who released the uk's biggest selling single in 2017
List of UK top 10 singles in 2017 Ed Sheeran had the best-selling and streamed single of the year with "Shape of You". The song spent twenty-two weeks in the top 10 (including fourteen weeks at number one), sold over 787,000 copies as well as scoring 248 million streams (3.2 million combined sales) and was certified 5x platinum by the BPI. "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber came in second place with more than 2.3 million combined sales. Ed Sheeran's "Castle on the Hill", "Unforgettable" from French Montana featuring Swae Lee and "Galway Girl" by Ed Sheeran made up the top five. Singles by Ed Sheeran ("Perfect"), Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson, Rag'n'Bone Man, The Chainsmokers & Coldplay and Jax Jones featuring RAYE were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
List of best-selling albums Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 66 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album.[1] Although sales estimates for Thriller have been as high as 120Â million copies, these sales figures are unreliable.[2] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, while The Beatles, Madonna and Celine Dion each have three.