Posted September 27, 20204 yr You’ve had the 80s, the 90s, the 00s, and here are the 10s- yes the top 100 best selling female solo tracks of the decade including streams in the UK! The charts covered are 16/01/2010 to 02/01/2020 and contrary to my normal rundowns this list will only include tracks which are officially credited solely to a female soloist so collaborations which are credited as such will not appear here. There are 13 acts with three or more tracks in the top 100 but as we are dealing with streams the list is not as reliable or as comprehensive as earlier lists so my guestimates could be further out than normal. Credits go to the OCC, BPI, shireblogger, Liam K, Andy, buzzjack and Haven as sources. As per usual the bigger sellers are all pretty well known but no spoilers please- let’s just enjoy the rundown! 28 Number ones, 57 top 10s and two tracks that missed the top 40 altogether in the decade, the tracks spent a total of over 3,800 weeks in the top 100 between them, and 8 that charted before this decade altogether!
September 27, 20204 yr Very exciting! I remember reading your 80s, 90s and 00s threads years back - almost a decade ago themselves!
September 27, 20204 yr Author I can’t wait! Have you got links to the 80s, 90s and 00s threads? Yes I'll re-cap on the previous decades over the next few days
September 28, 20204 yr Author As promised a reminder of the top 100 best selling Female solo hits of the other decades Here's the 80s 01. THE POWER OF LOVE JENNIFER RUSH 1, 168,000 02. FAME IRENE CARA 975,000 03. WOMAN IN LOVE BARBRA STREISAND 788,000 04. INTO THE GROOVE MADONNA 766,000 05. FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE KELLY MARIE 760,000 06. LIKE A VIRGIN MADONNA 741,000 07. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART BONNIE TYLER 706,000 08. THE ONLY WAY IS UP YAZZ 704,000 09. TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL FERN KINNEY 672,000 10. I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) WHITNEY HOUSTON 667,000 11. I FEEL FOR YOU CHAKA KHAN 664,000 12. CHAIN REACTION DIANA ROSS 651,000 13. 9 TO 5 SHEENA EASTON 638,000 14. MOVE CLOSER PHYLLIS NELSON 612,000 15. I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY KYLIE MINOGUE 611,000 16. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 610,000 17. PAPA DON'T PREACH MADONNA 593,000 18. MICKEY TONI BRASIL 580,000 19. I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY 537,000 20. HOLIDAY MADONNA 537,000 21. SO MACHO SINITTA 532,000 22. TRUE BLUE MADONNA 522,000 23. KIDS IN AMERICA KIM WILDE 515,000 24. UPSIDE DOWN DIANA ROSS 505,000 25. HEARTBREAKER DIONNE WARWICK 503,000 26. CRAZY FOR YOU MADONNA 494,000 27. JAPANESE BOY ANEKA 487,000 28. HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISE 481,000 29. THEY DON'T KNOW TRACEY ULLMAN 465,000 30. WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT TINA TURNER 450,000 31. ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY RANDY CRAWFORD 447,000 32. HAND ON YOUR HEART KYLIE MINOGUE 419,000 33. TAKE THAT LOOK OFF YOUR FACE MARTI WEBB 417,000 34. TIME AFTER TIME CYNDI LAUPER 415,000 35. LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA 412,000 36. FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING IRENE CARA 405,000 37. CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT JUDY BOUCHER 397,000 38. LA ISLA BONITA MADONNA 393,000 39. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE DIANA ROSS 392,000 40. HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO BONNIE TYLER 389,000 41. SELF CONTROL LAURA BRANIGAN 388,000 42. THE LOCO-MOTION KYLIE MINOGUE 382,000 43. GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN CYNDI LAUPER 380,000 44. ALL AROUND THE WORLD LISA STANSFIELD 376,000 45. WHO'S THAT GIRL MADONNA 373,000 46. THE FIRST TIME ROBIN BECK 358,000 47. A LITTLE PEACE NICOLE 350,000 48. YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME LOVING YOU SONIA 346,000 49. PHYSICAL OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN 344,000 50. NEVER KNEW A LOVE LIKE THIS STEPHANIE MILLS 338,000 51. LET'S STAY TOGETHER TINA TURNER 333,000 52. ONE MOMENT IN TIME WHITNEY HOUSTON 331,000 53. MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY NATALIE COLE 331,000 54. WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING KYLIE MINOGUE 329,000 55. YOU KEEP ME HANGIN ON KIM WILDE 327,000 56. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY DENIECE WILLIAMS 325,000 57. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME CHARLENE 324,000 58. MEMORY ELAINE PAIGE 323,000 59. TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) SAMANTHA FOX 321,000 60. SEE THE DAY DEE C LEE 320,000 61. THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL DONNA SUMMER 319,000 62. WHATEVER I DO (WHEREVER I GO) HAZELL DEAN 319,000 63. TOY BOY SINITTA 319,000 64. MODERN GIRL SHEENA EASTON 317,000 65. THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE ALISON MOYET 317,000 66. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO TINA TURNER 309,000 67. ORINOCO FLOW ENYA 304,000 68. EIGHTH DAY HAZEL O'CONNOR 302,000 69. HI ENERGY EVELYN THOMAS 294,000 70. LOVE COME DOWN EVELYN KING 292,000 71. ALL CRIED OUT ALISON MOYET 292,000 72. STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 291,000 73. JUMP TO THE BEAT STACY LATTISAW 289,000 74. JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI KYLIE MINOGUE 286,000 75. CALL ME SPAGNA 285,000 76. LET'S WAIT AWHILE JANET JACKSON 283,000 77. STOP SAM BROWN 282,000 78. BORDERLINE MADONNA 281,000 79. MATERIAL GIRL MADONNA 279,000 80. GOT TO BE CERTAIN KYLIE MINOGUE 278,000 81. BUFFALO STANCE NENEH CHERRY 268,000 82. SEARCHIN (I GOTTA FIND A MAN) HAZELL DEAN 267,000 83. STARTING TOGETHER SUE POLLARD 264,000 84. RUNNING UP THAT HILL KATE BUSH 262,000 85. TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 262,000 86. LOVE LETTERS ALISON MOYET 257,000 87. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY SHEENA EASTON 256,000 88. IS THIS LOVE ALISON MOYET 253,000 89. GAMBLER MADONNA 251,000 90. THE BEST TINA TURNER 247,000 91. AIN'T NOTHIN GOIN ON BUT THE RENT GWEN GUTHRIE 246,000 92. WHY CARLY SIMON 244,000 93. CHEQUERED LOVE KIM WILDE 244,000 94. ONLY LOVE NANA MOUSKOURI 243,000 95. IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME CHER 240,600 96. FORGET ME NOTS PATRICE RUSHEN 234,000 97. BABOOSHKA KATE BUSH 234,000 98. LIVE TO TELL MADONNA 231,000 99. BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) SABRINA 229,000 100. HOW WILL I KNOW WHITNEY HOUSTON 228,000
September 28, 20204 yr Author And the 90s 01. BELIEVE CHER 1,669,000 02. BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 1,455,300 03. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 1,366,200 04. MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION 1,302,100 05. THINK TWICE CELINE DION 1,235,000 06. SATURDAY NIGHT WHIGFIELD 1,092,200 07. TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 970,000 08. OOH AAH JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G 787,800 09. UNBREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 780,900 10. THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH SHANIA TWAIN 763,000 11. TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON 743,500 12. HOW DO I LIVE LEANN RIMES 711,500 13. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U SINEAD O CONNOR 671,500 14. GENIE IN A BOTTLE CHRISTINA AGUILERA 608,600 15. PERFECT MOMENT MARTINE MCCUTCHEON 592,500 16. FREED FROM DESIRE GALA 562,700 17. WITHOUT YOU MARIAH CAREY 559,100 18. SHOOP SHOOP SONG CHER 514,900 19. DREAMS GABRIELLE 513,200 20. 2 TIMES ANN LEE 506,100 21. I TRY MACY GRAY 501,300 22. MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE WHITNEY HOUSTON 493,400 23. IT'S OH SO QUIET BJORK 493,100 24. BEAUTIFUL STRANGER MADONNA 490,600 25. FROZEN MADONNA 486,000 26. IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY WHITNEY HOUSTON 485,400 27. SHOW ME HEAVEN MARIA MCKEE 479,300 28. FREE ULTRA NATE 478,700 29. VOGUE MADONNA 445,000 30. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 434,400 31. SOMETIMES BRITNEY SPEARS 426,900 32. BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME CELINE DION 423,500 33. GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME GABRIELLE 416,200 34. SHY GUY- DIANA KING 405,200 35. YOU'LL SEE MADONNA 366,700 36. MI CHICO LATINO GERI HALLIWELL 365,400 37. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER DONNA LEWIS 353,800 38. IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW CELINE DION 353,400 39. I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN SHANIA TWAIN 348,300 40. YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY SHOLA AMA 345,800 41. AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY LUTRICIA MCNEAL 341,600 42. DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA MADONNA 326,000 43. FANTASY MARIAH CAREY 325,100 44. IF YOU HAD MY LOVE JENNIFER LOPEZ 320,700 45. NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO TINA MOORE 318,700 46. LOOK AT ME GERI HALLIWELL 316,000 47. BREATHE AGAIN TONI BRAXTON 310,700 48. WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME DIANA ROSS 310,700 49. LIFT ME UP GERI HALLIWELL 310,000 50. BLACK VELVET ALANNAH MYLES 306,700 51. BIG BIG WORLD EMILIA 305,300 52. ANYWHERE IS ENYA 304,400 53. GIRLFRIEND BILLIE 302,400 54. SWEETNESS MICHELLE GAYLE 301,800 55. BECAUSE WE WANT TO BILLIE 301,300 56. DON'T WORRY KIM APPLEBY 299,900 57. CLOSER THAN CLOSE ROSIE GAINES 297,900 58. CRUSH JENNIFER PAIGE 295,600 59. HEY NOW CYNDI LAUPER 292,600 60. PROFESSIONAL WIDOW TORI AMOS 290,000 61.TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART NICKI FRENCH 285,600 62. DON'T BE A STRANGER DINA CARROLL 281,300 63. NO MORE I LOVE YOU'S ANNIE LENNOX 280,400 64. LITTLE BIRD/ LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE ANNIE LENNOX 265,500 65. STRANDED LUTRICIA MCNEIL 263,900 66. YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY BRITNEY SPEARS 255,700 67. STRONG ENOUGH CHER 253,300 68. SLEEPING SATELLITE TASMIN ARCHER 253,200 69. JUSTIFY MY LOVE MADONNA 252,500 70. BITCH MEREDITH BROOKS 249,500 71. LIFE DES'REE 248,800 72. SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY ZOE 247,700 73. TEARS ON MY PILLOW KYLIE MINOGUE 245,400 74. SHE WANTS YOU BILLIE 240,000 75. RAY OF LIGHT MADONNA 236,800 76. CHAINS TINA ARENA 236,400 77. BABY BABY AMY GRANT 230,000 78. WORLD IN UNION KIRI TE KANAWA 228,900 79. STEP BY STEP WHITNEY HOUSTON 227,600 80. YOU DON'T LOVE ME DAWN PENN 225,900 81. TOO BLIND TO SEE IT KYM SIMS 224,100 82. YOU GOTTA BE DES'REE 222,200 83. PROMISE ME BEVERLEY CRAVEN 221,600 84. ALWAYS BE MY BABY MARIAH CAREY 219,900 85. BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW KYLIE MINOGUE 219,900 86. ALL I WANNA DO SHERYL CROW 218,500 87. I LOVE YOUR SMILE SHANICE 216,400 88. LOOKING FOR LOVE KAREN RAMIREZ 215,500 89. DOO WOP (THAT THING) LAURYN HILL 213,500 90. KISS THE RAIN BILLIE MYERS 209,900 91. CONFIDE IN ME KYLIE MINOGUE 209,700 92. ONE OF US JOAN OSBORNE 209,700 93. THE PERFECT YEAR DINA CARROLL 208,400 94. THINK OF YOU WHIGFIELD 207,900 95. GYPSY WOMAN CRYSTAL WATERS 207,800 96. BIG MISTAKE NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 207,100 97. MICKEY LOLLY 203,500 98. HONEY TO THE BEE BILLIE 197,200 99. ANOTHER DAY WHIGFIELD 193,700 100. WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY SYBIL 192,200
September 28, 20204 yr Queen Billie with 4 singles from one album featured. I didn’t know the Ann Lee track did that well.
September 28, 20204 yr Thought there might be a few songs I didn't know in the 80s list, but I wasn't expecting the first to be as high as #9. I've just looked it up and it had a very short chart run to sell that much! The next I'd never heard of is at #50. I know all of the 90s list though :)
September 29, 20204 yr Author And here's the 00s 1. Hallelujah Alexandra Burke 1,172,495 2. Can't Get You Out Of My Head Kylie Minogue 1,104,000 3. Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 973,500 4. Poker Face Lady Gaga 882,059 5. A Moment Like This Leona Lewis 862,000 6. Just Dance- Lady Gaga 767,558 7. Fight For This Love Cheryl Cole 745,738 8. It Feels So Good Sonique 665,000 9. Whenever Wherever Shakira 628,500 10. Run Leona Lewis 617,415 11. Mercy Duffy 603,000 12. Can't Fight The Moonlight LeAnn Rimes 585,000 13. If I Were A Boy Beyonce 582,400 14. I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry 577,000 15. Hung Up Madonna 547,000 16. Hot N Cold Katy Perry 518,000 17. So What Pink 491,000 18. The Fear Lily Allen 485,980 19. Rise Gabrielle 462,000 20. Bad Romance Lady Gaga 458,555 21. Oops!... I did It Again Britney Spears 451,470 22. Paparazzi Lady Gaga 447,755 23. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Beyonce 435,770 24. Halo Beyonce 432,000 25. It's Raining Men Geri Halliwell 423,500 26. Kiss Kiss Holly Valance 409,000 27. Music Madonna 404,000 28. Disturbia Rihanna 401,800 29. Crazy In Love Beyonce 390,000 30. Womanizer Britney Spears 386,660 31. Maneater Nelly Furtado 384,750 32. American Pie Madonna 382,000 33. Love Story Taylor Swift 379,785 34. Not Fair Lily Allen 375,540 35. I Wish I was A Punkrocker (With Flowers In My Hair) Sandi Thom 368,000 36. Don't Stop The Music Rihanna 365,600 37. Take A Bow Rihanna 364,100 38. I Turn To You (Remix) Mel C 360,500 39. The Boy Does Nothing Alesha Dixon 360,345 40. Release Me Agnes 360,250 41. Sweet Dreams Beyonce 347,240 42. Toxic Britney Spears 345,500 43. Get The Party Started Pink 326,000 44. All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 321,350 45. Foundations Kate Nash 321,000 46. Out Of Reach Gabrielle 315,000 47. Breathe Slow Alesha Dixon 313,500 48. Left Outside Alone Anastacia 310,000 49. Tik Tok Ke$ha 308,960 50. Born To Make You Happy- Britney Spears 306,400 51. Sweet About Me Gabriella Cilmi 305,900 52. Murder On The Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor 305,600 53. Unfaithful Rihanna 298,200 54. Chasing Pavements Adele 297,000 55. All This Time Michelle 295,800 56. My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly Clarkson 295,300 57. White Flag Dido 295,100 58. Warwick Avenue Duffy 291,300 59. S.O.S Rihanna 288,700 60. No One Alicia Keys 287,000 61. Smile Lily Allen 284,000 62. Mama Do Pixie Lott 282,550 63. Spinning Around Kylie Minogue 276,500 64. I'm Like A Bird Nelly Furtado 276,000 65. Rehab Amy Winehouse 275,000 66. Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) Fergie 275,000 67. There'll You Be Faith Hill 274,000 68. Girlfriend Avril Lavigne 270,000 69. Everytime Britney Spears 264,000 70. Irreplaceable Beyonce 262,800 71. I'm Outta Love Anastacia 262,000 72. Beautiful Christina Aguilera 260,000 73. Better In Time/ Footsteps In The Sand Leona Lewis 259,000 74. What Took You So Long Emma Bunton 257,800 75. Underneath Your Clothes Shakira 257,200 76. Bag It Up Geri Halliwell 255,500 77. Day & Night Billie 254,300 78. Milkshake Kelis 250,700 79. Always Come Back To Your Love Samantha Mumba 250,000 80. Sitting Down Here Lene Marlin 249,800 81. F.U.R.B Frankee 248,100 82. She Wolf Shakira 248,000 83. Piece Of Me Britney Spears 242,900 84. Gotta Tell You Samantha Mumba 242,700 85. Russian Roulette Rihanna 239,530 86. Take Me Home Sophie Ellis Bextor 237,800 87. Remedy Little Boots 236,225 88. Here With Me Dido 229,100 89. Superstar Jamelia 226,300 90. Shut Up and Drive Rihanna 220,500 91. Lucky Britney Spears 219,700 92. Boys & Girls pixie lott 219,485 93. Say It Right Nelly Furtado 219,200 94. T-Shirt Shontelle 219,000 95. Complicated Avril Lavigne 218,500 96. Fallin Alicia Keys 215,400 97. These Words Natasha Bedingfield 214,600 98. Happy Leona Lewis 214,210 99. What If Kate Winslet 214,100 100. Love Song Sara Bareilles 213,100
September 29, 20204 yr Author And now we're all ready for the rundown to begin! So what's the benchmark at No 100? We'll see just how much streaming has pushed up "sales" in general
September 29, 20204 yr I thought Jamelia and superstarwould have solid more. I guess sales were low. Edited September 29, 20204 yr by vibe
September 29, 20204 yr Author I thought Jamelia and superstarwould have solid more. I guess sales were low. It didn't even manage 200k in 2003 :(
September 30, 20204 yr Author 100. HOTTER THAN HELL- Dua Lipa (758,000) http://i.imgur.com/UicXsOb.png PEAK POSITION: 15 YEAR: 2016 Dua Lipa’s first UK hit (though not her first release) sees Lipa reflect "I was in a relationship that really f***ed me over. In the song, I twisted it so that I was in the better position and I was the one going 'f*** you'. That really helped me get over it. It was very therapeutic for me. It was really bruising my ego, and making me feel like I wasn't worth it. I was heartbroken, but I started to write about that time and I felt I had a lot to say. I really just wanted to get up and say that I didn't really actually care about it. I wanted to make myself feel that I was good enough so it was an empowering song”. She doesn’t care- just in case you wondered. fEOyePhElr4 Qbyg8Vz1uhQ
September 30, 20204 yr Author 99. LOVE ON TOP- Beyonce (766,000) PEAK POSITION: 13 YEAR: 2011 Her tendency to collaborate doubtless affects the number of entries on this rundown but this does make it, a song helped by her MTV performance during which she revealed she was pregnant! Inspiration wise she commented “"When I played Etta James [in the 2008 musical biopic, Cadillac Records] it was the most I'd learned about myself until the recording of this album. When I went into the studio I used the same passion, honesty, and approach with my vocals I channelled as Etta James. It does not sound like the vocals on my past albums. It's a lot rawer. It comes from a deep place” Ob7vObnFUJc RyQe4Yn9V08
September 30, 20204 yr wow that 3 quarters of a million units still isn't enough for top 100 this decade, says it all about how much streaming has inflated sales units. Hotter Than Hell is a rather decent start, a good introduction to Dua Lipa although thankfully she had even better tracks to come. Never was all that keen on Love On Top, a bit too "Beyonce" for my liking (those numerous key changes did not help either). (60.5k posts!)
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