May 31, 20223 yr Author So further to Jim’s post - I had a look this evening to see what the position would be if the streaming ratio was cut from 1:100 to 1:300 across the board. The most recent figures I could find was from the OCC website - so this is accurate as of September 2017. However, doesn’t this look a much fairer list of “million sellers”, with just the right mix of old and new, with everything in a proportionate position. Frustratingly, there are 199 haha - but still over 100 fewer than the OCC listed at the time. 1) 4,940,583 Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997 - Elton John 2) 3,849,064 Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid 3) 2,625,414 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 4) 2,157,755 Happy - Pharrell Williams 5) 2,099,667 You’re the One That I Want - John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John 6) 2,093,594 Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 7) 2,086,538 Mull of Kintyre / Girls’ School - Wings 8) 2,034,711 Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring - Boney M 9) 2,006,030 Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson - Bruno Mars 10) 1,932,641 She Loves You - The Beatles 11) 1,915,849 Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) - Boney M 12) 1,911,774 Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet 13) 1,907,309 Last Christmas - Wham! 14) 1,886,993 I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder 15) 1,878,281 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 16) 1,869,160 Unchained Melody / White Cliffs of Dover - Robson & Jerome 17) 1,861,955 Barbie Girl - Aqua 18) 1,860,246 Believe - Cher 19) 1,826,795 I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles 20) 1,795,838 Anything Is Possible / Evergreen - Will Young 21) 1,762,283 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke / TI / Pharrell Williams 22) 1,761,854 Someone Like You - Adele 23) 1,739,731 Imagine - John Lennon 24) 1,724,642 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 25) 1,698,747 I’ll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy / Faith Evans / 112 26) 1,689,347 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 27) 1,685,594 Don’t You Want Me - Human League 28) 1,656,827 Wonderwall - Oasis 29) 1,654,712 Summer Nights - John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John 30) 1,653,224 Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran 31) 1,653,018 Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio / LV 32) 1,644,691 Wake Me Up - Avicii 33) 1,638,765 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34) 1,615,858 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 35) 1,605,312 Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera 36) 1,594,980 Rather Be - Clean Bandit / Jess Glynne 37) 1,588,019 Get Lucky - Daft Punk / Pharrell Williams 38) 1,586,258 Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye / Kimbra 39) 1,586,181 Baby One More Time - Britney Spears 40) 1,584,882 Three Lions - Baddiel & Skinner / The Lightning Seeds 41) 1,564,969 Careless Whisper - George Michael 42) 1,560,114 Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 43) 1,558,514 All of Me - John Legend 44) 1,557,587 Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles 45) 1,550,017 Perfect Day - Various Artists 46) 1,532,221 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas 47) 1,527,767 YMCA - Village People 48) 1,523,911 Tears - Ken Dodd 49) 1,512,959 Shape of You - Ed Sheeran 50) 1,512,594 We Found Love - Rihanna / Calvin Harris 51) 1,504,739 It Wasn’t Me - Shaggy / RikRok 52) 1,495,897 Killing Me Softly - Fugees 53) 1,491,482 Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon 54) 1,487,263 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners 55) 1,470,759 The Power of Love - Jennifer Rush 56) 1,443,695 Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & his Comets 57) 1,439,676 Let Het Go - Passenger 58) 1,438,636 Wannabe - Spice Girls 59) 1,437,267 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen 60) 1,430,561 I Feel Fine - The Beatles 61) 1,428,083 The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers 62) 1,417,777 Titanium - David Guetta / Sia 63) 1,413,260 Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars 64) 1,409,621 Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - The Beatles 65) 1,403,875 Tainted Love - Soft Cell 66) 1,389,581 Think Twice - Celine Dion 67) 1,386,195 Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck 68) 1,385,096 Never Ever - All Saints 69) 1,375,474 Impossible - James Arthur 70) 1,360,431 (Is This the Way to) Amarillo - Tony Christie 71) 1,356,583 Love the Way You Lie - Eminem / Rihanna 72) 1,352,742 Heart of Glass - Blondie 73) 1,346,675 Unchained Melody - Gareth Gates 74) 1,345,916 Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 75) 1,345,045 It’s Like That - Run DMC / Jason Nevins 76) 1,332,495 Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke 77) 1,330,253 Gangnam Style - Psy 78) 1,322,019 Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO / GoonRock / Lauren Bennett 79) 1,301,852 Counting Stars - OneRepublic 80) 1,300,321 Fairytale of New York - The Pogues / Kirsty MacColl 81) 1,283,109 All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey 82) 1,281,869 Blue Monday - New Order 83) 1,281,723 It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley 84) 1,275,042 The A Team - Ed Sheeran 85) 1,273,750 Take Me to Church - Hozier 86) 1,270,690 Angels - Robbie Williams 87) 1,265,099 Price Tag - Jessie J / BoB 88) 1,263,111 Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones 89) 1,262,293 Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol 90) 1,256,271 Diana - Paul Anka 91) 1,250,762 Hello - Adele 92) 1,246,708 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia 93) 1,245,255 I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith 94) 1,230,234 Roar - Katy Perry 95) 1,226,083 Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel 96) 1,225,988 Heartbeat / Tragedy - Steps 97) 1,224,986 Lose Yourself - Eminem 98) 1,224,221 Earth Song - Michael Jackson 99) 1,223,464 We Are Young - Fun / Janelle Monae 100) 1,220,814 Poker Face - Lady Gaga 101) 1,218,148 Can’t Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue 102) 1,217,510 Mr Brightside - The Killers 103) 1,213,566 Cheerleader - OMI 104) 1,209,838 Saturday Night - Whigfield 105) 1,209,363 Pompeii - Bastille 106) 1,205,428 Sorry - Justin Bieber 107) 1,205,259 Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 108) 1,204,090 Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna 109) 1,202,002 Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey 110) 1,193,660 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr 111) 1,190,231 Use Somebody - Kings of Leon 112) 1,189,561 Mary’s Boy Child - Harry Belafonte 113) 1,189,222 Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bill 114) 1,188,809 Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid 20 115) 1,186,022 Waves - Mr Probz 116) 1,185,793 The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck 117) 1,184,373 Rolling in the Deep - Adele 118) 1,182,696 Diamonds - Rihanna 119) 1,181,499 Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd 120) 1,174,017 Dancing Queen - ABBA 121) 1,170,729 Starships - Nicki Minaj 122) 1,169,175 Don’t Give Up On Us - David Soul 123) 1,169,067 Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65 124) 1,167,807 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis 125) 1,166,690 No Matter What - Boyzone 126) 1,166,521 Spaceman - Babylon Zoo 127) 1,165,438 Love Yourself - Justin Bieber 128) 1,163,541 Hey Jude - The Beatles 129) 1,160,792 Firework - Katy Perry 130) 1,156,305 La La La - Naughty Boy / Sam Smith 131) 1,152,401 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls 132) 1,150,975 One Dance - Drake / WizKid / Kyla 133) 1,149,020 Don’t You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia 134) 1,148,742 Back for Good - Take That 135) 1,146,246 I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter 136) 1,142,724 I Feel Love - Donna Summer 137) 1,134,106 Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & the Blockheads 138) 1,124,236 Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers 139) 1,123,845 Red Red Wine - UB40 140) 1,122,729 I Believe / Up On the Roof - Robson & Jerome 141) 1,117,473 That’s My Goal - Shayne Ward 142) 1,112,168 Stay with Me - Sam Smith 143) 1,111,413 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies 144) 1,108,020 Ride On Time - Black Box 145) 1,106,933 I Remember You - Frank Ifield 146) 1,106,776 Rule the World - Take That 147) 1,106,391 Pure and Simple - Hear’Say 148) 1,103,310 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 149) 1,101,740 Uptown Girl - Billy Joel 150) 1,101,734 Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis 151) 1,086,711 Where Is the Love - Black Eyed Peas 152) 1,085,744 Give Me Everything - Pitbull / Neyo / Afrojack / Nayer 153) 1,084,630 Fame - Irene Cara 154) 1,083,674 Make You Feel My Love - Adele 155) 1,083,974 Paradise - Coldplay 156) 1,082,957 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga 157) 1,072,984 Sailing - Rod Stewart 158) 1,071,433 Hero - Enrique Iglesias 159) 1,071,005 Stand and Deliver - Adam & the Ants 160) 1,070,374 Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre 161) 1,069,626 The Young Ones - Cliff Richard / The Shadows 162) 1,069,046 Mambo No 5 - Lou Bega 163) 1,067,526 Iris - Goo Goo Dolls 164) 1,065,206 Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri 165) 1,059,890 Fight for This Love - Cheryl Cole 166) 1,055,073 What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction 167) 1,054,647 Grenade - Bruno Mars 168) 1,053,424 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John / Kiki Dee 169) 1,052,992 Forget You - Cee Lo Green 170) 1,052,827 Sugar, Sugar - The Archies 171) 1,052,616 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit 172) 1,051,190 Don’t Speak - No Doubt 173) 1,050,949 Budapest - George Ezra 174) 1,049,316 Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding 175) 1,048,828 All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor 176) 1,038,311 Ghost - Ella Henderson 177) 1,038,093 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley 178) 1,036,129 Shake It Off - Taylor Swift 179) 1,035,092 Whole Again - Atomic Kitten 180) 1,033,316 Don’t Cry for Me Argentina - Julie Covington 181) 1,030,424 Can We Fix It - Bob the Builder 182) 1,029,420 Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth / Emeli Sande 183) 1,026,699 Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man 184) 1,024,459 When We Collide - Matt Cardle 185) 1,021,891 White Christmas - Bing Crosby 186) 1,020,550 Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO 187) 1,019,479 You’ll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & the Pacemakers 188) 1,018,550 Stan - Eminem / Dido 189) 1,017,887 I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers 190) 1,017,068 Under the Moon of Love - Showaddywaddy 191) 1,013,914 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn & Tony Orlando 192) 1,011,150 Despacito - Luis Fonsi / Daddy Yankee / Justin Bieber 193) 1,010,227 My Way - Frank Sinatra 194) 1,009,251 Especially for You - Kylie Minogue / Jason Donovan 195) 1,008,537 Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra 196) 1,007,139 Long Haired Lover from Liverpool - Jimmy Osmond 197) 1,005,061 Seven Years - Lukas Graham 198) 1,004,776 Help! - The Beatles 199) 1,002,978 Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
May 31, 20223 yr I agree that when they invented ACR they had a decision to make about which of ACR and SCR should be used to count sales for posterity purposes, and they went for SCR and in my view should have gone for ACR. I guess the problem would have been whether to revise streaming sales down for before July 2017 too - that could have caused problems if it meant revoking certifications I guess.
June 1, 20223 yr I agree that when they invented ACR they had a decision to make about which of ACR and SCR should be used to count sales for posterity purposes, and they went for SCR and in my view should have gone for ACR. I guess the problem would have been whether to revise streaming sales down for before July 2017 too - that could have caused problems if it meant revoking certifications I guess. 100:1 might not be the best choice for a ratio, but I think in general the all-time list is fine, because unlike accumulating chart positions it's very practical (most of the time) for the classics to keep accumulating streams as well. In the long run a lot of big streaming hits that don't hold up to time end up slipping back behind the oldies that they were easily sailing past in their prime.
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