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31 August 2020, 10:03 | Updated: 30 August 2021, 11:33
You voted in your thousands, and we can now bring you the greatest artists of all time in Smooth Icons 2020!
You've been selecting your all-time favourite artists over the past month, and we will now count down the top 100.
All day today (August 31), we're counting down your favourite bands and singers from 10am to 7pm.
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If you miss any of the chart, you can catch up for seven days after broadcast via Global Player.
Meanwhile, our sister station Smooth Country is also holding its own countdown: Smooth Country Icons! Follow that chart live here.
Follow the chart as it happens live below (hit refresh for new entries).
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive [Official Video] 1978 [Audio iTunes Plus AAC M4A]
Street life-Randy Crawford
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (UK)
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting (Official Video)
Mariah Carey - Hero (Video)
Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World (Official Video)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2
Bon Jovi - Always (Official Music Video)
James Taylor - How sweet it is (to be loved by you)
Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (Audio)
Seal - Kiss From A Rose (Official Music Video 720p HD) + Lyrics
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody [Live - Best Quality] (1965)
Tracy Chapman - Fast car
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official Music Video)
Nile Rodgers & Chic - Let's Dance & Le Freak
Paul Young - Love of the Common People (Official Video)
Jackie Wilson - Higher & Higher Official Video
Alexander O'Neal - Criticize
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (Live Video) | Warner Vault
HOT CHOCOLATE - So You Win Again (1977)
Lean on Me
Roxy Music - More Than This
Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You (HD)
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry (stereo sound)
Dionne Warwick - HEARTBREAKER (with Lyrics)
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Music Video)
Madness - It Must Be Love (Official Video)
Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World (Official Lyric Video)
U2 - With Or Without You
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (Official Music Video)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher man
The four tops - I can't help myself . HD
Alison Moyet - All Cried Out (Official Video)
Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Official Video)
Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" live, 1967
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You (Official Video)
a-ha - Take On Me (Official 4K Music Video)
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (Official Video)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia - ( Remastered ) HD
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Official Music Video)
Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You (Noel's House Party 1997)
Shania Twain - You’re Still The One (Official Music Video)
George Benson - Give Me The Night (Official Music Video)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
UB40 - Red Red Wine (Official Video)
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer (Official Music Video)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass (Official Music Video)
Paul McCartney - Band on the Run (Live)
The Beach Boys - God only knows
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]
Robbie Williams - Angels (Official Video)
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson (from The Concert in Central Park)
Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's" (Official Video)
Coldplay - Fix You (Official Video)
Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now (Live at the Royall Albert Hall)
Barbra Streisand -- Woman In Love Video HQ
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Official Music Video)
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official Video)
Barry White - You´re The First, The Last, My Everything - ( Remastered ) HD
Take That - Back for Good (Official Video)
Dolly Parton - Jolene 19880110
Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (w the Flux Fiddlers) (official music video HD long v)
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline High Quality neildiamond
Michael Bublé - Home [Official Music Video]
Billy Joel - Piano Man (Video)
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud [Official Video]
Eagles - Hotel California
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds (Official Video)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (Video)
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (HQ)
Aretha Franklin - Respect [1967] (Aretha's Original Version)
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It [HD REMASTERED]
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (Official Video)
Céline Dion - Think Twice (Official Video)
Adele - Someone Like You (Official Music Video)
Madonna - Like A Prayer (Official Music Video)
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Music Video)
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
Carpenters Close To You
LIONEL RICHIE - HELLO.1983 Oficial MUSIC VIDEO HD
David Bowie Starman (1972) official video
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (Live in London, 1995)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1971)
Let It Be (Remastered 2009)
Prince - 1999 (Official Music Video)
Elton John - Your Song (Top Of The Pops 1971)
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds Live in Las Vegas
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Official Music Video)
Abba - Dancing Queen (Official Video)
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Official Video)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)
George Michael - Careless Whisper (Official Video)
Taking the number one spot in the Smooth’s Icon poll is the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson!
MJ sold over 350 million records worldwide with a whopping 27 million alone in the UK alone, making him Britain’s single-selling male artist in UK history. The singer had seven number one UK singles including ‘One Day In Your Life’, ’Billie Jean’ and ‘You Are Not Alone’.
In the two weeks following his 2009 death, Michael Jackson had 13 songs in the UK Top 40 chart and his Greatest Hits album took the UK number one spot for an incredible six weeks.
Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror (Official Video)