Ke$ha topped the global top 10 singles chart in 2010 with sales of 12.8 million copies of Tik Tok.
This compares to 9.8 million copies of Lady Gaga's Poker Face 
which topped the chart in 2009.| ARTIST | TITLE | SALES (m) | |
1 | Ke$ha | TiK ToK | 12.8 |
2 | Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé | Bad Romance | 9.7 |
3 | Eminem feat. Rihanna | Love The Way You Lie | 9.3 |
4 | Lady Gaga | Telephone | 7.4 |
5 | Usher feat. Will.i.am | OMG | 6.9 |
6 | Katy Perry | California Gurls | 6.7 |
7 | Train | Hey, Soul Sister | 6.6 |
8 | Justin Bieber | Baby | 6.4 |
9 | Black Eyed Peas | I Gotta Feeling | 6.1 |
10 | Paramore | crushcrushcrush | 6.1 |
Notice anything about these? They're all from major labels. The lesson is that major labels are still a necessity if you really want to break out big worldwide, at least as the industry is currently configured.
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