Paloma Faith: “A lot of people in my position would have given up”

As the singer plays down her success, we reveal her impressive chart stats.

Last week, OfficialCharts.com interviewed Paloma Faith to celebrate the success of Changing, the Number 1 single by Sigma on which she is a guest feature.

Aside from explaining excitedly how grateful she was to be involved with the track, we noticed that she seemed less sure of her own chart history. Watch what she had to say below:

She later told us: “I think a lot of people in my position would have given up a long time ago, or been dropped. But luckily, due to my kindness and the kindness of those around me, I’m still here and it’s my biggest achievement in the UK to date, so I’m really pleased!”

While it will come as surprise to some that Paloma has never had a UK Number 1 album or song as a lead artist (her highest charting single is this year’s Number 6 peak of Only Love Can Hurt Like This), we can reliably inform her (and you) that her chart stats are in fact rather impressive!

Paloma's total track sales to date amount to a mighty 1.8 million, which includes her six UK Top 40 hits. Her biggest-selling single is 2012’s Picking Up The Pieces, which peaked at Number 7 on the Official Singles Chart and has so far sold 350,000 copies. Check out her Top 5 best sellers below:

1	PICKING UP THE PIECES	350,000
2	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	305,000
3	NEW YORK	270,000
4	NEVER TEAR US APART	180,000
5	UPSIDE DOWN	138,000

Better known for her success in the albums market (all three have entered the Top 10), her sales in that department currently stand at 1.7 million in the UK alone; no mean feat for an artist only three records into their career.

Interestingly, her best-selling record so far is also her lowest charting; 2009’s Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? peaked at Number 9 but recently just tipped over the 700,000 sales mark. By comparison, 2012's Fall To Grace has shifted 620,000 copies, and her latest, A Perfect Contradiction - released in March this year - is currently on 331,000.

What’s more, she can expect that overall figure to increase significantly with the re-release of A Perfect Contradiction later this year. The repackage – released November 3 – features five new songs including forthcoming single Ready For The Good Life.

So there you have it, Paloma – proof that your success is definitely worth celebrating!