CSPC: Wham! & George Michael Popularity Analysis

BONUS – Singles Ranking

Below is the Top 10 list of albums that totaled the highest number of singles sales among all records studied so far. George Michael registers an impressive one entry plus two bubbling under.

1 1978 Soundtrack – Grease – 24,400,000
2 1977 Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever – 19,810,000
3 1984 Wham! – Make It Big – 13,890,000
4 1992 Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard – 13,580,000
5 1979 Bee Gees – Spirits Having Flown – 13,170,000
6 1986 Madonna – True Blue – 12,200,000
7 1984 Madonna – Like A Virgin – 12,100,000
8 1996 Spice Girls – Spice – 11,350,000
9 1967 Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour – 11,150,000
9 1965 Beatles – Help! – 11,150,000

1986 Wham! – Music from the Edge of Heaven – 10,150,000
1987 George Michael – Faith – 9,060,000

The following Top 10 is quite simply the highest selling physical singles out of well past 1,000 hits covered up to now. George Michael’s leading hit make its entry with Careless Whisper being topped only by one non-Soundtrack non-Orphan hit, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

1 1992 – Soundtrack / Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You [The Bodyguard] – 10,560,000
2 1978 – Soundtrack – You’re the One That I Want [Grease] – 10,400,000
3 1968 – Beatles – Hey Jude [Orphan] – 8,200,000
4 1997 – Soundtrack / Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On [Let’s Talk About Love] – 8,100,000
5 1963 – Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand [Orphan] – 7,800,000
6 1977 – Soundtrack / Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive [Saturday Night Fever] – 6,470,000
7 1975 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody [A Night At The Opera] – 6,400,000
8 1984 – George Michael – Careless Whisper [Make It Big] – 6,290,000
9 1999 – Britney Spears –  …Baby One More Time […Baby One More Time] – 6,000,000
10 1979 – Bee Gees – Too Much Heaven [Spirits Having Flown] – 5,640,000