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349. "Paparazzi" Lady Gaga (3 weeks) Reached #1: 23 August 2009 UK Chart Peak: #4 Paparazzi's was Lady Gaga's second #1 hit in my chart and also a chart-topper in Germany. As well as the original version, I am also a big fan of the Moto Blanco remix. The three hair metal rockers featured in the video are the Lundberg triplets from Swedish band Snake Of Eden, who starred on the dating reality show Daisy Of Love. NY6lGA1QIPk

348. "She wolf" Shakira (1 week) Reached #1: 23 August 2009 UK Chart Peak: #4 Auwwwww! Shakira is one of the queens of my chart and she snatched a #1 yet again with her 2009 album title track. It reached #2 in Germany and Ireland. A Spanish version titled "Loba" was released in Spain and Latin America and hit #1 in Mexico. A of the music video by Andrew Foster became viral at the time. booKP974B0k

Which is the lowest selling year-end #1 single (post-1980)?

1st Sia – Chandelier 2nd Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This 3rd Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass 4th Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea – Problem 5th Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be 6th Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 7th Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse 8th Duke Dumont - I Got U 9th Kiesza - Hideaway 10th Sigma - Nobody To Love 11th Ella Henderson - Ghost 12th Charli XCX - Boom Clap

Sadly the "a racoon just entered here in the studio" of a few weeks ago came too late to feature in this countdown.

James Masterton covered the issue in his blog last year: http://www.masterton.co.uk/2013/12/top-of-the-new-year-pops/

1st Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This 2nd Mr Probz - Waves 3rd Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong 4th Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse 5th 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect 6th Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 7th Tove Lo – Stay High 8th Wankelmut and Emma Louise - My Head Is a Jungle 9th Hozier - Take Me To Church 10th Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora - Black Widow

347. "f*** you" Lily Allen (1 week) Reached #1: 9 August 2009 UK Chart Peak: #153 Not officially released in the UK, "f*** you" was a hit in Continental Europe hitting #1 in Flemish Belgium and top 5 in Wallon Belgium, Finland, Norway and Switzerland. It's Lily Allen's first and so far only #1 hit in my chart. It is also the only #1 song in my chart with an uncensored swear word. Lily Allen has stated that this song his about George W. Bush. Due to its anti-homophobe lyric content, it has also became a pro-LGBT rights anthem. yFE6qQ3ySXE

346. "I gotta feeling" Black Eyed Peas (3 weeks) Reached #1: 12 July 2009 UK Chart Peak: #1 One of the most massive hits of the year worldwide, "I gotta feeling" became Black Eyed Peas' third #1 in my chart. With 15 million downloads, it has been considered the highest selling digital song worldwide. It was also a global #1 topping the charts in countries like USA, the UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland. "I gotta feeling" was also Portugal's official song for the 2010 World Cup. The song was chosen because it was a favourite of the players for some motivation during the qualifier play-off games against Bosnia-Herzegovina. uSD4vsh1zDA

345. "New Divide" Linkin Park (1 week) Reached #1: 28 June 2009 UK Chart Peak: #19 Linkin Park scored their fifth (and last so far) #1 in my chart with this track from the soundtrack to "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". It was #1 in Poland. Its working title was "Megatron". ysSxxIqKNN0

344. "Red" Daniel Merriweather (3 non-consecutive weeks) Reached #1: 21 June 2009, 5 July 2009 UK Chart Peak: #5 Australian singer Daniel Merriweather hit #1 in my chart with "Red", produced by Mark Ronson whose track "Stop Me" featured Merriweather's vocals. Daniel Merriweather had two more top 20 hits in my chart: "Impossible" and "Water To A Flame" in duet with Adele. o1NCmDYeymo

343. "Gaivota" Amália Hoje (5 weeks) Reached #1: 17 May 2009 Amália Hoje was an all-star project formed by Sónia Tavares and Nuno Gonçalves from The Gift, Fernando Ribeiro from Moonspell and Paulo Praça from several bands, that gave modern reinterpretations of songs performed by Portugal's biggest musical icon Amália Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado, in the 10th anniversary of her death. "Gaivota" (seagull), recorded by Amália Rodrigues in 1970, was the lead single of the record that went on to become four times platinum. It was the longest running #1 of 2009 in my chart. BgQeJ6BqRLI

1st Olly Murs - Wrapped Up 2nd Clean Bandit - Real Love 3rd Hozier - Take Me To Church 4th Sam Smith - Like I Can 5th Taylor Swift - Blank Space 6th Tom Odell - Real Love 7th Union J - You Got It All 8th Cash Cash - Take Me Home 9th Duke Dumont - Won't Look Back 10th The Magician - Sunlight

1st Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass 2nd Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars 3rd Ed Sheeran - Sing 4th Wankelmut and Emma Louise – My Head Is a Jungle 5th Magic! - Rude 6th Jeremih – Don't Tell Em 7th Fuse ODG feat. Sean Paul – Dangerous Love 8th Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy 9th DVBBS & Borgeous feat. Tinie Tempah – Tsunami (Jump) 10th DJ Fresh – Dibby Dibby Sound

1st Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 2nd Molly – Children Of The Universe 3rd OneRepublic – Love Runs Out 4th George Ezra – Blame It On Me 5th Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora – Black Widow 6th Katy B – Crying For No Reason 7th Cheryl – I Don't Care 8th Zedd feat. Hayley Williams – Stay The Night 9th 5 Seconds Of Summer – Don't Stop 10th Foxes – Let Go For Tonight

The Florin Street Band :rofl:

342. "Shimmer and shine" Ben Harper & Relentless 7 (1 week) Reached #1: 10 May 2009 UK Chart Peak: DNC 2009 had its fair share of surprise #1's and here is one more. Veteran indie-rocker Ben Harper shot to #1 with "Shimmer and shine" the first single from the album "White lines for dark times", the first one recorded with Relentless 7. Harper had three previous top 40 hits in my chart, the biggest of them being 2003's "Diamonds on the inside" (#23). lj4_CG-IbRk

341. "If U seek Amy" Britney Spears (1 week) Reached #1: 3 May 2009 UK Chart Peak: #20 After four weeks in chart, "If U seek Amy" took advantage of a slow week to become Britney's 12th #1 in my chart, thus establishing herself as the artist with most #1 hits in my chart. In some countries, due to the title's double-entendre, the radio edited version was released title "If you see me". 0aEnnH6t8Ts

340. "Estou vivo" Boss AC (1 week) Reached #1: 26 April 2009 "Estou vivo" (="I'm alive) was an unexpected second #1 hit in my chart for Boss AC, cementing his status as one Portugal's biggest rappers. Born Augusto Cardoso, he released his first record back in 1993 at age 18. 8JiIplTgBnw

339. "Untouched" The Veronicas (1 week) Reached #1: 19 April 2009 UK Chart Peak: #8 The Origliasso twins scored their first proper international hit with "Untouched", which hit #1 in Ireland and in my chart and was their first UK top 10 single. The Veronicas have only hit my chart three more times: "4ever" in 2009 (#17), "Lolita" in 2012 (#2) and "You ruin me" (#29). ykW4rtW2eu0

338. "My life would suck without you" Kelly Clarkson (3 weeks) Reached #1: 29 March 2009 UK Chart Peak: #1 Kelly Clarkson got her third #1 in my chart with "My life would suck without you" which was also her first UK #1, as well as being a chart-topper in the USA, Canada and Poland. The first draft of this song apparently contained marijuana references. cRM70Jw7F4M

That was basically that Haiti single thingy.

337. "Love story" Taylor Swift (2 weeks) Reached #1: 15 March 2009 UK Chart Peak: #2 "Love Story" was Taylor Swift's crossover international hit, reaching #1 in Australia and in my chart. Her music video co-star, model and singer Justin Gaston, was dating Miley Cyrus at the time. Taylor Swift suggested him for the role after seeing him in the talent show "Nashville Star". 8xg3vE8Ie_E

336. "Halo" Beyoncé (1 week) Reached #1: 8 March 2009 UK Chart Peak: #4 "Halo" was Beyonce's fourth solo #1 hit in my chart (and Ryan Tedder's second #1 as a composer), also topping the chart in Brazil and Norway. The Glee Cast's mash-up of "Halo" and "Walking On Sunshine" hit #5 in my chart in 2010. bnVUHWCynig

335. "Lucky" Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat (1 week) Reached #1: 1 March 2009 UK Chart Peak: #149 Jason Mraz grabbed a second #1 hit in my chart with "Lucky", duetting along Colbie Caillat. He also recorded a Spanish version with Mexican singer Ximena Sariñana. Colbie Caillat's biggest hit on her own in my chart is 2007's "Bubbly" which hit #4. acvIVA9-FMQ