rather good afrobeats track this but deffo spent way too long in the chart

Preu :cheeseblock: 3rd biggest song of the year is a bit baffling but it's decent

'Preu' hung around too long in the top 10 for my liking but I did always quite like it to start with.

Great to see an afrobeats song doing so well although I wish it had been the Burna Boy remix of 'Jerusalema' instead

02

 

Ed Sheeran

Bad Habits

 

 

1st single from =

Released: 25th June 2021

Label: Asylum Records UK

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (08/07/2021) | [1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-8-9-3-3-4-5-19-x]

RE (13/01/2022) | 12-23-24-27-24-20-18-11-15-20-20-19-18-17-19-20-22-25-28-29-29-25-26-29-34-37-34-35-39-41-44-42-46-44-46-45-43-47-50-45-49-56-52-53-59-58-70-83-100-x

 

Sales: 2,800k+

Certification: 4x Platinum

 

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Biography

 

There’s a lovely moment a little ways into Apple Music’s Songwriter documentary about Ed Sheeran in which Sheeran, jet-lagged and carrying a cup of tea, straggles out into a yard in Malibu at dawn, sits down at his laptop and begins writing a song about the moment right in front of him: the crisp air, the birdsong, the hot tea, the day ahead. He gets a full verse in, melody and all, then pauses. “Songs are weird things,” he says. “How so?” an interviewer asks. “They just come and go,” Sheeran says, smiling. “And they never give you any warning.” For Sheeran, they seem to come pretty reliably. Born in 1991 in Halifax, England, he started out gigging on the UK pub circuit before releasing his first studio album, +, in 2011, and has since become one of the most unstoppable singer-songwriters in music, forging a light blend of folk, pop, hip-hop and dance that feels slick but lived-in, intimate but universal. Whether on his own (“Sing”, “The A Team”, “Shape of You”, “Perfect”) or in collaboration with artists from Taylor Swift to Eminem to Justin Bieber, Sheeran has a unique ability to strike a chord that feels both bittersweet and redemptive, good-natured and genuine: the hopeless romantic who convinces you he might just be right. In 2017, he was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, touching Prince Charles on the arm while shaking his hand—a breach of royal protocol, and an appealingly human one at that. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 feat. Ed Sheeran)

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2-

2011 09 Drunk -4-

2011 05 Lego House -3- MILLIONAIRE

2011 81 Gold Rush -AT-

2011 84 Autumn Leaves -AT-

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold) -AT-

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)

2013 13 I See Fire -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2014 18 One -IG-

2014 01 Sing -1- MILLIONAIRE

2014 08 Don't -2- MILLIONAIRE

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -3- MILLION SELLER

2014 15 Photograph -5- MILLIONAIRE

2014 59 Afire Love -IG-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 02 Bloodstream (Ed Sheeran & Rudimental) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2014 82 The Man -IG-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 85 Take It Back -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

2015 69 I Will Take You Home -B-SIDE-

2015 88 Dreams (Krept & Konan feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 92 Dark Times (The Weeknd feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 12 Lay It All On Me (Rudimental feat. Ed Sheeran)

2017 01 Shape Of You -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 Castle On The Hill -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 How Would You Feel (Paean) -IG-

2017 02 Galway Girl -3- MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 Perfect -4- MILLIONAIRE

2017 05 New Man -AT-

2017 06 Happier -5- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Dive -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Supermarket Flowers -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 09 What Do I Know? -AT-

2017 12 Barcelona -AT-

2017 13 Nancy Mulligan -AT-

2017 14 Eraser -AT-

2017 15 Hearts Don't Break Around Here -AT-

2017 18 Bibia Be Ye Ye -AT-

2017 19 Save Myself -AT-

2017 52 Boa Me (Fuse ODG feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez)

2017 49 End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)

2017 01 River (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) -2-

2019 01 Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 South Of The Border (feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B) -5- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Own It (Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy) MILLIONAIRE

2020 12 Those Kinda Nights (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran)

2020 02 Afterglow -NAS-

2021 01 Bad Habits -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 05 Visiting Hours -IG-

2021 01 Shivers -2- MILLIONAIRE

2021 04 Overpass Graffiti -3-

2021 02 Peru (Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -4-

2021 01 Sausage Rolls For Everyone (LadBaby feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John)

2022 02 The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) -5-

2022 07 Bam Bam (Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 96 Sigue (J Balvin & Ed Sheeran)

2022 09 2step (feat. Lil Baby) -6-

2022 18 For My Hand (Burna Boy feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 47 Are You Entertained (Russ & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 My G (Aitch & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 Celestial -OST-

 

13 x #1 | 28 x Top 5 | 40 x Top 10 | 53 x Top 20 | 57 x Top 40 | 74 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Ed Sheeran

 

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no way does this deserve to be the 2nd biggest song of this year but whatever, it's a decent enough song I guess.

Thought about this song just yesterday as it obviously takes inspiration from 'Smalltown Boy' which made an appearance on 80s TOTP *.*

 

Looks like we have a pretty good #1 this year

So the top 2 are both songs that have one thing in common for me... they both spent too long at #1 but are both solid tracks!

An #11 peak in 2022 for the second biggest song, but can't deny its longevity, haven't got tired of it yet.

01

 

Harry Styles

As It Was

 

 

1st single from Harry's House

Released: 1st April 2022

Label: Erskine Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (14/04/2022) | 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-3-16-20-21-22-18-21-26-28-28-24-32-36-34-37-33-41-54-61-73-81-96-...

 

Sales: 1,500k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

 

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Biography

 

In a 2019 interview with Apple Music, Harry Styles shared a memory from the early days of One Direction. They were in the studio in Sweden working on “What Makes You Beautiful”. First single, the rollercoaster train just starting to climb the track. Someone comes into the room and says there are a couple of girls outside. Why? the band asks. They’re looking for you guys. For One Direction. “And we’re all just like, ‘But we’re in Sweden!’”

 

Ah, the old, “who…us?” routine. Harry! Incorrigibly charming, dreamboat for starry-eyed youth the world over. And, as it turns out, a legitimate force in pop, the kind of artist who could bridge contemporary appeal with classic values in ways that felt fresh but familiar, universal.

 

Part of what had made One Direction so great was that they never shied away from the pleasures of boy-band pop, but never patronised their audiences or fell back on gimmicks, either: Never mind the no-dancing policy; they were writing songs, exploring music as something beyond the show. In his solo career, Styles (born 1994, in Redditch, England) has done much the same, combining soul (“Watermelon Sugar”), confessional soft rock (“Sign of the Times”) and psychedelia (“Sunflower, Vol. 6”) with a modern touch, summarising where pop has been while also pushing it forward. “I’m just trying to go through life being a little less worried about stuff,” he said. “Definitely with working. Because ultimately, it’ll be okay.” He had a busy five years there. But he’s got a lifetime ahead of him. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2017 01 Sign Of The Times -1- MILLIONAIRE

2017 46 Sweet Creature -IG-

2017 51 Carolina -AT-

2017 58 Two Ghosts -2-

2017 64 Meet Me In The Hallway -AT-

2017 66 Kiwi -3-

2017 80 Only Angel -AT-

2017 87 Ever Since New York -AT-

2017 99 Woman -AT-

2019 03 Lights Up -1-

2019 04 Watermelon Sugar -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 07 Adore You -2- MILLIONAIRE

2019 15 Falling -3- MILLIONAIRE

2020 26 Golden -5-

2022 01 As It Was -1- MILLIONAIRE

2022 02 Late Night Talking -2-

2022 03 Music For A Sushi Restaurant -3-

2022 37 Matilda -AT-

 

2 x #1 | 6 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 8 x Top 20 | 10 x Top 40 | 18 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Harry Styles

 

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The rightful winner, THE song of the year no doubt :wub: never thought I'd see Harry claim the biggest song or album of the year let alone both at the same time! :heart:

Harry > Ed but ah well!

Well done Harry :clap: crazy to see his career reach new heights for solo album #3. This is another song that sounds influenced by the 80s, 'Take On Me', which is a great palette to use.

can't moan about As It Was being this year's #1, being my fave Harry Styles hit by considerable distance. WD.

 

thanks Joseph for the chart postings and y'all for following along tonight and here's to a great 2023! :cheer:

01 Harry Styles - As It Was

02 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

03 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

04 Cat Burns - go

05 Ed Sheeran - Shivers

06 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

07 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

08 Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now

09 LF SYSTEM - Afraid to Feel

10 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

 

11 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cat - We Don't Talk About Bruno

12 Belters Only & Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good

13 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

14 Dave - Starlight

15 George Ezra - Green Green Grass

16 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?

17 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby

18 GAYLE - abcdefu

19 Lizzo - About Damn Time

20 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do

 

21 Adele - Easy On Me

22 Luude feat. Colin Hay - Down Under

23 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried

24 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)

25 Jack Harlow - First Class

26 Burna Boy - Last Last

27 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

28 Tom Odell - Another Love

29 The Killers - Mr. Brightside

30 The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY

 

31 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking

32 D-Block Europe feat. Central Cee - Overseas

33 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy

34 Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam

35 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

36 Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL

37 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure

38 Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u

39 Mimi Webb - House on Fire

40 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me

 

41 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW

42 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

43 Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be

44 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

45 Chris Brown - Under the Influence

46 Ed Sheeran feat. Lil Baby - 2step

47 Future feat. Drake & Tems - WAIT FOR U

48 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti

49 Ed Sheeran - Perfect

50 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember

 

51 George Ezra - Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)

52 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

53 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons

54 Dua Lipa - Levitating

55 Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

56 Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends - Enemy

57 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

58 Lauren Spencer Smith - Fingers Crossed

59 Justin Bieber - Ghost

60 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

 

61 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

62 Wham! - Last Christmas

63 James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa - Ferrari

64 Arctic Monkeys - 505

65 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

66 Luude & Mattafix - Big City Life

67 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

68 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

69 Vance Joy - Riptide

70 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You

 

71 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

72 Central Cee - Doja

73 The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

74 Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal

75 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

76 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah)

77 Acraze feat. Cherish - Do It To It

78 Harry Styles - Music for a Sushi Restaurant

79 Bru-C - No Excuses

80 Oasis - Wonderwall

 

81 George Ezra - Shotgun

82 Doja Cat - Woman

83 The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather

84 Dave feat. Burna Boy - Location

85 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

86 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

87 Coldplay - Yellow

88 D-Block Europe feat. AJ Tracey - Make You Smile

89 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name)

90 Beyoncé - CUFF IT

 

91 Dave & Stormzy - Clash

92 Becky Hill & Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

93 Frank Ocean - Lost

94 Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl

95 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

96 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay the Night

97 Pinkfong - Baby Shark

98 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY

99 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

100 Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

As It Was is a deserving EOY - great song which improves after multiple listens.

 

Thank you so much Joseph for all your work prepping these posts and for the chart show each week! And thanks Dan for hosting the synctube!

Pleased 'Snap' never got in the top 100. Surprised the Ed and Burna Boy one didn't make it either as that hanged around a decent amount. Not that I'm crazy on it myself or anything.

Enjoyed reading this chart this afternoon.

Thanks very much Joseph and Dan for both of your hosting work! Has been fun hanging out here for several hours ^_^

aawh shame i missed it, unsurprising to see AIW at #1, not one i particularly like but its a decent song and cant deny how successful it was! also bad habits in the top 2 for a 2nd year is huge!