Posted November 3, 20222 yr To celebrate 70 years of the UK's Official Singles Chart, the Official Charts Company has teamed up with BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds to reveal the most-streamed songs of each year from 1952 - 2022. Radio 2 will mark the anniversary by broadcasting each of the most-streamed songs from 1960-1999 during their Sounds Of The 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s shows on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November. A one-off programme on BBC Sounds, Most Streamed Songs of the 50s, presented by Ricky Wilson, will showcase the songs from 1952-1959. BBC Radio 1 will broadcast the most-streamed songs released from 2000-2022, with 2000-2010 presented by Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton, and 2011- 2022 presented by Jack Saunders. The full chart lands on BBC Sounds today as a collection called The UK’s Official Most Streamed Chart. Discover the most-streamed song from each year 1952-2022 below in full. Official Most Streamed Songs: 1952-1959 1952 Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly 1953 Thats Amore by Dean Martin 1954 I've Got A Woman by Ray Charles 1955 Tutti Frutti by Little Richard 1956 I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash 1957 Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley 1958 Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry 1959 Put Your Head On My Shoulder by Paul Anka Official Most Streamed Songs: 1960-1969 1960 At Last by Etta James 1961 Stand By Me by Ben E King 1962 Cry To Me by Solomon Burke 1963 Be My Baby by Ronettes 1964 My Girl by Temptations 1965 I Can't Help Myself by Four Tops 1966 Paint It Black by Rolling Stones 1967 Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 1968 (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding 1969 Here Comes The Sun by Beatles Official Most Streamed Songs: 1970-1979 1970 Your Song by Elton John 1971 Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver 1972 Tiny Dancer by Elton John 1973 Jolene by Dolly Parton 1974 Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen 1976 Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac 1977 Dreams by Fleetwood Mac 1978 September by Earth Wind & Fire 1979 Don't Stop Me Now by Queen Official Most Streamed Songs: 1980-1989 1980 Another One Bites The Dust by Queen 1981 Don't Stop Believin’ by Journey 1982 Africa by Toto 1983 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham 1985 Summer Of '69 by Bryan Adams 1986 Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi 1987 I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston 1988 Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac 1989 We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel Official Most Streamed Songs: 1990-1999 1990 Thunderstruck by AC/DC 1991 Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana 1992 Creep by Radiohead 1993 What Is Love by Haddaway 1994 Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G 1995 Wonderwall by Oasis 1996 No Diggity by Blackstreet Ft. Dr Dre 1997 Bitter Sweet Symphony by Verve 1998 Iris by Goo Goo Dolls 1999 No Scrubs by TLC Official Most Streamed Songs: 2000-2010 2000 Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader 2001 How You Remind Me by Nickelback 2002 Lose Yourself by Eminem 2003 Mr Brightside by The Killers 2004 Let Me Love You by Mario 2005 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys 2006 Naïve by The Kooks 2007 Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys 2008 I'm Yours by Jason Mraz 2009 Party In The USA by Miley Cyrus 2010 Love The Way You Lie by Eminem Ft. Rihanna Official Most Streamed Songs: 2011-2022 2011 Someone Like You by Adele 2012 Let Her Go by Passenger 2013 Riptide by Vance Joy 2014 Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran 2015 Cheap Thrills by Sia 2016 Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur 2017 Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran 2018 Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi 2019 Dance Monkey by Tones & I 2020 Head & Heart by Joel Corry Ft. MNEK 2021 Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran 2022 As It Was by Harry Styles Please note, this chart does not include the hit Christmas singles from each of the decades, but the most streamed Christmas songs will feature in a show to be broadcast on Radio 2 over the festive season. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...0-years__37723/
November 3, 20222 yr I could swear there was a previous version of this list where the most streamed song from 2011 was somehow 'What You Know' by Two Door Cinema Club. Unless that was a slightly different list I'm thinking of (I'm not sure how to go about finding it on here). edit: actually I found it quicker than I thought, it was this list which counted only streams in 2017. (and counted 'What You Know' as a 2010 song which I guess it is)
November 3, 20222 yr So Dancing In The Moonlight has gone from being the 10th most streamed song from the 70s, 80s and 90s to bring the most streamed song from 2000. :???: Blinding Lights has “outsold” Dance Monkey, so I’d have expected that to be the biggest from 2019, but maybe DM’s extra video streams swing it as they won’t be down-weighted for this count like they are for the chart sales.
November 3, 20222 yr very interesting list , i guess songs released earlier in the year had more chance of making the list! will make a playlist at some point !! some massive surprises
November 3, 20222 yr I’m shocked at Party in the USA being the most streamed from 2009. Then again I hadn’t realised that it went 2xPlatinum last year. It wasn’t exactly a massive smash here in 2009. 154th best seller of the year with 115,890 sales. Silver - 22.07.2013 (though it would have exceeded 200k earlier than this. That was the date when certifications became automatic) Gold - 19.08.2016 Platinum - 20.04.2018 2xPlatinum - 14.05.2021 I guess it could be approaching 1.5m now?!
November 3, 20222 yr I'm guessing it's the most streamed song in 2022 released in each of the 70 years, Seems poorly worded
November 3, 20222 yr So Dancing In The Moonlight has gone from being the 10th most streamed song from the 70s, 80s and 90s to bring the most streamed song from 2000. :???:Justice for The Chain being denied its rightful place at 10th in that list! Either that or DITM should replace No Scrubs for 1999, with something else (Yellow?) representing 2000.
November 3, 20222 yr Interesting idea for a list, and good to see my favourite song of all time appear (that would be 'Creep').
November 3, 20222 yr Happy to see 'Be My Baby' up there as an enduring classic for the streaming era :wub: I remember reading that there was going to be a Ronnie Spector biopic with Zendaya playing her, which could help it even more, although news seems to have gone quiet
November 3, 20222 yr I'm guessing it's the most streamed song in 2022 released in each of the 70 years, Seems poorly worded It's definitely not cos otherwise Running Up That Hill would be on the list. Is definitely all time streams.
November 3, 20222 yr I was quite interested to see the 50s ones as they are quite old but I guess modern ads etc help. Surprised ‘Rock Around the Clock’ still was t the biggest from 1955. Also max that Bryan Adams takes 1985 with a non top 40 hit!
November 3, 20222 yr Shocked Sia’s Cheap Thrills is #1 for 2015 It may partially be because it was a hit in 2016 where streaming was a LOT higher than 2015, so it has an advantage over all the 2015 songs which were actually hits in 2015 and had died down by the time streaming figures got even larger. Edited November 3, 20222 yr by Eric_Blob
November 3, 20222 yr It's definitely not cos otherwise Running Up That Hill would be on the list. Is definitely all time streams. OK snippy was just guessing as its poorly worded :lol: and I'm fairly certain streaming didn't exist in the 1950s
November 3, 20222 yr OK snippy was just guessing as its poorly worded :lol: and I'm fairly certain streaming didn't exist in the 1950s The data: UK streams from 2014 to now (2014 is when OCC first started to collect the data) The concept: The most streamed song from each year that the chart has existed
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