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

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

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Most-downloaded singles by year

YearSingleArtistRecord labelRef.
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 [ citation needed ]
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]
2019
2020"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd Universal [10]
2021"Bad Habits" Ed Sheeran Warner [11]
2022"As It Was" Harry Styles Sony [12]

Most-downloaded albums by year

YearAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.
2006 Eyes Open Snow Patrol Universal [13]
2007 Back to Black Amy Winehouse Universal [4]
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay EMI [13]
2009 The Fame Lady Gaga Universal [13]
2010 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons Universal [13]
2011 21 Adele Beggars [13]
2012
2013 Bad Blood Bastille Universal [14]
2014 x Ed Sheeran Warner [15]
2015 25 Adele Beggars [16]

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References

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  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. 1 2 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.
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  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. ↑ Copsey, Rob (4 January 2021). "The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2020". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Griffiths, George (4 January 2022). "The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2021". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Griffiths, George (4 January 2023). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2022". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "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 4 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "The Official Top 40 Biggest Artist Albums of 2013"
  15. ↑ "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2014". Official Charts Company. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2015". Official Charts Company. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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