I thought it would be fun to stack up the big artists of the past decade or so based on their best-selling digital single. This accounts for all sales on digital outlets like iTunes and Amazon. It reminds me of a lot of overplayed tracks but that is the point, I guess! This is a bit of a guessing game for you with options before the answer. The genres are all taken from official music journals so don't yell at me if you think 'My Humps' is more pop than hip hop!
Who do you think has the best selling digital single of all time?
Lady Gaga? Maroon 5? The Black Eyed Peas? Flo Rida? Leona Lewis? P!nk? LMFAO?
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - 14.600.000
Who do you think has the best selling female single?
Shakira? Adele? Beyoncé? Britney Spears? Ke$ha? Katy Perry? Rihanna?
Ke$ha - TiK ToK - 12.800.000
Which do you think is the best selling Lady Gaga single?
Just Dance? Bad Romance? Poker Face? Paparazzi? Born This Way? Judas? Telephone?
Lady Gaga - Poker Face - 9.800.000
Which do you think is the biggest selling rap or hip hop single?
Love The Way You Lie? Lollipop? Low? My Humps? Give Me Everything? Crank That? Boom Boom Pow?
Eminem (feat. Rihanna) - Love The Way You Lie - 9.300.000
Which of these huge anthems do you think sold the most?
I Kissed A Girl? Toxic? Umbrella? Girlfriend? Hung Up? Hips Don't Lie? On The Floor?
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (feat. Wyclef Jean) - 10.000.000
Which of these 2008 tracks do you think sold the most?
I'm Yours? Bleeding Love? So What? Hot N Cold? With You? Circus? Apologize?
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz - 8.100.000
Who do you think has the best selling male single?
Eminem? Bruno Mars? Pitbull? Lil Wayne? Jason Mraz? Usher? Kanye West?
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are - 12.500.000
Which of these singles managed to pass more than 6.000.000 sales?
We Belong Together? Need You Now? Love In This Club? La Tortura? Don't Matter? E.T.? Crushcrushcrush?
Crushcrushcrush - Paramore - 6.100.000
Which artist here with a top selling digital single has also had a top selling physical single?
Justin Bieber? Taylor Swift? Akon? Mariah Carey? Jennifer Lopez? Beyoncé? Lady Antebellum?
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You - 10.000.000
Which top selling single popular this year so far (2012) has garnered the most sales?
Hot Right Now? Good Feeling? Starships? Next To Me? Wild Ones? Domino? Somebody That I Used To Know?
Flo Rida - Good Feeling - 3.200.000
I think that is pretty interesting! I wonder what the next decade has to bring. Did you get many correct?
15-04-2012, 07:03 PM
Ellz
that is really interesting, thanks for sharing! I was quite surprised about the biggest selling female, though it would of been adele or something LOL
+rep :)
15-04-2012, 07:31 PM
jasey
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Originally Posted by Ellz
that is really interesting, thanks for sharing! I was quite surprised about the biggest selling female, though it would of been adele or something LOL
+rep :)
Thank you, Ellz! I have always been interested in sales and stats like that so I thought I would make a fun game out of it. Cheers to you.
15-04-2012, 09:51 PM
Plebings
wow, did we belong together not reach 6 million? bit of a surprise considering it was the biggest selling song in america for the DECADE
was very interesting anyway!
15-04-2012, 11:07 PM
jasey
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Originally Posted by Plebings
wow, did we belong together not reach 6 million? bit of a surprise considering it was the biggest selling song in america for the DECADE
was very interesting anyway!
Thank you! This is based entirely on digital sales via iTunes, Amazon and the other smaller music shops online. As of about four years after its release counting all sales since debut, 'We Belong Together' had thirteen other singles ahead of it in sales. There are more now because the top singles on the sales list were all released within the past few years. It is interesting how the digital sales thing works, eh? I really am glad that you found this interesting! I had fun writing it.
16-04-2012, 06:23 AM
iLogan
Quit surprised about a couple of them. Yay for LTWYL by Eminem & Rih
16-04-2012, 06:28 AM
CrazyLemurs
YAY!
Mariah Carey finally noticed for something woo!
Great list as well, must've taken forever!
I got just the 1 right, the Mariah Carey one xD.
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16-04-2012, 08:46 AM
Jazz
Oh wow, some are very surprising. NicE post!
16-04-2012, 08:50 AM
jasey
Thank you, you three! I am glad you enjoyed reading it. It was enjoyable to make, absolutely.
16-04-2012, 08:52 AM
Vause
Shocked at a few, but really good. Love it jasey baby!
16-04-2012, 10:40 AM
Eric
woooo poker face! but where's britney?
16-04-2012, 06:37 PM
jasey
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Originally Posted by Glitzen
Shocked at a few, but really good. Love it jasey baby!
Thank you, Emma! It can totally be shocking. I find that some people have bad taste based on the charts, aha! Everyone is unique.
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Originally Posted by EricYong!
woooo poker face! but where's britney?
Eric - Britney doesn't have remarkable digital sales. Her best selling single is 'Toxic' with sales around 6.500.000. The closest to that is half a million less for 'Womanizer'. I love Britney, though - I think she puts out albums that generally have no filler, at least for me. I love that.
