List of best-selling music downloads of the 2000s in the United Kingdom

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Sales of music downloads in the United Kingdom have been monitored since 2004; during the 2000s, these sales were collated by the Official Charts Company and compiled weekly into the UK Official Download Chart, a record chart of the biggest-selling downloads in the UK. [1]

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In September 2009, The Daily Telegraph published a chart of what were the best-selling music downloads of the decade to that point. American singer Lady Gaga was number one with her 2009 single "Poker Face". [2]

Several songs sold a significant amount in the final four months of the decade, after The Daily Telegraph's list was published. These songs include "Bad Boys" by Alexandra Burke, "Fight for This Love" by Cheryl Cole, and "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine, which sold more than half a million copies in one week to become the 2009 Christmas number one. [3]

Best-selling music downloads

As of 7 September 2009:

Best-selling music downloads of the 2000s in the UK
No.ArtistSongRecord labelYearChart
peak
1 Lady Gaga "Poker Face" Warner 20091
2 Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire" Sony 20081
3 Lady Gaga "Just Dance" Warner 20091
4 Kings of Leon "Use Somebody" Sony 20082
5 La Roux "In for the Kill" Warner 20092
6 Leona Lewis "Run" Sony 20081
7 Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah" Sony 20081
8 Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" Sony 20071
9 Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars" Universal 20062
10 Nickelback "Rockstar" Warner 20071
11 Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl" EMI 20081
12 Beyoncé "If I Were a Boy" Sony 20081
13 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella" Universal 20071
14 Take That "Rule the World" Universal 20072
15 James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado "Broken Strings" Universal 20082
16 The Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow" Universal 20091
17 Duffy "Mercy" Universal 20081
18 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" Warner 20061
19 Katy Perry "Hot n Cold" EMI 20084
20 Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome "Dance wiv Me" Dirtee Stank 20081
21 Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz "Number 1" Universal 20091
22 The Killers "Human" Universal 20082
23 Pink "So What" Sony 20081
24 Lily Allen " The Fear " EMI 20091
25 Estelle featuring Kanye West "American Boy" Warner 20081
26 Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low" Warner 20082
27 Sam Sparro "Black and Gold" Universal 20082
28 Timbaland presents OneRepublic "Apologize" Universal 20071
29 Girls Aloud " The Promise " Universal 20081
30 Mika "Grace Kelly" Universal 20071
31 The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" Universal 20091
32 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse "Valerie" Sony 20072
33 Rihanna "Disturbia" Universal 20082
34 Coldplay "Viva la Vida" EMI 20081
35 Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden "Bonkers" Dirtee Stank 20091
36 Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha "Right Round" Universal 20091
37 Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake "4 Minutes" Warner 20081
38 Sugababes "About You Now" Universal 20071
39 A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" Universal 20093
40 Calvin Harris "I'm Not Alone" Sony 20091

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  1. "Our charts & data". London: Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013. ... Singles Downloads ...
  2. "Lady Gaga crowned queen of the downloads". The Daily Telegraph . London. 7 September 2009. ISSN   0307-1235. OCLC   6412514. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. "Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts". London: BBC News. 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2013.