Although only limited sales are given over Christmas and the New Year, here is my attempt at some estimates for the Top Forty. Hopefully there are not too many mistakes.

I will post a Top 100 in a few weeks when the information becomes available.

UK Singles 2003 Year-to-date Top Forty - Week 52

Sunday 29th December 2002 to Saturday 27th December 2003 [Chart date w/e 03-01-2004]
[with estimated sales rounded to nearest 5,000; (more exact sales in brackets)]

Sources:
MWM = Music Week Magazine, MWW = Music Week Website, ROY = The Record of the Year, and TOTP = Top of the Pops Website

TW LW

1 1 Where Is The Love? - Black Eyed Peas 635,000 (545,000 MWM 01-11-03; 634,000 ROY 02-12-03)
2 2 Spirit In The Sky - Gareth Gates with Special Guests The Kumars 550,000 (551,527 MWM 25-10-03)
3 3 Ignition - R Kelly 475,000 (476,590 MWM 11-10-03)
4 17 Mad World - Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules 395,000 (227,547 MWM 21-12-2003)
5 5 Leave Right Now - Will Young 390,000
6 4 All The Things She Said - Tatu 335,000 (336,000 MWM 14-06-03)
7 15 Changes - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne 335,000
8 6 Breathe - Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul 325,000 (another few thousand on import)
9 7 Make Luv - Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham 315,000 (315,000 MWM 01-11-03; 311,000 ROY 02-12-03)
10 18 Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - Darkness 315,000 (222,561 MWM 21-12-2003)
11 8 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 300,000 (298,000 ROY 02-12-03; another few thousand on import)
12 9 White Flag - Dido 290,000 (290,000 ROY 02-12-03)
13 10 In Da Club - 50 Cent 270,000
14 12 Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle 270,000
15 11 Crazy In Love - Beyonce 265,000 (260,000 ROY 02-12-03)
16 13 Move Your Feet - Junior Senior 250,000 (250,000 MWM 01-11-03)
17 16 I’m Your Man - Shane Richie 250,000
18 14 Stop Living The Lie - David Sneddon 245,000
19 19 Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop feat. Crooklyn Clan 225,000 (235,000 ROY 02-12-03)
20 26 Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas 220,000
21 20 Sound Of The Underground - Girls Aloud 210,000
22 21 Sweet Dreams My LA Ex - Rachel Stevens 210,000
23 22 Beautiful - Christina Aguilera 200,000
24 23 Pretty Green Eyes - Ultrabeat 195,000 (197,000 MWM 29-11-03)
25 24 Lose Yourself - Eminem 195,000
26 25 Superstar - Jamelia 190,000
27 27 Are You Ready For Love? - Elton John 175,000
28 28 Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake 175,000
29 29 All I Have - Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J 175,000
30 30 Stole - Kelly Rowland 170,000
31 35 Mandy - Westlife 170,000
32 31 Fly On The Wings Of Love - XTM & DJ Chucky Pts Annia 165,000
33 32 I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Darkness 165,000
34 33 Year 3000 - Busted 165,000
35 34 If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield 165,000
36 63 Proper Chrimbo - Bo Selecta 160,000
37 36 Fast Food Song - Fast Food Rockers 155,000
38 37 I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes And Mariah Carey 150,000
39 38 Baby Boy - Big Brovaz 150,000
40 39 Scandalous - Mis-Teeq 150,000

Top 75 YTD Singles Chart on dotmusic w/e 27-12-2003 ( 03-01-2004 not available at present]http://www.dotmusic.com/charts/ytdsingles.asp

A top 100 became available sooner than I thought:

UK Singles Sales 2003 Top 100 - Week 52

Sunday 29th December 2002 to Saturday 27th December 2003 [Chart date w/e 03-01-2004]
[with estimated sales rounded to nearest 5,000; (more exact sales in brackets)]

LW - last week position in Top 100 where known

Sources:
MWM = Music Week Magazine, MWW = Music Week Website, ROY = The Record of the Year, and TOTP = Top of the Pops Website

TW LW
1 1 Where Is The Love? - Black Eyed Peas 635,000 (545,000 MWM 01-11-03; 634,000 ROY 02-12-03)
2 2 Spirit In The Sky - Gareth Gates with Special Guests The Kumars 550,000 (551,527 MWM 25-10-03)
3 3 Ignition - R Kelly 475,000 (476,590 MWM 11-10-03)
4 17 Mad World - Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules 395,000 (227,547 MWM 21-12-2003)
5 5 Leave Right Now - Will Young 390,000
6 4 All The Things She Said - Tatu 335,000 (336,000 MWM 14-06-03)
7 15 Changes - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne 335,000
8 6 Breathe - Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul 325,000 (another few thousand on import)
9 7 Make Luv - Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham 315,000 (315,000 MWM 01-11-03; 311,000 ROY 02-12-03)
10 18 Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - Darkness 315,000 (222,561 MWM 21-12-2003)
11 8 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 300,000 (298,000 ROY 02-12-03; another few thousand on import)
12 9 White Flag - Dido 290,000 (290,000 ROY 02-12-03)
13 10 In Da Club - 50 Cent 270,000
14 12 Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle 270,000
15 11 Crazy In Love - Beyonce 265,000 (260,000 ROY 02-12-03)
16 13 Move Your Feet - Junior Senior 250,000 (250,000 MWM 01-11-03)
17 16 I’m Your Man - Shane Richie 250,000
18 14 Stop Living The Lie - David Sneddon 245,000
19 19 Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop feat. Crooklyn Clan 225,000 (235,000 ROY 02-12-03)
20 26 Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas 220,000
21 20 Sound Of The Underground - Girls Aloud 210,000
22 21 Sweet Dreams My LA Ex - Rachel Stevens 210,000
23 22 Beautiful - Christina Aguilera 200,000
24 23 Pretty Green Eyes - Ultrabeat 195,000 (197,000 MWM 29-11-03)
25 24 Lose Yourself - Eminem 195,000
26 25 Superstar - Jamelia 190,000
27 27 Are You Ready For Love? - Elton John 175,000
28 28 Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake 175,000
29 29 All I Have - Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J 175,000
30 30 Stole - Kelly Rowland 170,000
31 35 Mandy - Westlife 170,000
32 31 Fly On The Wings Of Love - XTM & DJ Chucky Pts Annia 165,000
33 32 I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Darkness 165,000
34 33 Year 3000 - Busted 165,000
35 34 If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield 165,000
36 63 Proper Chrimbo - Bo Selecta 160,000
37 36 Fast Food Song - Fast Food Rockers 155,000
38 37 I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes And Mariah Carey 150,000
39 38 Baby Boy - Big Brovaz 150,000
40 39 Scandalous - Mis-Teeq 150,000
41 40 Born To Try - Delta Goodrem 150,000
42 44 Jump - Girls Aloud 145,000
43 41 Hole In The Head - Sugababes 145,000
44 42 Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh) - Lumidee 145,000
45 43 Favourite Things - Big Brovaz 140,000
46 45 Loneliness - Tomcraft 130,000
47 46 The Boys Of Summer - DJ Sammy 130,000
48 48 Crashed The Wedding - Busted 125,000
49 47 No Letting Go - Wayne Wonder 120,000
50 49 03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay-Z feat. Beyonce Knowles 120,000
51 51 Guilty - Blue 115,000
52 50 Being Nobody - Richard X Vs Liberty X 115,000
53 52 Say Goodbye / Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You - S Club 115,000
54 53 Never Gonna Leave Your Side - Daniel Bedingfield 115,000
55 54 Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake 105,000
56 55 No Good Advice - Girls Aloud 105,000
57 56 Rise & Fall - Craig David feat. Sting 105,000
58 NEW Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - The Idols 105,000
59 57 You Said No - Busted 105,000
60 58 Me Against The Music - Britney Spears ft. Madonna 105,000
61 59 Tonight / Miss You Nights - Westlife 100,000
62 60 U Make Me Wanna - Blue 100,000
63 61 Sunrise - Simply Red 100,000
64 62 Get Busy - Sean Paul 95,000
65 64 I Can’t Break Down - Sinead Quinn 95,000
66 65 I Begin To Wonder - Dannii Minogue 95,000
67 66 Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) - Cheeky Girls 95,000
68 Hey Ya - Outkast 95,000
69 67 Satisfaction - Benny Benassi Presents The Biz 95,000
70 68 The Opera Song (Brave New World) - Jurgen Vries feat. CMC 95,000
71 69 Dance (With You) - Lemar 90,000
72 70 Songbird - Oasis 90,000
73 71 Mundian To Bach Ke - Punjabi MC 90,000
74 72 Slow - Kylie Minogue 90,000
75 73 Cry - Kym Marsh 90,000
76 Maybe That’s What It Takes - Alex Parks 90,000
77 74 Danger High Voltage - Electric Six 90,000
78 75 You’re A Superstar - Love Inc 85,000
79 Lost Without You - Delta Goodrem 85,000
80 X Gon Give It To Ya - DMX 85,000
81 Take Your Shoes Off - Cheeky Girls 85,000
82 True - Jaimeson feat. Angel Blu 80,000
83 Four Minute Warning - Mark Owen 80,000
84 Flip Reverse - Blazin’ Squad 75,000
85 All Over - Lisa Maffia 75,000
86 Sleeping With The Light On - Busted 75,000
87 Frontin’ - Pharrell Williams Ft Jay-Z 75,000
88 Like Glue - Sean Paul 75,000
89 Hey Whatever - Westlife 75,000
90 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Blue feat. Elton John 75,000
91 Feel Good Time - Pink Ft William Orbit 70,000
92 Life Got Cold - Girls Aloud 70,000
93 Something Beautiful - Robbie Williams 70,000
94 If You Come To Me - Atomic Kitten 70,000
95 Say It Isn’t So - Gareth Gates 70,000
96 Maybe - Emma 70,000
97 Baby Boy - Beyonce ft. Sean Paul 70,000
98 Hey Ma - Cameron Ft Juelz Santana 70,000
99 Fighter - Christina Aguilera 70,000
100 American Life - Madonna 65,000

Top 100 YTD Singles Chart on Radio 1 website

Bit of a drop for Emma - 70,000 considering her first three as part of the spice girls sold over a million copies each.

Does anyone know the last time a normal single sold over a million?

I think the last million sellers were 'Evergreen' and 'Unchained Melody'. Before that, it was Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'

See my thread "UK Singles Sales Top 100 - 2000 to 2003"

Kylie's Slow is suprising low.

In the year 2002, 226 million albums (value £1.1 billion) were shipped in the UK and 52.6 million singles (value £97million).

That's a ratio of over 4:1 in volume and 10:1 in value. Source: BPI Market Information release number 198, Feb 2003.

Shocking! Makes you wonder why there's all the fuss in the media about singles and even if they will die out completely in a few years

I hope your satisfied

this must hold the record for being the thread bumped after such a long time... 7 years!

In music the odd bump is okay.

I bumped this thread for 3 reasons:

1. to remind ourselves of some fab tunes from times gone by (Shane Ritchie )

2. To compare how buying of singles has changed and single sales

3. see how the world of music in general has changed


whats your thoughts?

Single sales so much better now. There's is about 7 or 8 songs so far this year that would top the list and we're not in the busy Xmas period yet

I thought they were dying out.

Or is it n
because 2003 was the peak of the limewire era

I only bought 2 of those top 100.

The singles charts have been crap for longer than I thought.

Single sales have ironically gotten stronger (although I can't say much about it in terms of quality imo)... Probably thanks to itunes and amazon. People would much rather spend 79p-99p on a single rather than £1.99 for a song on a cd.

Heres the top 20 of the year so far

1 - 1121000 - Adele - Someone Like You
2 - 916800 - Jessie J ft B.o.B. - Price Tag
3 - 905200 - LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
4 - 807000 - Bruno Mars - Grenade
5 - 801600 - Pitbull - Give Me Everything
6 - 744200 - Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor
7 - 724200 - Adele - Rolling In The Deep
8 - 617400 - Rihanna - S&M
9 - 571800 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way
10 - 563200 - Bruno Mars - Lazy Song
11 - 538400 - Chris Brown Ft Benny Benassi - Beautiful People
12 - 529200 - Ed Sheeran - A Team
13 - 525800 - Snoop Dogg & David Guetta - Sweat
14 - 525400 - Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
15 - 519000 - Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me
16 - 466800 - Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat
17 - 464800 - Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude
18 - 459000 - Chris Brown - Yeah 3x
19 - 446000 - DJ Fresh - Louder
20 - 417600 - Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath

oh im not having a go... i agree with your reasons, just noticing the huge gap!

It's amazing how much single sales have increased over the years!!

It's also pretty cool how a lot of the artists in that chart are still big, 8 years later. 50 Cent, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, the Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Rowland, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, and so on. All still around!

However, it's also shocking how DREADFUL chart music today is in comparison to back then. There's not that many songs nowadays that can really compare to the likes of Ignition, Lose Yourself, Where is the Love? and In Da Club.

Back then people probably looked back at 1998 and said the same thing, and then in a few years you will be looking back at 2011 saying how great it is compared to the dross charting in 2016