List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom

"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was the first single to sell 1 million copies in the UK.

A million-selling single is regarded by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as one that has sold at least 1 million copies since the start of the UK Singles Chart in November 1952. As well as a traditional purchase of a physical record, a sale can represent one permanent digital download of a track (physical singles usually consist of two songs, although both are only included in sales figures for double A sides or where both receive a high level of interest and airplay). Both British Phonographic Industry (BPI)-certified awards (Silver, Gold and Platinum) and the weekly charts now include audio streaming at 100 streams of a song to one sales unit (from 30 June 2014),^[1] but these are not included in the sales figures published by the OCC.^[2] Certified awards can also include shipments (sales to trade).^[3][4][5] The OCC and Music Week regularly announce when a record becomes a million seller.^[6][7][8]

As of October 2016, 167 singles have sold 1 million copies in the UK.^[2] Of these, 108 were originally released in the 20th century (70 of them selling 1 million before the year 2000)^[7] and the remainder were released between 2000 and 2014. The most recently released single to become a million-seller is "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars,^[9] which was released in December 2014 and passed a million sales ten weeks later in February 2015. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is the earliest release: originally 1942, although only sales from 1952 onwards are counted. The year in which the most million-sellers were released is 2011, with twelve; while a record 36 releases from both the 1990s and the 2010s have sold a million copies.^[10] Only two million sellers have failed to reach the top 5 on the UK Singles Chart: Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", both of which peaked at number 6.^[11]

History

In 1959, British periodical Disc introduced an initiative to present a Gold record to singles that sold more than 1 million units.^[12] Information about when a record was classified Gold by Disc is "not well documented", and the awards relied on record companies correctly compiling and supplying sales information.^[12] This led to errors, such as The Shadows' instrumental "Apache" and The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" incorrectly being awarded a gold disc in January 1970.^{[nb 1]} Such inaccuracies led to the instigation of an official classification system.^[12] In April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) began classifying singles and albums by the number of units sold. The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and was then awarded to singles that sold more than 1 million units.^[13] For singles released after 1 January 1989, the number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver records was dropped to 600,000 units (Platinum), 400,000 units (Gold) and 200,000 units (Silver).^[13][14] In February 1987, the BPI introduced multi-Platinum awards so that if a single sold 1,200,000 units it was classified as double Platinum, 1,800,000 units as triple Platinum, etc.^[14]

Digital downloads have been counted towards singles sales from 2004 onwards.^[15] Additionally, audio streaming has been included in the official chart and BPI awards since 30 June 2014, at a rate of 100 streams representing one unit sale,^[1] however the OCC still compiles a 'sales' (only) chart and still quotes these traditional sales figures in its features and articles.^[16]

In 1963, The Beatles' song "She Loves You" became the best-selling single of all time in the UK.^[17] This record was broken in 1977 when Paul McCartney's new band Wings surpassed it with "Mull of Kintyre", which also became the first song to sell 2 million copies in the UK.^[18] In 1984, Band Aid released the charity-record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in response to the famine in Ethiopia; it sold 1 million copies in the first week and soon became the best-selling single.^[19][20] This record was broken in 1997, following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, when Elton John released "Candle in the Wind 1997", a re-write of the Marilyn Monroe tribute released in 1973. Selling more than 650,000 copies on its first day on sale and more than 1.5 million in its first week, it quickly became the UK's best-selling single.^[19][21][22] It was classified by the BPI as 9× Platinum (5.4 million) in October 1997, but more recent estimates suggest sales of 4.93 million.^[23]

Million-selling singles

The following list is restricted to sales data since the inception of a UK chart in 1952. Sales figures from the OCC are on the date given in the reference. The OCC differentiates 'chart sales' (which include streaming) from 'sales' (which are downloads and physical purchases), and uses traditional sales to define a million-seller: these are the figures quoted below.^[1]

Artist	Single (two songs separated by / denotes a double A-side)	Date released[nb 2]	Date certified Platinum	Date sold 1 million [nb 3]	Copies sold[nb 4]	Order in which songs reached 1 million
Crosby, BingBing Crosby	"White Christmas"	1942[25]	N/A	2010–12	1,020,000[26]	117
Haley & His Comets, BillBill Haley & His Comets	"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"	December 1954[27]	N/A	1955[28]	1,430,000[26]	1[28]
Anka, PaulPaul Anka	"Diana"	August 1957[29]	N/A	1957	1,250,000[26]
Belafonte, HarryHarry Belafonte	"Mary's Boy Child"	October 1957[30]	N/A	1957	1,180,000[31]
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley	"It's Now or Never"	October 1960[30]	N/A	1960	1,260,000[26]
Bilk, AckerAcker Bilk	"Stranger on the Shore"	November 1961[29]	N/A	1961	1,160,000[26]
Richard, CliffCliff Richard and The Shadows	"The Young Ones"	January 1962[29]	N/A	1962	1,060,000[26]
Ifield, FrankFrank Ifield	"I Remember You"	June 1962[29]	N/A	1962	1,100,000[26]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"She Loves You"	August 1963[32]	N/A	1963	1,920,000[33]
Gerry and the Pacemakers	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	October 1963	N/A	2016[34]	1,000,000[34]	166[34]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	November 1963[32]	N/A	1963	1,780,000[33]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"Can't Buy Me Love"	March 1964[32]	N/A	1964	1,540,000[33]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"I Feel Fine"	November 1964[32]	N/A	1964	1,420,000[33]
Righteous Brothers, TheThe Righteous Brothers	"Unchained Melody"	July 1965 October 1990 (re-issue)	1 November 1990	2004–10[35]	1,050,000[26]
Dodd, KenKen Dodd	"Tears"	August 1965[29]	N/A	1965	1,520,000[26]
Seekers, TheThe Seekers	"The Carnival Is Over"	October 1965[29]	N/A	1965	1,420,000[26]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"	December 1965[32]	N/A	1965	1,410,000[33]
Jones, TomTom Jones	"Green, Green Grass of Home"	November 1966[36]	N/A	1966	1,240,000[26]
Humperdinck, EngelbertEngelbert Humperdinck	"Release Me"	May 1967[37]	N/A	1967	1,380,000[26]
Humperdinck, EngelbertEngelbert Humperdinck	"The Last Waltz"	November 1967[37]	N/A	1967	1,170,000[26]
Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"Hey Jude"	August 1968	N/A	2010–12	1,120,000[38]	116
Archies, TheThe Archies	"Sugar, Sugar"	October 1969[30]	N/A	2004–10[nb 1]	1,020,000[26]
New Seekers, TheThe New Seekers	"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"	December 1971[41]	N/A	2004–10[42]	1,010,000[26]
Park Orchestra, SimonSimon Park Orchestra	"Eye Level"	November 1972	1 January 1978	1978	1,010,000[26]
Osmond, Little JimmyLittle Jimmy Osmond	"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"	November 1972[43]	N/A	2004–10[44]	1,000,000[26]
Orlando and Dawn, TonyTony Orlando and Dawn	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"	February 1973	N/A	2010–12	1,000,000[26]	118
Glitter, GaryGary Glitter	"I Love You Love Me Love"	November 1973	1 January 1974	1973	1,140,000[26]
Slade	"Merry Xmas Everybody"	December 1973	1 December 1980	1980	1,230,000[26]
Stewart, RodRod Stewart	"Sailing"	September 1975	N/A[nb 5]	2010–12	1,030,000[26]	120
Queen	"Bohemian Rhapsody" "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"	October 1975 November 1991	1 January 1976 1 December 1991	1975[nb 6]	2,520,000[31]
Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon	"Imagine"	October 1975	1 February 1981	1981	1,640,000[26]
Showaddywaddy	"Under the Moon of Love"	November 1975	N/A[nb 5]	2010–12	1,000,000[26]	121
Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	March 1976	1 May 1976	1976	1,020,000[26]
John, EltonElton John and Kiki Dee	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	June 1976	N/A[nb 5]	2013[26]	1,000,000[26]	134[26]
ABBA	"Dancing Queen"	August 1976	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[40]	1,070,000[26]
Covington, JulieJulie Covington	"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"	November 1976	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[46]	1,010,000[26]
Soul, DavidDavid Soul	"Don't Give Up on Us"	December 1976	1 February 1977	1976	1,160,000[26]
Summer, DonnaDonna Summer	"I Feel Love"	July 1977	N/A	2012[47]	1,070,000[26]	115
Wings	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"	November 1977	1 December 1977 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 November 1986	1978	2,080,000[48]
Boney M.	"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"	April 1978	1 May 1978	1978	2,020,000[26]
Travolta, JohnJohn Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	"You're the One That I Want"	May 1978	1 July 1978	1978	2,050,000[49]
Travolta, JohnJohn Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	"Summer Nights"	September 1978	1 October 1978	1979	1,600,000[26]
Gaynor, GloriaGloria Gaynor	"I Will Survive"	October 1978	N/A[nb 5]	2010–12	1,030,000[26]	119
Boney M.	"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	November 1978	1 December 1978	1978	1,880,000[31]
Village People	"Y.M.C.A."	November 1978	1 January 1979	1979	1,500,000[23]
Dury and the Blockheads, IanIan Dury and the Blockheads	"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"	November 1978	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[7]	1,110,000[26]
Blondie	"Heart of Glass	January 1979	1 February 1979	1979	1,300,000[38]
Garfunkel, ArtArt Garfunkel	"Bright Eyes"	January 1979	1 May 1979	1979	1,200,000[26]
Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"	November 1979	1 January 1980	2004–10	1,100,000[26]
Adam and the Ants	"Stand and Deliver"	May 1981	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[7]	1,040,000[26]
Soft Cell	"Tainted Love"	July 1981	N/A[nb 5]	1981	1,290,000[26]
Human League, TheThe Human League	"Don't You Want Me"	November 1981	1 January 1982	1982	1,560,000[26]
Journey	"Don't Stop Believin'"	December 1981	22 July 2013	2014[50]	1,011,500[51]	151[50]
Tight Fit	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	January 1982	N/A[nb 5]	2010–12	1,010,000[26]	122
Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express	"Come On Eileen"	June 1982	1 September 1982	1982	1,330,000[26]
Cara, IreneIrene Cara	"Fame"	June 1982	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[40]	1,050,000[26]
Survivor	"Eye of the Tiger"	July 1982	1 December 2014	2004–10[40]	1,460,000[26]
New Order	"Blue Monday"	March 1983	N/A[nb 7]		1,210,000[38]
UB40	"Red Red Wine"	August 1983	N/A	2014[50]	1,000,000[50]	150[50]
Culture Club	"Karma Chameleon"	September 1983	1 October 1983	1983	1,510,000[23]
Joel, BillyBilly Joel	"Uptown Girl"	September 1983	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[53]	1,030,000[26]
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	"Relax"	October 1983	1 March 1984	1984	2,050,000[23]
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	"Two Tribes"	June 1984	1 June 1984	1984	1,600,000[26]
Michael, GeorgeGeorge Michael	"Careless Whisper"	July 1984	1 September 1984	1984	1,460,000[54]
Wonder, StevieStevie Wonder	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	August 1984	1 September 1984	1984	1,840,000[26]
Parker, Jr., RayRay Parker, Jr.	"Ghostbusters"	August 1984	N/A[nb 5]	2004–10[40]	1,110,000[26]
Band Aid	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	November 1984	1 December 1984	1984	3,790,000[31]
Wham!	"Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants"	December 1984	1 January 1985	1985	1,800,000[23]
Rush, JenniferJennifer Rush	"The Power of Love"	May 1985	1 November 1985	1985	1,400,000[26]
Pogues, TheThe Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl	"Fairytale of New York"	December 1987	22 July 2013	2012[55]	1,180,000[48]	126[55]
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan	"Especially for You"	November 1988	N/A[nb 5]	2014[56]	1,000,000[56]	154[56]
Black Box	"Ride On Time"	August 1989	1 October 1989	2004–10[57]	1,060,000[26]
Adams, BryanBryan Adams	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	June 1991	1 August 1991 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 September 1991	1991	1,820,000[58]
Houston, WhitneyWhitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	October 1992	1 December 1992 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 January 1993	1993	1,630,000[31]
Wet Wet Wet	"Love Is All Around"	May 1994	1 June 1994 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 August 1994	1994	1,880,000[58]
Whigfield	"Saturday Night"	September 1994	1 September 1994	1994	1,180,000[59]
Dion, CelineCeline Dion	"Think Twice"	October 1994	1 January 1995	1994	1,320,000[26]
Carey, MariahMariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	December 1994	19 December 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 11 December 2015	2013[60]	1,000,000[60]	142[60]
Robson & Jerome	"Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover"	May 1995	May 1995 Multi-Platinum 2×: May 1995	1995	1,860,000[58]
Take That	"Back for Good"	March 1995	1 April 1995	2004–10[7]	1,080,000[26]
Andre, PeterPeter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx	"Mysterious Girl"	September 1995	1 August 1996	2013[26]	1,030,000[38]	135[26]
Coolio featuring L.V.	"Gangsta's Paradise"	October 1995	1 November 1995 Multi-Platinum 2×: 2 May 2014	1995	1,540,000[38]
Robson & Jerome	"I Believe" / "Up on the Roof"	October 1995	1 November 1995	1995	1,120,000[26]
Oasis	"Wonderwall"	October 1995	1 January 1996 Multi-Platinum 2×: 2 July 2013	2004–10[61]	1,340,000[62]
Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	"Earth Song"	November 1995	1 December 1995	1995	1,170,000[26]
Babylon Zoo	"Spaceman"	January 1996	1 January 1996	1996	1,150,000[26]
Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds	"Three Lions" "3 Lions '98"	June 1996 June 1998	1 July 1996 3 July 1998	1998[nb 8]	1,566,000[63]
Fugees	"Killing Me Softly	June 1996	1 June 1996 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 August 1996	1996	1,380,000[26]
Spice Girls	"Wannabe"	July 1996	1 August 1996 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	1996	1,360,000[38]
Spice Girls	"2 Become 1"	December 1996	1 December 1996	1996	1,120,000[64]
No Doubt	"Don't Speak"	February 1997	22 July 2013	2015[65]	1,007,000[66]	163[65]
Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans	"I'll Be Missing You"	June 1997	1 July 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 August 1997	1997	1,580,000[26]
John, EltonElton John	"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	September 1997	1 September 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 September 1997 3×: 1 September 1997 4×: 1 September 1997 5×: 1 September 1997 6×: 1 September 1997 7×: 1 October 1997 8×: 1 October 1997 9×: 1 October 1997	1997	4,930,000[23]
Aqua	"Barbie Girl"	October 1997	7 November 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 5 December 1997 3×: 22 July 2013	1997	1,830,000[59]
Imbruglia, NatalieNatalie Imbruglia	"Torn"	October 1997	12 December 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 25 September 2015	2004–10[67]	1,190,000[68]
Various artists	"Perfect Day"	November 1997	21 November 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 9 January 1998	1997	1,550,000[26]
All Saints	"Never Ever"	November 1997	5 December 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 30 January 1998	1998	1,350,000[69]
Teletubbies	"Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!""	December 1997	12 December 1997 Multi-Platinum 2×: 19 December 1997	1997	1,110,000[26]
Williams, RobbieRobbie Williams	"Angels"	December 1997	6 February 1998 Multi-Platinum 2×: 4 December 1998	2009–10	1,200,000[58]
Dion, CelineCeline Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"	February 1998	27 February 1998 Multi-Platinum 2×: 24 April 1998	1998	1,560,000[38]
Run–D.M.C. vs Jason Nevins	"It's Like That"	March 1998	27 March 1998 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	1998	1,260,000[26]
Boyzone	"No Matter What"	August 1998	7 August 1998	1998	1,130,000[26]
Aerosmith	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	September 1998	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 11 December 2015	2012[70]	1,070,000[26]	113[70]
Cher	"Believe"	October 1998	30 October 1998 Multi-Platinum 2×: 8 January 1999 3×: 1 August 2014	1998	1,800,000[38]
Steps	"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"	November 1998	8 January 1999	1999	1,190,000[26]
Spears, BritneyBritney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	February 1999	19 February 1999 Multi-Platinum 2×: 26 March 1999	1999	1,540,000[71]
Bega, LouLou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of ...)"	August 1999	September 1999	2014[72]	1,000,000[72]	155[72]
Eiffel 65	"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"	September 1999	8 October 1999	2000-02	1,080,000[26]
Bob the Builder	"Can We Fix It?"	December 2000	15 December 2000	2001	1,020,000[26]
Atomic Kitten	"Whole Again"	February 2001	2 March 2001	2013[26]	1,000,000[73]	131[26]
Shaggy featuring Rikrok	"It Wasn't Me"	February 2001	2 March 2001 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2001[74]	1,372,000[75]
Hear'Say	"Pure and Simple"	March 2001	30 March 2001 Multi-Platinum 2×: 30 March 2001	2001[74]	1,090,000[73]
Minogue, KylieKylie Minogue	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"	September 2001	28 September 2001 Multi-Platinum 2×: 28 August 2015	2002[76]	1,170,000[77]
Iglesias, EnriqueEnrique Iglesias	"Hero"	January 2002	15 March 2002	2015[78]	1,010,000[78]	159[78]
Young, WillWill Young	"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"	February 2002	1 March 2002 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 March 2002 3×: 1 March 2002	2002[79]	1,790,000[23]
Gates, GarethGareth Gates	"Unchained Melody"	March 2002	22 March 2002 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 March 2002	2002	1,340,000[58]
Eminem	"Lose Yourself"	December 2002	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 April 2016	2015[65]	1,000,000[65]	162[65]
Band Aid 20	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	November 2004	17 December 2004 Multi-Platinum 2×: 17 December 2004	2004	1,182,000[80]
Christie, TonyTony Christie featuring Peter Kay	"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"	March 2005	8 April 2005 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2005	1,320,000[26]
Ward, ShayneShayne Ward	"That's My Goal"	December 2005	13 January 2006	2006[81]	1,110,000[82]
Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"	April 2006	26 May 2006 Multi-Platinum 2×: 15 April 2016	2010–11[7][83]	1,060,000[26]	104[83]
Snow Patrol	"Chasing Cars"	July 2006	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 8 January 2016	2013[84]	1,067,000[75]	139[84]
Lewis, LeonaLeona Lewis	"Bleeding Love"	October 2007	18 January 2008	2010[85]	1,060,000[26]	103[85]
Take That	"Rule the World"	October 2007	22 July 2013	2014[50]	1,050,000[73]	152[50]
Kings of Leon	"Sex on Fire"	September 2008	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2010[8]	1,250,000[26]	101[8]
Kings of Leon	"Use Somebody"	October 2008	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 10 June 2016	2013[86]	1,000,000[26]	133[26]
Burke, AlexandraAlexandra Burke	"Hallelujah"	December 2008	16 January 2009 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2009[6]	1,296,000[82]
Lady Gaga	"Poker Face"	April 2009	7 January 2010 Multi-Platinum 2×: 23 October 2015	2010[8]	1,170,000[87]	102[8]
Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"	July 2009	7 January 2010 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2010[7]	1,460,000[73]	100[7]
Cole, CherylCheryl Cole	"Fight for This Love"	October 2009	14 May 2010	2012[88]	1,038,000[89]	125[88]
Gaga, LadyLady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	October 2009	20 August 2013	2013[90]	1,034,000[87]	138[90]
Eminem featuring Rihanna	"Love the Way You Lie"	July 2010	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 25 July 2014	2011[91]	1,220,000[92]	107[91]
Mars, BrunoBruno Mars	"Just the Way You Are (Amazing)"	September 2010	2 August 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 9 August 2013	2011[83]	1,320,000[93]	106[83]
Rihanna	"Only Girl (In the World)"	October 2010	7 January 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 1 January 2016	2011[94]	1,150,000[92]	108[94]
Katy Perry	"Firework"	November 2010	11 March 2011	2014[49]	1,050,000[38]	147[49]
Cardle, MattMatt Cardle	"When We Collide"	December 2010	22 July 2013	2012[95]	1,010,000[26]	123[95]
Adele	"Rolling in the Deep"	January 2011	24 June 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 April 2016 3×: 29 July 2016	2014[96]	1,000,000[96]	144[96]
Adele	"Someone like You"	January 2011	1 April 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2011[83]	1,584,000[97]	105[83]
Jessie J featuring B.o.B	"Price Tag"	January 2011	13 May 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 4 July 2014	2012[98]	1,240,000[38]	111[98]
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock	"Party Rock Anthem"	January 2011	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2012[99]	1,190,000[26]	110[99]
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer	"Give Me Everything"	March 2011	16 September 2011	2014[49]	1,000,000[49]	146[49]
Christina Perri	"Jar of Hearts"	May 2011	22 July 2013	2016[11]	1,001,400[100]	164[11]
Sheeran, EdEd Sheeran	"The A Team"	June 2011	28 October 2011 Multi-Platinum 2×: 3 July 2015	2013[26]	1,067,700[101]	132[26]
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	"Moves like Jagger"	August 2011	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2011[102]	1,500,000[75]	109
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	"We Found Love"	September 2011	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2012[103]	1,404,000[104]	112[103]
One Direction	"What Makes You Beautiful"	September 2011	15 February 2013	2016[2]	1,000,000[2]	167[2]
Gotye featuring Kimbra	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	December 2011	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2012[47]	1,500,000[59]	114[47]
Guetta, DavidDavid Guetta featuring Sia	"Titanium"	December 2011	10 August 2012 Multi-Platinum 2×: 4 July 2014	2013[105]	1,100,000[106]	130[105]
Minaj, NickiNicki Minaj	"Starships"	February 2012	22 July 2013	2016[34]	1,000,000[34]	165[34]
fun. featuring Janelle Monáe	"We Are Young"	April 2012	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 28 August 2015	2013[107]	1,010,000[26]	128[107]
Jepsen, Carly RaeCarly Rae Jepsen	"Call Me Maybe"	April 2012	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2012[88]	1,372,000[108]	124[88]
Passenger	"Let Her Go"	July 2012	28 June 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 4 July 2014	2013[109]	1,120,000[16]	141[109]
Psy	"Gangnam Style"	August 2012	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 27 December 2013	2013[110]	1,270,000[38]	129[110]
Rihanna	"Diamonds"	September 2012	15 February 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 19 February 2016	2014[96]	1,070,000[92]	145[96]
Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin	"Don't You Worry Child"	October 2012	22 July 2013	2015[78]	1,000,000[78]	160[78]
Arthur, JamesJames Arthur	"Impossible"	December 2012	15 February 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 22 July 2013	2013[111]	1,294,000[82]	127[111]
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams	"Get Lucky"	April 2013	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 23 August 2013	2013[26]	1,400,000[75]	136[26]
Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith	"La La La"	May 2013	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 13 November 2015	2014[49]	1,040,000[38]	148[49]
Thicke, RobinRobin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	"Blurred Lines"	May 2013	22 July 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 9 August 2013 3×: 18 December 2015	2013[112]	1,630,000[75]	137[112]
OneRepublic	"Counting Stars"	June 2013	23 November 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 12 December 2014	2014[113]	1,070,000[38]	153[113]
Avicii	"Wake Me Up!"	July 2013	9 August 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 3 January 2014 3×: 26 August 2016	2013[84]	1,460,000[59]	140[84]
Legend, JohnJohn Legend	"All of Me"	August 2013	30 May 2014 Multi-Platinum 2×: 17 October 2014 3×: 25 March 2016	2015[114]	1,180,000[58]	156[114]
Perry, KatyKaty Perry	"Roar"	September 2013	1 November 2013 Multi-Platinum 2×: 24 July 2015	2015[115]	1,020,000[115]	157[115]
Williams, PharrellPharrell Williams	"Happy"	November 2013	24 January 2014 Multi-Platinum 2×: 28 March 2014 3×: 18 July 2014 4×: 22 April 2016	2014[116]	1,813,000[75]	143[116]
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne	"Rather Be"	January 2014	7 March 2014 Multi-Platinum 2×: 4 July 2014 3×: 21 August 2015	2014[16]	1,130,000[117]	149[16]
Sheeran, EdEd Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"	June 2014	14 November 2014 Multi-Platinum 2×: 30 January 2015 3×: 18 September 2015	2015[78]	1,010,000[78]	161[78]
Ronson, MarkMark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	December 2014	6 January 2015 Multi-Platinum 2×: 13 February 2015 3×: 22 May 2015 4×: 10 June 2016	2015[9]	1,600,000[93]	158[9]

Although "Brown Girl in the Ring" was listed as the B-side, it received extensive airplay, which caused the single to peak in the charts for a second time.

Artists with the most million-selling singles

Twenty artists have had at least two million-selling singles in the UK (if John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are counted as one artist), but only three artists have had more than two: The Beatles, who have six; Rihanna, who has four (including one as a featured artist); and Pharrell Williams, who has three (including two as a featured artist).

Artist	No. of million-sellers	Songs
The Beatles	6	"She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine", "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out", "Hey Jude"
Rihanna	4*	"Love the Way You Lie", "Only Girl (In the World)", "We Found Love", "Diamonds"
Pharrell Williams	3*	"Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines", "Happy"
Adele	2	"Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You"
Boney M.	2	"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"
Bruno Mars	2*	"Just the Way You Are (Amazing)", "Uptown Funk"
Celine Dion	2	"My Heart Will Go On", "Think Twice"
Ed Sheeran	2	"The A Team", "Thinking Out Loud"
Elton John	2	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Candle in the Wind 1997"
Eminem	2	"Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie"
Engelbert Humperdinck	2	"Release Me", "The Last Waltz"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	2	"Relax", "Two Tribes"
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	2†	"You're the One That I Want", "Summer Nights"
Katy Perry	2	"Firework", "Roar"
Kings of Leon	2	"Sex on Fire", "Use Somebody"
Kylie Minogue	2	"Especially for You", "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
Lady Gaga	2	"Poker Face", "Bad Romance"
Robson & Jerome	2	"I Believe" / "Up on the Roof", "Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover"
Spice Girls	2	"Wannabe", "2 Become 1"
Take That	2	"Back for Good", "Rule the World"

* Includes featured performances Duets

Songs with a million combined sales

In addition to those listed above, since the incorporation of streaming into the singles chart in 2014, a large number of singles have reached a million combined sales when streaming is taken into account (100 streams equivalent to one download or physical sale). Music Week regularly refers to these as million-sellers,^[118] but the OCC does not.^[119] Four songs have achieved one million combined sales on streaming alone (over 100 million streams): "Sorry", "Love Yourself" and "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber, and "One Dance" by Drake.^[120]

Artist	Song	Date released	Date certified Platinum	Date reached 1 million	Combined sales
Goo Goo Dolls	"Iris"	1998	2013	2016	1,100,000
Eminem featuring Dido	"Stan"	2000	2000	2016	1,000,000
The Black Eyed Peas	"Where Is the Love?"	2003	2003	2016	1,091,542[121]
The Killers	"Mr. Brightside"	2003	2013 2× 2016	2015	1,200,000[14]
Jason Mraz	"I'm Yours"	2008	2013	2016	1,040,000
Adele	"Make You Feel My Love"	2008	2011	2015	1,032,266[122]
Lady Gaga	"Just Dance"	2009	2009	2016	1,000,500[123]
Bruno Mars	"Grenade"	2010	2010	2016	1,070,000[93]
LMFAO	"Sexy and I Know It"	2011	2013	2016	1,002,000
Coldplay	"Paradise"	2011	2011	2015	1,072,000
Rudimental featuring John Newman	"Feel the Love"	2012	2012	2015	1,010,000
Bruno Mars	"Locked Out of Heaven"	2012	2013	2016	1,010,000[93]
The Lumineers	"Ho Hey"	2012	2013	2015	1,035,607[124]
Imagine Dragons	"Radioactive"	2012	2014	2015	1,015,000
Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	2012	2012	2015	1,030,000
Bastille	"Pompeii"	2013	2× 2015	2015	1,300,000[125]
George Ezra	"Budapest"	2013	2× 2015	2015	1,320,000+[125]
Idina Menzel	"Let It Go"	2013	2015	2015	1,100,000
Pitbull featuring Kesha	"Timber"	2013	2014	2015	1,125,000
Mr Probz	"Waves"	2014	2× 2015	2015	1,557,000
Sia	"Chandelier"	2014	2015 2× 2016	2016	1,200,000[14]
Sam Smith	"Stay with Me"	2014	2× 2015	2015	1,420,000[125]
Ed Sheeran	"Sing"	2014	2014	2015	1,125,000
Ella Henderson	"Ghost"	2014	2× 2015	2015	1,200,000[14]
Ed Sheeran	"Photograph"	2015	2016	2016	1,003,461[126]
Hozier	"Take Me to Church"	2014	2× 2015	2015	1,772,000
Meghan Trainor	"All About That Bass"	2014	2× 2015	2015	1,200,000[14]
Taylor Swift	"Shake It Off"	2014	2014	2015	1,050,000
James Bay	"Hold Back the River"	2014	2× 2016	2015	1,200,000[14]
Maroon 5	"Sugar"	2014	2015	2016	1,003,900[123]
Ellie Goulding	"Love Me Like You Do"	2015	2× 2016	2015	1,315,000
Years & Years	"King"	2015	2015	2016	1,053,000
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber	"Where Are Ü Now"	2015	2015	2016	1,134,000
Major Lazer featuring DJ Snake and MØ	"Lean On"	2015	2× 2016	2016	1,391,112[126]
Jess Glynne	"Hold My Hand"	2015	2015	2016	1,032,000
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth	"See You Again"	2015	2× 2016	2015	1,200,000[14]
Omi	"Cheerleader"	2015	2× 2015	2015	1,520,000[127]
Jason Derulo	"Want to Want Me"	2015	2015	2016	1,002,800[123]
Lost Frequencies	"Are You with Me"	2015	2015	2016	1,036,000
Walk the Moon	"Shut Up and Dance"	2015	2015	2016	1,135,000
The Weeknd	"Can't Feel My Face"	2015	2015	2016	1,141,000
Calvin Harris featuring Disciples	"How Deep Is Your Love"	2015	2015	2016	1,119,000[104]
Shawn Mendes	"Stitches"	2015	2× 2016	2016	1,200,000[14]
Justin Bieber	"What Do You Mean?"	2015	2× 2016	2016	1,618,000
Adele	"Hello"	2015	2× 2016	2015	1,444,000[127][128]
Justin Bieber	"Sorry"	2015	3× 2016	2016	1,800,000[14]
Justin Bieber	"Love Yourself"	2015	3× 2016	2016	1,800,000[14]
Zara Larsson	"Lush Life"	2016	2016	2016	1,070,000[129]
Jonas Blue featuring Dakota	"Fast Car"	2016	2016	2016	1,069,000
Lukas Graham	"7 Years"	2016	2× 2016	2016	1,402,000[129]
Rihanna featuring Drake	"Work"	2016	2016	2016	1,063,000[129]
Mike Posner	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"	2016	2× 2016	2016	1,292,000[129]
Fifth Harmony	"Work from Home"	2016	2016	2016	1,000,000[130]
Sia	"Cheap Thrills"	2016	2× 2016	2016	1,281,000[129]
Drake	"One Dance"	2016	3× 2016	2016	1,800,000[14]
Calum Scott	"Dancing On My Own"	2016	2016	2016	1,038,000
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna	"This Is What You Came For"	2016	2016	2016	1,200,000[14]
Justin Timberlake	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	2016	2016	2016	1,008,000[131]
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	"Closer"	2016	2016	2016	1,024,889[132]

Footnotes

1. "Sugar, Sugar" was erroneously awarded a gold record by Disc having sold approximately 945,000 copies. RCA Records informed Disc that 1 million copies had been shipped, however not all were sold.^[39][12] The single went on to sell more than 1 million copies with the introduction of music downloads in 2004.^[40]
2. Unless explicitly cited, the release dates are given by the BPI.^[24]
3. General reference, except where explicitly cited
4. Sales figures given by the OCC - these do not include streaming
5. The record was classified "Gold" (500,000) prior to 1989.^[45] Not classified Platinum when the threshold was reduced to 600,000 in 1989, as record was released under the old thresholds.^[13]
6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" has sold 1 million copies and been certified Platinum both in its original 1975 release and in its 1991 re-release as a double 'A' side following the death of Freddie Mercury
7. "Blue Monday" was released in 1983 and re-released in 1988 and 1995. New Order's label, Factory Records, was not a member of the British Phonographic Industry so they never received any sales certifications.^[52] However, the record sold more than 1 million units.
8. "Three Lions" and "3 Lions '98" were each treated as individual songs and classified Platinum by the BPI. The OCC's list of million-sellers grouped them as the same song, thus making it a million-seller.

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