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"Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the most-downloaded single in the UK

A music download is the transfer of music as a digital file from a provider (such as iTunes) to a device capable of playing it; legal sales of music downloads have been monitored and charted in the United Kingdom since 2004. As of 19 September 2017, the UK's most-downloaded song of all time is "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which topped both the UK Singles Downloads Chart and UK Singles Chart.[1]

The first single to sell one million downloads in the UK was "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas[2] and "Someone like You" and "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele are the best-selling downloads by a female artist.[1] The best-selling song not to top the UK Singles Chart is "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera, whilst the best-selling song not to top the Download Chart is "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, which peaked at number two.[1]

Most-downloaded songs

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Rihanna
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Bruno Mars
No. Artist Song Record label Year Peak
position 		Copies sold[a]
1 Pharrell Williams "Happy" Sony 2013 1 1,921,000+
2 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams "Blurred Lines" Universal 2013 1 1,667,000+
3 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" Sony 2014 1 1,647,000+
4 Adele "Someone Like You" Beggars 2011 1 1,644,000+
5 Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera "Moves Like Jagger" Universal 2011 2 1,536,000+
6 Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know" Universal 2012 1 1,515,000+
7 Avicii "Wake Me Up" Universal 2013 1 1,483,000+
8 The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" Universal 2009 1 1,477,000+
9 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky" Sony 2013 1 1,471,000+
10 Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love" Universal 2011 1 1,415,000+
11 Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire" Sony BMG 2008 1 1,386,000+
12 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" Universal 2012 1 1,358,000+
13 Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are" Warner 2010 1 1,331,000+
14 Psy "Gangnam Style" Universal 2012 1 1,304,000+
  1. ^ As of 2017[3]

Most-downloaded songs by year

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Main article: List of best-selling music downloads by year in the United Kingdom

References

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  1. ^ a b c Copsey, Rob (9 September 2014). "Pharrell's Happy now the UK's most downloaded track of all time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Gil (14 September 2011). "Adele, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber Land New Guinness Records". MTV. Viacom International Inc. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ Copsey, Rob (19 September 2017). "The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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