Talk:List of best-selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales

message: The page linked to in the Official Charts Company website only has sales figures down to number 12. Where are the others coming from?
Are we just removing the other charts from 2004 and 2009 or should they be here as well for comparison? 
The old page was heavily vandalised (with all the artists names replaced at one point) - how can this be avoided in the future?
Btljs (talk) 09:20, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

message: I've moved the following from the main page and am posting it here for discussion.
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 ABBA should be in 8th place - 10,021,000 UK Singles
Sales to Date. It was 10,004,000 in February 2004, 
when the above List was compiled. They were 8th then, 
too - Queen were & are 7th.....Someone has added
353,000 Singles to ABBA's Total - wrongly.
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80.44.195.181 (talk) 12:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments on main page 

message: 80.44.195.181 (talk) 12:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: The OCC came into being in 1990 (as CIN). It became the 'official' chart compiler in 1994. Sales pre-1990 are mainly record company estimates. There were no official sales chart prior to 1969. The BMRB compiled charts from a sample of 250 shops - 5% of all outlets from 1969-82 and Gallup took over with  a larger sample until 1994. The OCC didn't have these old chart sales. Take with a pinch of salt these "All Time" lists.(Coachtripfan (talk) 19:42, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Charts Company - compiler since 1990s 

message: To make changes to the list (positions or sales figures) there must be a reliable source cited (Official Charts Company is preferable). Btljs (talk) 18:37, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  changes to the 2012 list 

message: ;As Main Artist
*Don’t Stop the Music - 400,000
*Disturbia - 400,000
*Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) - 763,068
*Russian Roulette - 400,000
*Take a Bow - 465,000
*Rude Boy - 600,000
*Only Girl (In the World) - 1,040,000 >>1,080,000 (2013, OCC million sellers)
*What’s My Name? (feat. Drake) - 768,669 
*S&M - 643,000
*We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) - 1,300,000
*Princess of China (Coldplay & Rihanna) - 400,000 
*Diamonds - 1,000,000
*California King Bed - 200,000
*Cheers (Drink to That) - 200,000
*Pon De Replay - 200,000
*Shut Up and Drive - 200,000
*S.O.S. - 200,000
*Te Amo - 200,000
*Unfaithful - 400,000
*Where Have You Been - 422,200
*You Da One - 200,000
*Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko) - 600,000 
*Hate That I Love You (feat. Ne-Yo) - 200,000
*Rehab (feat. Justing Timberlake) - 200,000
;As Featured Artist 
*Who’s That Chick? (David Guetta feat. Rihanna) - 400,000
*Take Care (Drake feat. Rihanna) - 400,000
*Live Your Life (T.I. feat. Rihanna) - 400,000
*Fly (Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna) - 200,000
*Love the Way You Lie (Eminem feat. Rihanna) - 1,200,000 >>1,110,000 (2013 OCC million sellers)
*The Monster (Eminem feat. Rihanna) - 600,000
*Can’t Remember to Forget You (Shakira feat. Rihanna) - 200,000
*Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West) - 400,000 (Gold cert. includes streaming)
Total: 15,201,737
;Sources
*Official Charts Flashback: 2008 – Rihanna's Take A Bow
*Rihanna scores first million-selling UK solo single
*The Top 20 biggest selling singles of 2011 revealed!
*BPI Certified Awards
*The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2012 revealed!
*Adele and Rihanna score UK's latest million selling singles  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rudeby88 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably quite a good estimate. Don't forget you can't count a BPI award from July 2014 onwards as an indication of sales any more as it includes streaming. This affects Love the Way You Lie and Run This Town, but you've also underestimated sales of Only Girl... according to OCC and, given that all the songs with certifications will have sold more than that you end up with a minimum total of 14,950,000 and a maximum several million above this, although you could narrow it down by looking at chart positions after each certification. I'd put 95% confidence around 15M to 15.5M, but for WP purposes 14.95 is what we can prove. Btljs (talk) 08:08, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

text: Yup. Puts her back over 15M (confirmed) sales then. Btljs (talk) 10:30, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rihanna

message: ;As Main Artist
*Poker Face - 1,100,000
*Bad Romance - 1,000,000
*Just Dance - 935,000
*Telephone - 694,000
*Born This Way - 690,000
*The Edge of Glory - 600,000
*Paparazzi - 585,000
*Alejandro - 436,000
*Judas - 302,000
*Applause - 215,000
*LoveGame - 200,000
*Judas - 200,000
*Marry the Night - 200,000
*Do What U Want - 200,000
Total: 7,357,000
;Sources 
*Lady Gaga's Official Top 10 Biggest Selling UK Singles Revealed!
*BPI Certified Awards
--Rudeby88 (talk) 03:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Lady Gaga

message: Originally this page used a 2012 list based on actual sales, since then artists have been added based on their certifications which are streaming and sales. The list either needs splitting into two: pure sales and certificated 'sales' or removing altogether. As it stands it's misleading. Btljs (talk) 17:07, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page needs complete overhaul or deleting