Most forgotten top 10 CHR hits of all time?

[Au$tin]

Oh boy, this one is going to be a heyday for me and nickd

Starting in 1994 because this is the year the modern plays-per-week (PPW) charts began. Here is each top 10's worldwide Spotify numbers.

Track	Peak	Streams	Notes
Mr. Jones  Counting Crows	1	420,256,021
Linger  Cranberries	7	318,069,248	original + acoustic
Always  Bon Jovi	2	271,539,931
December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)  Four Seasons	7	243,646,118
Crazy  Aerosmith	6	208,686,075
Can You Feel The Love Tonight  Elton John	3	171,992,143	film version not included
Mary Jane's Last Dance  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	5	166,714,386
I'll Make Love To You  Boyz II Men	1	160,830,947
Hero  Mariah Carey	1	155,266,987
Baby, I Love Your Way  Big Mountain	3	153,031,349
The Sign  Ace Of Base	1	146,644,174
The Power Of Love  Celine Dion	2	142,434,771	original + radio edit
Without You  Mariah Carey	2	128,198,071
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm  Crash Test Dummies	6	124,269,312
I Swear  All-4-One	1	118,627,490
I'll Stand By You  Pretenders	9	117,588,858
All For Love  Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting	1	112,301,547
Please Forgive Me  Bryan Adams	2	107,028,365
All I Wanna Do  Sheryl Crow	1	99,880,846
Shine  Collective Soul	4	96,261,329
I Can See Clearly Now  Jimmy Cliff	7	95,996,210
Stay (I Missed You)  Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories	1	87,091,866	original + acoustic
On Bended Knee  Boyz II Men	1	68,498,760	original + RobbieG remix
Amazing  Aerosmith	9	66,975,760
Return To Innocence  Enigma	3	60,718,904
Now And Forever  Richard Marx	9	52,582,621
Round Here  Counting Crows	9	51,177,324
Endless Love  Luther Vandross w/ Mariah Carey	6	49,921,147
Another Night  Real McCoy	1	48,675,044
Said I Loved You...But I Lied  Michael Bolton	9	43,002,716
Because The Night  10,000 Maniacs	7	36,504,250	live unplugged version
Breathe Again  Toni Braxton	2	35,138,621
Any Time, Any Place  Janet Jackson	8	29,761,200
Always  Erasure	6	29,403,573
Found Out About You  Gin Blossoms	6	26,390,416
I'm The Only One  Melissa Etheridge	4	25,899,733
What's The Frequency, Kenneth  R.E.M.	10	24,306,153
When Can I See You  Babyface	4	21,922,295
100% Pure Love  Crystal Waters	8	21,339,391
Don't Turn Around  Ace Of Base	1	20,262,465
Anytime You Need A Friend  Mariah Carey	6	13,296,099
Secret  Madonna	2	9,865,001
Allison Road  Gin Blossoms	8	8,716,399
I'll Remember  Madonna	1	8,251,326
You Mean The World To Me  Toni Braxton	4	6,817,664
Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through  Meat Loaf	10	6,338,851
Wild Night  John Mellencamp w/ Me'Shell NdegeOcello	3	5,683,025
Prayer For The Dying  Seal	10	5,182,148
So Much In Love  All-4-One	6	4,913,542
Living In Danger  Ace Of Base	7	4,102,021
You Want This  Janet Jackson	10	3,709,972
Because Of Love  Janet Jackson	4	3,191,843
If You Go  Jon Secada	5	2,711,313
Sukiyaki  4 P.M.	5	2,243,071
You Better Wait  Steve Perry	10	941,530
Choose  Color Me Badd	5	599,595
I'll Take You There  General Public	10	594,870
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World  Prince	4	0	not available

Getting a kick out of the lowest streamed #1 being "I'll Remember." Well, Madonna, you may have, but no one else did.

[Au$tin]

1995

Track	Peak	Streams	Notes
Kiss From A Rose  Seal	1	270,965,532	original + acoustic
When I Come Around  Green Day	4	258,125,561
Waterfalls  T.L.C.	2	220,341,095
Breakfast At Tiffany's  Deep Blue Something	3	200,995,482	original + radio edit
Fantasy  Mariah Carey	1	174,485,302	original + O.D.B. remix
The Rhythm Of The Night  Corona	8	154,860,807
I'll Be There For You  Rembrandts	1	136,341,731
Back For Good  Take That	9	136,128,611
You Oughta Know  Alanis Morissette	9	122,316,311
Here Comes The Hotstepper  Ini Kamoze	8	122,280,290
Lightning Crashes  Live	7	110,601,380	original + live
One Sweet Day  Mariah Carey w/ Boyz II Men	1	105,529,985
Hand In My Pocket  Alanis Morissette	6	98,829,528
You Gotta Be  Des'ree	7	92,247,474
You Are Not Alone  Michael Jackson	4	91,269,210	original + single version + radio edit
Only Wanna Be With You  Hootie & The Blowfish	1	88,338,115
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman  Bryan Adams	4	87,322,113
Name  Goo Goo Dolls	1	83,025,859	original + new version
You Don't Know How It Feels  Tom Petty	4	80,791,774
Run-Around  Blues Traveler	5	70,850,790
I Can Love You Like That  All-4-One	3	57,171,411
Can't Stop Lovin' You  Van Halen	7	55,135,115
Let Her Cry  Hootie & The Blowfish	1	47,650,515
Beautiful Life  Ace Of Base	9	47,261,574
Hold My Hand  Hootie & The Blowfish	2	37,866,287
This Ain't A Love Song  Bon Jovi	9	36,169,746
Strong Enough  Sheryl Crow	2	32,869,640
Water Runs Dry  Boyz II Men	2	32,001,781
Roll To Me  Del Amitri	6	29,784,888
Take A Bow  Madonna	1	29,382,182
'Til I Hear It From You  Gin Blossoms	3	28,722,673
I Live My Life For You  Firehouse	7	25,634,572
Diggin' On You  T.L.C.	5	20,455,470
December  Collective Soul	8	20,418,167
Run Away  Real McCoy	4	19,489,116
As I Lay Me Down  Sophie B. Hawkins	5	15,967,959
What Would You Say  Dave Matthews Band	7	15,306,862
Hold On  Jamie Walters	4	10,305,987
Carnival  Natalie Merchant	4	10,018,801
You'll See  Madonna	4	6,664,563
Bang And Blame  R.E.M.	8	6,608,994
I Believe  Blessid Union Of Souls	1	6,315,382
Total Eclipse Of The Heart  Nicki French	3	4,409,168
Come And Get Your Love  Real McCoy	8	4,016,830
Runaway  Janet Jackson	2	3,556,018
Can't Cry Anymore  Sheryl Crow	10	2,054,583
Tell Me When  Human League	8	1,750,327
I Know  Dionne Farris	1	1,460,549
If I Wanted To  Melissa Etheridge	6	1,325,440
Let Me Be The One  Blessid Union Of Souls	10	1,254,751
In The House Of Stone And Light  Martin Page	8	986,025
Every Day Of The Week  Jade	10	812,144

[Naos]

MAX's "Lights Down Low".

[SabrinaFan]

May 7, 2021 9:32:37 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Is “Faded” forgotten? Maybe it’s because I live in Canada but I hear that at least weekly on the radio still.

Honestly I think a lot of people's picks in this thread are kind of subjective based on where you live, even within the US. Some of the ones people are picking (Lights Down Low, Never Be the Same, etc.) are ones I hear all the time on multiple stations.

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Poor Janet...she really deserves so much better... 😔

Back on topic - as far as recent top 10 radio hits go, I can see "Hey Look Ma, I Made It", "My Oh My", and "ily" being easily forgotten, especially since the former two are likely to be overshadowed by the bigger singles that preceded them. Do correct me if you think my assessment is wrong, though.

[Au$tin]

1996

Track	Peak	WW Streams	Notes
Wonderwall  Oasis	9	1,148,206,567
Don't Speak  No Doubt	1	380,973,107
Killing Me Softly  Fugees	1	356,166,393
1979  Smashing Pumpkins	9	297,548,668
Ironic  Alanis Morissette	1	263,617,474	original + live
Champagne Supernova  Oasis	9	229,408,524	original + live
Because You Loved Me  Celine Dion	1	226,627,843
Always Be My Baby  Mariah Carey	2	217,428,953
Macarena  Los Del Rio	10	148,046,069	original + river remix
It's All Coming Back To Me Now  Celine Dion	2	145,530,985	original + radio edits 1 & 2
Give Me One Reason  Tracy Chapman	1	135,355,526
Be My Lover  La Bouche	4	126,374,673
I Love You Always Forever  Donna Lewis	1	116,866,230
Change The World  Eric Clapton	2	103,464,838
Missing  Everything But The Girl	1	99,689,262	original + todd terry remixes
One Of Us  Joan Osborne	3	86,944,928	original + short version
If It Makes You Happy  Sheryl Crow	3	77,785,974
You Learn  Alanis Morissette	1	75,083,890	original + live
Don't Let Go (Love)  En Vogue	2	73,810,823	original + radio edit
Twisted  Keith Sweat w/ Kut Klose	5	69,372,993
Head Over Feet  Alanis Morissette	1	64,526,155	original + live
Fastlove  George Michael	10	63,481,984	original + live
Sweet Dreams  La Bouche	5	58,392,991
Hook  Blues Traveler	8	57,210,630
Big Me  Foo Fighters	10	48,874,639
The World I Know  Collective Soul	8	46,981,899
You're Makin' Me High  Toni Braxton	5	41,884,845	original + radio edit
Where Do You Go  No Mercy	3	39,799,475
Follow You Down  Gin Blossoms	5	38,711,863	original + edit
Counting Blue Cars  Dishwalla	4	31,871,208	original + live
Who Will Save Your Soul  Jewel	3	27,514,097
Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth...  Primitive Radio Gods	7	22,407,362
When You Love A Woman  Journey	7	21,195,322
Fly Like An Eagle  Seal	10	19,339,151
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)  Whitney Houston	6	17,982,988
Nobody Knows  Tony Rich Project	1	17,011,000	original + radio edit
C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)  Quad City D.J.'s	7	15,627,164	original + radio edit
Time  Hootie & The Blowfish	4	15,010,737
Wonder  Natalie Merchant	4	11,200,206
Forever  Mariah Carey	6	7,669,858
Everything Falls Apart  Dog's Eye View	7	6,383,097
Mouth  Merril Bainbridge	2	4,299,663
Jealousy  Natalie Merchant	5	4,072,387	original + remaster
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)  John Mellencamp	9	3,887,670
Closer To Free  BoDeans	6	3,097,835
The Earth, The Sun, The Rain  Color Me Badd	4	2,500,243
Tucker's Town  Hootie & The Blowfish	9	1,989,287
Old Man & Me  Hootie & The Blowfish	5	1,922,483

Holy fucking shit at "Wonderwall." Hootie & The Blowfish seem to be commonly forgotten in this year.

[Au$tin]

1997

Track	Peak	WW Streams	Notes
Wannabe  Spice Girls	4	585,503,016
Semi-Charmed Life  Third Eye Blind	1	291,879,038
Lovefool  Cardigans	1	277,283,045
Return Of The Mack  Mark Morrison	4	201,316,335	original + seeb remix + C&J extended + a capella
Push  Matchbox 20	2	167,304,165
One Headlight  Wallflowers	2	166,361,468
Un-Break My Heart  Toni Braxton	2	162,109,188
You Make Me Wanna...  Usher	7	153,958,784	original + extended
Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)  Backstreet Boys	2	146,214,681
Tubthumping  Chumbawamba	1	125,101,238	original + radio edit
How Do I Live  LeAnn Rimes	4	114,856,537
Bitch  Meredith Brooks	1	111,536,249
How Bizarre  O.M.C.	2	102,955,523	went viral on TikTok
Mmmbop  Hanson	1	93,726,559
Fly  Sugar Ray w/ Super Cat	1	92,267,726	original + super cat
I Believe I Can Fly  R. Kelly	8	90,192,907	original + radio edit
All For You  Sister Hazel	7	89,158,434	original + acoustic
Men In Black  Will Smith	5	87,109,754
If You Could Only See  Tonic	10	86,174,736
2 Become 1  Spice Girls	3	83,376,912
All By Myself  Celine Dion	7	80,805,358
Say You'll Be There  Spice Girls	2	75,046,890
Your Woman  White Town	5	72,149,136
You Were Meant For Me  Jewel	1	71,555,473	original + album edit
The Freshmen  Verve Pipe	5	68,296,502
I Don't Want To Wait  Paula Cole	5	56,593,277	original + 20th anniversary
I Want You  Savage Garden	1	54,793,735
A Long December  Counting Crows	7	47,189,871
Honey  Mariah Carey	10	45,005,080
Foolish Games  Jewel	1	42,520,939	original + radio edit
Show Me Love  Robyn	3	40,587,447
Barely Breathing  Duncan Sheik	8	34,362,060
Sunny Came Home  Shawn Colvin	2	32,594,869
For You I Will  Monica	5	32,261,734
Everyday Is A Winding Road  Sheryl Crow	4	26,193,539
Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit  Gina G.	5	25,229,636	original + motiv8 radio edit
4 Seasons Of Loneliness  Boyz II Men	7	24,035,420	4 + four
Invisible Man  98 Degrees	10	18,347,374	original + acoustic
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone  Paula Cole	4	17,414,393
Don't Cry For Me Argentina  Madonna	7	16,307,100
Hard To Say I'm Sorry  Az Yet	10	10,777,364
All Cried Out  Allure w/ 112	7	9,033,410	edit + behind the scenes + re-recorded
I Do  Lisa Loeb	10	5,292,585
Where's The Love  Hanson	6	4,900,340
Do You Know (What It Takes)  Robyn	2	4,601,581

"Wannabe" easily squashes everything else from this year. It pains me to see anything from Robyn's debut album down at the very bottom. :(

[jimijoop]

It's too early to say Lift me up?

[Au$tin]

Jun 3, 2023 14:46:59 GMT -5 jimijoop said:

It's too early to say Lift me up?

Lift Me Up never reached the top ten on CHR. It peaked at #16 IIRC.

[rnb]

numb by marshmello and khalid already feels forgotten because even though it hit top ten last year, it still didn’t do well anywhere else and nobody really cared about it tbh so in 2023 the daily streams are probably really bad