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Welcome to
my site listing the top 40 chart singles and No 1 hits from when they
started (1952) until the present.
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find out the No 1 hit on any particular date, such as your birthday,
click on
the year below. You will then find not only all the No 1 hits for that
year but the complete Top 40 for each month. |
Top
40 Chart Hits
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Below are shown the top hits of the decades
| Top Hits of The Decade: 1960s (ie. the singles that sold the most copies over the 10 year period) |
| 1 |
The Beatles |
She Loves You |
| 2 |
The Beatles |
I Want To Hold Your Hand |
| 3 |
Ken Dodd |
Tears |
| 4 |
The Beatles |
Can't Buy Me Love |
| 5 |
The Beatles |
I Feel Fine |
| 6 |
Seekers |
The Carnival Is Over |
| 7 |
The Beatles |
Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out |
| 8 |
Englebert Humperdinck |
Release Me |
| 9 |
Elvis Presley |
It's Now Or Never |
| 10 |
Tom Jones |
Green Green Grass Of Home |
| Top Hits of The Decade: 1970s (ie. the singles that sold the most copies over the 10 year period) |
| 1 |
Wings |
Mull Of Kintyre |
| 2 |
Boney M |
Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring |
| 3 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John |
You're The One That I Want |
| 4 |
Boney M |
Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord |
| 5 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John |
Summer Nights |
| 6 |
Village People |
Y.M.C.A |
| 7 |
Queen |
Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 8 |
Blondie |
Heart Of Glass |
| 9 |
David Soul |
Don't Give Up On |
| 10 |
Slade |
Merry Xmas Everybody |
| Top Hits of The Decade: 1980s (ie. the singles that sold the most copies over the 10 year period) |
| 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 |
Fankie 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 Hits of The Decade: 1990s (ie. the singles that sold the most copies over the 10 year period) |
| 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 |
Below are shown the top selling albums for each decade
| Top Selling Albums of The Decade: 1960s |
| 1 |
The Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 2 |
Original soundtrack |
The Sound Of Music |
| 3 |
The Beatles |
With The Beatles |
| 4 |
The Beatles |
Abbey Road |
| 5 |
Original Soundtrack |
South Pacific |
| 6 |
The Beatles |
Beatles For Sale |
| 7 |
The Beatles |
A Hard Day's Night |
| 8 |
The Beatles |
Rubber Soul |
| 9 |
The Beatles |
The Beatles ("The White Album") |
| 10 |
Original Soundtrack |
West Side Story |
| Top Selling Albums of The Decade: 1970s |
| 1 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 2 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits |
| 3 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Rumours |
| 4 |
Pink Floyd |
Dark Side Of The Moon |
| 5 |
Mike Oldfield |
Tubular Bells |
| 6 |
Abba |
Greatest Hits |
| 7 |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out Of Hell |
| 8 |
Original Soundtrack |
Saturday Night Fever |
| 9 |
Perry Como |
And I Love You So |
| 10 |
The Carpenters |
The Singles 1969-1973 |
| Top Selling Albums of The Decade: 1980s |
| 1 |
Dire Straits |
Brothers In Arms |
| 2 |
Michael Jackson |
Bad |
| 3 |
Michael Jackson |
Thriller |
| 4 |
Queen |
Greatest Hits |
| 5 |
Kylie Minogue |
Kylie |
| 6 |
Whitney Houston |
Whitney |
| 7 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Tango In The Night |
| 8 |
Phil Collins |
No Jacket Required |
| 9 |
Madonna |
True Blue |
| 10 |
U2 |
The Joshua Tree |
| Top Selling Albums of The Decade: 1990s |
| 1 |
Oasis |
(What's The Story) Morning Glory |
| 2 |
Simply Red |
Stars |
| 3 |
Spice Girls |
Spice |
| 4 |
The Corrs |
Talk On Corners |
| 5 |
Alanis Morissette |
Jagged Little Pill |
| 6 |
Robson Green & Jerome Flynn |
Robson & Jerome |
| 7 |
Madonna |
The Immaculate Collection |
| 8 |
The Verve |
Urban Hymns |
| 9 |
Abba |
Gold, Greatest Hits |
| 10 |
Celine Dion |
Falling Into You |
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