#98

Harry Styles - As It Was

 

 

The most recent release in the Top 200, and the longest ever running US #1 by a UK act with 15 weeks.

 

Estimated sales: 2.86 million

Year: 2022

Chart run: (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-/-19-30-37-45-43-34-7-6-8-9-8-8-9-7-6-8-7-8-10-12-10-4-9-7-5-8-13-14-41-44-49-49-51-50-51-56-58-58-59-61-65-62-58-63-57-67-/-57-/-41-33-33-30-32-38-33 (91 weeks)

 

#97

Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne & Macklemore - These Days

 

 

The third #1 for the drum & bass band and the sixth for Jess Glynne, a record for a British female solo artist.

 

Estimated sales: 2.86 million

Year: 2018

Chart run: 33-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(1)-2-4-5-15-16-19-24-23-25-36-41-41-43-40-47-43-47-52-54-58-62-66-75-/-72-/-53 (36 weeks)

 

#96

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

 

 

Recorded for "The Twilight Saga", a huge sleeper hit that has never quite penetrated the weekly Top 10.

 

Estimated sales: 2.87 million

Year: 2011

Chart run: 52-39-32-38-46-57-/-75-19-13-13-19-27-30-29-37-49-64-73-71-72-68-/-27-25-31-24-29-36-43-44-42-53-58-70-46-38-41-51-63-/-(11)-21-23-29-31-47-59-74-/-70-/-62-/-59-/-58-64 (52 weeks)

 

#95

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

 

 

Another #11 hit with a massive run, and at the time was the longest running hit ever in the US.

 

Estimated sales: 2.88 million

Year: 2008

Chart run: 71-61-55-/-61-34-28-22-(11)-14-14-21-21-25-30-36-35-32-25-28-32-35-32-35-34-35-37-39-35-44-47-47-50-51-48-46-53-57-52-27-46-48-55-30-40-39-48-57-64-72-/-52-72-67-60-70-/-68-/-71-/-42-40-58-/-42-27-33-33-64 (65 weeks)

 

#94

Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky

 

 

Featuring Nile Rodgers on guitar, this disco funk track was the first of a trio of mammoth million sellers released that year involving Pharrell.

 

Estimated sales: 2.89 million including 1.49 million purchases

Year: 2013

Chart run: 3-(1)-1-1-1-2-3-3-4–6-8-10-9-11-9-13-16-22-28-28-33-38-36-32-45-42-45-56-56-60-66-/-49-39-54-52-62-42-51-63-47-45-56-74 (43 weeks)

 

#93

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

 

 

A US #1 and huge worldwide seller but only a #4 hit here, though it has re-charted several times in the digital era.

 

Estimated sales: 2.90 million

Year: 1986

Chart run: 40-27-15-11-7-6-(4)-7-9-10-10-13-12-37-52-/-70-/-75-/-52-/-42-58-/-73-75 (22 weeks)

 

#100

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

 

One of the most controversial records of last century and one of only seven singles to have been purchased more than 2 million times, of which three don't even appear here.

 

Estimated sales: 2.85 million including 2.08 million purchases

Year: 1983

RIP 'Mull Of Kintyre'.

'Rivers Of Babylon' is the only other one I think? Unless you mean the top 100 ('You're The One That I Want' is at #141).

#92

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69

 

 

Never a Top 40 hit thus far, yet outdoing his 16 week #1 hit allowing for streaming.

 

Estimated sales: 2.91 million

Year: 1984

Chart run: 57-49-(42)-42-44-60–67-/-50-47 (9 weeks)

 

#91

Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

 

 

Their sixth and final UK #1 and unlike some current Christmas favourites this was also huge at the time, selling more than 500,000 copies in its first week.

 

Estimated sales: 2.92 million including 1.33 million purchases

Year: 1973

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-1-3-11-22-40-/-56-32-32-59-/-67-67-72-/-72-35-20-20-20-/-67-47-48-67-/-51-48-52-/-71-/-30-35-68-/-54-22-23-21-24-33-/-37-22-20-63–/-49-32-41-59-/-54-41-45-35-/-59-51-52-50-63-33-37-40-/-35-39-38-/-57-49-51-68-56-55-58-/-71-55-/-52-53-39-30-/-62-30-29-16-/-57-58-36-17-/-47-36-31-19-/-69-32-26-25-17-18-/-48-33-30-24-21-/-63-36-38-36-26-/-70-39-33-33-32 (106 weeks)

 

#90

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

 

 

Only the fifth single from her debut album "When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go" which entered in the runner up position behind "Someone You Loved".

 

Estimated sales: 2.93 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: (2)-3-3-4-6-5-6-6-5-5-5-3-18-18-23-16-5-5-7-25-28-28-34-37-41-46-46-53-58-69-49-58-63-63-61-74-63-/-26-22-23-28-22-18-19-17-15-20-20-47-52-55-54-54-59-67-74-73-71-75-/-70-75 (61 weeks)

 

#89

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

 

 

Jeff Lynne wrote this in a chalet in the Swiss Alps, when the clouds cleared one day to reveal a beautiful view.

 

Estimated sales: 2.94 million

Year: 1977

Chart run: 39-16-16-8-(6)-7-9-9-11-23-26 (11 weeks)

 

#88

Rag 'n' Bone Man - Human

 

 

The title track from his debut album, which has been used in various TV shows.

 

Estimated sales: 2.94 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: 11-8-5-(2)-3-2-3-3-5-7-5-2-3-4-16-14-20-16-20-19-22-31-29-33-36-41-42-43-46-47-43-57-62-63-66-75-/-57 (37 weeks)

 

#87

ABBA - Dancing Queen

 

 

Their only US #1, with layered vocals and wall of sound style production.

 

Estimated sales: 2.95 million including 1.16 million purchases

Year: 1976

Chart run: 23-16-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-2-6-8-13-20-30-37-/-21-16-19-33-50 (20 weeks)

 

#86

The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

 

 

The highest peaking single for Coldplay in the last decade and the only non Ed Sheeran song to survive in the Top 10 in the week of the "Divide" release.

 

Estimated sales: 2.96 million

Year: 2017

Chart run: 30-(2)-7-4-5-6-5-6-7-9-11-14-18-26-25-16-19-26-27-36-39-30-36-39-39-43-50-47-57-70-73-/-62-72 (33 weeks)

 

#85

Sia - Chandelier

 

 

Released just as streaming was introduced to the charts and spent an extraordinary 46 consecutive weeks in the Top 40 without reaching the Top 5.

 

Estimated sales: 2.96 million

Year: 2014

Chart run: (6)-9-11-16-18-14-20-21-22-25-30-29-30-30-35-36-34-28-22-33-37-40-21-38-31-29-24-22-19-22-25–25-24-22-20-27-30-30-32-29-32-35-37-40-35-35-43-39-45-50-52-59-64-/-66-61-67-/-71-73-/-35-62-53-29-50-53-56-58-57-67-61-67-67-/-61-73 (74 weeks)

 

#84

The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy

 

 

The bigger of two hit collaborations between these artists in quick succession, which would be the last chart hits for Daft Punk.

 

Estimated sales: 2.97 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: 3-(2)-3-4-4-4-4-5-8-3-3-4-7-8-6-14-15-15-19-23-26-28-41-46-73-75-72-61-71-68-73-73 (33 weeks)

 

#96

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

 

Recorded for "The Twilight Saga", a huge sleeper hit that has never quite penetrated the weekly Top 10.

 

Estimated sales: 2.87 million

Year: 2011

260 weeks (5 whole years) and counting in the Sales only chart :o plus 81 in the official chart before that when it was sales only

#83

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer

 

 

The only chart topper for either artist, whose beat was apparently inspired by Blink-182.

 

Estimated sales: 2.97 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: 32-12-4-3-(1)-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-3-5-8-9-9-10-15-18-14-11-19-22-25-26-28-29-34-40-49-50-71-74-65-60-75-73-75 (40 weeks)

 

#82

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

 

 

A '60s Northern Soul song given a synth pop makeover to become one of the biggest hits of the early '80s.

 

Estimated sales: 2.97 million including 1.38 million purchases

Year: 1981

Chart run: 62-45-26-9-2-(1)-1-2-2-8-12-20-22-28-36-66-70-45-57-46-43-52-63-68-64-68-/-72-50-54-58-/-61-43-45-45-55-66-/-10-5-6-7-14-30-40-65 (44 weeks)

 

#81

Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight

 

 

This cover of a '70s song had an extremely unusual chart run for the early '00s, not reaching the Top 10 until its 20th week.

 

Estimated sales: 2.92 million

Year: 2000

Chart run: 19-26-29-34-43-62-71-/-11-16-21-26-22-20-23-21-21-21-17-13-8-(7)-12-14-21-22-28-42-48-54-58-70-71-/-63-27-23-28-45–/-72 (38 weeks)