SALES FIGURES

A collection of facts and figures gathered together on the 'money' side of things, album sales, platinum album figures etc. Basically every snippet we can lay our hands on (as BMG haven't raced to e-mail the info however much I've begged)

SINGLES ARTICLES

 

 

FACTS

Westlife are the best selling arena tour act in Britain.
Estimated 34 million albums sold ( 2000 - 2004)

Total Record Sales ( 7th December 2002)

Against All Odds (2000) 331,000
Bop Bop Baby (2002) 110,000
Flying Without Wings (1999) 310,000
Fool Again (2000) 202,000
If I Let You Go (1999) 296,000
I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun (1999) 622,000
Queen Of My Heart (2001) 322,000
My Love (2000) 291,000
Swear It Again (1999) 349,000 Uptown Girl (2001) 746,000
Unbreakable (2002) 145,000 ( estimated r 200,000)
What Makes A Man (2000) 386,000
World Of Our Own (2002) 195,000

First Week Sales

 Uptown Girl (2001) 292,318
What Makes A Man (2000) 230,747
I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun (1999) 213,000
Queen Of My Heart (2001) 139,344
My Love (2000) 112,252
Against All Odds (2000) 112,000
Swear It Again (1999) 102,000
Flying Without Wings (1999) 92,000 If I Let You Go (1999) 90,491
Unbreakable (2002) 90,000
Fool Again (2000) 82,775 World Of Our Own (2002) 75,183 Tonight (2003) 49,000 Bop Bop Baby (2002) 47,500 Hey Whatever (2003) 38,000

ALBUM FACTS

 

TOP ALBUM SELLING ARTISTS OF 2002

U2
Westlife Unbreakable-Greatest Hits- 8 times platinum
Coldplay
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
David Gray
Robbie Williams
Pink
Christy Moore
Eminem
Shakira