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25. Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway

Charted: 18-10-09

Chart Run: 29-10-3-3-3-1-1-1-4-6-6 [11 wks]*

Sales Peak: #1 (1 week)

Airplay Peak: #3

Multichart Peak: #2

 

 

At 25, we have a band who've had a phenomenally successful year, evven on Buzzjack where you might not expect them not to. This song was an unexpected smash in the last few months of this year, and it's still charting too! Expect to see these guys at least once more later!

24. Taylor Swift – Love Story

Charted: 15-02-09

Chart Run: 32-10-3-3-1-2-3-5-8-9-15-27-30-35 [14 wks]

Sales Peak: #2

Airplay Peak: #1 (1 week)

Multichart Peak: #5

 

 

Every so often, a huge UK hit comes along from a genre that never really does well in the UK, and in 2009 it was the tyrn of country. What was it about this song? It conquered the charts, especially airplay, despite being (in my opinion at least) pretty bland and uninteresting :kink:

23. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind

Charted: 20-09-09

Chart Run: 32-17-6-4-7-6-7-8-11-19-19-13-14-19-20 [15 wks]

Sales Peak: #2

Airplay Peak: #5

Multichart Peak: #12

 

 

2009 has been a big year for Jay-Z and 2010 looks like being a big one for Alicia. That said, this is the highest charting song fot either of them in this chart of the year/ Better ;uck next time ;)

22. JLS – Beat Again

Charted: 28-06-09

Chart Run: 32-23-22-5-6-7-6-10-13-13-15-21-21-27-36-32-25-32-35-xx-37 [20 wks]

Sales Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

Airplay Peak: #1 (3 weeks)

Multichart Peak: #21

 

 

This time a year ago, would anyone have predicted the success that these guys have had in airplay and sales? Louis Walsh, maybe. I guess this provea there's still a market for boybands, if maybe not on Buzzjack, where whey never cracked the top 20 on the Multichart yet! Expect to see this a lot higher on the sales chart of the year.

And the last one for now...

 

21. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody

Charted: 2008

Chart Run: **-5-7-6-8-12-12-8-13-14-16-19-22-21-27-25-35-34-38 [18+ wks]

Sales Peak: #3

Airplay Peak: #9

Multichart Peak: #10

 

 

First charting in 2008 (before the time that Peter was calculating this chart), this was one of the biggest rock hits of the year, having done better than Sex On Fire on airplay and multichart, since it is debaably the better song. This ia their bbiggest hit this year, so that means that no Sex On Fire in here...

So to recap, this is what we've got so far:

 

21 Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody

22 JLS – Beat Again

23 Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind

24 Taylor Swift – Love Story

25 Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway

26 David Guetta feat. Akon – Sexy Bitch

27 Pink – Please Don’t Leave Me

28 Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

29 Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye West – Knock You Down

30 Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone

31 Little Boots – Remedy

32 Shakira – She Wolf

33 Jordin Sparks – Battlefield

34 Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor

35 Pixie Lott – Mama Do

36 Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz – Number One

37 Lady GaGa – Bad Romance

38 Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart

39 Pixie Lott – Boys and Girls

40 Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic

 

We'll be back tomorrow with 20-11, leading up to the big top 10 on New Years Day :cheer:

Here we go with the Top 20 biggest singles of 2009 based on sales, airplay, and the all-important multichart. First off is....

 

20. Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow

 

Charted: 11-01-09

Chart Run: 36-22-12-6-4-3-3-5-7-7-9-10-15-22-32 [15 wks]

Sales Peak: #3

Airplay Peak: #3

Multichart Peak: #4

 

19. Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You

 

Charted: 01-02-09

Chart Run: 32-29-28-23-4-1-2-4-5-6-6-13-16-16-21-27 [16 wks]

Sales Peak: #1 (1 week)

Airplay Peak: #3

Multichart Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

 

 

I bet most people tend to forget this was only a hit in 2009, it seems to have been around forever! A big hit on the multichart, this only managed one week at the top of this chart thanks to its airplay being surprisingly slow to pick up.

18. A.R. Rahman feat. Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)

 

Charted: 22-03-09

Chart Run: 29-12-3-2-2-2-1-6-5-7-9-14-18-27 [14 wks]

Sales Peak: #3

Airplay Peak: #1 (1 week)

Multichart Peak: #2

 

 

This seemed to be everywhere in the spring, and despite being stuck at number 2 behind somebody called Lady GaGa on this chart for a few weeks, it managed to sneak a turn at the top in a quiet week.

17. La Roux – In For The Kill

 

Charted: 22-03-09

Chart Run: 23-24-17-10-11-9-10-9-10-14-16-20-23-31-25-28-30-36-31-32-38 [21 wks]

Sales Peak: #2

Airplay Peak: #20

Multichart Peak: #7

 

 

Surprised? The biggest selling non-number one single of the year, the lack of airplay for this track really drags this down. Still, it's one of the longest staying songs on this chart this past year.

16. Daniel Merriweather – Red

 

Charted: 03-05-09

Chart Run: 33-40-33-13-14-4-3-6-8-10-11-15-16-18-23-27-28-25-37-30-xx-40 [21 wks]

Sales Peak: #5

Airplay Peak: #2

Multichart Peak: #12

 

 

Another long runner on this chart. This song spent a month at number 5 on the sales chart, and might have made the top spot on this chart had Buzzjack members warmed to it slightly more.

 

Really looking forward to the next one.... :D

15. Agnes – Release Me

 

Charted: 17-05-09

Chart Run: 36-28-5-2-1-1-2-4-5-6-7-12-12-18-29 [15 wks]

Sales Peak: #3

Airplay Peak: #2

Multichart Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

 

 

Finishing alot higher on this chart of the year than the sales chart of the year thanks to its appeal on Buzzjack, this is my favourite song of the year :cheer:

 

 

15. Agnes – Release Me

 

Charted: 17-05-09

Chart Run: 36-28-5-2-1-1-2-4-5-6-7-12-12-18-29 [15 wks]

Sales Peak: #3

Airplay Peak: #2

Multichart Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

 

 

Finishing alot higher on this chart of the year than the sales chart of the year thanks to its appeal on Buzzjack, this is my favourite song of the year :cheer:

 

One of mine too :wub:

 

Anyway, thanks Peter. we'll be back for the big top 14 tomorrow! :cheer:

We're back, and before getting back down to business, here are a few more songs that didn't quite make it into the year-end chart.

 

Ke$ha - Tik Tok

A big hit on Buzzjack long before its release on these shores thanks in no small part to its entry in the Buzzjack Song Contest and the internet hype around Ke$ha. This didn't quite make the cut for the chart of the year, but it is still riding high on this chart, so look out for it in the first weeks of 2010.

 

 

Enrique Iglesias and Ciara - Taking Back My Love

This song is unlucky number 41...it held on until the very last week when a certain Lady GaGa pushed it out of the chart of the year.

 

 

And just showing that songs cannot be hyped into this chart, neither of these songs are in the Top 40 of the year.

 

Now back to the chart proper, and next up....

 

14. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love

Charted: 27-09-09

Chart Run: 26-18-15-15-1-1-1-1-3-5-7-7-7-8 [14 wks]*

Sales Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

Airplay Peak: #1 (6 weeks)

Multichart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

 

 

Surprised? Looking at the track's success in sales, airplay and multichart, it could be said that it underperforms slightly in the chart of the year. And just look at what beat it....

13. Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida - Bad Boys

 

Charted: 13-09-09

Chart Run: 28-20-16-20-20-1-2-2-2-4-7-10-10-13-12-17 [16 wks]*

Sales Peak: #1 (1 week)

Airplay Peak: #2

Multichart Peak: #2

 

 

So, the song that was kept off the top by Cheryl Cole on the airplay chart, the multichart and for several weeks on the sales chart and indeed this chart, pips her former mentor to the post in the chart of the year. She has been slightly lucky here, as if there was an extra week in 2009, she would almost certainly be overtaken by Cheryl.

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12. Lily Allen - Not Fair

 

Charted: 29-03-09

Chart Run: 35-23-14-6-5-3-2-1-1-2-3-9-14-22-27-33-xx-37 [17 wks]

Sales Peak: #5

Airplay Peak: #1 (5 weeks)

Multichart Peak: #2

 

 

This is one of a few songs to make number one on this chart without coming close on the sales chart, thanks to it being one of the biggest airplay hits of the year. More from Lily Allen later

11. La Roux - Bulletproof

 

Charted: 31-05-09

Chart Run: 36-31-21-22-5-3-3-2-1-6-5-6-10-12-17-26-33 [17 wks]

Sales Peak: #1 (1 week)

Airplay Peak: #3

Multichart Peak: #2

 

 

So, this song outperforms "In For The Kill" in this chart of the year, thanks to its wider appeal outside of sales. One of the slowest climbers of the year, it took 9 weeks to get to the top; long after it had topped the official sales chart.

 

Top ten coming soon!

11 La Roux - Bulletproof

12 Lily Allen - Not Fair

13 Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys

14 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love

15 Agnes - Release Me

16 Daniel Merriweather - Red

17 La Roux - In For The Kill

18 AR Rahman feat. The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)

19 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

20 Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow

21 Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody

22 JLS – Beat Again

23 Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind

24 Taylor Swift – Love Story

25 Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway

26 David Guetta feat. Akon – Sexy Bitch

27 Pink – Please Don’t Leave Me

28 Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

29 Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye West – Knock You Down

30 Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone

31 Little Boots – Remedy

32 Shakira – She Wolf

33 Jordin Sparks – Battlefield

34 Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor

35 Pixie Lott – Mama Do

36 Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz – Number One

37 Lady GaGa – Bad Romance

38 Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart

39 Pixie Lott – Boys and Girls

40 Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic

 

That's what we've got so far....top ten coming soon. Interestingly, the top ten only actually features six artists, with two artists featuring twice and one artist featuring three times.

Into the top ten we go....

 

10. James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings

 

Charted: 2008

Chart Run: **-3-2-2-4-3-5-5-9-12-18-18-20-25-23-24-28-31-35 [18+ wks]

Sales Peak: #2

Airplay Peak: #2

Multichart Peak: #4

 

 

Here is the first of a couple of songs not to reach number one on this chart, or indeed any of the individual charts, but thanks to a strong start to the year and a long stay in the chart, it makes the top ten of the year.