1 hour ago, GreyAsh said:

I’ve done a rough estimate for the all time totals for the top 5 biggest songs of all time:

Ed: 6,744,000

Killers: 6,720,000 (Julian)

Band Aid: 6,315,000

Wham!: 6,297,293 (confirmed today)

Lewis: 6,230,000

Other than Wham! does anyone have any more accurate estimates than these, or feel any of these are off?

I feel Wham! will now stay permanently ahead of Lewis Capaldi, and if they haven’t already overtaken Band-Aid, will probably do so this week or if not, then next week.

And the number 1 position will probably change hands twice over the next two months (or rather, three times: Ed - Killers - Wham! - Killers).

A brief discussion with someone suggested that this is an over estimate for Band-Aid and Ed Sheeran, but possibly an underestimate for Lewis Capaldi.

I am very happy to see this detailed information because I was trying to figure that out for many weeks now. Thanks for the info.

I agree with 6,300,000 for Lewis, and that’s in the YTD Top 100 so I should be very close. I assume we’re all guessing when it comes to “Shape Of You”, but I think I’d lean towards GreyAsh’s slightly higher estimate.