Any idea what "Ex's and Oh's" by Elle King has sold?

About 530k

I’m thinking Price Tag would have been around here had it been eligible. Do you have a rough figure for it Gezza？

Yes i'd put it in the 1.4 million bracket.

18. DIAMONDS- Rihanna (1,564,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2012

 

Written by Sia, Benny Blanco, and Stargate, it was conceived as a song that could be given to Kanye West but then turned into a Rihanna song. It arrived at No 1 in the UK (her 7th chart topper here) but had to overturn a midweek lead by One Direction to do it, it meant that she had a credit on a No 1 single in every year from 2007-2012 (eventually the run would end in 2014). Rihanna enthused “The lyrics are very hopeful and positive, but it’s about love and I think it’s a little different from what people would expect and I’m excited to surprise people sonically”.

 

 

17. SWEET BUT PSYCHO- Ava Max (1,577,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2018

 

A No 1 in 22 countries (apparently) the title was inspired by Max’s parents who used the phrase to describe her when she was young. It was the Christmas No 2 song in 2018 and famously denied Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” from finally making No 1 in the UK by just 152 “sales”. It aroused some criticism for its use of terms like “Psycho” and “Crazy” which some felt stigmatised mental health, but Max confirmed “It’s about a girl in a relationship who’s misunderstood, I’m not calling woman Psycho’s. in the song it’s actually empowering and strong and outspoken, and in the end the guy loves all the sides of her”

 

 

Diamonds is one of Rihanna's best songs and vocals.

 

Sweet But Psycho being above it is interesting: the OCC published the top 100 singles of the decade in early December [edit: I've removed the link to avoid spoilers for what's left] - Diamonds was #98, but Sweet But Psycho didn't feature. As far as I know, they never released an updated list once the decade ended, but I always thought Ava would have made it in, and this just about confirms it.

Edited November 10, 20204 yr by jimwatts

'Sweet But Psycho' hitting number one was such a surreal moment for me - I'd been loving it for such a long time before that and songs I love taking off like that literally NEVER happens for me! I don't listen to it so much nowadays though and I think it'll be one of those songs that doesn't quite stand the test of time, you'll hardly hear it played in ten years' time.

16. HOLD MY HAND- Jess Glynne (1,587,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2015

 

Otherwise known as that “Jet2 holidays” music, this was her first solo chart topper spending three weeks at the top. It is the fifth Glynne song on the rundown with only two other woman having more songs to feature.

 

On its conception Glynne noted ““I actually wrote it with Jack Patterson from Clean Bandit and this girl called Janee Bennett who I pretty much write all my songs with. When we started it, me and Janee had this idea before we even got to the studio of the line “Darling, hold my hand”, it wasn’t originally like, Oh we’re thinking country, but when we put the chords down and started singing, it kind of sounds a little bit like Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5.’ I later on realized that, but it wasn’t done on purpose.”

 

 

 

15. LET IT GO- Idina Menzel (1,629,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 11

YEAR: 2013

 

Menzel was of course a celebrated Broadway star and television star (Starring in “Glee”, “Enchanted” etc) long before she landed the part of Elisa in Disney’s film “Frozen” but this certainly elevated her to a new level. The “Frozen” phenomenon saw the film become the highest grossing animated film of all time and “Let It Go” was the song, more than any other, which took off garnering both Oscars and Grammy’s and getting recorded in 44 languages worldwide. In chart terms it missed the top 10 and Demi Lovato also covered the song for the soundtrack album with her version just missing the top 40.

 

 

Jess Glynne's songs really don't feel big enough to be this high up! They're so nondescript compared to everything that surrounds them.

Hold My Hand :heart: still one of the best tracks Jess has released, Jet2 hasn't even ruined it for me like with many others - pleased it was clearly such a huge hit.

great to see Diamonds up this high too, a highlight of Rihanna's.

I still maintain that Let It Go is one of the most annoying songs to have ever been a big hit, can't stand it.

The amount of people who usually have good taste but like 'Let It Go' is slightly disturbing x

Let It Go :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock:

 

Iconic, timeless CLASSIC. Still perfection, whew :heart:

 

(btw following & reading through this countdown has been so great so far!!)

Say what you like about Jess Glynne, but Hold My Hand is a great track.

Hold my hand is such an overrated song ugh.

Jess Glynne's songs really don't feel big enough to be this high up! They're so nondescript compared to everything that surrounds them.

 

 

 

I wasn't aware she had more than one song.

Queen Jess omg, Hold My Hand was huge :cheeseblock:

14. GHOST- Ella Henderson (1,642,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2014

 

She may only have finished in 6th place on “X Factor” in 2012 but was soon snapped up by Syco after exiting the competition and was set about to record her debut album. This debut single was co-written by Ryan Tedder and became an instant No 1 moving 132k in its first week.

 

Obviously it’s not about an actual ghost but the memory of an ex “"You know, there’s a lot of religious references in there," Henderson explained. "Me myself, I’m not religious, you know, but I wanted to use powerful and strong words that really reflect imagining somebody literally kneeling on their knees besides the river, praying, and the depths of their despair."

 

 

13. ONE LAST TIME- Ariana Grande (1,647,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 2

YEAR: 2015

 

Co-written by David Guetta this track only made No 24 on release in 2015 but of course bounded to No 2 in the aftermath of the Manchester Concert bombing in 2017 and the subsequent “One Love Manchester” concert in June of that year. With proceeds now going to charity the calls to re-issue the single were answered and it became something of a rallying song for the commemoration of the events that day. It’s her 6th and final song on the survey- more than any other female bar one.

 

 

Ella Henderson - Ghost , YES one of my all-time faves, she had so much potential but never managed to quite live up to this brilliance (artistically or commercially)

'One Last Time' going from a top 20 miss to the 13th best selling female solo hit of the 2010s :wub: an amazing second wind, albeit godawful circumstances.