Top 10 Best Selling songs of all time in the UK
Here is a list of the 10 biggest selling songs of all time in the UK. This chart information is supplied by the official charts company.
1 – Elton John – Candle In The Wind 97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight
2 – Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas
3 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
4 – Wings – Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’s School
5 – Boney M – Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring
6 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
7 – The Beatles – She Loves You
8 – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – You’re The One That I Want
9 – Robson & Jerome – Unchained Melody/(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
10 – Boney M – Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord)
The 1000th Number 1
To date (as I type this) there have been 1,094 UK Number 1 singles so we are fast approaching a new milestone in the UK Charts. But here is a list of other milestone songs ending with the 1000th UK Number 1, (date the song reached the top is in brackets).
The 1st number 1 was Al Martino – Here In My Heart (14 Nov 52)
The 100th number 1 was Anthony Newly – Do You Mind (28 Apr 60)
The 200th number 1 was The Beatles – Help (5 Aug 95)
The 300th number 1 was Dawn – Knock Three Times (15 May 71)
The 400th number 1 was Julie Covington – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (12 Feb 77)
The 500th number 1 was Nicole – A Little Peace (15 May 82)
The 600th number 1 was T’Pau – China In Your Hand (14 Nov 87)
The 700th number 1 was Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist And Shout (8 Jan 94)
The 800th number 1 was All Saints – Bootie Call (12 Sep 98)
The 900th number 1 was Aguilera/Pink/Lil Kim/Mya – Lady Marmalade (30 Jun 01)
The 1000th number 1 was Elvis Presley – One Night/I Got Stung (22 Jan 05)
The 1100th number 1 was David Guetta & Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over (21 Jun 09)
The Top 20 Acts Of All Time
Here is a definitive list of the 20 acts that have spent the longest time inside the chart (both with singles and albums). I will include the total weeks and then, in brackets, detail their length of time on the chart with their singles and then their length of time on the chart with their albums. (This list only contains information up to 31st December 2005)
1 – Elvis Presley – 120 albums (1299) – 154 singles (1279) Total Weeks 2578
2 – Cliff Richard – 58 albums (819) – 130 singles (1166) Total Weeks 1985
3 – Queen – 28 albums (1332) – 52 singles (423) Total Weeks 1755
4 – The Beatles – 49 albums (1293) – 32 singles (456) Total Weeks 1749
5 – Madonna – 16 albums (1038) – 62 singles (628) Total Weeks 1666
6 – Elton John – 41 albums (991) – 86 singles (652) Total Weeks1626
7 – The Shadows – 49 albums (812) – 63 singles (770) Total Weeks 1582
8 – Michael Jackson – 26 Albums (976) – 55 singles (515) Total Weeks 1491
9 – U2 – 18 albums (1165) – 41 singles (318) Total Weeks 1483
10 – David Bowie – 60 albums (1006) – 70 singles (454) Total Weeks 1460
11 – Rod Stewart – 35 albums (927) – 62 singles (477) Total Weeks 1404
12 – Frank Sinatra – 65 albums (892) – 38 singles (440) Total Weeks 1332
13 – Diana Ross – 53 albums (743) – 78 singles (562) Total Weeks 1305
14 – Dire Straits – 12 albums (1143) – 19 singles (119) Total Weeks 1262
15 – Simon & Garfunkel – 14 albums (1114) – 9 singles (87) Total Weeks 1201
16 – The Rolling Stones – 46 albums (805) – 52 singles (380) Total Weeks 1185
17 – ABBA – 16 albums (891) – 27 singles (255) Total Weeks 1146
18 – Fleetwood Mac – 20 albums (886) – 27 singles (223) Total Weeks 1109
19 – Phil Collins – 11 albums (846) – 34 singles (235) Total Weeks 1081
20 – Paul McCartney – 31 albums (573) – 55 singles (417) Total Weeks 990
