List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
The definition of a million-selling single, as regarded by the Official Charts Company, has changed in line with new technology for music consumption. Originally only physical record sales were counted since the start of the UK Singles Chart in November 1952. Digital downloads of a track were included from 2004 onwards and from 2014 onwards BPI-certified awards and the weekly charts include audio streaming. In 2017, the OCC included streaming in their definition of a million-seller and published a full list of the 311 songs which had achieved this. Certified awards can also include shipments. The OCC and Music Week regularly announce when a record becomes a million seller.
History
In 1959, British periodical Disc introduced an initiative to present a Gold record to singles that sold more than 1 million units. Information about when a record was classified Gold by Disc is "not well documented", and the awards relied on record companies correctly compiling and supplying sales information. This led to errors, such as The Shadows' instrumental "Apache" and The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" incorrectly being awarded a gold disc in January 1970. Such inaccuracies led to the instigation of an official classification system. In April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry began classifying singles and albums by the number of units sold. The highest threshold is "Platinum record" and was then awarded to singles that sold more than 1 million units. For singles released after 1 January 1989, the number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver records was dropped to 600,000 units, 400,000 units and 200,000 units. In February 1987, the BPI introduced multi-Platinum awards so that if a single sold 1,200,000 units it was classified as double Platinum, 1,800,000 units as triple Platinum, etc.Digital downloads have been counted towards singles sales from 2004 onwards: the first single to achieve a million digital sales was "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas. Additionally, audio streaming has been included in the official chart and BPI awards since 30 June 2014, at a rate of 100 streams representing one unit sale; however, the OCC still compiles a 'sales' .
In 1963, the Beatles' song "She Loves You" became the best-selling single of all time in the UK. This record was broken in 1977 when Paul McCartney's subsequent band Wings surpassed it with "Mull of Kintyre", which also became the first song to sell 2 million copies in the UK. In 1984, Band Aid released the charity-record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in response to the famine in Ethiopia; it sold 1 million copies in the first week and soon became the best-selling single. This record was broken in 1997, following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, when Elton John released "Candle in the Wind 1997", a re-write of the Marilyn Monroe tribute released in 1973. Selling more than 650,000 copies on its first day on sale and more than 1.5 million in its first week, it quickly became the UK's best-selling single. It was classified by the BPI as 9× Platinum in October 1997, but more recent reports by the OCC put its total sales at 4.93 million.
Million-selling singles (paid-for sales)
The following list is restricted to paid-for sales since the inception of a UK chart in 1952. Unless stated otherwise, sales figures from the OCC are correct as of 19 September 2017. At this date, the OCC started recording million-sellers using combined sales, but published the paid-for sales figures as well., 178 singles have sold 1 million copies in the UK. Of these, 112 were originally released in the 20th century and the remainder were released between 2000 and 2014. The most recently released single to become a million-seller is "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, which was released in December 2014 and passed a million sales ten weeks later in February 2015. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is the earliest release: originally 1942, although only sales from 1952 onwards are counted. The year in which the most million-sellers were released is 2011, with fifteen; while a record 40 releases in the 2010s have sold a million copies.
| Artist | Single | Date released | Date certified Platinum | Date sold 1 million | Copies sold | Order in which songs reached 1 million |
| "White Christmas" | 2010–12 | 1,047,349 | 117 | |||
| " Rock Around the Clock" | 1955 | 1,439,196 | 1 | |||
| "Diana" | 1957 | 1,253,486 | ||||
| "Mary's Boy Child" | 1957 | 1,187,752 | ||||
with The Jordanaires | "It's Now or Never" | 1960 | 1,272,271 | |||
| "Stranger on the Shore" | 1961 | 1,186,534 | ||||
| and The Shadows | "The Young Ones" | 1962 | 1,068,368 | |||
| "I Remember You" | 1962 | 1,106,190 | ||||
| "She Loves You" | 1963 | 1,922,275 | ||||
| Gerry and the Pacemakers | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 2016 | 1,011,244 | 165 | ||
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 1963 | 1,810,829 | ||||
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | 1964 | 1,547,454 | ||||
| "I Feel Fine" | 1964 | 1,423,196 | ||||
| "Unchained Melody" | 2004–10 | 1,101,570 | ||||
| "Tears" | 1965 | 1,523,690 | ||||
| "The Carnival Is Over" | 1965 | 1,426,218 | ||||
| "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" | 1965 | 1,402,308 | ||||
| "Green, Green Grass of Home" | 1966 | 1,257,737 | ||||
| "Release Me" | 1967 | 1,384,673 | ||||
| "The Last Waltz" | 1967 | 1,184,163 | ||||
| "Hey Jude" | 2010–12 | 1,141,635 | 116 | |||
| Frank Sinatra | "My Way" | March 1969 | N/A | 2018 | 1,000,000 | 176-177 |
| "Sugar, Sugar" | 2004–10 | 1,040,461 | ||||
| "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing " | 2004–10 | 1,016,440 | ||||
| "Eye Level" | 1978 | 1,008,481 | ||||
| "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" | 2004–10 | 1,006,661 | ||||
| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | 2010–12 | 1,011,658 | 118 | |||
| "I Love You Love Me Love" | 1973 | 1,146,051 | ||||
| Slade | "Merry Xmas Everybody" | 1980 | 1,306,566 | |||
| "Sailing" | 2010–12 | 1,064,038 | 120 | |||
| Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives" | 1975 | 2,540,604 | |||
| "Imagine" | 1981 | 1,714,351 | ||||
| Showaddywaddy | "Under the Moon of Love" | 2010–12 | 1,014,475 | 121 | ||
| Brotherhood of Man | "Save Your Kisses for Me" | 1976 | 1,025,364 | |||
| and Kiki Dee | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | 2013 | 1,029,242 | 134 | ||
| ABBA | "Dancing Queen" | 2004–10 | 1,133,288 | |||
| "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | 2004–10 | 1,032,296 | ||||
| "Don't Give Up on Us" | 1976 | 1,167,371 | ||||
| "I Feel Love" | 2012 | 1,127,511 | 115 | |||
| Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" | 1978 | 2,086,183 | |||
| Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" | 1978 | 2,032,656 | |||
| and Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" | 1978 | 2,072,035 | |||
| and Olivia Newton-John | "Summer Nights" | 1979 | 1,640,672 | |||
| "I Will Survive" | 2010–12 | 1,082,038 | 119 | |||
| Boney M. | "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" | 1978 | 1,885,274 | |||
| Village People | "Y.M.C.A." | 1979 | 1,513,677 | |||
| "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" | 2004–10 | 1,129,369 | ||||
| Blondie | "Heart of Glass | 1979 | 1,322,316 | |||
| "Bright Eyes" | 1979 | 1,222,230 | ||||
| Pink Floyd | "Another Brick in the Wall " | 2004–10 | 1,146,548 | |||
| Adam and the Ants | "Stand and Deliver" | 2004–10 | 1,060,856 | |||
| Soft Cell | "Tainted Love" | 1981 | 1,356,094 | |||
| "Don't You Want Me" | 1982 | 1,637,503 | ||||
| Journey | "Don't Stop Believin'" | 2014 | 1,105,177 | 151 | ||
| Tight Fit | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | 2010–12 | 1,045,051 | 122 | ||
| Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express | "Come On Eileen" | 1982 | 1,425,474 | |||
| "Fame" | 2004–10 | 1,079,222 | ||||
| Survivor | "Eye of the Tiger" | 2004–10 | 1,650,293 | |||
| New Order | "Blue Monday" | April 2005 | 1,239,137 | |||
| UB40 | "Red Red Wine" | 2014 | 1,063,106 | 150 | ||
| Culture Club | "Karma Chameleon" | 1983 | 1,528,498 | |||
| "Uptown Girl" | 2004–10 | 1,066,141 | ||||
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Relax" | 1984 | 2,066,230 | |||
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Two Tribes" | 1984 | 1,629,287 | |||
| "Careless Whisper" | 1984 | 1,523,852 | ||||
| "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 1984 | 1,874,225 | ||||
| "Ghostbusters" | 2004–10 | 1,170,587 | ||||
| Band Aid | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 1984 | 3,802,066 | |||
| Wham! | "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants" | 1985 | 1,825,115 | |||
| "The Power of Love" | 1985 | 1,456,087 | ||||
| "Never Gonna Give You Up" | 2018 | 1,002,000 | 172–175 | |||
featuring Kirsty MacColl | "Fairytale of New York" | 2012 | 1,217,112 | 126 | ||
| Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan | "Especially for You" | 2014 | 1,008,057 | 154 | ||
| Black Box | "Ride On Time" | 2004–10 | 1,092,718 | |||
| "" | 1991 | 1,848,154 | ||||
| "I Will Always Love You" | 1993 | 1,642,360 | ||||
| Wet Wet Wet | "Love Is All Around" | 1994 | 1,898,790 | |||
| Whigfield | "Saturday Night" | 1994 | 1,193,115 | |||
| "Think Twice" | 1994 | 1,374,888 | ||||
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 2013 | 1,172,436 | 142 | |||
| Robson Green & Jerome Flynn | "Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover" | 1995 | 1,867,755 | |||
| Take That | "Back for Good" | 2004–10 | 1,119,470 | |||
featuring Bubbler Ranx | "Mysterious Girl" | 2013 | 1,040,672 | 135 | ||
| Coolio featuring L.V. | "Gangsta's Paradise" | 1995 | 1,585,504 | |||
| Robson Green & Jerome Flynn | "I Believe" / "Up on the Roof" | 1995 | 1,121,703 | |||
| Oasis | "Wonderwall" | 2004–10 | 1,502,270 | 172–175 | ||
| "Earth Song" | 1995 | 1,210,297 | ||||
| Babylon Zoo | "Spaceman" | 1996 | 1,161,286 | |||
| Oasis | "Don't Look Back in Anger" | 2018 | 1,000,000 | 172–175 | ||
| "Three Lions" "3 Lions '98" | 1998 | 1,577,260 | ||||
| Fugees | "Killing Me Softly | 1996 | 1,457,641 | |||
| Spice Girls | "Wannabe" | 1996 | 1,385,211 | |||
| Spice Girls | "2 Become 1" | 1996 | 1,137,775 | |||
| No Doubt | "Don't Speak" | 2015 | 1,017,532 | 163 | ||
| Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 | "I'll Be Missing You" | 1997 | 1,663,303 | |||
| "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | 1997 | 4,935,426 | ||||
| Aqua | "Barbie Girl" | 1997 | 1,844,310 | |||
| "Torn" | 2004–10 | 1,197,721 | ||||
| Various artists | "Perfect Day" | 1997 | 1,550,017 | |||
| All Saints | "Never Ever" | 1998 | 1,363,504 | |||
| Teletubbies | "Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!"" | 1997 | 1,110,708 | |||
| "Angels" | 2009–10 | 1,228,319 | ||||
| "My Heart Will Go On" | 1998 | 1,583,276 | ||||
| Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins | "It's Like That" | 1998 | 1,322,898 | |||
| Goo Goo Dolls | "Iris" | 2020 | 1,030,000 | 178 | ||
| Boyzone | "No Matter What" | 1998 | 1,157,952 | |||
| Aerosmith | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | 2012 | 1,190,480 | 113 | ||
| Cher | "Believe" | 1998 | 1,826,573 | |||
| Steps | "Heartbeat" / "Tragedy" | 1999 | 1,212,288 | |||
| "...Baby One More Time" | 1999 | 1,558,054 | ||||
| "Mambo No. 5 " | 2014 | 1,029,722 | 155 | |||
| Eiffel 65 | "Blue " | 2000-02 | 1,130,082 | |||
| Bob the Builder | "Can We Fix It?" | 2001 | 1,029,644 | |||
| Atomic Kitten | "Whole Again" | 2013 | 1,021,465 | 131 | ||
| Shaggy featuring Rikrok | "It Wasn't Me" | 2001 | 1,428,204 | |||
| Hear'Say | "Pure and Simple" | 2001 | 1,100,356 | |||
| "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | 2002 | 1,195,229 | ||||
| "Hero" | 2015 | 1,036,015 | 159 | |||
| "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" | 2002 | 1,795,213 | ||||
| "Unchained Melody" | 2002 | 1,345,850 | ||||
| Eminem | "Lose Yourself" | 2015 | 1,077,213 | 162 | ||
| "Where Is the Love?" | 2017 | 1,018,056 | 168–170 | |||
| "Mr. Brightside" | 2018 | 1,010,000 | 176-177 | |||
| Band Aid 20 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 2004 | 1,184,396 | |||
featuring Peter Kay | " Amarillo" | 2005 | 1,354,478 | |||
| "That's My Goal" | 2006 | 1,112,671 | ||||
| Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" | 2010–11 | 1,131,184 | 104 | ||
| Snow Patrol | "Chasing Cars" | 2013 | 1,159,099 | 139 | ||
| "Bleeding Love" | 2010 | 1,114,596 | 103 | |||
| Take That | "Rule the World" | 2014 | 1,070,725 | 152 | ||
| Kings of Leon | "Sex on Fire" | 2010 | 1,386,171 | 101 | ||
| Adele | "Make You Feel My Love" | 2017 | 1,002,171 | 168–170 | ||
| Kings of Leon | "Use Somebody" | 2013 | 1,115,392 | 133 | ||
| "Hallelujah" | 2009 | 1,310,017 | ||||
| "Poker Face" | 2010 | 1,180,377 | 102 | |||
| "I Gotta Feeling" | 2010 | 1,477,778 | 100 | |||
| "Fight for This Love" | 2012 | 1,040,958 | 125 | |||
| "Bad Romance" | 2013 | 1,045,372 | 138 | |||
| Eminem featuring Rihanna | "Love the Way You Lie" | 2011 | 1,258,763 | 107 | ||
| "Fuck You" | 2017 | 1,002,504 | 168–170 | |||
| "Just the Way You Are " | 2011 | 1,331,684 | 106 | |||
| Rihanna | "Only Girl " | 2011 | 1,162,460 | 108 | ||
| Katy Perry | "Firework" | 2014 | 1,091,743 | 147 | ||
| "When We Collide" | 2012 | 1,017,149 | 123 | |||
| "Grenade" | 2018 | 1,000,000 | 171 | |||
| Adele | "Rolling in the Deep" | 2014 | 1,086,347 | 144 | ||
| Adele | "Someone like You" | 2011 | 1,644,597 | 105 | ||
| Jessie J featuring B.o.B | "Price Tag" | 2012 | 1,228,371 | 111 | ||
| LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | 2012 | 1,284,335 | 110 | ||
| Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer | "Give Me Everything" | 2014 | 1,048,500 | 146 | ||
| Christina Perri | "Jar of Hearts" | 2016 | 1,018,874 | 164 | ||
| "The A Team" | 2013 | 1,118,825 | 132 | |||
| LMFAO | "Sexy and I Know It" | 2018 | 1,000,000 | 172–175 | ||
| Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | "Moves like Jagger" | 2011 | 1,536,041 | 109 | ||
| Coldplay | "Paradise" | 2018 | 1,000,000 | 172–175 | ||
| Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | "We Found Love" | 2012 | 1,415,416 | 112 | ||
| One Direction | "What Makes You Beautiful" | 2016 | 1,010,042 | 167 | ||
| Gotye featuring Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | 2012 | 1,515,527 | 114 | ||
featuring Sia | "Titanium" | 2013 | 1,300,566 | 130 | ||
| "Starships" | 2016 | 1,162,065 | 166 | |||
| fun. featuring Janelle Monáe | "We Are Young" | 2013 | 1,145,195 | 128 | ||
| "Call Me Maybe" | 2012 | 1,358,631 | 124 | |||
| Passenger | "Let Her Go" | 2013 | 1,243,336 | 141 | ||
| Psy | "Gangnam Style" | 2013 | 1,304,437 | 129 | ||
| Rihanna | "Diamonds" | 2014 | 1,098,959 | 145 | ||
| Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | "Don't You Worry Child" | 2015 | 1,050,457 | 160 | ||
| "Impossible" | 2013 | 1,310,169 | 127 | |||
| Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams | "Get Lucky" | 2013 | 1,471,356 | 136 | ||
| Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith | "La La La" | 2014 | 1,070,199 | 148 | ||
featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | "Blurred Lines" | 2013 | 1,667,615 | 137 | ||
| OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" | 2014 | 1,132,526 | 153 | ||
| Avicii | "Wake Me Up!" | 2013 | 1,483,346 | 140 | ||
| "All of Me" | 2015 | 1,259,708 | 156 | |||
| "Roar" | 2015 | 1,112,787 | 157 | |||
| "Happy" | 2014 | 1,921,805 | 143 | |||
| Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | "Rather Be" | 2014 | 1,283,122 | 149 | ||
| "Thinking Out Loud" | 2015 | 1,219,184 | 161 | |||
featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | 2015 | 1,647,310 | 158 |
Although "Brown Girl in the Ring" was listed as the B-side, it received extensive airplay, which caused the single to peak in the charts for a second time.
Artists with the most million-selling singles
Twenty-three artists have had at least two million-selling singles in the UK, but only six artists have had more than two: The Beatles, who have six; Rihanna, who has four ; Adele, Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams and Lady Gaga, who all have three.| Artist | No. of million-sellers | Songs |
| 6 | "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine", "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out", "Hey Jude" | |
| Rihanna | 4† | "Love the Way You Lie", "Only Girl ", "We Found Love", "Diamonds" |
| Adele | 3 | "Make You Feel My Love", "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You" |
| Bruno Mars | 3† | "Just the Way You Are ", "Grenade", "Uptown Funk" |
| Pharrell Williams | 3† | "Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines", "Happy" |
| Boney M. | 2 | "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" |
| 2 | "Where Is the Love?", "I Gotta Feeling" | |
| Celine Dion | 2 | "My Heart Will Go On", "Think Twice" |
| Ed Sheeran | 2 | "The A Team", "Thinking Out Loud" |
| Elton John | 2 | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| Eminem | 2 | "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie" |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | 2 | "Release Me", "The Last Waltz" |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 2 | "Relax", "Two Tribes" |
| John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John | 2‡ | "You're the One That I Want", "Summer Nights" |
| Katy Perry | 2 | "Firework", "Roar" |
| Kings of Leon | 2 | "Sex on Fire", "Use Somebody" |
| Kylie Minogue | 2 | "Especially for You", "Can't Get You Out of My Head" |
| Lady Gaga | 2 | "Poker Face", "Bad Romance" |
| LMFAO | 2 | "Party Rock Anthem", "Sexy and I Know It" |
| Oasis | 2 | "Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back in Anger" |
| Robson & Jerome | 2 | "I Believe" / "Up on the Roof", "Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover" |
| Spice Girls | 2 | "Wannabe", "2 Become 1" |
| Take That | 2 | "Back for Good", "Rule the World" |
- Includes featured performances
- Duets
Songs with 1 million combined sales
In the full list of 312 songs with combined sales over a million, Rihanna features as a named artist on 10 and Sheeran features on 9.
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| Artist | Single | Date released | Date certified Platinum | Copies sold | Streaming sales | Combined sales |
| "Help!" | 987,769 | 51,019 | 1,038,788 | |||
| "My Way" | 991,563 | 55,991 | 1,047,554 | |||
| "My Sweet Lord" | 960,561 | 54,578 | 1,015,139 | |||
| "Reason to Believe" / "Maggie May" | 928,882 | 99,112 | 1,027,994 | |||
| and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir | "Happy Xmas " | 937,801 | 85,084 | 1,022,885 | ||
| "Superstition" | 460,000 | 650,000 | 1,110,000 | |||
| Bee Gees | "How Deep Is Your Love" | 963,471 | 52,051 | 1,015,522 | ||
| "Town Called Malice" / "Precious" | 931,196 | 133,602 | 1,064,797 | |||
| "Billie Jean" | 843,050 | 252,869 | 1,095,919 | |||
| "Let's Dance" | 908,867 | 155,360 | 1,064,227 | |||
| "Hello" | 964,623 | 67,679 | 1,032,302 | |||
| "Merry Christmas Everyone" | 855,675 | 176,416 | 1,032,090 | |||
| Starship | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | 957,336 | 103,849 | 1,061,185 | ||
| "Return of the Mack" | 921,665 | 111,534 | 1,033,198 | |||
| "Men in Black" | 961,805 | 48,759 | 1,010,565 | |||
| B*Witched | "C'est la Vie" | 927,535 | 77,032 | 1,004,568 | ||
| Eminem featuring Dido | "Stan" | 953,053 | 196,492 | 1,149,545 | ||
| Wheatus | "Teenage Dirtbag" | 924,964 | 234,043 | 1,159,007 | ||
| Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland | "Dilemma" | 933,965 | 176,126 | 1,110,091 | ||
| R. Kelly | "Ignition " | 767,829 | 487,222 | 1,255,050 | ||
featuring Jamie Foxx | "Gold Digger" | 649,157 | 362,163 | 1,011,321 | ||
| Coldplay | "Fix You" | 727,508 | 318,738 | 1,046,246 | ||
| Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | "Hips Don't Lie" | 795,563 | 250,928 | 1,046,491 | ||
| "How to Save a Life" | 748,702 | 319,381 | 1,068,082 | |||
| Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | 869,597 | 171,399 | 1,040,996 | ||
| "I'm Yours" | 830,946 | 371,728 | 1,202,674 | |||
| Coldplay | "Viva la Vida" | 860,580 | 317,442 | 1,178,022 | ||
| Beyoncé | "Halo" | 760,027 | 295,025 | 1,055,052 | ||
| Owl City | "Fireflies" | 844,895 | 163,452 | 1,008,347 | ||
| "Pass Out" | 917,533 | 173,967 | 1,091,500 | |||
featuring Pitbull | "On the Floor" | 919,643 | 90,280 | 1,009,923 | ||
| Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah | "Earthquake" | 936,842 | 131,143 | 1,067,985 | ||
| "A Thousand Years" | 844,044 | 285,467 | 1,129,511 | |||
| "Lego House" | 811,534 | 293,051 | 1,104,585 | |||
| Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" | 692,497 | 598,387 | 1,290,884 | ||
| "Ho Hey" | 890,096 | 317,186 | 1,207,282 | |||
| Rudimental featuring John Newman | "Feel the Love" | 907,979 | 264,573 | 1,172,552 | ||
| Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | "Payphone" | 859,932 | 173,821 | 1,033,753 | ||
featuring will.i.am | "Hall of Fame" | 829,898 | 294,584 | 1,124,481 | ||
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | 841,728 | 203,738 | 1,045,466 | ||
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton | "Can't Hold Us" | 760,854 | 460,757 | 1,221,610 | ||
| "Locked Out of Heaven" | 863,122 | 246,329 | 1,109,451 | |||
| Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | 963,449 | 197,914 | 1,161,363 | ||
| Pink featuring Nate Ruess | "Just Give Me a Reason" | 851,173 | 219,664 | 1,070,836 | ||
| Bastille | "Pompeii" | 959,693 | 749,011 | 1,708,704 | ||
| Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre | "Waiting All Night" | 790,626 | 301,268 | 1,091,893 | ||
| Arctic Monkeys | "Do I Wanna Know?" | 459,623 | 575,455 | 1,035,078 | ||
| "Love Me Again" | 804,466 | 250,831 | 1,055,297 | |||
| vs. Cedric Gervais | "Summertime Sadness" | 652,060 | 364,386 | 1,016,446 | ||
| "Burn" | 785,459 | 320,272 | 1,105,731 | |||
| "How Long Will I Love You?" | 776,390 | 228,482 | 1,004,872 | |||
| Avicii | "Hey Brother" | 711,296 | 314,200 | 1,025,496 | ||
| "Budapest" | 761,988 | 866,882 | 1,628,870 | |||
| Hozier | "Take Me to Church" | 934,466 | 1,017,851 | 1,952,317 | ||
| Eminem featuring Rihanna | "The Monster" | 696,280 | 363,633 | 1,059,913 | ||
| Magic! | "Rude" | 596,606 | 506,388 | 1,102,994 | ||
| "Riptide" | 424,836 | 721,599 | 1,146,436 | |||
| "Let It Go" | 817,522 | 442,630 | 1,260,153 | |||
| Pitbull featuring Kesha | "Timber" | 817,206 | 474,155 | 1,291,361 | ||
| Mr Probz | "Waves" | 933,555 | 757,402 | 1,690,957 | ||
| Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne | "My Love" | 594,828 | 407,241 | 1,002,069 | ||
| Sia | "Chandelier" | 661,055 | 860,819 | 1,521,874 | ||
| "Stay with Me" | 834,622 | 832,637 | 1,667,260 | |||
| "Sing" | 671,626 | 667,036 | 1,338,662 | |||
| "Let It Go" | 338,543 | 972,413 | 1,310,956 | |||
| "I'm Not the Only One" | 507,375 | 603,131 | 1,110,507 | |||
| "Ghost" | 860,629 | 533,046 | 1,393,675 | |||
| "Don't" | 399,001 | 674,153 | 1,073,154 | |||
| Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz | "Prayer in C" | 471,505 | 530,711 | 1,002,215 | ||
| Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | "Bang Bang" | 554,197 | 544,591 | 1,098,788 | ||
| "All About That Bass" | 884,347 | 493,444 | 1,377,790 | |||
| "Shake It Off" | 962,045 | 222,251 | 1,184,296 | |||
| Maroon 5 | "Sugar" | 499,025 | 699,682 | 1,198,708 | ||
| "One Last Time" | 373,318 | 644,752 | 1,018,070 | |||
| "Hold Back the River" | 674,185 | 924,017 | 1,598,202 | |||
| Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell | "Firestone" | 368,736 | 700,133 | 1,068,869 | ||
| "Love Me Like You Do" | 823,581 | 677,205 | 1,500,786 | |||
| "Trap Queen" | 316,087 | 779,095 | 1,095,181 | |||
| Rihanna featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney | "FourFiveSeconds" | 521,572 | 478,597 | 1,000,169 | ||
| Years & Years | "King" | 547,326 | 744,835 | 1,292,162 | ||
| Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber | "Where Are Ü Now" | 389,654 | 848,976 | 1,238,630 | ||
| Major Lazer featuring DJ Snake and MØ | "Lean On" | 508,189 | 1,122,573 | 1,630,762 | ||
featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | 725,538 | 750,415 | 1,475,954 | ||
| "Hold My Hand" | 599,567 | 661,809 | 1,261,377 | |||
| Omi | "Cheerleader" | 861,086 | 1,057,439 | 1,918,526 | ||
| "The Hills" | 402,281 | 850,674 | 1,252,956 | |||
| "Want to Want Me" | 517,338 | 709,925 | 1,227,263 | |||
| Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | "Light It Up" | 243,603 | 886,372 | 1,129,975 | ||
| Little Mix | "Black Magic" | 511,452 | 602,663 | 1,114,114 | ||
| "Photograph" | 386,001 | 961,965 | 1,347,966 | |||
| Lost Frequencies | "Are You with Me" | 472,916 | 704,534 | 1,177,449 | ||
| Walk the Moon | "Shut Up and Dance" | 561,532 | 804,348 | 1,365,879 | ||
| "Lush Life" | 364,088 | 1,044,625 | 1,408,713 | |||
| "Can't Feel My Face" | 399,177 | 900,528 | 1,299,644 | |||
featuring Disciples | "How Deep Is Your Love" | 428,914 | 859,413 | 1,288,326 | ||
| "What Do You Mean?" | 533,581 | 1,320,256 | 1,853,837 | |||
| "Stitches" | 462,447 | 1,083,740 | 1,546,188 | |||
| and MNEK | "Never Forget You" | 286,487 | 797,993 | 1,084,480 | ||
| DNCE | "Cake by the Ocean" | 387,666 | 700,763 | 1,088,430 | ||
| Adele | "Hello" | 948,618 | 906,431 | 1,855,050 | ||
| "Sorry" | 724,188 | 1,443,719 | 2,167,907 | |||
| "Love Yourself" | 718,549 | 1,340,666 | 2,059,215 | |||
| Coldplay | "Adventure of a Lifetime" | 358,763 | 667,486 | 1,026,248 | ||
| Coldplay | "Hymn for the Weekend" | 285,453 | 850,515 | 1,135,968 | ||
featuring Dakota | "Fast Car" | 375,295 | 857,590 | 1,232,886 | ||
| Zayn | "Pillowtalk" | 279,742 | 725,346 | 1,005,089 | ||
| Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | 653,657 | 1,054,211 | 1,707,868 | ||
| Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | 320,615 | 979,179 | 1,299,794 | ||
| "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" | 481,827 | 1,112,294 | 1,594,122 | |||
| Fifth Harmony | "Work from Home" | 327,487 | 882,415 | 1,209,902 | ||
featuring Daya | "Don't Let Me Down" | 274,575 | 961,855 | 1,236,430 | ||
| Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners | "This Girl" | 378,758 | 732,577 | 1,111,335 | ||
| "Treat You Better" | 234,717 | 807,200 | 1,041,918 | |||
| Neiked | "Sexual" | 232,032 | 787,850 | 1,019,882 | ||
| Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | 517,082 | 1,247,640 | 1,764,721 | ||
| "Dancing On My Own" | 564,531 | 799,103 | 1,363,635 | |||
| Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" | 553,973 | 1,791,007 | 2,344,981 | ||
| Drake featuring Rihanna | "Too Good" | 217,917 | 950,620 | 1,168,538 | ||
featuring Rihanna | "This Is What You Came For" | 472,496 | 1,029,796 | 1,502,292 | ||
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | 619,672 | 896,803 | 1,516,475 | |||
| Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | "Cold Water" | 290,821 | 1,028,294 | 1,319,114 | ||
featuring Halsey | "Closer" | 399,659 | 1,192,591 | 1,592,250 | ||
| "Say You Won't Let Go" | 441,807 | 1,043,327 | 1,485,134 | |||
| DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber | "Let Me Love You" | 278,911 | 882,940 | 1,161,851 | ||
featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | 260,561 | 921,864 | 1,182,426 | ||
| Little Mix | "Shout Out to My Ex" | 373,706 | 697,130 | 1,070,835 | ||
| Clean Bandit | "Rockabye" | 472,156 | 901,941 | 1,374,097 | ||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | "Human" | 521,543 | 747,730 | 1,269,274 | ||
| "Shape of You" | 764,737 | 2,241,667 | 3,006,404 | |||
| "Castle on the Hill" | 478,716 | 1,192,607 | 1,671,322 | |||
| "Galway Girl" | 246,524 | 952,547 | 1,199,071 | |||
| Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson | "Symphony" | 264,440 | 802,053 | 1,066,492 | ||
featuring Swae Lee | "Unforgettable" | 148,756 | 857,998 | 1,006,754 | ||
| and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | "Despacito" | 566,425 | 1,334,174 | 1,900,599 |
Since the publication of the 'millionaires' by the Official Charts Company in September 2017, many other songs have been revealed as 'millionaires' through announcements on their website as well as the announcement by the British Phonographic Industry of BPI Brit Certified Awards. Songs which have been awarded a 2x Platinum award have combined sales in excess of 1.2 million copies. The following songs have achieved a multi-platinum certification from the BPI since September 2017:
| Artist | Single | Date released | Date certified Platinum |
| Fleetwood Mac | "Go Your Own Way" | ||
| Electric Light Orchestra | "Mr. Blue Sky" | ||
| Queen | "Don't Stop Me Now" | ||
| Toto | "Africa" | ||
| "Summer of '69" | |||
| Bon Jovi | "Livin' on a Prayer" | ||
| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " | |||
| Fleetwood Mac | "Everywhere" | ||
| Guns N' Roses | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | ||
| "Fast Car" | |||
| Nirvana | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | ||
| East 17 | "Stay Another Day" | ||
| Faithless | "Insomnia" | ||
| "Children" | |||
| Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre | "No Diggity" | ||
| "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | |||
| TLC | "No Scrubs" | ||
| Toploader | "Dancing in the Moonlight" | ||
| Coldplay | "Yellow" | ||
| Eminem | "The Real Slim Shady" | ||
| Nickelback | "How You Remind Me" | ||
| Eminem | "Without Me" | ||
| 50 Cent | "In da Club" | ||
| "Seven Nation Army" | |||
| Evanescence | "Bring Me to Life" | ||
| Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z | "Crazy in Love" | ||
| Outkast | "Hey Ya!" | ||
| Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris | "Yeah!" | ||
| Maroon 5 | "She Will Be Loved" | ||
| Jay-Z & Linkin Park | "Numb/Encore" | ||
| "You're Beautiful" | |||
| Arctic Monkeys | "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | ||
| "Naïve" | |||
| "She Moves in Her Own Way" | |||
| Arctic Monkeys | "Fluorescent Adolescent" | ||
| "Stronger" | |||
| Timbaland presents OneRepublic | "Apologize" | ||
| Nickelback | "Rockstar" | ||
| Estelle featuring Kanye West | "American Boy" | ||
| "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | |||
| Beyoncé | "If I Were a Boy" | ||
| "Human" | |||
| Florence and the Machine | "Dog Days Are Over" | ||
featuring Nelly Furtado | "Broken Strings" | ||
| Florence and the Machine | "You've Got the Love" | ||
| Train | "Hey, Soul Sister" | ||
| Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | "Low" | ||
| "Dynamite" | |||
| B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams | "Airplanes" | ||
| Birdy | "Skinny Love" | ||
| Foster the People | "Pumped Up Kicks" | ||
| Adele | "Set Fire to the Rain" | ||
| Avicii | "Levels" | ||
| Jay-Z and Kanye West | "Niggas in Paris" | ||
| Flo Rida featuring Sia | "Wild Ones" | ||
| Mumford & Sons | "I Will Wait" | ||
| "I Knew You Were Trouble" | |||
| Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko | "Stay" | ||
| Imagine Dragons | "Demons" | ||
| "When I Was Your Man" | |||
| "Chocolate" | |||
| Drake featuring Majid Jordan | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | ||
featuring Juicy J | "Dark Horse" | ||
| A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera | "Say Something" | ||
| "Summer" | |||
| Coldplay | "A Sky Full of Stars" | ||
| "Bloodstream" | |||
| "Blame It On Me" | |||
| Sia | "Elastic Heart" | ||
| Twenty One Pilots | "Stressed Out" | ||
| Drake | "Hotline Bling" | ||
| "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" | |||
featuring Zara Larsson | "Girls Like" | ||
| "Faded" | |||
| Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien | "I Hate U, I Love U" | ||
| "Into You" | |||
| Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" | ||
featuring JP Cooper | "Perfect Strangers" | ||
| and Grey featuring Zedd | "Starving" | ||
featuring Nicki Minaj | "Side to Side" | ||
| "September Song" | |||
| "Pretty Girl" | |||
| "24k Magic" | |||
| "Solo Dance" | |||
| Little Mix | "Touch" | ||
featuring RAYE | "You Don't Know Me" | ||
| Imagine Dragons | "Believer" | ||
featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign | "Swalla" | ||
| and Coldplay | "Something Just Like This" | ||
| J Hus | "Did You See" | ||
| "Bruises" | |||
| Portugal. The Man | "Feel It Still" | ||
| Drake | "Passionfruit" | ||
| "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" | |||
| Little Mix | "Power" | ||
featuring William Singe | "Mama" | ||
| DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne | "I'm the One" | ||
| "Your Song" | |||
| Sigala and Ella Eyre | "Came Here for Love" | ||
featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean | "Feels" | ||
| DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller | "Wild Thoughts" | ||
| "New Rules" | |||
| Marshmello featuring Khalid | "Silence" | ||
featuring Young Thug | "Havana" | ||
featuring 21 Savage | "Rockstar" | ||
| "Too Good at Goodbyes" | |||
| "Leave A Light On" | |||
| Loud Luxury featuring Brando | "Body" | ||
| "Anywhere" | |||
| "Perfect" | |||
| , Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya | "The Greatest Show" | ||
and The Greatest Showman Ensemble | "This Is Me" | ||
| Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen | "These Days" | ||
| "Paradise" | |||
| "IDGAF" | |||
| Marshmello and Ann-Marie | "Friends" | ||
| 5 Seconds of Summer | "Youngblood" | ||
| "No Tears Left to Cry" | |||
| Anne-Marie | "2002" | ||
| and Dua Lipa | "One Kiss" | ||
| Drake | "Nice for What" | ||
| Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | "I Like It" | ||
| "Shotgun" | |||
| Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato | "Solo" | ||
| Panic! at the Disco | "High Hopes" | ||
| Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | "Girls Like You" | ||
| Juice Wrld | "Lucid Dreams" | ||
| Tyga featuring Offset | "Taste" | ||
| "Better Now" | |||
| Drake | "In My Feelings" | ||
| , Halsey and Khalid | "Eastside" | ||
| Marshmello and Bastille | "Happier" | ||
| and Sam Smith | "Promises" | ||
| "Sweet but Psycho" | |||
| and Bradley Cooper | "Shallow" | ||
featuring Swae Lee | "Sunflower" | ||
| "Thank U, Next" | |||
| "Someone You Loved" | |||
featuring Rag'n'Bone Man | "Giant" | ||
| "Just You and I" | |||
| Mabel | "Don't Call Me Up" | ||
| Meduza featuring Goodboys | "Piece of Your Heart" | ||
| Lil Nas X | "Old Town Road" | ||
| "Bad Guy" | |||
| Dave featuring Burna Boy | "Location" | ||
| Stormzy | "Vossi Bop" | ||
| and Justin Bieber | "I Don't Care" | ||
| "Hold Me While You Wait" | |||
| and Camila Cabello | "Señorita" | ||
| "Ladbroke Grove" | |||
featuring Khalid | "Beautiful People" | ||
| Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" | ||
| "Blinding Lights" | |||
| "Don't Start Now" |