List of best-selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales

Published by The Official Charts Company in June 2012 to coincide with both the 60th anniversary of the UK Official Singles Chart and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. There were twelve artists with more than ten million UK singles sales with Sir Paul McCartney the only artist to achieve this both as part of a group and as a solo artist.

Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals.

  1. Justin Bieber (30,225,000)
  2. Coldplay (30,200,000)
  3. Eminem (30,000,000)
  4. Madonna (29,345,000)
  5. Rihanna (27,100,000)
  6. Michael Jackson (26,995,000)[better source needed][verification needed]
  7. Little Mix (23,000,000)
  8. The Beatles (22,100,000)
  9. Elton John (21,635,000)
  10. Cliff Richard (21,500,000)
  11. Beyoncé (14,500,000)
  12. Ariana Grande (13,200,000)
  13. Westlife (12,854,000)
  14. Queen (12,800,000)
  15. Elvis Presley (12,600,000)
  16. David Bowie (12,000,000)
  17. ABBA (11,300,000)
  18. Paul McCartney (10,200,000)
  19. Bee Gees (10,165,000)
  20. Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)
  21. The Rolling Stones (10,100,000)
  22. Rita Ora (9,800,000)
  23. Taylor Swift (9,600,000)
  24. Rod Stewart
  25. Take That
  26. Stevie Wonder
  27. Whitney Houston (9,400,000)
  28. Imagine Dragons (9,400,000)
  29. Oasis (9,079,000)
  30. Spice Girls (8,500,000)
  31. George Michael
  32. Robbie Williams
  33. Britney Spears (7,635,000)
  34. U2 (7,500,000)
  35. Shakin' Stevens
  36. Lady Gaga (7,357,000)
  37. Status Quo (7,200,000)
  38. Boyzone (7,100,000)
  39. Blondie (7,037,000)
  40. The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000)
  41. Boney M (6,859,000)
  42. Slade (6,856,000)
  43. Celine Dion
  44. UB40 (6,600,000)
  45. Olivia Newton-John
  46. Mariah Carey
  47. Tom Jones
  48. Madness (6,150,00)
  49. Police (6,100,000)
  50. Wham!
  51. Phil Collins
  52. Diana Ross
  53. The Jam
  54. Bryan Adams
  55. Pet Shop Boys
  56. David Guetta
  57. Adam Ant
  58. Duran Duran
  59. Frank Sinatra
  60. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  61. Prince
  62. Katy Perry
  63. Wet Wet Wet
  64. The Everly Brothers
  65. The Shadows (not including any with Cliff Richard)
  66. Pink

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