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

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

Section Title: Best-selling singles based on paid-for sales
Table Section Text: 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.

No.	Single	Artist	Released	Traditional sales	Chart peak

1	"Happy"	Pharrell Williams	November 2013	1,921,805	1

2	"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"	Will Young	February 2002	1,795,213	1

3	"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	May 2013	1,667,615	1

4	"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	December 2014	1,647,310	1

5	"Someone like You"	Adele	January 2011	1,644,597	1

6	"Moves Like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	August 2011	1,536,041	2

7	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	January 2012	1,515,527	1

8	"Wake Me Up"	Avicii	June 2013	1,483,346	1

9	"I Gotta Feeling"	The Black Eyed Peas	September 2009	1,477,778	1

10	"Get Lucky"	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams	April 2013	1,471,356	1

11	"It Wasn't Me"	Shaggy	February 2001	1,428,204	1

12	"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	2011	1,415,416	1

13	"Sex on Fire"	Kings of Leon	2008	1,386,171	1

14	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	2012	1,358,631	1

15	"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"	Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay	2005	1,354,478	1

16	"Unchained Melody"	Gareth Gates	2002	1,345,850	1

17	"Just the Way You Are (Amazing)"	Bruno Mars	2010	1,331,684	1

18	"Impossible"	James Arthur	2012	1,310,169	1

19	"Hallelujah"	Alexandra Burke	2008	1,310,017	1

20	"Gangnam Style"	Psy	2012	1,304,437	1

21	"Titanium"	David Guetta featuring Sia	2012	1,300,566	1

22	"Party Rock Anthem"	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock	2011	1,284,335	1

23	"Rather Be"	Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne	2014	1,283,122	1

24	"All of Me"	John Legend	2013	1,259,708	2

25	"Love the Way You Lie"	Eminem featuring Rihanna	2010	1,258,763	2

26	"Let Her Go"	Passenger	2013	1,243,336	2

27	"Price Tag"	Jessie J featuring B.o.B	2011	1,228,371	1

28	"Thinking Out Loud"	Ed Sheeran	2014	1,219,184	1

29	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"	Kylie Minogue	2001	1,195,229	1

30	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid 20	2004	1,184,396	1

31	"Poker Face"	Lady Gaga	2009	1,180,377	1

32	"Only Girl (In the World)"	Rihanna	2010	1,162,460	1

33	"Starships"	Nicki Minaj	2012	1,162,065	1

34	"Chasing Cars"	Snow Patrol	2006	1,159,099	6

35	"We Are Young"	fun. featuring Janelle Monáe	2012	1,145,195	1

36	"Counting Stars"	OneRepublic	2013	1,132,526	1

37	"Crazy"	Gnarls Barkley	2006	1,131,184	1

38	"The A Team"	Ed Sheeran	2011	1,118,825	3

39	"Use Somebody"	Kings of Leon	2008	1,115,392	2

40	"Bleeding Love"	Leona Lewis	2007	1,114,596	1

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Evergreen was the biggest selling single of the 21st century in the UK until it was overtaken by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.

final_sentence: Evergreen was the biggest selling single of the 21st century in the UK until it was overtaken by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.