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[Fenty Perry]

 

Top 100

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1.Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)* - Eurythmics 910,773,703

2.I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston 835,640,161

3.Girls Just Wanna Have Fun* - Cyndi Lauper 730.852,090

4.Fast Car - Tracy Chapman 594,219,763

5.Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)* - Kate Bush 592,854,176

6.Total Eclipse of the Heart* - Bonnie Tyler 582,436,604

7.Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac 554,016,889

8.Walking On Sunshine* - Katrina &  The Waves 540,357,497

9.Time After Time* - Cyndi Lauper 498,766,135

10.Take My Breath Away* - Berlin 418,016,552

11.Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 401,504,331

12.9 to 5 Dolly Parton - 400,815,698

13.We Built This City* - Starship 399,651,552

14.I'm So Excited* - The Point Sisters 370,823,018

15.Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now* - Starship 368,744,667

16.99 Balloons* - Nena 364,478,037

17.Bette Davis Eyes* - Kim Carnes 355,165,409

18.Flashdance...What A Feeling* - Irene Cara 352,689,682

19.(I've Had)The  Time of My LIfe* - Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes 345,726,930

20.Don't You Want Me* - The Human League 340,168,204

21.What's Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner 332,757,531 

22.Heaven Is a Place on Earth* - Belinda Carlisle 328,292,020

23.The Best* - Tina Turner 328,078,231

24.Material Girl* - Madonna 325,130,697

25.Like A Prayer* - Madonna 316,235,639

26.Holding Out for a Hero* - Bonnie Tyler 313,196,618

27.Edge of  Seventeen* - Stevie Nicks 305,625,441

28.Call Me* - Blondie 294,414,906

29.Funkytown* - Lipps Inc. 283,333,739

30.Listen to Your Heart - Roxette 280,413,705

31.Fairytale of New York - The Pugues, Kirsty MacColl 265,182,727

32.It's Raining Men* - The Weather Girls 273,254,195

33.Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac 270,126,690

34.Alone - Heart 263,116,727

35.The Winner Takes It All - ABBA 261,882,967

36.Endless Love - Lionel Richie, Diana Ross 256,934,871

37.Eternal Flames - The Bangles 255,359,317

38.Islands In the Stream - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 250,104,229

39.La Isla Bonita* - Madonna 240,323,090

40.Like A Virgin* - Madonna 236,191,268

41.How Will I Know - Whitney Houston 229,747,677

42.Love Shack* - The b-52's 222,845,547

43.Gypsy* - Fleetwood Mac 220,728,468

44.Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman 213,410,616

45.Ain't Nobody* - Rufus, Chaka Khan 217,530,328

46.Up Where We Belong* - Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes 216,190,734

47.Smooth Operator* - Sade 215,445,353

48.If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher 214,259,713

49.I Love Rock 'N Roll* - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 211,260,484

50.I'm Coming Out* - Diana Ross 209,294,114

51.The Look - Roxette 208,653,504

52.Part of Your World* - Jodi Benson 205,956,229

53.Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA 202,804,394

54.Super Trouper - ABBA 187,906,140

55.Self Control* - Laura Branigan 185,055,723

56.Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles 183,738,557

57.Conga! - Gloria Estefan 183,173,817

58.True Colors* - Cyndi Lauper 181,425,133

59.Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar 173,238,504

60.Take Me Home Tonight* - Eddie Money, Ronnie Spector 166,605,612

61.I Think We're Alone Now* - Tiffany 164,659,577

62.Lambada* - Kaoma 156,084,418

63.Push It* - Salt-N-Pepa 155,595,103

64.Tell It to My Heart* - Taylor Dayne 155,595,103

65.Jump* - The Point Sisters 153,023,388

66.She's Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze, Wendy Fraser 149,956,407

67.Manic Monday* - The Bangles 149,778,078

68.Holiday* - Madonna 145,969,322

69.Upside Down* - Diana Ross 143,730,800

70.Orinoco Flow* - Enya 143,399,865

71.Brass in Pocket - Pretenders 137,035,285

72.Kids In America - Kim Wilde 136,763,048

73.Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston 136,088,788

74.Gloria - Laura Branigan 132,850,355

75.Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman 130,383,497

76.Love Is a Battlefield* - Pat Benatar 128,247,883

77.I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson, Siedah Garrett 124,355,309

78.The Rose - Bette Midler 121,807,011

79.Teardrops* - Womack & Womack 121,710,895

80.Your Love Is King - Sade 121,423,627

81.We Belong - Pat Benatar 121,056,959

82.Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand 120,845,414

83.Let's Hear It for the Boys* - Denice Williams 116,013,332

84.Moonlight Shadow* - Mike Oldfield 115,860,334

85.Saving All My Love for You - Whitney Houston 114,824,622

86.I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 114,682,835

87.That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Kinight, Stevie Wonder 111,516,947

88.Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders 110,881,941

89.We Are the World - U.S.A. For Africa 109,997,162

90.Babooshka - Kate Bush 106,289,439

91.Tom's Diner* - Suzanne Vega 14,484,806

92.Cruel Summer* - Bananarama 99,885,600

93.Woman In Chains - Tears for Fears, Oleta Adams 98,186,567

94.Venus* - Bananarama 95,787,723

95.Into the Groove* - Madonna 95,465,683

96.Papa Don't Preach* - Madonna 93,984,296

97.Don't Leave Me This Way* - The Communards, Sarah Jane 92,324,755

98.I Knew You Were Waiting for Me - Aretha Franklin, George Michael 90,605,904

99.Coming Around Again - Carly Simon 90,253,829

100.Where Do Broken Hearts Go? - Whitney Houston 89,574,847

101.Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac 87,054,914

102.Crazy for You - Madonna 86,648,043

103.I Got You Babe - UB40, Chrissie Hynde 86,591,937

104.Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox 85,814,811

105.All Around the World* - Lisa Stansfield 85,525,446

106.(I'll Never Be)Maria Magdalena* - Sandra 84,883,622

107.Back to Life* - Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler 84,288,187

108.The Sweetest Taboo - Sade 83,886,030

109.Lost In Your Eyes* - Debbie Gibson 82,379,343

110.Guilty - Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibson 81,330,573

111.2000 Miles - Pretenders 80,972,476

112.Sweet Lover - Anita Baker 80,915,989

113.We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton 79,871,389

114.We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner 79,836,936

115.Watermark - Enya 79,117,756

116.Straight Up* - Paula Abdul 78,852,724

117.The Power of Love* - Jennifer Rush 76,501,042

 

Last Updated: 17th, August

Most Top 100 Entries

7

Madonna

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24.Material Girl* 325,130,697

25.Like A Prayer* 316,235,639

39.La Isla Bonita* 240,323,090

40.Like A Virgin* 236,191,268

68.Holiday* 145,969,407

95.Into the Groove* 95,465,683

96.Papa Don’t Preach* 93,984,296

5

Whitney Houston

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2.I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) 8835,640,161

41.How Will I Know 229,747,677

73.Greatest Love of All 136,088,788

85.Saving All My Love for You 114,824,622

100.Where Do Broken Hearts Go? 89,574,847

3

Cyndi Lauper

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3.Girl Just Wanna Have Fun* 730,852,090

8.Time After Time* 498,766,135

57.True Colors* 182,465,426

Tracy Chapman

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4.Fast Car 594,219,763

44.Baby Can I Hold You 219,934,482

75.Talkin' Bout a Revolution 130,383,497

Fleetwood Mac

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7.Everywhere 554,016,889

33.Little Lies 270,126,090

43.Gypsy* 220,728,468

ABBA

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35.The Winner Takes It All 2261,882,967

53.Lay All Your Love On Me 202,956,229

54.Super Trouper 187,906,140

Diana Ross

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36.Endless Love 256,934,871

50.I'm Coming Out* 209,294,114

69.Upside Down* 143,730,800

The Bangles

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37.Eternal Flames 255,350,317

56.Walk Like An Egyptian183,738,557

67.Manic Monday* 49,778,078

Pat Benatar

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59.Hit Me with Your Best Shot 173,238,504

76.Love Is a Battlefield* 128,247,883

81.We Belong 121,056,959

 

  songs featuring female artists are all included, please let me know if I leave out some

* means there are multiple versions being combined

 

any surprises?  

Edited August 19, 2022 by Fenty Perry

[BGKC]

Sweet Dreams 

 

I honestly expected tainted love to be up there too.

[RihFenty20]

Cyndi Lauper really came out the gate SWINGING. Two remembered classics back to back. 

[Distantconstellation]

8 minutes ago, RihFenty20 said:

Cyndi Lauper really came out the gate SWINGING. Two remembered classics back to back. 

True Colors is also killing it by her. It will cross 200 million soon. Shes an 80s staple and her hits hold up much better than a lot of her contemporaries

[xfreshkidxx]

All the girls with classics in the top 20 

[Blade Runner]

Madonna. 

[Gov Hooka]

Why do these all feel low??? 
Janet deserves better :/ 

[Mohit]

no madonna in top 22.. just goes on to show that 80s and 90s pop star who were at the top were all media driven.. while true talents like cyndi lauper are slaying the streaming charts decades later

[sasashite]

Madonna with more songs that anybody else. 

[Jynx]

Legendary top 20. Whitney, Cyndi & Dolly.

Kate Bush will be storming up the rankings. Also, Whitney with the highest solo song, 800m+ that's more than some artist's songs combined. 

[bliaz]

All those classics They don't make them like they used to 

[Isaiah]

Janet 

[Luckitty]

cyndi 

 

+
some songs you missed

 

All Around The World (Lisa Stansfield) - 83M 

Don't You Want Me (The Human League) - 328M

Funkytown (Lipps Inc.) - 273M+ *the album was released in 1979 but it wasn't made a single until 1980 so i'm not sure if it counts*

 

 

[GlamSlam]

Four classic Madonna songs in the top 40.

[LesFleur]

Whitney, Diana, Sade 

 

 

[Arcadius]

The way RUTH will probably end up top 3 or 5 when its all said and done. 

[Fenty Perry]

4 hours ago, Luckitty said:

All Around The World (Lisa Stansfield) - 83M 

Don't You Want Me (The Human League) - 328M

Funkytown (Lipps Inc.) - 273M+ *the album was released in 1979 but it wasn't made a single until 1980 so i'm not sure if it counts*

 

 

Why I always remembered Funkytown as a male song 

lemme add these three later 

[Solaria]

Madonna 8 songs in the top 100, that's what happens when you have a timeless catalogue and don't just rely on 1 or 2 big hits 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

This made me realize Madonna doesnt really have a mega BIG classic hit like whitney has i will always love you and i wanna dance with somebody, celine dion has my heart will go on. why does madonna not have that 

[Arcadius]

2 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

This made me realize Madonna doesnt really have a mega BIG classic hit like whitney has i will always love you and i wanna dance with somebody, celine dion has my heart will go on. why does madonna not have that 

To be fair that was kinda the only thing they had over Madonna since she has the overall album and touring sales over them. Not to mention Madonna's last #1 came after Whitney and Celine's last #1.

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, Arcadius said:

To be fair that was kinda the only thing they had over Madonna since she has the overall album and touring sales over them. Not to mention Madonna's last #1 came after Whitney and Celine's last #1.

to be fair madonna had mega hits in the 80s and 90s we cant even deny it. its just the fact that her music didnt really transition into the digital age that well. i feel like papa don't preach, like a prayer, material girl, take a bow etc. should all have similar streams to whitneys catalog. 

[SadGirl]

Forgotten streaming poison Madonna 

[naval23]

Whitney  Technically the highest female solo single of the 80s wow 

[MichaelW]

Congrats to Cher 

She was 43 when If I Could Turn Back Time was released in 1989

Edited July 3, 2022 by MichaelW

[tiagol88]

On 7/2/2022 at 3:50 AM, Mohit said:

no madonna in top 22.. just goes on to show that 80s and 90s pop star who were at the top were all media driven.. while true talents like cyndi lauper are slaying the streaming charts decades later

So Janet was all media driven. Got it