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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. Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals. 1. * Justin Bieber (30,225,000) 2. * Coldplay (30,200,000) 3. * Eminem (30,000,000) 4. * Madonna (29,345,000) 5. * Rihanna (27,100,000) 6. * Michael Jackson (26,995,000) 7. * Little Mix (23,000,000) 8. * The Beatles (22,100,000) 9. * Elton John (21,635,000) 10. * Cliff Richard (21,500,000) 11. * Beyoncé (14,500,000) 12. * Ariana Grande (13,200,000) 13. * Queen (12,800,000) 14. * Elvis Presley (12,600,000) 15. * David Bowie (12,000,000) 16. * ABBA (11,300,000) 17. * Paul McCartney (10,200,000) 18. * Bee Gees (10,165,000) 19. * Kylie Minogue (10,100,000) 20. * The Rolling Stones (10,100,000) 21. * Westlife (9,800,000) 22. * Rita Ora (9,800,000) 23. * Taylor Swift (9,600,000) 24. * Rod Stewart 25. * Take That 26. * Stevie Wonder 27. * Imagine Dragons (9,400,000) 28. * Oasis (9,079,000) 29. * Whitney Houston 30. * Spice Girls (8,500,000) 31. * George Michael 32. * Robbie Williams 33. * Britney Spears (7,635,000) 34. * U2 (7,500,000) 35. * Shakin' Stevens 36. * Lady Gaga (7,357,000) 37. * Status Quo (7,200,000) 38. * Boyzone (7,100,000) 39. * Blondie (7,037,000) 40. * The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000) 41. * Boney M (6,859,000) 42. * Slade (6,856,000) 43. * Celine Dion 44. * UB40 (6,600,000) 45. * Olivia Newton-John 46. * Mariah Carey 47. * Tom Jones 48. * Madness (6,150,00) 49. * Police (6,100,000) 50. * Wham! 51. * Phil Collins 52. * Diana Ross 53. * The Jam 54. * Bryan Adams 55. * Pet Shop Boys 56. * David Guetta 57. * Adam Ant 58. * Duran Duran 59. * Frank Sinatra 60. * Frankie Goes To Hollywood 61. * Prince 62. * Katy Perry 63. * Wet Wet Wet 64. * The Everly Brothers 65. * The Shadows (not including any with Cliff Richard) 66. * Pink (en)
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mixture of sales only totals and sales and streaming totals (en)
I calculated all of Michael's certified UK singles, if accurate, it only shows 12,689,297 singles in the UK, which would put him lower on this list, if at all. (en)
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List of best-selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales (en)