4. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me
3. Tony Christie feat Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
2. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody

1. Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen

Sold 1 million copies in just a week and that was physical copies

1. Evergreen - Will Young.

01. Will Young - Evergreen (2002)
02. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (2002)
03. Tony Christie feat Peter Kay - Is This The Way To Amarillo? (2005)
04. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (2001)
05. Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah (2008)
06. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know Its Christmas? (2004)
07. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2001)
08. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (2005)
09. Hear Say' - Pure & Simple (2001)
10. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (2000)

11. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (2007)
12. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006)
13. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again (2001)
14. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire (2008)
15. Lady Gaga - Poker Face (2009)
16. Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This (2006)
17. Enrique Iglesias - Hero (2002)
18. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (2009)
19. The X Factor Finalists 2008 - Hero (2008)
20. DJ Otsi - Hey Baby (2000)

21. Eminem ft Dido - Stan (2000)
22. Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma (2002)
23. Westlife - Uptown Girl (2001)
24. Lady GaGa - Just Dance (2008)
25. Black Eyed Peas ft. Justin Timberlake - Where Is The Love? (2003)
26. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' (2001)
27. All Saints - Pure Shores (2000)
28. Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out (2000)
29. Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love (2009)
30. Take That - Rule The World (2007)

31. Elivs vs JXL- A Little Less Conversation (2002)
32. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (2008)
33. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella (2007)
34. Sonique - It Feels So Good (2000)
35. LaRoux - In For The Kill (2009)
36. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of (1992)
37. Joe McElderry - The Climb (2009)
38. Shakira - Whenever Wherever (2002)
39. James Blunt - You're Beautiful (2005)
40. Girls Aloud - Sound of The Underground (2002)

41. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (2000)
42. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag (2000)
43. S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True (2000)
44. Shaggy ft. Rayvon - Angel (2001)
45. Leona Lewis - Run (2008)
46. Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (2006)
47. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (2009)
48. Duffy - Mercy (2008)
49. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006)
50. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) (2002)

51. Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002)
52. Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (2000)
53. Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules - Mad World (2003)
54. Nickelback - Rockstar (2007)
55. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight (2000)
56. Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us (2002)
57. Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) (2004)
58. Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy (2008)
59. Take That - Patience (2006)
60. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (2008)

61. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This (2001)
62. Gareth Gates & The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky (2003)
63. James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings (2008)
64. Mika - Grace Kelly (2007)
65. Crazy Frog - Axel F (2005)
66. Madonna - Hung Up (2005)
67. Will Young - Leave Right Now (2003)
68. Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys (2009)
69. Eminem - Without Me (2002)
70. Tinchy Stryder ft. N-Dubz - Number 1 (2009)

71. Afroman - Because I Got High (2001)
72. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (2006)
73. Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha (2005)
74. Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (2007)
75. Nickelback - How You Remind Me (2001)
76. R. Kelly - Ignition (2003)
77. DJ Sammy and Yanou ft. Do - Heaven (2002)
78. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One (2002)
79. Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris and Chrome - Dance Wiv Me (2008)
80. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway (2009)

81. Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - Low (2008)
82. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (2008)
83. Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy (2008)
84. S Club 7 - Reach (2000)
85. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes (2002)
86. Liberty X - Just A Little (2002)
87. The Killers - Human (2008)
88. David Guetta ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch (2009)
89. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink - Lady Marmalade (2003)
90. Timbaland ft. One Republic - Apologize (2008)

91. Sam Sparro - Black And Gold (2008)
92. Leon Jackson - When You Believe (2007)
93. Craig David - Fill Me In (2000)
94. Pink - So What (2008)
95. Basshunter - Now You're Gone (2008)
96. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (2001)
97. DJ Pied Piper - Do You You Really Like It? (2001)
98. Sugababes - About You Now (2007)
99. Girls Aloud - The Promise (2008)
100. Lily Allen - The Fear (2009)

great list some i expected and others are a few shockers but over all it was a great decade for music

Jesus, half of the top ten including the no. 1 are cover versions of songs!

Will Young did really well no downloads included in 2002 and sold 1,800,000 copies

Gareth Gates second Will Young first now thats irony

Some songs in there are great. The top 10 is bad but other than its ok I suppose. I shocked with some of the positions though.

Quite a lot of recent tracks isn't there, like from the last 18months, has there been a major upturn in singles sales? 31 tracks from the past 2 years (including RATM) seems quite a lot more than I expected, I thought there had been a sharp drop in sales.

A surprise to see so many records from the early part of the decade.

I was expecting the opposite, I thought downloads had 'saved' the single from declining sales

So in summary, top 10 selling records of the Noughties:

1 - Will Young - Evergreen (2002) Cover version
2 - Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (2002) Cover version
3 - Tony Christie feat Peter Kay - Is This The Way To Amarillo? (2005) Cover version / charity record
4 - Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (2001)
5 - Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah (2008) Cover version
6 - Band Aid 20 - Do They Know Its Christmas? (2004) Cover version / charity record
7 - Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2001)
8 - Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (2005) actually the only X-factor / Pop Idol winner's song that was not a cover version
9 - Hear Say' - Pure & Simple (2001) Cover version
10 - Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (2000) Kids novelty record

The bold ones are the singles that weren't a charity/novelty song or a reality tv winners song.

Interesting to compare with the Billboard chart http://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-...ongs?year=2009

The US number 1 and 2 didn't even make the top 100 over here!

Billboard does include radio airplay, and online streaming as well as sales data so a direct comparison can't really be made. The UK 100 does show how much the public buys into charity singles and the Simon Cowell machine though, you don't seem to get that as much over the pond.

What a joke lol

It can't. Even so it is surprising the US no1 didn't even make the uk top 100

I think it was definately an improvement of the 90s decade chart-if I remember rightly.

It would be easy to discount the reality Cowell singles given there unfair advantages-its fair to say that without that push they would'nt have made number 1 in many cases-nevermind this chart.

I can remember the when Radio 1 did the top 80 of the 80s and that had some absolute classics in it.

Top 10 of the 90's


1 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997
2 Robson & Jerome Unchained Melody
3 Wet Wet Wet Love Is All Around
4 Aqua Barbie Girl
5 Cher Believe
6 Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
7 Various Artists Perfect Day
8 Britney Spears Baby One More Time
9 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans I'll Be Missing You
10 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You

Top 10 of the 80's

1 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas
2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax
3 Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You
4 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes
5 Human League Don't You Want Me
6 Wham! Last Christmas
7 Culture Club Karma Chameleon
8 George Michael Careless Whisper
9 Jennifer Rush The Power Of Love
10 Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen

Top 10 of the 70's

1 (1977) Mull Of Kintyre Wings
2 (1978) Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring Boney M
3 (1978) You're The One That I Want John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
4 (1978) Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord Boney M
5 (1978) Summer Nights John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
6 (1978) Y.M.C.A Village People
7 (1975) Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
8 (1979) Heart Of Glass Blondie
9 (1976) Don't Give Up On Us David Soul
10 (1973) Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

Funny that Unchained Melody was the second biggest selling song 2000 - 2009 and the nineties.

Does this mean that if you discounted artists and just went by the song that Unchained Melody has been the most popular song of the last twenty years?!

#74 Valerie, #77 Heaven and #89 Lady Marmalade are all cover versions though.

The 70s, 80s, and 90s all look pretty decent. Some proper pop songs. The naughties, unsurprisingly, look cack.

What are you on ? Usher "Yeah" was a huge hit over here.