Go on Dakota! Not too fussed about Tom missing out given he’s made it the last 4 years

Is Tate still in with Revolving Door and Just Keep Watching?

2 hours ago, Jack said:

Is Tate still in with Revolving Door and Just Keep Watching?

i’d hope so. both brilliant songs

I have Revolving door at #70 and Just Keep Watching at #96

8 hours ago, Jaz13music said:

I know I’ve asked about this in the past 😆but do you think Billie will now just scrape a second million selling year after all?

And maybe for next year would Olivia be the most likely to achieve the same? Or would it still be Alex or Huntr/x?

Billie should make it comfortably now, even if I’ve overestimated a little.

Yes Olivia is still over 50k per week so is well positioned. I certainly wouldn’t rule out “Ordinary” doing it. I’m guessing “Golden” might fall away a little faster but we’ll see.

So in theory today should be the day that Last Christmas overtakes Mr Brightside and becomes the first song to reach 6,800,000 chart sales?

Wham were at about 6,606,000 at the start of the week and should do about 200,000 this week.

On the basis that the Killers took 301 days to achieve their last certification 97 days ago, and assuming their consumption continued at the same rate, I currently have Mr. Brightside on 6,793,355.

Using the same methodology. Ed Sheeran took 672 days to achieve his last certification 202 days ago, and assuming his consumption continued at the same rate, I currently have Shape of You on 6,780,357.

1 hour ago, Matt63 said:

On the basis that the Killers took 301 days to achieve their last certification 97 days ago, and assuming their consumption continued at the same rate, I currently have Mr. Brightside on 6,793,355.

Using the same methodology. Ed Sheeran took 672 days to achieve his last certification 202 days ago, and assuming his consumption continued at the same rate, I currently have Shape of You on 6,780,357.

Remember that even over the Christmas period, ‘Mr Brightside’ has been increasing its streams. I have it reaching 6,800,000 today.

It’ll be impossible for us to predict whether the OCC will estimate ‘Last Christmas’ the necessary 98,000 ACR sales needed to take the lead.

It would be a great story if it does!

So it looks like the current top 5 is as follows?

01 Mr. Brightside

02 Last Christmas

03 Shape Of You

04 Someone You Loved

05 Do They Know It's Christmas

With All I Want For Christmas Is You just outside?

Are we sure Capaldi is ahead of Band Aid?

40 minutes ago, Ne Plus Ultra said:

So it looks like the current top 5 is as follows?

01 Mr. Brightside

02 Last Christmas

03 Shape Of You

04 Someone You Loved

05 Do They Know It's Christmas

With All I Want For Christmas Is You just outside?

So AIWFCIY is the 6th song to do 6m+

1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:

So AIWFCIY is the 6th song to do 6m+

7th in fact, Perfect was the 6th on 28th November.

I have Band Aid at approx 6.56 million, and thus ahead of Capaldi.

Edited December 27, 2025Dec 27 by Matt63

Then I have Bohemian Rhapsody, Wonderwall and Blinding Lights completing the Top 10.

Thinking Out Loud recently was the 11th song to reach 5.0 million.

Then we have Candle In The Wind, One Dance, Shotgun and Take Me to Church making just 15 tracks which have reached 4.8 million.

Does anyone have any different information?

Going deeper I have 30 songs which have reached 4.2 million and 56 songs which have reached 3.6 million but it’s very difficult to keep track of all the pre 1994 million sellers.

Week 52:

1	1	Alex Warren	Ordinary	2,179,000
2	2	Lola Young	Messy	1,442,000	1,620,000
3	3	Chappell Roan	Pink Pony Club	1,392,000	1,810,000
4	5	Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast	Golden	1,331,000
5	4	Rosé and Bruno Mars	APT.	1,325,000	1,680,000
6	6	Gracie Abrams	That's So True	1,175,000	1,610,000
7	7	Benson Boone	Beautiful Things	1,141,000	2,930,000
8	8	Ravyn Lenae	Love Me Not	1,130,000	1,140,000
9	10	Olivia Dean	Man I Need	1,100,000
10	9	Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars	Die With A Smile	1,093,000	1,730,000
11	11	Billie Eilish	Birds Of A Feather	1,008,000	2,230,000
12	12	Chrystal	The Days	1,000,000	1,160,000
13	13	Chappell Roan	Good Luck, Babe!	976,000	2,180,000
14	14	Teddy Swims	Lose Control	972,000	2,810,000
15	15	Sombr	Back To Friends	913,000
16	16	Sombr	Undressed	880,000
17	17	Sabrina Carpenter	Espresso	869,000	2,620,000
18	18	Gigi Perez	Sailor Song	861,000	1,460,000
19	19	Sabrina Carpenter	Taste	841,000	1,630,000
20	20	Teddy Swims	Bad Dreams	840,000	1,080,000
21	21	Teddy Swims	The Door	826,000	1,490,000
22	22	Tate McRae	Sports Car	823,000
23	23	Myles Smith	Nice To Meet You	810,000	920,000
24	24	Sabrina Carpenter	Manchild	808,000
25	25	Myles Smith	Stargazing	798,000	1,810,000
26	27	Olivia Dean	Nice To Each Other	775,000
27	26	Shaboozey	A Bar Song (Tipsy)	764,000	2,100,000
28	28	Goo Goo Dolls	Iris	752,000	4,560,000
29	34	Taylor Swift	The Fate Of Ophelia	747,000
30	29	Alex Warren	Carry You Home	745,000	1,040,000
31	32	The Killers	Mr Brightside	736,000	6,800,000
32	30	WizTheMc & Bees & Honey	Show Me Love	734,000
33	33	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	733,000	3,250,000
34	34	Hozier	Too Sweet	725,000	2,180,000
35	36	Disco Lines & Tinashe	No Broke Boys	722,000
36	37	Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast	Soda Pop	716,000
37	35	Fleetwood Mac	Dreams	715,000	3,930,000
38	39	Sam Fender & Olivia Dean	Rein Me In	685,000
39	38	Ed Sheeran	Azizam	684,000
40	40	MK featuring Chrystal	Dior	660,000
41	41	Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas	Blessings	644,000
42	42	Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D.	Somedays	635,000	1,110,000
43	43	Sabrina Carpenter	Please Please Please	627,000	1,770,000
44	44	Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast	Your Idol	626,000
45	45	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	612,000	1,230,000
46	46	Lady Gaga	Abracadabra	611,000
47	52	Raye	Where Is My Husband!	608,000
48	47	Fleetwood Mac	Everywhere	599,000	4,170,000
49	48	Sabrina Carpenter	Busy Woman	586,000
50	49	Sam Fender	People Watching	585,000	690,000
51	-	Wham!	Last Christmas	582,000	6,790,000
52	50	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen	I Had Some Help	580,000	1,490,000
53	51	Chappell Roan	Hot To Go!	575,000	1,230,000
54	53	Coldplay	Viva La Vida	573,000	4,160,000
55	54	Gracie Abrams	I Love You, I'm Sorry	568,000	1,040,000
56	55	Billie Eilish	Wildflower	567,000	1,080,000
57	56	Ed Sheeran	Sapphire	566,000
58	56	Sabrina Carpenter	Bed Chem	559,000	940,000
59	58	Coldplay	Yellow	558,000	3,750,000
60	59	Kendrick Lamar & Sza	All The Stars	553,000	2,460,000
61	60	Benson Boone	Mystical Magical	552,000
62	62	Fleetwood Mac	The Chain	544,000	3,330,000
63	61	Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose	Kisses	543,000	1,200,000
64	64	Radiohead	Creep	539,000	2,590,000
65	63	Dasha	Austin	537,000	1,680,000
66	64	The Weeknd and Playboi Carti	Timeless	536,000	760,000
67	68	Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast	How It's Done	528,000
68	73	Sombr	12 To 12	526,000
69	66	Skye Newman	Family Matters	525,000
70	67	Doechii	Anxiety	520,000
71	71	The Kooks	Naïve	518,000	3,740,000
72	70	Lewis Capaldi	Someone You Loved	517,000	6,350,000
73	74	Vance Joy	Riptide	516,000	4,740,000
74	71	Tate McRae	Revolving Door	515,000
75	72	Drake	Nokia	512,000
76	75	Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea	Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix	510,000
77	76	Sam Fender	Seventeen Going Under	504,000	2,650,000
78	77	Journey	Don't Stop Believin'	503,000	4,290,000
79	79	Justin Bieber	Daisies	502,000
80	78	Kendrick Lamar & Sza	Luther	498,000	590,000
81	82	Fred Again…, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax	Victory Lap	496,000
82	-	Mariah Carey	All I Want For Christmas Is You	495,000	6,044,000
83	80	Hozier	Take Me To Church	494,000	4,820,000
84	81	Natasha Bedingfield	Unwritten	493,000	2,410,000
85	85	The Police	Every Breath You Take	490,000	2,790,000
86	84	Oasis	Wonderwall	489,000	5,320,000
87	83	Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine	Say My Name (Remix)	488,000
88	86	Oasis	Don't Look Back In Anger	480,000	2,300,000
89	87	Kings Of Leon	Sex On Fire	477,000	4,430,000
90	90	Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast	What It Sounds Like	475,000
91	88	Lord Huron	The Night We Met	474,000	2,290,000
92	91	Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc	471,000	2,770,000
93	89	Benson Boone	Slow It Down	468,000	1,130,000
94	93	Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way	467,000	2,390,000
95	92	Coldplay	The Scientist	466,000	2,790,000
96	96	Tate McRae	Just Keep Watching	464,000
97	95	Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	463,000	3,360,000
98	94	Benson Boone	Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else	462,000
99	97	Tears For Fears	Everybody Wants To Rule The World	455,000	3,490,000
100	98	Leon Thomas	Mutt	451,000	480,000
-	99	Stereophonics	Dakota	450,000	2,750,000
-	100	Tom Odell	Another Love	449,000	3,810,000

• Only 9 songs released this year sold more than "Mr Brightside"

• This year's sales make up 10% of the total sales of "Mr Brightside" (16% of Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls)

• 55/100 sold over 50% of their sales this year

• 37/100 sold over 90% of their sales this year

• "Someone you loved"'s 517000 sales is a mere 8.14% of its total sales

  "All I want for Christmas is You" - 8.19%

  "Last Christmas"- 8.57%

  "Wonderwall"- 9.19%

Thanks Julian for all your hard work through the year on these threads. Great and very interesting stuff!

Top 20 biggest songs of 2025 released in 2025:

1. Alex Warren - Ordinary - 2.179 million

2. HUNTR/X - Golden - 1.331 million

3. Olivia Dean - Man I Need - 1.1 million

4. sombr - back to friends - 913,000

5. sombr - undressed - 880,000

6. Tate McRae - Sports car - 823,000

7. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild - 808,000

8. Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other - 775,000

9. Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia - 747,000

10. WizTheMC & bees & honey - Show Me Love - 734,000

11. Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys - 722,000

12. Saja Boys - Soda Pop - 716,000

13. Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In - 685,000

14. Ed Sheeran - Azizam - 684,000

15. MK ft. Chrystal - Dior - 660,000

16. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings - 644,000

17. Saja Boys - Your Idol - 626,000

18. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra - 611,000

19. RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! - 608,000

20. Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman - 586,000

Edited December 28, 2025Dec 28 by DanielCarey

32 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:

sombr - back to friends - 913,000

This was released in 2024

7 minutes ago, Maestro said:

This was released in 2024

But it would've first charted on 3rd January 2025 had it charted 1 week after its release.

I’m hoping 2026 is a bit fresher and we have more newer hits in the EOY. 15 new hits in the top 40 is a poor showing! 2024 felt a lot fresher