Best Selling Singles and Albums of 2012 Revealed

The biggest selling singles and albums of 2012 have today been revealed by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Gotye’s collaboration with Kimbra ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ is the best selling song of 2012 with over 1.3million copies shifted.

The only other track to surpass the million barrier was ‘Call Me Maybe’ by Carly Rae Jepsen which sold 1.1million copies.

Australian songstress Sia appears twice in the top 10 – guesting on David Guetta’s ‘Titanium’ at number four and Flo Rida’s ‘Wild Ones’ in tenth spot. The song she penned for Rihanna, ‘Diamonds’, is also at number 11.

Total singles sales increased by 6% last year from 177.9million in 2011 to 188.6million in 2012, with the 20 biggest tracks all selling over half a million copies each.

Emeli Sandé’s ‘Our Version Of Events’ was the biggest selling album of 2012 by a country mile with almost 1.4million sales notched up.

Despite both being released in 2011, Adele’s ‘21’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘+’ are at second and third spot with sales of 786,000 and 784,000 respectively.

Lana Del Rey, One Direction, Mumford & Sons, Olly Murs, Michael Bublé, Coldplay and Rihanna made up the rest of the top 10.

Contrasting to the growing singles sales, overall UK album sales dropped by 11.2% in 2012.

The 20 Biggest Selling Singles of 2012 1. Gotye Ft Kimbra ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (1,318,000 sales) 2. Carly Rae Jepsen ‘Call Me Maybe’ (1,143,000) 3. Fun. Ft Janelle Monae ‘We Are Young’ (986,000) 4. David Guetta Ft Sia ‘Titanium’ (922,000) 5. James Arthur ‘Impossible’ (897,000) 6. PSY ‘Gangnam Style’ (878,000) 7. Nicki Minaj ‘Starships’ (864,000) 8. Jessie J ‘Domino’ (749,000) 9. Maroon 5 Ft Wiz Khalifa ‘Payphone’ (725,000) 10. Flo Rida Ft Sia ‘Wild Ones’ (695,000) 11. Rihanna ‘Diamonds’ (672,000) 12. Labrinth Ft Emeli Sande ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ (663,000) 13. Swedish House Mafia/Martin ‘Don't You Worry Child’ (632,000) 14. Emeli Sandé ‘Next To Me’ (621,000) 15. Flo Rida ‘Whistle ‘ (620,000) 16. Rudimental Ft John Newman ‘Feel The Love’ (619,000) 17. Rizzle Kicks ‘Mama Do The Hump’ (559,000) 18. Alex Clare ‘Too Close’ (557,000) 19. Florence & The Machine ‘Spectrum’ (554,000) 20. Adele ‘Skyfall’ (547,000)

The 20 Biggest Selling Albums of 2012 1. Emeli Sandé ‘Our Version Of Events’ (1,393,000) 2. Adele ‘21’ (786,000) 3. Ed Sheeran ‘+’ (784,000) 4. Lana Del Rey ‘Born To Die’ (719,000) 5. One Direction ‘Take Me Home’ (616,000) 6. Mumford & Sons ‘Babel’ (573,000) 7. Olly Murs ‘Right Place Right Time’ (570,000) 8. Michael Bublé ‘Christmas’ (503,000) 9. Coldplay ‘Mylo Xyloto’ (476,000) 10. Rihanna ‘Unapologetic’ (475,000) 11. Paloma Faith ‘Fall To Grace’ (449,000) 12. Pink ‘The Truth About Love’ (446,000) 13. Robbie Williams ‘Take The Crown’ (445,500) 14. Rod Stewart ‘Merry Christmas Baby’ (421,000) 15. One Direction ‘Up All Night’ (372,000) 16. Jessie J ‘Who You Are’ (370,000) 17. Calvin Harris ‘18 Months’ (354,000) 18. Neil Diamond ‘The Very Best Of Neil Diamond’ (334,000) 19. Rihanna ‘Talk That Talk’ (333,000) 20. Olly Murs ‘In Case You Didn't Know’ (332,000)

Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’