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02-02-2003, 4:46pm
Robbie Williams sells 5,000 a day
By Adam Sherwin, Media Reporter
ROBBIE WILLIAMS has sold 9.7 million albums in Britain over the past five years - an average of more than 5,000 every day.
The singer easily took the top spot yesterday in a chart of album sales from 1998 to 2002. Second place was taken by the Irish band The Corrs, who sold 5.8 million. Westlife were third with 5.1 million and Madonna fourth with 5 million.
Few contemporary artists can match the Beatles despite the fact that their final album Let it Be was released in 1970. The fab four were the fifth bestseller with 4.7 million sales, boosted by the release of their 1 singles compilation.
Ireland has three entries in the top ten, with U2 joining The Corrs and Westlife. But there is not one contemporary English rock band. The top ten includes the Scottish band Travis and Welsh rockers the Stereophonics. Manufactured pop acts which dominate the singles charts are now breaking through into the albums market. Steps, who quit at their peak, sold 4.4 million.
Oasis and Coldplay made the top 20, where death is no barrier to healthy sales. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley shifted more than two million albums, as did the back catalogues of the defunct Abba and Queen.
Top ten: 1 Robbie Williams, 9.7 million; 2 The Corrs, 5.8 million; 3 Westlife, 5.1 million; 4 Madonna, 5 million; 5 The Beatles, 4.7 million; 6 Steps, 4.4 million; 7 Shania Twain, 4.1 million; 8 U2, 4 million; 9 Travis, 3.9million 10 Stereophonics, 3.7 million
By Adam Sherwin, Media Reporter
ROBBIE WILLIAMS has sold 9.7 million albums in Britain over the past five years - an average of more than 5,000 every day.
The singer easily took the top spot yesterday in a chart of album sales from 1998 to 2002. Second place was taken by the Irish band The Corrs, who sold 5.8 million. Westlife were third with 5.1 million and Madonna fourth with 5 million.
Few contemporary artists can match the Beatles despite the fact that their final album Let it Be was released in 1970. The fab four were the fifth bestseller with 4.7 million sales, boosted by the release of their 1 singles compilation.
Ireland has three entries in the top ten, with U2 joining The Corrs and Westlife. But there is not one contemporary English rock band. The top ten includes the Scottish band Travis and Welsh rockers the Stereophonics. Manufactured pop acts which dominate the singles charts are now breaking through into the albums market. Steps, who quit at their peak, sold 4.4 million.
Oasis and Coldplay made the top 20, where death is no barrier to healthy sales. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley shifted more than two million albums, as did the back catalogues of the defunct Abba and Queen.
Top ten: 1 Robbie Williams, 9.7 million; 2 The Corrs, 5.8 million; 3 Westlife, 5.1 million; 4 Madonna, 5 million; 5 The Beatles, 4.7 million; 6 Steps, 4.4 million; 7 Shania Twain, 4.1 million; 8 U2, 4 million; 9 Travis, 3.9million 10 Stereophonics, 3.7 million