Sales of music downloads in the United Kingdom have been monitored since 2004; during the 2000s, these sales were collated by the Official Charts Company and compiled weekly into the UK Official Download Chart, a record chart of the biggest-selling downloads in the UK.
In September 2009, The Daily Telegraph published a chart of what were the best-selling music downloads of the decade to that point. American singer Lady Gaga was number one with her 2009 single "Poker Face".
Several songs sold a significant amount in the final four months of the decade, after The Daily Telegraph list was published. These songs include "Bad Boys" by Alexandra Burke, "Fight for This Love" by Cheryl Cole, and "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine, which sold more than half a million copies in one week to become the 2009 Christmas number one.
Best-selling music downloads : +Best-selling music downloads of the 2000s in the UKArtistSongRecord labelYearChartpeak1Lady Gaga"Poker Face"Warner200912Kings of Leon"Sex on Fire"Sony200813Lady Gaga"Just Dance"Warner200914Kings of Leon"Use Somebody"Sony200825La Roux"In for the Kill"Warner200926"Run"Sony200817"Hallelujah"Sony200818"Bleeding Love"Sony200719Snow Patrol"Chasing Cars"Universal2006210Nickelback"Rockstar"Warner2007111"I Kissed a Girl"EMI2008112Beyoncé"If I Were a Boy"Sony2008113Rihanna featuring Jay-Z"Umbrella"Universal2007114Take That"Rule the World"Universal2007215 featuring Nelly Furtado"Broken Strings"Universal2008216"Boom Boom Pow"Universal2009117Duffy"Mercy"Universal2008118Gnarls Barkley"Crazy"Warner2006119"Hot n Cold"EMI2008420Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome"Dance wiv Me"Dirtee Stank2008121Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz"Number 1"Universal2009122"Human"Universal2008223Pink"So What"Sony2008124""EMI2009125Estelle featuring Kanye West"American Boy"Warner2008126Flo Rida featuring T-Pain"Low"Warner2008227"Black and Gold"Universal2008228Timbaland presents OneRepublic"Apologize"Universal2007129Girls Aloud""Universal2008130Mika"Grace Kelly"Universal2007131"I Gotta Feeling"Universal2009132 featuring Amy Winehouse"Valerie"Sony2007233Rihanna"Disturbia"Universal2008234Coldplay"Viva la Vida"EMI2008135Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden"Bonkers"Dirtee Stank2009136Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha"Right Round"Universal2009137Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake"4 Minutes"Warner2008138Sugababes"About You Now"Universal2007139 and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"Universal2009340"I'm Not Alone"Sony20091
References General (chart positions)
Specific
External links Official Singles Downloads Chart at the Official Charts Company