List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
Best-selling singles by year

List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling singles by year
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Year	Single	Artist	Number sold

1952	"Here in My Heart"	Al Martino

1953	"I Believe"	Frankie Laine

1954	"Secret Love"	Doris Day

1955	"Rose Marie"	Slim Whitman

1956	"I'll Be Home"	Pat Boone

1957	"Diana"	Paul Anka

1958	"Jailhouse Rock"	Elvis Presley

1959	"Living Doll"	Cliff Richard	800,000

1960	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley

1961	"Wooden Heart"	Elvis Presley

1962	"I Remember You"	Frank Ifield

1963	"She Loves You"	The Beatles	1,300,000

1964	"Can't Buy Me Love"	The Beatles

1965	"Tears"	Ken Dodd	1,268,000

1966	"Green, Green Grass of Home"	Tom Jones	850,000

1967	"Release Me"	Engelbert Humperdinck

1968	"Hey Jude"	The Beatles

1969	"Sugar, Sugar"	The Archies

1970	"The Wonder of You"	Elvis Presley

1971	"My Sweet Lord"	George Harrison	700,000

1972	"Amazing Grace"*	The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band

1973	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"	Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

1974	"Tiger Feet"	Mud	730,000

1975	"Bye Bye Baby"	Bay City Rollers

1976	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	Brotherhood of Man	1,006,000

1977	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"	Wings

1978	"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"	Boney M.	1,995,000

1979	"Bright Eyes"	Art Garfunkel	1,155,000

1980	"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	The Police	808,000

1981	"Tainted Love "	Soft Cell

1982	"Come On Eileen"	Dexys Midnight Runners	1,200,000

1983	"Karma Chameleon"	Culture Club	1,390,000

1984	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"*	Band Aid	3,000,000

1985	"The Power of Love"	Jennifer Rush	1,280,000

1986	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	The Communards	745,000

1987	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Rick Astley	759,000

1988	"Mistletoe and Wine"	Cliff Richard	750,000

1989	"Ride On Time"	Black Box	960,000

1990	"Unchained Melody"	The Righteous Brothers	840,000

1991	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	1,520,000

1992	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	1,500,000

1993	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	Meat Loaf	720,000

1994	"Love Is All Around"	Wet Wet Wet	1,783,000

1995	"Unchained Melody"	Robson & Jerome	1,840,000

1996	"Killing Me Softly"	Fugees	1,360,000

1997	"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"*	Elton John	4,770,000

1998	"Believe"	Cher	1,830,000

1999	"...Baby One More Time"	Britney Spears	1,445,000

2000	"Can We Fix It?"	Bob the Builder	853,000

2001	"It Wasn't Me"	Shaggy featuring Rikrok	1,151,000

2002	"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"	Will Young	1,783,919

2003	"Where Is the Love?"	The Black Eyed Peas	625,198

2004	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"*	Band Aid 20	1,065,000

2005	"Is This the Way to Amarillo"*	Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay	1,100,200

2006	"Crazy"	Gnarls Barkley	820,053

2007	"Bleeding Love"	Leona Lewis	788,000

2008	"Hallelujah"*	Alexandra Burke	888,000

2009	"Poker Face"	Lady Gaga	882,059

2010	"Love the Way You Lie"	Eminem Featuring Rihanna	1,576,000

2011	"Someone like You"	Adele	1,996,000

2012	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	1,318,000

2013	"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	1,470,000

2014	"Happy"	Pharrell Williams	1,500,000

2015	"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	1,760,000

2016	"One Dance"	Drake Featuring Wizkid and Kyla	1,950,000

2017	"Shape of You"	Ed Sheeran	3,200,000

2018	"One Kiss"	Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa	1,570,000

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