List of best-selling music artists in the United Kingdom in singles sales

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. At the time of publication, there were twelve artists with more than ten million UK singles sales with Paul McCartney the only artist to achieve this both as part of a group and as a solo artist.^[1]

Many of the artists in the list below have both streaming and sales included in their totals.

1. Eminem (30,000,000)^[2]
2. Madonna (29,345,000)
3. Coldplay (28,200,000)^[3]
4. Rihanna (27,100,000)^{[citation needed]}
5. Michael Jackson (26,995,000)^[4]
6. Little Mix (23,000,000)^[5]
7. The Beatles (22,100,000)^[6]
8. Elton John (21,635,000)^{[citation needed]}
9. Cliff Richard (21,500,000)^{[citation needed]}
10. Beyoncé (14,500,000)^[4]
11. Ariana Grande (13,200,000)^{[7][better source needed]}
12. Westlife (12,854,000)^[8]
13. Justin Bieber (12,800,000)^[6]
14. Elvis Presley (12,600,000)^{[citation needed]}
15. David Bowie (12,000,000)^[9]
16. ABBA (11,300,000)^[6]
17. Paul McCartney (10,200,000)^{[citation needed]}
18. Bee Gees (10,165,000)^[10]
19. Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)^{[citation needed]}
20. The Rolling Stones (10,100,000)^[6]
21. Rita Ora (9,800,000)^{[citation needed]}
22. Taylor Swift (9,600,000)^[11]
23. Rod Stewart^{[citation needed]}
24. Take That^{[citation needed]}
25. Stevie Wonder^{[citation needed]}
26. Whitney Houston (9,400,000)^[6]
27. Imagine Dragons (9,400,000)^[12]
28. Oasis (9,079,000)^[6]
29. Spice Girls (8,500,000)^[6]
30. George Michael^{[citation needed]}
31. Robbie Williams^{[citation needed]}
32. Britney Spears (7,635,000)
33. U2 (7,500,000)^[6]
34. Shakin' Stevens^{[citation needed]}
35. Lady Gaga (7,357,000)^[13]
36. Status Quo (7,200,000)^[6]
37. Boyzone (7,100,000)^[6]
38. Blondie (7,037,000)^[6]
39. The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000)^[13]
40. Boney M (6,859,000)^[13]
41. Slade (6,856,000)^[13]
42. Celine Dion^{[citation needed]}
43. UB40 (6,600,000)^[13]
44. Olivia Newton-John^{[citation needed]}
45. Mariah Carey^{[citation needed]}
46. Tom Jones^{[citation needed]}
47. Madness (6,150,00)^[13]
48. Police (6,100,000)^[13]
49. Wham!^{[citation needed]}
50. Phil Collins^{[citation needed]}
51. Diana Ross^{[citation needed]}
52. The Jam^{[citation needed]}
53. Bryan Adams^{[citation needed]}
54. Pet Shop Boys^{[citation needed]}
55. David Guetta^{[citation needed]}
56. Adam Ant^{[citation needed]}
57. Duran Duran^{[citation needed]}
58. Frank Sinatra^{[citation needed]}
59. Frankie Goes To Hollywood^{[citation needed]}
60. Prince^{[citation needed]}
61. Katy Perry^{[citation needed]}
62. Wet Wet Wet^{[citation needed]}
63. The Everly Brothers^{[citation needed]}
64. The Shadows (not including any with Cliff Richard)^{[citation needed]}
65. Pink^{[citation needed]}

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