This thread randomly popped into my head the other day :lol: and curiosity got the best of me so I decided to flick through Polyhex and try to find all the top 75 hits since this was updated in 2015. Enjoy :kink:

 

01 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times

01 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

01 Little Mix - Black Magic

01 Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex

01 Little Mix - Sweet Melody

01 One Direction - Drag Me Down

01 Zayn - PILLOWTALK

 

02 Little Mix - Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj)

02 One Direction - Perfect

02 Rak-Su - Dimelo (feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy)

02 Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

03 Harry Styles - Lights Up

03 Fleur East - Sax

03 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

03 Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)

03 Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around

04 Dalton Harris & James Arthur - The Power Of Love

04 Ella Henderson - Glitterball (w/ Sigma)

04 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

04 Little Mix - Touch

05 CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento

05 Louisa Johnson - Tears (w/ Clean Bandit)

05 Zayn & Sia - Dusk Till Dawn

05 Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

06 James Arthur - Sun Comes Up (w/ Rudimental)

06 Little Mix - Power (feat. Stormzy)

06 Little Mix - Secret Love Song (feat. Jason Derulo)

06 One Direction - History

07 Harry Styles - Adore You

07 James Arthur & Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars

07 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

08 Liam Payne & Rita Ora - For You

08 Louis Tomlinson - Back To You (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)

09 Ella Henderson - This Is Real (w/ Jax Jones)

09 Little Mix - Break Up Song

09 Little Mix - Confetti (feat. Saweetie)

09 Louisa Johnson - Forever Young

09 Niall Horan - This Town

10 Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan - Let's Go Home Together

10 Little Mix - Bounce Back

10 Matt Terry - Súbeme La Radio (Remix) (w/ Enrique Iglesias & Sean Paul)

10 Sigala & James Arthur - Lasting Lover

 

11 James Arthur - Naked

11 Little Mix - Hair (feat. Sean Paul)

11 Little Mix - Love Me Like You

11 Olly Murs - Kiss Me

12 Liam Payne - Polaroid (w/ Jonas Blue & Lennon Stella)

13 Anne-Marie & Niall Horan - Our Song

13 Cheat Codes x Little Mix - Only You

13 Louisa Johnson - So Good

14 Liam Payne & J Balvin - Familiar

15 Harry Styles - Falling

15 Little Mix - Holiday

15 Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

15 Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love

16 James Arthur - Train Wreck

18 Ella Henderson - Here For You (w/ Kygo)

19 Nathan Dawe x Little Mix - No Time For Tears

20 Zayn - Let Me

 

21 Ben Haenow - Second Hand Heart (feat. Kelly Clarkson)

21 Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor

22 James Arthur - Empty Space

22 Little Mix - Think About Us (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

22 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya

24 Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask

24 Zayn - Still Got Time (feat. PartyNextDoor)

25 James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

25 Little Mix - Strip (feat. Sharaya J)

25 Olly Murs - Grow Up

26 Harry Styles - Golden

26 Reggie 'N' Bollie - New Girl

26 Zedd & Liam Payne - Get Low

30 Zayn - Like I Would

 

31 James Arthur - Safe Inside

31 Stereo Kicks - Love Me So

32 Niall Horan - No Judgement

32 Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson - Unpredictable

33 Zayn - Cruel (w/ Snakehips)

34 Olly Murs - Seasons

36 One Direction - Infinity

39 Louis Tomlinson - Miss You

39 Rak-Su - I Want You To Freak

40 Luke Friend - Hole In My Heart

 

41 James Arthur - Medicine

41 Little Mix - Oops (feat. Charlie Puth)

42 Ella Henderson - We Got Love (w/ Sigala)

43 Little Mix - Happiness

46 Harry Styles - Sweet Creature

46 Olly Murs - Moves (feat. Snoop Dogg)

47 Little Mix - Is Your Love Enough?

48 Liam Payne - Naughty List (feat. Dixie D'Amelio)

48 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

48 Zayn - It's You

49 Little Mix - The Cure

49 Little Mix - Not A Pop Song

50 Ella Henderson - Take Care Of You

50 Zayn - Vibez

 

51 5 After Midnight - Up In Here

51 Harry Styles - Carolina

51 Leona Lewis - Fire Under My Feet

51 Matt Terry - Sucker For You

51 Matt Terry - The Thing About Love

52 Martin Jensen & James Arthur - Nobody

53 James Arthur - You Deserve Better

53 Only The Young - I Do

55 James Arthur - September

58 Harry Styles - Two Ghosts

58 Zayn - Better

59 Little Mix - One I've Been Missing

 

61 Little Mix - Joan of Arc

61 Little Mix - You Gotta Not

64 Harry Styles - Meet Me In The Hallway

64 Louis Tomlinson - Two Of Us

65 Louisa Johnson - Yes (feat. 2 Chainz)

66 Harry Styles - Kiwi

68 Zayn & Zhavia Ward - A Whole New World

69 James Arthur - Can I Be Him

 

71 Niall Horan - What A Time (w/ Julia Michaels)

72 Little Mix - Grown

72 One Direction - Olivia

73 Liam Payne - All I Want (For Christmas)

73 Lucie Jones - Never Give Up On You

73 One Direction - End Of The Day

Thanks Jade!

 

I completely forgot about Grow Up by Olly Murs. I’m off to give it a listen.

With the show being cancelled, and looking at all the acts who had charting songs, it has made me think of who the best acts that never charted are!

 

I'd go for Danyl Johnson and Grace Davies.

Justice for Wagner tbh x

 

(thanks for the update btw Jade, there have been more hits from XF artists since I stopped updating this than I thought there would be! albeit the majority of them coming from Little Mix and 1D / solo 1D members)

So if it doesn't climb, Kiss My (Uh Oh) will become the first #17 hit from any X Factor finalists, completing a clean sweep of Top 20 peak positions (whether limited to 2015 onwards or all years).

Edited July 31, 20213 yr by jimwatts

With the show being cancelled, and looking at all the acts who had charting songs, it has made me think of who the best acts that never charted are!

 

I'd go for Danyl Johnson and Grace Davies.

 

Grace Davies and Ruth Lorenzo for me.

 

Grace Davies and Ruth Lorenzo for me.

 

Agree with these two. I was also going to say Laura White but she had a top 40 hit in 2009 with You Should’ve Known if I remember correctly. Still think she deserved greater success.

I don't even remember Grace Davies now oops, but I clearly remember being outraged when Ruth Lorenzo was eliminated, she had quite some voice on her!

 

So if it doesn't climb, Kiss My (Uh Oh) will become the first #17 hit from any X Factor finalists, completing a clean sweep of Top 20 peak positions (whether limited to 2015 onwards or all years).

I'm pretty sure it will climb from #17 though.

Put together a playlist if anyone wants a listen

- only songs missing are the following which I can't find on Spotify:

 

Leon Jackson - When You Believe (1)

Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds (1)

X Factor Finalists 2011 - Wishing on a Star (1)

Jedward - Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) (2)

Leon Jackson - Don't Call This Love (3)

Shayne Ward - Gotta Be Somebody (12)

Diana Vickers - My Wicked Heart (13)

Chico - D. I. S. C. O. (24)

Andy Abraham - Even If (67)

Rhydian - The Impossible Dream (91)

Leon Jackson - Creative (94)

Jake Quickenden - Mile High (95)

James Arthur - Wrecking Ball (97)

 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4TsrqxbGS...amp;dl_branch=1

Heres some more top 200 entries from recent times:

 

 

17 Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

28 Aston Merrygold - Get Stupid

77 James Arthur - Quite Miss Home

79 Zayn - Too Much

80 Fleur East - Favourite Thing

83 Olly Murs - Years & Years

84 Liam Payne - Stack It Up

91 Niall Horan - Black and White

93 Olly Murs - Beautiful to Me

94 Niall Horan - On the Loose

95 Zayn - Entertainer

96 Ella Henderson - Mirror Man

118 Zayn - Wrong

126 Aston Merrygold - I Ain't Missing You

149 Honey G - The Honey G Show

168 - Fleur East - Breakfast

 

There's also the Leona Lewis duet with Calum Scott, You Are The Reason (43), but not sure if that counts, and Marvin Humes songs with Luvbug - Resonance (13) and Revive (Say Something) (17). Ella Henderson also had uncredited vocals on Lighter with Nathan Dae and KSI (3).

Edited August 3, 20213 yr by Boymetworld91

Grace Davies is the obvious big omission, I still have no idea how or why they didn't get anywhere with her. She had about 4 potential hits right from the off.

Diana Vickers - My Wicked Heart (13)

I'm surprised this is missing from Spotify when most of her other stuff is on there. Presumably it's just because it wasn't on her album.

Edited August 3, 20213 yr by Mangø

Heres some more top 200 entries from recent times:

17 Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

28 Aston Merrygold - Get Stupid

46 Rebecca Ferguson - Bones

77 James Arthur - Quite Miss Home

79 Zayn - Too Much

80 Fleur East - Favourite Thing

83 Olly Murs - Years & Years

84 Liam Payne - Stack It Up

91 Niall Horan - Black and White

93 Olly Murs - Beautiful to Me

94 Niall Horan - On the Loose

95 Zayn - Entertainer

95 Rebecca Ferguson - Superwoman

96 Ella Henderson - Mirror Man

118 Zayn - Wrong

126 Aston Merrygold - I Ain't Missing You

149 Honey G - The Honey G Show

186 - Fleur East - More and More

 

There's also the Leona Lewis duet with Calum Scott, You Are The Reason, but not sure if that counts, and Marvin Humes songs with Luvbug. Ella Henderson also had uncredited vocals on Lighter

Thanks for further info, completely forgot about Aston's solo career and 'Bones' isn't there on Polyhex :o

Did Laura White have uncredited vocals on a Galantis song?

Edited August 3, 20213 yr by PAJ

REBECCA FERGUSON never had a #45 hit with a song called Bones, thats an error

I'm surprised this is missing from Spotify when most of her other stuff is on there. Presumably it's just because it wasn't on her album.

 

I think it's more than that, potentially some kind of legal issue with the Red Hot Chili Peppers lawsuit which caused it to be taken off back in the day.

Is Harry styles watermelon sugar the biggest selling single from an x factor related artist?

I think it's more than that, potentially some kind of legal issue with the Red Hot Chili Peppers lawsuit which caused it to be taken off back in the day.

 

I seem to remember something’s about that.

REBECCA FERGUSON never had a #45 hit with a song called Bones, thats an error

Whoops, I think Rebecca Fergusons other entries were on the download chart so I have removed them

Is Harry styles watermelon sugar the biggest selling single from an x factor related artist?

that would be james arthur - say you won’t let go