Description

In recent years "Hallelujah" has been performed by a large number and broad range of artists, both on recordings and in concert. RIAA, CRIA, ARIA and IFPI statistics alone show that, prior to late 2008, more than five million copies of the song sold in CD format. Top-selling versions included those by Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley. As well, Buckley's 1994 studio version of Hallelujah was certified platinum, for sales over one million, as a single by the RIAA on April 22, 2008. The song has enjoyed renewed commercial success as a digital download single in the UK in late 2008, when a version by X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley's best known version made the # 1 and 2 positions respectively in the UK Singles Chart each selling hundreds of thousands of copies as a single.