Most recently the No.1 singles have sold a lot less than 100,000 copies.. In fact since 2002 they have been in steep decline.
In 2006 on average just 30,000 copies sold could get you a number one.
13000 copies is a top ten smash now!
In fact you only needed to sell about 2500 copies to make the top 40 in the UK!
source -
http://www.everyhit.com/faqs.html
I hope we can do this - I think it would be cool for us to achieve this, just to see what we can do!
Remember buy Roxanne from the Outlandos D Amour album online on April 2nd!!
We all need to buy it in the same week (w/c April 2nd) for us to be most effective!
Until then - spread the word online!