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The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2014

01/01/2015

By Rob Copsey

Songs by Pharrell Williams, Ella Henderson, Meghan Trainor and Idina Menzel are among the most sold in 2014.

Pharrell’s Happy is the best-selling single of 2014, Official Charts can reveal.

The song, which earlier this year was announced as the most downloaded song of all time, holds its title as the biggest selling of the year with download and physical sales of 1.5 million.

Happy also claims the title of the year’s Biggest Song on the Official Singles Chart 2014, which combines both downloads and streams since the latter was introduced into the singles chart in July. Check out the Top 100 in full here.

Meanwhile, Clean Bandit’s Rather Be takes second place with sales of 1.13 million. The track, which hit Number 1 the Official Singles Chart in January and spent four weeks in pole position, tops the list most-streamed tracks of the year.

John Legend’s love ballad All Of Me is at Number 3, and Mr Probz’s Waves finish fourth on the year-end best sellers list.

The Top 5 is completed by Ella Henderson’s Ghost. The track, which topped the chart in June this year, has sold 757,000 copies this year.

Other notable mentions in the Top 10 include Pitbull and Kesha’s Timber at Number 6 with sales of 744,000, Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass at 9 (sales of 651,000).

Closing out the Top 10 is Idina Menzel’s Let It Go at Number 10 on 636,000. The Frozen theme song is the only track in entire Top 40 best sellers list not to reach the Top 10 in the singles chart, peaking at Number 11 for three non-consecutive weeks in April and May.

The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2014

1	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
2	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
3	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
4	WAVES	MR PROBZ
5	GHOST	ELLA HENDERSON
6	TIMBER	PITBULL FT KESHA
7	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
8	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
9	ALL ABOUT THAT BASS	MEGHAN TRAINOR
10	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
11	SHAKE IT OFF	TAYLOR SWIFT
12	SING	ED SHEERAN
13	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
14	MY LOVE	ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE
15	NOBODY TO LOVE	SIGMA
16	RUDE	MAGIC
17	HIDEAWAY	KIESZA
18	DARK HORSE	KATY PERRY FT JUICY J
19	MONEY ON MY MIND	SAM SMITH
20	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS	BAND AID 30
21	I GOT U	DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES
22	SUMMER	CALVIN HARRIS
23	UPTOWN FUNK	MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
24	HEY BROTHER	AVICII
25	BANG BANG	JESSIE J/GRANDE/MINAJ
26	PRAYER IN C	LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ
27	PROBLEM	ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA
28	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA
29	AM I WRONG	NICO & VINZ
30	I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE	SAM SMITH
31	SAY SOMETHING	A GREAT BIG WORLD/AGUILERA
32	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	PALOMA FAITH
33	FANCY	IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX
34	CHANGING	SIGMA FT PALOMA FAITH
35	HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU	ELLIE GOULDING
36	FEELIN' MYSELF	WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA
37	BLAME	CALVIN HARRIS FT JOHN NEWMAN
38	LOYAL	CHRIS BROWN/LIL WAYNE/TYGA
39	TRUMPETS	JASON DERULO
40	GECKO (OVERDRIVE)	OLIVER HELDENS & BECKY HILL

© 2014 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.

Meanwhile, Clean Bandit take second place on the end of year singles chart with Rather Be. The classical-dance crossover track, which was released in January, finishes 2014 with a combined chart tally of 1.29 million. The song also ties with Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass (which places eighth on the year-end list) for longest-running Number 1 of the year, each spending four weeks at the top.

John Legend claims the third biggest song of 2014 with All Of Me. The US soul singer’s ode to his wife Chrissy Teigen peaked at Number 2 on the chart back in April and has spent an impressive 44 weeks in the Top 40 this year, finishing with a combined total of 1.2 million chart sales.

Taking fourth place on the Official Singles Chart of 2014 is Mr Probz with Waves. The song, which was remixed by Robin Schulz for its release, also claims the biggest-selling debut single of the year with 1.01 million combined chart sales.

Rounding off the Top 5 on the Official Singles Chart of 2014 is Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud. The song, taken from his million-selling album X, claims the longest ever climbs to Number 1 after 19 weeks in the Top 40 and finishes the year with a chart tally of 1.01 million sales.

The Official Top 100 Official Singles Chart of 2014:

1	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
2	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
3	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
4	WAVES	MR PROBZ
5	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
6	GHOST	ELLA HENDERSON
7	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
8	ALL ABOUT THAT BASS	MEGHAN TRAINOR
9	TIMBER	PITBULL FT KESHA
10	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
11	SING	ED SHEERAN
12	RUDE	MAGIC
13	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
14	SHAKE IT OFF	TAYLOR SWIFT
15	HIDEAWAY	KIESZA
16	MY LOVE	ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE
17	NOBODY TO LOVE	SIGMA
18	MONEY ON MY MIND	SAM SMITH
19	SUMMER	CALVIN HARRIS
20	DARK HORSE	KATY PERRY FT JUICY J
21	AM I WRONG	NICO & VINZ
22	PRAYER IN C	LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ
23	PROBLEM	ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA
24	I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE	SAM SMITH
25	BANG BANG	JESSIE J/GRANDE/MINAJ
26	I GOT U	DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES
27	DON'T	ED SHEERAN
28	BLAME	CALVIN HARRIS FT JOHN NEWMAN
29	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS	BAND AID 30
30	UPTOWN FUNK	MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
31	FANCY	IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX
32	CHANDELIER	SIA
33	HEY BROTHER	AVICII
34	CHANGING	SIGMA FT PALOMA FAITH
35	GECKO (OVERDRIVE)	OLIVER HELDENS & BECKY HILL
36	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA
37	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	PALOMA FAITH
38	BLAME IT ON ME	GEORGE EZRA
39	SAY SOMETHING	A GREAT BIG WORLD/AGUILERA
40	A SKY FULL OF STARS	COLDPLAY
41	LOYAL	CHRIS BROWN/LIL WAYNE/TYGA
42	RIPTIDE	VANCE JOY
43	STEAL MY GIRL	ONE DIRECTION
44	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC
45	HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU	ELLIE GOULDING
46	CRAZY STUPID LOVE	CHERYL COLE FT TINIE TEMPAH
47	BLACK WIDOW	IGGY AZALEA FT RITA ORA
48	WIGGLE	JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG
49	FEELIN' MYSELF	WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA
50	SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
51	IT'S MY BIRTHDAY	WILL I AM FT CODY WISE
52	DANGEROUS LOVE	FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL
53	THE MAN	ALOE BLACC
54	SUPERHEROES	SCRIPT
55	TRUMPETS	JASON DERULO
56	STAY HIGH	TOVE LO
57	DRUNK IN LOVE	BEYONCE FT JAY-Z
58	SOMETHING I NEED	BEN HAENOW
59	READY FOR YOUR LOVE	GORGON CITY FT MNEK
60	LOVERS ON THE SUN	DAVID GUETTA FT SAM MARTIN
61	MAGIC	COLDPLAY
62	BOOM CLAP	CHARLI XCX
63	CRYING FOR NO REASON	KATY B
64	BLANK SPACE	TAYLOR SWIFT
65	RIGHT HERE	JESS GLYNNE
66	TAKE ME TO CHURCH	HOZIER
67	TSUNAMI (JUMP)	DVBBS & BORGEOUS/TINIE TEMPAH
68	JUBEL	KLINGANDE
69	LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD	MICHAEL JACKSON
70	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
71	I SEE FIRE	ED SHEERAN
72	WRAPPED UP	OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
73	WASTED	TIESTO FT MATTHEW KOMA
74	DON'T TELL 'EM	JEREMIH FT YG
75	MAPS	MAROON 5
76	CHANGES	FAUL & WAD AD VS PNAU
77	LOVE RUNS OUT	ONEREPUBLIC
78	I WANNA FEEL	SECONDCITY
79	POMPEII	BASTILLE
80	MY HEAD IS A JUNGLE	WANKELMUT & EMMA LOUISE
81	UGLY HEART	GRL
82	ME AND MY BROKEN HEART	RIXTON
83	DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN	KRISTEN BELL/AGATHA LEE MONN
84	OUTSIDE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
85	DON'T STOP	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
86	BREAK FREE	ARIANA GRANDE FT ZEDD
87	DEMONS	IMAGINE DRAGONS
88	ROAR	KATY PERRY
89	REAL LOVE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
90	THESE DAYS	TAKE THAT
91	STAY THE NIGHT	ZEDD FT HAYLEY WILLIAMS
92	MILLION POUND GIRL (BADDER THAN BAD)	FUSE ODG
93	THE MONSTER	EMINEM FT RIHANNA
94	I'M A FREAK	ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FT PITBULL
95	SOMEBODY TO YOU	VAMPS
96	FADED	ZHU
97	BRAVEHEART	NEON JUNGLE
98	ROYALS	LORDE
99	SHOT ME DOWN	DAVID GUETTA FT SKYLAR GREY
100	LIKE I CAN	SAM SMITH

© 2014 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.

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