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Me. I Am Salman
23-12-2013, 11:03 AM
i copied and pasted this from elsewhere so that's why it's randomly about the US and not UK

1993: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Whitney_Houston_-_I_Will_Always_Love_You.jpg/220px-Whitney_Houston_-_I_Will_Always_Love_You.jpg
(632,000) [January 9, 1993]

1994 - N/A (Couldn't find any data)

1995: Mariah Carey - Fantasy
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Mariahcareysingle_fantasy.jpg/220px-Mariahcareysingle_fantasy.jpg
(229,000) [September 30, 1995]

1996: Los Del Rios - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/aa/MacarenaLosDelRio.jpg/220px-MacarenaLosDelRio.jpg
(200,000) [September 21, 1996]

1997: Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Something_About_the_Way_You_Look_Tonight_%26_Candl e_in_the_Wind_1997.jpg/220px-Something_About_the_Way_You_Look_Tonight_%26_Candl e_in_the_Wind_1997.jpg
(3,400,000) [October 11, 1997]
Highest single sales in a week ever recorded.

1998: Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Celine_dion-my_heart_will_go_on_s.jpg/220px-Celine_dion-my_heart_will_go_on_s.jpg
(360,000) [February 28, 1998]

1999: Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a9/Mariahcareysingle_heartbreaker.jpg/220px-Mariahcareysingle_heartbreaker.jpg
(271,000) [October 9, 1999]
Last physical single EVER to do over 250,000 in a week if you do not count American Idol Physical Singles.

2000: Madonna - Music
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Music_%28single%29.jpg/220px-Music_%28single%29.jpg
(156,234) [September 16, 2000]

2001: Mariah Carey - Loverboy
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Mariahcareysingle_loverboy.jpg/220px-Mariahcareysingle_loverboy.jpg
(180,000) [August 4, 2001]

2002: Kelly Clarkson - Before Your Love / A Moment Like This
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/Kelly_Clarkson_-_A_Moment_Like_This_Before_Your_Love.jpg/220px-Kelly_Clarkson_-_A_Moment_Like_This_Before_Your_Love.jpg
(236,000) [October 5, 2002]

2003: Clay Aiken - This Is The Night / Bridge Over Troubled Water
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/TITN_BOTW_cover.jpg/220px-TITN_BOTW_cover.jpg
(393,000) [June 28, 2003]

2004: Physical: Fantasia - I Believe Digital: U2 - Vertigo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Fantasia_I_Believe.jpg/220px-Fantasia_I_Believe.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/U2_Vertigo.png/220px-U2_Vertigo.png
I Still Believe - (142,000) [July 10, 2004]
Vertigo - (30,000) [October 16, 2004]

2005: Digital + Phsyical Combined: Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven Physical Sales:Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven Digital Sales: Kanye West - Gold Digger
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Carrie_Underwood-Inside_Your_Heaven.jpg/220px-Carrie_Underwood-Inside_Your_Heaven.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Gold_Digger.jpg/220px-Gold_Digger.jpg
Inside Your Heaven - (170,000) [July 2, 2005] / (130,000) [July 2, 2005]
Gold Digger - (80,684) [September 17, 2005]

2006: Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Shakira-HipsDon%27tLie.jpg/220px-Shakira-HipsDon%27tLie.jpg
(266,664) [June 17, 2006]

2007: Fergie - Fergalicious
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Fergalicious.png/220px-Fergalicious.png
(294,797) [January 13, 2007]

2008: Flo Rida - Low
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Low_fr_tp.JPG/220px-Low_fr_tp.JPG
(467,149) [January 12, 2008]

2009: Flo Rida - Right Round
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Flo_Rida_-_Right_Round_Official_Cover.jpg/220px-Flo_Rida_-_Right_Round_Official_Cover.jpg
(636,000) [February 28, 2009]

2010: Ke$ha - Tik Tok
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/TiK_ToK_-_Kesha_%28official_single_cover%29.JPG/220px-TiK_ToK_-_Kesha_%28official_single_cover%29.JPG
(610,000) [January 9, 2010]

2011: Bruno Mars - Grenade
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/BrunoMarsGrenade.jpg/220px-BrunoMarsGrenade.jpg
(559,000) [January 8, 2011]

2012: Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/We_Are_Never_Ever_Getting_Back_Together.png/220px-We_Are_Never_Ever_Getting_Back_Together.png
(623,000) [September 1, 2012]

2013: Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble.png/220px-I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble.png
(582,000) [January 12, 2013]

Me. I Am Salman
23-12-2013, 11:06 AM
Mariah :worship: Loverboy & Heartbreaker :worship:

Smithy
23-12-2013, 11:07 AM
Born This Way blocked as becoming the first one week million seller In a decade b/c it was released on a Friday :'(

Gstar
23-12-2013, 11:10 AM
Fantasia and Fergie :love:

Z
23-12-2013, 11:52 AM
Born This Way blocked as becoming the first one week million seller In a decade b/c it was released on a Friday :'(

Ugh I feel your pain, MKS were blocked from being in the top 40 and being remotely successful because Flatline was released on a Friday :'(