Tonight we looked at The Official Top 20 songs of the year so far. It may seem a bit early in the year to be doing this but there have been some amazing chart tunes and we are a quarter of the way through the year already!
The criteria is based on combine digital, physical and streaming equivalent sales.
1
Topping the list selling 857,000 copies including 39million streams and 466,000 digital/physical sales is….Lukas Graham with 7 Years!
2
A few thousand behind is Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself. As well as selling 668,000 combined sales it also is the most streamed song of the tear so far on 40.4million plays, are you surprised?
3
Shawn Mendes’ Stitches has sold 649,000 copies making it the 3rd biggest song of 2016 so far.
4
Off her hotly anticipated album Anti which finally came out this year, Rihanna’s collaboration with Drake has been sold 595,000 making it forth.
5
Finishing off the top 5 of the official biggest songs of the year so fast is Jonas Blue’s version of Tracy Chapman’s song Fast Cars, this version has sold 576,000 in the past four months.
The rest of the list looks like this:
6) Sorry – Justin Bieber
7) Pillow Talk – Zyan
8) Lush Life – Zara Larsson
9) I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Poser
10) Light It Up – Major Lazer ft Nyla & Fuse ODG
11)Secret Love Song – Little Mix ft Jason Derulo
12) All My Friends – Snakehips ft Tinashe & Chase
13 )What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber
14) History – One Direction
15) Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay
16) Hello – Adele
17) Girl is Mine – 99 Souls ft Brandy & Destiny’s Child
18) Hymn for the Weekend – Coldplay ft Beyonce
19) Sweet Lovin’ – Sigala
20) When the Bassline Drops – Craig David
The Phoenix FM Club Guide
Date: 8th April 2016
Time: 8pm – 1am
Event: Clubbing Night (Over 25’s)
Location: The Gardeners / K Bar, Brentwood
Details: DJ Colin playing Swing, DJ Tony Sat Smith and DJ Charlie Fatboy playing funky music.
Admission entry:
Website: www.gardeners-brentwood.co.uk
Date: 8th April
Time: 6pm – 3am
Event: Socialite Essex
Location: Kosho, Romford
Details: Danny Bailey, Pete Nicholls, Tom Short and Brandon James playing the best in House, RnB and Club Classics.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm
Website: www.koshobar.co.uk
Date: 8th April
Time: Open until 3am
Event: Friday Feeling
Location: Yates, Romford
Details: Party night with DJ Cheryl Taylor.
Admission entry: Free before 10pm
Website: www.weareyates.co.uk/romford
Date: 8th April 2016
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Fiction Friday’s
Location: Fiction, Romford
Details: Billy da Kid brings you the biggest and freshest music with an underground edge as well as a blend of House, Hip Hop and R’n’B.
Admission entry: £3 before midnight, £7 after
Website: www.fictionclub.co.uk/romford
Date: 8th April 2016
Time: Open until 4am
Event: Missoula Friday’s
Location: Missoula, Chelmsford
Details: Resident DJ Ollie Weeks on the decks.
Admission entry:
Website: www.missoulachelmsford.co.uk
Date: 8th April 2016
Time: Open until 3.30am
Event: CTZN Friday’s
Location: Citizen, Chelmsford
Details: Liam Bone and Sam Lashmar behind the decks playing the best in House and R&B.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm
Website: www.twitter.com/ctznbar
Date: 9th April 2016
Time: From 6pm
Event: Heavyweight Title Clash showing live
Location: The Merchant, Brentwood
Details: Anthony Joshua Vs Charles Martin
Admission entry:
Website: www.themerchantbrentwood.co.uk
Date: 9th April
Time: 9pm – 3.30am
Event: DJ Brad James
Location: Sugar Hut, Brentwood
Details: Sugar Hut welcomes DJ Brad James to the main room with resident DJ Nimblefingerz.
Admission entry: £5 before midnight, £10 after
Website: www.sugarhutbrentwood.com
Date: 9th April 2016
Time: 10pm – 3am
Event: Frequency Presents: WSTRN
Location: Evoke, Chelmsford
Details: Whether you’re a fan of their UK top smash hit ‘In2’ or their underground anthems ‘Best Friend’ and ‘Got Love’ you definitely won’t want to miss WSTRN performing live at Evoke!
Admission entry: Tickets £9
Website: www.frequencyessex.co.uk
Date: 9th April 2016
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Music Is Your Answer
Location: Miya, Chelmsford
Details: DJ’s Remedy, Nick Christoforou and Chris Watson playing the best in Commercial House, RnB and Club Classics.
Admission entry: Free before 11.30pm if on the guest list, £2 before 12, £4 thereafter.
Website: www.miyanightclub.com
Date: 9th April 2016
Time: Open until 3am
Event: DJ Ironik Live
Location: Missoula, Romford
Details: Missoula welcomes DJ Ironik to party with them. It’s going to be a mad one!
Admission entry:
Website: www.missoulabars.co.uk/missoularomford
Date: 9th April
Time: 10.30pm – 4am
Event: Colin Francis
Location: Circuit, Romford
Details: DJ Colin Francis is Essex, London and Marbella’s No1 DJ, known as the DJ to celebrities. He is the man behind the biggest selling compilations at The Ministry of Sound and he is welcomed back to Circuit.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm, £5 before 12, £8 after
Website: www.circuitessex.com