
44	1991	1981	(M)	Soft Cell	Tainted Love
45	1991	1991	M	Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
46	1993	1992	M	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You
47	1994	1994	M	Wet Wet Wet	Love Is All Around
48	1994	1994	M	Whigfield	Saturday Night
49	1995	1994	M	Celine Dion	Think Twice
50	1995	1995	M	Robson & Jerome	Unchained Melody / (There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
51	1995	1983	(M)	New Order	Blue Monday
52	1995	1995	M	Coolio featuring LV	Gangsta's Paradise
53	1995	1995	M	Robson & Jerome	I Believe
54	1996	1996	M	Babylon Zoo	Spaceman
55	1996	1995	M	Michael Jackson	Earth Song
56	1996	1996	M	The Fugees	Killing Me Softly
57	1996	1996	M	Spice Girls	Wannabe
58	1997	1996	M	Spice Girls	2 Become 1
59	1997	1997	M	Puff Daddy & Faith Evans	I'll Be Missing You
60	1997	1997	MMMM	Elton John	Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle in The Wind 1997
61	1997	1997	M	Aqua	Barbie Girl
62	1997	1997	M	Various Artists	Perfect Day
63	1998	1997	M	All Saints	Never Ever
64	1998	1998	M	Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On
65	1998	1997	M	The Teletubbies	Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh
66	1998	1998	(M)	Run DMC vs Jason Nevins	It's Like That
67	1998	1998	M	Boyzone	No Matter What
68	1998	1998	M	Cher	Believe
69	1999	1998	M	Steps	Heartbeat / Tragedy
70	1999	1999	M	Britney Spears	Baby One More Time
71	2000	1999	M	Eiffel 65	Blue (Da Ba Dee)
72	2001	2001	M	Shaggy featuring Rikrok	It Wasn't Me
73	2001	2001	M	Hear'Say	Pure And Simple
74	2001	2000	M	Bob The Builder	Can We Fix It?
75	2002	2001	M	Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out Of My Head
76	2002	2002	M	Will Young	Anything Is Possible / Evergreen
77	2002	2002	M	Gareth Gates	Unchained Melody
78	2004	2004	M	Band Aid 20	Do They Know It's Christmas?
79	2005	1971	M	Tony Christie	(Is This The Way To) Amarillo
Three further titles are believed to have sold a million+ to retail (ie. not over the counter). They are:
-	1980	1979	m	Pink Floyd	Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 (0.995m)
-	1998	1997	m	Robbie Williams	Angels (0.865m)
-	2004	1996	(m)	Peter Andre	Mysterious Girl (0.930m)

Key: M - a million+ sold 'over the counter' MM - 2 million+ sold 'over the counter' etc.
(M) - a re-issue pushed 'over the counter' sales above a million m - a million to retail.

Artists With Most Number 1s [UK]

From this page


This, possibly the most important record, is held by Elvis Presley. He has had 21 chart-toppers, 18 of them different songs (three titles have topped the chart on two distinctly separate chart runs as part of the series of re-issues to commemorate what would have been Elvis' 70th birthday in 2005). You can see how this record has 'changed hands' over the years here.

The Beatles are the top group with 17 number 1s. Madonna is the top woman with 10. Top female group is The Spice Girls with 9.

Only six acts in chart history have got into double figures with their tally of chart-toppers. They are: Elvis Presley (20, 18 different songs), The Beatles (17), Cliff Richard (14 : six of them with The Shadows, one with The Drifters, one with The Young Ones), Westlife (12 : one of them with Mariah Carey), The Shadows (11 : six of them with Cliff Richard, two of these also with The Norrie Paramor Strings) and Madonna (10)

Westlife hold the record for getting into double-figures in the shortest time (2 years and 10 months [ie. 149 weeks] - more than 3 months quicker than The Beatles (who took 165 weeks). Unlike Westlife, however, The Beatles tended to spend several weeks at the summit, slowing down their release rate.)

It is worth pointing out that Paul McCartney has featured on more Number 1s than any other artist. He loses out in this section due to his diverse range of credits. He has, in fact, appeared on 24 Number 1s; solo (1), with Wings (1), Stevie Wonder, The Christians et al (1), Ferry Aid (1), Band Aid (1), Band Aid 20 (1) and The Beatles (17). John Lennon has featured in 20 chart-toppers, three solo Number 1s adding to his tally of 17 with The Beatles.

Most Successful Acts Not To Have A Number 1 Single [UK]

Depeche Mode have had most Top 40 hits without making No. 1 (37 of them!). In fact, they've never risen above No. 4.

Billy Fury has spent 231 weeks on the Top 40. No other artist has spent longer on the chart without making No. 1. His best chart placing was Number 2 for "Jealousy" in 1961.

Special mention must also go to Sash! who has made Number 2 on five occasions. No other artist has been 'runner up' with so many singles without ever making it to Number 1.

(Jon) Bon Jovi has featured on eighteen Top 10 singles but never made the number 1 position.

One hit behind, Janet Jackson has appeared on seventeen Top 10 singles without reaching the top spot.

Why Flood [the producer] is called Flood

From Synthpop Music

....The new a-ha studio album is now in the mixing process. The band is in London to mix the album with the renowned producer and engineer Flood. Flood (who is born Mark Ellis, he reportedly acquired the name Flood as a result of his habit of spilling tea in the studio)....

So that's the reason... Flood produced among others NIN, U2, Smashing Pumpkins and I think Depeche Mode... Erasure? I'm pretty sure he produced something from them too... Circus?

I found my apartment at Google's Map: Here it is.  

Córdoba: entró a robar, tomó alcohol y se durmió

CORDOBA (Télam).- Un hombre ingresó a robar en una vivienda de la ciudad de Córdoba y, tras ingerir bebidas alcohólicas que encontró dentro de un armario, se quedó dormido sobre una cama, donde fue sorprendido y detenido por el dueño de la casa, informaron fuentes policiales.

El insólito hecho se produjo en una vivienda ubicada en el kilómetro 6 del Camino a Montecristo, cuando el propietario, que se había ausentado al mediodía, regresó alrededor de las 22 y se sorprendió al encontrar al delincuente totalmente dormido.

El dueño de la casa, cuya identidad no se reveló, dio rápido aviso a la policía que detuvo al ladrón, identificado como Oscar Alberto Fillipa, de 46 años.

Fuentes policiales confirmaron que el detenido presentaba síntomas de una importante ingesta de alcohol, que al parecer disfrutó en la tranquilidad de la casa.

Según los investigadores, el delincuente aprovechó la ausencia de los dueños de la casa para ingresar tras forzar una puerta.

El detenido será indagado por un juez de turno de la ciudad de Córdoba.

Gaby the singer, this time in pink and white.  

Dream with a band

Can't remember this dream very well... Let's see...

There was a band playing, they played "Stone" music, but it was like the Stones' 60's stuff, (unlike most "Stone" bands from Argentina that play 70's and 80's stuff and really suck). There was a group of guys listening to them, and they were my sister's former schoolmates (we went to the same school so I knew them). One of them was making a loud guitar sound with his mouth and I told him that he sounded like Jimmy Page [Led Zeppelin's guitar player in case you don't know him]. He said to me "hey, don't drop those names, because there are a lot of people who don't know them, even in the UK". I had no idea what he meant.

OK, this has to be with certain things I was reading before going to sleep (about a possible show by the Stones in Buenos Aires and which was going to be the local support group). I'm recording stuff in English and I plan to send some material to the UK. I was reading certain stuff some days ago about Led Zeppelin... So everything was present here... Why my sister's friends? Who knows... I had a kind of fight with my sister and I started to dream with thigs related to her. Maybe is that.

Another artistic thing...  

An artistic thing... 

My cousin is building a house. Here with Pili and Eugenia (his daugters) well, fighting for a scarf. As NIN said, "with teeth".  

Coni found my digital camara. 

We are recording... Here is a pic from the studio... The lyric is mine.  

Michael Jackson trial: Michael Jackson was declared non guilty  

Barenaked Ladies are great!

I mean the band (not very popular here in Argentina...). Their songs are great. Can't believe they are Canadian (my family lives in Canada so as a rule I don't like Canadian things).

Manu Ginobili, probably the most famous Argentinean guy today, yesterday at the NBA finals.

Here's Gaby, the singer.

She came dressed like this to a recording session at 10 AM (Yes, I was awake).

Are we pop stars or what? -

Here's my friend Marianita. She paid me a visit on sunday (after the tennis match, see below). This is my bedroom.  

Finally, Nadal beat Puerta at the final match. Here's a pic of the match as appeared on my bedroom's TV set.  

Puerta will play the final match at Roland Garros!

There will be an Argentinean player once again at the final (last year the final match was Gaudio vs Coria, two guys from Argentina). Paola Suarez will play the women's doubles final match. Trouble for Puerta is, he'll play against Nadal, who's playing incredibly good.

Depeche Mode news June 2005

Taken from Side Line


Posted by: Side-Line

Lots of Depeche Mode news has been puring in the last few days, here's a round up. EMI has confirmed us that Depeche Mode is to hold a press conference on June 16th in Dusseldorf, Germany. According to the EMI spokeswoman the band will announce a few selected dates of their Fall tour together with details of their upcoming album which is tentatively planned for release on October 17th in Europe. The band has in the meantime revealed more details on the forthcoming album in an interview with Q Magazine. According to Q the first working titles announced include "Pain", "Suffer Well", "Everything", "Free", "Sinner In Me", "Martyr For Love" and "Macro". Dave Gahan has been quoted saying that the album sounds somewhere between Violator and SOFAD. But knowing that in the past he compared "Exciter" to "Black Celebration" there is not exactly a guarantee that the new material will indeed sound the way Gahan likes describing it. The band will now continue recording in New York at the Stratosphere Studios after their first sessions at Sound Design in Santa Barbara. In total it seems that 12 songs have been written, by Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, to work on. Working with the band in the studio are Ben Hillier (Blur, Clinic, Suede and Elbow) and Dave McCracken (Seal, All Saints, Goldie and James). Layoutwise Anton Corbijn has again been selected to work with the band on the art design of the album while the German film production company Q Film will be involved in a "Making of...". The foottage will be released, either on a DVD single or as a full album DVD. Man behind this DVD project is director Uwe Flade (he directed the "Enjoy The Silence 04" video and Dave Gahan's video for "Bottle Living") who plans to include footage filmed in L.A., New York and London. Interesting to know, Side-Line was contacted by an engineer at one of the few companies that record live tour CD's, saying that Depeche Mode plans to have several dates of their tour recorded as well for online sale afterwards. Earlier this year fellow label mates Erasure succeeded in selling out all of their recent tour CD's. More news as we get it.

(Source: Side-Line / www.depeche-mode.com / EMI)

At the airport with Martin, he was sad because I was going away. I gained a couple of kilos there.  

Martin & Theo 

My Cousin Mari with her husband Daniel and her two sons, Martin (bike) and Theo. The sidewalk is tipically Brazilian. 

Another detail of the living room, a Buddha head. 

A detail of my Cousin Mari's living room. I was just testing the camara but it looks good.  

Back in BA from SP

I went to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be present at my cousin's birthday party, and I'm back in Buenos Aires. I had a great time, I'll post some pictures soon.