Posted March 13, 20187 yr Beyonce and Jay-Z's biggest singles on the Official UK Chart 13 March 2018 | By Rob Copsey As the couple gear up to bring their double act to the UK this summer, OfficialCharts.com reveals their biggest singles. Things have changed quite a lot in the world of Beyoncé and Jay-Z since they first hit the road together in 2014. Two years after their first On The Run dates - a tour that was limited to North America, Canada and France - Beyoncé surprise-dropped Lemonade, an album that addressed her husband's infidelity and cast doubt over the future of music's golden couple. The following year Jay responded with the repenting 4:44. Both with a considerable arsenal of hits behind them, OfficialCharts.com has looked at the pair's biggest singles in the UK and combined them together to create what, in theory, should be a dream set list for their newly announced On The Run II, which arrives in the UK this June. Bey and Jay's first On The Run tour included a mammoth 44 songs, so we're revealing each of their Top 22 songs (based on sales and streams combined) before merging them together into the ultimate Mr and Mrs Carter chart. Beyoncé Queen Bey's Top 3 singles in the UK have all achieved more than one million combined sales. Her biggest single is Halo, which, despite peaking at Number 4 in 2009, has 1.2m combined sales. If I Were A Boy, the chart-topping lead to her I Am... Sasha Fierce album, is second on 1.1m, closely followed by her Number 1 solo debut Crazy In Love on 1.03m. Beyoncé's biggest collaboration is her 2008 hook-up with Lady Gaga, Telephone (846,000), though Jay-Z collab Drunk In Love from her self-titled collection is less than 2,000 behind. Her 2008 album I Am... is the best represented in the list with six entries here (unsurprising as it's her best-selling album with 1.67m sales), while just one song from Lemonade, Hold Up, appears at 22. See where all of Beyonce's singles and albums have reached on the Official UK Chart here. Beyonce's Official biggest singles in the UK POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR 1 HALO BEYONCE 4 2009 2 IF I WERE A BOY BEYONCE 1 2008 3 CRAZY IN LOVE BEYONCE 1 2003 4 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) BEYONCE 7 2008 5 TELEPHONE LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE 1 2010 6 DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 9 2013 7 RUNNIN' (LOSE IT ALL) NAUGHTY BOY/BEYONCE/A BENJAMIN 4 2015 8 IRREPLACEABLE BEYONCE 4 2006 9 BEST THING I NEVER HAD BEYONCE 3 2011 10 LOVE ON TOP BEYONCE 13 2011 11 SWEET DREAMS BEYONCE 5 2009 12 RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) BEYONCE 11 2011 13 BEAUTIFUL LIAR BEYONCE & SHAKIRA 1 2007 14 LISTEN BEYONCE 8 2007 15 07-Nov BEYONCE 33 2014 16 XO BEYONCE 22 2014 17 PARTITION BEYONCE 74 2014 18 BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL BEYONCE 27 2009 19 BABY BOY BEYONCE FT SEAN PAUL 2 2003 20 DEJA VU BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 1 2006 21 COUNTDOWN BEYONCE 35 2011 22 HOLD UP BEYONCE 11 2016 ©2018 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. Jay-Z The rapper's singles catalogue is distinctly more collab-heavy than Bey's, but it's equally impressive on the sales front. His biggest single, Umbrella with Rihanna, has shifted 1.1m combined sales to date, while N****s In Paris, on which he takes the lead credit alongside Kanye West, is second on 1.02m. Other notable collaborations include 2009's Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys which, despite somehow missing the top spot, has 929,000 combined sales to be his fourth biggest hit, while the chart-topping Run This Town with Rihanna and Kanye is seventh (511,000). Jay's first solo entry on his best-sellers list is at 7 with 2004's 99 Problems, followed by Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) at 9 (476,000) and 2004's Big Pimpin' at 16. See where all of Jay-Z's singles and album have charted in the UK here. Jay-Z's Official biggest singles in the UK POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR 1 UMBRELLA RIHANNA FT JAY-Z 1 2007 2 N****S IN PARIS JAY-Z & KANYE WEST 10 2012 3 NUMB/ENCORE JAY-Z & LINKIN PARK 14 2004 4 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND JAY-Z FT ALICIA KEYS 2 2009 5 DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 9 2013 6 99 PROBLEMS JAY-Z 35 2004 7 RUN THIS TOWN JAY-Z FT RIHANNA & KANYE WEST 1 2009 8 HOLY GRAIL JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 7 2013 9 HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) JAY-Z 2 1998 10 NO CHURCH IN THE WILD JAY-Z/KANYE WEST/F OCEAN 37 2012 11 YOUNG FOREVER JAY-Z FT MR HUDSON 10 2009 12 OTIS JAY-Z/KANYE WEST/OTIS REDDING 28 2011 13 DEJA VU BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 1 2006 14 03 BONNIE & CLYDE JAY-Z FT BEYONCE KNOWLES 2 2003 15 TALK THAT TALK RIHANNA FT JAY-Z 25 2011 16 BIG PIMPIN' JAY-Z 29 2000 17 MONSTER KANYE WEST FT JAY-Z/BON IVER N/A 2010 18 FRONTIN' PHARRELL WILLIAMS FT JAY-Z 6 2003 19 DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER/LYING FROM YOU JAY-Z & LINKIN PARK N/A 2004 20 POUND CAKE/PARIS MORTON MUSIC 2 DRAKE FT JAY-Z N/A 2013 21 IZZO (H.O.V.A.) JAY-Z N/A 2001 22 I JUST WANNA LOVE U (GIVE IT 2 ME) JAY-Z 17 2000 ©2018 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. Combining the two together and putting them in reverse order of sales (because the biggest songs are usually saved until the end), makes for a solid set list that would see Jay kick off proceedings with a couple of classics, Beyoncé dominating in the middle and plenty of moments for the pair to unite on stage peppered throughout. Plus, just look at the potential for surprise guest appearances from their collaborators: POS TITLE ARTIST 1 I JUST WANNA LOVE U (GIVE IT 2 ME) JAY-Z 2 IZZO (H.O.V.A.) JAY-Z 3 POUND CAKE/PARIS MORTON MUSIC 2 DRAKE FT JAY-Z 4 DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER/LYING FROM YOU JAY-Z & LINKIN PARK 5 FRONTIN' PHARRELL WILLIAMS FT JAY-Z 6 MONSTER KANYE WEST FT JAY-Z/BON IVER 7 BIG PIMPIN' JAY-Z 8 TALK THAT TALK RIHANNA FT JAY-Z 9 HOLD UP BEYONCE 10 COUNTDOWN BEYONCE 11 DEJA VU BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 12 BABY BOY BEYONCE FT SEAN PAUL 13 BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL BEYONCE 14 OTIS JAY-Z/KANYE WEST/OTIS REDDING 15 PARTITION BEYONCE 16 XO BEYONCE 17 YOUNG FOREVER JAY-Z FT MR HUDSON 18 NO CHURCH IN THE WILD JAY-Z/KANYE WEST/F OCEAN 19 07-Nov BEYONCE 20 HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) JAY-Z 21 HOLY GRAIL JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 22 RUN THIS TOWN JAY-Z FT RIHANNA & KANYE WEST 23 LISTEN BEYONCE 24 BEAUTIFUL LIAR BEYONCE & SHAKIRA 25 99 PROBLEMS JAY-Z 26 RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) BEYONCE 27 SWEET DREAMS BEYONCE 28 LOVE ON TOP BEYONCE 29 BEST THING I NEVER HAD BEYONCE 30 IRREPLACEABLE BEYONCE 31 RUNNIN' (LOSE IT ALL) NAUGHTY BOY/BEYONCE/A BENJAMIN 32 DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 33 TELEPHONE LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE 34 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND JAY-Z FT ALICIA KEYS 35 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) BEYONCE 36 NUMB/ENCORE JAY-Z & LINKIN PARK 37 N****S IN PARIS JAY-Z & KANYE WEST 38 CRAZY IN LOVE BEYONCE 39 IF I WERE A BOY BEYONCE 40 UMBRELLA RIHANNA FT JAY-Z 41 HALO BEYONCE ©2018 Official Charts Company. 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March 13, 20187 yr Author Positions in brackets is where the songs placed when the OCC last did a list in June 2016: POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR 01 (02) HALO BEYONCE 4 2009 1.2m 02 (01) IF I WERE A BOY BEYONCE 1 2008 1.1m 03 (05) CRAZY IN LOVE BEYONCE 1 2003 1.03m 04 (03) SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) BEYONCE 7 2008 05 (04) TELEPHONE LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE 1 2010 846k 06 (06) DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 9 2013 844k 07 (08) RUNNIN' (LOSE IT ALL) NAUGHTY BOY/BEYONCE/A BENJAMIN 4 2015 08 (09) IRREPLACEABLE BEYONCE 4 2006 09 (07) BEST THING I NEVER HAD BEYONCE 3 2011 10 (11) LOVE ON TOP BEYONCE 13 2011 600k+ 11 (10) SWEET DREAMS BEYONCE 5 2009 12 (13) RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) BEYONCE 11 2011 13 (12) BEAUTIFUL LIAR BEYONCE & SHAKIRA 1 2007 14 (14) LISTEN BEYONCE 8 2007 15 (15) 07/11 BEYONCE 33 2014 400k+ 16 (16) XO BEYONCE 22 2014 17 (**) PARTITION BEYONCE 74 2014 18 (19) BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL BEYONCE 27 2009 19 (20) BABY BOY BEYONCE FT SEAN PAUL 2 2003 20 (17) DEJA VU BEYONCE FT JAY-Z 1 2006 21 (**) COUNTDOWN BEYONCE 35 2011 22 (**) HOLD UP BEYONCE 11 2016
March 13, 20187 yr Partition outselling Baby Boy and Deja Vu is ridiculous. At least her top five is reflective of her biggest songs though.
March 13, 20187 yr Author I know streaming has its problems when it comes to total sales but it's great to see 'Crazy in Love' now in the 'millionaire' club because it is definitely worthy of such status. Crazy to think it only sold 261k in 2003!
March 13, 20187 yr Yay at the sales update for all three of her millionaires! I always found it crazy that Bey (and Madonna) never achieved a million-selling single so I'm very pleased that she's managed to gain three with the addition of streaming. A shame the same hasn't happened for Madge yet.
March 13, 20187 yr Halo being her biggest song astounds me. I genuinely thought Single Ladies was her staple hit.
March 13, 20187 yr Halo is her most popular song on Spotify (well, it's second behind Perfect Duet), whereas Single Ladies isn't within her Top 10 (and neither is If I Were a Boy), so that's certainly helped Halo gain the upper hand and become her top hit now.
March 13, 20187 yr Halo is her most popular song on Spotify (well, it's second behind Perfect Duet), whereas Single Ladies isn't within her Top 10 (and neither is If I Were a Boy), so that's certainly helped Halo gain the upper hand and become her top hit now. I love Halo even more so than Single Ladies for example but it doesn't feel like a moment in comparison, if that makes any sense? I would also expect Single Ladies to be on more playlists which would help it gain more casual streams but apparently not :o
March 13, 20187 yr Author Halo seems like a huge fan fave, like one that people go mad for on tour, and is obviously a huge hit, but I would have thought Crazy in Love and Single Ladies were bigger with the general public. Even something like Run the World and Drunk in Love, but I suppose they are more suitable for the club. I guess Halo is pretty popular on radio still which helps.
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