2.  In 1955 Bill Haley and
the Comets released
(We’re Gonna) Rock
Around the Clock.
 It became the
highest selling single
of the 50s with 1.42
million copies sold.

3.  The highest selling
single of the 60s was
The Beatles’ She
Loves You.
 It went straight to
number one when
released in 1963 and
has remained their
biggest selling single
in the UK to this date.

4.  The first single to sell
over 2 million copies
in the UK was Wings’
Mull of Kintyre.
 It went on sale in
1977 and became
the biggest selling
single of the
decade, spending
nine weeks at
number 1.

5.  Band Aid’s Do They
Know It’s Christmas
sold a million copies
in its first week alone.
 As well as becoming
the biggest selling
single of the decade
it was at the time the
highest selling single
in UK chart history

6.  Elton John’s Candle
in the Wind became
the highest selling
single of the 90s
selling 658000 copies
on its first day of
release.
 It remains the
‘biggest selling single
since records
began’.

7.  Will Young’s
Evergreen stayed at
number one for
three weeks in 2002.
 It became the
biggest selling single
of the noughties,
and also the fastest
selling debut in UK
history.

8.  Adele currently holds
the record for the
biggest selling single
of the 2010s so far.
 Someone Like You
sold has sold 1400000
copies since its
release in 2011