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

Single

Artist

Number
sold[2]

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[3]

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[4]

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[5]

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[6]

2001

"It Wasn't Me"

Shaggy featuring Rikrok

1,151,000[7]

2002

"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"

Will Young

1,783,919[8]

2003

"Where Is the Love?"

The Black Eyed Peas

625,198[8]

2004

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"*

Band Aid 20

1,065,000[8]

2005

"Is This the Way to Amarillo"*

Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay

1,100,200[8]

2006

"Crazy"

Gnarls Barkley

820,053[8]

2007

"Bleeding Love"

Leona Lewis

788,000[9]

2008

"Hallelujah"*

Alexandra Burke

888,000[10]

2009

"Poker Face"

Lady Gaga

882,059[11]

2010

"Love the Way You Lie"

Eminem Featuring Rihanna

1,576,000[12]

2011

"Someone like You"

Adele

1,996,000[13]

2012

"Somebody That I Used to Know"

Gotye featuring Kimbra

1,318,000[14]

2013

"Blurred Lines"

Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams

1,470,000[15]

2014

"Happy"

Pharrell Williams

1,500,000[16]

2015

"Uptown Funk"

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

1,760,000[17]

2016

"One Dance"

Drake Featuring Wizkid and Kyla

1,950,000[18]

2017

"Shape of You"

Ed Sheeran

3,200,000[19]

2018

"One Kiss"

Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa

1,570,000[20]

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