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Gotye scores the UK’s biggest selling single of 2012 so far

02/07/2012

By Dan Lane

According to the latest Official Charts Company sales data, Gotye FT Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used To Know is the UK’s biggest selling single of 2012 so far.

The 2012 half-year report published by the British music industry’s trade body, The BPI, reveals that the track has sold an impressive 1.1 million copies to date. Somebody That I Used To Know steadily climbed up the Official Singles Chart since its worldwide release last summer, knocking David Guetta FT’s Sia’s Titanium off the top of the chart on February 12 of this year. It spent five non-consecutive weeks at Number 1.

Another former Number 1 single, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen, is in second place with sales of nearly 850,000, while David Guetta FT Sia’s Titanium is at Number 3 with sales of over 791,000.

Nicki Minaj’s Starships is at Number 4 with sales of 678,000, while Fun. FT Janelle Monae’s We Are Young is at Number 5 with sales of over 672,000 copies.

US rapper Flo Rida has the lion’s share of tracks in the Top 20 biggest selling singles of 2012 so far with three tracks – Wild Ones (7), Good Feeling (16) and Whistle (20) – while Sia, Rita Ora, Nicki Minaj and David Guetta all feature on two tracks each.

You can view the Official Top 20 singles of 2012 so far below:

01	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA
02	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
03	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
04	STARSHIPS	NICKI MINAJ
05	WE ARE YOUNG	FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
06	DOMINO	JESSIE J
07	WILD ONES	FLO RIDA FT SIA
08	NEXT TO ME	EMELI SANDE
09	MAMA DO THE HUMP	RIZZLE KICKS
10	HOT RIGHT NOW	DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA
11	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE
12	TURN ME ON	DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ
13	STRONGER (WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU)	KELLY CLARKSON
14	SHE DOESN'T MIND	SEAN PAUL
15	SEXY AND I KNOW IT	LMFAO
16	GOOD FEELING	FLO RIDA
17	YOUNG	TULISA
18	R.I.P.	RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
19	DRIVE BY	TRAIN
20	WHISTLE	FLO RIDA

© 2012 the Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.

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