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This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year. Note that the Number sold section denotes the amount sold within the year, not in total, as very often the single continues to sell more in later years (and sometimes other singles released within a particular year will go on to outsell the year-end winner (eg. Kylie and Jason's "Especially for You" (from 1988) ultimately outsold "Mistletoe and Wine")).
| Year |
Song |
Artist |
Number sold[1][2] |
| 1952 |
"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" |
Vera Lynn |
|
| 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 |
"Are You Lonesome Tonight" |
Elvis Presley |
800,000 |
| 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 |
|
| 1966 |
"Green Green Grass of Home" |
Tom Jones |
|
| 1967 |
"Release Me" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
|
| 1968 |
"Hey Jude" |
The Beatles |
850,000 |
| 1969 |
"Sugar, Sugar" |
The Archies |
|
| 1970 |
"The Wonder of You" |
Elvis Presley |
700,000 |
| 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" |
Tony Orlando and Dawn |
|
| 1974 |
"Tiger Feet" |
Mud |
730,000 |
| 1975 |
"Bohemian Rhapsody" |
Queen |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1979 |
"Bright Eyes" |
Art Garfunkel |
1,155,000 |
| 1980 |
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" |
The Police |
808,000 |
| 1981 |
"Don't You Want Me" |
The Human League |
|
| 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 |
2,980,000 |
| 1985 |
"The Power of Love" |
Jennifer Rush |
1,280,000 |
| 1986 |
"Don't Leave Me This Way" |
The Communards |
750,000 |
| 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" |
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 |
|
| 1993 |
"I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" |
Meat Loaf |
760,000 |
| 1994 |
"Love Is All Around" |
Wet Wet Wet |
1,783,000 |
| 1995 |
"Unchained Melody" |
Robson and Jerome |
1,840,000 |
| 1996 |
"Killing Me Softly" |
The Fugees |
1,268,000 |
| 1997* |
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/
"Candle in the Wind 1997" |
Elton John |
4,770,000 |
| 1998 |
"Believe" |
Cher |
1,519,000 |
| 1999 |
"...Baby One More Time" |
Britney Spears |
1,445,000 |
| 2000 |
"Can We Fix It?" |
Bob the Builder |
853,000 |
| 2001 |
"It Wasn't Me" |
Shaggy feat. RikRok |
1,151,000 |
| 2002 |
"Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" |
Will Young |
1,783,919 |
| 2003 |
"Where Is the Love?" |
Black Eyed Peas |
625,198 |
| 2004* |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid 20 |
1,065,000 |
| 2005* |
"Is This the Way to Amarillo" |
Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay |
1,100,200 |
| 2006 |
"Crazy" |
Gnarls Barkley |
820,053 |
| 2007 |
"Bleeding Love" |
Leona Lewis |
788,000 |
| 2008 |
"Hallelujah" |
Alexandra Burke |
[4] 880,000 |
* denotes cause/charity release
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