DUA LIPA

 

1 (1 30) LEVITATING Dua Lipa (1393150) 2020

2 (1 25) HOTTER THAN HELL Dua Lipa (1035300) 2016

3 (3 21) DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa (702950) 2019

4 (2 14) BE THE ONE Dua Lipa (672350) 2017

5 (2 15) BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa (591450) 2020

6 (2 14) SWAN SONG Dua Lipa (463900) 2019

7 (5 14) BLOW YOUR MIND (MWAH) Dua Lipa (424450) 2016

8 (3 11) HALLUCINATE Dua Lipa (353950) 2020

9 (7 14) NEW RULES Dua Lipa (311250) 2017

10 (8 14) PHYSICAL Dua Lipa (310350) 2020

11 (9 14) ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa (259400) 2018

12 (35 7) ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson 84450 2018

Interesting ranking for Dua! Hotter Than Hell would probably be quite a bit lower down for me, although the others up there are all very good! Nice to see White Flag top your Dido list as well, a classic.

Interesting ranking for Dua! Hotter Than Hell would probably be quite a bit lower down for me, although the others up there are all very good! Nice to see White Flag top your Dido list as well, a classic.

 

Thanks Pete, I was pretty much convinced Dua was on her way to big stuff from her early tracks, she just seemed to stand out from the other jostling new female pop star wannabe's out at that time, and still think she's great. :)

ED SHEERAN

 

1 (2 12) SING Ed Sheeran (497000) 2014

2 (8 12) SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran (322000) 2017

3 (29 11) I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber (144600) 2019

4 (20 7) BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars (116100) 2019

5 (36 10) OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy (94700) 2020

6 (36 7) LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran (80300) 2015

7 (40 5) I SEE FIRE Ed Sheeran (64550) 2014

8 (43 6) BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid (51700) 2019

9 (55 3) THE A TEAM Ed Sheeran (32400) 2011

10 (59 3) RIVER Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran (24400) 2018

11 (64 4) BLOODSTREAM Ed Sheeran and Rudimental (23900) 2015

12 (51 2) EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran (23500) 2013

 

 

So, one of the global superstars of our time just managed to get a dozen while chart-topping Duran Duran (in the last century) just fall one short despite more bigger chart hits. No justice...! :) Don't try looking for the huge soppy ballads in my list....

I don't think any of my favourite Ed songs are in there (although they're not the 'soapy ballads' you mention either!) I think Sing is probably my favourite of the ones on your lsit so good pick for #1.

I don't think any of my favourite Ed songs are in there (although they're not the 'soapy ballads' you mention either!) I think Sing is probably my favourite of the ones on your lsit so good pick for #1.

 

Hi Pete, you might say I have an "I expect to find this new track boring" approach to Ed Sheeran records, he's one of the big acts (like Drake) I assume won't appeal to me so he has to convince me otherwise, and it's surprising he grabbed as many as 12 :lol: Drake fell one short, but 11 is still pretty good considering my inbuilt bias. :o :) That also means I paid out good cash to buy the tracks - Any new track that I chart has been one I consider good enough to buy and to want to hear again. If I'm not fussed I don't chart them and I don't buy them. A lot of Ed's ballads fall into the "I'm not fussed" category, but I've probably missed a few of the ones you like if I haven't come across them.... :)

ELBOW

 

1 (7 38) ONE DAY LIKE THIS Elbow (541800) 2008

2 (3 10) FLY BOY BLUE/ LUNETTE Elbow (369050) 2014

3 (10 11) FIRST STEPS Elbow (218750) 2012

4 (20 9) FALLEN ANGEL Elbow (124650) 2003

5 (21 6) FORGET MYSELF Elbow (98050) 2005

6 (34 7) GOLDEN SLUMBERS Elbow (84500) 2017

7 (23 5) ASLEEP IN THE BACK Elbow (78100) 2002

8 (33 4) OPEN ARMS Elbow (43000) 2011

9 (60 2) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Elbow (17000) 2008

10 (75 2) MAGNIFICENT (SHE SAYS) Elbow (10000) 2017

11 (74 10 NOT A JOB Elbow (5200) 2004

12 (76 10 WHAT TIME DO YOU CALL THIS? Elbow (4800) 2015

ELLIE GOULDING

 

1 (3 13) YOUR SONG Ellie Goulding (451750) 2010

2 (2 13) LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding (443200) 2015

3 (8 14) STARRY EYED Ellie Goulding (309150) 2010

4 (7 12) OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding (291500) 2014

5 (7 10) EXPLOSIONS Ellie Goulding (233050) 2013

6 (9 8) POWERFUL Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley (216500) 2015

7 (16 10) ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding (178450) 2012

8 (15 8) WONDERMAN Tinie Tempah featuring Ellie Goulding (134700) 2011

9 (20 7) I NEED YOUR LOVE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding (107100) 2013

10 (36 8) SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding (82300) 2015

11 (32 4) FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding (59300) 2012

12 (29 4) GUNS & HORSES Ellie Goulding (52650) 2010

My top 2 Ellie songs have snuck into your list as #11 and #12 :lol: glad to see them there at all, both deserved better in the chart :wub:

I definitely need to hear more songs from Elbow, I'm surprised at how few I recognise in that list! Maginficent and Golden Slumbers are both great tracks though, as is of course One Day Like This.

My top 2 Ellie songs have snuck into your list as #11 and #12 :lol: glad to see them there at all, both deserved better in the chart :wub:

 

good to hear Jade! Sadly i've forgotten what they sound like - as you get older things dont stick like they did when you're 14 :cry: I can literally remember records I heard once 48 years ago and didn't hear again for decades. Doing an experiment now and playing them. No, don't recall Figure 8 at best vaguely familiar. Good though, much better than her recent stuff! Deserved higher than 32 :) Guns & Horses: again seems familiar, vaguely :lol: Prefer Figure 8, so my rating is still the same order :lol:

I definitely need to hear more songs from Elbow, I'm surprised at how few I recognise in that list! Maginficent and Golden Slumbers are both great tracks though, as is of course One Day Like This.

 

If they did a Greatest Hits with those 12 tracks on it (plus some others) I'd be interested in reacquainting myself with the back catalgue :)

ELTON JOHN

 

1 (1 20) SAD Elton John vs Pnau (910800) 2012

2 (3 15) FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau (543000) 2012

3 (4 15) ALL IN THE NAME Bright Light Bright Light featuring Elton John (362350) 2016

4 (4 11) FACE TO FACE Gary Barlow and Elton John (328400) 2014

5 (7 11) GHETTO GOSPEL 2Pac/ Elton John (260100) 2005

6 (10 13) I WANT LOVE Elton John (258050) 2001

7 (10 9) IN PRIVATE Pet Shop Boys/ Elton John (220750) 2012

8 (15 7) PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau (141550) 2012

9 (23 9) SYMMETRY OF TWO HEARTS Bright Light Bright Light featuring Elton John (136600) 2016

10 (19 7) HOME AGAIN Elton John (101550) 2013

11 (20 6) BELIEVE/SONG FOR GUY Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John (100750) 2017

12 (32 8) SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Blue & Elton John (92700) 2003

 

 

Worth mentioning Elton had a massive remixed hit with Are You Ready For Love - but the airplay version was the original, which first charted in the late 70's, and he also co-wrote and played piano on Scissor Sisters monster I Don't Feel Like Dancin', but neither qualify on a technicality :lol: Basically, though, 21st century Elton hasn't had a significant new solo track since 2013, and a big one since 2001. The Pnau tracks are reinventions using segments of early Elton tracks, and the Pet Shop Boys collabs were 90's recordings that didn't get released until the 21st Century.

I'm not the biggest fan of Elton but I really do like his Songs From the West Coast album, it's the strongest of his I've ever heard. I'm particularly fond of Original Sin and Mansfield from it :wub:

I'm not the biggest fan of Elton but I really do like his Songs From the West Coast album, it's the strongest of his I've ever heard. I'm particularly fond of Original Sin and Mansfield from it :wub:

 

I've never heard that album, though it is rated critically, and neither of those tracks I know - but I rushed to read the lyrics of Mansfield, hoping it was about the trials and tribulations of life and poverty in a devastated former coal-mining community. And it turns out to be a romantic twist on meeting David Furnish (I presume with the Star Of David reference) themed around Mansfield Park the book and the Mansfield apartments in LA. :lol:

 

Oddly, though, I've read his excellent autobiography (a must-read) and he met him at his own house in the UK, so maybe it's all about Bernie Taupin's love of that time, or fiction..... :o

EMELI SANDE

 

1 (1 26) HURTS Emeli Sande (1315650) 2016

2 (3 19) HEAVEN Emeli Sande (524050) 2011

3 (3 12) SURVIVE Don Diablo featuring Emeli Sande & Gucci Mane (488000) 2018

4 (2 8) SPARROW Emeli Sande (436250) 2019

5 (9 21) BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emeli Sande (390500) 2012

6 (6 15) NEXT TO ME Emeli Sande (375500) 2012

7 (8 13) WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande (275150) 2012

8 (14 12) I DON’T KNOW Nana Rogues & Emeli Sande (229050) 2019

9 (14 12) BREATHING UNDERWATER Emeli Sande (213450) 2016

10 (10 10) WHAT I DID FOR LOVE David Guetta featuring Emeli Sande (200600) 2015

11 (9 8) LIFTED Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sande (176650) 2013

12 (21 6) FREE Rudimental featuring Emeli Sande (77550) 2013

EMINEM

 

1 (3 18) STAN Eminem/ Dido (511350) 2000

2 (4 15) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE Eminem/Rihanna (456100) 2010

3 (5 17) WITHOUT ME Eminem (451100) 2002

4 (6 13) LOSE YOURSELF Eminem (321150) 2002

5 (19 14) THE REAL SLIM SHADY Eminem (198000) 2000

6 (26 11) JUST LOSE IT Eminem (159450) 2004

7 (23 12) FORGOT ABOUT D.R.E. Dr Dre/ Eminem (154550) 2000

8 (18 9) LIGHTERS Bad Versus Evil (Eminem)/ Bruno Mars (130700) 2011

9 (40 8) BUSINESS Eminem (108900) 2003

10 (35 9) THE MONSTER Eminem featuring Rihanna (106100) 2014

11 (19 9) LIKE TOY SOLDIERS Eminem/ Martika (106050) 2004

12 (25 6) VENOM Eminem (86250) 2018

EMPIRE OF THE SUN/PNAU/THE SLEEPY JACKSON

 

1 (2 29) GOOD DANCERS Sleepy Jackson (1138350) 2003

2 (1 20) SAD Elton John vs Pnau (910800) 2012

3 (1 21) CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun (846900) 2019

4 (3 28) WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun (819900) 2009

5 (3 21) ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun (763050) 2018

6 (4 19) SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver (661750) 2019

7 (3 18) WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun (651250) 2009

8 (3 15) FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau (543000) 2012

9 (8 16) I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun (381200) 2017

10 (7 12) CHANGES Faul and Wad Ad versus Pnau (265000) 2014

11 (8 12) ALIVE Empire Of The Sun (252250) 2013

12 (16 10) THIS DAY Sleepy Jackson (160400) 2004

 

 

Both members of Empire Of The Sun have had previous or side projects in The Sleepy Jackson and PNAU, none of whom have quite managed 12 - but the quality of the combined back catalogue of everything they've been involved is very high, so as far as I'm concerned it's all the same, they're fab whatever the name on the label.

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

 

1 (1 24) BE WITH YOU Enrique Iglesias (1210600) 2000

2 (2 18) TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara (650850) 2009

3 (2 25) SAD EYES Enrique Iglesias (593350) 2000

4 (5 15) NOT IN LOVE Enrique Iglesias/ Kelis (495800) 2004

5 (5 12) LOVE TO SEE YOU CRY Enrique Iglesias (445350) 2002

6 (4 15) DO YOU KNOW (PING PONG SONG) Enrique Iglesias (429150) 2007

7 (6 14) I LIKE IT (ALL NIGHT LONG) Enrique Iglesias/ Pitbull/ Lionel Richie (383900) 2010

8 (4 15) COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER Whitney Houston/ Enrique Iglesias (368200) 2000

9 (4 12) HEARTBEAT Enrique Iglesias/ Nicole Scherzinger (323500) 2010

10 (16 20) HERO/ (REMIX) Enrique Iglesias (251550) 2002

11 (30 14) ESCAPE Enrique Iglesias (170550) 2002

12 (22 6) DON’T YOU NEED SOMEBODY RedOne featuring Enrique Igelsias, R.City, Serayah & Shaggy (102650) 2016

ERASURE/YAZOO

 

1 (3 13) BREATHE Erasure (417500) 2005

2 (8 13) I COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU Erasure (232000) 2007

3 (10 8) MAKE IT WONDERFUL Erasure (201850) 2014

4 (19 12) SOLSBURY HILL Erasure (185250) 2003

5 (16 10) REASON Erasure (180700) 2014

6 (15 10) ELEVATION Erasure (178350) 2014

7 (16 7) ONLY YOU (2017 VERSION) Yazoo (121800) 2017

8 (19 6) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Erasure (106650) 2003

9 (30 6) SACRED Erasure (93200) 2015

10 (36 5) HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING) Erasure (69250) 2020

11 (37 7) NERVES OF STEEL Erasure (63750) 2020

12 (38 4) FREEDOM Erasure (52400) 2000