+12 MGMT – Kids

+10 Miley Cyrus – Party In The Usa

+8 Example – Watch The Sun Come Up

+7 Calvin Harris – Flashback

+6 Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out

+5 Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

+4 Freemasons & Sophie Ellis Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)

+3 Little Boots – New In Town

+2 Britney Spears – Circus

+1 Lily Allen – 22

 

-2 Jordin Sparks – Battlefield

+12 Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas

+10 Pink – Please Don't Leave Me

+8 Little Boots – New In Town

+7 Freemasons & Sophie Ellis Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)

+6 Lady Gaga – Lovegame

+5 September – Can't Get Over

+4 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

+3 Sean Kingston – Fire Burning

+2 Veronicas – 4Ever

+1 Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

 

Commiserations:

Britney Spears – Circus

Calvin Harris – Flashback

Daughtry – What About Now

Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

Enrique Iglesias feat Ciara – Takin' Back My Love

Jordin Sparks – One Step At A Time

Paloma Faith – Stone Cold Sober

12 Pink-Please Don’t Leave Me

10 MGMT-Kids

8 Snow Patrol-Just Say Yes

7 Jamie T-Sticks & Stones

6 Paloma Faith-New York

5 Miley Cyrus-The Climb

4 Paloma Faith-Stone Cold Sober

3 Noisettes-Never Forget You

2 Miley Cyrus-Party In The USA

1 Florence + The Machine-Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

 

 

Gutted Crying Lightening never made the list.

+12 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

+10 Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc.

+08 Enrique Iglesias feat Ciara – Takin' Back My Love

+07 Linkin Park – New Divide

+06 Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

+05 Miley Cyrus – The Climb

+04 Lady Gaga – Lovegame

+03 Pink – Please Don't Leave Me

+02 Sean Kingston – Fire Burning

+01 Jordin Sparks – SOS (Let The Music Play)

 

I'm tempted to think this was a better year for top 20 hits than top 10s!

 

+12 Freemasons & Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)

+10 The Veronicas - 4ever

+8 Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc.

+7 September - Can't Get Over

+6 Noisettes - Never Forget You

+5 Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober

+4 P!nk -Please Don't Leave Me

+3 Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

+2 Britney Spears - Circus

+1 Lady Gaga - LoveGame

 

-2 Miley Cyrus - The Climb

Forgive my lateness

 

+12 MGMT – Kids

+10 Deadmau5 feat Rob Swire – Ghosts N Stuff

+8 Linkin Park – New Divide

+7 Noisettes – Never Forget You

+6 Jason Mraz – I'm Yours

+5 Nneka – Heartbeat

+4 Sean Kingston – Fire Burning

+3 Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

+2 Example – Watch The Sun Come Up

+1 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

 

-2 Miley Cyrus – Party In The Usa

12 - Jordin Sparks - Battlefield

10 - Pink - Please Don’t Leave Me

8 - Paloma Faith - New York

7 - Pixie Lott - Cry Me Out

6 - Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas

5 - Noisettes - Never Forget You

4 - Girls Aloud - Untouchable

3 - Enrique ft Ciara - Takin Back My Love

2 - Veronica’s - 4Ever

1 - Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes

 

-2 Deadmau5 - I Remember

Edited December 7, 20222 yr by Herbs

12 MGMT – Kids

10 Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

08 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

07 Noisettes – Never Forget You

06 Girls Aloud – Untouchable

05 Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc.

04 Veronicas – 4Ever

03 Pink – Please Don't Leave Me

02 Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

01 Paloma Faith – New York

There were a few more I'd have happily given points to also, good round.

 

Results time

 

#10 – 50 – Paloma Faith  – New York

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Paloma Faith had her breakthrough in 2009 giving her two top 20 hits, the first of these Stone Cold Sober got 18 points however its follow up was bigger and starts off this top 10. Paloma would go on to have five top 10 hits including a #1.

#09 – 55 – Freemasons & Sophie Ellis Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)

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The final hit single for Freemasons but a great one here - they had six hits but only one top 10. It was the final top 20 hit of Sophie Ellis Bextor with two minor top 40 hits to follow.

#08 – 58 – Pink – Please Don't Leave Me

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Following two top 10 hits in So What and Sober this couldn't quite make it as a post album single though had some rather good longevity.

Glad Pink made top 10. 'Please Don't Leave Me' is fantastic.

#07 – 60 – Deadmau5 feat Rob Swire – Ghosts N Stuff

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Following his breakthrough to the mainstream with 'I Remember' the mouse managed one further hit with this - whilst still very popular with EDM fans his chart success ended afterwards. It featured Rob Swire of Pendulum - they'd reunite ten years later for another collab. It's a song that has certainly aged very well anyhow, as one of the first EDM era bangers.

#06 – 60 – Jordin Sparks – Battlefield

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Jordin Sparks was somewhat popular for a short time at the end of the 00s having a #3 hit in 2008 then three top 20 hits in 2009 before quickly falling off the chart radar for good. Of the three this was the most popular in the rundown and biggest having peaked at #11 three times.

'Battlefield' is by far and away Jordin's best track. Such a huge anthemic pop song. I do like others of hers too but nothing beats that. Was gutted it stalled at 11 only to fall down and then climb back up to 11 again :lol:

#05 – 72 – Florence & The Machine  – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

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Florence broke the mainstream in 2009 with this as her first hit single, she'd eventually have two #1s.

'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' and 'Ghosts N Stuff' are both gems from those announced in the top 10 so far! The latter is an essential on my Halloween playlist :lol:

#04 – 79 – Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

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The first hit for Deadmau5 proves to be the more popular of the two here by a slim margin. A rare progressive trance track to make the chart yet one that has gone down as a dance classic. Deadmau5 & Kaskade have recently reunited to form collaborative project Kx5.

#03 – 113 – Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

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A big jump in points now as the top 3 were overwhelmingly more popular than the rest. Starting off with Australian duo Empire Of The Sun who managed to get one hit on the other side of the world - Walking On A Dream sadly couldn't have also been a proper hit but this one's almost as great. One half of them as part of Pnau did recently help Elton John bag a #1 hit though.

The bottom half of this top 10 is the definition of meh, but love the top half. I'm assuming my top 2 are the top 2. Hoping for a Noisettes win but think more likely MGMT.