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Paul Gambaccini presents a review of the greatest hits from the US charts of 2014, including the top ten bestselling albums and singles of the year.

Paul Gambaccini presents a review of the greatest hits from the US charts of 2014. Paul counts down the top ten best selling albums and singles of the year. He will also reveal the top three Adult R&B and Rock songs plus the top three most downloaded Country tracks.

The year's best selling album will be the victor of a two-way battle. The soundtrack album of 'Frozen' has dominated the year with sales of over 3.5 million. However, Taylor Swift's '1989' was released in November and sold two million in two weeks. Will it sell enough in the last days of the year to overtake 'Frozen'? On the singles side, Pharrell Williams has sold over 5.5 million copies of 'Happy', but he is pursued by Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor and Katy Perry with their big sellers.

Paul has all the facts and figures for America's Greatest Hits of 2014.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 2 Jan 2015 03:00

Music Played

  • Magic!

    RUDE

    The Best Selling Song by a group - Number Twelve - 2.9 million

  • Sam Smith

    STAY WITH ME

    Number Two Adult R&B Song of the Year & Number Eleven Best-Selling Song - 3.2 million

  • β€œWeird Al” Yankovic

    TACKY

    Number One Comedy Album of the Year: Mandatory Fun

  • Blue Swede

    HOOKED ON A FEELING

    Number Ten Best-Selling Album of the Year: Guardians Of The Galaxy OST

  • Taylor Swift

    SHAKE IT OFF

    Number Ten Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.2 million

  • Ed Sheeran

    SING

    Number Nine Best-Selling Album of the Year: X (Multiply)

  • Ariana Grande

    PROBLEM (featuring Iggy Azalea)

    Number Nine Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.3 million

  • Coldplay

    A SKY FULL OF STARS

    Number Eight Best-Selling Album of the Year: Ghost Stories

  • Idina Menzel

    LET IT GO

    Number Eight Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.3 million

  • Eric Church

    GIVE ME BACK MY HOMETOWN

    Number Seven Best-Selling Album of the Year: The Outsiders

  • DJ Snake

    TURN DOWN FOR WHAT (featuring Lil Jon)

    Number Seven Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.4 million - Number One Dance/Electronic

  • Lorde

    TEAM

    Number Six Best-Selling Album of the Year: Pure Heroine

  • Iggy Azalea

    FANCY (featuring Charlie XCX)

    Number Six Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.9 million

  • ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    PRETTY HURTS

    Number Five Best-Selling Album of the Year: Beyonce

  • TALK DIRTY

    Jason Derulo

    Number Five Best-Selling Song of the Year - 3.9 million

  • Pentatonix

    DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY

    Number Four Best-Selling Album of the Year: ThatΓ•s Christmas To Me

  • Katy Perry

    DARK HORSE (featuring Juicy J)

    Number Four Best-Selling Song of the Year - 4.4 million

  • Jason Aldean

    BURNINΓ• IT DOWN

    Number Three Best-Selling Country Song of the Year

  • Kongos

    COME WITH ME NOW

    Number Three Rock Song of the Year

  • Sam Smith

    IΓ•M NOT THE ONLY ONE

    Number Three Best-Selling Album of the Year: In The Lonely Hour

  • Meghan Trainor

    ALL ABOUT THAT BASS

    Number Three Best-Selling Song of the Year - 4.4 million

  • Luke Bryan

    PLAY IT AGAIN

    Number Two Best-Selling Country Song of the Year

  • Hozier

    TAKE ME TO CHURCH

    Number Two Rock Song of the Year

  • Taylor Swift

    BLANK SPACE

    Number Two Best-Selling Album of the Year: 1989 (3 million sales)

  • John Legend

    ALL OF ME

    Number Two Best-Selling Song of the Year - 4.6 million & Number Three Adult R&B Song of the Year

  • Florida Georgia Line

    THIS IS HOW WE ROLL (featuring Luke Bryan)

    Number One Best-Selling Country Song of the Year - 2 million

  • Bastille

    POMPEI

    Number One Rock Song of the Year - 2.6 million

  • Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez

    DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?

    Number One Best-Selling Album of the Year: Frozen - 3.4 million in 2014

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    Number One Best-Selling Song of the Year - 6.4 million & Number One Adult R&B Song of the Year

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Dec 2014 20:00
  • Fri 2 Jan 2015 03:00