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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,
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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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