List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
Best-selling songs based on combined sales
From 2014 streaming has counted towards sales (sometimes called "combined sales" or "chart sales") at the rate of 100 streams equal to one download or physical purchase, although the singles chart no longer uses this ratio.

List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling songs based on combined sales
Table Section Text: From 2014 streaming has counted towards sales (sometimes called "combined sales" or "chart sales") at the rate of 100 streams equal to one download or physical purchase, although the singles chart no longer uses this ratio.

No.	Single	Artist	Record label	Chart peak	Released	Sales	Streaming equivalent	Combined sales

1	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"	Elton John	Rocket	1	1997	4,935,936	15,472	4,950,898

2	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid	Mercury	1	1984	3,802,066	140,993	3,943,060

3	"Shape of You"	Ed Sheeran	1	2017	754,754+	2,121,706+	3,006,404

4	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Queen	1	1975	2,540,604	254,430	2,795,034

5	"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	1	2014	1,647,310	1,076,160	2,723,470

6	"Happy"	Pharrell Williams	1	2013	1,921,805	707,851	2,629,657

7	"Thinking Out Loud"	Ed Sheeran	1	2014	1,219,184	1,302,119	2,521,302

8	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla	1	2016	553,973	1,791,007	2,344,981

9	"Rather Be"	Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne	1	2014	1,283,122	935,575	2,218,697

10	"Sorry"	Justin Bieber	1	2015	724,188	1,443,719	2,167,907

11	"All of Me"	John Legend	2	2014	1,259,708	896,418	2,156,126

12	"You're the One that I Want"	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	1	1978	2,072,035	82,897	2,154,932

13	"Relax"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1	1983	2,066,230	82,092	2,148,322

14	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"	Wings	1	1977	2,086,183	1,066	2,087,249

15	"Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants"	Wham!	2	1984	1,825,115	246,581	2,071,696

16	"Love Yourself"	Justin Bieber	1	2015	718,549	1,340,666	2,059,215

17	"Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring"	Boney M	1	1978	2,032,656	6,164	2,038,820

18	"Someone Like You"	Adele	1	2011	1,644,597	351,772	1,996,369

19	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	2	1995	1,502,270	493,671	1,995,940

20	"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	Boney M	1	1978	1,885,274	91,725	1,976,999

21	"Wake Me Up!"	Avicii	1	2013	1,483,346	484,035	1,967,381

22	"She Loves You"	The Beatles	1	1963	1,922,275	31,099	1,953,374

23	"Take Me to Church"	Hozier	2	2013	934,466	1,017,851	1,952,317

24	"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	1	2013	1,667,615	284,004	1,951,619

25	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	1	1991	1,848,154	90,382	1,938,536

26	"Love Is All Around"	Wet Wet Wet	1	1994	1,898,790	38,951	1,937,741

27	"Believe"	Cher	1	1998	1,826,573	101,020	1,927,593

28	"Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"	Omi	1	2014	861,086	1,057,439	1,918,526

29	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	Stevie Wonder	1	1984	1,874,225	38,303	1,912,528

30	"Despacito (Remix)"	Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber	1	2017	566,425	1,334,174	1,900,599

31	"Barbie Girl"	Aqua	1	1997	1,844,310	52,936	1,897,247

32	"Eye of the Tiger"	Survivor	1	1982	1,650,293	223,045	1,873,338

33	"Unchained Melody" / "White Cliffs of Dover"	Robson Green & Jerome Flynn	1	1995	1,867,755	4,214	1,871,969

34	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles	1	1963	1,810,829	47,899	1,858,728

35	"Hello"	Adele	1	2015	948,618	906,431	1,855,050

36	"What Do You Mean?"	Justin Bieber	1	2015	533,581	1,320,256	1,853,837

37	"Let Her Go"	Passenger	2	2012	1,243,336	589,019	1,832,354

38	"Get Lucky"	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams	1	2013	1,471,356	349,989	1,821,344

39	"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"	Will Young	1	2002	1,795,213	1,874	1,797,087

40	"Imagine"	John Lennon	1	1975	1,714,351	76,141	1,790,492

41	"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	1	1995	1,585,504	202,542	1,788,045

42	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	1	1992	1,642,360	140,962	1,783,322

43	"Don't You Want Me?"	Human League	1	1981	1,637,503	144,273	1,781,776

44	"I'll Be Missing You"	Puff Daddy & Faith Evans	1	1997	1,663,303	106,331	1,769,634

45	"Cheap Thrills"	Sia	2	2015	517,082	1,247,640	1,764,721

46	"Moves Like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	2	2011	1,536,041	207,813	1,743,854

47	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	1	2011	1,515,527	212,192	1,727,719

48	"Mr. Brightside"	The Killers	10	2004	967,180	750,991	1,718,170

49	"Pompeii"	Bastille	2	2013	959,693	749,011	1,708,704

50	"7 Years"	Lukas Graham	1	2015	653,657	1,054,211	1,707,868

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Shape of You is the 3rd best-selling single in the United Kingdom counting combined sales and streaming equivalent as of 2017.

final_sentence: Shape of You is the 3rd best-selling single in the United Kingdom counting combined sales and streaming equivalent as of 2017.