Biggest No 1's Ever
The pop singles chart is now 60 years old, so we take a look back at the best-selling singles of all time. Who is No. 1?
1. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: Summer Nights
Grease fever gripped the nation in 1978. Summer Nights, taken from the soundtrack, sold 1.52 million copies and spent 7 weeks at the top of the singles chart!
2. The Beatles: Can't Buy Me Love
This won't be the first entry from the all-conquering Fab Four. The Beatles' Can't Buy Me Love also sold 1.52 million copies.
3. Ken Dodd: Tears
Ken Dodd's version of Tears was the biggest selling single of 1965, shifting 1.52 million units.
4. Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
It's no surprise to see Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You on this list. It spent a staggering 16 weeks atop the singles chart in 1991, selling 1.53 million copies!
5. Cher: Believe
Cher saved her best until later in her career: 1998's Believe sold a huge 1.67 million copies!
6. Aqua: Barbie Girl
Barbie Girl was everywhere in 1997 as Aqua raked in 1.72 million sales!
7. The Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand
Beatlemania was in full flow by the time that I Want to Hold Your Hand was released: the single had sold over one million copies on pre-order alone! It went on to sell an extra 750,000.
8. Stevie Wonder: I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You is a beautiful sentiment that resonated with the UK, selling 1.78 million copies in 1984.
9. Wet Wet Wet: Love Is All Around
Wet Wet Wet's cover of The Trogg's Love Is All Around was everywhere in 1994, as it shifted 1.78 million copies.
10. Will Young: Evergreen / Anything Is Possible
Another single with 1.78 million copies sold is Will Young's double A side Evergreen/ Anything Is Possible, his first release after winning Pop Idol in 2002.
11. Boney M: Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord
The first Christmas single on the list, Boney M's smash hit Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord shifted 1.79 million copies after being released in 1978.
12. Robson and Jerome: Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody has been covered countless times, but Robson and Jerome's 1995 version proved most popular. It has sold 1.84 million copies.
13. The Beatles: She Loves You
The moptops from Liverpool strike again! The Beatles' iconic single She Loves You sold 1.89 million copies.
14. Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Relax
So popular it spawned a t-shirt craze, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax shifted 1.91 million copies.
15. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: You're the One That I Want
The second single from the Grease soundtrack on this list, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's You're the One That I Want sold a staggering 1.98 million copies!
16. Boney M: Rivers Of Bablyon / Brown Girl In The Ring
Boney M's double A-side Rivers Of Bablyon / Brown Girl In The Ring sold an incredible 1.99 million copies after its release in 1978.
17. Wings: Mull of Kintyre
With Wings, Macca had one of his biggest singles. 1977's Mull of Kintyre sold a whopping 2.05 million copies.
18. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
And so we enter the top three. The longest song on this list, Queen's virtuoso single Bohemian Rhapsody sold 2.13 million copies.
19. Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas?
As with the preceding Live Aid event, the stars were out in full force for the Band Aid single. Do They Know It's Christmas? takes the silver medal with 3.55 million copies sold. What could be the number one No. 1?
20. Elton John: Candle In The Wind '97
Elton John's Candle In The Wind '97, recorded as a tribute to the late Princess Diana, is a deserving gold medallist. It sold 4.86 million copies in the UK. What's more, the single is also the world's biggest selling single ever!
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