List of best-selling singles by year (UK)

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This is a list of the best-selling singles in the UK singles chart for each year.

1952	"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"	Vera Lynn
1953	"I Believe"	Frankie Laine
1954	"Secret Love"	Doris Day
1955	"Rose Marie"	Slim Whitman
1956	"I'll Be Home"	Pat Boone
1957	"Diana"	Paul Anka
1958	"Jailhouse Rock"	Elvis Presley
1959	"Living Doll"	Cliff Richard
1960	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley
1961	"Are You Lonesome Tonight"	Elvis Presley
1962	"I Remember You"	Frank Ifield
1963	"She Loves You"	The Beatles
1964	"Can't Buy Me Love"	The Beatles
1965	"Tears"	Ken Dodd
1966	"Green Green Grass Of Home"	Tom Jones
1967	"Release Me"	Engelbert Humperdinck
1968	"Hey Jude"	The Beatles
1969	"Sugar Sugar"	The Archies
1970	"The Wonder of You"	Elvis Presley
1971	"My Sweet Lord"	George Harrison
1972	"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"	The New Seekers
1973	"I Love You Love Me Love"	Gary Glitter
1974	"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"	The New Seekers
1975	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Queen
1976	"Save Your Kisses For Me"	Brotherhood of Man
1977	"Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls School"	Wings
1978	"Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring"	Boney M
1979	"Bright Eyes"	Art Garfunkel
1980	"Don't Stand So Close To Me"	The Police
1981	"Don't You Want Me"	Human League
1982	"Come On Eileen"	Dexy's Midnight Runners
1983	"Karma Chameleon"	Culture Club
1984	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid
1985	"The Power Of Love"	Jennifer Rush
1986	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	The Communards
1987	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Rick Astley
1988	"The Only Way Is Up"	Yazz and the Plastic Population
1989	"Ride on Time"	Black Box
1990	"Unchained Melody"	Righteous Brothers
1991	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams
1992	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston
1993	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	Meat Loaf
1994	"Love Is All Around"	Wet Wet Wet
1995	"Unchained Melody"	Robson and Jerome
1996	"Killing Me Softly"	The Fugees
1997	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/ "Candle In The Wind 1997"	Elton John
1998	"Believe"	Cher
1999	"...Baby One More Time"	Britney Spears
2000	"Can We Fix It?"	Bob the Builder
2001	"It Wasn't Me"	Shaggy feat. Rik Rok
2002	"Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen"	Will Young
2003	"Where Is the Love?"	Black Eyed Peas
2004	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid 20
2005	"Is This The Way To Amarillo"	Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay
2006	"Crazy"	Gnarls Barkley