List of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom


The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, initially on the condition that the single was available in both formats. In 2007, the rules were changed so that legal downloads of all songs, irrespective of whether a physical copy was available, were eligible to chart and since July 2014, streaming has been included.

Best-selling singles based on paid-for sales

This is a list of the sales of records released from 1 January 2000 onwards; sales for this period of records released before 2000 are not included. With sales of over 1,920,000, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the best-selling single in the UK since January 2000. Will Young's double A-side single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen", which has sold over 1,790,000 million copies, is the second-biggest seller, followed by "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Williams in third. The top five is completed by "Uptown Funk" at four and "Someone Like You" by Adele in fifth. As of September 2017, 62 singles released in the 2000s have sold over 1 million copies.
Until June 2014, only a paid download or a purchase of a physical single counted as a sale. Based on this definition, these are the best-selling singles in the UK since 2000. Sales positions are current as of 2017.
SingleArtistReleasedTraditional salesChart
peak
1"Happy"Pharrell Williams1,921,8051
2"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"1,795,2131
3"Blurred Lines"Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams1,667,6151
4"Uptown Funk"Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars1,647,3101
5"Someone like You"Adele1,644,5971
6"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera1,536,0412
7"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra1,515,5271
8"Wake Me Up"Avicii1,483,3461
9"I Gotta Feeling"1,477,7781
10"Get Lucky"Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams1,471,3561
11"It Wasn't Me"Shaggy1,428,2041
12"We Found Love"Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris20111,415,4161
13"Sex on Fire"Kings of Leon20081,386,1711
14"Call Me Maybe"20121,358,6311
15" Amarillo" featuring Peter Kay20051,354,4781
16"Unchained Melody"20021,345,8501
17"Just the Way You Are "20101,331,6841
18"Impossible"20121,310,1691
19"Hallelujah"20081,310,0171
20"Gangnam Style"Psy20121,304,4371
21"Titanium" featuring Sia20121,300,5661
22"Party Rock Anthem"LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock20111,284,3351
23"Rather Be"Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne20141,283,1221
24"All of Me"John Legend20131,259,7082
25"Love the Way You Lie"Eminem featuring Rihanna20101,258,7632
26"Let Her Go"Passenger20131,243,3362
27"Price Tag"Jessie J featuring B.o.B20111,228,3711
28"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran20141,219,1841
29"Can't Get You Out of My Head"20011,195,2291
30"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid 2020041,184,3961
31"Poker Face"Lady Gaga20091,180,3771
32"Only Girl "Rihanna20101,162,4601
33"Starships"Nicki Minaj20121,162,0651
34"Chasing Cars"Snow Patrol20061,159,0996
35"We Are Young"fun. featuring Janelle Monáe20121,145,1951
36"Counting Stars"OneRepublic20131,132,5261
37"Crazy"Gnarls Barkley20061,131,1841
38"The A Team"20111,118,8253
39"Use Somebody"Kings of Leon20081,115,3922
40"Bleeding Love"20071,114,5961

Best-selling songs based on combined sales

From 2014 streaming has counted towards sales at the rate of 100 streams equal to one download or physical purchase, although the singles chart no longer uses this ratio. In September 2017, the OCC changed their definition of a 'million seller' to include streaming. These are the biggest selling songs based on combined physical, download and streaming sales. As of September 2017 there were nine over 2 million and 185 over a million combined sales from the 2000s Century. In October 2017, "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran became the first song from the 2000s Century to achieve 3 million combined sales.
PositionSongArtistPeakYearSalesStreaming equivalentCombined sales
1"Shape of You"Ed Sheeran12017754,754+2,121,706+3,006,404
2"Uptown Funk"Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars120141,647,3101,076,1602,723,470
3"Happy"Pharrell Williams120131,921,805707,8512,629,657
4"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran120141,219,1841,302,1192,521,302
5"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla12016553,9731,791,0072,344,981
6"Rather Be"Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne120141,283,122935,5752,218,697
7"Sorry"Justin Bieber12015724,1881,443,7192,167,907
8"All of Me"John Legend220141,259,708896,4182,156,126
9"Love Yourself"Justin Bieber12015718,5491,340,6662,059,215
10"Someone Like You"Adele120111,644,597351,7721,996,369
11"Wake Me Up!"Avicii120131,483,346484,0351,967,381
12"Take Me to Church"Hozier22013934,4661,017,8511,952,317
13"Blurred Lines"Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell120131,667,615284,0041,951,619
14"Cheerleader "Omi12014861,0861,057,4391,918,526
15"Despacito "Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber12017566,4251,334,1741,900,599
16"Hello"Adele12015948,618906,4311,855,050
17"What Do You Mean?"Justin Bieber12015533,5811,320,2561,853,837
18"Let Her Go"Passenger220121,243,336589,0191,832,354
19"Get Lucky"Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams120131,471,356349,9891,821,344
20"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"Will Young120021,795,2131,8741,797,087
21"Cheap Thrills"Sia22015517,0821,247,6401,764,721
22"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera220111,536,041207,8131,743,854
23"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra120111,515,527212,1921,727,719
24"Mr. Brightside"The Killers102004967,180750,9911,718,170
25"Pompeii"Bastille22013959,693749,0111,708,704
26"7 Years"Lukas Graham12015653,6571,054,2111,707,868
27"We Found Love"Rihanna120111,415,416288,5331,703,948
28"Sex on Fire"Kings of Leon120081,386,171315,9311,702,103
29"Waves"Mr Probz12013933,555757,4021,690,957
30"Castle on the Hill"Ed Sheeran22017478,7161,192,6071,671,322