Biggest selling artist in the UK

[Brighton Boy]

OF ALL TIME...................Cliff Richard



21 million records.....WHY


Beat Elvis, The Rolling Stones and the Beatles.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Certainly a strange outcome. That man is an embarassment to the species. And he was so modest on being told. "Not bad, eh, me being above Elvis..." f*** off you little tosser.

And on another subject, I thought it was a bit odd that while all the others in the chart had little interviews with journos, producers, and fellow artists, Elton John had a critical appraisal (quite positive, strangely) from, err, his partner David Furnish. Why didn't they go the whole hog and just interview everyone else's wife. "My husband's really talented." That would have been compelling TV.

Liked the Nicey sign-off, though.

"You can see me next planting bulbs to Bachmann Turner Overdrive on the Shrubbery Channel."

 

[Brighton Boy]

Couldnt believe that Madonna had sold more records in the UK than The Beatles and The Stones Combined.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I don't think it was 'more records', as the Beatles were above her. I think it was 'more top 10 singles', which presumably gives some indication of how the Beatles released less singles but they all sold shitloads.

 

[Brighton Boy]

I don't think it was 'more records', as the Beatles were above her. I think it was 'more top 10 singles', which presumably gives some indication of how the Beatles released less singles but they all sold shitloads.

Sorry, you are write.........More top ten singles...DOHHHH

 

[NMH]

21 mil?? is that all ?? shirley Dark Side outsold 21 mil all on it's own. summat wrong with that digit BB, straighten that out by monday or it's detention for you .

 

[Brighton Boy]

21 mil?? is that all ?? shirley Dark Side outsold 21 mil all on it's own. summat wrong with that digit BB, straighten that out by monday or it's detention for you .

In the UK...

 

[METALMICKY]

Is the full list posted up anywhere as i missed most of the show?

As per previous posters i would not attach too much importance to singles sales.

 

[chips and gravy]

Maybe it proves that we are a nation of poor taste

 

[NMH]

it proves that grannies and soppy oldies are a big buying demographic when they become aroused by such as Ken Dodd, Clive Dunn, and Britain's answer to Rick Springfield; Cliff Pilchard.

tony blackburn is partly to blame, but Jimmy Young must shoulder most of the responsibility.

 

[Icy Gull]

Best selling singles of 1965 and even at their peak the Beatles weren't the best selling singles artists

1 I'll Never Find Another You The Seekers
2 Tears Ken Dodd
3 A Walk In The Black Forest Horst Jankowski
4 World Of Our Own The Seekers
5 Crying In The Chapel Elvis Presley
6 Help The Beatles
7 I'm Alive The Hollies
8 Zorba's Dance Marcello Minerbi
9 King Of The Road Roger Miller
10 The Minute You're Gone Cliff Richard
11 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
12 Eve Of Destruction Barry McGuire
13 The Clapping Song Shirley Ellis
14 Long Live Love Sandie Shaw
15 True Love Ways Peter and Gordon
16 It's Not Unusual Tom Jones
16 I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher
18 Cast Your Fate To The Winds Sounds Orchestral
18 Almost There Andy Williams
20 The Price Of Love The Everly Brothers

 

[Marshy]

Carter Unstoppable Sex machine surely...

 

[NMH]

Where is Sacha Distel ?? That list is a travesty to all frenchmen and women. Je T'aime, Bicyclettes du Belsize, Raindrops Keep Falling on Mon Tete, Sank Heavens for Leetle Gurllls, et all zat merde.

Scrotre bleu ! Ou et mon Goulwaaas ?

 

[gothenburg_gull]

...but does this list include the last few years I wonder? If is the last 50 years then I guess it would be from 1953 to 2003, but didn't they start the list in 1952? In which case perhaps they didn't include the recent Number One and Number Five hits for Elvis - A Little Less Conversation and Rubberneckin'?

If they didn't then maybe the list is a little wrong and Elvis is further up than number 3?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The scariest thing BY FAR about this list was the fact that, placed nicely in the top 20 best selling artists EVER in the UK, was (at about 17 or 18)......

Shakin Stevens.

Now I bet if you were asked to name 20 massive selling artists in the UK, most people could come up with 15 or so- the Beatles, Cliff, Elvis, the Stones, Madonna, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Slade etc. Even Boney M at a stretch.

But Shakin Stevens?? Surely he wasn't that big?

Anyone on here care to own up to buying a record by the Welsh Elvis?

 

[Lush]

Also Olivia Newton John (!!??!) was up there somewhere. They must have sold an amazing amount of records on the back of Grease.