List of best-selling music downloads by year in the United Kingdom

This is the list of the best-selling music downloads in the UK each year.

Most-downloaded singles by year
Year Single Artist Record label Ref.
2004 "Vertigo" U2 Universal [1]
2005 "You're Beautiful" James Blunt Warner [2]
2006 "A Moment Like This" Leona Lewis Sony [3]
2007 "Grace Kelly" Mika Universal [4]
2008 "Hallelujah" Alexandra Burke Sony
2009 "Poker Face" Lady Gaga Warner [5]
2010 "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna Universal
2011 "Someone Like You" Adele Beggars
2012 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Gotye featuring Kimbra Universal
2013 "Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Universal
2014 "Happy" Pharrell Williams Sony [6]
2015 "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Sony
2016 "7 Years" Lukas Graham Warner [7]
2017 "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran Warner [8]
2018 "This Is Me" Keala Settle Warner [9]

Most-downloaded albums by year
Year Album Artist Record label Ref.
2006 Eyes Open Snow Patrol Universal [10]
2007 Back to Black Amy Winehouse Universal [4]
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay EMI [10]
2009 The Fame Lady Gaga Universal [10]
2010 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons Universal [10]
2011 21 Adele Beggars [10]
2012
2013 Bad Blood Bastille Universal [11]
2014 x Ed Sheeran Warner [12]
2015 25 Adele Beggars [13]

See also

References
  1. "Tony Christie still top download". London: Newsround. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. "Digital Download Factsheet" (PDF). London: Official Charts Company. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. Coleman, Maureen. "Superstar Leona on Simon, Jedward, that shock attack and playing Belfast". The Belfast Telegraph. Belfast: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. Cleland, Gary (12 December 2007). "Amy Winehouse tops year end iTunes chart". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 6412514. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  5. "Lady Gaga crowned queen of the downloads". The Daily Telegraph. London. 7 September 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 6412514. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  6. Copsey, Rob (1 January 2015). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2014". Official Charts Company.
  7. "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016". Official Charts Company.
  8. "The Top 40 biggest songs of 2017 on the Official Chart". Official Charts Company.
  9. Copsey, Rob (3 January 2019). "The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. "Adele and Ed Sheeran push digital albums sales over the 100 million milestone". London: Official Charts Company. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  11. "The Official Top 40 Biggest Artist Albums of 2013"
  12. "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2014". Official Charts Company. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  13. "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2015". Official Charts Company. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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