Isn't there like a link with all the sales from X-Factor acts or something that goes from #1-#70

If there is can i have it, thanks

01. Alexandra Burke - Halleujah - 1,220,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
02. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal - 1,100,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
03. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - 1,020,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
04. Matt Cardle - When We Collide - 980,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
05. Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This - 880,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
06. X Factor Finalists 2008 - Hero - 820,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
07. Joe McElderry - The Climb - 800,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
08. Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys - 730,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
09. Leona Lewis - Run - 710,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
10. JLS - Beat Again - 540,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
11. Leon Jackson - When You Believe - 505,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
12. JLS - Everybody In Love - 440,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
13. X Factor Finalists 2009 - You Are Not Alone - 400,000
14. Olly Murs - Please Don't Let Me Go - 360,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
15. JLS - Love You More - 350,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
16. Olly Murs - Thinking Of Me - 345,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
17. JLS - One Shot - 330,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
18. X Factor Finalists 2010 - Heroes - 320,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
19. Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels - 310,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
20. Leona Lewis - Better In Time - 290,000
21. JLS - Eyes Wide Shut - 287,300 (as of 28/08/2011)
22. Alexandra Burke - All Night Long - 285,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
23. Alexandra Burke - Start Without You - 265,000 (as of 03/01/2011)
24. Leona Lewis - Happy - 250,000
25. JLS - The Club Is Alive - 250,000 (as of 20/02/2011)
26. JLS - She Makes Me Wanna 235,000 (as of 28/08/2011)
27. Shayne Ward - No Promises - 228,000 (as of 08/08/2011)
28. Diana Vickers - Once - 208,000 (as of 08/08/2010)
29. Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds - 205,000
30. Shayne Ward - You Hang Up - 167,000
31. Leona Lewis - Forgive Me - 155,000
32. Chico - It's Chico Time - 150,000
33. Jedward - Under Pressure - 140,000
34. Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger 137,500 (as of 28/08/2011)
35. Shayne Ward - Breathless - 130,000)
36. Leona Lewis - I Got You - 115,000 (as of 08/08/2011)
37. Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat - 109,151 (as of 28/08/2011)
38. Joe McElderry - Ambitions - 88,000 (as of 08/08/2011)
39. Leon Jackson - Don't Call This Love - 85,000
40. Shayne Ward - Gotta Be Somebody - 62,000 (as of 08/08/2011)
41. Leona Lewis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out (2009) 62,000
42. Alexandra Burke – The Silence (2010) 61,000
43. Olly Murs – Heart On My Sleeve (2011) 58,000
44. Olly Murs – Busy (2011) 56,120
45. Diana Vickers – My Wicked Heart (2010) 46,000
46. Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand (2008) 45,000
47. Diana Vickers – The Boy Who Murdered Love (2010) 44,000
48. Same Difference – We R One (2008) 35,000
49. G4 - Bohemian Rhapsody (2005) 30,000
50. Shayne Ward – Stand By Me (2006) 20,000
51. Laura White – You Should Have Known (2009) 17,000
52. Maria Lawson – Sleepwalking (2006) 15,000
53. Chico – Disco (2006) 15,000
54. Andy Abraham – December Brings Me Back To You (2008) 10,000
55. Leona Lewis – The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (2007) 9000
56. Shayne Ward – If That’s Ok With You (2007) 8000
57. Leona Lewis – Forgiveness (2007) 7500
58. Joe McElderry- Someone Wake Me Up (2010) 5800
59. Leona Lewis – Whatever It Takes (2007) 5500
60. Olly Murs – This One’s For The Girls (2010) 5500
61. Chico – Curvy Cola Bottle Body (2007) 5000
62. Andy Abraham – Even If (2008) 4000
63. Leona Lewis – Take A Bow (2008?) 3500
64. JLS – Umbrella (2009) 3000
65. Alexandra Burke featuring Ne-Yo – Good Night, Good Morning (2009) 2500
66. JLS – Crazy For You (2010) 2000
67. Same Difference - Shine On Forever - 2,000

01. Leona Lewis – Spirit 3,027,000
02. JLS – JLS 1,350,345 (500 a week)
03. Alexandra Burke – Overcome 788,000
04. Leona Lewis – Echo 645,000
05. JLS – Outta This World 624,075
06. Olly Murs – Olly Murs 614,000
07. G4 – G4 575,000
08. Shayne Ward – Shayne Ward 531,659
09. Shayne Ward – Breathless 459,545
10. Journey South – Journey South 405,000
11. Rhydian – Rhydian 404,355
12. G4 – G4 & Friends 350,000
13. Andy Abraham – The Impossible Dream 315,000
14. Steve Brookstein – Heart & Soul 250,000
15. Ray Quinn – Doing It My Way 240,000
16. Leon Jackson – Right Now 150,000
17. Diana Vickers – Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree 133,000
18. Andy Abraham – Soul Man 120,000
19. G4 – Act Three 118,000
20. Same Difference – Pop 112,000
21. Joe McElderry – Wide Awake 97,000
22. Rhydian – O Fortuna 93,250
23. Mary Byrne – Mine & Yours 56,000
24. Shayne Ward – Obsession 55,000
25. Joe McElderry - Classic 35,609
26. Jedward - Planet Jedward - 31,251
27. Eoghan Quigg – Eoghan Quigg – 30,000
28. Macdonald Brothers – Macdonald Brothers 25,000
29. Macdonald Brothers – World Outside 10,000
30. Steve Brookstein – 40000 Things 7,000
31. Macdonald Brothers – Young Celts 5,000
32. Jedward - Victory 3,275
33. Rhydian – Waves 2,935
34. Same Difference - The Rest Is History 500

Very interesting, I like it when people post this sort of info. Thanks

Very impressive full list, thanks Shadow 2009! The 10 singles I like best are at nos 14, 28, 31, 36, 37, 45, 48, 49, 51 and 54. With the amount of X Factor hits accelerating, we could reach 100 by the end of next year or soon after!

Alexandra has the UK record for the most sales by a female solo artist. And she set the record for the most sales in 24 hours across Europe.

I do wonder why SYCO have never thought of making a 'best of' compilation album.

The "Top 200 Albums of 2005" from the sales figure archive on Haven has Steve Brookstein's Heart and Soul selling 102,000 copies that year. And I doubt he has sold 148,000 since.

IIRC, 250k was the number Syco were putting out. But asking a record exec about sales is like asking a man how big his penis is. You'll never get an honest answer.

Most of that list does seem to be right, though. Very interesting, thanks for posting!

Bad Boys did very well then. I would have expected it to reach about 500K. It was eaten up by Fight For This Love and the charity single.

Leon has sold more than Diana and everyone refers to him as a flop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yay! Leona rules!!

O yeah, Alex is not 1,220,000. It has sold 1,190,000.

Joe McElderry's Classic has to date sold 119,181 - the figure in the OP is 1 weeks sales

Jedward - Lipstick isn't on the list - pretty sure it sold more copies than Same Difference's shine on forever although maybe not many more in the UK.

Those sales above relate to the UK only. If we took international sales into consideration, Lipstick would do well on this table as it charted in 11 countries and went top 5 in four of them.

Surprised how well Rhydian has done with O Fortuna and Rhydian (his first album) - its such a shame the sales for Waves disappoint

I'm sure Ben Mills first album got to number 3 in the charts so it's clearly sold more than 500 copies, so why isn't it on the list?

Very interesting indeed - especially the album sales. Isn't there a way to pin this info to keep it on the thread and then update it (mods?)


But wasn't that his winner's single which would make him the worst seller of the lot other than Brookstein.

Some of these single sales are a lot better than I'd realised - staggered that Diana sold more than Cher for her first single and that 1D are still a long way from the top (though obviously it's still selling heavily). I say this only because I had (obviously naively) thought that other than JLS and Leona, the others didn't have great sales and that the 2010 competitors would outsell them all but clearly I was wrong.

Very interesting indeed - especially the album sales. Isn't there a way to pin this info to keep it on the thread and then update it (mods?)


But wasn't that his winner's single which would make him the worst seller of the lot other than Brookstein.

Some of these single sales are a lot better than I'd realised - staggered that Diana sold more than Cher for her first single and that 1D are still a long way from the top (though obviously it's still selling heavily). I say this only because I had (obviously naively) thought that other than Leona, the others didn't have great sales and that the 2010 competitors would outsell them all but clearly I was wrong. In particular I assumed 1D would beat JLS but they have to sell another 100K units to catch JLS's worst selling single.

Shows what I know

Indeed, Eurostar—and if the chart was limited to international sales outside the UK and Eire it would be a very truncated affair, because other than Leona, Alexandra, Jedward, and JLS (?), I don't think any of these acts have sold anything.

But their single has only been out a week, and if they sign with a record label in America, their global sales will be what most will be ineterested in.
I think as Matt won the show, people will be more inerested in seeing how his next single and album performs in comparison to the other winners.

I was going to mention that - he got a gold disc so must have shifted over 100k

Yes, surely Leona Lewis would top the international sales chart. Didn't she have a no1 in America .

I wasn't saying that they wouldn't get there I'd be surprised if they don't but I was just expecting them to blow JLS out of the water I guess - and you're right if they crack the US they will. Every kid I know loves 1D whereas JLS don't seem to have the same universal appeal.

I'm not sure that winning or not makes any difference any more when the runner up acts get the same contract with the same timescales and same promotion (or better in some cases - look at Olly) but you're right no doubt people will be looking at Matt's sales with a microscope but personally I'll be happy so long as he sells enough albums for Columbia to renew his record contract.

There is no official world sales charts but I think roughly she has sold about 9m albums and 18m singles in total, so yes she'd top the non UK chart by a mile.

I'm not going to do do the sums but my gut feeling is that she has sold more than all the other X Factor acts combined(total worldwide). Somebody else can do all the hard work and show I'm wrong

Not even JLS Tommy : they've never had a hit single or album outside the UK and Ireland.

As it stands, Leona, Alexandra and Jedward are the only acts from the X Factor to have charted in Europe (and beyond).

Without a shadow of a doubt : Leona is by far the most successful international act to emerge from the X Factor UK.