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