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.^[1]

Artists with references have been updated since the 2012 list was published based on more recent information sources. This means that positions in the list may not be accurately reflected.

1. Eminem (30,000,000) ^[2]
2. Madonna (29,345,000)
3. Rihanna (27,100,000)
4. Michael Jackson (26,995,000)^[3]
5. The Beatles (22,100,000)^[4]
6. Elton John (21,635,000)
7. Cliff Richard (21,500,000)
8. Queen (12,800,000) ^[5]
9. Elvis Presley (21,600,000)
10. David Bowie (12,000,000)^[6]
11. ABBA (11,300,000) ^[7]
12. Paul McCartney (10,200,000)
13. Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)
14. The Rolling Stones (10,100,000) ^[8]
15. Rod Stewart
16. Take That
17. Stevie Wonder
18. Oasis (9,079,000) ^[9]
19. Whitney Houston
20. Spice Girls (8,500,000) ^[10]
21. George Michael
22. Robbie Williams
23. Bee Gees (7,600,000) ^[11]
24. U2 (7,500,000) ^[12]
25. Shakin' Stevens
26. Britney Spears
27. Lady Gaga (7,357,000)^[13]
28. Status Quo (7,200,000) ^[14]
29. Boyzone (7,100,000) ^[15]
30. Blondie (7,037,000) ^[16]
31. The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000) ^[17]
32. Boney M (6,859,000) ^[18]
33. Slade (6,856,000) ^[19]
34. Westlife (6,830,000) ^[20]
35. Celine Dion
36. Beyoncé
37. UB40 (6,600,000) ^[21]
38. Olivia Newton-John
39. Mariah Carey
40. Tom Jones
41. Madness (6,150,00) ^[22]
42. Police (6,100,000) ^[23]
43. Wham!
44. Phil Collins
45. Diana Ross
46. The Jam
47. Bryan Adams
48. Pet Shop Boys
49. David Guetta
50. Adam Ant
51. Duran Duran
52. Frank Sinatra
53. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
54. Prince
55. Katy Perry
56. Wet Wet Wet
57. The Everly Brothers
58. The Shadows (not including any with Cliff Richard)
59. Pink
60. Coldplay (4,918,500) ^[24]

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