Factoid

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

According to this morning's paper, 2008 is set to be the highest-selling year for singles EVER, with total sales topping 100m for the first time (compared to 1979's 89m). Obviously physical sales are a miniscule proportion of this but even so, that's a lot of sales. (And christ only knows how many non-sale downloads are going on).

I was a bit surprised by this!

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And don't forget the Leona Lewis effect innit.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

What's the Leona Lewis effect? Some kind of SCIENCE?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I nearly made a joke about how her level of density is proportionate to her attractiveness but decided not to.

Anyway - dudes be downloading her shizzle in DROVES according to wikipedia:

These were the top selling singles in 2008 as of the week of September 20-27, 2008 (Week 39), according to United World Chart.[42]

Position Single title Artist Points Highest position in 2008
1 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 9,171,000 1

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

9 MILLION? shome mishtake? that would mean it had sold to c4ndl3 1n th3 w1nd levels...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

That's for the World, mind.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

For serial? That's a running total obvs, rather than a weekly sales count?!!

I knew she had become huge in the States, but 9m singles sales is pretty damn extraordinary. Where did you find that figure on Wiki? The only thing I can find is this list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_the_United_States#Over_3_million_copies:_in_alphabetical_order).

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_music#Top_selling_singles_in_the_world).