Smooth Radio (UK) Top 500 songs list - Voting OPEN!!

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After Leaving Neverland Smooth Radio banned MJ's music from their playlist.

Since then, MJ's music sales and streams have increased beyond the industry average, and Drake released a MJ Tribute called Toosie Slide which is currently #1 in the USA and #2 in the UK.

In case Smooth Radio haven't noticed, listeners still want to listen to MJ Tracks, and their annual 'Top500' poll is another way to show them.

https://top500.smoothradio.com/2020/


All you have to do is go to the site and vote for up to 10 MJ songs. If the one you want isn't in their selection already you can add your own.


I have included the last 3 years MJ results below to help with your choice. These are important because what has been popular in the past is likely to popular in 2020 and if we select from these lists we can build on what is already popular opinion, thereby boosting MJ's positions.

2019 Results - TOTAL = 14 MJ songs

#470 One Day In Your Life
#390 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
#387 Got To Be There
#375 The Way You Make Me Feel
#331 You Are Not Alone
#263 Another Part Of Me
#256 Beat It
#164 I Just Can't Stop Loving You
#159 Rock With You
#154 Thriller
#137 Earth Song
#103 Human Nature
#62 Billie Jean
#39 Man In The Mirror


2018 - total 14 songs

#464 The Way You Make Me Feel
#381 Got To Be There
#342 Off The Wall
#309 I'll Be There
#278 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
#254 One Day In Your Life
#215 She's Out Of My Life
#188 Rock With You
#184 Human NAture
#170 I Just Can't Stop Loving You
#168 You Are Not Alone
#101 Earth Song
#29 Man In The Mirror
#21 Billie Jean

2017 - Total 17 songs

#365 Got To Be There
#356 I'll Be There
#353 Off The Wall
#223 One Day In Your Life
#206 She's Out Of My Life
#196 Ben
#195 Black or White
#193 BAD
#176 Human NAture
#148 Rock With You
#143 I Just Can't Stop Loving You
#121 You Are Not Alone
#103 Beat It
#94 Earth Song
#48 Thriller
#31 Billie Jean
#17 Man In The Mirror
 
Would be handy if you would provide a collection of random UK zip codes, because it asks for one to enter when submitting the vote.
 
I suggest we each give one of our votes to Heal The World, as it has been trending on Twitter and people around the world are recording their own versions. :)
 
I suggest we each give one of our votes to Heal The World, as it has been trending on Twitter and people around the world are recording their own versions. :)

This is a good idea, however I already gave my votes to Billie Jean, Blood on the Dance Floor, and You Are Not Alone ?
 
I live in the US so i can't do it. good luck. i think heal the world should choose because more people are playing it during this crisis.
 
Voted for Michael and some other favourites.

Did they play Michael's songs when they ran down the results on air? Last year I mean, despite the ban.
 
Remember to vote in the new poll. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you think <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> is the biggest music star ever, make sure he gets your vote in our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmoothIcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmoothIcons</a> poll!<br><br>Vote for up to 10 of your favourite ever artists for our upcoming top 100 countdown. All the details are right here: <a href="https://t.co/JVAqT6nwDE">https://t.co/JVAqT6nwDE</a> <a href="https://t.co/XveYw6gIq8">pic.twitter.com/XveYw6gIq8</a></p>&mdash; Smooth Radio (@SmoothRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmoothRadio/status/1293634652763234306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Vote here: https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/smooth-icons-2020-vote/
 
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Look who&#8217;s posting for Michael&#8217;s birthday. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> would have celebrated his 62nd birthday today... What is your all-time favourite MJ song? <a href="https://t.co/CoIIoF76Rr">pic.twitter.com/CoIIoF76Rr</a></p>&mdash; Smooth Radio (@SmoothRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmoothRadio/status/1299640507522576384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
they made multiple posts about him yesterday. they've also been playing his music daily for quite some time now :) I don't listen to the station, but I do check the playlist on their site.
 
83magic;4302967 said:
they made multiple posts about him yesterday. they've also been playing his music daily for quite some time now :) I don't listen to the station, but I do check the playlist on their site.

Yep, their team seems to be very happy that they&#8217;re allowed to play and post about MJ again. I think they were just following orders by the management when they didn&#8217;t.

Have they published the recent poll results yet?
 
Michael is Smooth Icon #1.

14. Lionel Richie
13. David Bowie
12. Stevie Wonder
11. Rod Stewart
10. Beatles
09. Prince
08. Elton John
07. Elvis Presley
06. Bee Gees
05. Abba
04. Whitney Houston
03. Queen
02. George Michael
01. Michael Jackson

They&#8217;re playing 2 songs each from the top 5.
Michael&#8217;s songs are Man in the Mirror and Billie Jean.

Congratulations! :)
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which means... you have voted for <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichaelJackson</a> as the number one artist of all time in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmoothIcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmoothIcons</a> 2020 &#55357;&#56399; <a href="https://t.co/zJpVtvvvo4">pic.twitter.com/zJpVtvvvo4</a></p>&mdash; Smooth Radio (@SmoothRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmoothRadio/status/1300490548650934276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
ScreenOrigami;4303083 said:
Michael is Smooth Icon #1.

14. Lionel Richie
13. David Bowie
12. Stevie Wonder
11. Rod Stewart
10. Beatles
09. Prince
08. Elton John
07. Elvis Presley
06. Bee Gees
05. Abba
04. Whitney Houston
03. Queen
02. George Michael
01. Michael Jackson

They&#8217;re playing 2 songs each from the top 5.
Michael&#8217;s songs are Man in the Mirror and Billie Jean.

Congratulations! :)


That looks like a pretty definitive list of pop icons, the only that is missing is Madonna
 
JichaelMackson;4303094 said:
That looks like a pretty definitive list of pop icons, the only that is missing is Madonna

Madonna was #18. I just didn&#8217;t write it all down. There were 100 artists. :D
 
Smooth Icons 2020: Michael Jackson is voted the number one artist of all time

31 August 2020, 18:53

181819


After thousands of votes, we have crowned the winner of Smooth Icons 2020.

Michael Jackson was voted by Smooth Radio listeners and SmoothRadio.com readers as the best artist of all time in the second Smooth Icons countdown.

Over 43,000 votes were cast in the poll, which saw last year's winner George Michael settle for second place.

The highest group was Queen at three, followed by the highest female solo artist Whitney Houston at four. The top five was rounded out by ABBA.

Smooth Icons aired on Smooth Radio on Monday (August 31), after an online vote asked listeners to vote for their favourite artists of all time.

[…]

The full top 100:

1 Michael Jackson
2 George Michael
3 Queen
4 Whitney Houston
5 ABBA
6 Bee Gees
7 Elvis Presley
8 Elton John
9 Prince
10 The Beatles
11 Rod Stewart
12 Stevie Wonder
13 David Bowie
14 Lionel Richie
15 The Carpenters
16 Diana Ross
17 Phil Collins
18 Madonna
19 Adele
20 Celine Dion
21 Boy George
22 Tina Turner
23 Aretha Franklin
24 Fleetwood Mac
25 Luther Vandross
26 Bob Marley
27 Eagles
28 Ed Sheeran
29 Marvin Gaye
30 Billy Joel
31 Michael Bublé
32 Neil Diamond
33 John Lennon
34 Dolly Parton
35 Take That
36 Barry White
37 Earth, Wind & Fire
38 Bryan Adams
39 Barbra Streisand
40 Simply Red
41 Coldplay
42 Annie Lennox
43 Simon & Garfunkel
44 Robbie Williams
45 Pet Shop Boys
46 The Beach Boys
47 Paul McCartney
48 Blondie
49 Duran Duran
50 UB40
51 Bruce Springsteen
52 George Benson
53 Shania Twain
54 Billy Ocean
55 The Four Seasons
56 Al Green
57 Gladys Knight
58 Wet Wet Wet
59 A-Ha
60 Gloria Estefan
61 Sting
62 Louis Armstrong
63 Aerosmith
64 Alison Moyet
65 The Four Tops
66 Dusty Springfield
67 Hall & Oates
68 Foreigner
69 U2
70 Sam Cooke
71 Madness
72 Otis Redding
73 Dionne Warwick
74 Chicago
75 Smokey Robinson
76 Olivia Newton-John
77 Bryan Ferry
78 Bill Withers
79 Hot Chocolate
80 Eric Clapton
81 Alexander O'Neal
82 Jackie Wilson
83 Paul Young
84 Nile Rodgers
85 REM
86 Michael McDonald
87 Tracy Chapman
88 The Righteous Brothers
89 Seal
90 Van Morrison
91 Tom Jones
92 James Taylor
93 Bon Jovi
94 Kate Bush
95 Lisa Stansfield
96 Mariah Carey
97 Richard Marx
98 Gerry Rafferty
99 Randy Crawford
100 Gloria Gaynor

https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/smooth-icons-2020-top-100-results/
 
Sad they had to put that "you have voted for" reminder in there for the inevitable twitter backlash. Oh well. Michael was number 6 last year. The power of love triumphs.
 
Anna;4303103 said:
Sad they had to put that "you have voted for" reminder in there for the inevitable twitter backlash. Oh well. Michael was number 6 last year. The power of love triumphs.

They did post a couple of times on his birthday, though, when they didn&#8217;t have to. So we&#8217;re getting there, step by step. :)

And if you go to their website, they have embedded a dancing MJ animated GIF in their article. :D
 
This is really positive and great timing Michaels birthday weekend and the anniversary of Bad. Smooth was one of those stations that stopped playing Michaels music for a while but he’s now back on the playlist and a result like this will tell the music programmers that it’s not good business sense to mute Michael. You have to give the listeners what they want. And they want Michael.
 
I agree. And I&#8217;m convinced that if 2019 hasn&#8217;t managed to permanently remove MJ from his throne, nothing ever will. The only way from here is up and up and up. :)
 
More &#8220;smooth&#8221; tweets. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a countdown! Bravo, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJackson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MichaelJackson</a> and his fans!<br><br>Thanks to everyone who voted and listened to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmoothIcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmoothIcons</a> 2020 - see you next year... &#55357;&#56832; &#55356;&#57270; <a href="https://t.co/97Vts5bpcJ">https://t.co/97Vts5bpcJ</a></p>&mdash; Smooth Radio (@SmoothRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmoothRadio/status/1300497331796705281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmoothIcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmoothIcons</a> recap 10-1:<br>10. <a href="https://twitter.com/thebeatles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thebeatles</a> <br>9. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prince?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Prince</a><br>8. <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@eltonofficial</a> <br>7. <a href="https://twitter.com/ElvisPresley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElvisPresley</a> <br>6. <a href="https://twitter.com/BeeGees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeeGees</a> <br>5. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abba</a><br>4. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhitneyHouston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhitneyHouston</a> <br>3. <a href="https://twitter.com/QueenWillRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@QueenWillRock</a> <br>2. <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeMichael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GeorgeMichael</a> <br>1. <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaeljackson</a> <a href="https://t.co/WyAEfvx7zh">pic.twitter.com/WyAEfvx7zh</a></p>&mdash; Smooth Radio (@SmoothRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmoothRadio/status/1300493720555581446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
this makes me so happy:clap: I like to think my vote contributed to the result:) I could stare at that Motown 25 gif forever. it's interesting how 'billie jean' manages to be smooth and danceable at the same time
 
it's happening again!

One major UK Radio Station is doing one of their yearly polls. Last year, Smooth Radio crowned Michael Jackson as number one in their Smooth Icon Top 100 and Michael’s songs were hugely present in Smooth’s All Time Top 500 songs.

The latest is back for 2021! Last year, 20 Michael Jackson songs appeared in the Top 500 with two songs in the Top 10. Not far from Number one but not yet Number one!

So it is time to vote for this year Smooth’s All Time Top 500!

https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/smooths-all-time-top-500-2021-vote-listen/

https://top500.smoothradio.com/2021/
 
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