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Best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
1950s
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
(UK)
1960s
1960: "
It's Now or Never
" –
Elvis Presley
1961: "
Wooden Heart
" –
Elvis Presley
1962: "
I Remember You
" –
Frank Ifield
(UK)
1963: "
She Loves You
" –
The Beatles
(UK)
1964: "
Can't Buy Me Love
" –
The Beatles
(UK)
1965: "
Tears
" –
Ken Dodd
(UK)
1966: "
Green, Green Grass of Home
" –
Tom Jones
(UK)
1967: "
Release Me
" –
Engelbert Humperdinck
(UK)
1968: "
Hey Jude
" –
The Beatles
(UK)
1969: "
Sugar, Sugar
" –
The Archies
1970s
1970: "
The Wonder of You
" –
Elvis Presley
/ "
In the Summertime
" –
Mungo Jerry
(UK)
1971: "
My Sweet Lord
" –
George Harrison
(UK)
1972: "
Amazing Grace
" –
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
(UK)
1973: "
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
" –
Dawn
featuring
Tony Orlando
1974: "
Tiger Feet
" –
Mud
(UK)
1975: "
Bye Bye Baby
" –
Bay City Rollers
(UK)
1976: "
Save Your Kisses for Me
" –
Brotherhood of Man
(UK)
1977: "
Mull of Kintyre
" / "
Girls' School
" –
Wings
(UK)
1978: "
Rivers of Babylon
" / "
Brown Girl in the Ring
" –
Boney M.
1979: "
Bright Eyes
" –
Art Garfunkel
1980s
1980: "
Don't Stand So Close to Me
" –
The Police
(UK)
1981: "
Tainted Love
" –
Soft Cell
(UK) / "
Don't You Want Me
" –
The Human League
(UK)
1982: "
Come On Eileen
" –
Dexys Midnight Runners
(UK)
1983: "
Karma Chameleon
" –
Culture Club
(UK)
1984: "
Do They Know It's Christmas?
" –
Band Aid
(UK)
1985: "
The Power of Love
" –
Jennifer Rush
1986: "
Don't Leave Me This Way
" –
The Communards
(UK)
1987: "
Never Gonna Give You Up
" –
Rick Astley
(UK)
1988: "
Mistletoe and Wine
" –
Cliff Richard
(UK)
1989: "
Ride on Time
" –
Black Box
1990s
1990: "
Unchained Melody
" –
The Righteous Brothers
1991: "
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
" –
Bryan Adams
1992: "
I Will Always Love You
" –
Whitney Houston
1993: "
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
" –
Meat Loaf
1994: "
Love Is All Around
" –
Wet Wet Wet
(UK)
1995: "
Unchained Melody
" –
Robson & Jerome
(UK)
1996: "
Killing Me Softly
" –
Fugees
1997: "
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
" / "
Candle in the Wind 1997
" –
Elton John
(UK)
1998: "
Believe
" –
Cher
1999: "
...Baby One More Time
" –
Britney Spears
2000s
2000: "
Can We Fix It?
" –
Bob the Builder
(UK)
2001: "
It Wasn't Me
" –
Shaggy
featuring Rikrok (UK)
2002: "
Anything Is Possible
" / "
Evergreen
" –
Will Young
(UK)
2003: "
Where Is the Love?
" –
Black Eyed Peas
2004: "
Do They Know It's Christmas?
" –
Band Aid 20
(UK)
2005: "
(Is This the Way to) Amarillo
" –
Tony Christie
featuring
Peter Kay
(UK)
2006: "
Crazy
" –
Gnarls Barkley
2007: "
Bleeding Love
" –
Leona Lewis
(UK)
2008: "
Hallelujah
" –
Alexandra Burke
(UK)
2009: "
Poker Face
" –
Lady Gaga
2010s
2010: "
Love the Way You Lie
" –
Eminem
featuring
Rihanna
2011: "
Someone like You
" –
Adele
(UK)
2012: "
Somebody That I Used to Know
" –
Gotye
featuring
Kimbra
2013: "
Blurred Lines
" –
Robin Thicke
featuring
T.I.
&
Pharrell Williams
2014: "
Happy
" –
Pharrell Williams
2015: "
Uptown Funk
" –
Mark Ronson
(UK) featuring
Bruno Mars
2016: "
One Dance
" –
Drake
featuring
Wizkid
and
Kyla
(UK)
2017: "
Shape of You
" –
Ed Sheeran
(UK)
2018: "
One Kiss
" –
Calvin Harris
and
Dua Lipa
(UK)
2019: "
Someone You Loved
" –
Lewis Capaldi
(UK)
2020s
2020: "
Blinding Lights
" –
The Weeknd
2021: "
Bad Habits
" –
Ed Sheeran
(UK)
2022: "
As It Was
" –
Harry Styles
(UK)
2023: "
Flowers
" –
Miley Cyrus
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