Candle in the Wind tops UK chart of charts – 123 records that sold a million

Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt is a music chart in which Don't You Want Me? by the Human League sits outside the Top 20 but above the Beatles' Can't Buy Me Love. Lennon and McCartney's 1964 hit, in turn, is just ahead of Whitney Houston's power ballad I Will Always Love You, followed by the Three Lions football anthem and Ken Dodd's cheesy 1965 song Tears. T...

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17:00 on November 4 2012

UK's million-selling singles: the full list

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the official singles chart, the Official Charts Company has ranked the top UK million-selling singles. See which songs make the list ... more info

17:02 on November 4 2012

Candle in the Wind tops UK chart of charts – 123 records that sold a million

Guardian Music — Singles' resurgence put down to advent of digital downloads, which have brought down cost from equivalent of £5.84 to 99pData blog: the full list of UK million-sellersIt... more info

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