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List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year. Note that the Number sold section denotes the number sold within the year, not in total, as very often the single continues to sell more in later years (and sometimes other singles released within a particular year will go on to outsell the year-end winner (e.g. Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan's "Especially for You" (from 1988) ultimately outsold "Mistletoe and Wine")).[1]

Elvis Presley performed the best-selling song in three years (1958, 1960, 1961)

The best-selling UK single of all time is "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John, which sold 4,770,000 copies.

Best-selling singles by year

YearSingleArtistNumber
sold[2]		Number
sold and
streamed
1952"Here in My Heart"Al MartinoN/A
1953"I Believe"Frankie LaineN/A
1954"Secret Love"Doris DayN/A
1955"Rose Marie"Slim WhitmanN/A
1956"I'll Be Home"Pat BooneN/A
1957"Diana"Paul AnkaN/A
1958"Jailhouse Rock"Elvis PresleyN/A
1959"Living Doll"Cliff Richard800,000N/A
1960"It's Now or Never"Elvis PresleyN/A
1961"Wooden Heart"Elvis PresleyN/A
1962"I Remember You"Frank IfieldN/A
1963"She Loves You"The Beatles1,300,000[3]N/A
1964"Can't Buy Me Love"The BeatlesN/A
1965"Tears"Ken Dodd1,268,000N/A
1966"Green, Green Grass of Home"Tom Jones850,000[4]N/A
1967"Release Me"Engelbert HumperdinckN/A
1968"Hey Jude"The BeatlesN/A
1969"Sugar, Sugar"The ArchiesN/A
1970"In the Summertime"Mungo JerryN/A
1971"My Sweet Lord"George Harrison700,000N/A
1972"Amazing Grace"The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards BandN/A
1973"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"Dawn featuring Tony OrlandoN/A
1974"Tiger Feet"Mud730,000N/A
1975"Bye Bye Baby"Bay City RollersN/A
1976"Save Your Kisses for Me"Brotherhood of Man1,006,000N/A
1977"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"Wings2,000,000N/A
1978"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"Boney M.1,995,000N/A
1979"Bright Eyes"Art Garfunkel1,155,000N/A
1980"Don't Stand So Close to Me"The Police808,000N/A
1981"Don't You Want Me"[5]The Human League1,150,000N/A
1982"Come On Eileen"Dexys Midnight Runners1,200,000N/A
1983"Karma Chameleon"Culture Club1,390,000N/A
1984"Do They Know It's Christmas?"*Band Aid3,000,000[6]N/A
1985"The Power of Love"Jennifer Rush1,280,000N/A
1986"Don't Leave Me This Way"The Communards745,000N/A
1987"Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick Astley759,000N/A
1988"Mistletoe and Wine"Cliff Richard750,000N/A
1989"Ride On Time"Black Box960,000N/A
1990"Unchained Melody"The Righteous Brothers840,000N/A
1991"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Bryan Adams1,850,000[7]
1992"I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston1,500,000N/A
1993"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"Meat Loaf720,000N/A
1994"Love Is All Around"Wet Wet Wet1,783,000N/A
1995"Unchained Melody"Robson & Jerome1,840,000N/A
1996"Killing Me Softly"Fugees1,360,000N/A
1997"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"*Elton John4,770,000N/A
1998"Believe"Cher1,830,000N/A
1999"...Baby One More Time"Britney Spears1,445,000N/A
2000"Can We Fix It?"Bob the Builder853,000[8]N/A
2001"It Wasn't Me"Shaggy featuring Rikrok1,151,000[9]N/A
2002"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"Will Young1,783,919[10]N/A
2003"Where Is the Love?"The Black Eyed Peas625,198[10]N/A
2004"Do They Know It's Christmas?"*Band Aid 201,065,000[10]N/A
2005"Is This the Way to Amarillo"*Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay1,100,200[10]N/A
2006"Crazy"Gnarls Barkley820,053[10]N/A
2007"Bleeding Love"Leona Lewis788,000[11]N/A
2008"Hallelujah"Alexandra Burke888,000[12]N/A
2009"Poker Face"Lady Gaga882,059[13]N/A
2010"Love the Way You Lie"Eminem featuring Rihanna[14]N/A
2011"Someone like You"Adele1,996,000[15]N/A
2012"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra1,318,000[16]N/A
2013"Blurred Lines"Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams1,470,000[17]N/A
2014"Happy"Pharrell Williams1,500,000[18]1,620,000[19]
2015"Uptown Funk"Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars1,760,000[20]
2016"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla530,000[21]1,950,000[22]
2017"Shape of You"Ed Sheeran787,000[23]3,200,000[24]
2018"One Kiss"Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa244,000[25]1,570,000[26]
2019"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2,300,000[27]
2020"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd2,200,000[28]
2021"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran142,000[29]1,700,000[30]
2022"As It Was"Harry Styles65,000[31]1,550,000[32]
2023"Flowers"Miley Cyrus91,000[33]1,700,000[33]

Best-selling singles by decade

DecadeSingleArtistNumber sold
1950s"Rock Around the Clock"Bill Haley & His Comets
1960s"She Loves You"The Beatles
1970s"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"Paul McCartney and Wings
1980s"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid
1990s"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"Elton John
2000s"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"Will Young
2010s"Shape of You"Ed Sheeran[34][a]

See also

References

General (list positions)
  • Lane, Dan (18 November 2012). "The biggest song of every year revealed (updated yearly)". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
Specific

Notes

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