Britney Spears :: Charts & Sales History

[Instinct]

PromoSpears Excellent updates, all thanks to you! I cannot believe at Do Somethin - it was never promoted and still will be gold someday!
Toxic is exceeding everyone's expectation - it'll be her first diamond single in years. Hold Me closer platinum by this summer

Going by the current weekly average of 15-20K, Hold Me Closer will hit 1 million within a month. April is the month.

[And then we kiss]

Amazing update for the song that wasn’t even released in US and barely streamed, with 200k from the last update, Toxic will surpass the 7 million mark in the end of the year (and without Apple Music and pandora)

[PromoSpears]

PromoSpears Excellent updates, all thanks to you! I cannot believe at Do Somethin - it was never promoted and still will be gold someday!
Toxic is exceeding everyone's expectation - it'll be her first diamond single in years. Hold Me closer platinum by this summer

No problem and I think it will hit Platinum by the end of April and be certified by the label on May. Do Somethin' needs only 5,000 units (750,000 streams) to surpass gold ✨�

[PromoSpears]

Amazing update for the song that wasn’t even released in US and barely streamed, with 200k from the last update, Toxic will surpass the 7 million mark in the end of the year (and without Apple Music and pandora)

Those 6,7 million units are digital downloads and streams so I think it does include Apple Music streams?

[LostAvenger]

Britney Spears latest US units:

March 14, 2023

Toxic 6.7M
If U Seek Amy 2.3M
Hold Me Closer 935K
Do Somethin 495K

Great to see that Toxic will pass 7 million, Hold Me Closer will go Platinum, and Do Somethin' is so close to Gold

I'm pleasantly surprised to see If U Seek Amy over 2 million too!

[Instinct]

Those 6,7 million units are digital downloads and streams so I think it does include Apple Music streams?

Yes, these include Apple Music streams.

[Instinct]

Britney Spears best selling singles (SPS) in the US - physical copies excluded

6,700,000 - Toxic (Mar. 2023)
5,600,000 - Scream & Shout (Dec. 2022)
5,050,000 - Womanizer (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
4,900,000 - Circus (Jan. 2023)
3,900,000 - Till the World Ends (Jan. 2023)
3,500,000 - Gimme More (Dec. 2022)
2,990,000 - 3 (Feb. 2023)
2,794,000 - ...Baby One More Time (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
2,501,000 - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
2,500,000 - Work Bitch (Jan. 2023)
2,300,000 - If U Seek Amy (Mar. 2023)
2,220,000 - I Wanna Go (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,864,000 - Hold It Against Me (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,500,000 - I'm a Slave 4 U (Jan. 2023)
1,200,000 - Make Me... (Dec. 2022)
1,114,000 - Criminal (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,100,000 - (You Drive Me) Crazy (Dec. 2022)
1,100,000 - Break the Ice (Dec. 2022)
1,038,000 - Everytime (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,000,000 - Lucky (Dec. 2022)
1,000,000 - Stronger (Dec. 2022)
935,000 - Hold Me Closer (Mar. 2023)
875,000 - Radar (Dec. 2022)
800,000 - My Only Wish (This Year) (Dec. 2022)
800,000 - Pretty Girls (Dec. 2022)
700,000 - My Prerogative (Jan. 2023)
620,000 - Sometimes (Dec. 2022)
519,000 - Me Against the Music (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
495,000 - Do Somethin' (Mar. 2023)
460,000 - Perfume (Jan. 2023)
400,000 - Slumber Party (Dec. 2022)
400,000 - Ooh La La (Jan. 2023)
290,000 - SMS Bangerz (Feb. 2023)
250,000 - Toxic Pony (Dec. 2022)

I'm pretty sure OIDIA is well over 3M by now, as is BOMT. With physical sales, the latter is most likely reaching 5x Platinum this year.

* = figures posted by thebigham over a year ago. The rest comes from ChartData.

[Swimmingbritney]

Look at hold me closer!!!! I wonder where it will be at by the end of this year? I’m thinking close to 1.4 million by years end

[Instinct]

Highest peaking songs by pre-digital era female artists - 2020s

Australia
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #1
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #1
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - #2
P!nk - Cover Me in Sunshine - #6
P!nk, Keith Urban - One Too Many - #6
Latto, Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled - Big Energy (Remix) - #6
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - #6
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride - #9
Beyoncé - Cuff It - #8

United Kingdom
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #1
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - #2
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #3
The Pogues (feat. Kirsty MacColl) - Fairytale of New York - #4
Beyoncé - Cuff It - #5
P!nk, Rag'n'Bone Man - Anywhere Away from Here - #9

United States
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #1
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - #1
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - #2
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #6
Beyoncé - Cuff It - #6
Karol G, Shakira - TQG - #7
Shakira, Bizarrap - Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 - #9
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride - #10

Canada
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #1
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - #1
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #3
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - #4
Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree - #9

New Zealand
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #1
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - #1
Beyoncé - Cuff It - #3
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #4

The top 5 biggest Anglo music markets Feel free to let me know if I'm missing anyone!

Just realized I forgot Ireland

Ireland
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - #1
Britney Spears, Elton John - Hold Me Closer - #2
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - #2
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - #3
The Pogues (feat. Kirsty MacColl) - Fairytale of New York - #4
Beyoncé - Cuff It - #6

[Swimmingbritney]

Also that’s a total of 70 million single sales in the USA! Talk about under certified or what!

I reckon her total usa units total would be around 120 million when you then combine album sales to that total

[adamf2thedeath]

Britney Spears best selling singles (SPS) in the US - physical copies excluded

6,700,000 - Toxic (Mar. 2023)
5,600,000 - Scream & Shout (Dec. 2022)
5,050,000 - Womanizer (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
4,900,000 - Circus (Jan. 2023)
3,900,000 - Till the World Ends (Jan. 2023)
3,500,000 - Gimme More (Dec. 2022)
2,990,000 - 3 (Feb. 2023)
2,794,000 - ...Baby One More Time (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
2,501,000 - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
2,500,000 - Work Bitch (Jan. 2023)
2,300,000 - If U Seek Amy (Mar. 2023)
2,220,000 - I Wanna Go (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,864,000 - Hold It Against Me (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,500,000 - I'm a Slave 4 U (Jan. 2023)
1,200,000 - Make Me... (Dec. 2022)
1,100,000 - (You Drive Me) Crazy (Dec. 2022)
1,100,000 - Break the Ice (Dec. 2022)
1,038,000 - Everytime (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
1,000,000 - Lucky (Dec. 2022)
1,000,000 - Stronger (Dec. 2022)
935,000 - Hold Me Closer (Mar. 2023)
875,000 - Radar (Dec. 2022)
800,000 - My Only Wish (This Year) (Dec. 2022)
800,000 - Pretty Girls (Dec. 2022)
700,000 - My Prerogative (Jan. 2023)
620,000 - Sometimes (Dec. 2022)
519,000 - Me Against the Music (Jan/Feb. 2022)*
495,000 - Do Somethin' (Mar. 2023)
460,000 - Perfume (Jan. 2023)
400,000 - Slumber Party (Dec. 2022)
400,000 - Ooh La La (Jan. 2023)
290,000 - SMS Bangerz (Feb. 2023)
250,000 - Toxic Pony (Dec. 2022)

I'm pretty sure OIDIA is well over 3M by now, as is BOMT. With physical sales, the latter is most likely reaching 5x Platinum this year.

* = figures posted by thebigham over a year ago. The rest comes from ChartData.

How is criminal sales wise? I know it does really well on streaming seems it did nothing when released.

[Instinct]

How is criminal sales wise? I know it does really well on streaming seems it did nothing when released.

I knew I was missing something!

1,114,000 - Criminal (Jan/Feb. 2022)*

[Choley]

HMC,Radar and My Only Wish will also hit Platinum.25 Platinum eligible single is pretty good to me actually.

Do we know or estimate about these songs (including physical sales)

• Overprotected
• Not A Girl
• Boys

[britneylinda]

[JeremySpears]

That is insane There will never be another Britney Spears

[And then we kiss]

Love to see it, wonder how many source will Wikipedia and the GP needs to understand that baby has sold over 30 million

[PromoSpears]

Love to see it, wonder how many source will Wikipedia and the GP needs to understand that baby has sold over 30 million

If you look at Britney Spears merchbar bomt vinyl, in its description it says that bomt sold 32 million copies worldwide

[Instinct]

Rolling Stone does not track worldwide sales and more often than not, record sales are mistaken for album sales. We have official figures from her record label which are definitely more accurate.

As of April 2000, ...Baby One More Time had sold 22 million copies worldwide (and 11 million singles).


20 million in 1999 alone:


The 28 million figure definitely was referring to record sales, because even her label used it (and specified records):


30 million pure sales is unrealistic.

[Instinct]

13 songs with over 100K streams yesterday

Lucky is #3 on Throwback Thursday, so hopefully it does 100K+ tomorrow

[Instinct]

[Nost]

UK :

#79 (+8) The Singles Collection

[Swimmingbritney]

TSC heading for 500k

[Instinct]

I found this from 2015

Albums with most #1 hits in Australia:

1. Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes (2003) - 5 #1 hits
2. ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 3 #1 hits
2. ABBA - Arrival (1976) - 3 #1 hits
2. Britney Spears - In the zone (2003) - 3 #1 hits
2. Kylie Minogue - Kylie (1988) - 3 #1 hits
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012 / 2013) - 3 #1 hits
2. Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 3 #1 hits
2. The Black eyed peas - The E.N.D (2009) - 3 #1 hits

• In Australia, "In The Zone" Is One Of Only Three Albums To Have All Singles Go To #1

Is this still true as of 2023? Anyone know? Perhaps Choley has the tea. Also, I wonder what the third album is? Innocent Eyes had all of its five singles go #1, In the Zone had all three, but every other album on this list had a couple misses.

[babyshower]

In The Zone is really that B! If she had released that album in a not so competitive week, it would've been #1 everywhere

[Choley]

I found this from 2015

• In Australia, "In The Zone" Is One Of Only Three Albums To Have All Singles Go To #1

Is this still true as of 2023? Anyone know? Perhaps Choley has the tea. Also, I wonder what the third album is? Innocent Eyes had all of its five singles go #1, In the Zone had all three, but every other album on this list had a couple misses.

It's still true!

• Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes (2003-04)
• Britney Spears - In The Zone (2003-04)
• Guy Sebastian - Jus as I Am (2003-04)*

* The record breaking album only had two singles which
both went #1 but a record is a record.