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This is a summary of the year 2017 in British music .
The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.
Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | Sales |
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5 January | "Rockabye" | Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie and Sean Paul | 78,255 |
12 January | 48,182 | ||
19 January | "Shape of You" † | Ed Sheeran | 226,808 |
26 January | 139,595 | ||
2 February | 119,658 | ||
9 February | 105,456 | ||
16 February | 95,632 | ||
23 February | 90,428 | ||
2 March | 82,770 | ||
9 March | 144,385 | ||
16 March | 140,647 | ||
23 March | 106,286 | ||
30 March | 83,722 | ||
6 April | 73,823 | ||
13 April | 65,882 | ||
20 April | "Sign of the Times" | Harry Styles | 62,900 |
27 April | "Shape of You" † | Ed Sheeran | 48,770 |
4 May | "Symphony" | Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson | 54,223 |
11 May | "I'm the One" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne | 56,331 |
18 May | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 71,925 |
25 May | 94,730 | ||
1 June | 113,912 | ||
8 June | 129,256 | ||
15 June | 101,761 | ||
22 June | 94,551 | ||
29 June | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Artists for Grenfell | 170,360 |
6 July | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 84,124 |
13 July | 78,307 | ||
20 July | 72,617 | ||
27 July | "Wild Thoughts" | DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller | 51,308 |
3 August | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 52,387 |
10 August | 40,891 | ||
17 August | "Feels" | Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, and Big Sean | 39,569 |
24 August | "New Rules" | Dua Lipa | 41,666 |
31 August | 45,507 | ||
7 September | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | 65,415 |
14 September | 46,411 | ||
21 September | "Too Good at Goodbyes" | Sam Smith | 61,685 |
28 September | 46,415 | ||
5 October | 43,230 | ||
12 October | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 46,922 |
19 October | 48,834 | ||
26 October | 51,374 | ||
2 November | 49,738 | ||
9 November | "Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug | 48,615 |
16 November | 50,997 | ||
23 November | 46,269 | ||
30 November | 48,093 | ||
7 December | 41,438 | ||
14 December | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | 89,359 |
21 December | 58,436 | ||
28 December | 85,397 | ||
The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.
† | Best performing album of the year |
This chart was published by the Official Charts Company in January 2018
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