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One billion tracks sold: the most downloaded singles in UK history

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Tuesday 9th April 2013 by Michael Baggs

Tags: Maroon 5, Adele

Digital music sales hit the one billion mark in the UK this week, with a record number of tracks having been downloaded in 2013, but which tracks are the most downloaded? Find out here.

The sales milestone was hit on 8 April 2013, the Official Charts Company has revealed, with over half a million singles a day being downloaed in 2013. The Top Ten is full of big names including Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Adele and Jessie J - but who has sold the most?

"The explosion in download sales over the past nine years means we are genuinely now living in the digital music age – with Adele as our queen!" says Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company.

"Over the nine years of legitimate digital music, more than 16 new tracks have sold 1 million copies, which emphasises just how popular digital music is in the modern age."

Check out the Top Ten biggest selling download tracks of all time in the UK right here.

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