August 30, 201014 yr Strange hearing Last Christmas on the radio in August! Everything she wants is more appropriate for the summer....
August 30, 201014 yr I'm pretty sure this top 100 doesn't include all the singles that have sold 1 million copies. 'Sex on Fire' was the 101st million seller so it must have pushed out another song to have made the top 100! Perhaps Mysterious Girl? it must have been Mysterious Girl or White Christmas- or that may have been before the start date Strange hearing Last Christmas on the radio in August! I know, there was Merry Xmas Everybody and Mary's Boy Child as well :lol:
August 30, 201014 yr Barbie Girl overtook I Want To Hold Your Hand! In 2002 it was over 50k behind, so that's over 50k that have bought it since downloads were introduced :lol: Of course, The Beatles songs are at an instant disadvantage STILL not being able to download legally.
August 30, 201014 yr I thought Sex on Fire was 100th or was it I Gotta Feeling? I Gotta Feeling was 100th, Sex on Fire 101st :)
August 30, 201014 yr I'm also surprised at how high Ian Dury and the Blockheads placed considering this information from Music Week given on the week that Black Eyed Peas passed the million: On its 50th appearance in the Top 75, Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling makes its biggest slide to date, falling 43-60 – but the 4,899 copies it sold last week see it safely past the million sales mark, and make it the 100th single to reach the target. At the start of the 21st century, only 70 singles had sold a million copies. I Gotta Feeling is the 11th song released since then to secure a seven figure sale but the advent of the digital age means that 19 singles released in the last century have also crossed the million sales mark, including such veteran campaigners as Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury & The Blockheads (up from 979,000 to 1,005,000), Adam & The Ants’ Stand And Deliver (985,000 to 1,007,000) and Take That’s Back For Good (959,000 to 1,042,000). And now suddenly it's nearly 20 places higher than Adam & the Ants and 10 higher than Take That. Surely it can't have sold that much since this data was released a few months ago??
August 30, 201014 yr 100. Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody 99. Julie Covington- Don't Cry For Me Argentina 98. New Seekers- I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing 97. Archies- Sugar Sugar 96. The Simon Park Orchestra- Eye Level 95. Kings Of Leon- Sex On Fire 94. Billy Joel- Uptown Girl 93. Brotherhood Of Man- Save Your Kisses For Me 92. Bob The Builder- Can We Fix It? 91. Adam and The Ants- Stand and Deliver 90. ABBA- Dancing Queen 89. Black Box- Ride On Time 88. Irene Cara- Fame 87. Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling 86. Eiffel 65- Blue (Da Ba Dee) 85. Oasis Wonderwall 84. Take That- Back For Good 83. Robbie Williams- Angels 82. Pink Floyd- Another Brick In The Wall Part II 81. Cliff Richard and The Shadows- The Young Ones 80. Natalie Imbruglia- Torn 79. Ray Parker Jr- Ghostbusters 78. Hear'Say- Pure and Simple 77. Shayne Ward- That's My Goal 76. Spice Girls- 2 Become 1 75. Frank Ifield- I Remember You 74. Ian Dury and The Blockheads- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 73. Robson and Jerome- I Believe/Up On The Roof 72. Teletubbies- Teletubbies Say 'Eh Oh' 71. Boyzone- No Matter What 70. Whigfield- Saturday Night 69. Slade- Merry Xmas Everybody 68. Blue Monday- New Order 67. Kylie Minogue- Can't Get You Out Of My Head 66. Babylon Zoo- Spaceman 65. Gary Glitter- I Love You Love Me Love 64. Michael Jackson- Earth Song 63. Band Aid 20- Do They Know It's Christmas 62. Acker Bilk- Stranger On The Shore 61. David Soul- Don't Give Up On Us 60. Steps- Heartbeat/Tragedy 59. Engelbert Humperdink- The Last Waltz 58. Harry Belefonte- Mary's Boy Child 57. Art Garfunkel- Bright Eyes 56. Alexandra Burke- Hallelujah 55. Run DMC vs Jason Nevins- It's Like That 54. Tom Jones- Green Green Grass Of Home 53. Tony Christie Feat. Peter Kay- (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 52. Shaggy Feat. RikRok- It Wasn't Me 51. Soft Cell- Tainted Love 50. Paul Ankra- Diana 49. Blondie- Heart Of Glass 48. Elvis Presley- It's Now Or Never 47. Survivor- Eye Of The Tiger 46. Dexy's Midnight Runners- Come On Eileen 45. Celine Dion- Think Twice 44. All Saints- Never Ever 43. Spice Girls- Wannabe 42. Fugees- Killing Me Softly 41. Gareth Gates- Unchained Melody 40. Coolio Feat. L.V- Gangsta's Paradise 39. Jennifer Rush- The Power Of Love 38. Engelbert Humperdink- Release Me 37. Beatles- We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper 36. The Seekers- The Carnival Is Over 35. Beatles- I Feel Fine 34. Bill Haley And The Comets- Rock Around The Clock 33. Celine Dion- My Heart Will Go On 32. George Michael- Careless Whisper 31. The Village People- YMCA 30. Culture Club- Karma Chameleon 29. Whitney Houston- I Will Always Love You 28. Puff Daddy Feat. Faith Evans- I'll Be Missing You 27. Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds- Three Lions 26. Britney Spears- Baby One More Time 25. Human League- Don't You Want Me 24. Beatles- Can't Buy Me Love 23. Ken Dodd- Tears 22. Various Artists- Perfect Day 21. John Lennon- Imagine 20. Frankie Goes To Hollywood- Two Tribes 19. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John- Summer Nights 18. Wham!- Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 17. Bryan Adams- Everything I Do (I Do It For You) 16. Cher- Believe 15. Beatles- I Want To Hold Your Hand 14. Aqua- Barbie Girl 13. Will Young- Evergreen/Anything Is Possible 12. Stevie Wonder- I Just Called To Say I Love You 11. Wet Wet Wet- Love Is All Around the next update will be the full chart
August 30, 201014 yr I'm also surprised at how high Ian Dury and the Blockheads placed considering this information from Music Week given on the week that Black Eyed Peas passed the million: And now suddenly it's nearly 20 places higher than Adam & the Ants and 10 higher than Take That. Surely it can't have sold that much since this data was released a few months ago?? Yes, I noticed that aswell. I think someone has made a mistake either music week or occ as I douby itd have sold 100k in 3 months
August 30, 201014 yr Yes, I noticed that aswell. I think someone has made a mistake either music week or occ as I douby itd have sold 100k in 3 months Yeh I reckon it should actually be at 92 or 93.
August 30, 201014 yr Not Unchained Melody AGAIN! No wonder Simon Cowell wants all of his acts to do it if it always sells so well. Both Boney M songs are still to come in the top 9, I guess Mary's Boy Child feeds off xmas downloading, it was at #10 last time I think...
August 30, 201014 yr Do we have the 2002 list to compare so we can see the effect of downloads on older songs?
August 30, 201014 yr Do we have the 2002 list to compare so we can see the effect of downloads on older songs? http://ukcharts.20m.com/bestsell.html
August 30, 201014 yr Just a thought about the theming for this show (which is great by the way, and the updated list with digitial downloads is long overdue.) Why not just call it the biggest selling 100 of all time, rather than tag it as "top million sellers" ?? Edited August 30, 201014 yr by mickeypops
August 30, 201014 yr Just a thought about the theming for this show (which is great by the way, and the updated list with digitial downloads is long overdue.) Why not just call it the biggest selling 100 of all time, rather than tag it as "top million sellers" ??It's a good selling point for a title for a programme as we recently passed 100 million selling singles.
August 30, 201014 yr Does anyone know what week the data goes up to? I'm sure KoL should be a couple places higher
August 30, 201014 yr Does anyone know what week the data goes up to? I'm sure KoL should be a couple places higher Week ending 7th August Edited August 30, 201014 yr by -SCOTT-
August 30, 201014 yr Comparing the new list to the most recent I could find (from 2005): http:// forums.denden.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=666318&highlight=&sid=1cae791b07aa9975ac75b72e64344551 Top 10 remains unchanged, special mention for climbing the "chart" should go to Eye of the Tiger, Angels Three Lions (although they must have included sales of 1998 version) 1 (=) Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997 - Elton John (1997) 2 (=) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid (1984) 3 (=) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975/1991) 4 (=) Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School - Wings (1977) 5 (=) Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring - Boney M (1978) 6 (=) You're the One That I Want - John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John (1978) 7 (=) Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) 8 (=) She Loves You - The Beatles (1963) 9 (=) Unchained Melody / White Cliffs of Dover - Robson & Jerome (1995) 10 (=) Mary's Boy Child ~ Oh My Lord - Boney M (1978) 11 (+1) Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet (1994) 12 (+1) I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (1984) 13 (-2) Anything Is Possible / Evergreen -Will Young (2002) 14 (+1) Barbie Girl - Aqua (1997) 15 (-1) I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (1963) 16 (=) Believe - Cher (1998) 17 (+1) (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams (1991) 18 (+8) Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984) 19 (+2) Summer Nights - John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John (1978) 20 (+2) Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) 21 (+2) Imagine - John Lennon (1975/1980/1999) 22 (-5) Perfect Day - Various Artists (1997) 23 (-4) Tears - Ken Dodd (1965) 24 (-4) Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (1964) 25 (=) Don't You Want Me - The Human League (1981) 26 (-2) Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (1999) 27 (+134) Three Lions - Baddiel & Skinner / The Lightning Seeds (1996/1998/2002/2006) ??? 28 (=) I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy / Faith Evans (1997) 29 (+7) I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (1992) 30 (-1) Karma Chameleon - Culture Club (1984) 31 (+2) YMCA - Village People (1979) 32 (+2) Careless Whisper - George Michael (1984) 33 (+6) My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (1998) 34 (-3) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & his Comets (1955) 35 (-8) I Feel Fine - The Beatles (1964) 36 (-6) The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers (1965) 37 (-5) We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper - The Beatles (1965) 38 (-3) Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) 39 (-1) The Power of Love - Jennifer Rush (1985) 40 (+4) Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio / LV (1995) 41 (-4) Unchained Melody - Gareth Gates (2002) 42 (-1) Killing Me Softly - Fugees (1996) 43 (-3) Wannabe - Spice Girls (1996) 44 (-2) Never Ever - All Saints (1997) 45 (+1) Think Twice - Celine Dion (1994) 46 (+2) Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1982) 47 (+35) Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (1982) 48 (-5) It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley (1960/2005) 49 (+1) Heart of Glass - Blondie (1979) 50 (-5) Diana - Paul Anka (1957) 51 (+6) Tainted Love - Soft Cell (1981) 52 (-3) It Wasn't Me - Shaggy / RikRok (2001) 53 (+16) Is This the Way to Amarillo - Tony Christie (1971/2005) 54 (-7) Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones (1966) 55 (+4) It's Like That - Run DMC / Jason Nevins (1998) 56 (NE) Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke (2008) 57 (-4) Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel (1978) 58 (-7) Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte (1956) 59 (-7) The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) 60 (-6) Heartbeat / Tragedy - Steps (1998) 61 (-6) Don't Give Up on Us - David Soul (1977) 62 (-4) Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk (1961) 63 (=) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid 20 (2004) 64 (+7) Earth Song - Michael Jackson (1995) 65 (-9) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (1973) 66 (-5) Spaceman - Babylon Zoo (1996) 67 (+5) Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue (2001) 68 (+10) Blue Monday - New Order (1983/1988) 69 (+6) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (1973) 70 (-5) Saturday Night - Whigfield (1994) 71 (-4) No Matter What - Boyzone (1998) 72 (-12) Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies (1997) 73 (-9) I Believe / Up on the Roof - Robson & Jerome (1995) 74 (+15) Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & the Blockheads (1978) 75 (-13) I Remember You - Frank Ifield (1962) 76 (-8) 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls (1996) 77 (NE) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward (2005) 78 (-12) Pure and Simple - Hear'Say (2001) 79 (+15) Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr. (1984) 80 (+7) Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (1997) 81 (-11) The Young Ones - Cliff Richard (1962) 82 (-2) Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) - Pink Floyd (1979) 83 (+37) Angels - Robbie Williams (1997) 84 (+16) Back for Good - Take That (1995) 85 (+13) Wonderwall - Oasis (1995) 86 (-13) Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65 (1999) 87 (NE) I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas (2009) 88 (+5) Fame - Irene Cara (1982) 89 (+7) Ride on Time - Black Box (1989) 90 (+15) Dancing Queen - ABBA (1976) 91 (-6) Stand and Deliver - Adam & the Ants (1981) 92 (-18) Can We Fix It? - Bob the Builder (2000) 93 (-17) Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man (1976) 94 (+1) Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (1983) 95 (NE) Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon (2008) 96 (-19) Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra (1973) 97 (-7) Sugar, Sugar - The Archies (1969) 98 (-13) I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (1971) 99 (-18) Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Julie Covington (1977) 100 (+8) Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (1965/1990) Edited August 30, 201014 yr by chartjack
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