Another Love went viral on TikTok in the last year.

 

I’m sure it did, but I don’t follow such things and because of it’s ACR, it didn’t really impact on the chart from what I remember.

 

I think it just has got to the point now where I’m too old to pay attention to all this, I’m not exactly getting much joy from it.

I do think they should do a Top 200, if only to ensure there are more than 100 hits from the actual year in question!

I do think they should do a Top 200, if only to ensure there are more than 100 hits from the actual year in question!

 

That’s a point, to be fair. We were still getting them up to 2013.

'Another Love' did spend 10 weeks in the top 100 in 2021 at the height of its TikTok virality, peaking at #60. 'Riptide' on the other hand hasn't been in the overall top 100 since 2015 (but it is pretty much always in the top 200 on Spotify so I'm not surprised that it sneaks into the EOY top 100).

 

EOY charts are pretty scuffed in the streaming era whether or not they allow catalogue songs, I think the fact that releases from Q1 / Q4 of the previous year have such a huge advantage is a much bigger 'problem' to which there isn't really a clear 'solution'.

Isn't a calendar year always a bit arbitrary no matter how you look at it? Even in the 90s Heartbeat/Tragedy by Steps had its success divided into two calendar years (#34 and #2) so it was #2 hit of 1999 despite being released in November 1998.

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by Sour Candy

Not sure where you got those positions for Steps. Heartbeat/Tragedy finished 12th in 1998 and 19th in 1999. Both positions reflect how it performed each year relative to the other hits.

 

And to argue a calendar year is arbitrary, couldn’t the same be said for a single week?

 

I don’t know, I imagine most of you think I’m just being silly being bothered by this but it was something I always enjoyed looking at and now my enjoyment of it is fading.

I just googled the YE charts, but clearly looked at the wrong ones (OCC doesn't have them on their site). Anyway, the point is, the YE chart has always been special concept as no single ever has just stopped selling on 31.12.

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by Sour Candy

I guess the difference is that in the past the almost all songs did the vast majority of their sales within 10 weeks or so. If you look at a year end chart from a year in the 90s say there’ll very occasionally be something like Tragedy that was hard done by due to having sales split across 2 years but it’s very rare. Now everything released in the second half of the year is hard done by in the year end charts.

 

One alternative would be to publish a rolling 52 week chart, say every quarter. I don’t know if anyone other than chart geeks would really be interested though.

One alternative would be to publish a rolling 52 week chart, say every quarter. I don’t know if anyone other than chart geeks would really be interested though.

 

Would that not just benefit the tracks near the beginning of the tracking though. I think they should do an update on a end of year chart in the next summer or something. That way it would give songs released towards the end of the year a chance to sell but still count towards the year chart that they were released in.

Accurate figures rounded to the nearest 100 copies. A few estimates in there too, courtesy of Shireblogger on Haven.

 

01 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 1,722,700

02 Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 1,394,300

03 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 1,303,800

04 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 1,141,500

05 Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 1,054,000

06 Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating 1,037,400

07 The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY 1,002,000

08 Glass Animals - Heat Waves 982,500

09 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 947,800

10 Russ Millions & Tion Wayne - Body 933,400

 

11 Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted - Wellerman 898,600

12 Adele - Easy On Me 887,400

13 Riton & Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday 879,400

14 Doja Cat feat. SZA - Kiss Me More 874,300

15 Ed Sheeran - Shivers 865,900

16 Tiësto - The Business 859,000

17 Joel Corry feat. MNEK - Head & Heart 849,000

18 Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta - BED 839,900

19 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 819,100

20 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love 801,700

 

21 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart 799,800

22 Jonasu - Black Magic 733,400

23 Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVEON - Peaches 718,800

24 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem 696,100

25 Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan - Let's Go Home Together 688,800

26 A1 x J1 - Latest Trends 685,400

27 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember 673,000

28 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play 650,000 (est.)

29 ATB, Topic & A7S - Your Love (9PM) 615,000 (est.)

30 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 612,500

 

31 Travis Scott & HVME - Goosebumps 600,000 (est.)

32 Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu 588,900

33 The Killers - Mr. Brightside 588,400

34 Wham! - Last Christmas 583,400

35 Ed Sheeran - Perfect 577,600

36 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise 575,000 (est.)

37 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 572,300

38 Tones & I - Dance Monkey 572,100

39 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head 570,000 (est.)

40 Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 571,100

 

41 Masked Wolf - Astronaut in the Ocean 568,600

42 Olivia Rodrigo - traitor 559,400

43 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 558,700

44 Mimi Webb - Good Without 557,000

45 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY 551,700

46 24kGoldn feat. iann dior - Mood 540,700

47 Little Mix - Sweet Melody 535,000 (est.)

48 Lil Tjay & 6LACK - Calling My Phone 525,000 (est.)

49 Dave & Stormzy - Clash 521,100

50 Doja Cat - Streets 508,800

 

51 Måneskin - Beggin 504,400

52 Polo G - RAPSTAR 490,000 (est.)

53 Ava Max - My Head & My Heart 485,000 (est.)

54 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 485,000

55 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 484,900

56 Tones and I - Fly Away 480,000 (est.)

57 KSI - Holiday 471,200

58 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) 477,300

59 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 467,000

60 Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know 465,000 (est.)

 

61 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 461,600

62 Tate McRae - you broke me first 460,000 (est.)

63 D-Block Europe & RAYE - Ferrari Horses 455,000 (est.)

64 Calvin Harris feat. Tom Grennan - By Your Side 451,400

65 Ariana Grande - 34+35 450,000 (est.)

66 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow 445,000 (est.)

67 Justin Bieber - Anyone 440,000 (est.)

68 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open 437,000 (est.)

69 Joel Corry & Jax Jones feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT 436,400

70 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky 435,000 (est.)

 

71 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 434,900

72 Navos - Believe Me 430,000 (est.)

73 Pinkfong - Baby Shark 427,500

74 Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 422,700

75 Tom Odell - Another Love 415,000 (est.)

76 Oasis - Wonderwall 414,000

77 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade 410,000 (est.)

78 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 408,800

79 Doja Cat - Woman 407,900

80 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About 406,700

 

81 Adele - Someone Like You 405,500

82 Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa - Prisoner 405,000 (est.)

83 Vance Joy - Riptide 402,000

84 CJ - Whoopty 400,000 (est.)

85 Central Cee - Commitment Issues 400,000 (est.)

86 The Pofues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York 395,000 (est.)

87 Central Cee - Obsessed With You 395,100

88 Doja Cat - Need to Know 389,200

89 Cardi B - Up 389,000 (est.)

90 SZA - Good Days 385,000 (est.)

 

91 Ariana Grande - positions 385,000 (est.)

92 Little Mix feat. Saweetie - Confetti 385,000 (est.)

93 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 384,300

94 George Ezra - Shotgun 382,100

95 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 380,000 (est.)

96 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere 372,600

97 Wizkid feat. Tems - Essence 370,000 (est.)

98 SAINt JHN - Roses 370,000 (est.)

99 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me 370,000 (est.)

100 Coldplay - Higher Power 365,900

Shireblogger at Haven also did a bonus set of unofficial estimates for positions 101-125:

 

101. Fleetwood Mac -- THE CHAIN :: 365k

102. Rag'n'Bone Man & P!nk -- ANYWHERE AWAY FROM HERE :: 365k

103. Pop Smoke -- WHAT YOU KNOW BOUT LOVE :: 365k

104. Paul Woolford & Diplo ft Kareen Lomax -- LOOKING FOR ME :: 360k

105. Central Cee -- LOADING :: 360k

106. Taylor Swift -- WILLOW :: 360k

107. Coldplay -- YELLOW :: 360k

108. Brenda Lee -- ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE :: 360k

109. Arctic Monkeys -- DO I WANNA KNOW? :: 360k

110. James Arthur -- SAY YOU WON'T LET GO :: 355k

111. Ed Sheeran -- THINKING OUT LOUD :: 355k

112. Anne-Marie & Little Mix -- KISS MY (UH OH) :: 355k

113. Whitney Houston -- I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) :: 355k

114. Anne-Marie & Niall Horan -- OUR SONG :: 350k

115. Imagine Dragons -- BELIEVER :: 350k

116. Michael Bublé -- IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS :: 350k

117. Dave ft Burna Boy -- LOCATION :: 345k

118. Neighbourhood -- SWEATER WEATHER :: 345k

119. Jason Derülo -- TAKE YOU DANCING :: 345k

120. Arrdee -- OLIVER TWIST :: 345k

121. Sam Fender -- SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER :: 340k

122. Queen -- DON'T STOP ME NOW :: 340k

123. Griff -- BLACK HOLE :: 340k

124. Queen -- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY :: 340k

125. DaBaby ft Roddy Ricch -- ROCKSTAR :: 335k

Scroll to pg. 80 for precise figures for the Top 20 singles; Top 20 albums (including a breakdown of physical, download and streaming figures); Top 20 streamed songs (breakdown of premium and ad-funded streams); Top 20 physical albums (breakdown of CDs and vinyl); Top 20 vinyl albums; and Top 20 vinyl singles (breakdown of 12-inch and 7-inch vinyl).

 

https://eraltd.org/media/72514/2022-era-yea...interactive.pdf