Monday 21st December
PRS for Music Announces the Top 100 Played Songs of the Year
Gabriella Cilmi’s Sweet About Me Revealed as the Most Played Song of the Year
PRS for Music launches its first ever annual chart of Music Makers, listing the 100 most played songs of 2009. Gabriella Cilmi’s Sweet About Me tops the list in a chart where girls dominate the top spots.
The top ten are as follows:
- Sweet About Me Gabrielle Cilmi
- Viva La Vida Coldplay
- The Time is Now Moloko
- Mercy Duffy
- Shine Take That
- The Promise Girls Aloud
- No Air Jordin Sparks
- The Man who Can’t be Moved The Script
- Greatest Day Take That
- Spotlight Jennifer Hudson
Download the full 'Top 100 most played songs of 2009' list
Four solo female artists appear in the top ten whereas the first solo male artist to appear on the list is Timbaland, at no 11.
Take That, Rihanna and the Sugababes all feature heavily, each getting four entries.
Moloko’s 2000 hit The Time Is Now is a surprise entry at number 3 largely thanks to it being played regularly on Sky Sports.
The list reveals other surprises including appearances from old time favourites such as Duke Ellington and Cole Porter.
Several songs from adverts also feature in the list including:
- Erni K Doe’s version of Here Come The Girls (no 38), used for the Boots Office Party ad, 2007
- Eliza’s Aria from a little known opera by Soviet born composer Elena Katz-Chernin features at no 47 thanks to the popular advert for Lloyds TSB.
- ‘tain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It features at no 56. Bananarama & Fun Boy Three’s version being used for B&Q advert in 2008.
- Duke Ellington’s Double Check Stomp is in the chart at no. 89 – Homebase used this classic piece for an advertising campaign.
- Egyptian Reggae Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (no. 59) was used in a Weetabix advert, 2008
The list also features several all time classics including Mamma Mia (Abba), Take On Me (A-Ha), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), Over the Rainbow (various covers) and In The Summertime (Mungo Jerry).
The data is taken from number of plays and performances on-line, live, on TV and Radio.
ENDS
For more information, get in touch:
Barney Hooper, Head of PR:
barney.hooper@prsformusic.com
02073064548 / 07979 757052
Nicola Formoy, Media Relations Manager:
nicola.formoy@prsformusic.com
02073064229
PRS for Music:
PRS for Music is the leading copyright and royalty collection society representing 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. A not-for-profit organisation it ensures music creators are paid whenever their music is played.
PRS for Music provides business and community groups easy access to 10m songs through its music licences. In an industry worth £3.6bn PRS for Music is uniquely placed to be a voice for music and can provide data for all aspects of the business: live, broadcast, sales, online, touring and music creation and up to date analysis, research and trends about the industry.
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