[PAR] [TLE] Rick Astley [SEP] Richard Paul "Rick" Astley ( ; born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality.  His 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was a No. 1 hit single in 25 countries and won the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single.  By the time of his retirement in 1993, Astley had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide. [PAR] [TLE] O'Chi Brown [SEP] O'Chi Brown (born Doris Gubbins) is an English singer and songwriter born in Tottenham, London, England.  She scored two hits on the Dance Club Songs, the most successful being "Whenever You Need Somebody," which hit number one in 1986.  The song's producers (Stock Aitken Waterman) would recycle the song for English singer Rick Astley a year later, and it would be the title of his debut studio album on PWL.
[PAR] [TLE] Rick Astley [ SEP ] Richard Paul " Rick " Astley ( ; born 6 February 1966 ) is an English singer , songwriter and radio personality . His 1987 song " Never Gon na Give You Up " was a No . 1 hit single in 25 countries and won the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single . By the time of his retirement in 1993 , Astley had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide . [PAR] [TLE] O'Chi Brown [ SEP ] O'Chi Brown ( born Doris Gubbins ) is an English singer and songwriter born in Tottenham , London , England . She scored two hits on the Dance Club Songs , the most successful being " Whenever You Need Somebody , " which hit number one in 1986 . The song 's producers ( Stock Aitken Waterman ) would recycle the song for English singer Rick Astley a year later , and it would be the title of his debut studio album on PWL .
"Whenever You Need Somebody" by O'Chi Brown was recycled by the song's producers for an English singer who by time of his retirement in 1993 had sold approximately how many records worldwide?
" Whenever You Need Somebody " by O'Chi Brown was recycled by the song 's producers for an English singer who by time of his retirement in 1993 had sold approximately how many records worldwide ?
40 million
40 million