UK reaches one billionth music download
A significant milestone for the UK music industry has been reached with the one billionth download single sale, according to the Official Charts Company.
Nine years after the launch of legal downloads in the UK, the figure was reached on Monday evening.
Adele's 'Someone Like You' has been confirmed as the most downloaded single of all time. The Official Charts Company has also revealed a list of the top 20 most downloaded tracks, which is as follows:
1. Adele - Someone Like You
2. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
3. Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
4. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
5. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
6. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
7. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Baby
8. LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/Goonrock - Party Rock Anthem
9. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Amazing)
10. Jess J ft. Bob - Price Tag
11. Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
12. Lady Gaga - Poker Face
13. Psy - Gangnam Style
14. Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)
15. David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
16. Fun ft. Janelle Monae - We Are Young
17. Ed Sheeran - The A Team
18. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
19. Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer - Give Me Everything
20. James Arthur - Impossible
The entire top 20 can be heard via a playlist on the music streaming service Spotify (an account is required).
