1 hour ago, 777666jason said:

Ok that suprised me as their biggest hit

Im guessing perfect 10 and dont marry her must of been close ?

Me too, I actually thought perfect 10 or Rotterdam would be their biggest hit. Don’t marry her (even if it is there best) actually only got to #8!!! 🤯

1 hour ago, 777666jason said:

Ok that suprised me as their biggest hit

Im guessing perfect 10 and dont marry her must of been close ?

Maybe Perfect 10 but I’d be surprised if the other was anywhere near sadly

2 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Me too, I actually thought perfect 10 or Rotterdam would be their biggest hit. Don’t marry her (even if it is there best) actually only got to #8!!! 🤯

I forget that Rotterdam is their song as well yeah that feels like it was bigger than it was as well 😮

1 hour ago, 777666jason said:

Ok that suprised me as their biggest hit

Im guessing perfect 10 and dont marry her must of been close ?

Perfect 10 was about 25k away. The other two were not over 300k

NO 12- EAST 17/ E-17 (3,865,400)

18 UK TOP 40 HITS

BEST SELLER: STAY ANOTHER DAY (923,000)

 

Ended up as the third best boy band of the 90s are bad boys East 17. Throughout the decade they were portrayed as the anti Take That, and it worked a treat until the bad boy antics became all too real and the drug scandal of 1997 caused the group to split. They reformed in 1998 minus lead singer and songwriter Mortimer but could only muster 2 hits before that fell apart too. However 12 top 10 hits throughout the 90s was enough to place them at No 12, just one more reasonably sized hit would have made all the difference and put them top 10 but hey ho.....

NO 11- WHITNEY HOUSTON (3,935,000)

17 UK TOP 40 HITS

BEST SELLER: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (1,366,000)

 

BEST SELLING ACT OF 1992

Ever so narrowly failing to make the decade top 10 it’s Whitney Houston, top single seller of 1992 with the all-conquering “I Will Always Love You”. Looking at her position at the end of 1993 she was on course to become the top act of the decade, but years of poor chart performance and an erratic release schedule 94-98 during which time she only hit the top 10 once took its toll before a comeback in 1999 gave a last minute push but alas too little, too late. Still 3.9 million singles sales in the decade does put her in an enviable position and the 4th highest placed female on the list....42^nd on the 80s list by way of comparison.

Real life intervenes tomorrow so the top 10 will begin on Friday.

Ok Whitney has completely flabbergasted me! I thought she would be top 5! 🤯

4th best selling female I am scrambling trying to think who the other three can be!?!? Madonna and Celine Dion I’m guessing, can’t think who the third is, maybe Mariah Carey (can’t remember if she has been - and if she outsold Whitney that also flabbergasts me!)

I’m guessing it must be Take That and Boyzone who are the two boybands 🤔

East 17 were one of my favourite groups of the 90s. It's a shame they are remembered primarily for Stay Another Day (which is far from their best) and running themselves over with a car!

Phew Robson Jerome fell short, notwithstanding Jerome Flynn's good Game Of Thrones role. Cher. Icon and Believe was a key global hit proving the more mature pop female singer can still kick it so totally deserves the near-top 10 slot. East 17 bit of a surprise near-miss there, I still thought they would be lower, but it all make sense really. Whitney, the only surprise is she's not top 10!

On 27/07/2026 at 11:27, Gezza said:

NO 15- STEPS (3,472,400)

9 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: TRAGEDY/ HEARTBEAT (1,149,000)

 

Yes of course they were going to be here. Over 1.4 million singles sold in BOTH 98 & 99 made them one of the biggest acts of the late 90s and the leading lights of the “ultra pop” movement (ok I made that term up). The band enjoyed continual success right up until their split in 2001 when the obligatory solo careers followed with minimal success, still few could match the singles success the band had in those two years...

Of Course they later reformed and whilst they only scored 1 top 75 hit they retain a firm fanbase.

Icons!

I reminisce about the late 90s and that era of pop domination often. And I love how Steps started with a couple of top 10/20 hits (yes, one of them stuck around for a long time) and then grew into a hit making machine

On 28/07/2026 at 22:31, Gezza said:

NO 13- CHER (3,564,700)

17 UK TOP 40 HITS

BEST SELLER: BELIEVE (1,669,000)

 

There are just five females left on this rundown and here’s the first of them, Cher had a great 90s, probably the best decade of her career, in which she was the only woman to collect three chart toppers. She benefitted enormously from the sales of “Believe” which was the bestselling single of 98 and contributes considerably to her tally. The singer has now retired from touring (again) but showed just a few years ago that she can still get a top 20 single!

It's so amazing to see Cher getting so close to the Top 10! It's exciting when a new hot act is scoring hits, but I think it's even more impressive to see artists like Cher and Tina making major comebacks in their second, third and fourth decade of their careers! They're were the first pop artists to prove that kind of longevity was possible.

Anyway, my favourite of her '90s singles is Love And Understanding, actually heard it on the radio today while shopping😊!

5 hours ago, Spiceboy said:

Ok Whitney has completely flabbergasted me! I thought she would be top 5! 🤯

4th best selling female I am scrambling trying to think who the other three can be!?!? Madonna and Celine Dion I’m guessing, can’t think who the third is, maybe Mariah Carey (can’t remember if she has been - and if she outsold Whitney that also flabbergasts me!)

I’m guessing it must be Take That and Boyzone who are the two boybands 🤔

You are double flabbergasted!

7 hours ago, ChrisJK said:

East 17 were one of my favourite groups of the 90s. It's a shame they are remembered primarily for Stay Another Day (which is far from their best) and running themselves over with a car!

Lol running themselves over with a car???

3 hours ago, alfiebot said:

It's so amazing to see Cher getting so close to the Top 10! It's exciting when a new hot act is scoring hits, but I think it's even more impressive to see artists like Cher and Tina making major comebacks in their second, third and fourth decade of their careers! They're were the first pop artists to prove that kind of longevity was possible.

Anyway, my favourite of her '90s singles is Love And Understanding, actually heard it on the radio today while shopping😊!

Not forgetting Diana Ross, also from the same era and them two. 🥰

Love and understanding is one of my ultimate faves from Cher too but I think Save up all your tears is my fave from her 90's releases.

2 hours ago, Jester said:

You are double flabbergasted!

You can tell I've been re-watching Celebrity Traitors huh! 🤭

3 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Lol running themselves over with a car???

Brian Harvey ran himself over...

Here's the "try not to laugh" story told directly from Wikipedia..

"On 31 May 2005, [Brian Harvey] was re-admitted to hospital in a critical condition after falling under the wheels of his own car. In an interview with GMTV, Harvey described reversing his Mercedes-Benz and suddenly feeling sick as the result of eating too many jacket potatoes, and after opening the door to vomit he accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake, which resulted in him being thrown under the moving car and running over himself."

17 minutes ago, ChrisJK said:

Brian Harvey ran himself over...

Here's the "try not to laugh" story told directly from Wikipedia..

"On 31 May 2005, [Brian Harvey] was re-admitted to hospital in a critical condition after falling under the wheels of his own car. In an interview with GMTV, Harvey described reversing his Mercedes-Benz and suddenly feeling sick as the result of eating too many jacket potatoes, and after opening the door to vomit he accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake, which resulted in him being thrown under the moving car and running over himself."

"Sick after eating too many jacket potatoes" my ass! 😂

Back early so you get treated to No 10!

NO 10- BRYAN ADAMS (4,030,300)

19 TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST SELLER: EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) (1,533,000)

 

BEST SELLING ACT OF 1991

 

Of course he’s in the top 10, he’s the biggest singles artists of 1991 with the 16wk chart topper “Everything I Do” selling 1.5 million- a third of his final total. Adams continued to have hits right through the decade though he couldn’t score himself another No 1, he did however managed to get to No 2 twice and score a massive hit with Mel C in 1998/99 with “When You’re Gone”...... Fun fact- based on just sales 1990-1993 he was the biggest singles act!

We also hit the 4 million sales mark!