The Official Charts Company in the UK spent the day revealing the top 150 biggest selling singles in the 21st Century. No surprise that a herd of X-Factor winners and novelty tracks occupy the top spots, but it’s also really promising to see a lot of newer tracks being in there as well- people are still buying music! Full commentary and list can be seen here.
Top 20:
01 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN – WILL YOUNG
02 SOMEONE LIKE YOU – ADELE
03 UNCHAINED MELODY – GARETH GATES
04 I GOTTA FEELING – BLACK EYED PEAS
05 IT WASN’T ME – SHAGGY FT RIKROK
06 MOVES LIKE JAGGER – MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
07 (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO – TONY CHRISTIE FT PETER KAY
08 HALLELUJAH – ALEXANDRA BURKE
09 SEX ON FIRE – KINGS OF LEON
10 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS – BAND AID 20
11 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD – KYLIE MINOGUE
12 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) – BRUNO MARS
13 WE FOUND LOVE – RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
14 POKER FACE – LADY GAGA
15 THAT’S MY GOAL – SHAYNE WARD
16 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM – LMFAO/LAUREN BENNETT/GOONROCK
17 PURE AND SIMPLE – HEARSAY
18 PRICE TAG – JESSIE J FT BOB
19 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE – EMINEM FT RIHANNA
20 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) – RIHANNA
21 BLEEDING LOVE – LEONA LEWIS