Some stars are just greedy and bag more than one million-seller: 22 acts have two or more entries in the list of the UK's all-time bestselling singles. Cher's Believe, the best-selling song by a female artist, is 17th in the rundown, with 1.84 million.įrankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax claims the best-selling debut single by a group (2.07m) and Will Young takes the prize for a solo artist with Anything Is Possible/Evergreen. The top selling song released in the 21st century goes to Pharrell Williams' Happy, which is eighth with 1.95 million sales, while in 10th is the top selling song never to reach Number 1 – Wham!'s Last Christmas, which was blocked by Band Aid in 1984 and has sold 1.9 million. Look back over every Number 1 on the Official UK Singles Chart The biggest selling cover version is Boney M's Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring from 1978, shifting 2.03 million, although the originals never charted – the most popular cover version of a song that had already charted is Wet Wet Wet's redo of the Troggs' Love Is All Around, on 1.9 million. 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. 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. 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. It's still a relatively rare feat, with currently only 178 songs making it to seven figures.
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.
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