Official Biggest Selling Singles of the decade so far revealed

See the Top 40 best-selling singles of the 2010s, featuring Mark Ronson, Pharrell, Avicii, Katy Perry, more.
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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

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Nice list..but no Poets of the Fall ??

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Lenty Man

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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!

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Johnny McVey

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What has Wake Me Up sold?

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L'architecte

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Rihanna has 3 entries as a lead artist, 4 if we count Love The Way You Lie.