Posted February 17, 20205 yr From the OCC 14/2/20 The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart Every million-selling song in the UK counted down. They're the very top of the pops – the UK's million-selling singles, the tracks that have achieved one million paid-for sales, whether they be physical singles or downloads. It's still a relatively rare feat, with currently only 178 songs making it to seven figures. [No streams] Not all of them managed to make it to Number 1 – 28 million-sellers never hit the top spot – but they've earned their place in British pop history. Way out in front, with 4.93 million sales is Elton John's double-A Candle in the Wind 97/Something About the Way You Look Tonight, released after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Another charity record is in second, the original Band Aid with Do They Know It's Christmas? on 3.8 million, and the next five songs have all sold over two million copies. POS TITLE - ARTIST - PEAK - YEAR - SALES 1 CANDLE IN THE WIND 97 - ELTON JOHN - 1 - 1997 - 4.93m 2 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID - 1 - 1984 - 3.8m 3 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN - 1 (1975 & 1991) - 1975 4 MULL OF KINTYRE/GIRLS' SCHOOL - WINGS - 1 - 1977 5 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - 1 - 1978 6 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - 1 - 1983 - 2.07m 7 RIVERS OF BABYLON/BROWN GIRL IN THE RING - BONEY M - 1 - 1978 - 2.03m 8 HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS - 1 - 2013 - 1.95m 9 SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1963 - 1.92m 10 LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - WHAM! - 2 - 1984 - 1.9m 11 LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET - 1 - 1994 - 1.9m 12 MARY'S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD - BONEY M - 1 - 1978 13 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER - 1 - 1984 14 UNCHAINED MELODY - ROBSON GREEN & JEROME FLYNN - 1 - 1995 - 1.89m 15 (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - BRYAN ADAMS - 1 - 1991 - 1.86m 16 BARBIE GIRL - AQUA - 1 - 1997 17 BELIEVE - CHER - 1 - 1998 - 1.84m 18 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1963 19 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN - WILL YOUNG - 1 - 2002 - 1.79m 20 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON - 1 (1980) - 1975 21 UPTOWN FUNK - MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS - 1 - 2014 22 EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR - 1 - 1982 23 BLURRED LINES - ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL - 1 - 2013 24 I'LL BE MISSING YOU - PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS - 1 - 1997 25 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE - 1 - 2011 - 1.66m 26 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON - 1 - 1992 - 1.66m 27 DON'T YOU WANT ME? - HUMAN LEAGUE - 1 - 1981 28 SUMMER NIGHTS - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - 1 - 1978 29 THREE LIONS - BADDIEL & SKINNER & LIGHTNING SEEDS - 1 - 1996 30 TWO TRIBES - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - 1 - 1984 31 GANGSTA'S PARADISE - COOLIO FEATURING L.V. - 1 - 1995 32 MY HEART WILL GO ON - CELINE DION - 1 - 1998 - 1.6m 33 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME - BRITNEY SPEARS - 1 - 1999 34 PERFECT DAY - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 1 - 1997 35 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1964 36 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA - 2 - 2011 37 CARELESS WHISPER - GEORGE MICHAEL - 1 - 1984 38 KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB - 1 - 1983 39 WONDERWALL - OASIS - 2 - 1995 40 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FEATURING KIMBRA - 1 - 2011 41 TEARS - KEN DODD - 1 - 1965 42 YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE - 1 - 1978 43 WAKE ME UP - AVICII - 1 - 2013 44 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS - 1 - 2009 45 GET LUCKY - DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS - 1 - 2013 46 KILLING ME SOFTLY - FUGEES - 1 - 1996 47 THE POWER OF LOVE - JENNIFER RUSH - 1 - 1985 - 1.47m 48 COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - 1 - 1982 49 (WE'RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS - 1 - 1955 50 IT WASN'T ME - SHAGGY FEATURING RIKROK - 1 - 2001 51 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FEATURING CALVIN HARRIS - 1 - 2011 - 1.43m 52 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER - THE SEEKERS - 1 - 1965 53 I FEEL FINE - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1964 54 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON - 1 - 2008 55 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1964 56 WANNABE - SPICE GIRLS - 1 - 1996 57 RELEASE ME - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - 1 - 1967 58 THINK TWICE - CELINE DION - 1 - 1994 - 1.39m 59 NEVER EVER - ALL SAINTS - 1 - 1997 60 TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL - 1 - 1981 61 CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN - 1 - 2012 62 (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO - TONY CHRISTIE FT PETER KAY - 1 - 2005 63 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) - BRUNO MARS - 1 - 2010 64 UNCHAINED MELODY - GARETH GATES - 1 - 2002 - 1.35m 65 IT'S LIKE THAT - RUN-D.M.C. VS JASON NEVINS - 1 - 1997 66 HEART OF GLASS - BLONDIE - 1 - 1979 67 TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT SIA - 1 - 2011 68 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE - 1 - 2008 69 IMPOSSIBLE - JAMES ARTHUR - 1 - 2012 70 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE - 1 - 1973 71 GANGNAM STYLE - PSY - 1 - 2012 72 ALL OF ME - JOHN LEGEND - 2 - 2014 - 1.29m 73 RATHER BE - CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE - 1 - 2014 74 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO FEATURING LAUREN BENNETT AND GOONROCK - 1 - 2011 75 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM FEATURING RIHANNA - 2 - 2010 76 IT'S NOW OR NEVER - ELVIS PRESLEY - 1 - 1960 77 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL - 2 - 1987 78 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES - 1 - 1966 79 BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER - 3 (1988 Remix) - 1983 80 LET HER GO - PASSENGER - 2 - 2012 81 THINKING OUT LOUD - ED SHEERAN - 1 - 2014 82 DIANA - PAUL ANKA - 1 - 1957 83 ANGELS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 4 - 1997 84 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY - 2 - 1994 85 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J FEATURING B.O.B - 1 - 2011 86 BRIGHT EYES - ART GARFUNKEL - 1 - 1979 87 HEARTBEAT/TRAGEDY - STEPS - 1 - 1998 88 EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON - 1 - 1995 89 TORN - NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - 2 - 1997 90 I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - AEROSMITH - 1 - 1998 91 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD - KYLIE MINOGUE - 1 - 2001 92 SATURDAY NIGHT - WHIGFIELD - 1 - 1994 93 CHASING CARS - SNOW PATROL - 6 - 2006 94 POKER FACE - LADY GAGA - 1 - 2009 95 STRANGER ON THE SHORE - MR ACKER BILK AND HIS PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND - 2 - 1961 96 MARY'S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE - 1 - 1957 97 THE LAST WALTZ - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - 1 - 1967 98 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID 20 - 1 - 2004 99 GHOSTBUSTERS - RAY PARKER JR. - 2 - 1984 100 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) - RIHANNA - 1 - 2010 101 DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL - 1 - 1976 102 SPACEMAN - BABYLON ZOO - 1 - 1996 103 NO MATTER WHAT - BOYZONE - 1 - 1998 104 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) - PINK FLOYD - 1 - 1979 105 HEY JUDE - THE BEATLES - 1 - 1968 106 WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE - 1 - 2011 107 DANCING QUEEN - ABBA - 1 - 1976 108 COUNTING STARS - ONEREPUBLIC - 1 - 2013 109 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - GARY GLITTER - 1 - 1973 110 2 BECOME 1 - SPICE GIRLS - 1 - 1996 - 1.14m 111 CRAZY - GNARLS BARKLEY - 1 - 2006 112 BLUE (DA BA DEE) - EIFFEL 65 - 1 - 1999 113 I FEEL LOVE - DONNA SUMMER - 1 - 1977 114 ROAR - KATY PERRY - 1 - 2013 115 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK - IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - 1 - 1978 116 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN - 3 - 2011 117 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - JOURNEY - 6 (2010) - 1982 118 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON - 2 - 2008 119 BACK FOR GOOD - TAKE THAT - 1 - 1995 120 I BELIEVE/UP ON THE ROOF - ROBSON & JEROME - 1 - 1995 121 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS - 1 - 2007 122 THAT'S MY GOAL - SHAYNE WARD - 1 - 2005 123 DIAMONDS - RIHANNA - 1 - 2012 124 LOSE YOURSELF - EMINEM - 1 - 2002 125 UNCHAINED MELODY - THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - 1 - 1965 126 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY - 3 - 2010 127 TELETUBBIES SAY "EH-OH!" - TELETUBBIES - 1 - 1997 128 I REMEMBER YOU - FRANK IFIELD - 1 - 1962 129 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE - 2 - 2011 130 PURE AND SIMPLE - HEAR'SAY - 1 - 2001 131 RIDE ON TIME - BLACK BOX - 1 - 1989 132 I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR - 1 - 1979 133 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT - 2 - 2007 134 FAME - IRENE CARA - 1 - 1982 135 RED RED WINE - UB40 - 1 - 1983 136 LA LA LA - NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH - 1 - 2013 137 UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL - 1 - 1983 138 SAILING - ROD STEWART - 1 - 1975 139 THE YOUNG ONES - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS - 1 - 1962 140 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN - 1 - 2012 141 STAND & DELIVER! - ADAM AND THE ANTS - 1 - 1981 142 GIVE ME EVERYTHING - PITBULL FEATURING NE-YO, AFROJACK AND NAYER - 1 - 2011 143 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA - 1 - 2009 144 WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY - 5 (1977) - since 1952 - 1942 145 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT - TIGHT FIT - 1 - 1982 146 MYSTERIOUS GIRL - PETER ANDRE FEATURING BUBBLER RANX - 1 - 1995 147 HERO - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - 1 - 2002 148 SUGAR SUGAR - THE ARCHIES - 1 - 1969 149 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE - 1 - 2009 150 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - 1 - 1976 151 MAMBO NO.5 (A LITTLE BIT OF...) - LOU BEGA - 1 - 1999 152 WHERE IS THE LOVE - BLACK EYED PEAS - 1 - 2003 153 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - JULIE COVINGTON - 1 - 1976 154 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI - 4 - 2011 155 MR BRIGHTSIDE - KILLERS - 10 - 2004 156 CAN WE FIX IT? - BOB THE BUILDER - 1 - 2000 157 SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - 1 - 1976 158 WHOLE AGAIN - ATOMIC KITTEN - 1 - 2001 159 DON'T SPEAK - NO DOUBT - 1 - 1997 160 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS - 1 - 1963 161 STARSHIPS - NICKI MINAJ - 2 - 2012 162 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE - 4 - 2008 163 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION - 1 - 2011 - 164 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - OASIS - 1 - 1996 165 WHEN WE COLLIDE - MATT CARDLE - 1 - 2010 166 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - THE NEW SEEKERS - 1 - 1971 167 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE - SHOWADDYWADDY - 1 - 1976 168 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - DAWN - 1 - 1973 169 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - RICK ASTLEY - 1 - 1987 170 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN - 1 - 1988 171 PARADISE - COLDPLAY - 1 - 2011 172 GRENADE - BRUNO MARS - 1 - 2011 173 EYE LEVEL - THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA - 1 - 1972 174 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN - 1 - 2011 175 MY WAY - FRANK SINATRA - 5 - 1969 176 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL - LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - 1 - 1972 177 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO - 5 - 2011 178 IRIS - GOO GOO DOLLS - 3 (2011) - 1998 - 1.03m ©2020 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. * Sales for White Christmas have only been counted since the inception of the chart in 1952. Edited February 19, 20205 yr by ben08
February 17, 20205 yr Author The OCC list on 19/9/17 gave the following titles as just short of a million SALES. SEXY AND I KNOW IT LMFAO 5 - 999,080 GRENADE BRUNO MARS 1 - 997,862 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY 1 - 997,005 PARADISE COLDPLAY 1 - 995,808 MY WAY FRANK SINATRA 5 - 991,563 HELP THE BEATLES 1 - 987,769 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1 - 987,063 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS 3 - 975,953 MR BRIGHTSIDE KILLERS 10 - 967,180 Of those titles only the Beatles Help is still short of a million UK sales, but it has surpassed one million when streams are added on.
February 17, 20205 yr I’m very happy to see a list like this just to see how much streaming has affected in recent years.
February 17, 20205 yr Every single Beatles song outsold by a song from 2013: it's phenomenal how big "Happy" was. And to be honest, it could still reach 2 million. Edited February 17, 20205 yr by JCM20
February 18, 20205 yr can someone estimate how far Children by Robert Miles is far from making the list? I read somewhere that it's 1M seller with streams added, but I don't think streams are big for this song actually so it may be not far from 1M on pure sales alone
February 18, 20205 yr It's great that the OCC publish updates to this all-time list every now and then, but would it really hurt for them to publish the recorded total sales to-date against each entry? It's such an obvious omission. They can't claim that the full data is sensitive, as for their update of September 2017 people like me couldn't believe their luck, as they provided to-the-latest-unit figures for all tracks on the list, as well as breaking-down the figures for biggest on pure sales and on streaming equivalents. Really interesting for those who care about the transition of the market from paid-for purchasing to audio/video rented streaming. Also, it would help if they chose to provide such updates at a more statistically-significant cut-off point, so for example 1 January 2020 following the end of the 2010s on 31 Dec '19, or possibly 1 Jan '21 as the actual calendrical decade runs from Jan '11 to Dec '20? It seems they just do what they fancy when they fancy it and the inconsistency is irritating. But I suppose better some sort of update at some random point than none at all, which for so many years was the case even after the launch of their online site.
February 18, 20205 yr The sales of price tag still really baffles me !! I guess it came from a time when download sales were really high. It was the 4th biggest seller of 2011 and 9 out of the top 10 for that year are now in this list with a few more from outside it. It’s still an average song though and it’s unsettling to see it higher than Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Other than that I love this list. Such an improvement on the ‘millionaires’ list.
February 18, 20205 yr I hope we get an update on the millionaires list soon as well, having both lists and perhaps a third list for streaming only to compare the different eras would be nice to have. I wonder if Avicii will ever be able to make top 40 here anyhow, he is outselling the three songs above on iTunes by a considerable margin but sales are so minimal these days.
February 18, 20205 yr Author How much has “Shape of You” sold to date? On 19/9/17 it had sold 754,754 pure sales and 2,121,706 streaming sales, or 2,876,460 combined sales. By 11/12/19 it had combined sales of 4.5m.
February 19, 20205 yr I didn't know 'Only Girl' was a million seller :cheer: :o Rihanna was huge at that time with the Good Girl Gone Bad album.
February 19, 20205 yr Rihanna was huge at that time with the Good Girl Gone Bad album. LOUD, actually.
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