News October 27, 2015

Blurred Lines and Midnight Memories top 2013 global sales charts

One Direction fever is now officially a worldwide epidemic, with the UK lads’ third album Midnight Memories the highest selling record worldwide in 2013.

These figures come from IFPI’s Digital Music Report 2014, which also saw the launch of the Global Recording Artist Chart, which tracks artists’ popularity across multiple channels: plays on YouTube and streaming services, download stores, and physical charts. One Direction also topped this chart.

Top ten charts for Singles, Albums and Recording Artists are below.

Rank	Artist
1	One Direction
2	Eminem
3	Justin Timberlake
4	Bruno Mars
5	Katy Perry
6	P!nk
7	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
8	Rihanna
9	Michael Bublé
10	Daft Punk

Source: IFPI

Rank	Artist	Album	Total sales (m)
1	One Direction	Midnight Memories	4.0
2	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	3.8
3	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience	3.6
4	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	3.2
5	Daft Punk	Random Access Memories	3.2
6	Katy Perry	PRISM	2.8
7	Michael Bublé	To Be Loved	2.4
8	Imagine Dragons	Night Visions	2.4
9	Lady Gaga	ARTPOP	2.3
10	Beyoncé	BEYONCÉ	2.3

Source: IFPI

Rank	Artist	Single	Total units (m)
1	Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell	Blurred Lines	14.8
2	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz	Thrift Shop	13.4
3	Avicii	Wake Me Up	11.1
4	P!nk ft. Nate Ruess	Just Give Me a Reason	9.9
5	Katy Perry	Roar	9.9
6	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers	Get Lucky	9.3
7	Imagine Dragons	Radioactive	8.6
8	Bruno Mars	When I Was Your Man	8.3
9	will.i.am ft. Britney Spears	Scream & Shout	8.1
10	Rihanna	Stay	7.9