As we race towards the end of 2016, Official Charts reveals the biggest songs of the year so far...
We’re three quarters of the way through 2016 already, and as we race toward the end of the year, Official Charts can now reveal the official biggest songs of the last nine months.Out in front at Number 1 on the rundown, which is based on combined digital, physical and streaming equivalent sales, is Drake’s One Dance, feat. Wizkid and Kyla.
It’s no surprised to see the Canadian star’s debut chart-topper lead the way – One Dance was a monster hit, ruling the Number 1 spot for an incredible 15 weeks over the summer, equalling Wet Wet Wet’s stint with Love Is All Around in 1994.
To date, its combined chart sales stand at 1.695m, which includes 504,600 downloads and a whopping 119m streams. As well as also being the most streamed song of the year to date, One Dance also takes the trophy for the biggest one-week combined sales figure for a Number 1 single of the year so far, notching up 140,000 during its fourth week at the top in April. See the song's full chart history here
Up in second it’s another huge chart-topper, Lukas Graham’s 7 Years, which spent five weeks at Number 1 in February and March and has racked up 1.402 million combined chart sales. The track finishes top on the sales-only Top 10 (posted below), with 613,000 downloads so far this year.
Lukas Graham with their Official Number 1 single award
In third place, it’s Mike Posner’s I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb remix). The singer-songwriter’s massive comeback track spent four weeks at the summit in March/April and has notched up combined sales of 1.292m so far.
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Sia’s Cheap Thrills, which spent a month at Number 2 in April, lands in fourth place (1.281m chart sales) and Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This is What You Came For, which spent two weeks at Number 2 in May, lands fifth, with a tally of 1.112 million.
Meanwhile, Zara Larsson’s Lush Life, which scored 13 weeks in the Top 10 between February and May, is sixth biggest song of 2016 so far (1.07 million), and Rihanna and Drake appear again in seventh place with Work (1.063m chart sales).
Despite being only released 10 weeks ago, Cold Water, the former Number 1 from Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and MØ, makes a showing at 23, with 734,000 chart sales, and another recent chart-topper, Closer, from Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, peeks its head round the door at 34 (577,700 chart sales).
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The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016 so far are...
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST | PEAK |
| 1 | ONE DANCE | DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA | 1 |
| 2 | 7 YEARS | LUKAS GRAHAM | 1 |
| 3 | I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA | MIKE POSNER | 1 |
| 4 | CHEAP THRILLS | SIA | 2 |
| 5 | THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR | CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 6 | LUSH LIFE | ZARA LARSSON | 3 |
| 7 | WORK | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 2 |
| 8 | LOVE YOURSELF | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
| 9 | STITCHES | SHAWN MENDES | 1 |
| 10 | FAST CAR | JONAS BLUE & DAKOTA | 2 |
| 11 | WORK FROM HOME | FIFTH HARMONY FT TY DOLLA SIGN | 2 |
| 12 | CAN'T STOP THE FEELING | JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE | 2 |
| 13 | SORRY | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
| 14 | LIGHT IT UP | MAJOR LAZER FT NYLA | 7 |
| 15 | DANCING ON MY OWN | CALUM SCOTT | 2 |
| 16 | PILLOWTALK | ZAYN | 1 |
| 17 | TOO GOOD | DRAKE FT RIHANNA | 3 |
| 18 | HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND | COLDPLAY | 6 |
| 19 | CAKE BY THE OCEAN | DNCE | 4 |
| 20 | DON'T LET ME DOWN | CHAINSMOKERS FT DAYA | 2 |
| 21 | THIS GIRL | KUNGS VS COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS | 2 |
| 22 | GIRLS LIKE | TINIE TEMPAH FT ZARA LARSSON | 5 |
| 23 | COLD WATER | MAJOR LAZER/JUSTIN BIEBER/MO | 1 |
| 24 | FADED | ALAN WALKER | 7 |
| 25 | NO MONEY | GALANTIS | 4 |
| 26 | STRESSED OUT | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | 12 |
| 27 | WHAT DO YOU MEAN | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
| 28 | I HATE U I LOVE U | GNASH FT OLIVIA O'BRIEN | 7 |
| 29 | ALL MY FRIENDS | SNAKEHIPS FT TINASHE & CHANCE | 5 |
| 30 | TEARS | CLEAN BANDIT FT LOUISA JOHNSON | 5 |
| 31 | PERFECT STRANGERS | JONAS BLUE FT JP COOPER | 2 |
| 32 | PANDA | DESIIGNER | 7 |
| 33 | SECRET LOVE SONG | LITTLE MIX FT JASON DERULO | 6 |
| 34 | CLOSER | CHAINSMOKERS FT HALSEY | 1 |
| 35 | ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME | COLDPLAY | 7 |
| 36 | HISTORY | ONE DIRECTION | 6 |
| 37 | ME MYSELF & I | G-EAZY FT BEBE REXHA | 13 |
| 38 | TREAT YOU BETTER | SHAWN MENDES | 6 |
| 39 | MIDDLE | DJ SNAKE FT BIPOLAR SUNSHINE | 10 |
| 40 | HELLO | ADELE | 1 |
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The Top 10 Biggest Selling Songs of 2016 so far (sales only):
| 1 | 7 YEARS | LUKAS GRAHAM | 1 |
| 2 | ONE DANCE | DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA | 1 |
| 3 | CAN'T STOP THE FEELING | JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE | 2 |
| 4 | I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA | MIKE POSNER | 1 |
| 5 | CHEAP THRILLS | SIA | 2 |
| 6 | THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR | CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 7 | DANCING ON MY OWN | CALUM SCOTT | 2 |
| 8 | STITCHES | SHAWN MENDES | 1 |
| 9 | FAST CAR | JONAS BLUE & DAKOTA | 2 |
| 10 | LOVE YOURSELF | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
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The Top 10 Most Streamed Songs of 2016 so far:
| 1 | ONE DANCE | DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA | 1 |
| 2 | I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA | MIKE POSNER | 1 |
| 3 | CHEAP THRILLS | SIA | 2 |
| 4 | 7 YEARS | LUKAS GRAHAM | 1 |
| 5 | WORK | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 2 |
| 6 | LUSH LIFE | ZARA LARSSON | 3 |
| 7 | LOVE YOURSELF | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
| 8 | THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR | CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 9 | FAST CAR | JONAS BLUE & DAKOTA | 2 |
| 10 | SORRY | JUSTIN BIEBER | 1 |
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