Most streamed songs of each year since 1952

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From BBC News. Gosh what an APPALLING list, why are people so BASIC?

Obviously it's the most streamed songs to date of these years.

1950s​

1952 - Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly
1953 - That's Amore by Dean Martin
1954 - I've Got A Woman by Ray Charles
1955 - Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
1956 - I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash
1957 - Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
1958 - Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
1959 - Put Your Head On My Shoulder by Paul Anka

1960s​

1960 - At Last by Etta James
1961 - Stand By Me by Ben E King
1962 - Cry To Me by Solomon Burke
1963 - Be My Baby by Ronettes
1964 - My Girl by The Temptations
1965 - I Can't Help Myself by Four Tops
1966 - Paint It Black by Rolling Stones
1967 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
1968 - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding
1969 - Here Comes The Sun by Beatles

1970s​

1970 - Your Song by Elton John
1971 - Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver
1972 - Tiny Dancer by Elton John
1973 - Jolene by Dolly Parton
1974 - Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975 - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
1976 - Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
1977 - Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
1978 - September by Earth Wind & Fire
1979 - Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

1980s​

1980 - Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
1981 - Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
1982 - Africa by Toto
1983 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics
1984 - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham
1985 - Summer Of '69 by Bryan Adams
1986 - Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
1987 - I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston
1988 - Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac
1989 - We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel

1990s​

1990 - Thunderstruck by AC/DC
1991 - Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
1992 - Creep by Radiohead
1993 - What Is Love? by Haddaway
1994 - Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G
1995 - Wonderwall by Oasis
1996 - No Diggity by Blackstreet Ft. Dr Dre
1997 - Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve
1998 - Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
1999 - No Scrubs by TLC

2000s​

2000 - Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader
2001 - How You Remind Me by Nickelback
2002 - Lose Yourself by Eminem
2003 - Mr Brightside by The Killers
2004 - Let Me Love You by Mario
2005 - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
2006 - Naïve by The Kooks
2007 - Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys
2008 - I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
2009 - Party In The USA by Miley Cyrus

2010s​

2010 - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem Ft. Rihanna
2011 - Someone Like You by Adele
2012 - Let Her Go by Passenger
2013 - Riptide by Vance Joy
2014 - Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
2015 - Cheap Thrills by Sia
2016 - Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur
2017 - Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
2018 - Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi
2019 - Dance Monkey by Tones & I

2020s​

2020 - Head & Heart by Joel Corry Ft. MNEK
2021 - Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran
2022 - As It Was by Harry Styles*

* I refuse to recognise this is not Running Up That Hill.

www.bbc.co.uk

The UK's most-streamed songs of 1952 to 2022 revealed

From Gene Kelly to Harry Styles, BBC Radio 1 and 2 reveal the biggest songs of the last 70 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Surely it’s got to be wrong as well.

Firstly, they’re trumpeting it as a celebration of the anniversary of our chart but its either US based or worldwide given that list.

Secondly, is Mariah really not the biggest ever streamed song from 1994??
 
I'm surprised people are streaming Let me love you by Mario in high numbers. I can barely remember how it goes!
 
Sheena said:
Surely it’s got to be wrong as well.

Firstly, they’re trumpeting it as a celebration of the anniversary of our chart but its either US based or worldwide given that list.

Secondly, is Mariah really not the biggest ever streamed song from 1994??
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The BBC story says Christmas songs were excluded, which I guess is fair enough
 
I guess Tiktok is more internationally spread, so if something becomes a Tiktok hit in the US, it might cross over? IDK, I hadn’t even heard of that BIG song but it’s got almost half a billion YouTube views
 
Diddy said:
I guess Tiktok is more internationally spread, so if something becomes a Tiktok hit in the US, it might cross over? IDK, I hadn’t even heard of that BIG song but it’s got almost half a billion YouTube views
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I suppose, but I think Miley is the obvious one there- surely that's US- streaming skewed.
 
I love that Everywhere is so ridiculously big. Is there any reason for it? I remember the younger people we hang around with had a renaissance of it big time ten years or so ago but other than that...
 
Ah, maybe that initially sparked it then. I have no recollection.

But not complaining!
 
2013 is Riptide by Vance Joy? I have never knowingly encountered this song.
 
Agog that 1999 isn't Britney

Even more agog that it isn't further ahead in her back catalogue. Oops is streamed almost as much.
 
1978 'September' seems a weird choice too. I'd expect 'Night Fever' to be at number 1 without a doubt (unless the release was staggered elsewhere and some countries were in '77?)
 
jyxz said:
1978 'September' seems a weird choice too. I'd expect 'Night Fever' to be at number 1 without a doubt (unless the release was staggered elsewhere and some countries were in '77?)
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Night Fever - 281 million
September - 1.1 BILLION
 
Iguana said:
1997 - Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve
1998 - Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
1999 - No Scrubs by TLC

2000s​

2000 - Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader
2001 - How You Remind Me by Nickelback
2002 - Lose Yourself by Eminem
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Given how pop heavy this era was that is a shocking run, TLC aside I guess

I didn't think the entire list was too bad until the late 90s, where it mostly falls off a cliff right up to the present day

*old*
 
So when you go to an artist's page on Spotify and it shows about five popular songs with streaming stats, is that UK based or world?
 
My favourite from each decade:
50s: Johnny B Goode
60s: Paint It Black
70s: Go Your Own Way
80s: We Didn’t Start The Fire
90s: Iris/Smells Like Teen Spirit (a TIE :o )
00s: Naive
10s: UGH Love The Way You Lie, probably
20s: UGH! Probably Bad Habits, which is a horrible thing to admit
 
This list is either US or worldwide I think
 
jyxz said:
1978 'September' seems a weird choice too. I'd expect 'Night Fever' to be at number 1 without a doubt (unless the release was staggered elsewhere and some countries were in '77?)
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I wouldn't have thought Night Fever was that big on streaming. September seems to be much more present nowadays even if Night Fever was everywhere back in "the day."
 
Sheena said:
I suppose, but I think Miley is the obvious one there- surely that's US- streaming skewed.
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I think it might be more that UK streaming stats are so heavily skewed by "passive streams" of published playlists these days. And song selections on published playlists tend to be very US-centric.

Spotify in particular spam "Party In The USA" onto every single "throwback" or "songs to sing in the car" or other "basic bitch" playlist.
 
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