I am a music historian, and with @AdrianRMG I have researched the best-selling single of every decade all the way back to 14,000BC. Here's a thread:
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2010s - Ed Sheeran, The Shape of You pic.twitter.com/Y4rrOdSGY2
Archie Henderson teamed up with Adrian Gray to determine and present the top song of every decade,Β going way back. Although I do believe he skipped some decades, all of the entries have a music clip.
1990s - Lou Bega, Mambo No.5 pic.twitter.com/GJ8r9iQdBw
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Somewhere along the line, you begin to get the idea that this is going somewhere you didn't expect.
1970s - The Beegees, Haaaah pic.twitter.com/OBWH6QjUeE
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It gets weirder as it goes. Continue reading to see the rest.
1950s - Chunky Finchman & The Interrupters, She's My Baby pic.twitter.com/7f6EHoxdGl
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1930s - Disney Inc., Unconscious Tower Maiden pic.twitter.com/XlJJiD9TN7
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1910s - Rupert McCarthy, Bellum Est Malum (War Is Bad) pic.twitter.com/brwVZsQLC6
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1850s - Nurse Licebaron, Little Timmy pic.twitter.com/W9ZeAS97AE
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1790s - Beethoven, Post-deafness Acoustic Sessions pic.twitter.com/Wx9xtM1lJb
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1580s - Cher, I Turned Back Time pic.twitter.com/mRNnd1dXBh
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1430s - Baron Von Hurb, Ma-lreanr pic.twitter.com/DPCOIWJyju
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1350s - The Rancid Prince, Be My Daddy pic.twitter.com/yml9baNLsK
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660s - The People of Byzantium, The Coronation of Cher pic.twitter.com/48ambUgWw1
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2540s BCE - Nafkatiti, Mambo No.2 pic.twitter.com/pLVIJOqvHN
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3220s BCE - The People of Babylon, The Aliens Are Gone pic.twitter.com/FsqIMKJAmB
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12,450BCE - Brog, Mambo No.1 pic.twitter.com/91s1dUPA4k
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Wow this blew up! Me and @AdrianRMG don't have a SoundCloud but we'd really appreciate if you could follow GlΓΆg's. He might be a centuries-old taxidermised corpse but that doesn't stop him dropping dank lofi hip-hop beats to study/chill to pic.twitter.com/hUQpQfHPJS
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