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POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR

1 CHEAP THRILLS SIA FT SEAN PAUL 2 2016 2.1m (incl. 163m streams)

2 ROCKABYE CLEAN BANDIT FT SEAN PAUL 1 2016

3 HAIR LITTLE MIX FT SEAN PAUL 11 2016

4 NO LIE SEAN PAUL FT DUA LIPA 10 2016

5 BREATHE BLU CANTRELL FT SEAN PAUL 1 2003 803k

6 DANGEROUS LOVE FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL 3 2014

7 SHE DOESN'T MIND SEAN PAUL 2 2012 564k

8 WHAT ABOUT US SATURDAYS FT SEAN PAUL 1 2013 545k

9 TEMPERATURE SEAN PAUL 11 2006

10 GET BUSY SEAN PAUL 4 2003 504k (incl. 23.7m streams)

11 BABY BOY BEYONCE FT SEAN PAUL 2 2003 321k

12 MAD LOVE SEAN PAUL/GUETTA/BECKY G 22 2018

13 GOT 2 LUV U SEAN PAUL FT ALEXIS JORDAN 11 2011

14 DO YOU REMEMBER JAY SEAN/SEAN PAUL/LIL JON 13 2009

15 WE BE BURNIN' SEAN PAUL 2 2005

16 LIKE GLUE SEAN PAUL 3 2003

17 MAKE MY LOVE GO JAY SEAN FT SEAN PAUL 49 2016

18 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU SEAN PAUL FT SASHA 6 2004

19 OTHER SIDE OF LOVE SEAN PAUL 7 2013

20 GIMME THE LIGHT SEAN PAUL 5 2002 187k

Some great songs but wow streaming has really messed that up hasn't it :lol:

Cheap thrills over 2 million!

How on Earth is 'Hair' third? Last I was aware it was on ~700k. Unless that figure for 'Breathe' is wrong.

 

What a list though. *.* So many absolute bangers. No hesitation in saying that 'Got 2 Luv U' is one of my favourite songs of all time.

Some great songs but wow streaming has really messed that up hasn't it :lol:

 

They should do a point system to weigh the sales differently from different years when they do lists like these. For example, divide the sales that each song gets each year by the combined sales of the year-end top 100 (maybe only from the #3 - #100 positions so that anomalies like Candle In The Wind, Do They Know It's Christmas, Is This The Way To Amarillo, X Factor winner singles, etc. don't skew the results too much). And then add the numbers all back together.

 

If they did something like that then Breathe would be in the top 3 (maybe even #1, but Cheap Thrills and Rockabye were also hugely successful no matter how you measure them), and Hair and No Lie would be lower than Temperature and Get Busy which is where they should be in all honesty.

Edited February 12, 20196 yr by Eric_Blob

These lists are always painful because they just illustrate that they had no grip on streaming sales in 2016/17.

I'm quite shocked 'Hair' has managed at least another 100k since the Little Mix update in November! :o

 

'Breathe' shifting another 472k since 2003 too, pretty impressive!

'Temperature' still sounds fresh today. It felt a lot bigger than peaking at #11.

Interesting they’ve updated this just over 2 years on from the original article they posted. I didn’t include the sales figures at the time, but here is the 2016 list for comparison. Quite a jump for Hair! Rockabye had barely been out a month at the time.

 

1. Cheap Thrills (with Sia) [#2 in 2016]

2. Breathe (with Blu Cantrell) [#1 in 2003]

3. She Doesn't Mind [#2 in 2012]

4. What About Us (with The Saturdays) [#1 in 2013]

5. Dangerous Love (with Fuse ODG) [#3 in 2014]

6. Get Busy [#4 in 2003]

7. We Be Burnin' [#2 in 2005]

8. Do You Remember (with Jay Sean & Lil Jon) [#13 in 2009]

9. Got 2 Luv U (with Alexis Jordan) [#11 in 2011]

10. Temperature [#11 in 2006]

11. Hair (with Little Mix) [#11 in 2016]

12. Like Glue [#3 in 2003]

13. Baby Boy (with Beyoncé) [#2 in 2003]

14. Other Side Of Love [#7 in 2013]

15. I'm Still In Love With You (with Sasha) [#6 in 2004]

16. Rockabye (with Clean Bandit & Anne-Marie) [#1 in 2016]

17. Gimme The Light [#5 in 2003]

18. Summer Paradise (with Simple Plan) [#12 in 2012]

19. Ever Blazin' [#12 in 2005]

20. (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me (with Keyshia Cole) [#31 in 2006]

No Lie being his highest as lead artist is...disappointing but not surprising. Very impressed with Breathe's total!