What is the fastest selling single of all time UK?

The fastest selling single in chart history is "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John which sold 1.55 million copies in its first week (it sold 658,000 on the first day of release, 13 September 1997).

What is the highest selling single of all time?

The Guinness World Records named the holiday single "White Christmas" (1942) by Bing Crosby as the best-selling single worldwide. According to Guinness, "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the "best-selling single of all time".

What is the biggest selling single in UK chart history not to reach number one?

MORE: Re-visit every Number 1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart. The best-selling song never to reach Number 1 in the UK is 1995 anthem Wonderwall by Oasis, at Number 34. Very close behind is the previous title holder, Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera.

What is the most played song of all time in the UK?

Having been streamed over 562 million times, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi is the UK's most-streamed song ever.

Which UK artist has the most number 1 hits?

English band The Beatles have the most number one singles for a band, with eighteen. American singer Madonna has the most number ones for a female solo artist with thirteen.

Top-Selling Singles in the UK

Who has the most top 10 hits of all time in the UK?

This list shows the thirty-eight artists with the most top-ten singles on the UK Singles Chart. American singer-actor Elvis Presley holds the record for most top-ten singles with seventy-six entries. British musician Cliff Richard is in second place, with sixty-eight.

What song has made the most money?

What was the first ever UK number 1 hit single?

Al Martino's track "Here in My Heart" was the first single ever to top the UK Singles Chart, and the only single to reach number one during 1952.

Who is the oldest person to top the UK singles chart?

1. Captain Tom Moore. During the pandemic, Captain Tom Moore broke the record for the oldest artist to top the Official UK Singles Chart at the age of 99. The war veteran and charitable fundraiser worked with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir on a cover of You'll Never Walk Alone.

Has anything sold 1 billion copies?

Actually, the Bible, the Qu'ran, and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book are all over a billion copies, but I can't think of any way that including those three books is going to work out well for me, so we're sticking with these. Considered by many scholars to be the first great novel, it hit the 500 million mark.

Who is the biggest selling female artist of all time?

Madonna has been recertified as the biggest-selling female recording artist of all time, a title she has held since 2009. The singer has reportedly sold over 400 million records - albums and singles - across her 40-year career.

Who has sold more than 1 billion records?

Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.

Which British band has sold the most records?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales.

Who is the best-selling artist in the UK singles chart history?

What was the first record to sell a million copies in the UK?

"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was the first single to sell 1 million copies in the UK.

Who has written the most number 1 songs?

Musical career

Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind only Paul McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26).

Who has the most UK No 1 singles in the 80s?

In terms of who travelled to number one the most, it was Madonna who was the most successful solo act of the decade. Six of her songs went to number one - Into The Groove (1985), Papa Don't Preach (1986), True Blue (1986), La Isla Bonita (1987), Who's That Girl (1987) and Like a Prayer (1989).

What was the first bond song to reach number 1 in the UK?

Three Bond songs have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: "Skyfall" by Adele, "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith and "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish, with Writing's on the Wall also became the first Bond theme to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart.

What song has 1 trillion streams?

Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" is leading the pack in terms of global music. Per Variety, a new study by music sales data resource Luminate revealed that global music streams hit the one trillion milestone on March 31 — thanks to Cyrus' chart-topping hit making up 1.16 billion of those streams.

Who gets paid when a song is played?

Rights holders get paid

Then, finally the artists and songwriters get paid, sharing the revenues with their partners — record labels and publishers. The artists and record labels receive a share of the streaming royalties, neighboring royalties, digital performance royalties, and sync fees.

Who is the most played artist on British radio?

Who has had the most UK number one albums?

During his time in Take That, Williams secured a further four number one albums. The overall record holder for an individual with the most UK number ones remains Sir Paul McCartney with a total of 23 across his career in The Beatles, Wings and solo.

What band has most number 1 hits?

The Beatles lead all acts, with a whopping 20 No. 1s — they've had the most since 1965, when they surpassed Elvis Presley.