Ok so we pretty much know what songs are going to come up when the show airs this afternoon, but join us as we count down the top 40 best selling singles of 2011 (to last Saturday at least).

 

If nothing else it's our opportunity to reflect on 2011 and the hits which will forever be associated with it!

 

 

In a "chart show" esque format let's do those retro chart end of year countdowns!

 

1991 Top 10 singles

 

1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/IDoItForYou.jpg

EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU)- Bryan Adams (1,527,000)

2- http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/456a835edd955c2a056c258204986219/83924.jpg

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Queen (718,000)

3- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Cher-the-shoop-shoop-song-promo-usa.JPG

THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS)- Cher (514,000)

4- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/ImTooSexy.jpg

I'M TOO SEXY- Right Said Fred (501,000)

5- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/The-Simpsons-Do-The-BartMan2.jpg

DO THE BARTMAN- The Simpsons (458,000)

6- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Jason_Donovan_any_dream_will_do.jpg

ANY DREAM WILL DO- Jason Donovan (451,000)

7- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/The_One_and_Only_(song).jpg

THE ONE AND ONLY- Chesney Hawkes (386,000)

8- http://www.avatune.com/pics/140404119.jpg

DIZZY- Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff (368,000)

9- http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415fy2zusAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

INSANITY- Oceanic (367,000)

10- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/I_Wanna_Sex_You_Up_-_CMB.jpg

I WANNA SEX YOU UP- Colour Me Badd (356,000)

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Gezza76

1996 Top 10 Singles

 

1- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Kmsoftlyfugees.jpg

KILLING ME SOFTLY- The Fugees (1,351,000)

2- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Wannabe.jpg

WANNABE- The Spice Girls (1,331,000)

3- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Babylon-Zoo-Spaceman.jpg

SPACEMAN- Babylon Zoo (1,098,000)

4- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Say_You'll_Be_There.jpg

SAY YOU'LL BE THERE- The Spice Girls (894,000)

5- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/MarkMorrisonReturnOfTheMackFrenchCDSingleCover.jpg

RETURN OF THE MACK- Mark Morrison (838,000)

6- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Ooh_Aah...Just_a_Little_Bit.jpg

OOH AAH JUST A LITTLE BIT- Gina G (787,000)

7- http://www.virginmedia.com/images/three_lions-300x300.jpg

THREE LIONS- Baddiel/ Skinner/ Lightning Seeds (785,000)

8- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Robert_Miles_-_Children_(Cover).jpg

CHILDREN- Robert Miles (764,000)

9- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Mysteriousgirl.JPG

MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre Featuring Bubbler Ranx (753,000)

10- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/2_Become_1.jpg

2 BECOME 1- The Spice Girls (730,000)

 

2001 Top 10 Singles

 

1- http://www.12inch.de/l/22118.jpg

IT WASN'T ME- Shaggy Featurinf Ricardo "Rik Rok" Ducent (1,151,000)

2- http://eil.com/Gallery/179456b.jpg

PURE AND SIMPLE- Hear'say (1.075,000)

3- http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/k/kylie-minogue/2957933-kylie-minogue-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-remixes.jpg

CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD- Kylie Minigue (988,000)

4- http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/488/0000148835_350.jpg

WHOLE AGAIN- Atomic Kitten (934,000)

5- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/HeyBabyDJOtzi.jpg

HEY BABY (UUH UUH)- DJ Otzi (747,000)

6- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/9UptownGirl1.jpg

UPTOWN GIRL- Westlife (745,000)

7- http://991.com/NewGallery/S-Club-7-Dont-Stop-Moving-202543.jpg

DON'T STOP MOVING- S Club 7 (704,000)

8- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SQ3l7IxOdbQ/TH0Hn42L_2I/AAAAAAAAAVY/1do_Pl8VVH0/s400/shaggy%20-%20angel%20lyric.jpg

ANGEL- Shaggy Featuring Reyvon (585,000)

9- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Teenage_Dirtbag.jpg

TEENAGE DIRTBAG- Wheatus (551,000)

10- http://www.fullasoul.com/store/images/UNIR20575-2.jpg

BECAUSE I GOT HIGH- Afroman (487,000)

 

2006 Top 10 singles

 

1-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/GnarlsBarkleyCrazyCover.JPG

CRAZY- Gnarles Barkley (820,000)

2- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/A_Moment_Like_This_(Leona).jpg

A MOMENT LIKE THIS- Leona Lewis (681,000)

3- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Shakira-HipsDon'tLie.jpg

HIPS DON'T LIE- Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean (493,000)

4- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/I_Dont_Feel_Like_Dancin'_International_Cover.PNG

I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCING- Scissor Sisters (353,000)

5- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Punkrocker.jpg

I WISH I WAS A PUNK ROCKER (WITH FLOWERS IN MY HAIR)- Sandi Thom (325,000)

6- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/From_Paris_to_Berlin_-cd_single-.jpg

FROM PARIS TO BERLIN- Infernal (308,000)

7- http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GPlS2LTVKQg/TSaASTKxeeI/AAAAAAAAACU/wAUBY9rB-IA/s400/Maneater+UK.jpg

MANEATER- Nelly Furtado (296,000)

8- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/TTPatience.jpg

PATIENCE- Take That (282,000)

9- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Sos0su.jpg

S.O.S- Rihanna (243,000)

10- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Sexyback.jpg

SEXYBACK- Justin Timberlake (241,000)

 

We could be heading for the XF winner not even making the year end top 40 - has this ever happened before?

We could be heading for the XF winner not even making the year end top 40 - has this ever happened before?

No- even Brookstein made it into 2004's Y/E chart!! (although that only took about 140k of sales!)

 

Totals sales total come courtesy of Vidcapper!!

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Gezza76

No- even Brookstein made it into 2004's Y/E chart!! (although that only took about 140k of sales!)

 

 

This has been a high selling year it looks like you had to sell 370,000 at least to get a sniff of the Top 40

Wow at the Spice Girls having 3 songs in the top 10! :o Like the BEPs in 2009 (although The Spice Girls were obvioulsy much bigger in terms of cultural impact and the media :lol:).

 

What's rather strange, is that I heard my little sister singing Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit the other day, even though she was born in 1997. Don't have a clue where she would've heard the song. :lol:

 

I love Angel by Shaggy (I heard it on the radio the other day :wub:). I Got High always makes me laugh aswell. And on that note, so does Don't Stop Movin' for a similar reason. Whenever I hear that song, I always remember one time when I was little, and they were saying on the radio that the guys from S Club 7 were caught doing drugs. My mum's reaction to it was a little bit OVER THE TOP, to say the least. :lol:

 

In 2006, you can already see the US artists moving to electropop music (i.e. Sexy Back, Maneater and SOS). Mainly Timbaland's doing I guess. It's amazing looking at how well Sexy Back did, because so many people seemed to hate it when it was released. I preferred My Love though. I used to have the radio on in my room for hours basically waiting for them to play it. :lol:

I am not going to be counting down the chart this week, one week was enough :drama:

 

Right Said Fred #4 in YTD chart with over 500k :o Not bad (in those days) for a #2!

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Griff

Wow at the Spice Girls having 3 songs in the top 10! :o Like the BEPs in 2009 (although The Spice Girls were obvioulsy much bigger in terms of cultural impact and the media :lol:).

 

What's rather strange, is that I heard my little sister singing Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit the other day, even though she was born in 1997. Don't have a clue where she would've heard the song. :lol:

 

I love Angel by Shaggy (I heard it on the radio the other day :wub:). I Got High always makes me laugh aswell. And on that note, so does Don't Stop Movin' for a similar reason. Whenever I hear that song, I always remember one time when I was little, and they were saying on the radio that the guys from S Club 7 were caught doing drugs. My mum's reaction to it was a little bit OVER THE TOP, to say the least. :lol:

 

In 2006, you can already see the US artists moving to electropop music (i.e. Sexy Back, Maneater and SOS). Mainly Timbaland's doing I guess. It's amazing looking at how well Sexy Back did, because so many people seemed to hate it when it was released. I preferred My Love though. I used to have the radio on in my room for hours basically waiting for them to play it. :lol:

 

SexyBack is a modern classic IMO, a very good comeback record and I doubt "Shock Value" would have been so successful without it.

SexyBack is a modern classic IMO, a very good comeback record and I doubt "Shock Value" would have been so successful without it.

 

Yeah, I like it too. I think it was mainly Justin Timberlakes original fanbase, expecting more RnB songs like Rock Your Body and Cry Me a River, but then he suddenly comes back and releases an electropop song. Same with Nelly Furtado's fans, who might've been expecting more stuff like I'm Like a Bird, but she comes out with Promiscuous, which is quite the opposite. :lol:

I wouldn't be listening to this if Reggie was doing it, but will be interesting to hear Tom Deacon giving it a go. I wonder whether he is being considered to take over from Reggie.

Also, have they started doing the full top 40 of the year in recent years? Can't remember. I always used to love listening to it on NYE in the 90s

Will anyone be posting a countdown? If not I'll do it :P

40-DAVID GUETTA FEATURING RIHANNA- WHO’S THAT CHICK? (373,800)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Whos-that-chick-single.jpg

 

PEAK POSITION: 6

WKS IN TOP 75: 24

PEAK POSITION SALES: 28,628

 

A prodigious year for Guetta which saw him accrue 7 top 20 hits, three of them making it to this rundown. This track was released in Dec 2010 but didn’t peak until this January with two different videos shot for the track.

 

Will anyone be posting a countdown? If not I'll do it :P

yeah i pre-paired most of it! but I based on Vidcapper's sales and this one is slightly different! :lol: :o

That answers my question nicely :D

 

Looks like this is different from the YTD top 40 as of last Sunday as posted by vidcapper (although probably not greatly so).

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Coldbray

39- THE BLACK EYED PEAS- JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH (373,300)

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u824Ayw8ee4/TYIDQx_UTtI/AAAAAAAAARc/VcOl6gCLG0o/s400/black-eyed-peas-just-cant-get-enough-300x300.jpg

 

PEAK POSITION: 3

WKS IN TOP 75: 14

PEAK POSITION SALES: 45,451

 

Second release from the album “The Beginning” and follow up to the chart topping “The Time (Dirty Bit)” in Dec 2010. The video was shot in Japan just one week prior to the Tsunami.

 

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Gezza76

^ That American Idol performance is so amazing. It shot to #1 on US iTunes after that! :D

 

This is different to vidcapper's list. :unsure: He has the BEPs (:wub:) at #40 and David Guetta at #39.

 

Both these two songs are so damn catchy tbh.

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

Well, this started off a lot better than I was expecting. I haven't been paying close attention to vidcapper's lists, so while I know the general order of what's coming up, I wasn't expecting a couple of these in here. Who's That Chick and Just Can't Get Enough make for a great start. (I haven't heard either with the exception of my occasional play of them for ages)

 

ETA: Read All About it already. Ok. Must have sold hardly anything, after its run at #1 then.