Digital music service, Spotify, studied 78,000 wedding playlists as part of their quest to track down the country’s most popular wedding song. While the usual offenders including Abba’s Dancing Queen and the Jackson 5’s Blame it on the Boogie all appeared in the top 20 most played wedding songs, the results signal a definite shift towards modern hits as brides and grooms look to shun the golden oldie hits.

While Black Eyed Peas with I Gotta Feeling came in at number one on the Spotify wedding playlist top 20, in at number two was another up tempo number, Sex on Fire from The Kings of Leon, followed by The Killers and Mr Brightside at number three.

The reigning queen of the ballads, Adele, did appear in the top 20 list, coming in at number 10 with her cover of the Bob Dylan classic, To Make You Feel My Love, however former wedding favourites such as Celine Dion and Mariah Carey failed to appear in the list at all. Beyoncé appears in the Spotify list twice but it’s her up tempo hits which are favoured on the wedding playlist with Single Ladies and Crazy in Love both featuring.

Celebrity DJ and a regular on the wedding circuit, DJ Sam Young, believes that couples these days are more concerned with throwing a great party for their guests hence the popularity of party tunes such as I Gotta Feeling in wedding playlists.

Spotify also noted that 70% of wedding playlists are compiled by men; so ladies, are you handing over the reins to your other half when it comes to creating your wedding playlist? Let us know your plans for music at your wedding reception and see if any of your choices appear in the Spotify top 20 most popular wedding songs below.

Top 20 track list:

1.The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

2.Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire

3.The Killers – Mr Brightside

4.Stevie Wonder – Superstition

5.Abba – Dancing Queen

6.Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’

7.Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

8.Billy Idol – White Wedding

9.OutKast – Hey Ya! – Radio Mix/Club Mix

10.Adele – Make You Feel My Love

11.Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

12.Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)

13.Jackson 5 – Blame It On The Boogie

14.Beyoncé – Crazy In Love feat. Jay-Z

15.Al Green – Let’s Stay Together

16.Take That – Greatest Day

17.The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

18.Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything

19.Dolly Parton – 9 To 5

20.Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life

While the wedding itself is reported to have been a rustic affair, taking place in a converted barn in rural Somerset, the wedding guest list was far from low key with a number of A list celebrities including Colin Firth, Sienna Miller and Jake Gyllenhaal all believed to have attended the nuptials.

The bride is thought to have worn a backless ivory gown with v-neck straps, rumoured to have been designed by Versace. The blushing bride was accompanied down the aisle by eight bridesmaids all dressed in turquoise knee length gowns with matching shoes.

Actress Carey and musician Jason got engaged last August after a 5-month whirlwind romance. Prior to dating the Mumford and Sons singer, the 26-year-old actress was romantically linked to fellow Hollywood actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, who reportedly attended the wedding over the weekend proving the former couple are on good terms.

It’s understood that Oscar winning actor, Colin Firth, had the guests in fits of laughter with his speech, while Grammy winner Adele provided the musical entertainment and world famous photographer Rankin was in charge of the wedding snaps – now that’s what we’d call a dream wedding line up!

Jan and Eddie Black from Cardenden in Fife were celebrating 50 years of married life surrounded by their family and friends this week when they discovered that one of the many presents given to them to mark the occasion was in fact a framed message from President Obama. The gift was wrapped and placed amongst all of the couple’s other presents which made the surprise all the greater when they finally opened it.

The extra special gift came from the couple’s son, Steven, who has been living in Georgia, USA for the last 20 years. Steve’s wife wrote to the governor to arrange the wedding anniversary message from the president. The framed messages are usually reserved for American citizens, however it seems the White House made an exception in the case of Jan and Eddie Black who’ve lived their entire married life in Fife.

The framed message from Obama, which bears the official stamp of The White House, reads, “An enduring marriage like yours is truly golden”. 70-year-old Eddie and 68-year-old Jan said receiving the personal message from the president “topped off” their 50^th wedding anniversary celebrations.

The bribe reports first emerged over the weekend in a number of Irish newspapers. It was claimed that the Northern Irish born TV presenter and the footballer had offered one couple planning to marry at Galgorm Manor wedding venue £100,000 to change their date, while the celebrity couple were also accused of offering to pay off another bride and groom-to-be’s mortgage in exchange for switching the date of their big day at another wedding venue, Dromoland Castle in County Clare.

However the Dancing on Ice presenter, who got engaged to footballer Frank Lampard while on holiday last June, has spoken out to vehemently deny the claims. The 33-year-old said she wouldn’t “in a million years” ask anyone to move their wedding date to accommodate her own plans. Speaking in a newspaper interview, the brunette TV presenter added that these types of reports are upsetting as they paint her as a “horrible person.”

After pouring cold water on the wedding venue bribe claims, the bride-to-be revealed she isn’t well prepared for her big day, adding that she has no set plans in place. The TV star said she’s keen to just have a low key wedding and isn’t obsessed with the tiny details.

No wedding date for Christine Bleakley and Frank Lampard’s wedding has been revealed, however it’s rumoured the couple will marry sometime this summer.

While the mother-of-two remained tight lipped about her plans to marry in the lead up to the big day, Ricki Lake has since broken her silence on the subject of her second wedding, even posting a picture on Twitter of herself in her wedding dress. The snap shows the TV host wearing what looks like a chiffon wedding gown with cascading ruffles. The bride is seen looking out of a window carrying a bridal bouquet bursting with deep pink blooms.

Speaking in an exclusive magazine interview, Ricki Lake revealed she wasn’t at all nervous at the prospect of tying the knot a second time, in fact the former Dancing With The Stars contestant said she felt “relaxed and excited” before exchanging vows with 40-year-old Christian Evans.

Ricki and Christian got engaged last August dating for just over a year. It’s understood Christian got down on one knee while the couple were holidaying in Spain.

The actress and TV host confirmed the news of her recent marriage on Twitter writing, “It’s official and I am so happy!”

An interview and exclusive photographs from the wedding are due to be published in a glossy magazine this week. The Dancing on Ice winner reveals all about his romantic proposal on Christmas Day, and also spills the beans about the happy couple’s special news.

Ray Quinn and his bride Emma Stephens revealed on their wedding day that they are set to become parents this summer, with singer and actress Emma due to give birth to the couple’s first child in July.

One photograph from the musical star’s big day has been released and shows the Liverpudlian and his blonde bride exchanging vows in a beach ceremony in Barbados, with just a hint of a bump visible under the bride’s flowing one shouldered white gown.

The couple flew seven of their closet family members out to Barbados for the intimate beach wedding. Ray proposed to his now-wife on a beach on Christmas Day 2010, presenting her with a diamond Tiffany engagement ring, so it seemed fitting for the pair to finally tie the knot in a seaside ceremony; what better location for a beach wedding than the Caribbean?!

The 42-year-old was seen hugging the owner of the exclusive jewellers, Jacob Arabo, before hopping into a waiting chauffeur driven car. It’s understood the international music star was visiting the New York jewellers to view their range of rare blue diamond gems known as Lumina. The jewellery store is renowned for creating extravagant designs for celebrities with a single piece costing upwards of $10,000.

The light blue coloured precious stone, Topaz, is often associated with fourth year wedding anniversaries so Jay-Z’s choice of a rare blue diamond is a perfect, and also lavish, choice of gift.

The couple are due to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary this week, however it seems Jay-Z is pulling out all the stops on this anniversary as the number 4 is special to the celebrity pair. Both Beyonce and Jay-Z have their birthdays on the fourth of the month, and the Roman numeral for four, lV, inspired the name of their baby daughter, Blue Ivy.

Beyonce and Jay-Z married in secret at their New York home in April 2008, although the singer not being photographed wearing her wedding ring until that September. There have been reports that the high profile couple are planning to renew their wedding vows, prompting speculation that Jay-Z may have been shopping for a new engagement ring especially for the vow renewal at Jacob Arabo’s jewellery store this week.

The two waxwork models, which cost £150,000 each, were painstakingly created by a team of designers who spent months perfecting the finished articles. It’s understood that Kate and William were kept informed on the progress of their waxworks at every juncture.

Madame Tussauds have recreated the outfits worn by the royal couple when they announced their plans back in 2010. The Kate Middleton model wears the now iconic navy coloured Issa dress. The fashion house behind the dress made a replica especially for the waxwork model. A replica sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which once belonged William’s mother Princess Diana, has also been created especially for the display, while Prince William’s Gieves and Hawks navy two piece suit was recreated especially for his model.

The waxwork couple are expected to be one of the main attractions at the Madame Tussauds Royal Zone where other waxwork models on display include her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, and also the late Princess Diana.

The timing of the launch of the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waxwork models couldn’t have been better as the royal couple will celebrate their first wedding anniversary at the end of this month.

The rings are worn in place of a wedding band and take their inspiration from traditional wedding and marriage symbols, but with a dark twist. One of the divorce rings designed by Gisele Ganne, priced from £850, mixes symbols we’d associate with love and marriage, including a bride’s bouquet and pink delicate gems combined with a bird’s skull.

While the end of a marriage is an obviously painful and upsetting time, for some women, a divorce is a liberating experience if the marriage was a particularly unhappy one. Replacing their wedding rings which may symbolise negativity with a different type of ring to mark their departure from their role as a wife, to independent woman is something to be celebrated and embraced, some parties have argued.

Recent statistics revealed that 42% of marriages in the UK end in divorce, with the recent downturn in the economy being blamed for putting an extra strain on marriages and being a contributing factor in many divorces. With such a large proportion of marriages sadly ending in divorce, Gisele Ganne may well have hit upon a growing new trend with the introduction of her divorce rings, and also divorce knuckledusters for those going through a particularly bitter breakup.

The 31-year-old, who’s a bride-to-be herself and due to be married to ex-footballer Eric Johnson after their baby arrives, was helped down the aisle by her fiancé. The singer wore a floor length halterneck style bridesmaid dress which featured a pastel coloured pattern.

Also involved in the bridal party was Jessica’s 27-year-old sister, Ashlee Simpson and her son Bronx who had the very important role of ring bearer during the ceremony. The Simpson sisters dressed in matching bridesmaid dresses looked on as their close friend and former assistant, Lauren Zelman, married TV actor Bret Harrison in a romantic ceremony in sunny Palm Springs, California.

Ashlee and Jessica Simpson were two of the eight bridesmaids for the California wedding of their friend. A source revealed that despite being heavily pregnant, the 31-year-old fashion designer and singer was a “good sport” about being a bridesmaid, although she did find it difficult getting around and trying to help the bride-to-be and doing all of the usual duties required of bridesmaids.