"It's one of those things where I kind of found myself in interviews bringing myself back to the message of The Fame, because it's almost like I need to remind people that I'm not interested in making normal pop music. I never have been and my interest has always been to burst the bubble and be the fist that gashes through the window because that's what's exciting and fun and it's what I love to do."
1 2015 Adele Hello [25]
2 2011 Adele Rolling in the Deep [21]
3 2011 Adele Someone like You [21]
4 2011 Adele Set Fire to the Rain [21]
5 2010 Eminem Love the Way You Lie [Recovery]
6 2014 Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud [x]
7 2014 Taylor Swift Shake It Off [1989]
8 2010 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger [Hands All Over]
9 2010 Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are [Doo-Wop & Hooligans]
10 2012 Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven [Unorthodox Jukebox]
11 2011 Coldplay Paradise [Mylo Xyloto]
12 2015 Adele When We Were Young [25]
13 2011 Rihanna We Found Love [Talk That Talk]
14 2013 Katy Perry Dark Horse [Prism]
15 2011 Lady Gaga Born This Way [Born This Way]
16 2015 Justin Bieber Sorry [Purpose]
17 2012 Bruno Mars When I Was Your Man [Unorthodox Jukebox]
18 2012 Taylor Swift We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together [Red]
19 2014 Taylor Swift Blank Space [1989]
19 2010 Bruno Mars Grenade [Doo-Wop & Hooligans]
21 2013 Katy Perry Roar [Prism]
22 2012 Maroon 5 Payphone [Overexposed]
23 2012 Rihanna Diamonds [Unapolegetic]
24 2011 Adele Turning Tables [21]
24 2014 Bruno Mars Uptown Funk [Orphan]
26 2014 Maroon 5 Sugar [V]
26 2010 Katy Perry Firework [Teenage Dream]
28 2010 Justin Bieber Baby [My World / My World 2.0]
29 2014 Coldplay A Sky Full of Stars [Ghost Stories]
30 2015 Justin Bieber What Do You Mean? [Purpose]
1 2000 U2 – Beautiful Day [All That You Can’t Leave Behind] – 14,550,000
2 2002 Eminem – Lose Yourself [8 Mile] – 14,170,000
3 2000 Britney Spears – Oops!… I Did It Again [Oops!… I Did It Again] – 11,750,000
4 2000 Linkin Park – In The End [Hybrid Theory] – 11,180,000
5 2000 Eminem – The Real Slim Shady [The Marshall Mathers LP] – 9,530,000
6 2003 Britney Spears – Toxic [In The Zone] – 8,060,000
7 2002 Coldplay – The Scientist [A Rush Of Blood To The Head] – 7,800,000
8 2000 Eminem – Stan [The Marshall Mathers LP] – 7,760,000
9 2002 Eminem – ‘Till I Collapse [The Eminem Show] – 7,710,000
10 2005 Coldplay – Fix You [X&Y] – 7,660,000
11 2000 Madonna – Music [Music] – 7,000,000
12 2001 Enrique Iglesias – Hero [Escape] – 6,900,000
13 2008 Coldplay – Viva La Vida [Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends] – 6,520,000
14 2002 Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved [Songs About Jane] – 6,480,000
15 2003 Linkin Park – Numb [Meteora] – 6,450,000
16 2000 Coldplay – Yellow [Parachutes] – 6,430,000
17 2004 Eminem – Mockingbird [Encore] – 6,170,000
18 2005 Madonna – Hung Up [Confessions On A Dance Floor] – 5,960,000
19 2002 Eminem – Without Me [The Eminem Show] – 5,570,000
20 2002 C้line Dion – I’m Alive [A New Day Has Come] – 5,290,000
21 2002 Coldplay – Clocks [A Rush Of Blood To The Head] – 4,710,000
22 2009 Lady Gaga – Bad Romance [The Fame / The Fame Monster] – 4,700,000
23 2004 Linkin Park & Jay-Z – Numb / Encore [Collision Course] – 4,580,000
24 2008 Taylor Swift – Love Story [Fearless] – 4,560,000
25 2008 Lady Gaga – Poker Face [The Fame / The Fame Monster] – 4,460,000
26 2000 Britney Spears – Stronger [Oops!… I Did It Again] – 4,440,000
27 2004 U2 – Vertigo [How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb] – 4,310,000
28 2001 Britney Spears – I’m A Slave 4 U [Britney] – 4,200,000
29 2000 Britney Spears – Lucky [Oops!… I Did It Again] – 3,910,000
30 2006 Amy Winehouse – Valerie [Back To Black] – 3,850,000
Godney
5 entries in the 00s, 2 in the 90s
Madonna
1 in the 00s, 4 in the 90s, 10 in the 80s
Celine
1 in the 00s, 8 in the 90s
1 1997 C้line Dion My Heart Will Go On [Lets Talk About Love] 36,370,000
2 1999 Britney Spears Baby One More Time [ Baby One More Time] 18,130,000
3 1991 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nevermind] 16,250,000
4 1996 C้line Dion Because You Loved Me [Falling Into You] 16,180,000
5 1991 U2 One [Achtung Baby] 14,610,000
6 1991 Nirvana Come As You Are [Nevermind] 13,090,000
7 1993 C้line Dion The Power of Love [The Colour Of My Love] 13,010,000
8 1991 Metallica Enter Sandman [Metallica] 12,690,000
9 1996 C้line Dion Its All Coming Back to Me Now [Falling Into You] 12,210,000
10 1990 Madonna Vogue [Im Breathless] 11,780,000
11 1991 Guns N Roses November Rain [Use Your Illusion I] 11,660,000
12 1991 Metallica Nothing Else Matters [Metallica] 11,580,000
13 1991 Guns N Roses Knockin on Heavens Door [Use Your Illusion II] 10,960,000
14 1998 Madonna Frozen [Ray Of Light] 8,460,000
15 1993 Billy Joel The River of Dreams [River Of Dreams] 7,810,000
16 1992 C้line Dion Beauty and the Beast [Celine Dion] 6,700,000
17 1991 Guns N Roses Dont Cry [Use Your Illusion I] 6,650,000
18 1996 C้line Dion All by Myself [Falling Into You] 6,530,000
19 1993 C้line Dion Think Twice [The Colour Of My Love] 6,230,000
20 1991 Nirvana Lithium [Nevermind] 6,010,000
21 1995 C้line Dion Pour que tu maimes encore [DEux] 5,900,000
22 1994 Madonna Take A Bow [Bedtime Stories] 5,880,000
23 1998 Madonna Ray Of Light [Ray Of Light] 5,750,000
24 1993 Nirvana Heart-Shaped Box [In Utero] 5,440,000
25 1999 Enrique Iglesias Bailamos [Enrique] 5,060,000
26 1991 Metallica The Unforgiven [Metallica] 4,950,000
27 1999 Britney Spears (You Drive Me) Crazy [ Baby One More Time] 4,830,000
28 1991 Nirvana Polly [Nevermind] 4,750,000
28 1999 Eminem My Name Is [The Slim Shady LP] 4,750,000
30 1991 Guns N Roses Civil War [Use Your Illusion II] 3,960,000
Turning Tables was not bigger than Uptown Funk!... Why would he even publicly attempt to post that?
I like his formula with the albums, but the singles formula is an embarrassing mess. A massive album doesn't equate to a single which flopped upon release suddenly being massive.
Speaking of,
I'm doing a project -- 100 Biggest Single Eras All-Time. Measuring the 100 albums with the biggest single eras on Hot 100.
It's interesting seeing the main Pop Girls hit single eras ranked One Pop Girl with terrible Hot 100 history didn't even make it ofcourse
He multiples Spotify streams by x2.2 because that's how many people are subscribed to streaming services overall (Spotify's subscriber base x2.2).
However he doesn't realize over half of Spotify's userbase aren't subscribers and use it for free, so it's not an accurate multiplier.
Also lots of services with millions of paid subscribers are in like Russia, Asia, or Africa, that come with mobile providers and don't even really have Western music. So he's adding streams for services in which the music aren't even on.
I think it takes the album sales divided by number of tracks (how much albums the track sold)
+the SPS of the track
For some reason he only ever includes Spotifyx2.2 and not YouTube even in the albums formula
He 'attributes' a percentage of an album's sales to a single, and sales of the actual song get divided by 10 (TEA) and streams by 1500 (TEA) and then adds it up together. Actual single sales and streams are not really significant in this methodology.
It's heavily biased to singles that were released when album sales were high, as you can see in that 2000s list, nearly all the songs are from the early 2000s because album sales were at their peak. It's even more obvious in that 'all-time' list, like none of the songs are from the digital era
One Pop Girl with terrible Hot 100 history didn't even make it ofcourse 
