"There is a light at the end of the Beckhams' hebdomadis horribilis: Victoria Beckham has the UK's highest-selling single of the week with Not Such an Innocent Girl, originally released in 2001. After her eldest son Brooklyn's bombshell revelations about the rift with his parents, including his horrified account of his mother dancing on him at his wedding to Nicola Peltz in 2022, fans taking mater and pater Beckham's side in the celeb gossip of the year showed their support by buying MP3s of Beckham's debut solo single."
"The song has made No 1 on two fringe charts, the Official Singles Sales chart and the Official Download chart, but has not cracked the primary Top 100, which combines streams and sales to determine chart placings. At No 100 on that chart is Myles Smith with 5,258 combined units for his 2024 single Stargazing; exact numbers for Beckham's song were not made available by the Official Charts Company, though it said sales and streams of the song had risen 19,615% since last week."
"The sales and download chart placings in effect give Beckham her first No 1 chart placings since the Spice Girls' Holler/Let Love Lead the Way in 2000. The five-piece had nine UK No 1 singles, the highest of any girl group, but Beckham never achieved a No 1 as a solo artist: Out of Your Mind was beaten by Spiller and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)."
Victoria Beckham's Not Such an Innocent Girl became the UK's highest-selling single of the week after a surge in purchases. The resurgence followed Brooklyn Beckham's revelations about a family rift and his horrified account of his mother dancing on him at his 2022 wedding, prompting fans to buy MP3s of her debut solo single. The track topped the Official Singles Sales and Official Download charts but did not enter the combined Official Top 100, which includes streaming. Myles Smith held No 100 with 5,258 combined units; the Official Charts Company reported a 19,615% rise in Beckham's song activity without releasing exact unit numbers. Beckham last had No 1 placings with the Spice Girls in 2000 and had never achieved a solo No 1.
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