List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
This is a list of the best-selling singles in the UK singles chart for each year.
| 1970 | "The Wonder of You" | Elvis Presley |
| 1971 | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison |
| 1972 | "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" | The New Seekers |
| 1973 | "I Love You Love Me Love" | Gary Glitter |
| 1974 | "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" | The New Seekers |
| 1975 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen |
| 1976 | "Save Your Kisses For Me" | Brotherhood of Man |
| 1977 | "Mull of Kintyre" | Wings |
| 1978 | "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" | Boney M |
| 1979 | "Bright Eyes" | Art Garfunkel |
| 1980 | "Don't Stand So Close To Me" | The Police |
| 1981 | "Don't You Want Me" | Human League |
| 1982 | "Come On Eileen" | Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| 1983 | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club |
| 1984 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid |
| 1985 | "The Power Of Love" | Jennifer Rush |
| 1986 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | The Communards |
| 1987 | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley |
| 1988 | "The Only Way Is Up" | Yazz and the Plastic Population |
| 1989 | "Ride on Time" | Black Box |
| 1990 | "Unchained Melody" | Righteous Brothers |
| 1991 | "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" | Bryan Adams |
| 1992 | "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston |
| 1993 | "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Meat Loaf |
| 1994 | "Love Is All Around" | Wet Wet Wet |
| 1995 | "Unchained Melody" | Robson and Jerome |
| 1996 | "Killing Me Softly" | The Fugees |
| 1997 | "Candle In The Wind '97" | Elton John |
| 1998 | "Believe" | Cher |
| 1999 | "Baby One More Time" | Britney Spears |
| 2000 | "Can We Fix It?" | Bob The Builder |
| 2001 | "It Wasn't Me" | Shaggy feat. Rikrok |
| 2002 | "Evergreen"/"Anything Is Possible" | Will Young |
| 2003 | "Where Is The Love?" | Black Eyed Peas |