October 25, 20195 yr Kesha's Official Top 10 biggest singles revealed 25 October 2019 | By Rob Copsey Now Kesha's back and Raising Hell, Official Charts reveals her Official all-time Top 10. Kesha. A name that conjures up one word: Bangers. Not the Miley Cyrus kind, but the glitter-throwing, two-fingered saluting IDGAF sort that only she knows how. Over the past ten years, Kesha has delivered plenty of party starters, and after she faced some tough times, she returned with contemplative album Rainbow in 2017. Now, however, as Kesha herself says, she's "got her balls back" and returns with new song Raising Hell, taken from her fourth album High Road, which is out December. To mark Kesha's boisterous comeback, we delved into the archives to find her biggest songs on the Official Chart. But did Tik Tok take the top spot? Where does Timber tumble to? Let's get into the numbers... Your Love Is My Drug "Do you wanna have a slumber party in my basement?". That joyous chorus. Your Love Is My Drug was Kesha's third single from her debut album Animal and reached Number 13 on the Official Singles Chart. It finishes a worthy seventh place on her countdown with combined sales of 284,000. Praying Kesha was an inspiration to many when she spoke out about her experiences in the music industry and the agonising court case against a former collaborator. Praying was something of a cleansing song, Kesha's way of moving on, and was her first hit in over three years when it peaked at 26 in 2017. It was great to have her back. With 315,000 combined sales, it's her sixth biggest song of all time. We R Who We R When it comes to waving your freak flag in pop, Kesha was a trailblazer. Frank, fearless and unashamedly fun, We R Who We R is peak Kesha. Speaking of, it also reached the very peak of the Official Singles Chart in 2011 – her first chart-topper all by herself, after Flo Rida collab Right Round in 2009. We R Who We R has notched up 454,000 combined sales to date. Tik Tok OK, so it may be hard to believe, but Tik Tok, Kesha's first release as a lead artist wasn't a Number 1 single! While it topped the charts around the world, Kesha's debut (back when she was still rocking the dollar sign as Ke$ha) peaked at 4 in the UK. Looking back at its chart run, it was released during the busy Christmas period and was holding its own against big singles from JLS, Cheryl Cole, Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas for a place in the Top 10 - no mean feat for your first release. Regardless, Tik Tok is one of those songs that defined a more carefree time in pop music. With a whopping 1.05m combined sales, it's Kesha's second biggest single on her official countdown. Timber 156 years from now, the world will probably be a very, very different place, but one thing you can be certain of is Timber being whacked on at the office Christmas party. It's a rowdy rodeo romp. A modern day Cotton-Eyed Joe. Nobody knows the exact origins of Cotton-Eyed Joe (research suggests it pre-dates the American Civil War, which started in 1861), but that doesn't matter, because people know it, and in the year 2175, the same will be said about Timber. Timber was yet another Number 1, hitting the top in early 2014 – a third for both Kesha and Mr Worldwide himself, Pitbull. Helped along by 830,000 downloads and over 70 million streams, Kesha's collaboration with Pitbull has racked up 1.54 million combined sales, and is thus her biggest single in the UK. Fun fact: It took 16 people to write Timber, including Pitbull, Kesha and Kesha's mum Pebe. Kesha's Official Top 10 biggest singles TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR 1 TIMBER PITBULL FT KESHA 1 2014 1.54m [830k downloads, 70m streams] 2 TIK TOK KESHA 4 2009 1.05m 3 RIGHT ROUND FLO RIDA FT KESHA 1 2009 4 DIE YOUNG KESHA 7 2012 5 WE R WHO WE R KESHA 1 2011 454k 6 PRAYING KESHA 26 2017 315k 7 YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG KESHA 13 2010 284k 8 TAKE IT OFF KESHA 15 2010 9 MY FIRST KISS 3OH3 FT KESHA 7 2010 10 DIRTY PICTURE TAIO CRUZ FT KESHA 6 2010 ©2019 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. Bonus fact: Kesha's biggest non-single is her version of The Greatest Showman track This is Me, which lands as her fifteenth biggest single.
October 25, 20195 yr Author Regardless, Tik Tok is one of those songs that defined a more carefree time in pop music. Truer words were never spoken... :cry:
October 26, 20195 yr Tik Tok feels a lot bigger than a #4 hit. She had a lot of potential her debut album was great but artistically I think she’s peaking now.
October 27, 20195 yr It’s a travesty that Praying wasn’t bigger To be fair, selling 315k+ is impressive for a #26 peaking single. It might even go Gold one day at this rate.
October 27, 20195 yr Take It Off deserved a much higher peak Sadly, I get the impression that Blah Blah Blah de-railed the campaign in the UK. Had they instead followed up with Your Love Is My Drug I get the feeling that she would've been a bigger force there overall. Odd to think that she's been around for a decade now. I'm old.
October 28, 20195 yr It really surprises me that 'Die Young' has outsold 'We R Who We R'. IIRC, We R Who We R was a weak number one and fell pretty quickly. She was never as big in the UK/Europe as in the US though - Animal, even with the reissue, only sold Gold. I think Blah Blah Blah is honestly partly to blame for that.
October 28, 20195 yr Blah blah blah was the logical single choice at the time though? It went straight to #2 on UK iTunes when the album was released
October 28, 20195 yr Author It still surprises me that We R Who We R is her only number 1 as a lead artist - and even more so that she's had more as a feature.
October 28, 20195 yr Author I don't know why Warrior bombed over here. It made the top 10 in America but achieved nothing elsewhere.
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