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3 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 7 The Beatles - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever 4 The Beatles - Let It Be 2 Don McLean - American Pie 6 John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 4 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 9 Ultravox - Vienna 5 Kim Wilde - Kids In America 6 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 1 Queen - Radio Ga Ga 10 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 10 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 10 Madonna - Crazy For You 10 Madonna - Holiday 10 A-ha - Take On Me 10 Madonna - Borderline 9 The Bangles - Manic Monday 11 Madonna - Live To Tell 8 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On 7 Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This? 10 The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 3 Salt-n-Pepa - Push It 3 Technotronic featuring Felly - Pump Up The Jam 6 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know 4 DNA featuring Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner 10 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 7 The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral 5 The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - Justified & Ancient (Stand By The JAMs) 5 Haddaway - What Is Love 7 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 0 Pet Shop Boys - Go West 0 Ace Of Base - The Sign 6 Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia 5 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me 8 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night 5 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 1 N-Trance - Set You Free 7 Pulp - Common People 1 Oasis - Wonderwall 2 The Bluetones - Slight Return 4 Robert Miles - Children 6 Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 3 Underworld - Born Slippy 5 Blur - Song 2 5 The Cardigans - Lovefool 10 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 4 Dario G - Sunchyme 0 Oasis - Stand By Me 8 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 1 Spice Girls - Stop 10 Madonna - Ray Of Light 3 Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine 7 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 5 Blur - Tender 7 Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now 1 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 2 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler 5 Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This 4 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 9 Daft Punk - One More Time 7 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 9 iiO - Rapture 7 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor -1 Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 6 Coldplay - In My Place 6 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 4 Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River 6 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous 1 Girls Aloud - No Good Advice 3 Dido - White Flag 3 Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath 10 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. 5 Coldplay - Speed Of Sound 5 Rihanna - Unfaithful 7 The Killers - When You Were Young 2 Manic Street Preachers featuring Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 5 Kate Nash - Foundations 8 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie 5 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 8 La Roux - In For The Kill 8 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 2 Adele - Rolling In The Deep 3 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close 3 Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 1 Adele - Skyfall 3 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble 1 Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge - White Noise 5 Bastille - Pompeii 3 Passenger - Let Her Go 6 Avicii - Hey Brother 6 Hozier - Take Me To Church 5 Calvin Harris + Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love 6 Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 7 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy 7 Rita Ora - Anywhere 3 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry 9 Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 6 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 6 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love 8 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

25 Madonna - Holiday 24 Madonna - Borderline 23 A-ha - Take On Me 22 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 21 The Bangles - Manic Monday 20 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 19 DNA featuring Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner 18 The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 17 Alannah Myles - Black Velvet 16 The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral 15 Pulp - Common People 14 Daft Punk - One More Time 13 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 12 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love 11 The Scorpions - Wind Of Change 10 Kim Wilde - Kids In America 9 The Beatles - Let It Be 8 Robert Miles - Children 7 The Killers - When You Were Young 6 Clout - Substitute 5 The Cardigans - Lovefool 4 T Rex - Ride A White Swan 3 Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River 2 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait 1 Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

New Gaga track is soo very undewhelming.... and coming off the back of the huge success of ASIB, I was expecting so much. Just dull.

Sighs... a mid tempo ballad that does zero for me... where's the fun? where's the pop tune? where's the gimmicks? I'm sure James is good at what he does, but this is not a memorable song on first listen for me... Yes it's not an embarrassment, but it's not a winner either. When did we stop wanting to win? When did we last throw everything at it to enter a bloody brilliant pop song? I don't want progress. I want a classic Eurovision winner! zzzzzzz

25 Madonna - Live To Tell 24 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 23 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 22 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More 21 Squeeze - Up The Junction 20 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 19 Emeli Sande - Heaven 18 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night 17 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London 16 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) 15 The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy 14 La Roux - In For The Kill 13 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know 12 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse - Valerie 11 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step 10 Eminem featuring Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 9 Phats & Small - Turn Around 8 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 7 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 6 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 5 Blur - Tender 4 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me 3 Mis-Teeq - Scandalous 2 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 1 Calvin Harris featuring Kelis - Bounce

Janet Jackson?

I didn't vote but if I had of done it would be Madonna all the way. Why? Notwithstanding her unrivalled and incomparable chart achievements in the UK and the rest of the World, she is something that many others aren't. She's a proper artist, as well as being a pop superstar. Most importantly she is authentic. Authenticity for me is key in belieivng and liking an artist. For example. when Madonna or Rihanna sing about sex I believe them. Both I'm sure, have most likely enjoyed some rather grubby fun in their time, however when Kylie or Beyonce sing about it, I don't believe them. Kylie seems to be trapped in some girl-pop giddiness, like a Japanese schoolgirl, never to grow up, much like Cliff Richards - I think she'd rather be doing her nails or posting on insta than enjoying a session in the wrong'un! My point is, I've enjoyed much from all of those females in the Top 10 of this list, but for me (alongside Kate Bush, Debbie Harry,Bjork, Alison Goldfrapp and Billie Eilish), Madonna is a true artist and a visionary. She is the ultimate pop artist. If I look at Kylie as a colour, she will always and only be beige for me. Madonna however, will be all colours, because she makes me feel.

Gutted I didn't vote, if I had it would have been Madonna all the way - there really isn't any competition. Just as long as its not Kylie or Gaga I'm ok. Hoped to see RiRi higher.

The funny thing is, I (and many other fans), would love (and pay) to just see Madonna stand there (or sit) and just sing and play. I don't need to see her dance around any more, the voice, the songs are more than enough... Dance has always been so important to her and to her performace, but I don't think she realises how loyal her fans are, and how to just hear her sing is what many of us crave.

Funnily enough my long-time best friends (who also love Madonna), also cite Erotica as their favourite too. For me, it's the searingly honest lyrics (her best imo), and the shear quality and diversity of the songs. It's a very empowering album, full of pain, yearning, defiance and strength. I love it, and I love that it's an underrated, hugely influential classic. 'Waiting' is one of my favourite M songs ever. I know it's one of M's perosnal favourites of her own album's (as is I'm Breathless funnily enough).

Ray Of Light is a great Madonna album and beautifully produced, but for me, Erotica is by far her best work and my favourite Madonna album, with COADF a close second. And WHY isn't I'm Breathless on this list????? It's a proper full Madonna album.....

Ray Of Light is a great Madonna album and beautifully produced, but for me, Erotica is by far her best work and my favourite Madonna album, with COADF a close second.

1 True Blue 2 Who's That Girl 3 Ray Of Light 4 Celebration 5 Erotica 6 American Life 7 Music 8 Bedtime Story 9 Like A Virgin 10 Something to Remember 11 Like A Prayer 12 Rebel Heart

Really love the song. the video not so much, but it does have some good moments.

10 Everybody 09 Like A Virgin 10 Live to Tell 07 Who's That Girl 08 Like A Prayer 10 Vogue 09 Justify My Love 09 Erotica 07 Secret 07 You'll See 07 You Must Love Me 08 Frozen 07 Music 07 American Life 10 Hung Up 04 4 Minutes 07 Celebration 05 Give Me All Your Luvin' 01 Living For Love **for me, the worst ever of her single releases** 09 Medellín

I bloody LOVE IT!!!! Her best lead single in since Hung Up. Magnificient!!!!

In the context of the song, it's used in a derrogatory sense, as if being gay is somehow not good enough. The fact is, the word has NO place in any civilised society, and it does cause offence to many. It also has clearly adversely affected some people on this very forum. I wonder how people/media would react if the word 'N*****' word was used instead? There would be uproar. I love the song, but not that word - it offends, belittles and there's no excuse to use it anymore.

Lady Gaga - Shallow Jess Glynne - I'll Be There Keale Settle - This is Me

What did/does 2017 mean to you as a chart fan? For me, it was the year that the charts died, or more specifically the year I started to lose interest in them. Ed Sheeran's domination of the charts which the incompetant OCC allowed (16 songs in the Top 20) were a sign of how sick the charts were. One of the great loves of mine was to compare chart achievements historically, but most chart records now don't really hold any gravitas or count for anything as you cannot compare Sheeran's 16 songs in the top 20 (most were album tracks) to the dominance of the Beatles, Presley or Madonna as they didn't have a level playing field (they couldn't dominate the charts like that but they surely would have done as their popularity was immense). My point is the OCC should have seen this coming (we all did), but they allowed it. They corrected the imbalance way too late, resulting in Sheeran's chart achievements being muddied and without credibility, imo. What’s different in 2017 is that the dominance of streaming rewards passivity – repeat listening – rather than active discovery. Streaming is a measure of a person’s available listening time, which concentrates the vote into the hands of a certain group who love playing the same tracks over and over. This is the era of the bland. 2017 saw very few exciting artists for me, and for me, following an exciting artist is what also makes a great chart. The problem wasn’t just the charts, it is what streaming is doing to music itself. This isn't a Sheeran bashing post btw - I could be writing about Drake or Adele. Do I like Ed Sheeran's music - absolutely not, it's bland, calculated and for me no better than bad Westlife/Phil Collins work - but I do respect that this is a good era for him. However his desperation to score the Christmas #1 is pathetic. His chart achievements for me however, are without credibility because of terrible chart rules. Music I did like in 2017 was Kelela, Goldfrapp, Migos, Margo Price and St. Vincent. In summary, 2017 was when I started to stop caring about the charts, which is so very sad. I don't have a soultion, it's not my job to, but thankfully, I do still LOVE good music. I do so hope I'm wrong and that the chart changes made in 2017 address the problems of streaming, but I suspect the general public's waning interest in the charts cannot be stopped now.

Finally the OCC is trying to right a wrong - a positive step forward for the UK Singles chart.

Thankyou for your polite reply, I'm sorry if I came accross as hostile. But my comments, still stand. Essentially, you've come up with your own figures and not recognised official figures from The Official Chart company. We could all do that. The 'list' I mention is one that we must adhere to. It's the one that all 'official' chart records come from. Madonna sold 17.8 million according to the OCC and other sources up until the END of 2012. Rhianna sold 11.4 million. The OCC figures and subsequent press at the end of 2012 have Madonna almost 7 million sales ahead of Rhianna. Your chart goes only until the end of 2013, so in fact your saying Rhianna sold close to 7 million in a year? No way. Your list is really fun but it's not correct, in my opionion. My figures do closely match those of the OCC. Madonna is still way out in front, especially in the time frame this list covers. Still, thankyou, I loved reading it (said in a totally non patronising way, I promise ) xxx For the record, Rhianna in 2017 may be very close to Madonna, but not in the timeframe covered in your list, far far from it :-)

Great post, but I'm sorry, I totally DISPUTE this list, it's not correct. MADONNA is still the #1 best selling singles artist. The sales figures you give are incorrect. For example, at the end of 2012, the OCC published a list of the UK's best selling singles artists: 1. Madonna - 17.8 million in 2012, that's 700,000 less than you have for her now - you're wrong. We have the figure for Madonna now at 18.6 million. 2. Rihanna - 11.4 million in 2012. Don't tell me in 4 years she's sold a further 7 million singles in 4 years - with only 1 album and granted some good featuress - it doesn't add up. We have her far less than this... 3. Kylie Minogue - 10.2 million 4. Whitney Houston - 8.5 million 5. Lady Gaga - 7.236 million Check out bbc newsbeat/article/20108318/madonna-beats-rihanna-as-uks-top-female-single-seller from the end of 2012 from the OCC. According to the Official Charts Company, Madonna in 2012 had combined single sales of 17.8 million. That's 700,000 MORE 4 years ago than you have for today, and she's had 4 years of sales since then to be added (granted not huge amounts). So as much as I like your efforts, I'm sorry to say, but it's wrong. Your list isn't accurate. Please see my link from the end of 2012 as source material. OCC have confirmed to me Madonna is still #1.