According to the Official Charts Company, broadcasted on Magic TV on Saturday 23rd June.

 

50. A Little Bit More - 911 (185,000)

Jan 1999 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-6-12-21-28-41-52-59-70

 

49. Each Time - E17 (190,000)

Nov 1998 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-5-12-23-30-47-51-44-47-64

 

48. Bodyshakin' - 911 (192,000)

Mar 1997 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-10-16-17-23-28-47

 

47. Forever - Damage (195,000)

Dec 1996 UK No.6

Chart Run: 6-10-11-11-14-26-39-56-63

 

46. All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys (200,000)

Feb 1998 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-6-15-28-39-40-42-51-59-63-65-68

 

45. Sure - Take That (205,000)

Oct 1994 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-4-11-31-44-56-61-65-64-59-44-56-61-70

 

44. Around The World - East 17 (207,000)

May 1994 UK No.3

Chart Run: 7-3-3-3-5-11-14-22-31-38-44-57-66

 

43. Five - When The Lights Go Out (209,000)

Mar 1998 UK No.4

Chart Run: 4-7-14-20-24-25-29-50-69

 

42 I Need You - 3T (210,000)

Dec 1996 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-10-15-18-16-20-39-54-67-75

 

41. Isn't It A Wonder - Boyzone (220,000)

Mar 1997 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-8-15-23-37-58-68-67-62-57-44-57-55-63

 

40. All That I Need - Boyzone (225,000)

May 1998 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-4-14-22-31-44-55-49-60-67-69-57-49-75

 

39. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys (230,000)

Jan 1997 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-4-11-16-15-20-22-32-48-73

 

38. Everybody Get Up - Five (235,000)

Sept 1998 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-8-13-22-29-38-53-53-60-58-66-72

 

37. I've Got A Little Something For You - MN8 (240,000)

Feb 1995 UK No.2

Chart Run: 7-6-5-3-2-4-8-16-30-47-56-59-67

 

36. Everything Changes - Take That (265,000)

Apr 1994 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-2-7-15-24-43-54-60-58

 

35. Until The Time Is Through - Five (270,000)

Nov 1998 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-9-16-23-29-27-28-43-64-67-65-61

 

34. Every Day I Love You - Boyzone (275,000)

Dec 1999 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-6-9-12-14-18-20-27-36-49-60-59-62

 

33. Picture Of You - Boyzone (280,000)

Aug 1997 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-7-10-14-17-24-39-51-58-56-51-54-57-68-55-67-53-55

 

32. Relight My Fire - Take That feat. Lulu (285,000)

Oct 1993 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-2-8-16-37-46-53-54-67-68-71-57-62

 

31. Thunder - East 17 (290,000)

Nov 1995 UK No.4

Chart Run: 4-5-6-12-12-16-19-23-21-19-31-51-69-74

 

30. If Ya Gettin Down - Five (295,000)

June 1998 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-5-8-14-13-20-18-18-23-27-33-47-68

 

29. Could It Be Magic - Take That (300,000)

Dec 1992 UK No.2

Chart Run: 9-5-4-4-3-3-4-10-17-27-45-54

 

28. A Different Beat - Boyzone (305,000)

Dec 1996 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-4-6-7-11-28-42-45-64-69-74-62-75-65-75

 

27. Never Forget - Take That (310,000)

Aug 1995 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-4-8-15-32-48-65-64

 

26. You Needed Me - Boyzone (340,000)

May 1999 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-2-7-14-19-29-39-49-52-49-50-64-70-60-61

 

25. Everybody (Backstreets Back) - Backstreet Boys (345,000)

Aug 1997 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-4-5-6-8-14-18-27-30-38-54

 

24. Crazy For You - Let Loose (360,000)

June 1994 UK No.2

Chart Run: 24-18-14-10-6-4-4-3-2-2-3-6-11-17-23-34-49-60-64-68-56-52-46-67

 

23. Got The Feelin - Five (375,000)

June 1998 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-5-8-14-13-20-18-18-23-27-33-47-68

 

22. Pray - Take That (380,000)

July 1993 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-3-9-15-22-36-55-69

 

21. I Love The Way You Love Me - Boyzone (395,000)

Dec 1998 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-6-10-15-8-13-17-25-35-39-45-53-63

 

20. Love Me For A Reason - Boyzone (400,000)

Dec 1994 UK No.2

Chart Run: 10-4-3-4-2-3-5-10-16-26-42-56-61

 

19. To The Moon & Back - Savage Garden (405,000)

Aug 1998 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-4-8-10-10-10-12-16-20-25-32-34-43-57-60-66

 

18. Anything - 3T (410,000)

Jan 1996 UK No.2

Chart Run: 4-3-2-2-2-3-7-14-18-30-43-44-54-71

 

17. Freak Me - Another Level (415,000)

July 1998 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-2-4-6-10-13-17-21-26-35-43-57

 

16. Keep On Movin - Five (420,000)

Nov 1999 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-3-6-8-13-16-21-24-20-19-19-24-31-41-54-60-63

 

15. I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys (425,000)

May 1999 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-4-7-9-7-8-12-19-28-33-30-34-41-56

 

14. Babe - Take That (460,000)

Dec 1993 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-2-2-2-10-21-37-42-53-69

 

13. As Long as You Love Me (465,000)

Nov 1997 UK No.3

Chart Run: 3-4-6-8-7-11-12-16-17-25-25-23-21-25-36-41-56-60-72

 

12. I Swear - All 4 One (510,000)

June 1994 UK No.2

Chart Run: 17-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-6-7-10-16-23-28-39-58

 

11. If You Ever - East 17 feat. Gabrielle (535,000)

Nov 1996 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-3-3-8-10-10-13-16-16-13-22-41-58-58-68

 

10. Words - Boyzone (540,000)

Oct 1996 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-2-3-9-14-20-24-29-34-47-41-34-41-66

 

09. Baby Can I Hold You - Boyzone (570,000)

Dec 1997 UK No.2

Chart Run: 2-6-7-9-9-11-14-20-26-29-39-41-58-74

 

08. How Deep Is Your Love - Take That (575,000)

Mar 1996 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-4-9-10-19-32-49-61-56-64-72-74

 

07. Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden (645,000)

Feb 1998 UK No.4

Chart Run: 4-5-8-9-9-8-5-5-5-7-6-11-14-17-20-23-26-28-37-48-51-63-72-73-77

 

06. Father and Son - Boyzone (655,000)

Nov 1995 UK No.2

Chart Run: 8-4-5-3-2-3-2-2-3-6-16-23-28-37-39-56

 

05. When The Going Gets Tough - Boyzone (675,000)

Mar 1999 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-2-6-12-16-22-31-38-47-46-48-57-68-72-57

 

04. Stay Another Day - East 17 (700,000)

Dec 1994 UK No.1

Chart Run: 7-1-1-1-1-1-4-8-18-25-43-56-62-55-62-64

 

03. Mmmbop - Hanson (715,000)

June 1997 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-3-4-7-14-18-22-31-40-54-72

 

02. Back For Good - Take That (725,000)

Apr 1995 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-2-4-8-14-22-31-50-61-72

 

01. No Matter What - Boyzone (1,100,000)

Aug 1998 UK No.1

Chart Run: 1-1-1-3-3-3-5-9-14-18-23-25-31-33-34

 

Some missing Songs:

Boyz II Men - End Of the Road (400,000+)

Westlife - Flying Without Wings (200,000+)

Westlife - I Have A Dream (400,000+)

 

^^Anyone know why these were not included?^^

 

This list is so old; BFG passed the million mark years ago! ;)

This list is so old; BFG passed the million mark years ago! ;)

 

It's based on 90s sales only I assume.

 

I'm surprised BFG has sold 275k+ on downloads though :o

Edited July 24, 201113 yr by Bré

These figures are based on the "Rivised" figures that the OCC uses now NOT the figures of the time which Alan Jones (MW) uses from the time hence the difference!

It's based on 90s sales only I assume.

 

Yes 90s sales only.

These figures are based on the "Rivised" figures that the OCC uses now NOT the figures of the time which Alan Jones (MW) uses from the time hence the difference!

 

Can you tell me why the 3 songs I listed were not included. Thank you.

Can you tell me why the 3 songs I listed were not included. Thank you.

 

Presumably their 90s sales were overestimated at the time and when revised are not enough to make the top 50?

Can you tell me why the 3 songs I listed were not included. Thank you.

As I didn't make the chart I'm afraid I can't- If I had I wouldn't have put Boyz II men in there at all :lol:

The "Rivised" figures only cover the 94-96 period outside of that the figures are correct (bar the rounding up that has gone on obviously) Therefore the absense of Westlife is presumably just an oversight?? They should easily feature

The "Rivised" figures only cover the 94-96 period outside of that the figures are correct (bar the rounding up that has gone on obviously) Therefore the absense of Westlife is presumably just an oversight?? They should easily feature

 

Yeah that is what I thought. "End Of the Road" was released in 1992 and was featured on the 50 Biggest Selling Power Ballads of the 90s with sales of over 425,000.

How does one qualify as a boyband? I didn't expect to see Savage Garden in the list.

Westlifes Swear It Again & If I Let You Go both should be in this list too. :(

Such fantastic chart runs for All 4 One and Let Loose yet they end up having their sales reduced so massively? :( I've seen 710,000 and 560,000 for each before the change. Boggles me that even in the 1990s, that such huge adjustments have to be made for sales :wacko: Both songs are FAR better than pretty much 50% of the rest of them :lol:

This was originally shown in Oct 2008.

 

Some of the figures seem too high especially for Take That, 90's sales for the some of their singles were as follows-

 

Babe 412,172

Pray 333,695

Could It Be Magic 255,455

This is a great list! My fav is def Everybody...

This was originally shown in Oct 2008.

 

Some of the figures seem too high especially for Take That, 90's sales for the some of their singles were as follows-

 

Babe 412,172

Pray 333,695

Could It Be Magic 255,455

 

I wonder whether they've used 17 as the multiplier for 1992 and 1993 instead of 15. As they've used DUS for 1994-1996 it would be very generous to mark up some Gallup-era hits.

 

Apart from missing some Westlife hits, as has already been mentioned, there were a couple of NKOTB singles from 1990 that might have been included, one certainly.

I wonder whether they've used 17 as the multiplier for 1992 and 1993 instead of 15. As they've used DUS for 1994-1996 it would be very generous to mark up some Gallup-era hits.

 

Apart from missing some Westlife hits, as has already been mentioned, there were a couple of NKOTB singles from 1990 that might have been included, one certainly.

 

OMG I totally forgot about NKOTB!!!

This was originally shown in Oct 2008.

 

Some of the figures seem too high especially for Take That, 90's sales for the some of their singles were as follows-

 

Babe 412,172

Pray 333,695

Could It Be Magic 255,455

 

Yeah its strange that "Could It Be Magic" which reached no.3 in 92/93 could sell 300k when a 8-week no.1 (SS' "Stay") could only sell a little more with 490k. What would the total sales of "Stay" be if the multiplier hadn't been lowered? I personally find all these multipliers etc confusing, if the OCC are not sure about total sales why estimate if the estimates are way exaggerated. I mean for example that "I Swear" was said to have sold 710k in 1993 but now its been knocked down to 510k. :wacko:

Yeah its strange that "Could It Be Magic" which reached no.3 in 92/93 could sell 300k when a 8-week no.1 (SS' "Stay") could only sell a little more with 490k. What would the total sales of "Stay" be if the multiplier hadn't been lowered? I personally find all these multipliers etc confusing, if the OCC are not sure about total sales why estimate if the estimates are way exaggerated. I mean for example that "I Swear" was said to have sold 710k in 1993 but now its been knocked down to 510k. :wacko:

 

 

If they had used 17 as the multiplier in 1992 Stay would have been estimated to have sold nearly 550,000. But I think 15 was not far off reality in 1992, certainly that part of it. OCC had little or nothing to do with the fact that it was 15 at the time as Gallup were calling the shots then.

 

Multipliers are something you need when the chart sample doesn't cover every sector of the market, so basically you have to estimate in that situation. There just wasn't the money available to have as large a sample as today. It's less easy to answer the question "So if it sold x in your sample how many did it sell in the whole country?" than it is to answer the question "So what does your sample suggest sold the most last week, and the second most?"

 

As for singles like I Swear having either 510,0000 or 710,000 (or thereabouts), well it's the result of 2 different methods being applied. The 710,000 is an estimate for the whole market. The 510,000 is an estimate covering only a part of the market (the defined universe, which was the parts of the market that were represented somewhere in the sample). They had this figure at the time as well, but the percentage of the estimated market was too small to quote in Music Week until 1997 when it was up to 99% on average for singles and 95% for albums. Yes, it causes confusion when they quote these figures for 1994-1996 but they are not new, they just didn't get published at the time.