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Salesof the Century
The best-selling artists, groups and more in the 60 year history of the UK’s Official Singles Chart
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TOP 20 BIGGEST-SELLING GROUPS OF ALL TIME Band
1) The Beatles 2) Queen 3) Abba
Total UK single sales 22.1m 12.8m 11.3m
4) Rolling Stones 10.1m 5) Oasis
6) Take That 7) Spice Girls 8) Bee Gees 9) U2
10) Status Quo 11) Boyzone 12) Blondie
9.079m 9.078m 8.0m 7.6m 7.5m 7.2m 7.1m
7.037m 13) Black Eyed Peas 7.034m
16) Westlife 17) UB40
18) Madness 19) The Police 20) Wham!
6.856m 6.830m 6.6m
6.15m 6.1m 5.9m
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Biggest-selling single She Loves You
Bohemian Rhapsody Dancing Queen
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction Wonderwall
Back For Good Wannabe
How Deep Is Your Love? With Or Without You
Rockin’ All Over The World No Matter What Heart Of Glass I Gotta Feeling
14) Boney M 6.859m Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring 15) Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody Uptown Girl
Red Red Wine Baggy Trousers
Don’t Stand So Close To Me Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 1 2 3
TOP 10 BIGGEST-SELLING SINGLES OF ALL TIME Single
1) Candle In The Wind ’97
2) Do They Know It’s Christmas? 3) Bohemian Rhapsody
4) Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’ School 5) You’re The One That I Want
8) She Loves You 1 2
Total UK sales 4.9m
3.69m 2.36m 2m 2m
6) Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring 2m 7) Relax
Artist
Elton John Band Aid Queen
Paul McCartney John Travolta Boney M
2m Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1.9m
The Beatles
9) Unchained Melody/White Cliffs Of Dover 1.86m Robson & Jerome 10)Love Is All Around
1.85m 3 Wet Wet Wet
TOP 10 BIGGEST-SELLING FEMALE ACTS OF ALL TIME Artist
1) Madonna 2) Rihanna
Total UK single sales 17.8m 11.4m
3) Kylie Minogue 10.2m 4) Whitney Houston 8.5m 5) Lady Gaga
8) Celine Dion 9) Mariah Carey
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6.9m 6.7m
7.329m
6) Britney Spears 7.324m 7) Beyonce
6.62m
10) Olivia Newton-John 6.61m 2
Biggest-selling single Into The Groove
We Found Love Ft. Calvin Harris Can’t Get You Out Of My Head I Will Always Love You Poker Face
Baby One More Time If I Were A Boy
My Heart Will Go On
All I Want For Xmas Is You You’re The One That I Want
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TOP 10 BIGGEST-SELLING MALE ACTS OF ALL TIME Artist
1) Elvis Presley 2) Cliff Richard
Total UK single sales 21.7m 21.5m
3) Michael Jackson 15.5m 4) Elton John 5) David Bowie
6) Paul McCartney 10.3m 7) Rod Stewart 8) Stevie Wonder 9) Eminem
9.9m 9.1m 8.9m
10) George Michael 7.9m
Biggest-selling single It’s Now Or Never The Young Ones Earth Song
15.0m Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight 10.7m
Let’s Dance
Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’ School Sailing
I Just Called To Say (I Love You) Love The Way You Lie (feat Rihanna) Careless Whisper
Source for all info: O Official Charts Company Data
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