October 20, 20204 yr Author 60. HIDEAWAY- Kiesza (957,000) PEAK POSITION: 1 YEAR: 2014 Championed in the UK by Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show, Kiesza’s debut single was written and recorded in 90 minutes before she caught a flight back to LA from New York. The Canadian launched her own career with this song which debuted at No 1 here with 136,000 takers in week 1 though subsequent releases have failed to impress to the same extent. She recalled “We wanted to play homage to the classic dance songs of the 90s, so I jumped up on the mic and spat out the whole song freestyle, everything was completed in an hour and a half. The promo was shot by my brother and was in one shot with only two takes”. Vnoz5uBEWOA rLv4Nr6rMeE
October 20, 20204 yr Author 59. WITHOUT ME- Halsey (959,000) PEAK POSITION: 3 YEAR: 2018 After providing vocals on No 1 singles for The Chainsmokers and Benny Blanco, Halsey finally released her first solo track and went top 3 here but topped the US charts. It “interpolates” Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River” and is, in part, about her failed relationship with G-Eazy. “A lot of people see me as rebellious, which I am sometimes, but now I’m in my adulthood this is me looking at relationships and saying “Mmmm I give a lot more than you do”, in part I think that’s because I’m so maternal really. That’s what the song is about, it’s not OK to give so much of myself to someone who isn’t going to reciprocate”. ZAfAud_M_mg tjysTpEhmiQ
October 20, 20204 yr 'Hideaway' is sublime :wub: and the video's all kinds of amazing too. Kiesza (much like CRJ) is one of the most under-rated singers out there, she deserves so much more success than she's had.
October 20, 20204 yr Without Me feels overly high here, though it doesn't feel as odd as its placing as the 12th biggest song of the entire decade in the US!
October 21, 20204 yr Author 58. FIGHT SONG- Rachel Platten (999,000) PEAK POSITION: 1 YEAR: 2015 Almost a million seller- Platten had some success with her second album (though first released) getting some tracks onto TV shows, but her transfer to a major record label in 2015 really transformed her fortunes. This was her first single and got picked up by TV and in commercials turning it into a top 10 hit in the US before it went to No 1 in the UK and consequently going on to become the official anthem for the Democrats US presidential race the following year. The song has a personal meaning for Platten “I wrote in when I was going through a really hard time and I needed to remember to believe in myself, there’s so many times I almost made it then crash fell”. xo1VInw-SKc yHVRuoZvPlQ
October 21, 20204 yr Author 57. CALL ON ME- Starley (1,001,000) http://i.imgur.com/HKYfdNN.jpg PEAK POSITION: 6 YEAR: 2016 Yes we cross the million mark with Starley and her debut solo single. She explained “"I wrote this song when I was at a low point in my life.... It became a way of telling myself it was going to be ok, almost like an encouragement. It was as if I had created my own lighthouse, a beacon to help me realize my dreams are not impossible. I can do this. I'll figure it out. I just need to follow my intuition and essentially call on myself.” 726NLyedHB0 HuaSJlnTXOM
October 21, 20204 yr Whoever said if Fight Song was your actual Fight Song you'd be bound to lose was on to something. Just ask Hillary Clinton.
October 21, 20204 yr Omg 57 female million sellers across the 10s decade is amazing especially as they’re all solo hits too!! Streaming is really making sales huge. Born This Way and S&M are both incredible. I’ll never ever forget the day I heard Born This Way for the first time I wasn’t even that keen at first tbh it grew on me a lot of time but the hype for it was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before ever!
October 21, 20204 yr In case you weren't aware, as it isn't mentioned at all in the commentary, the version of 'Call On Me' that drove the vast majority of its sales was the Ryan Riback remix. I don't know if that affects your criteria for 'solo' hits :P
October 21, 20204 yr Author In case you weren't aware, as it isn't mentioned at all in the commentary, the version of 'Call On Me' that drove the vast majority of its sales was the Ryan Riback remix. I don't know if that affects your criteria for 'solo' hits :P No I did forget to mention it! But it wouldn't have affected its inclusion :D
October 21, 20204 yr oh I thought Kiesza was a million seller, but she's not that far she's so talented
October 21, 20204 yr These sales are for the decade only - Hideaway probably did pass a million earlier this year. Fight Song and Royals have since gone double platinum, for example.
October 22, 20204 yr Author 56. 7 RINGS- Ariana Grande (1,001,000) PEAK POSITION: 1 YEAR: 2019 Arriving at No 1 instantly on both sides of the Atlantic it demonstrated Grande’s status at the end of the decade, obviously interpolating the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic “My Favourite Things” (though I like to think she was more inspired by Big Brovaz). In the UK it broke all existing records for streams on audio and video fronts and its first week tally of 126k was the highest weekly sale of any No 1 in the UK in 2019 and when she toppled herself from the top with “Break Up With Your Girlfriend…I’m Bored” she became the first female ever to replace herself at the top and only the second female in UK chart history to hold the top 2 positions simultaneously after Madonna in 1985. It was inspired by a real life incident “My friends took me to Tiffany’s. We had too much champagne, I bought us all rings. It was very insane and funny and on the way back to the studio Njomza was like “Bitch, this gotta be a song, so we wrote it that afternoon”. QYh6mYIJG2Y FflfOb4BWCU
October 22, 20204 yr Author 55. WHAT ABOUT US- Pink (1,004,000) PEAK POSITION: 3 YEAR: 2017 The odd soundtrack single aside this was Pink’s first release in 4 years- seems like we missed her. This was her biggest hit since “Just Give Me A Reason” and was her 7th top 3 single in all- not bad 17 years into your career, inspiration wise it was a reflection of current affairs and Trump’s America. ClU3fctbGls CG-ihT_6esM
October 22, 20204 yr 'What About Us' was such a moment for P!nk :wub: she's one of my favourite artists of all time and though the last album was a bit under par for her, I can't wait for new music!
October 22, 20204 yr What About Us! Still love it. I assume that’s Pink’s only track here? Given her biggest hit was a duet.
October 23, 20204 yr Author 54. SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER)- Adele (1,017,000) PEAK POSITION: 5 YEAR: 2016 Originally penciled in as the lead single from “25” this was demoted and eventually was made the third single, and again it is co-penned by Max Martin like a fair few tracks on the list. She revealed it was inspired after she heard Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” which led to her working with the producer of it (Martin) after she looked at some of the songs he had made and it reflected “every massive soundtrack of my life”. It’s also another track which is inspired by her ex boyfriend who gifted us much of the “21” album, and yes no-one has more entries on this list than Adele- well it was her decade really! fk4BbF7B29w Beq-jVNj7f4
October 23, 20204 yr Author 53. LOST WITHOUT YOU- Freya Ridings (1,021,000) PEAK POSITION: 9 YEAR: 2018 Daughter of actor Richard Ridings (the voice of Daddy Pig in “Peppa Pig”) Ridings got her big break when this track was featured on “Love Island” and saw demand sky rocket. When Scott Miles made it his record of the week it helped it to gain significant airplay, impressive given it was released 9 months previously and overall sales were helped by its use in a Nokia Advert. tDPpex1wvOc 7YdiQZAJzbA
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