List of best-selling music downloads of the 2000s in the United Kingdom
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]
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[update]:
No. | Artist | Song | Record label | Year | Chart peak |
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1 | Lady Gaga | "Poker Face" | Warner | 2009 | 1 |
2 | Kings of Leon | "Sex on Fire" | Sony | 2008 | 1 |
3 | Lady Gaga | "Just Dance" | Warner | 2009 | 1 |
4 | Kings of Leon | "Use Somebody" | Sony | 2008 | 2 |
5 | La Roux | "In for the Kill" | Warner | 2009 | 2 |
6 | Leona Lewis | "Run" | Sony | 2008 | 1 |
7 | Alexandra Burke | "Hallelujah" | Sony | 2008 | 1 |
8 | Leona Lewis | "Bleeding Love" | Sony | 2007 | 1 |
9 | Snow Patrol | "Chasing Cars" | Universal | 2006 | 2 |
10 | Nickelback | "Rockstar" | Warner | 2007 | 1 |
11 | Katy Perry | "I Kissed a Girl" | EMI | 2008 | 1 |
12 | Beyoncé | "If I Were a Boy" | Sony | 2008 | 1 |
13 | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | Universal | 2007 | 1 |
14 | Take That | "Rule the World" | Universal | 2007 | 2 |
15 | James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado | "Broken Strings" | Universal | 2008 | 2 |
16 | The Black Eyed Peas | "Boom Boom Pow" | Universal | 2009 | 1 |
17 | Duffy | "Mercy" | Universal | 2008 | 1 |
18 | Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" | Warner | 2006 | 1 |
19 | Katy Perry | "Hot n Cold" | EMI | 2008 | 4 |
20 | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome | "Dance wiv Me" | Dirtee Stank | 2008 | 1 |
21 | Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz | "Number 1" | Universal | 2009 | 1 |
22 | The Killers | "Human" | Universal | 2008 | 2 |
23 | Pink | "So What" | Sony | 2008 | 1 |
24 | Lily Allen | "The Fear" | EMI | 2009 | 1 |
25 | Estelle featuring Kanye West | "American Boy" | Warner | 2008 | 1 |
26 | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | "Low" | Warner | 2008 | 2 |
27 | Sam Sparro | "Black and Gold" | Universal | 2008 | 2 |
28 | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | "Apologize" | Universal | 2007 | 1 |
29 | Girls Aloud | "The Promise" | Universal | 2008 | 1 |
30 | Mika | "Grace Kelly" | Universal | 2007 | 1 |
31 | The Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" | Universal | 2009 | 1 |
32 | Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse | "Valerie" | Sony | 2007 | 2 |
33 | Rihanna | "Disturbia" | Universal | 2008 | 2 |
34 | Coldplay | "Viva la Vida" | EMI | 2008 | 1 |
35 | Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden | "Bonkers" | Dirtee Stank | 2009 | 1 |
36 | Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha | "Right Round" | Universal | 2009 | 1 |
37 | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | "4 Minutes" | Warner | 2008 | 1 |
38 | Sugababes | "About You Now" | Universal | 2007 | 1 |
39 | A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger | "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" | Universal | 2009 | 3 |
40 | Calvin Harris | "I'm Not Alone" | Sony | 2009 | 1 |
References
- General (chart positions)
- "Lady Gaga crowned queen of the downloads". The Daily Telegraph. London. 7 September 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 6412514. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- Specific
- ^ "Our charts & data". London: Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
... Singles Downloads ...
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official Singles Downloads Chart at the Official Charts Company
- The Official UK Download Chart at MTV UK
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