03-01-2011, 06:45
Eminem leads top selling tracks in 2010 UK
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Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna is the biggest selling single of 2010 so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.
The track, released in June, has sold 820,000 copies.
Other entries in the top selling top five include Bruno Mars, Usher, Owl City and B.O.B.
Take That's Progress is currently the biggest selling album of 2010, having been released in November.
UK performance The top five selling singles of 2010 so far in the UK:
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However, UK acts have fared better in the albums chart.
Progress, Take That's first album with Robbie Williams in 15 years has spent six weeks at number 1, having sold over 1.5 million copies.
Paolo Nutini's second studio album Sunny Side Up, the fifth biggest seller of the last 12 months, was also the third biggest seller of 2009.
The top five selling albums of 2010 so far in the UK:
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Martin Talbot, boss of the Official Charts Company, said: "With Matt Cardle, Take That, Susan Boyle and Rihanna all performing incredibly well in the run-up to Christmas, the race to be in the biggest sellers lists for 2010 is shaping up nicely.
"There is a lot of water to go under the bridge - plenty of ground which can be made up yet."
Full end of year lists will be published on Sunday January 2.
Eminem's Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna is the biggest selling single of 2010 so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company. The track, released in June, has sold 820,000 copies.
Other entries in the top selling top five include Bruno Mars, Usher, Owl City and B.O.B.
Take That's Progress is currently the biggest selling album of 2010, having been released in November.
UK performance The top five selling singles of 2010 so far in the UK:
Continue reading the main story
- Eminem ft Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
- Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
- Usher ft Will.i.am - OMG
- Owl City - Fireflies
- B.O.B ft Hayley Williams - Airplanes
However, UK acts have fared better in the albums chart.
Progress, Take That's first album with Robbie Williams in 15 years has spent six weeks at number 1, having sold over 1.5 million copies.
Paolo Nutini's second studio album Sunny Side Up, the fifth biggest seller of the last 12 months, was also the third biggest seller of 2009.
The top five selling albums of 2010 so far in the UK:
Continue reading the main story
- Take That - Progress
- Michael Buble - Crazy Love
- Lady GaGa - The Fame
- Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom
- Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
Martin Talbot, boss of the Official Charts Company, said: "With Matt Cardle, Take That, Susan Boyle and Rihanna all performing incredibly well in the run-up to Christmas, the race to be in the biggest sellers lists for 2010 is shaping up nicely.
"There is a lot of water to go under the bridge - plenty of ground which can be made up yet."
Full end of year lists will be published on Sunday January 2.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
