Official Biggest Selling Singles of the decade so far revealed
Pharrell Williams’ Happy is the biggest selling single of the decade to date, the Official Charts Company can confirm. The record-breaking track – which spent four weeks at Number 1 and a whopping 50 in the Top 40 - has now sold over 1,813,000 copies in the UK.
Williams scores three entries in the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the decade so far list, featuring on controversial 2013 Robin Thicke and T.I. collaboration Blurred Lines - which takes second place with 1,630,000 sales - and on Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, which comes in sixth with 1,436,000 sales.
The first of two entries for Adele - Someone Like You - earns the Number 3 spot in the countdown. The single, which features on 21 (the Official Biggest Selling Album of the decade so far) has shifted nearly 1,567,000 copies in the UK since its 2011 release.
The fourth best-selling single of the 2010s is the only of the Top 5 not to top the Official Singles Chart, Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger. The Christina Aguilera-assisted track has sold 1,503,000 copies since its release four years ago.
Rounding out the Top 5 Official Biggest Selling Singles of the decade so far is five time chart-topper, Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know FT Kimbra – with 1,484,000 sales.
Other notable acts further down the Top 40 include Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, LMFAO and Rihanna - who equal Adele with two entries each.
The Official Biggest Selling Singles of the decade so far are:
1 | HAPPY | PHARRELL WILLIAMS |
2 | BLURRED LINES | ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL |
3 | SOMEONE LIKE YOU | ADELE |
4 | MOVES LIKE JAGGER | MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA |
5 | SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW | GOTYE FT KIMBRA |
6 | GET LUCKY | DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS |
7 | WAKE ME UP | AVICII |
8 | UPTOWN FUNK | MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS |
9 | WE FOUND LOVE | RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS |
10 | CALL ME MAYBE | CARLY RAE JEPSEN |
11 | JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) | BRUNO MARS |
12 | IMPOSSIBLE | JAMES ARTHUR |
13 | GANGNAM STYLE | PSY |
14 | PARTY ROCK ANTHEM | LMFAO/LAUREN BENNETT/GOONROCK |
15 | TITANIUM | DAVID GUETTA FT SIA |
16 | PRICE TAG | JESSIE J FT BOB |
17 | LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE | EMINEM FT RIHANNA |
18 | RATHER BE | CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE |
19 | LET HER GO | PASSENGER |
20 | ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) | RIHANNA |
21 | ALL OF ME | JOHN LEGEND |
22 | WE ARE YOUNG | FUN FT JANELLE MONAE |
23 | THE A TEAM | ED SHEERAN |
24 | COUNTING STARS | ONEREPUBLIC |
25 | DIAMONDS | RIHANNA |
26 | THINKING OUT LOUD | ED SHEERAN |
27 | ROAR | KATY PERRY |
28 | FIREWORK | KATY PERRY |
29 | LA LA LA | NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH |
30 | ROLLING IN THE DEEP | ADELE |
31 | GIVE ME EVERYTHING | PITBULL/NE-YO/AFROJACK/NAYER |
32 | WHEN WE COLLIDE | MATT CARDLE |
33 | DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD | SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN |
34 | JAR OF HEARTS | CHRISTINA PERRI |
35 | FORGET YOU | CEE LO GREEN |
36 | SEXY AND I KNOW IT | LMFAO |
37 | STARSHIPS | NICKI MINAJ |
38 | GRENADE | BRUNO MARS |
39 | WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL | ONE DIRECTION |
40 | PARADISE | COLDPLAY |
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Slow Death
Nice list..but no Poets of the Fall ??
Lenty Man
Impossible is a cover of already very well known song. 12. place is impressive! What James Arthur voice can do is unbelievable! And best of him is only just coming!
Johnny McVey
What has Wake Me Up sold?
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L'architecte
Rihanna has 3 entries as a lead artist, 4 if we count Love The Way You Lie.