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Title: Top Selling Singles Post by: Rupert on October 29, 2008, 05:33:02 PM I'm attempting to do my final year economics project on what makes a good music single. In order to do so i'm going to analyse say the top 500-1000 best selling singles of the 21st century and then formulate some sort of conclusion. I've been looking around and firing emails off to all sorts of places (BPI, RIAA, the official charts, iTunes) but have been largely unsuccessful so i'm attacking the forums - does anyone know where I can get a list of the top 500+ selling singles of this century, and how many units they've sold?
If by any chance you know of any literature/papers around the subject that would be much appreciated too! Any help greatly appreciated!! Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: Acidmouse on October 29, 2008, 05:35:47 PM There are loads of books with top selling records of all time in big bookshops. My dad has a couple I used to thumb through.
I know what the 4th most watched TV show in Uk history is if that helps? :P Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: Colchester Kev on October 29, 2008, 05:36:40 PM guinness book of hit singles or some such publication ... Im sure google would be your friend.
Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: thetank on October 29, 2008, 06:02:18 PM I'm attempting to do my final year economics project on what makes a good music single. In order to do so i'm going to analyse say the top 500-1000 best selling singles of the 21st century and then formulate some sort of conclusion. I've been looking around and firing emails off to all sorts of places (BPI, RIAA, the official charts, iTunes) but have been largely unsuccessful so i'm attacking the forums - does anyone know where I can get a list of the top 500+ selling singles of this century, and how many units they've sold? If by any chance you know of any literature/papers around the subject that would be much appreciated too! Any help greatly appreciated!! Billboard is a trade paper that has an online archive and they can help you with stuff like this. Ask billboard http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp Research services http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/resources/research.jsp Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: kinboshi on October 29, 2008, 06:52:01 PM Are you looking at just the UK, the UK and US, or across the world?
Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: gatso on October 29, 2008, 07:39:09 PM here's a start
http://www.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=56627 write to the op and ask where they got their data imo Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: gatso on October 29, 2008, 07:41:50 PM although looking through that list it doesn't look like listing the best sellers is going to tell you anything about what makes a good single. they're pretty much all crap apart from the s club 7 ones
Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: Slyslimreaper on October 29, 2008, 07:50:04 PM I doubt this helps but here is something i use http://everyhit.com/index.html
Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: Longy on October 29, 2008, 08:02:18 PM God that list is depressing.
1. Appear on a tv reality show. 2. Remember your target audience is 10yo girls. 3.????????????????? 4. Profit. Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: Grier78 on October 29, 2008, 09:56:19 PM A combination of iTunes and Bittorrent have killed the single, may it rest in its overpriced grave.
Title: Re: Top Selling Singles Post by: wader leg on October 30, 2008, 12:46:09 AM The 21st century ?
I don't think there have been 500 "good" chart hits in the 21st century, seriously. |