Christina Perri's breakup anthem Jar Of Hearts becomes the UK's latest million-selling single on Valentines Day

The enduring break up ballad hits a massive sales milestone in the UK.
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It may be Valentines Day, but that hasn't stopped one heck of an emotional breakup song - Christina Perri's Jar Of Hearts - from reaching a huge sales milestone in the UK. 

The US singer-songwriter's debut single has hit the one million sales mark in the UK almost five years after its release, OfficialCharts.com can reveal. 

Jar Of Hearts - written by Perri about a difficult ending of a relationship - joins an elite club of just 164 songs that have sold over one million (not including streams) in UK chart history. 

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The track was a slow burner on the Official Singles Chart, initially entering the Top 100 at Number 90 in June 2011. Two months later, Jar Of Hearts entered the Top 40 at 17 and hit its peak of Number 4 two weeks later (click here to see the chart from that week). 

Click on the image below to see the song's full, week-by-week chart run: 

 

Notably, Jar Of Hearts is one of the few million-selling songs that failed to hit the top spot. Only three tracks that have hit the milestone have peaked lower: Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars (6), Journey's Don't Stop Believin' (6) and Bing Crosby's White Christmas (5). Robbie Williams' Angels is the only other million seller to also peak at Number 4, which it did in 1998.

Congratulations, Christina! Now, let's all have a singalong (and mini cry): 

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Southendman

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Am I right in saying no song that first charted in 2015 has reached a million yet? Or have I missed one!!! (Would of thought Adele's 'Hello' would of done it by now!)

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Johnny McVey

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You forgot I Don't Want to Miss a Thing! That peaked at number 4 as well

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Thomas Sales

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What I want to know is what was the highest-selling record to peak at each chart position. My guess is Candle in the Wind, Last Christmas, Firework, Angels, White Christmas, Chasing Cars and How Do I Live are the first seven, but it's all the ones after that.

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Johnny McVey

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Almost. The biggest seller to only reach number 3 is actually The A Team, not Firework.

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Bengy

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What was no. 164 on the list? It was never announced.

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Seb

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Exactly what I was thinking.

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Official Charts

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Good spot - our mistake! We've corrected the article.

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Johnny McVey

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It still says 165 though?

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Bengy

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Now corrected - joins an elite club of just 164 songs that have sold over one million (not including streams) in UK chart history.

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Oh god. This song is bullcrap. But then again, it was bound to do this at some point.

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ottsiofjallgard .

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Could someone from Official Charts tell me how much copies Bruno Mars' "Grenade" sold? I know it is very close to become million-seller but I need to know how many thousands it needs.
Thank you

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Johnny McVey

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My guess would be about 975,000