Biggest selling girl groups - UK

[Wayne]

Ultimate List of Girl Group Singles (http://fatherandy2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=chart&action=display&thread=49032&page=1) - every credit goes to Jay for this spectacular work

Sales estimates up to 31st May '09

The list below is mainly estimated sales figures, for a number of successful girl groups.

I've run out of colours, so some new additions are just black text :)

All Saints
Atomic Kitten
B*Witched
Bananarama
The Bangles
Cleopatra
Destiny’s Child
Eternal
Girls Aloud
Honeyz
Mis-Teeq
The Pussycat Dolls
The Saturdays
Spice Girls
Sugababes
TLC

1,200k+
1,249,000 All Saints – Never Ever (#1)
1,200,000 Spice Girls – Wannabe (#1)

600k+
1,085,000 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 (#1)
960,000 Atomic Kitten – Whole Again (#1)
937,000 Spice Girls – Say You’ll Be There (#1)
855,000 Spice Girls – Goodbye (#1)
851,000 B*Witched – C’est La Vie (#1)
821,000 Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life (#1)
720,000 All Saints – Pure Shores (#1) *
667,000 Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are / Mama (#1)
665,000 Spice Girls – Too Much (#1)
628,000 Spice Girls – Viva Forever (#1)
615,000 Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground (#1)
600,000 Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One (#1)

400k+
553,000 TLC - No Scrubs (#3)
500,000 The Bangles - Eternal Flame (#1)
500,000 The Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha (#1)
493,000 B*Witched – Rollercoaster (#1)
466,000 Sugababes – About You Now (#1)
453,000 Girls Aloud – The Promise (#1)
440,000 Destiny’s Child – Independent Women Part 1 (#1)
425,000 All Saints – Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade (#1)
419,000 Sugababes – Push The Button (#1)
410,000 Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (#1)

200k+
385,000 Atomic Kitten – Eternal Flame (#1)
381,000 B*Witched – To You I Belong (#1)
367,000 TLC - Waterfalls (#4)
365,000 The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (#3)
363,000 Honeyz - Finally Found (#4)
340,000 Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It (#4)
338,000 Honeyz - End Of The Line (#5)
334,000 Spice Girls – Stop (#2)
315,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (#3)
305,000 The Bangles - Manic Monday (#2)
295,000 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree (#3)
285,000 Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath (#2)
275,000 Sugababes – Freak Like Me (#1)
275,000 Bananarama - Help (#3)
270,000 Girls Aloud – Call The Shots (#3)
267,000 The Saturdays – Up (#5)
265,000 Destiny’s Child – Survivor (#1)
255,000 Bananarama - Really Saying Something (#5)
254,000 Sugababes – Round Round (#1)
250,000 Eternal - Angel Of Mine (#4)
248,000 Spice Girls – Holler / Let Love Lead The Way (#1)
248,000 The Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up (#3)
237,000 All Saints – Bootie Call (#1)
235,000 The Pussycat Dolls – Stickwitu (#1)
235,000 Bananarama - Shy Boy (#4)
231,000 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman (#1)
230,000 All Saints – Black Coffee (#1) *
228,000 The Saturdays - Issues (#4)
225,000 Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting (#3)
221,000 The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough (#2)
220,000 Atomic Kitten – It’s OK! (#3)
216,000 Girls Aloud – Something Kinda Ooooh (#3)
216,000 B*Witched – Jesse Hold On (#4)
212,000 Eternal - Oh Baby I... (#4)
210,000 Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (#5)
210,000 TLC - Unpretty (#6)
200,000+ Girls Aloud – Jump (#2)
200,000+ Eternal - I Am Blessed (#7)
200,000 Bananarama - Venus (#8)

100k+

191,000 The Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part (#12)
190,000 Girls Aloud – I’ll Stand By You (#1)
190,000 Destiny’s Child – Say My Name (#3)
185,000 Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme (#3)
185,000 Bananarama - Cruel Summer (#8)
177,000 All Saints – War Of Nerves (#7)
176,000 Sugababes – Girls (#3)
175,000 Mis-Teeq - All I Want (#2)
175,000 Bananarama - I Want You Back (#5)
169,000 Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious (#2)
166,000 Sugababes – Ugly (#3)
165,000 Destiny’s Child – Bills Bills Bills (#6)
165,000 Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French (#9)
164,000 Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy (#4)
163,000 Eternal - Just A Step From Heaven (#8)
160,000 Eternal - Don't You Love Me (#3)
159,000 All Saints – I Know Where It’s At (#4)
157,000 The Pussycat Dolls – Beep (#2)
157,000 Destiny’s Child – Jumpin’ Jumpin’ (#5)
156,000 Sugababes – Overload (#6)
156,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That (#9)
150,000 Sugababes – Hole In The Head (#1)
150,000 Girls Aloud – Love Machine (#2)
150,000 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous (#2)
150,000 Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (#5)
146,000 Destiny’s Child – No No No (#5)
142,000 Cleopatra - I Want You Back (#4)
136,000 Sugababes – Too Lost In You (#10)
135,000 Bananarama - Nathan Jones (#15)
131,000 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind (#10)
126,000 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces (#7)
123,000 Girls Aloud – No Good Advice (#2)
120,000 Girls Aloud – Biology (#4)
119,000 Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud – Walk This Way (#1)
117,000 The Pussycat Dolls – Buttons (#3)
116,000 Honeyz Love Of A Lifetime (#9)
114,000 Atomic Kitten – The Last Goodbye / Be With You (#2)
111,000 Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down (#7)
110,000 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (#14)
108,000 Destiny’s Child – Emotion (#3)
105,000 The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter (#11)

75k+
99,000 Destiny’s Child – Bug A Boo (#9)
98,000 Sugababes – Red Dress (#4)
96,000 Girls Aloud – Sexy! No No No… (#5)
95,000 Eternal - Save Our Love (#8)
95,000 The Saturdays – If This Is Love (#8)
94,000 Eternal - So Good (#13)
93,000 Sugababes – Change (#13)
91,000 Mis-Teeq - B With Me (#5)
91,000 Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night (#8)
90,000 Girls Aloud – The Show (#2)
90,000 Honeyz - Never Let You Down (#7)
86,000 Sugababes – Denial (#15)
85,000 All Saints – Rock Steady (#3)
85,000 Girls Aloud – Life Got Cold (#3)
82,000 Atomic Kitten – Right Now (#10)
81,000 Atomic Kitten – See Ya (#6)
81,000 Mis-Teeq - Roll On / This Is How We Do It (#7)
81,000 Girls Aloud - Untouchable (#11)
77,000 Mis-Teeq - Why? (#8)
75,000 Sugababes – New Year (#12)

50k+
74,000 Girls Aloud – I Think We’re Alone Now (#4)
73,000 Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love (#10)
69,000 Atomic Kitten – If You Come To Me (#3)
66,000 Girls Aloud – Wake Me Up (#4)
62,000 Girls Aloud – See The Day (#9)
60,000 Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Remix) (#19)
58,000 Destiny’s Child – Girl (#6)
58,000 Sugababes – Run For Cover (#13)
56,000 The Pussycat Dolls – I Don’t Need A Man (#7)
55,000 Atomic Kitten – Love Doesn’t Have To Hurt (#4)
55,000 Bananarama - Love Truth & Honesty (#23)
55,000 The Bangles - Be With You (#23)
53,000 Destiny’s Child – Soldier (#4)
53,000 Eternal - Crazy (#15)
52,000 Girls Aloud – Long Hot Summer (#7)
52,000 Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back (#8)
52,000 Sugababes – Shape (#11)

50k-
50,000 The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street (#16)
50,000 Bananarama - Rough Justice (#23)
49,000 Sugababes – Caught In A Moment (#8)
48,000 Sugababes - No Can Do (#23)
46,000 Spice Girls – Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) (#11)
45,000 Bananarama - I Can't Help It (#20)
44,000 Girls Aloud – Whole Lotta History (#6)
44,000 Sugababes – In The Middle (#8)
40,000 The Bangles - If SHe Knew What She Wants (#31)
40,000 Bananarama - Do Not Disturb (#31)
40,000 Bananarama - Cheers Then (#45)
37,000 Sugababes – Easy (#8)
35,000 The Bangles - In Your Room (#35)
32,000 Atomic Kitten - Follow Me (#20)
30,000 Atomic Kitten – Someone Like Me / Right Now 2004 (#8)
30,000 Bananarama - Preacher Man (#20)
30,000 Bananarama - Long Train Running (#30)
30,000 Bananarama - Trick Of The Night (#32)
25,000 Bananarama - Movin' On (#24)
25,000 Bananarama - More More More (#24)
25,000 Bananarama - Only Your Love (#27)
24,000 Atomic Kitten - Cradle (#10)
20,000 Sugababes – Follow Me Home (#32)
20,000 Bananarama - More Than Physical (#41)
15,000 Bananarama - Move In My Direction (#14)
15,000 The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool (#56)
10,000 Sugababes – Soul Sound (#30)
10,000 The Bangles - Following (#55)
10,000 Bananarama - Hotline To Heaven (#58)
6,000 The Saturdays - Work (#109) - forthcoming release.
5,000 Bananarama - Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) (#26)
5,000 The Bangles - Something That You Said (#38)
5,000 Bananarama - Last Thing On My Mind (#71)
5,000 The Bangles - I'll Set You Free (#74)
3,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush (#193) - forthcoming release.

[Wayne]

Queries:

All Saints
Total sales needed for:
- All Hooked Up
- Chick Fit

* Pure Shoes was listed as 683,000 by Music Week in late 2006. In 2008 a rundown aired on music channels ('100 Biggest Selling Girls of the 21st Century on 4Music), had it listed as 720,000.

* Black Coffee was listed as 213,000 by Music Week in late 2006. In 2008 a rundown aired on music channels ('100 Biggest Selling Girls of the 21st Century on 4Music), had it listed as 230,000.

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Atomic Kitten
Total sales needed for:
- Anyone Who Had A Heart

Inaccuracies:
- Be With You / The Last Goodbye (Only 2002 sales are listed)
- If You Come To Me (Only 2003 sales are listed)

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B*Witched
Total sales needed for:
- I Shall Be There
- Jump Down

Inaccuracies:
- To You I Belong (Only 1998 sales are listed)
- Jesse Hold On (Only 1999 sales are listed)

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Cleopatra
Total sales needed for:
- A Touch Of Love
- Come And Get Me

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Destiny’s Child
Total sales needed for:
- With Me
- Get On The Bus

Inaccuracies:
- Emotion (Only 2001 sales are listed
- Lose My Breath (Only 2004 sales are listed)

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Eternal
Total sales needed for:
- Stay
- Power Of A Woman
- I Am Blessed
- Good Thing
- Someday
- Secrets
- What'cha Gonna Do

Inaccuracies
- Oh Baby I... (Only 1994 sales are listed)
- Crazy (Only 1994 sales are listed)
- Angel Of Mine (Only 1997 sales are listed)

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Girls Aloud
Inaccuracies:
- A few figures are accurate up to 2009, but some are only accurate to the end of 2007, these being: (No Good Advice / Life Got Cold / Jump / The Show / Love Machine / I'll Stand By You / Wake Me Up / Long Hot Summer / Biology / See The Day / Whole Lotta History / I Think We're Alone Now)

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Honeyz
Total sales need for:
- Not Even Gonna Trip
- I Don't Know

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Mis-Teeq
Total sales needed for:
- Style

Inaccuracies:
- One Night Stand (Only 2001 sales are listed)

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The Pussycat Dolls
Total sales needed for:
- Wait A Minute [Arguable whether it’s counted as a single?]

Inaccuracies:
- I Don’t Need A Man (Only 2006 sales are listed)

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Sugababes
Inaccuracies:
- Generally a lot of figures are estimates from over the last 8 years, so a number of them will be out of date up to the present date.

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TLC
Total sales needs for:
Every single bar No Scrubs, Waterfalls, Unpretty.

[Wayne]

Ultimate List of Girl Group Albums

Sales estimates up to 24th May '09

The list below is mainly estimated sales figures, only a few girl groups for now.

All Saints
Atomic Kitten
B*Witched
Eternal
Destiny's Child
Girls Aloud
Honeyz
The Pussycat Dolls
The Saturdays
Spice Girls
Sugababes

2,700k+
2,928,000 Spice Girls - Spice (#1) [15 weeks]

1,800k+, 2,100k+, 2,400k+
None.

1,500k+
1,576,000 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (#1) [3 weeks]

1,200k+
1,330,000 All Saints - All Saints (#2)
1,247,000 The Pussycat Dolls - PCD (#7)

900k+
1,180,000 Eternal - Always & Forever (#2)
1,054,000 Girls Aloud - The Sound Of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (#1) [1 week]
1,020,000 Destiny's Child - Survivor (#1)
970,000 Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall (#10)
919,000 Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces (#2)

600k+
887,000 Sugababes - Taller In More Ways (#1) [1 week]
856,000 Sugababes - Three (#3)
765,000 Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (#1)
730,000 B*Witched - B*Witched (#3)
721,000 Girls Aloud - Out Of Control (#1) [1 week]
680,000 Eternal - Greatest Hits (#2)
647,000 Sugababes - Overloaded: The Singles Collection (#3)
600,000+ Atomic Kitten - Right Now (#1)

300k+
594,000 All Saints - Saints & Sinners (#1)
585,000 Girls Aloud - What Will The Neighbours Say? (#6)
570,000 Eternal - Power Of A Woman (#6)
550,000 Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (#5)
515,000 Sugababes - Change (#1) [1 week]
500,000+ Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night (#5)
485,000 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up (#4)
450,000 Mis-Teeq - Lickin' On Both Sides (#3)
371,000 Girls Aloud - Chemistry (#11)
360,000 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits (#2)
355,000 Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground (#2)
300,000+ Destiny's Child - #1s (#6)

100k+
265,000 Spice Girls - Forever (#2)
250,000+ B*Witched - Awake & Breathe (#5)
250,000+ Eternal - Before The Rain (#3)
240,000 The Saturdays - Chasing Lights (#9)
220,000 Mis-Teeq - Lickin' On Both Sides (#6)
220,000 Sugababes - One Touch (#26)
210,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination (#4)
110,000 Sugababes - Catfights & Spotlights (#8)
100,000+ Atomic Kitten - Greatest Hits (#5)
100,000+ All Saints - All Hits (#17)
100,000+ Honeyz - Wonder No.8 (#33)

60k-
50,000+ All Saints - Studio 1 (#40)
50,000- Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (#67)
50,000- Mis-Teeq - Greatest Hits (#28)
44,000 The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination - The Mini Collection (#9)