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53. FIREWORK KATY PERRY 1,099,000

 

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The “Teenage Dream” era remains Perry’s most successful producing five US No 1 singles including this one, it only made No 3 here peaking lower than either “California Gurls” and “Teenage Dream” but outselling both easily.

 

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52. CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY 1,100,000

 

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Receiving heavy BBC radio support and used on their TV ad before release, “Crazy” of course created chart history by becoming the first song to make No 1 despite only being available on download back in 2006. It ended up retiring after 9 weeks at the top, the longest stint since Wet Wet Wet back in 1994.

 

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51. BLEEDING LOVE LEONA LEWIS 1,109,000

 

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Taking just 3 weeks to become the biggest selling single of 2007, this track held on to the year end to become the first single by a UK female soloist to become the biggest selling of any year in chart history. Co-written by Ryan Tedder for Jesse McCartney’s album “Departure” it was rejected by his record label and got offered to Lewis who promptly took it to the top on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

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The bottom half of the 100 for you!

 

51. BLEEDING LOVE LEONA LEWIS 1,109,000

52. CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY 1,100,000

53. FIREWORK KATY PERRY 1,099,000

54. SING ED SHEERAN 1,097,000

55. HOLD BACK THE RIVER JAMES BAY 1,096,000

56. TIMBER PITBULL FT KE$HA 1,094,000

57. LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL 1,086,000

58. BAD ROMANCE LADY GAGA 1,064,000

59. PARADISE COLDPLAY 1,058,000

60. FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE CHERYL COLE 1,052,000

 

61. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL ONE DIRECTION 1,046,000

62. GIVE ME EVERYTHING PITBULL FT NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYLER 1,046,000

63. SEXY AND I KNOW IT LMFAO 1,043,000

64. MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE ADELE 1,036,000

65. RULE THE WORLD TAKE THAT 1,035,000

66. STARSHIPS NICKI MINAJ 1,028,000

67. WHEN WE COLLIDE MATT CARDLE 1,017,000

68. SHAKE IT OFF TAYLOR SWIFT 1,014,000

69. JAR OF HEARTS CHRISTINA PERRI 1,009,000

70. LOVE YOURSELF JUSTIN BEIBER 996,837

 

71. EARTHQUAKE LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH 993,000

72. CHANDELIER SIA 988,000

73. BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE 982,000

74. FORGET YOU CEE-LO GREEN 979,000

75. GRENADE BRUNO MARS 978,000

76. JUST DANCE LADY GAGA 965,000

77. KING YEARS & YEARS 959,000

78. FEEL THE LOVE RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN 946,000

79. RADIOACTIVE IMAGINE DRAGONS 941,000

80. BURN ELLIE GOULDING 941,000

 

81. PASS OUT TINIE TEMPAH FT LABRINTH 941,000

82. I'M YOURS JASON MRAZ 932,000

83. HO HEY THE LUMINEERS 929,000

84. LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN BRUNO MARS 928,000

85. WHERE ARE U NOW SKRILLEX & DIPLO FT JUSTIN BEIBER 925,000

86. RUDE MAGIC 924,000

87. LOVE ME AGAIN JOHN NEWMAN 923,000

88. CAN'T HOLD US MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS & DALTON 919,000

89. SUGAR MAROON 5 916,000

90. A MOMENT LIKE THIS LEONA LEWIS 916,000

 

91. HOLD MY HAND JESS GLYNNE 902,000

92. IN FOR THE KILL LA ROUX 902,000

93. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAM SMITH 900,000

94. ON THE FLOOR JENNIFER LOPEZ FT PITBULL 900,000

95. HEY BROTHER AVICII 895,000

96. RUN LEONA LEWIS 894,000

97. DOMINO JESSIE J 893,000

98. HALL OF FAME THE SCRIPT FT WILL.I.AM 883,000

99. BANG BANG JESSIE J/ A GRANDE/ N MINAJ 880,000

100. WANT TO WANT ME JASON DERULO 879,000

 

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50. USE SOMEBODY KINGS OF LEON 1,114,000

 

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Prior to 2008 Kings Of Leon had received critical appreciation but had met only with middling single success and unspectacular album sales. Of course “Only By The Night” changed that and made them, briefly, one of the biggest names in the charts, this track spent over 70 weeks in the top 75 peaking at No 2 behind Leona Lewis’ “Run” which it eventually outsold (it rests at No 96 here).

 

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49. DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FT MARTIN 1,126,000

 

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For a chart act with just over 2 years in existence Swedish House Mafia scored 6 top 20 singles from 6 releases, none bigger than this which was their final single and first UK No 1. It was spurred on the news that the group would dismantle following a final tour and melodically borrows from Milky’s 2003 single “Be My World”.

 

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48. WHAT DO YOU MEAN JUSTIN BIEBER 1,136,429

 

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Becoming his first chart topper in both the UK and the US, Bieber really arrived in the pop “A list” in UK terms last year with this smash. It was a slight departure material and production wise and naturally came with a new image in an attempt to break him to a new audience, it seems to have worked.

 

Incredible to think that Kings of Leon have 2 million sellers, and that is genuine million-sellers not just from a streaming top-up.

 

 

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47. SORRY JUSTIN BIEBER 1,152,594

 

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And how it worked! Here he is again with his second million seller in a row, “Sorry” played second fiddle for a few weeks to Adele’s “Hello” before taking charge itself thanks to two promo’s doing the rounds for the track. Bieber roped in Skrillex on production and co-writing duties to deliver what is, in my opinion, his best work to date.

 

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46. DIAMONDS RIHANNA 1,157,000

 

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Silly Sia giving her finest work away, in truth Rihanna probably generated a bigger paycheck than she’d have got had she have released it herself. It became Rihanna’s 7th UK chart topper and her 12th Stateside and gave her the perfect start to the “Unapologetic” era.

 

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45. ROLLING IN THE DEEP ADELE 1,163,000

 

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Narrowly missing out on becoming Adele’s first chart topper thanks to Bruno Mars and his “Grenade” (where’s that now eh?- Well No 75 to be exact), few predicted what it would do for Adele as it launched her into an international popstar, perhaps the biggest one at present. It also cracked the US market becoming her first chart topper over there.

 

Incredible to see Use Somebody and Don't You Worry Child as high as the top 50, I wouldn't have called it for either. The success of the latter still pleases me to this day.
So this means that roughly one third of all the million selling singles come from these last ten years.
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44. LEAN ON MAJOR LAZER FT DJ SNAKE & MO 1,166,000

 

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Or Diplo by another name. Offered to Rihanna and Nicki Minaj in a slightly slower arrangement and rejected by both, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, it was denied the top slot by Jason Derulo (No 100) and is apparently the most streamed song ever on Spotify to date.

 

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43. SEE YOU AGAIN WIZ KHALIFA FT CHARLIE PUTH 1,191,000

 

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Penned specifically for the late actor Paul Walker as tribute, and featured in his last film “Furious 7” it sold 193k in its first week in 2015, a total bettered only by Adele’s “Hello”. It gave both acts their first taste of chat topping glory and topped the US charts for an impressive 12 weeks.

 

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42. ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD RIHANNA 1,202,000

 

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Much like MAGIC (No 85) debuting at No 2 behind a Cheryl Cole record is actually a pretty good thing, here “Only Girl” played second fiddle to “Promise This” before taking the reins selling over 350k in just 21 days. Signaling an evolution to her sound it was one of three tracks in the top 10 for her simultaneously in December 2010.

 

Or Diplo by another name. Offered to Rihanna and Nicki Minaj in a slightly slower arrangement and rejected by both, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, it was denied the top slot by Jason Derulo (No 100) and is apparently the most streamed song ever on Spotify to date.
being pedantic here but Major Lazer isn't just Diplo :kink: they're a group that diplo is in.

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