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Thanks again for hosting this! Interesting that both the top 2 were songs released in 2018 that didn't take off until 2019
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Thanks again for hosting this! Interesting that both the top 2 were songs released in 2018 that didn't take off until 2019

 

Yeh this time last year SYL was hovering around 100-200 on Spotify and took off by the end of January.

A late reply, but thanks to all who compiled the sales data and put this together! I missed the majority of it but listened to the rest in order using the YT links. Overall it was more representative of the year than I thought it'd be (tbf my expectations were low :lol:), plus it was nice listening through without Radio 1 commentary between each song! :P

Dance Monkey now up to #8 in the official year-end list :D

although sadly Meduza are booted from the top 10

 

1 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI 1

2 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X 1

3 I DON'T CARE ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER 1

4 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH 2

5 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN 2

6 SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX 1

7 VOSSI BOP STORMZY 1

8 DANCE MONKEY TONES & I 1

9 DON'T CALL ME UP MABEL 3

10 SENORITA SHAWN MENDES/CAMILA CABELLO 1

11 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS 2

12 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA 1

13 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY 6

14 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI 4

15 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE 3

16 7 RINGS ARIANA GRANDE 1

17 WOW. POST MALONE 3

18 LADBROKE GROVE AJ TRACEY 3

19 JUST YOU AND I TOM WALKER 3

20 SHALLOW LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER 1

21 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ED SHEERAN FT KHALID 1

22 DANCING WITH A STRANGER SAM SMITH & NORMANI 3

23 TAKE ME BACK TO LONDON ED SHEERAN FT STORMZY 1

24 3 NIGHTS DOMINIC FIKE 3

25 BRUISES LEWIS CAPALDI 6

26 HIGHER LOVE KYGO & WHITNEY HOUSTON 2

27 GRACE LEWIS CAPALDI 9

28 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS 2

29 SUCKER JONAS BROTHERS 4

30 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE 1

31 HIGH HOPES PANIC AT THE DISCO 12

32 OPTIONS NSG FT TION WAYNE 7

33 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND I'M BORED ARIANA GRANDE 1

34 SOS AVICII FT ALOE BLACC 6

35 KEISHA & BECKY RUSS & TION WAYNE 7

36 BURY A FRIEND BILLIE EILISH 6

37 HAPPIER MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE 2

38 RIDE IT REGARD 2

39 STRIKE A POSE YOUNG T & BUGSEY FT AITCH 9

40 WITHOUT ME HALSEY 3

Don't like the song but glad Tones is represented in the top 10 now as it was such a defining song for the year.

Ugh I could have done without that!

 

But as said, it would be a bit silly if a song that successful wasn’t represented in the top 10.

 

Will they be posting a top 100? And for the albums?

Albums list:

 

1 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI 1

2 NO 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT ED SHEERAN 1

3 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 1

4 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH 1

5 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA 1

6 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN 3

7 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE 1

8 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE TOM WALKER 1

9 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 1

10 YOU'RE IN MY HEART ROD STEWART 1

11 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN 1

12 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1

13 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC 5

14 EVERYDAY LIFE COLDPLAY 1

15 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN 5

16 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE 1

17 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION QUEEN 2

18 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH 12

19 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA 3

20 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING POST MALONE 1

21 BACK TOGETHER MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE 2

22 PSYCHODRAMA DAVE 1

23 HURTS 2B HUMAN PINK 1

24 LOVER TAYLOR SWIFT 1

25 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE 1

26 WHY ME WHY NOT LIAM GALLAGHER 1

27 SCORPION DRAKE 1

28 SINGING TO STRANGERS JACK SAVORETTI 1

29 SPECTRUM WESTLIFE 1

30 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 3

31 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM 1

32 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1

33 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE 1

34 SNACKS JAX JONES 9

35 WESTERN STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1

36 WHAT IS LOVE CLEAN BANDIT 9

37 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS 1

38 ABBEY ROAD BEATLES 1

39 MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 1

40 HYPERSONIC MISSILES SAM FENDER 1

 

Hopefully Vidcapper can add some sales to this.

 

Well done Rod bagging a place in the top 10, thought Robbie or Coldplay would be the artists to do that in November.

 

Shows the power of Q4 is gone!

The top ten is now a bit more representative - 39 weeks at #1 covered during the year. The only others were the non-lead Ariana and Ed #1s, and those from the last fortnight.

Top 100 revised with the inclusion of last week's

 

01 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

02 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road

03 Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care

04 Billie Eilish – bad guy

05 Calvin Harris & Rag ‘n’ Bone – Giant

06 Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho

07 Stormzy – Vossi Pop

08 Tones & I – Dance Monkey

09 Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up

10 Shawn Mendez & Camila Cabello – Senorita

 

11 Meduza feat. Goodboys – Pieve Of My Heart

12 George Ezra – Shotgun

13 Dave featuring Burna Boy – Location

14 Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait

15 Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower

16 Ariana Grande – 7 Rings

17 Post Malone – Wow.

18 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove

19 Tom Walker – Just You And I

20 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

 

21 Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid – Beautiful People

22 Sam Smith & Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

23 Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy – Take Me back To London

24 Dominic Fike – 3 Nights

25 Lewis Capaldi – Bruises

26 Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love

27 Lewis Capaldi – Grace

28 Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Hurt

29 Jonas Brothers – Sucker

30 Ariana Grande – Thank You. Next

 

31 Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

32 NSG feat. Tion Wayne – Options

33 Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored

34 Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc – SOS

35 Russ & Tion Wayne – Keisha & Becky

36 Billie Eilish – bury a friend

37 Marshmello & Bastille – Happier

38 Regard – Ride It

39 Young T & Bugsy feat. Aitch – Strike A Pose

40 Halsey – Without Me

 

41 Joe Corry – Sorry

42 Khalid & Disclosure – Talk

43 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid – Eastside

44 Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock – Cross Me

45 Aitch – Taste (Make It Shake)

46 Ed Sheeran – Perfect

47 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promise Me

48 Pinkfong – Baby Shark

49 Sigala & Becky Hill – Wish You Well

50 Wiley x Sean Paul x Steflon Don feat. Idris Elba – Boasty

 

51 Jess Glynne – Thursday

52 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa – All Day & Night

53 Lil Tecca – Ransom

54 Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me

55 Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B – South Of The Border

56 Marshmello & CHVRCHES – Here With Me

57 P!nk – Walk Me Home

58 Mabel – Mad Love

59 MIST feat. Fredo – So High

60 Freya Ridings – Lost Without You

 

61 Tom Walker – Leave A Light On

62 Sam Smith – How Do I Sleep?

63 The Killers – Mr Brightside

64 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

65 Loud Luxury feat. Brando – Body

66 Post Malone – Circles

67 Chris Brown feat. Drake – No Guidance

68 Lizzo – Good As Hell

69 Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered

70 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss

 

71 Taylor Swift feat. Brandon Urie of Panic! Of the Disco – Me!

72 Lauv & Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired

73 Steel Banglez, MoStack & AJ Tracey – Fashion

74 Billie Eilish – When The Party’s Over

75 Travi$ Scott – Sicko Mode

76 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You

77 George Ezra – Hold My Girl

78 Dave & Fredo – Funky Friday

79 Post Malone feat. Young Thug – Goodbyes

80 George Ezra – Paradise

 

81 Meek Mill feat. Drake – Going Bad

82 Ava Max – So Am I

83 Shawn Mendez – If I Can’t Have You

84 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You

85 Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplan – These Days

86 A Boogie wit da Hoodie feat. 6ix9ine – Swervin’

87 Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B – Girls Like You

88 Anne-Marie 2002

89 Cadet & Deno Driez – Advice

90 Hugh Jackson, Keala Settle, Zac Efron & Zendaya – The Greatest Showman

 

91 Sigrid – Don’t Feel Like Crying

92 Tyga feat. Offset – Taste

93 Lizzo – Truth Hurts

94 Sam Feldt feat. Rani – Post Malone

95 Wham! – Last Christmas

96 Rita Ora Let You Love Me

97 Stormzy - Crown

98 Little Mix feat. Nicki Ninaj – Woman Like Me

99 Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now

100 Jonas Blue feat. Theresa Rex – What I Like About You

Top 10 with sales. I'll add as many of the top 100 that I can find though some may be estimated sales which I'll mark with a *

 

01 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved 2,326,592

02 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road 1,745,442

03 Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care 1,432,961

04 Billie Eilish – bad guy 1,341,900

05 Calvin Harris & Rag ‘n’ Bone – Giant 1,289,806

06 Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho 1,254,156

07 Stormzy – Vossi Pop 1,135,071

08 Tones & I – Dance Monkey 1,122,462

09 Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up 1,070,000

10 Shawn Mendez & Camila Cabello – Senorita 1,069,783

Edited by Robbie

wow at Mariah and Wham making the top 100 this year, I don't believe they have for a good while despite them obviously selling well every Christmas.

 

that's rather unfortunate for Freya to have Castles kicked out in the last week of the year by old songs however.

Did not realise 'Old Town Road' would be that far ahead of 'I Don't Care'!
'I Don't Care' by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, has one of the strangest chart runs of all time. On the chart dated 19/07/19 the track fell from number 2 to nowhere only to re-enter the chart the following week at number 3. The reason is that on the 19/07/19 it was the fourth biggest selling track by Ed Sheeran and was therefore removed from the charts under the "three songs by an act" chart rule. The track was on ACR and therefore its streams were being reduced. Had the track still been on SCR it would have been at number 1.

 

I'm fairly sure its sales from the week it was excluded from the chart are still included towards its total though. (And the totals still ignore ACR as well right?)

 

Suppose it mostly comes down to Lil Nas X's song being out all year, and it having a deceptively long chart run near the top despite having only 2 weeks at #1 - I knew it was ahead of course but just didn't anticipate the gap being that big.

I'm fairly sure its sales from the week it was excluded from the chart are still included towards its total though. (And the totals still ignore ACR as well right?)

 

Suppose it mostly comes down to Lil Nas X's song being out all year, and it having a deceptively long chart run near the top despite having only 2 weeks at #1 - I knew it was ahead of course but just didn't anticipate the gap being that big.

Yes, sales from weeks when tracks are excluded are still counted and ACR is ignored too.

 

Sales for the top 4 best selling albums, as given by Alan Jones

 

1 - 640,892 - Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

2 - 568,110 - Ed Sheeran - No 6 Collaborations Project

3 - 523,844 - Motion Picture Cast Recording - Greatest Showman

4 - 369,609 - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

 

Absolutely horrendous sales by any standards. Compare them with the best selling albums from 10 years ago

 

1 I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle * 1,632,732

2 The Fame - Lady Gaga * 1,388,964

3 Crazy Love - Michael Bublé * 1,197,421

4 The End - Black Eyed Peas * 1,090,211

5 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon * 1,079,000

6 JLS - JLS * 969,762

7 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 822,000

8 Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini * 810,459

9 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 779,000

10 Reality Killed the Video Star - Robbie Williams * 752,846

Surprised by the amount of songs in that top 100 singles which were released before 2019, especially the catalogue tracks beyond the last couple years. I hope this isn’t a trend that builds each year as streaming makes the sales charts less focused on current popularity and more general popularity. Mr Brightside being a big example (I would say queen too but as they had a successful film tie in then they’re not completely out of place).

 

I do think on a whole, 2019 has been a very weak year for releases (probably the weakest this decade) IMO, so I hope this is more a reflection of that. Will be interesting to see which 2019 tracks are on next year’s list. Will also be interesting to see if the Christmas songs keep growing in annual sales and we see more classics making the end of year chart.

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