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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jan 2, 2009 11:43:45 GMT -5
In Canada, it spent three years in the top 20, with 46 weeks at the top spot. It's the best selling Single American history and is the 2nd best selling single of all time RIP Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Post by Late Winter on Jan 2, 2009 11:44:49 GMT -5
3 years in the Top 20 and almost a year at #1?
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jan 2, 2009 11:47:09 GMT -5
Released on September 13, 1997, it became the fastest-selling single in the UK, selling 658,000 copies in the UK on that day alone, and over 1.5 million copies in its first week. The single would remain at number one for 5 weeks. All in all, it eventually sold 4.86 million copies in the UK, overtaking the 13-year-old record held by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It has been certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK.
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jan 2, 2009 11:47:40 GMT -5
3 years in the Top 20 and almost a year at #1? She was our princess too
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Post by Late Winter on Jan 2, 2009 11:48:54 GMT -5
I mean any song spending 3 years in the Top 20 is
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jan 2, 2009 11:50:10 GMT -5
Ya i know its Unbelievable.
Sales
* United States: (11x Platinum) (Sales: 11,000,000) * United Kingdom (9x Platinum) (Sales: 5,400,000) * Germany: (9x Platinum) (sales: 4,500,000+) * France: (Diamond) (sales: 2,000,000+) * Canada: (Diamond) (Sales:1,000,000) * Australia: (14x Platinum) (Sales: 980,000+) * Japan: (2x Platinum) (Sales: 630,000+) * Switzerland: (9x Platinum) (450,000) * Spain: (9x Platinum) (450,000) * The Netherlands: (6x Platinum) (Sales: 300,000) * Austria: (6x Platinum) (Sales: 180,000) * Brazil: (Platinum) (Sales: 125,000) * Mexico: (Gold) (Sales: 100,000) * Norway: (8x Platinum) (Sales: 80,000) * Finland:(5x Platinum) (Sales: 54,225) * New Zealand: (15x Platinum) (Sales:150,000)
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Post by Scott on Jan 2, 2009 12:52:07 GMT -5
Crazyness.
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Post by Gravity Happens on Jan 2, 2009 13:10:58 GMT -5
Classic! I thought this was a very fitting tribute to Princess Diana. And that was on our fungus singles chart, it only did THAT well because of the lack of retail singles.
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jan 3, 2009 19:04:38 GMT -5
I know
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Post by JessiePie on May 29, 2011 15:02:35 GMT -5
I like it.
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