Saturday, April 29, 2023

In Concert: The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers

The Truman, Kansas City, 4/29/2023

Photo by Hillery Terenzi at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse on 4/20/2023 from AtlantaMusicGuide.com

Opening Act:

Wild Pink

Members:

  • Neko Case (vocals)
  • Kathryn Calder (keyboards, vocals)
  • John Collins (bass, guitar, keyboards)
  • Zach Djanikian (saxophone, programming)
  • Todd Fancey (guitar)
  • A.C. Newman (vocals, guitar)
  • Joe Seiders (drums, vocals)

Review:

Usually when I plop down the money for a concert, it’s on a trusted commodity – an act whose catalog I know backwards and forwards, who I’ve been a fan of for years. Once in awhile, especially with the influence of my friend Paul, I’ll plop down for someone like the New Pornographers where I only know a song or two, but have a good feeling about them as a band.

Given the fly-under-the-radar nature of their less commercial product, I anticipated an eclectic show. I was surprised that – while a worthy show – the New Pornographers turned in a pretty conventional performance. This is a band with an extensive catalog (nine albums since their formation in 1997) but barely a whiff of commercial radio success. The latter may or may not be intentional; the band seem to consciously avoid rousing choruses reflected by repetition of song titles. In fact, I couldn’t tell you the titles of most of the songs as the show progressed. Based on setlists from this tour (check out setlists.fm), they aren’t shaking things up much from night to night. They knocked out 22 songs in under two hours, which also tells you they aren’t peppering their songs with extended solos. In fact, there was really only one notable solo – from Zach Djanikian, a touring member but not officially a part of the band. It probably got the most rousing response of the night.

There was also little audience interaction. The members rarely made eye contact with people in the audience, instead singing with closed eyes or staring into the distance. A.C. Newman joked with the audience when introducing “Testament to Youth in Reverse” about it being a sing-a-long that you couldn’t screw up (because one only need sing “no” over and over) but patter between songs was otherwise practically non-existent. One might think this all created some distance between the band and the audience, but the crowd was responsive enough to suggest more dedicated fans than casual ones such as Paul and myself. In addition, the venue accommodated 1200 people in a standing-only space that challenged the middle-aged such as myself to stand for 2+ hours, but enhanced the “we’re here to party” vibe.

Overall, this was a more traditional show than I anticipated, but I was won over by the frequent twin female vocal attack of Neko Case and Kathryn Calder. Even on those songs where A.C. Newman took the lead, it was the vocal backing by Neko and Kathryn that made the song. This is definitely a band I’ll explore more.

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The Set List:

1. Marie and the Undersea 9
2. Use It 2
3. Brill Bruisers 6
4. Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile 8
5. Really Really Light 9
6. The Slow Descent into Alcoholism 1
7. Cat and Mouse with the Light 9
8. All the Old Showstoppers 4
9. Angelcover 9
10. Testament to Youth in Verse 2
11. This is the World of the Theater 7
12. Last and Beautiful 9
13. Champions of Red Wine 6
14. The Laws Have Changed 2
15. Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies 9
16. The Jessica Numbers 3
17. Whiteout Conditions 7
18. Mass Romantic 1

Encore:

19. Challengers 4
20. Continue as a Guest 9
21. Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk 5
22. The Bleeding Heart Show 3

Check out the setlist on Spotify.

Discography:

1 Mass Romantic (2000)
2 Electric Version (2003)
3 Twin Cinema (2005)
4 Challengers (2007)
5 Together (2010)
6 Brill Bruisers (2014)
7 Whiteout Conditions (2017)
8 In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019)
9 Continue As a Guest (2023)

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Post Malone: Top 30 Songs

Post Malone

Top 30 Songs

Rap singer/songwriter and record producer born Austin Richard Post on 7/4/1995 in Syracuse, New York. First artist in history to have eight songs reach diamond-certified status.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Top 30 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Rockstar (with 21 Savage, 2017)
2. Sunflower (with Swae Lee, 2018)
3. Circles” (2019)

DMDB Top 2%:

4. Psycho (with Ty Dolla $ign, 2018)

DMDB Top 5%:

5. Better Now (2018)
6. Congratulations (with Quavo, 2016)
7. Wow. (2018)
8. I Fall Apart (2016)

DMDB Top 10%:

9. White Iverson (2015)
10. Goodbyes (with Young Thug, 2019)

DMDB Top 20%:

11. I Like You (A Happier Song) (with Doja Cat, 2022)
12. Go Flex (2016)
13. Candy Paint (2017)
14. One Right Now (with the Weeknd, 2021)
15. Ball for Me (with Nicki Minaj, 2018)
16. Take What You Want (with Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott, 2019)
17. Only Wanna Be with You (2021)
18. Saint-Tropez (2019)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

19. Paranoid (2018)
20. Over Now (2018)

21. 92 Explorer (2018)
22. Celebrate (DJ Khaled with Travis Scott & Post Malone, 2019)
23. Enemies (with DaBaby, 2019)
24. Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019)
25. Die for Me (with Future & Halsey, 2019)
26. On the Road (with Meek Mill & Lil Baby, 2019)
27. Allergic (2019)
28. Writing on the Wall (French Montana with Post Malone, Cardi B, & Rvssian, 2019)
29. Spoil My Night (with Swae Lee, 2018)
30. Rich & Sad (2018)

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SZA “Snooze” released as sixth single from SOS

Snooze

SZA

Writer(s): Solána Rowe, Kenny B. Edmonds, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Leon Thomas, Blair Ferguson (see lyrics here)

Released: April 25, 2023

First Charted: December 24, 2022

Peak: 2 BB, 13 BA, 11 RR, 32 A40, 32 AA, 132a RB, 18 UK, 11 CN, 21 AU, 22 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 4.0 US, 0.4 UK, 5.51 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 380.41 video, 1189.30 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

R&B singer/songwriter Solána Imani Rowe (known as SZA) released her second album, SOS, at the end of 2022. It had already been promoted by three singles, two of which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100. After the album’s release, three more top-ten singles followed, including the #1 hit “Kill Bill,” and “Snooze,” the sixth and final single from the album. It has spent a record-breaking 33 weeks atop the R&B/hip-hop airplay chart.

“Snooze” was not originally intended for SOS, but for Babyface’s ninth studio album, 2022’s Girls Night Out. His concept for the album was all songs with female collaborators. As such, Babyface and SZA did work together on the song and are both credited as songwriters. He also produced the song and it became his first top-ten hit as a producer in 23 years. SF

The song has been described as “a dreamy ballad” in which SZA reflects on a relationship where she wants to devote all her feelings to make it work. WK She “doesn’t want to fall asleep and waste theprecious moments she has with her love interest.” SF However, the song also takes on a violent tone with her fantasizing about being Elvira Hancock, the partner of Scarface, a movie character based on gangster Al Capone. She goes so far as to say she would kill and hide bodies for her lover, which conflicts with the tone of the song and emphasizes it as satire.

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Sunday, April 23, 2023

The World's All-Time Best-Selling Songs

Songs:

The World’s All-Time Best Sellers

This list is a compiled from a variety of sources for sales figures (see complete source list here), but they are generally estimates since there is no official agency to track worldwide sales. As such, it is highly possible that some of these sales figures have been inflated by record companies or other vested parties, but this list does at least offer some idea of the world’s best-selling songs.

On top of that, these figures don’t always strictly represent sales. Especially in the 21st century, additional figures – such as the number of times songs were streamed via Spotify, YouTube or other services – have been factored into official certifications. That means a song certified for 10 million in sales may not have actually “sold” that many copies.

If you have your doubts about some of these songs belonging on this list, you’re not alone. I realize my knowledge of music beyond U.S. shores is limited, but if songs like Thelma Aoyama’s “Soba ni lur ne”, Utada Hikaru’s “Flavor of Life”, Kiseki’s “Greeeen”, Andre Brasseur’s “Early Bird”, and Machiko Soga’s “Oba-Q Ondo” are truly that monstrous in sales, shouldn’t I have at least heard of them? Oh well. I just report the lists. I don’t make these figures up (even if someone else does).

Note: in the event of ties, songs are ranked according to overall DMDB points.

Check other lists based on charts, sales, and airplay here.

The World’s All-Time Best-Selling Songs
(6 million +)

    25+ million:

  1. 55.00: Bing Crosby “White Christmas” (1942)
  2. 54.12: Ziao Zhan “Spotlight” (2020)
  3. 41.50: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  4. 37.00: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
  5. 36.10: Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
  6. 32.50: Rihanna with Drake “Work” (2016)
  7. 31.00: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
  8. 30.00: Bing Crosby “Silent Night” (1935)
  9. 30.00: Tino Rossi “Petit Papa Noël” (1946)
  10. 30.00: Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (1970)
  11. 28.50: Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2009)
  12. 27.00: Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (2009)
  13. 25.00: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
  14. 25.00: The Harry Simeone Chorale “The Little Drummer Boy” (1958)

    20.1 to 24.9 million:

  15. 22.0: Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (1960)
  16. 22.00: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008)
  17. 22.00: Lorde “Royals” (2013)
  18. 21.50: The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
  19. 21.40: Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
  20. 20.90: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
  21. 20.70: The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
  22. 20.60: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
  23. 20.30: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)

    20 million:

  24. “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1851) *
  25. “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1891) *
  26. U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
  27. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
  28. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)

    18 to 19 million:

  29. 19.85: Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
  30. 19.50: Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
  31. 19.50: Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
  32. 19.50: Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” (2019)
  33. 19.34: The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
  34. 19.00: The Ink Spots “If I Didn’t Care” (1939)
  35. 19.00: Lady Gaga with Colby O’Donis “Just Dance” (2008)
  36. 19.00: Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (2017)
  37. 18.87: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
  38. 18.00: Gene Autry “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949)
  39. 18.00: Baccara “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” (1977)
  40. 18.00: Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
  41. 18.00: Taylor Swift “Love Story” (2008)
  42. 18.00: Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)

    16 to 17.9 million:

  43. 17.60: Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
  44. 17.50: Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (2007)
  45. 17.33: John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
  46. 17.31: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2012)
  47. 17.19: Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
  48. 17.00: Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
  49. 17.00: Rihanna “Needed Me” (2016)
  50. 16.44: Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012)
  51. 16.37: Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
  52. 16.10: Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
  53. 16.10: Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita” (2019)
  54. 16.00: Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1980)
  55. 16.00: Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (1994)

    15.1 to 15.9 million:

  56. 15.90: Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
  57. 15.77: Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
  58. 15.60: Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  59. 15.43: Post Malone with Quavo “Congratulations” (2016)
  60. 15.40: Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017)
  61. 15.24: Adele “Hello” (2015)
  62. 15.12: Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013) 13.9 m

    15 million:

  63. Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (1962)
  64. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
  65. Kaoma “Lambada” (1989)
  66. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
  67. The Scorpions “Wind of Change” (1991)
  68. Rihanna “Love on the Brain” (2016)

    14 to 14.9 million:

  69. 14.80: Drake “In My Feelings” (2018)
  70. 14.75: The Weeknd “The Hills” (2015)
  71. 14.54: Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)
  72. 14.52: Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
  73. 14.45: Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
  74. 14.44: Chris Stapleton “Tennessee Whiskey” (2015)
  75. 14.41: Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
  76. 14.30: Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise” (2012)
  77. 14.25: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
  78. 14.20: Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
  79. 14.16: Hozier “Take Me to Church” (2013)
  80. 14.00: The Andrews Sisters “Bei Mir Bist Du Schöen (Means That You’re Grand)” (1938)
  81. 14.00: Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (1974)
  82. 14.00: Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)

    13.0 to 13.9 million:

  83. 13.78: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
  84. 13.62: Drake “One Dance” (2016)
  85. 13.58: Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
  86. 13.56: Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
  87. 13.50: Justin Bieber with Ludacris “Baby” (2010)
  88. 13.50: Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014)
  89. 13.40: Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
  90. 13.35: Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” (2017)
  91. 13.30: Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2019)
  92. 13.26: Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” (2009)
  93. 13.26: The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy” (2016)
  94. 13.26: Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)
  95. 13.20: Rihanna “Disturbia” (2008)
  96. 13.20: Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
  97. 13.10: Major Lazer, DJ Snake & MØ “Lean On” (2015)
  98. 13.08: Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
  99. 13.00: Kyu Sakamoto “Sukiyaki” (1963)
  100. 13.00: Prince Nico Mbarga “Sweet Mother” (1976)
  101. 13.00: Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
  102. 13.00: Trio “Da Da Da” (1982)
  103. 13.00: Pink “So What” (2008)

    12.0 to 12.9 million:

  104. 12.93: One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
  105. 12.90: Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl” (2008)
  106. 12.89: Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
  107. 12.82: Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
  108. 12.77: Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)
  109. 12.66: Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)
  110. 12.64: The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2021)
  111. 12.62: Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
  112. 12.60: Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do” (2015)
  113. 12.46: The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)
  114. 12.38: James Arthur “Say You Won’t Let Me Go” (2016)
  115. 12.36: Fun. & Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (2012)
  116. 12.36: The Chainsmokers with Daya “Don’t Let Me Down” (2016)
  117. 12.35: Train “Hey, Soul Sister” (2009)
  118. 12.34: Eminem “Not Afraid” (2010)
  119. 12.31: Sam Smith “Stay with Me” (2014)
  120. 12.20: Bruno Mars “When I Was Your Man” (2012)
  121. 12.19: Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out” (2015)
  122. 12.17: Bruno Mars “Grenade” (2010)
  123. 12.12: Avicii with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!” (2012)
  124. 12.04: Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
  125. 12.00: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
  126. 12.00: Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
  127. 12.00: Andrea Bocelli with Sarah Brightman “Time to Say Goodbye” (1998)
  128. 12.00: Flo Rida with Ke$ha “Right Round” (2009)

    11.1 to 11.9 million:

  129. 11.90: Katy Perry “Hot N Cold” (2008)
  130. 11.86: Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
  131. 11.81: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)
  132. 11.71: Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
  133. 11.70: Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (1984)
  134. 11.70: Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger” (2007)
  135. 11.70: Christina Perri “A Thousand Years” (2011)
  136. 11.70: Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
  137. 11.68: Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (2017)
  138. 11.68: Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)
  139. 11.60: Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
  140. 11.43: Owl City “Fireflies” (2009)
  141. 11.43: Cardi B with Bad Bunny & J. Balvin “I Like It” (2018)
  142. 11.42: Drake “Hotline Bling” (2015)
  143. 11.34: Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
  144. 11.29: Pitbull with Ke$ha “Timber” (2013)
  145. 11.25: Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
  146. 11.20: Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (2011)
  147. 11.15: AWOL Nation “Sail” (2011)
  148. 11.10: Fetty Wap “Trap Queen” (2014)
  149. 11.10: Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
  150. 11.06: Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams” (2018)
  151. 11.01: French Montana with Swae Lee “Unforgettable” (2017)

    11 million:

  152. Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (1943)
  153. Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (1974)
  154. George McCrae “Rock Your Baby” (1974)
  155. Roger Whittaker “The Last Farewell” (1975)
  156. Abba “Fernando” (1976)
  157. Patrick Hernandez “Born to Be Alive” (1979)
  158. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
  159. Cher “Believe” (1998)
  160. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
  161. T.I. with Rihanna “Live Your Life” (2008)
  162. The Neighburhood “Sweater Weather” (2012)
  163. Darius Rucker “Wagon Wheel” (2013)
  164. Lil Uzi Vert “XO Tour Llif3” (2017)
  165. Future & Drake “Life Is Good” (2020)

    10 + million:

  166. 10.90: Twenty One Pilots “Heathens” (2016)
  167. 10.90: Tia Ray “Be Apart” (2018)
  168. 10.81: Michael Jackson “Thriller” (1982)
  169. 10.81: Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (2015)
  170. 10.77: LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
  171. 10.77: Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020)
  172. 10.66: The Weeknd “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” (2014)
  173. 10.58: Imagine Dragons “Thunder” (2017)
  174. 10.55: Imagine Dragons “Demons” (2012)
  175. 10.50: Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” (2006)
  176. 10.45: Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2011)
  177. 10.43: Travis Scott with Drake “Sicko Mode” (2018)
  178. 10.43: XXXtentacion “Sad!” (2018)
  179. 10.42: Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (2010)
  180. 10.42: Nicki Minaj “Super Bass” (2011)
  181. 10.40: Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
  182. 10.40: Lukas Graham “7 Years” (2015)
  183. 10.34: Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road” (2017)
  184. 10.32: Lil Baby & Gunna “Drip Too Hard” (2018)
  185. 10.30: Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care” (2019)
  186. 10.24: Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
  187. 10.20: Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018)
  188. 10.07: Kid Cudi with MGMT & Ratatat “Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)” (2009)
  189. 10.05: DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne “I’m the One” (2017)

    10 million:

  190. Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys “Wabash Cannonball” (1938)
  191. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
  192. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)
  193. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog” (1956)
  194. Paul Anka “Diana” (1957)
  195. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
  196. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
  197. The Beatles “Hey Jude” / “Revolution” (1968)
  198. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (1970)
  199. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
  200. Middle of the Road “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” (1971)
  201. Van McCoy “The Hustle” (1975)
  202. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
  203. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
  204. Goombay Dance Band “Sun of Jamaica” (1982)
  205. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
  206. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
  207. Panjabi MC “Mundian To Bach Ke” (1998)
  208. Shakira with Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie” (2006)
  209. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2007)
  210. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
  211. Shakira with Freshlyground “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (2010)
  212. Mike Posner “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” (2015)
  213. Post Malone “White Iverson” (2015)
  214. Post Malone “I Fall Apart” (2016)
  215. Khalid “Location” (2017)

    9+ million:

  216. 9.90: Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason” (2012)
  217. 9.88: Rihanna with Mikky Ekko “Stay” (2012)
  218. 9.82: Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)
  219. 9.78: Future “Mask Off” (2017)
  220. 9.75: Katy Perry with Kanye West “E.T.” (2010)
  221. 9.71: Eminem with Rihanna “The Monster” (2013)
  222. 9.62: Shawn Mendes “Stitches” (2015)
  223. 9.61: Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)
  224. 9.60: Marshmello with Anne-Marie “Friends” (2018)
  225. 9.59: Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010)
  226. 9.54: Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)
  227. 9.43: Jay-Z with Kanye West “Niggas in Paris” (2011)
  228. 9.40: Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
  229. 9.40: Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow “Industry Baby” (2021)
  230. 9.34: Rihanna “Diamonds” (2012)
  231. 9.20: Eminem with Nate Dogg “Till I Collapse” (2002)
  232. 9.20: Post Malone with Ty Dolla $ign “Psycho” (2018)
  233. 9.17: Jessie J with Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj “Bang Bang” (2014)
  234. 9.15: Roddy Ricch “The Box” (2019)
  235. 9.10: Ed Sheeran “The A Team” (2011)
  236. 9.10: Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa “Payphone” (2012)
  237. 9.10: Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
  238. 9.10: Halsey “Without Me” (2018)
  239. 9.07: Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2012)

    9 million:

  240. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
  241. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (1960)
  242. Paul McCartney & Wings “Mull of Kintyre” (1977)
  243. Nick Straker Band “A Walk in the Park” (1980)
  244. Ariana Grande with Iggy Azalea “Problem” (2014)
  245. Khalid “Young, Dumb & Broke” (2017)
  246. XXXtentacion with Trippie Redd “Fuck Love” (2017)

    8+ million:

  247. 8.96: Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa “One Kiss” (2018)
  248. 8.92: Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
  249. 8.89: Toto “Africa” (1982)
  250. 8.81: Taylor Swift “I Knew You Were Trouble” (2012)
  251. 8.80: Eminem “The Real Slim Shady” (2000)
  252. 8.73: Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (2010)
  253. 8.73: Adele “Set Fire to the Rain” (2011)
  254. 8.72: Calvin Harris & Rihanna “This Is What You Came For” (2016)
  255. 8.66: Katy Perry “Teenage Dream” (2010)
  256. 8.60: Magic! “Rude” (2013)
  257. 8.58: Chris Brown with Drake “No Guidance” (2019)
  258. 8.58: The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020)
  259. 8.54: Logic with Alessia Cara & Khalid “1-800-273-8255”
  260. 8.50: Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (1920) **
  261. 8.50: Shakira “Whenever, Wherever” (2001)
  262. 8.40: Jennifer Lopez with Pitbull “On the Floor” (2011)
  263. 8.39: Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021)
  264. 8.35: Taylor Swift “You Belong with Me” (2008)
  265. 8.30: OMI “Cheerleader (Felx Jaehn remix)” (2014)
  266. 8.30: Twenty One Pilots “Ride” (2015)
  267. 8.30: Charlie Puth “Attention” (2017)
  268. 8.28: Bruno Mars “The Lazy Song” (2010)
  269. 8.20: Thelma Aoyama “Soba ni lur ne” (2009)
  270. 8.20: Passenger “Let Her Go” (2012)
  271. 8.11: Sam Smith “I’m Not the Only One” (2014)
  272. 8.10: will.i.am with Britney Spears “Scream & Shout” (2012)
  273. 8.10: Jason Derulo “Want to Want Me” (2015)
  274. 8.10: Benny Blanco with Halsey & Khalid “Eastside” (2018)
  275. 8.10: Post Malone “Wow.” (2018)
  276. 8.09: Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (2018)

    8 million:

  277. Vernon Dalhart.. The Prisoner’s Song” (1925) **
  278. Mahalia Jackson “Move on Up a Little Higher” (1948)
  279. Freddy Quinn “Heimweh” (1956)
  280. Rocco Granata “Marina” (1959)
  281. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
  282. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
  283. Georgie Fame “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” (1967)
  284. Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (1968)
  285. Shocking Blue “Venus” (1969)
  286. Boney M “Ma Baker” (1978)
  287. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
  288. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
  289. Richard Sanderson “Reality” (1980)
  290. Modern Talking “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul” (1985)
  291. Paul Hardcastle “19” (1985)
  292. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
  293. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
  294. Puff Daddy, Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
  295. Aqua “Barbie Girl” (1997)
  296. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
  297. Enrique Iglesias “Hero” (2001)
  298. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  299. O-Zone “Dragostea din tei” (2003)
  300. Black Eyed Peas “My Humps” (2005)
  301. Utada Hikaru “Flavor of Life” (2007)
  302. Chris Brown with Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes “Look at Me Now” (2011)
  303. Enrique Iglesias with Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona “Bailando” (2014)
  304. Future with the Weeknd “Low Life” (2016)
  305. XXXtentacion “Jocelyn Flores” (2017)
  306. Brett Young “In Case You Didn’t Know” (2017)
  307. Kyle with Lil Yachty “iSpy” (2017)
  308. 6ix9ine with Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz “Fefe” (2018)
  309. Travis Scott with HVME “Goosebumps” (2021)

    7+ million:

  310. 7.99: Bastille “Pompeii” (2013)
  311. 7.95: Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
  312. 7.81: Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
  313. 7.78: Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” (2010)
  314. 7.69: The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
  315. 7.64: Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (2020)
  316. 7.62: James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”” (2005)
  317. 7.62: Nicki Minaj “Starships” (2012)
  318. 7.60: Nelly & Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
  319. 7.60: Eminem “Rap God” (2013)
  320. 7.56: Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (2011)
  321. 7.54: Rae Sremmurd with Gucci Mane “Black Beatles” (2016)
  322. 7.50: Queen “We Will Rock You” (1977)
  323. 7.50: Lizzo “Truth Hurts” (2017)
  324. 7.48: Drake “Nonstop” (2018)
  325. 7.48: Harry Styles “As It Was” (2022)
  326. 7.46: Lana Del Rey with Cedric Gervais “Summertime Sadness” (2012)
  327. 7.44: James Bay “Let It Go” (2014)
  328. 7.41: Beyoncé “If I Were a Boy” (2008)
  329. 7.41: Christina Perri “Jar of Hearts” (201)
  330. 7.40: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” (2006)
  331. 7.40: Lady Gaga with Beyoncé “Telephone” (2009)
  332. 7.36: Adele “Easy on Me” (2021)
  333. 7.35: Fun. “Some Nights” (2012)
  334. 7.35: Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Drunk in Love” (2013)
  335. 7.30: Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” (2007)
  336. 7.30: Black Eyed Peas “The Time (Dirty Bit)” (2010)
  337. 7.26: Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” (2016)
  338. 7.24: J. Cole “Middle Child” (2019)
  339. 7.23: Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
  340. 7.22: Vance Joy “Riptide” (2013)
  341. 7.20: Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)
  342. 7.20: Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” (2010)
  343. 7.20: Michel Teló “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” (2011)
  344. 7.20: Adele “Skyfall” (2012)
  345. 7.20: Bryson Tiller “Don’t” (2015)
  346. 7.20: Dan + Shay “Tequila” (2018)
  347. 7.18: The Chainsmokers with Rozes “Roses” (2015)
  348. 7.15: G-Eazy with A$AP Rocky & Cardi B “No Limit” (2017)
  349. 7.14: Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (2006)
  350. 7.11: Alicia Keys with Nicki Minaj “Girl on Fire” (2012)
  351. 7.09: Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987)
  352. 7.08: Swedish House Mafia with John Martin “Don’t You Worry Child” (2012)
  353. 7.08: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man” (2015)
  354. 7.08: Polo G with Lil Tjay “Pop Out” (2019)
  355. 7.05: Taylor Swift with Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood” (2014)
  356. 7.04: Ella Mai “Boo’d Up” (2018)
  357. 7.03: 5 Seconds of Summer “Youngblood” (2018)
  358. 7.02: Harry Styles “Sign of the Times” (2017)
  359. 7.01: Harry Styles “Watermelon Sugar” (2019)

    7 million:

  360. Charlie Gracie “Butterfly” (1957)
  361. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1957)
  362. David Seville & The Chipmunks “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” (1958)
  363. Ricky Valance “Tell Laura I Love Her” (1960)
  364. The Beatles “Do You Want to Know a Secret?” (1963)
  365. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
  366. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
  367. Julie Rogers “The Wedding (La Novia)” (1964)
  368. Adamo “Tombe Le Neige” (1965)
  369. Scott McKenzie “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” (1967)
  370. Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (1968)
  371. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
  372. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
  373. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (1970)
  374. Danyel Gerard “Butterfly” (1971)
  375. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace” (1972)
  376. Morris Albert “Feelings” (1975)
  377. Pussycat “Mississippi” (1976)
  378. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
  379. a-ha “Take on Me” (1985)
  380. The Black Crowes “Hard to Handle” (1990)
  381. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
  382. R. Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly” (1996)
  383. Andrea Bocelli “Con te Partiro” (1997)
  384. Alanis Morissette “Uninvited” (1998)
  385. Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (1999)
  386. Las Ketchup “Aserejé (The Ketchup Song)” (2002)
  387. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
  388. Exile “Lovers Again” (2007)
  389. Kanye West “Heartless” (2008)
  390. Usher with will.i.am “OMG” (2010)
  391. The Band Perry “If I Die Young” (2010)
  392. Lil Wayne with Cory Gunz “6 Foot 7 Foot” (2010)
  393. Eric Church “Springsteen” (2011)
  394. Luke Bryan “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” (2011)
  395. Luke Bryan “Play It Again” (2013)
  396. Lil Wayne with Drake & Future “Love Me” (2013)
  397. Big Sean with E-40 “I Don’t Fuck with You” (2014)
  398. Bryson Tiller “Exchange” (2015)
  399. D.R.A.M. with Lil Yachty “Broccoli” (2016)
  400. Kane Brown “Heaven” (2017)
  401. Kane Brown with Lauren Alaina “What Ifs” (2017)
  402. Boogie wit da Hoodie with Kodak Black “Drowning” (2017)
  403. Lil Baby with Drake “Yes Indeed” (2018)
  404. Morgan Wallen “Whiskey Glasses” (2018)
  405. XXXtentacion “Moonlight” (2018)
  406. Tyga with Offset “Taste” (2018)
  407. Jack Harlow with DaBaby, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne “What’s Poppin” (2020)

    6.5 to 6.9 million:

  408. 6.97: Drake “Nice for What” (2018)
  409. 6.95: Khalid “Better” (2018)
  410. 6.91: Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow” (2010)
  411. 6.91: B.o.B. with Hayley Williams “Airplanes” (2010)
  412. 6.91: Jason Mraz “I Won’t Give Up” (2012)
  413. 6.90: Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
  414. 6.88: Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979)
  415. 6.87: Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?” (2010)
  416. 6.85: NF “Let You Down” (2017)
  417. 6.84: Queen “We Are the Champions” (1977)
  418. 6.82: DJ Khaled with Rihanna & Bryson Tiller “Wild Thoughts” (2017)
  419. 6.81: Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
  420. 6.78: Marshmello with Bastille “Happier” (2018)
  421. 6.70: Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
  422. 6.67: Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
  423. 6.67: Rihanna “Don’t Stop the Music” (2007)
  424. 6.67: Rihanna “Take a Bow” (2008)
  425. 6.67: A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera “Say Something” (2013)
  426. 6.64: Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” (2008)
  427. 6.60: Drake with Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem “Forever” (2009)
  428. 6.60: Flo Rida “Whistle” (2012)
  429. 6.58: DJ Snake with Lil Jon “Turn Down for What” (2013)
  430. 6.57: Walk the Moon “Shut Up and Dance” (2014)
  431. 6.56: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)
  432. 6.55: Usher with Lil Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
  433. 6.54: Ariana Grande with Nicki Minaj “Side to Side” (2016)
  434. 6.54: Gnash with Olivia O’Brien “I Hate U, I Love U” (2016)
  435. 6.54: Doja Cat “Say So” (2019)
  436. 6.50: Culture Club “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” (1982)
  437. 6.50: Britney Spears “Toxic” (2004)
  438. 6.50: Britney Spears “Womanizer” (2008)
  439. 6.50: Flo Rida with Sia “Wild Ones” (2011)
  440. 6.50: Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)

    6.01 to 6.49 million:

  441. 6.49: Eminem “Without Me” (2002)
  442. 6.49: Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
  443. 6.49: Dua Lipa “New Rules” (2017)
  444. 6.47: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1991)
  445. 6.45: DJ Snake with Justin Bieber “Let Me Love You” (2016)
  446. 6.43: Clean Bandit with Jess Glynne “Rather Be” (2014)
  447. 6.39: Coolio with L.V “.Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
  448. 6.38: Flo Rida “My House” (2015)
  449. 6.38: Bazzi “Mine” (2017)
  450. 6.35: Chris Brown “Forever” (2007)
  451. 6.34: Justin Bieber “Boyfriend” (2008)
  452. 6.33: T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
  453. 6.29: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)
  454. 6.29: Zayn “Pillow Talk” (2016)
  455. 6.28: Snoop Dogg with Wiz Khalifa “Young, Wild & Free” (2011)
  456. 6.27: Lil Nas X “Panini” (2019)
  457. 6.26: The Killers “Mr. Brightside” (2004)
  458. 6.26: Ed Sheeran “Photograph” (2014)
  459. 6.24: Katy Perry “Part of Me” (2012)
  460. 6.24: DNCE “Cake by the Ocean” (2015)
  461. 6.24: Skrillex with Diplo & Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now” (2015)
  462. 6.22: Justin Timberlake “Sexyback” (2006)
  463. 6.21: Mike Posner with Big Sean “Cooler Than Me” (2010)
  464. 6.20: Kiseki “Greeeen” (2009)
  465. 6.20: Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up)” (2013)
  466. 6.16: Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017)
  467. 6.14: The Fray “How to Save a Life” (2005)
  468. 6.14: Jay Sean with Lil Wayne “Down” (2009)
  469. 6.14: Rachel Platten “Fight Song” (2015)
  470. 6.10: The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
  471. 6.10: Paramore “Crushcrushcrush” (2007)
  472. 6.07 Sara Bareilles “Love Song” (2007)
  473. 6.08: Dan + Shay “Speechless” (2018)
  474. 6.08: Gabby Barrett with Charlie Puth “I Hope” (2019)

    6 million:

  475. Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911) *
  476. “Down by the Old Mill Stream” (1911) *
  477. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927) **
  478. Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters “Jingle Bells” (1943)
  479. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
  480. The Champs “Tequila” (1958)
  481. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)
  482. Elvis Presley “Surrender” / “Lonely Man” (1961)
  483. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
  484. Andre Brasseur “Early Bird” (1965)
  485. SSgt Barry Sadler “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (1966)
  486. Machiko Soga “Oba-Q Ondo” (1966)
  487. Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (1968)
  488. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
  489. The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (1969)
  490. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
  491. Neil Diamond “Cracklin’ Rosie” (1970)
  492. Tee Set “Ma Belle Amie” (1970)
  493. New Seekers “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (1971)
  494. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973)
  495. Abba “Waterloo” (1974)
  496. George Baker Selection “Paloma Blanca” (1975)
  497. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
  498. The Brotherhood of Man “Save Your Kisses for Me” (1976)
  499. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
  500. Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache” (1977)
  501. Earth, Wind & Fire “September” (1978)
  502. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
  503. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984)
  504. Madonna “Like a Virgin” (1984)
  505. Madonna “Vogue” (1990)
  506. The Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy” (1994)
  507. The Notorious B.I.G. “Big Poppa” (1994)
  508. Janet Jackson “Together Again” (1997)
  509. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (1999)
  510. Britney Spears “Oops! I Did It Again” (2000)
  511. Pussycat Dolls with Busta Rhymes “Don’t Cha” (2005)
  512. Rascal Flatts “Life Is a Highway” (2006)
  513. Linkin Park “What I’ve Done” (2007)
  514. Paramore “Misery Business’ (2007)
  515. Beyoncé “Halo” (2008)
  516. Zac Brown Band “Chicken Fried” (2008)
  517. Lil Wayne “A Milli” (2008)
  518. Cage the Elephant “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” (2008)
  519. Ellie Goulding “Lights” (2010)
  520. Drake & Lil Wayne “The Motto” (2011)
  521. Lil Wayne “How to Love” (2011)
  522. Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” (2012)
  523. Kanye West with Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz “Mercy” (2012)
  524. A$AP Rocky with Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar “Fuckin’ Problems” (2012)
  525. Drake with Majid Jordan “Hold on, We’re Going Home” (2013)
  526. Drake “Started from the Bottom” (2013)
  527. Florida Georgia Line with Luke Bryan “This Is How We Roll” (2013)
  528. J. Cole “No Role Modelz” (2014)
  529. Ty Dolla $ign with Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard “Or Nah” (2014)
  530. Little Big Town “Girl Crush” (2015)
  531. Fetty Wap with Remy Boyz “679” (2015)
  532. Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.” (2016)
  533. The Weeknd with Daft Punk “I Feel It Coming” (2016)
  534. Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (2016)
  535. Big Sean “Bounce Back” (2016)
  536. GoldLink with Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy “Crew” (2016)
  537. Amine “Caroline” (2016)
  538. Post Malone “Go Flex” (2016)
  539. Sam Smith “Too Good at Goodbyes” (2017)
  540. YNW Melly “Murder on My Mind” (2017)
  541. Offset with Metro Boomin “Rick Flair Drip” (2017)
  542. SZA with Travis Scott “Love Galore” (2017)
  543. Halsey “Bad at Love” (2017)
  544. 21 Savage “Bank Account” (2017)
  545. Kodak Black “Tunnel Vision” (2017)
  546. Lil Pump “Gucci Gang” (2017)
  547. Migos with Nicki Minaj & Cardi B “Motor Sport” (2017)
  548. Gucci Mane with Migos “I Get the Bag” (2017)
  549. Russ “Losin’ Control” (2017)
  550. Post Malone “Better Now” (2018)
  551. Kodak Black with Travis Scott & Offset “Zeze” (2018)
  552. Jason Aldean “You Make It Easy” (2018)
  553. Juice Wrld “All Girls Are the Same” (2018)
  554. Migos with Drake “Walk It Talk It” (2018)
  555. H.E.R. with Daniel Caesar “Best Part” (2018)
  556. Mustard with Roddy Ricch “Ballin’” (2019)

* Sales exclusively from sheet music sales. No particular artist identified.
** Includes sheet music sales

Resources/Related Links:

  • Dave’s Music Database: “Lists Based on Charts, Sales, and Airplay”
  • Edward Foote Gardner (2000). Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century, 1900-1949 St. Paul, MN: Paragon House

    This resource, also listed in the “Charts” section, is also included here because this and Whitburn’s Pop Memories 1890-1954, are the most dominant sources for sheet music sales figures.

  • Guardian.co.uk (11/4/2012). UK’s million-selling singles: the full list

    List of the 123 songs to achieve one million sales in the UK.

  • LivingEars.blogspot.com (7/27/2009). Top 50 Digital Singles of All Time

    This list, which obviously focuses on the 2000-2009 decade, offers an insight into more recent sales. It has been posted many times, but without indication of the original source.

  • MoneyInc.com (2019). “Top Selling iTunes Songs of All Time”
  • PhilBrodieBand.com (date?) Top Selling Singles of All Time

    List of all-time best-selling songs (8 million+) globally. No indication of source or year of list. Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind” is the top seller with 37 million sold. Also includes 2005 list of UK’s “All-Time Best Selling Singles,” which is more detailed at UKcharts.20m.com.

  • Recording Industry Association of America “Gold & Platinum

    Searchable database to find songs and albums which achieved gold and platinum status.

  • UKcharts.20m.com (date?) The UK’s Best Selling Singles

    List of the top 100 selling singles in the U.K. with commentary on the top 10 by Theo Morgan-Gan. Includes sales figures from The Official Chart Company.

  • UKmix.org (date?) All-Time Best Selling Singles Worldwide

    Appears to be an older version of the same list posted at PhilBrodieBand.com. However, this one lists 24 songs topping 4 million in sales. “Candle in the Wind” tops the list with 26 million +. Appears to be a blog post with no original reference or date cited. Also includes a 2003 list of 100+ songs selling more than 5 million.

  • PM Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Research, Inc.

    This resource, also listed in the “Charts” section, is listed here as well because this and Gardner’s Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century, 1900-1949, noted above, are the most dominant sources for sheet music sales figures. A list on page 634 offers up the sheet music from 1890-1954 that sold in execess of 3 million.

  • Wikipedia (2/28/2020). “List of Best-Selling Singles in the United States”

    List of all songs in the U.S. to have been certified for physical sales of more than 4 million and digital sales of 6 million or more.

  • Wikipedia (4/23/2023). List of Best-Selling Singles Worldwide

    While there is no official tracking company to record global sales, data from multiple sources can be compiled to get a good idea of the all-time best-selling songs in the world. This lists all songs to have reportedly gained 5 million + in sales. Each song is referenced with an additional footnote for the source.

  • Wikipedia (12/24/2010). List of Best-Selling Singles by Year (UK)

    List of all songs in the U.K. which have sold over a million.

  • Wikipedia (12/24/2010). List of Million-Selling Singles in the United Kingdom

    Lists top selling song of each year from 1952-2010. Often includes sales figures.

  • Yahoo.com (5/12/2008). Singles That Have Sold Over 10 Million Copies by Robert the Radish

    Unfortunately, there are no references to confirm any of these, but some of the 21 songs on this list have been verified by other sources, including “White Christmas” selling at the 50 million mark and “Candle in the Wind 1997” at 37 million.

First posted 12/29/2011; last updated 4/23/2023.

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Today in Music (1923): “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” first known recording released

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

traditional

Writer(s): unknown (see lyrics here)

First published: 1894

First Known Recording Released: April 23, 1923

Peak: -- (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 1.0 (sheet music)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 50.93 video, 13.13 streaming (multiple versions)

Awards:

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About the Song:

The American folk song “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” was first published in 1894 as “Levee Song” in Carmina Princetonia, a book of Princeton University songs. WK The lyrics were adapted over the years to reflect the change of using slaves first to build levees and later to build railroads. The New Fangled Dad blog asserts that “Levee Song” “was minstrel dialect and features what would now be offensive references to cotton bales, the N-word, getting out of jail, and someone, um, let's just say getting fresh with an enslaved black woman and disgracing her man.” ND The first known recording was done in 1923 by the Shannon Quartet. WK

The melody for the opening line may have been inspired by the overture of the 1846 operetta Poet and Peasant by Austrian composer Franz von Suppé. WK Another part of the song where the lyrics “someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah” takes its melody from “Old Joe, or Somebody in the House with Dinah.” That music was credited to J.H. Cave as early as the 1830s in London. WK The name “Dinah” even has ties to the Bible and the book of Genesis, where it was used as a generic name for slave women or African-American women. WK Yet another section of the song may have been adapted from “Goodnight, Ladies,” written by E.P. Christy in 1847. WK In short, it is what the New Fangled Dad blog calls “a racist, pirated, jammed together mess of Americana.” ND

LingoKids.com described the song as being “about a time where railroads had a large role in the development of the United States. As one of the main types of transportation, trains had a huge impact on the country’s growth. Many people worked on the railroads and told their stories through a myriad of folk songs.” LK This song tells “the story of one of these railroad workers, who worked there all day, from very early in the morning.” LK

In 1904, alternate lyrics were written for the song when it was adapted as “The Eyes of Texas,” the University of Texas (Austin and El Paso) spirit song. WK

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Friday, April 21, 2023

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1940-1949

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1940-1949

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1940 to 1949. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

The date indicates the song’s first appearance at #1, regardless of which chart it was. The act associated with the song is then listed. The Gardner book does not indicate specific artists, so the artists identified here are those which also hit #1 on another chart, are the highest-ranked version according to Dave’s Music Database, or are spotlighted as the top version by Gardner.

Then come the letter codes indicating which charts the song topped. The number following that is the number of weeks at #1. The Gardner charts are monthly and not weekly so the #of weeks has been adjusted by multiplying the song’s number of months at #1 by 4.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.

1940:

  1. 1/13: Shep Fields “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” (PM: 5)
  2. 1/27: Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “All the Things You Are” (HP: 2)
  3. 2/3: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Careless” (HP: 5, GA: 4)
  4. 2/10: Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (JB: 13)

  5. 2/24: Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “Indian Summer” (HP: 1)
  6. 3/16: Benny Goodman with Mildred Bailey “Darn That Dream” (HP: 1)
  7. 3/30: Cliff Edwards with the Ken Darby Singers & Victor Young’s Orchestra “When You Wish Upon a Star” (HP: 5, GA: 4)
  8. 3/31: Dick Jurgens with Eddy Howard “In an Old Dutch Garden” (GA: 4)
  9. 5/4: Glenn Miller “Tuxedo Junction” (PM: 9)
  10. 5/31: Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton “The Woodpecker Song” (GA: 8, HP: 7, PM: 5)
  11. 6/22: Glenn Miller “Imagination” (HP: 3)
  12. 6/29: Mitchell Ayres with Mary Ann Mercer “Make-Believe Island” (GA: 4, JB: 2, HP: 2)
  13. 7/20: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread” (HP: 1)
  14. 7/27: Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (BS: 12, GA: 8, HP: 7, JB: 6)
  15. 8/17: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Sierra Sue” (JB: 4, HP: 1)
  16. 8/24: Charlie Barnet with Mary Ann McCall “Where Was I?” (JB: 2)
  17. 9/7: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “The Breeze and I” (JB: 1)
  18. 9/28: The Ink Spots “Maybe” HP: 3)
  19. 10/5: Bob Chester’s Orchestra with Al Stuart “Practice Makes Perfect” (HP: 2)
  20. 10/19: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Only Forever” (BS: 9, GA: 4, HP: 3)
  21. 10/31: Glenn Miller “Blueberry Hill” (GA: 4)
  22. 11/23: The Andrews Sisters “Ferry Boat Serenade (La Piccinina)” (HP: 1)
  23. 11/30: Bing Crosby with Dick McIntyre’s Orchestra “Trade Winds” (HP: 1)
  24. 12/7: The Ink Spots “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)” (GA: 4, HP: 1)
  25. 12/14: Vaughn Monroe “There I Go” (HP: 4)
  26. 12/21: Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (BS: 13, GA: 8, HP: 3)

1941:

  1. 2/1: Charlie Barnet’s Orchestra with Bob Carroll “I Hear a Rhapsody” (HP: 10, GA: 4)
  2. 3/15: Glenn Miller “Song of the Volga Boatmen” (BS: 1)
  3. 3/29: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (BS: 10, GA: 8, HP: 6)
  4. 4/19: Al Donahue with Dee Keating “A Wise Old Owl” (HP: 1)
  5. 5/31: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberle “My Sister and I” (BS: 2, HP: 2)
  6. 6/14: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “Maria Elena” (GA: 8, BS: 2, HP: 2)
  7. 6/14: Guy Lombardo “Intermezzo (Souvenir De Vienne)” (GA: 4, HP: 2)
  8. 6/21: Sammy Kaye “Daddy” (BS: 8, HP: 6)
  9. 7/5: Freddy Martin with Eddie Stone “The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)” (HP: 3)
  10. 8/30: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)” (BS: 4)
  11. 9/13: Glenn Miller “You and I” (HP: 5, GA: 4)
  12. 9/27: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “Blue Champagne” (BS: 1)
  13. 10/4: Freddy Martin “Piano Concerto in B Flat” (BS: 8)
  14. 10/18: Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans “I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire” (GA: 8, HP: 4)
  15. 11/15: Tony Martin “Tonight We Love (Concerto No. 1, B Flat Minor)” (HP: 4)
  16. 11/29: Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (BS: 9, GA: 8, HP: 2)
  17. 12/20: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle & the Modernaires “Elmer’s Tune” (HP: 3, BS: 1)

1942:

  1. 1/10: Kay Kyser “There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover” (HP: 6, GA: 4)
  2. 2/7: Glenn Miller “A String of Pearls” (BS: 2)
  3. 2/14: Woody Herman “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” (HP: 2, BS: 1)
  4. 2/28: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle & the Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail” (BS: 10, GA: 4)
  5. 3/14: Horace Heidt “Deep in the Heart of Texas” (HP: 5, GA: 4)
  6. 4/18: Harry James “I Don't Want to Walk without You” (HP: 1)
  7. 4/25: Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place” (GA: 4, HP: 3)
  8. 5/9: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Tangerine” (BS: 6)
  9. 5/16: Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me” (HP: 5)
  10. 6/13: Harry James “Sleepy Lagoon” (GA: 8, BS: 4, HP: 3)
  11. 7/4: Harry James with Jimmy Saunders “One Dozen Roses” (HP: 2)
  12. 7/18: Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway “Jingle Jangle Jingle” (BS: 8, HP: 5, GA: 4)
  13. 8/29: Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt “He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings” (GA: 4, HP: 4)
  14. 9/12: Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, & the Modernaires “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” (BS: 7, GA: 4, HP: 1)
  15. 9/26: Vaughn Monroe “My Devotion” (HP: 4)
  16. 10/31: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “White Christmas” (BS: 14, HP: 10, GA: 8, DJ: 2) *

    * 11 weeks at #1 in 1942, 2 more weeks in 1945, 1 more in 1946

1943:

  1. 1/9: Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “There Are Such Things” (HP: 6, BS: 5, GA: 4)
  2. 1/23: Bing Crosby “Moonlight Becomes You” (GA: 4, HP: 2)
  3. 2/13: Harry James with Helen Forrest “I Had the Craziest Dream” (BS: 2)
  4. 3/6: Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (BS: 13, GA: 8, HP: 4)
  5. 3/6: Xavier Cugat “Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)” (HP: 3)
  6. 5/1: The Ink Spots “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (HP: 3)
  7. 5/29: Glenn Miller with Skip Nelson & the Modernaires “That Old Black Magic” (BS: 1)
  8. 5/31: Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By” (GA: 8, HP: 4)
  9. 6/12: Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest “Taking a Chance on Love” BS: 3)
  10. 6/12: Vaughn Monroe with the Four Lee Sisters “Let’s Get Lost” (HP: 1)
  11. 6/19: The Song Spinners “Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer” (GA: 4, BS: 3, HP: 3)
  12. 7/3: Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners “You’ll Never Know” (HP: 9, GA: 8, BS: 4)
  13. 8/21: Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra “In the Blue of the Evening” (BS: 3)
  14. 9/11: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “Sunday, Monday or Always” (BS: 7, GA: 6)
  15. 9/11: Harry James with Frank Sinatra “All or Nothing at All” (HP: 1)
  16. 10/30: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama” (GA: 4, BS: 1)
  17. 10/30: Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & Sportsmen Glee Club “People Will Say We’re in Love” (HP: 3)
  18. 10/31: The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (BS: 12, GA: 12: HP: 3, JB: 1)
  19. 12/11: Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird “My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)” (HP: 9)

1944:

  1. 1/15: THe Andrews Sisters with Vico Schoen’s Orchestra “Shoo-Shoo Baby” (JB: 9, GA: 4, HP: 2)
  2. 1/29: Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird “My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)” (BS: 5)
  3. 2/26: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen “Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)” (GA: 8, BS: 7, HP: 3, JB: 1)
  4. 3/11: The Merry Macs “Mairzy Doats” (JB: 5, HP: 1)
  5. 3/18: Frank Sinatra with the Bobby Tucker Singers “I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night” (HP: 1)
  6. 4/1: Guy Lombardo with Skip Nelson & the Lombardo Trio “It’s Love, Love, Love” (HP: 3, BS: 2)
  7. 4/15: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I Love You” (BS: 5, GA: 4, HP: 3, JB: 2)
  8. 4/29: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “San Fernando Valley” (JB: 5)
  9. 5/13: Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest with Camarata’s Orchestra “Long Ago and Far Away” (HP: 6, GA: 4)
  10. 6/10: Harry James with Dick Haymes “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You” (JB: 6, BS: 4)
  11. 6/24: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (HP: 10, GA: 8, BS: 4, JB: 1)
  12. 7/29: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Amor” (HP: 2)
  13. 8/5: Bing Crosby with the Williams Brothers’ Quartet & John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Swinging on a Star” (BS: 9, JB: 8)
  14. 8/5: Louis Jordan “G.I. Jive” (JB: 2)
  15. 9/16: Dinah Shore “I’ll Walk Alone” (GA: 12, HP: 8, BS: 4, JB: 1)
  16. 10/7: The Mills Brothers with Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts “You Always Hurt the One You Love” (BS: 5)
  17. 10/14: Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin When the Yanks Go Marching In” (JB: 6)
  18. 11/4: Russ Morgan with Al Jennings “Dance with a Dolly with a Hole in Her Stocking” (HP: 1)
  19. 11/18: Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll’s Orchestra “The Trolley Song” (HP: 5, GA: 4)
  20. 12/2: The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald, Allan Roberts, & Doris Fisher “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall” (JB: 2)
  21. 12/9: The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald “I’m Making Believe” (BS: 2)
  22. 12/16: Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vico Schoen’s Orchestra “Don’t Fence Me In” (BS: 8, JB: 8, HP: 8, DJ: 7, GA: 4)

1945:

  1. 2/10: The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (JB: 10, BS: 8)
  2. 2/10: Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers & Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” (GA: 8, HP: 4, PM: 2, DJ: 2)
  3. 3/17: Frankie Carle with Paul Allen “A Little on the Lonely Side” (HP: 1)
  4. 3/24: Les Brown with Doris Day “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time” (GA: 8, BS: 7, JB: 7, HP: 3, DJ: 3)
  5. 3/31: Johnny Mercer with Joe Stafford, the Pied Pipers, & Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Candy” (HP: 4, DJ: 1, JB: 1)
  6. 3/31: Harry James with Kitty Kallen “I’m Beginning to See the Light” (DJ: 2, HP: 2)
  7. 5/5: Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (BS: 9, GA: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 7, HP: 4)

  8. 5/5: The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue)” (HP: 6, DJ: 1)
  9. 5/12: Vaughn Monroe with the Norton Sisters “There! I’ve Said It Again” (DJ: 6)
  10. 6/2: Woody Herman “Laura” (HP: 1)
  11. 7/28: Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers & Paul Weston’s Orchestra “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (JB: 8, GA: 8, BS: 7, DJ: 6)
  12. 7/28: Dick Haymes “The More I See You” (HP: 1)
  13. 9/1: Perry Como with Russell Case’s Orchestra “Till the End of Time” (BS: 10, DJ: 9, JB: 9, GA: 8, HP: 7)
  14. 10/20: Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest & Victor Young’s Orchestra “I’ll Buy That Dream” (HP: 2)
  15. 11/10: Harry James with Kitty Kallen “It’s Been a Long, Long Time” (HP: 5, GA: 4, BS: 3, DJ: 2)
  16. 11/10: Bing Crosby with Les Paul & His Trio “It’s Been a Long, Long Time” (HP: 5, GA: 4, JB: 2, BS: 1)
  17. 11/17: Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman & Billy Williams “Chickery Chick” (DJ: 4, BS: 3, JB: 2)
  18. 12/15: Dick Haymes with Victor Young’s Orchestra “It Might As Well Be Spring” (HP: 3)
  19. 12/15: Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro “I Can’t Begin to Tell You” (JB: 6, BS: 1, HP: 1)

1946:

  1. 1/5: Freddy Martin with Clyde Rogers “Symphony” (GA: 8, HP: 7, BS: 2, DJ: 1)
  2. 1/19: Vaughn Monroe with the Norton Sisters “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (BS: 5, DJ: 5, JB: 5, HP: 2)
  3. 2/9: Betty Hutton with Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief” (DJ: 2, BS: 1)
  4. 3/2: Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers & Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Personality” (DJ: 2, BS: 1)
  5. 3/16: Frankie Carle with Marjoie Hughes “Oh! What It Seemed to Be” (JB: 11, GA: 8, HP: 8, BS: 6)
  6. 3/16: Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl’s Orchestra “Oh! What It Seemed to Be” (DJ: 8, GA: 8, HP: 8)
  7. 4/27: Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay “I’m a Big Girl Now” (BS: 1)
  8. 5/4: Perry Como with Russ Case’s Orchestra “Prisoner of Love” (BS: 3, DJ: 2)
  9. 5/11: Perry Como “All Through the Day” (HP: 2)
  10. 5/18: Dinah Shore with Sonny Burke’s Orchestra “The Gypsy” (GA: 12, DJ: 8, HP: 6)
  11. 5/25: The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (JB: 13, GA: 12, BS: 10, HP: 6, DJ: 2)

  12. 5/25: Dinah Shore “Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside” (GA: 4, HP: 1)
  13. 7/6: Frank Sinatra “They Say It’s Wonderful” (HP: 4)
  14. 8/3: Eddy Howard “To Each His Own” (DJ: 8, HP: 8, GA: 8, JB: 6, BS: 5)
  15. 8/3: Freddy Martin with Stuart Wade “To Each His Own” (HP: 8, GA: 8, BS: 2)
  16. 8/3: The Ink Spots “To Each His Own” (HP: 8, GA: 8, BS: 1)
  17. 8/3: Perry Como with Russ Case’s Orchestra “Surrender” (BS: 1)
  18. 9/14: Frank Sinatra with Alex Stordahl’s Orchestra “Five Minutes More” (DJ: 4, HP: 4, JB: 3, BS: 2)
  19. 10/19: Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying” (DJ: 9, BS: 8, JB: 8, GA: 4, HP: 2)
  20. 11/30: Kay Kyser with Michael Doughlas & the Campus Kids “Ole Buttermilk Sky” (HP: 6, GA: 4, BS: 2)
  21. 12/21: Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams & Choir “The Old Lamp-Lighter” (BS: 7, JB: 7, GA: 4, DJ: 1)
  22. 12/28: The Nat “King” Cole Trio “I Love You for Sentimental Reasons” (HP: 7, DJ: 6, GA: 4, BS: 1)

1947:

  1. 2/8: Hoagy Carmichael with the Chickadees & Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Huggin’ and Chalkin’” (JB: 2)
  2. 2/22: Freddy Martin with Stuart Wade & Ensemble “Managua, Nicaragua” (JB: 3, BS: 2)
  3. 2/22: Count Basie with Harry Edison & Bill Johnson “Open the Door, Richard!” (BS: 1, DJ: 1)
  4. 2/22: Johnny Mercer “A Gal in Calico” (HP: 1)
  5. 3/1: The Three Flames with Tiger Haynes “Open the Door, Richard!” (DJ: 1)
  6. 3/8: Dinah Shore with Morris Stoloff’s Orchestra “The Anniversary Song” (HP: 6, GA: 4, DJ: 2)
  7. 3/15: Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (JB: 13, BS: 12, DJ: 11, GA: 4, HP: 2)
  8. 5/3: Ray Noble with Buddy Clark “Linda” (HP: 4, DJ: 2)
  9. 5/17: Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl’s Orchestra “Mam’selle” (GA: 8, HP: 3, DJ: 1)
  10. 5/17: Art Lund with Johnny Thompson’s Orchestra “Mam’selle” (GA: 8, HP: 3, BS: 2)

  11. 6/21: The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (GA: 12, HP: 10, JB: 8, BS: 4)
  12. 6/21: Buddy Clark with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Peg O’ My Heart” (GA: 12, HP: 10, DJ: 6)
  13. 6/21: The Three Suns “Peg O’ My Heart” (GA: 12, HP: 10, JB: 3, DJ: 1)
  14. 6/28: Perry Como with the Satisfiers & Lloyd Shaffer’s Orchestra “Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)” (BS: 3)
  15. 6/28: Red Ingle & the Natural Seven with Cinderella G. Stump & Jo Stafford “Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)” (DJ: 1)
  16. 6/28: Eddy Howard “I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder” (HP: 1)
  17. 8/9: Tex Williams & His Wester Caravan “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette” (BS: 6, JB: 4, DJ: 1)
  18. 8/23: Frankie Laine “That’s My Desire” (HP: 2)
  19. 8/30: Francis Craig’s Orchestra with Bob Lamm “Near You” (DJ: 17, JB: 13, BS: 12, GA: 12, HP: 6)

  20. 9/6: Perry Como with Ted Weems “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” (HP: 1)
  21. 9/27: Dorothy Shay “Feudin’ and Fightin’” (HP: 1)
  22. 10/4: Vaughn Monroe “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” (HP: 3)
  23. 11/22: Dinah Shore “You Do” (HP: 1)
  24. 12/13: Vaughn Monroe “Ballerina” (BS: 10, DJ: 8, JB: 7, HP: 4, GA: 4)
  25. 12/13: Louis Prima “Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)” (HP: 1)
  26. 12/20: Jack Owens with Eddie Bellantyne’s Orchestra “How Soon Will I Be Seeing You?” (HP:

1948:

  1. 1/2: Arthur Godfrey “Too Fat Polka (I Don’t Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat for Me)” (DJ: 1)
  2. 1/31: Peggy Lee “Golden Earrings” (HP: 1)
  3. 2/21: Art Mooney “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (JB: 5, DJ: 4, GA: 4, BS: 3, HP: 2)
  4. 2/28: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir “Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)” (GA: 12, HP: 10, JB: 3)
  5. 3/13: Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour & the Brazilians “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me” (BS: 9, DJ: 7, JB: 5, HP: 1)
  6. 5/8: Nat “King” Cole with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra “Nature Boy” (DJ: 8, BS: 7, HP: 6, GA: 4)
  7. 5/22: Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne “You Can’t Be True, Dear” (JB: 7, HP: 3)
  8. 7/3: Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood “Woody Woodpecker” (BS: 6, DJ: 6, JB: 6, GA: 4, HP: 2)
  9. 8/7: Doris Day “It’s Magic” (HP: 2)
  10. 8/14: Al Trace with Bob Vincent “You Call Everybody Darlin’” (JB: 6, GA: 4, BS: 2, HP: 1)
  11. 8/14: Doris Day and Buddy Clark with George Siravo’s Orchestra “Love Somebody” (DJ: 5)
  12. 8/21: Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow” (HP: 10, DJ: 5, GA: 4, BS: 2)
  13. 8/28: Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (BS: 8, JB: 6, DJ: 4)
  14. 8/31: Jon Steele & Sandra “My Happiness” (GA: 4)
  15. 11/6: Dinah Shore & Her Happy Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (GA: 12, BS: 10, HP: 10, JB: 9, DJ: 5)
  16. 12/25: Spike Jones & His City Slickers with George Rock “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” (DJ: 3, BS: 1)

1949:

  1. 1/8: Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood “On a Slow Boat to China” (HP: 2)
  2. 1/15: Evelyn Knight with the Stardusters “A Little Bird Told Me” (BS: 7, JB: 7, DJ: 6, GA: 4, HP: 3)
  3. 1/15: Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae with the Starlighters “My Darling, My Darling” (DJ: 1)
  4. 2/19: Evelyn Knight with the Stardusters “Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)” (HP: 2, JB: 1)
  5. 2/26: Margaret Whiting “Far Away Places” (HP: 3)
  6. 3/5: Les Brown “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” (DJ: 1)
  7. 3/12: Blue Barron “Cruising Down the River” (HP: 8, GA: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 3, BS: 2)
  8. 3/12: Russ Morgan with the Skylarks “Cruising Down the River” (GA: 12, HP: 8, BS: 7, JB: 6)
  9. 4/30: Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke’s Orchestra “Careless Hands” (DJ: 1)
  10. 5/7: Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters & Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “A – You’re Adorable” (DJ: 2)
  11. 5/7: Russ Morgan with the Skylarks “Forever and Ever (Fliege mit Mir in die Heimat)” (GA: 4, JB: 3)
  12. 5/14: Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (DJ: 12, BS: 11, JB: 10, GA: 8, HP: 3)
  13. 5/28: Doris Day & the Mellomen “Again” (HP: 2)
  14. 6/25: Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Some Enchanted Evening” (HP: 10, BS: 5, JB: 5, GA: 4, DJ: 2)

  15. 8/27: Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra “You’re Breaking My Heart” (GA: 8, HP: 6, BS: 4, DJ: 4, JB: 3)
  16. 9/10: Vaughn Monroe with the Moon Men “Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You” (DJ: 2, JB: 2)
  17. 9/10: Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell “A Room Full of Roses” (HP: 2)
  18. 10/1: Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon’s Rhythmaires & Harry Geller’s Orchestra “That Lucky Old Sun” (BS: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 5, GA: 4, HP: 3)
  19. 11/12: Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely “Slipping Around” (JB: 3)
  20. 11/19: Gordon Jenkins with Betty Brewer “Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)” (HP: 3)
  21. 11/26: Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners “Mule Train” (BS: 6, DJ: 6, JB: 6, GA: 4, HP: 1)
  22. 12/17: The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” (HP: 2)
  23. 12/31: Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters & Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “A Dreamer’s Holiday” (HP: 1)

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First posted 4/21/2023; last updated 4/22/2023.

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