Bleeding Love - Chart Performance

Chart Performance

"Bleeding Love" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number one on 28 October 2007. With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from The X Factor to achieve two UK number-one singles. It was reported to be outselling Take That's "Rule the World" by three-to-one in chain store Woolworths, and Britney Spears' "Gimme More" by ten-to-one. It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "When You Believe" by Leon Jackson was released in December 2007. In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies, and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release. It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, the longest run from a UK female solo artist in chart history. By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts. "Bleeding Love" was certified platinum on 18 January 2008. On 8 November 2010 it was confirmed by the Official Charts Company that "Bleeding Love" had sold total of 1,000,534 copies in the UK, making it the 103rd song overall to sell a million copies in the chart's history, with Lewis the 14th female singer to achieve the feat.

In Australia, "Bleeding Love" debuted at number nine on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on 24 December 2007, and on 21 January 2008, topped the chart. On 10 February 2008, the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000. In New Zealand, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since the Sugababes topped the chart in January 2006; it stayed at number one for five weeks. It also reached number one in Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. In Spain, the single reached number two on the Spanish Singles Chart by PROMUSICAE. It was certificated Platinum with sales over 40,000 units. "Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Latin America, Estonia and Japan. In the Greek Airplay Chart, it reached number two. In Italy the song peaked at number 2 on the FIMI singles chart based only on digital downloads; instead it peaked at number 1 on the Italian Musica&Dischi singles chart, which is based on digital downloads and CD single sales, for 13 non-consecutive weeks.

In the United States, the single was released digitally on 18 December 2007, and debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 11. The song officially debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 1 March 2008 at number 85. The song became Lewis's first U.S. top ten hit, and reached number one on Billboards Hot 100 chart three separate times, each for a one-week run. It also hit number one on subsidiary charts, including Hot Digital Songs, and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, where it spent 52 weeks. Lewis is the third female artist from the UK to have a number one hit with a debut U.S. single, following Petula Clark with "Downtown" (1965) and Sheena Easton with "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (1981). The song has sold 4.277 million digital downloads in the U.S. by November 2011. It became the second single to have three separate turns atop the Hot 100, following Chic's "Le Freak" (1979). During this time, the parent album Spirit debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to simultaneously top both the Billboard albums and singles charts. On the Billboard End of Decade Chart, "Bleeding Love" was 17th. The song also reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100 dated 5 April 2008.