OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2015

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2015

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371,439 plays logged across the four stations in 2015.

Radio 1 103,218 plays in 2015

TOP SONGS

1

Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) Mark Ronson

×328

2

King Years & Years

×285

3

Love Me Like You Do Ellie Goulding

×274

4

Hold Back the River James Bay

×255

5

Make Me Feel Better Alex Adair

×254

6

All Cried Out (feat. Alex Newell) Blonde

×233

7

Wish You Were Mine Philip George

×233

8

Hold My Hand Jess Glynne

×228

9

Trap Queen Fetty Wap

×227

10

See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) Wiz Khalifa

×224

TOP ARTISTS

01

784

02

783

03

664

04

Florence + the Machine

639

05

606

06

598

07

588

08

574

Radio 2 74,050 plays in 2015

TOP SONGS

1

Bills LunchMoney Lewis

×104

2

Shine Years & Years

×103

3

I Can Change Brandon Flowers

×101

4

Love Revolution Will Young

×101

5

Love Is Rod Stewart

×98

6

Black Magic Little Mix

×96

7

Come 'n Get It John Newman

×93

8

Take Me to Church Hozier

×93

9

Ballad of the Mighty I Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

×93

10

Geronimo Sheppard

×91

TOP ARTISTS

01

417

02

361

03

359

04

357

05

The Rolling Stones

340

06

336

07

297

08

295

1Xtra 109,957 plays in 2015

TOP SONGS

1

Shutdown Skepta

×349

2

Trap Queen Fetty Wap

×326

3

Fester Skank (feat. Diztortion) Lethal Bizzle

×300

4

Somebody (feat. Jeremih) Natalie La Rose

×291

5

Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) Omi

×266

6

We Run The Block Bonkaz

×263

7

Freak of the Week (feat. Jeremih) Krept & Konan

×257

8

House Every Weekend David Zowie

×247

9

Know Me From Stormzy

×246

10

Where Are Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber) Jack Ü

×244

TOP ARTISTS

01

883

02

764

03

711

04

701

05

699

06

698

07

683

08

682

6 Music 84,214 plays in 2015

TOP SONGS

1

The Noisy Days Are Over Field Music

×106

2

Lampshades on Fire Modest Mouse

×104

3

Can't Keep Checking My Phone Unknown Mortal Orchestra

×103

4

Pedestrian at Best Courtney Barnett

×102

5

Soubour Songhoy Blues

×98

6

×98

7

Off Peak Dreams Ghostpoet

×96

8

First Light Django Django

×95

9

Future People Alabama Shakes

×93

10

No No No Beirut

×91

TOP ARTISTS

01

The Chemical Brothers

369

02

322

03

322

04

314

05

297

06

Sleater‐Kinney

284

07

Courtney Barnett

282

08

281