#130

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

 

 

From the film "Frozen", this had a huge chart run and was in the 2014 year end Top 10 despite narrowly falling short of the weekly Top 10.

 

Estimated sales: 2.72 million

Year: 2014

Chart run: 67-67-57-44-36-31-22-20-20-23-18-31-22-31-30-27-17-(11)-15-13-11-11-12-13-13-15-19-21-21-21-25-25-27-30-28-29-32-36-44-51-54-60-53-48-54-54-36-42-28-19-25-26-24-25-19-25-34-40-43-54-54-66-68 (63 weeks)

 

#129

Ed Sheeran - Shivers

 

 

The second chart topper from "=" which was initially conceived as the lead, and turned into a very long running hit.

 

Estimated sales: 2.73 million

Year: 2021

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-2-3-3-2-2-2-3-13-28-24-37-42-10-15-16-20-16-16-17-20-23-31-29-28-26-28-27-26-29-33-35-37-32-32-38-41-44-43-39-49-50-55-50-48-48-52-54-54-55-62-60-57-61-63-63-61-56-/-43-58-70-70-72-/-69-62-62-68-63-63-55-55-53-61-/-75 (78 weeks)

 

#190

John Lennon - Imagine

 

 

Recorded in 1971 but not released as a single until 1975, and only topped the charts after the 1980 re-release, and made the top 3 again in 1999.

 

Estimated sales: 2.43 million including 1.73 million purchases

Year: 1975

Chart run: 43-25-6-6-6-10-10-31-28-28-35-/-9-9-(1)-1-1-1-4-6-17-23-32-49-46-/-66-45-46-49-66-/-3-3-7-10-20-30-52-62-45-45-63-/-58-42-/-75-/-18-69 (45 weeks)

 

 

From Alan Jones on 3rd August

 

For context, 1,348 tracks have achieved digital consumption – sales and streams combined - in excess of a million units, the most recent to do so (yesterday) being John Lennon’s Imagine. The artists with most digital tracks with seven figure sales are Ed Sheeran (30) and Rihanna (28).

 

 

 

From Alan Jones on 3rd August

 

For context, 1,348 tracks have achieved digital consumption – sales and streams combined - in excess of a million units, the most recent to do so (yesterday) being John Lennon’s Imagine. The artists with most digital tracks with seven figure sales are Ed Sheeran (30) and Rihanna (28).

I did read that. However "Imagine" has way more than 1 million on sales alone so wasn't sure what to make of it.

#127

Major Lazer featuring MO & DJ Snake - Lean On

 

 

This moombahton EDM song was the most streamed song ever on Spotify at one point.

 

Estimated sales: 2.74 million

Year: 2015

Chart run: 48-38-24-13-6-4-5-5-7-7-4-3-(2)-5-5-13-11-12-10-11-11-12-13-17-17-20-22-26-28-27-28-31-31-35-43-48-43-39-38-46-48-38-44-45-42-45-48-49-47-53-54-53-53-60-73-73-75-/-74-72 (59 weeks)

 

#126

Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson - Symphony

 

 

The third chart topper for the classical crossover band, which includes classical vocabulary in the lyrics.

 

Estimated sales: 2.75 million

Year: 2017

Chart run: 6-4-3-4-2-(1)-2-3-3-5-7-9-12-15-17-27-29-31-25-27-30-37-41-41-49-54-61-71-68-/-66-44-56-52-18-36-41-46-75 (38 weeks)

 

#125

James Bay - Let It Go

 

 

This was released and first charted before "Hold Back The River" but peaked following the latter's success and outperformed it in the long term.

 

Estimated sales: 2.75 million

Year: 2014

Chart run: 62-/-57-52-54-54-58-58-73-/-45-17-14-(10)-16-20-20-25-22-27-31-42-40-41-40-43-38-34-42-43-50-55-69-59-66-/-73-/-67-72-/-64-51-47-43-58-55-58-72-74 (45 weeks)

 

#124

Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love

 

 

A cover of the Source featuring Candi Staton classic, originally released as the B side to "Dog Days Are Over".

 

Estimated sales: 2.75 million

Year: 2009

Chart run: 68-75-59-/-62-69-68-62–/-51-37-40-27-16-20-24-29-35-31-13-(5)-8-17-21-24-29-12-21-30-34-36-35-41-39-49-59-59-61-74-/-64-68-75-/-75-65-71-/-68-/-75-/-57-67 (47 weeks)

 

#123

Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

 

 

A mash-up of Harry Belafonte's Christmas classic and the original song "Oh My Lord", which had enormous prior sales and streams enough to chart each Christmas.

 

Estimated sales: 2.76 million including 1.90 million purchases

Year: 2012

Chart run: 7-(1)-1-1-1-2-7-32-/-55-52-74-/-61-47-/-74-/-61-50-/-48-46-29-/-46-29-/-75-60-26-/-47-/-72-63-60-/-73-52-/-71-51 (30 weeks)

 

#122

Pinkfong Baby Shark

 

 

The most streamed video of all time and still in the weekly video streaming Top 10.

 

Estimated sales: 2.76 million

Year: 2018

Chart run: 65-37-32-34-42-49-51-36-39-38-35-45-33-35-33-37-35-30-27-(6)-14-18-24-24-19-22-25-34-33-34-/-68-50-50-59-52–47-/-72-/-75-67-67-/-47-58-56-56-62-59-58-64-67-66-57-66-69-66-70 (55 weeks)

 

#121

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

 

 

The first solo hit for the Canadian singer, which topped the chart in January 2016 after a long climb.

 

Estimated sales: 2.76 million

Year: 2015

Chart run: 72-69-55-48-53-56-55-47-41-29-25-12-4–2-(1)-1-3-5-5-7-10-12-8-12-12-18-16-21-22-23-25-23-25-35-34-35-38-38-47-49-46-51-59-61-62-60-61-61-65-70-69-68-72-/-71-/-70 (53 weeks)

 

#120

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

 

 

The biggest seller of 1981 and Christmas #1 that is also thought to have led the second British invasion of synth pop in the States.

 

Estimated sales: 2.77 million including 1.65 million purchases

Year: 1981

Chart run: 9-(1)-1-1-1-1-2-5-12-22-28-54-66-/-16-31-61-/-19 (17 weeks)

 

#119

Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

 

 

A long running #2 hit which eventually gained a week at the top and his second #1 with a physical sales push.

 

Estimated sales: 2.77 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: 19-2-2-4-3-12-2-2-2-5-(1)-3-3-4-18-21-23-21-25-27-31-30-36-43-41-45-42-51-50-44-47-45-45-49-53-55-60-61-68-60-66-66-64-61-62-63-69-65-61-70-/-71-74-/-56-62-66-68-65-72-75-74 (60 weeks)

 

#118

Katy Perry - Roar

 

 

The lead single from her fourth album "Prism", in the era of huge held back download singles.

 

Estimated sales: 2.78 million including 1.14 million purchases

Year: 2013

Chart run: (1)-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15-13-18-24-23-15-8-11-19-20-25-36-33-35-41-43-43-46-49-50-59-63-57-66-69-71-67-67-54-68 (40 weeks)

 

I did read that. However "Imagine" has way more than 1 million on sales alone so wasn't sure what to make of it.

He probably meant sales and streams from 1994 i.e. in the OCC database. It does not include original sales.

#117

Coolio featuring L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise

 

 

The first rap song to sell over a million copies, which has re-charted several times since.

 

Estimated sales: 2.78 million including 1.60 million purchases

Year: 1995

Chart run: (1)-1-3-2-2-2-3-5-7-6-7-10-18-11-13-15-20-34-43-64-/-31-42-50-/-75-/-65-53-68-/-55 (28 weeks)

 

#116

Dave featuring BurnaBoy - Location

 

 

Charted the same week as his debut album "Psychodrama" and has been strong on streaming ever since.

 

Estimated sales: 2.79 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: 11-8-(6)-7-8-9-11-10-12-12-11-12-12-36-32-39-34-38-13-16-14-16-17-40-38-40-45-49-39-47-57-63-62-67-75-72-/-71-/-71 (28 weeks)

 

#115

Ed Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

 

 

The lead single from the "No. 6 Collaborations Project", which had an unusual 1-2-x-3 within its chart run due to the 3 track rule.

 

Estimated sales: 2.79 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-/-3-3-3-21-20-20-27-30-33-34-/-75-/-45-27-29-41-/-64-61-72-69-/-72-68-/-64-75-/-75-/-74 (34 weeks)

 

#114

The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

 

 

The middle of a trio of 2009 chart toppers for the group, and one of the most downloaded singles ever for a while.

 

Estimated sales: 2.80 million including 1.49 million purchases

Year: 2009

Chart run: 70-68-/-39-10-3-3-(1)-2-1-2-3-5-5-7-6-5-8-6-7-10-16-14-14-17-20-20-27-24-14-22-28-31-31-33-35-33-41-48-50-50-45-50-45-54-54-54-45-46-45-43-60-52-49-56-52-54-53-47-50-51-55-53-57-62-65-74-/-73-73-/-59-63-69-55-62-/-68-/-71-64-68-/-58-47 (78 weeks)

 

#113

Drake - God's Plan

 

 

From an incredibly successful period for him, this missed out on a 10th week at #1 only due to ACR, and missed out by a whisker on being the year end #1.

 

Estimated sales: 2.80 million

Year: 2018

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-10-11-16-17-23-26-28-30-31-35-43-51-58-61 (23 weeks)