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They embrace it. When some friends realised that I could name a lot of songs from the 1st second or 2, made this into a game whilst we were in the car.

What they didn’t realise is that I actually realised what was going to come next on the playlist before they played it 🤣

Then I have friends like @Jessie Where who are similar to me, and we can discuss and debate chart rules and regulations.

And I handle their disinterested when I feed them a really (un) interesting fact about chart history 🤣

50 Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen

49 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

48 Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69

47 Dolly Parton- 9 To 5

46 Tina Turner- Proud Mary

45 Lily Allen- F**k You

44 Adele- Rumour Has It

43 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence

42 Alphaville- Forever Young  

41 Blossoms- Charlemagne 

40 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl 

39 The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping

38 Oasis- Morning Glory 

37 Queen- We Will Rock You 

36 Oasis- Champagne Supernova

35 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb

34 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter

33 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough 

32 Lou Reed- Perfect Day 

31 Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll

30 Oasis- She's Electric

Aerosmith- Dream On

29 The Who- Baba O'Riley 

28 The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun

27 Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream

26David Bowie- Changes

25 John Denver- Take Me Home, Country Roads 

24 Kiss- I Was Made For Lovin' You 

23 Imagine Dragons- Believer

Oasis- Half The World Away

22 Blondie- One Way Or Another

21 Elton John- Tiny Dancer

20 The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice

19 The Beatles- In My Life 

18 The 1975- Somebody Else

17 The Beatles- Blackbird 

16 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here 

15 Talking Heads- Psycho Killer 

14 Daryl Hall & John Oates- You Make My Dreams 

13 Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know

12 Arctic Monkeys- Mardy Bum

11 Vampire Weekend- A-Punk 

10 Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill 

9 Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers

8 Woodkid- Run Boy Run 

7 Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours 

6 Tame Impala- Let It Happen

5 Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive 

4 Rihanna- Love On The Brain

3 Frank Ocean- Lost

2 Pixies- Where Is My Mind

1 Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank)

B*gger. Just seen this - as I’ve been so busy with limited internet. Sia and Carrie would have been high up and therefore probably qualified for the next round.

But… bring on the final!

(Please give us a couple of weeks to vote )

25 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

24 Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69

23 Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth- Defying Gravity

22 Dolly Parton- 9 To 5

21 Tina Turner- Proud Mary

20 Lily Allen- f*** You 

19 Adele- Rumour Has It

18 Demi Lovato- Confident

17 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence

16 Tom Grennan- Found What I've Been Looking For

15 Cat Stevens- Wild World

14 Oasis- Champagne Supernova

13 Petit Biscuit- Sunset Lover 

12 Adele- All I Ask

11 Stevie Wonder- Isn't She Lovely

10 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb

9 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter

8 The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun 

7 The XX- Intro

6 Aerosmith- Dream On

5 Oasis- Half The World Away

4 Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream

3 Meat Loaf- Paradise By The Dashboard Light

2 David Bowie- Changes 

1 Blondie- One Way Or Another

3 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

How is 'Denial is a River' on 321,000 for this year but on 320,000 including last year?

Pay attention Jessie! We get this all the time 😁

Pink Pony Club for number 1 (again)! Or at least back to its favourite position of number 2!

Hmmm. But will Alex decline by less than the market?

Fleetwood Mac coming for Weeknd’s crown! Top 4 very soon - and will they catch Sam Fender before anyone else overtakes them?

On 13/05/2025 at 20:21, Liam.k. said:

Very pleased to see 'Slow' finally get passed the Silver mark. Strange it's taken so long, it's much more of a classic than its sales would suggest and doesn't deserve to be a part of this list of #1 songs that haven't yet been certified (2000+ only):

Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against the Classes (2000)

Busted - You Said No (2003)

Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side (2003)

Busted - Who's David? (2004)

Wow! Almost all charity singles, novelties, reality TV spin offs, boy bands and ex boy band members!

The biggest surprises for me are Manic Street Preachers and Daniel Bedingfield - as well as the two Busted tracks - though I guess Busted had already sold hundreds of thousands of albums by the time those singles were released.

But yes - very strange that ‘Slow’ was in that very short list. A very underrated track.

I’ve never been a Take That fan but I found ‘Forever Love’ beautiful - I bought it despite never owning any TT music.

Not quite the same: but it reminded me that the original version of Dreams by Gabrielle was pulled after getting loads of airplay because of the uncleared sample (or likeness) of Fast Car.

Nonetheless it set a new record for the highest debuting debut single of all time.

Please correct me if I’m wrong

17 hours ago, jimwatts said:

I notice on Spotify's chart, 'Azizam' now appears as 'Azizam (feat. Googoosh) [Persian Version]' - didn't know this existed! Fairly sure the original is still getting most of its streams though.

This sometimes happens when the music is identical (rather than remixed). The two versions get muddled up and combined. Something similar happened to Mae Muller ‘I Wrote A Song’ if my memory serves me correctly.

Brilliant list! I always assumed ‘We Will Rock You’ was a double A side - but I’ve not checked.

My top 2 out today - but at least they made the top 20. ‘My Immortal’ is one of my all time favourites - I first heard it in the Daredevil film and bought the soundtrack as soon as I could. One of the best film soundtracks ever in my opinion.

On 28/03/2025 at 20:36, Envoirment said:

It's only the 2nd song after Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" to go 5x platinum and missed the top 40. The first to go 5x platinum and miss the top 75.

Does anyone know the next biggest selling single to miss the top 75 and the biggest to miss the top 100?

Quite a clear out in two weeks time, I imagine!

‘The Chain’ must have set records for high certification v low chart peak. I wonder if anyone is brave enough to investigate what records it has set.

Sad to see Kirsty so low! I love that song.

50 Evanescence – My Immortal

49 Lady Gaga - Alejandro

48 Pulp - Disco 2000

47 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us

46 Green Day - Basket Case

45 Dolly Parton - Jolene

44 Kirsty MacColl - A New England

43 Radiohead - Creep

42 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet

41 Jade - Angel Of My Dreams

40 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces

39 Avril Lavigne – I'm With You

38 Britney Spears - Stronger

37 U2 - One

36 Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control

35 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

34 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

33 Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing

32 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me

31 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

30 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

29 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire

28 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

27 Alan Walker - Faded

26 Klaxons – Golden Skans

25 The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way

24 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

23 The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

22 The Cure - The Love Cats

21 Chic - Le Freak

20 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name)

19 Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You)

18 Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre

17 Amy Winehouse - Rehab

16 Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors

15 Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight

14 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live

13 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

12 The Beach Boys - I Get Around

11 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

10 Madonna – Get Together

9 The Ones - Flawless

8 The Verve - Lucky Man

7 Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique

6 The Doors - Light My Fire

5 Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol

4 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

3 Al Green - Let's Stay Together

2 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

1 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

Fascinating that I’m a pop boy through and through, yet there are so many rock and indie songs towards the top of my list. They just happen to be classics!

thanks for the update @Gezza very mucho appreciated

so for studio albums the top 10 looks like:

 

9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 843,000 (T/S 5,077,000)

 

I just find it amazing that such an old studio album, more than 45 years old, can still be one of the 10 biggest studio albums of the decade so far. Especially when it had no big hits in the UK at the time - none of them made the top 20. Part of the secret is in still having 3 massively streamed songs: Dreams, The Chain and Go Your Own Way. But I think also the album itself, unlike many other albums, is genuinely streamed as a whole.

 

Is it a double counting for Fleetwood Mac albums ?

 

Can you clarify what you mean?

25 Evanescence - My Immortal

24 Lady Gaga - Alejandro

23 Tori Amos - Pretty Good Year

22 Pulp - Disco 2000

21 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us

20 Green Day - Basket Case

19 Dolly Parton - Jolene

18 Mika - Happy Ending

17 Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night

16 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces

15 Britney Spears - Stronger

14 Elton John - Your Song

13 Yello - The Race

12 U2 - One

11 Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

10 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

9 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer

8 Robert Miles - Fable

7 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

6 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

5 Kygo and Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me

4 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

3 Alan Walker - Faded

2 The Cure - The Love Cats

1 Madonna - I'll Remember

 

Regarding Brenda: the two versions of RATCT appear to be on different record labels. I would assume that this means that they are not combined for chart purposes. Does anyone have an opinion, or any knowledge of this?

Amazing work! And great to finally see Kylie as one of the 10 greatest artists of all time!

This has prompted me to look up his history of Christmas Number 1 chart campaigns:

 

2008: Ricky Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up - #73

2009: RATM - #1

2011: Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit - #11

2012: The Justice Collective, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - #1

2013: ACDC, Highway to Hell -#4

2014: The Peace Collective, All Together Now - #70

2017: Wham, Last Christmas - #2

2020: The Kunts, Boris Johnson is a f***ing c**t - #5

2021: The Kunts, Boris Johnson is STILL a f***ing c**t - #5

2022: The Kunts, f*** the Tories - #7

2023: The Pogues - #6

 

Despite his past success, I really don't see this taking off at all. All of the recent hits were either:

 

Directly related to Christmas - so they would have got tons of sales anyway. Odds are that both Wham and The Pogues would have charted in similar positions without a campaign, frankly.

 

OR

 

Were actively being pushed and promoted as protest songs, with multiple versions for download. I can't see ELO playing the game and having 20 different versions on Bandcamp for 59p! They will also get virtually no streaming compared to the deluge of Christmas hits in the charts.

 

Also most were at times when downloading was the main contributor to the chart.