The Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century revealed

We count down the Official Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century. See the Top 150 in full!

As part of a special day of Bank Holiday programming, yesterday (Monday, May 7) BBC Radio 1 revealed the Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century.

The mammoth countdown kicked off at 7am with Reggie Yates, host of the Official Chart Show, and continued into Fearne Cotton and Scott Mills’ shows, leaving Official Update presenter Greg James to reveal the final Top 40.

Former Pop Idol contestant Will Young topped the chart with his debut release, Anything Is Possible / Evergreen, which has clocked up nearly 1.8 million sales to date. February of this year marked the 10th anniversary of the single's release and Young beating bookies favourite Gareth Gates to win the finale of the hit reality TV series.

“Ten years ago I won Pop Idol. Since then I have still not achieved my dream of a Tupperware range. Life can be cruel...” commented Young on his Twitter.

Adele, whose second album, 21, recently overtook sales of Michael Jackson’s Thriller to become the UK’s fifth biggest selling album of all-time, took second place with Someone Like You. The track, which was the second single to be lifted from 21, has sold a staggering 1,348,000 copies to date.

With 1,342,000 sales under its belt, Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates was in third place with his cover of Alex North, Hy Zaret and Todd Duncan’s 1955 hit Unchained Melody. The track was made famous by The Righteous Brothers some ten years later and became the theme song of 1990 film, Ghost. The Black Eyed Peas’ David Guetta-produced 2009 smash, I Gotta Feeling, was Number 4 in the countdown with sales of 1,289,000, while Shaggy’s 2001 former Number 1, It Wasn’t Me, completed the Top 5 with sales of 1,255,000.

The full Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century chart is as follows:

01	ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE/EVERGREEN	WILL YOUNG
02	SOMEONE LIKE YOU	ADELE
03	UNCHAINED MELODY	GARETH GATES
04	I GOTTA FEELING	BLACK EYED PEAS
05	IT WASN'T ME	SHAGGY FT RIKROK
06	MOVES LIKE JAGGER	MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
07	(IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO	TONY CHRISTIE FT PETER KAY
08	HALLELUJAH	ALEXANDRA BURKE
09	SEX ON FIRE	KINGS OF LEON
10	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS	BAND AID 20
11	CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD	KYLIE MINOGUE
12	JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING)	BRUNO MARS
13	WE FOUND LOVE	RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
14	POKER FACE	LADY GAGA
15	THAT'S MY GOAL	SHAYNE WARD
16	PARTY ROCK ANTHEM	LMFAO/LAUREN BENNETT/GOONROCK
17	PURE AND SIMPLE	HEARSAY
18	PRICE TAG	JESSIE J FT BOB
19	LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE	EMINEM FT RIHANNA
20	ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)	RIHANNA
21	BLEEDING LOVE	LEONA LEWIS
22	CRAZY	GNARLS BARKLEY
23	CAN WE FIX IT	BOB THE BUILDER
24	WHEN WE COLLIDE	MATT CARDLE
25	FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE	CHERYL COLE
26	WHOLE AGAIN	ATOMIC KITTEN
27	BAD ROMANCE	LADY GAGA
28	HERO	ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
29	GIVE ME EVERYTHING	PITBULL/NE-YO/AFROJACK/NAYER
30	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA
31	JUST DANCE	LADY GAGA
32	USE SOMEBODY	KINGS OF LEON
33	FORGET YOU	CEE LO GREEN
34	THE A TEAM	ED SHEERAN
35	A MOMENT LIKE THIS	LEONA LEWIS
36	ROLLING IN THE DEEP	ADELE
37	GRENADE	BRUNO MARS
38	CHASING CARS	SNOW PATROL
39	RULE THE WORLD	TAKE THAT
40	DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'	JOURNEY
41	FIREWORK	KATY PERRY
42	STAN	EMINEM
43	HERO	X FACTOR FINALISTS
44	ON THE FLOOR	JENNIFER LOPEZ FT PITBULL
45	MEET ME HALFWAY	BLACK EYED PEAS
46	DILEMMA	NELLY FT KELLY ROWLAND
47	THE CLIMB	JOE MCELDERRY
48	JAR OF HEARTS	CHRISTINA PERRI
49	MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE	ADELE
50	IN FOR THE KILL	LA ROUX
51	PASS OUT	TINIE TEMPAH
52	WHAT'S MY NAME	RIHANNA FT DRAKE
53	UMBRELLA	RIHANNA FT JAY-Z
54	HEY BABY	DJ OTZI
55	PARADISE	COLDPLAY
56	UPTOWN GIRL	WESTLIFE
57	DON'T STOP MOVIN'	S CLUB 7
58	LOSE YOURSELF	EMINEM
59	PURE SHORES	ALL SAINTS
60	WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO	YOLANDA BE COOL VS D CUP
61	TEENAGE DIRTBAG	WHEATUS
62	CALIFORNIA GURLS	KATY PERRY FT SNOOP DOGG
63	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
64	RUN	LEONA LEWIS
65	OMG	USHER FT WILL I AM
66	BAD BOYS	ALEXANDRA BURKE FT FLO RIDA
67	WHO LET THE DOGS OUT	BAHA MEN
68	EARTHQUAKE	LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH
69	FIREFLIES	OWL CITY
70	KILLING IN THE NAME	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
71	AIRPLANES	BOB FT HAYLEY WILLIAMS
72	SEXY AND I KNOW IT	LMFAO
73	BOOM BOOM POW	BLACK EYED PEAS
74	WHEREVER YOU ARE	MILITARY WIVES/GARETH MALONE
75	YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL	JAMES BLUNT
76	EMPIRE STATE OF MIND	JAY-Z FT ALICIA KEYS
77	YOUR SONG	ELLIE GOULDING
78	MAD WORLD	MICHAEL ANDREWS FT GARY JULES
79	EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (PART II)	ALICIA KEYS
80	IF I WERE A BOY	BEYONCE
81	WHERE IS THE LOVE	BLACK EYED PEAS
82	SEXY CHICK	DAVID GUETTA FT AKON
83	WHENEVER WHEREVER	SHAKIRA
84	S&M	RIHANNA
85	IT FEELS SO GOOD	SONIQUE
86	DYNAMITE	TAIO CRUZ
87	HIPS DON'T LIE	SHAKIRA FT WYCLEF JEAN
88	BROKEN STRINGS	JAMES MORRISON/NELLY FURTADO
89	ROCKSTAR	NICKELBACK
90	TELEPHONE	LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE
91	I KISSED A GIRL	KATY PERRY
92	WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL	ONE DIRECTION
93	HUMAN	KILLERS
94	BORN THIS WAY	LADY GAGA
95	PATIENCE	TAKE THAT
96	THE TIME (DIRTY BIT)	BLACK EYED PEAS
97	MERCY	DUFFY
98	SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND	GIRLS ALOUD
99	ROCK DJ	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
100	TIK TOK	KESHA
101	HOT N COLD	KATY PERRY
102	THE LAZY SONG	BRUNO MARS
103	GOOD FEELING	FLO RIDA
104	SHE SAID	PLAN B
105	NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE	S CLUB 7
106	NUMBER 1	TINCHY STRYDER FT N-DUBZ
107	SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)	BEYONCE
108	A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION	ELVIS VS JXL
109	RUDE BOY	RIHANNA
110	BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE	CHRIS BROWN FT BENNY BENASSI
111	VIVA LA VIDA	COLDPLAY
112	I NEED A DOLLAR	ALOE BLACC
113	LOW	FLO RIDA FT T-PAIN
114	EVERYBODY HURTS	HELPING HAITI
115	FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK	POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL
116	DOMINO	JESSIE J
117	CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT	LEANN RIMES
118	CHANGED THE WAY YOU KISS ME	EXAMPLE
119	GROOVEJET (IF THIS AIN'T LOVE)	SPILLER
120	YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
121	THE KETCHUP SONG (ASEREJE)	LAS KETCHUP
122	WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER	DAVID GUETTA FT KELLY ROWLAND
123	BONKERS	DIZZEE RASCAL/VAN HELDEN
124	VALERIE	MARK RONSON FT AMY WINEHOUSE
125	F**K IT (I DON'T WANT YOU BACK)	EAMON
126	HEAVEN	DJ SAMMY & YANOU FT DO
127	WRITTEN IN THE STARS	TINIE TEMPAH FT ERIC TURNER
128	LEGO HOUSE	ED SHEERAN
129	DO IT LIKE A DUDE	JESSIE J
130	LEAVE RIGHT NOW	WILL YOUNG
131	ANGEL	SHAGGY FT RAYVON
132	WITHOUT ME	EMINEM
133	I'M YOURS	JASON MRAZ
134	DANCE WIV ME	DIZZEE RASCAL/HARRIS/CHROME
135	HALO	BEYONCE
136	HUNG UP	MADONNA
137	HEART SKIPS A BEAT	OLLY MURS FT RIZZLE KICKS
138	IRIS	GOO GOO DOLLS
139	GRACE KELLY	MIKA
140	DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT	OLLY MURS
141	SWEAT	SNOOP DOGG
142	I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCIN'	SCISSOR SISTERS
143	AMERICAN BOY	ESTELLE FT KANYE WEST
144	ANYONE OF US (STUPID MISTAKE)	GARETH GATES
145	THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED	SCRIPT
146	IGNITION REMIX	R KELLY
147	DON'T CHA	PUSSYCAT DOLLS FT BUSTA RHYMES
148	PAPARAZZI	LADY GAGA
149	APOLOGIZE	TIMBALAND PTS ONEREPUBLIC
150	AXEL F	CRAZY FROG

Zed Sefi

18th July 2016

Good music died since 2002, the last year of good quality stuff that you can consider "Music". My marking point is "The Scientist" by ColdPlay. After that, from 2003 onward, it is pretty rubbish. There are rarly good hits anymore, with a few exceptions for songs such as "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, "My Immortal" by Evanescence, and some of Kings of Leon's songs. All music nowadays are squeeky-loud-clubbing-noise loud in your ears that ebrace getting wasted, raising your hands up and shag strangers. The last decade has been dominated with names of the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Katy Pretty and whole loads of shitty rappers. Do you think audiophiles appreciate this kind of music? Show some respect to your headphones! ... And now with the trend of autotuning the singing voice; music is not a music anymore. It is now an artificial production focusing on the collection of money for personal gain for greedy artists and selfish companies that spend million on marketing their bad taste to the whole world. I lost my faith in humanity. It is just getting worse year after another.

mia-cello01

10th December 2016

imo it still is music, but just not in the traditional way.
(not tryin to defend them or anythin)
more n more the world is becoming artificial, even the music. I do like the artificial music (dubstep only), but not the auto-tuned voice part. It hides the flaws of the musician–a lie in front of the audience. Plus it makes the singer work half-assed (sometimes) because they're production company's got access to auto-tune.

Half-agreeing with u here. But I'm keeping my faith in humanity.