ed sheeran released the uk's biggest selling single of 2017.
ed sheeran released the uk's biggest selling single of 2017.
who released the uk's biggest selling single of 2017?
ed sheeran
the biggest selling single to peak at number three is new order's "blue monday", which has sold over a million copies. however, it garnered its total sales via two further remixes of the track, meaning its one million sales are attributed over all three releases. the biggest selling "release" to peak at number three is ed sheeran's "the a team", which has sold over 1,067,000 copies since its 2011 release. the biggest selling single to never make the top 5 is "chasing cars" by snow patrol, which peaked at number 6 and has sold more copies than "the a team". the biggest selling single not to reach the top 10 is "numb" by linkin park which never charted higher than #14.
uk singles chart records and statistics
"uptown girl" reached number one in ireland and the united kingdom. it became the biggest selling single of 2001 and the tenth best-selling single of all-time in ireland. in the united kingdom, it was the sixth best selling single of 2001 and the 24th best-selling single of the decade in the uk charts, with sales of 756,215 copies. it became the band's biggest selling single (paid-for and combined sales categories) in the uk and also achieved the highest first week sales (292,318 copies) of any of their singles. it has since been certified platinum by the british phonographic industry for shipments of 600,000 copies. as of march 2017, the song has sold almost 800,000 copies in the country from physical and digital copies which make up 81% of the total units. as of january 2019, it has 920,000 total sales. it is also their second most streamed song in the united kingdom of all-time.
uptown girl