| 词条 | List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For the purposes of calculating sales, a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence.[1] The rules have changed many times as technology has developed, the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2004 and streaming in 2014. The best-selling single in the UK is "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/ Candle in the Wind 1997" , a double A-side released by Elton John following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Since September 1997, the single has sold over 4.93 million copies in the UK.[2] Sales of singles have been monitored and charted in the UK since 1952, when Percy Dickins of New Musical Express (NME) telephoned around 20 record stores and aggregated their best-selling singles into a hit parade. Dickins published this Top 12 chart in NME on 14 November 1952.[3][4] The highest-selling by a solo female artist is "Believe" by Cher – released in October 1998, it has sold over 1.84 million copies in the UK.[5] The highest-selling single not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants" by Wham!. Released in December 1984, the single sold more than 500,000 copies in its first week, but was kept off number one by "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and peaked at number two. It has since sold more than 1.88 million copies.[6] When streaming is taken into account, it is beaten by "All of Me" by John Legend, which has over 2.1 million combined sales.[2] The highest-selling single (paid for purchases) in the 21st century is "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which has sold 1.93 million;[6] it overtook "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" by Will Young in 2015.[7] The most streamed song is "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran with over 200 million streams (2 million equivalent sales) from 2017. Twenty other songs have been streamed over 100 million times, including two more by Ed Sheeran.[2] Best-selling singles based on paid-for purchasesUntil June 2014, only a paid download or a purchase of a physical single counted as a sale. Based on this definition, these are the 50 best-selling singles in the UK. Sales positions are current {{as of|2018|06|14|lc=y}}.[6]
Best-selling songs based on combined salesFrom 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. In September 2017, the OCC changed their definition of a 'million seller' to include streaming.[2] These are the 50 biggest selling songs based on combined physical, download and streaming sales.
See also
Notes1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/media/319099/official-uk-charts-singles-chart-rules-april-2013.pdf|title=Rules for Chart Eligibility: Singles|date=April 2013|publisher=Official Charts Company|location=London|page=4|format=PDF|accessdate=1 June 2015}} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha name=OCC}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=19 September 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=20 September 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/19/guardianobituaries1|title=Obituary: Percy Dickins|last=Williams|first=Mark|date=19 February 2002|work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 August 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722115740/http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0%2C%2C652467%2C00.html |archivedate=22 July 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Alan |title=50s & 60s UK Charts – The Truth! |url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page21.htm |publisher=davemcaleer.com |accessdate=6 August 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903033717/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page21.htm |archivedate=3 September 2011 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1998-cher-believe__20834/|title=Official Charts Flashback 1998: Cher – Believe|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=November 3, 2018|date=October 25, 2018||deadurl=no}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|title=The UK's biggest selling singles of all time|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=14 June 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=14 June 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-the-millennium-so-far-revealed__9816/|title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the Millennium so far revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=11 June 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=11 June 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-post-malone-secures-second-week-atop-singles-chart/070147|title=Official Charts Analysis: Post Malone secures second week atop singles chart|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=14 October 2017|work=Music Week|accessdate=14 October 2017|subscription=yes}} References{{Reflist|30em}}External links
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