In 2002, the 50th anniversary of the UK singles chart, 76 singles had sold in excess of one million copies.
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But the fact he could still not reach the top spot highlights the dominance of downloads in today's UK singles chart.
The film also scooped a nomination for its theme song, sung by Adele, which went to number two in the UK singles chart in October.
The craze drove the song to the top of the iTunes US chart and number three on the iTunes Australia list and on the UK singles chart.
While Skyfall missed out on a number one in the official UK singles chart, the track topped the iTunes chart within 10 hours of being released on 5 October 2012.
Take That star Barlow featured on the Queen's Birthday Honours list just days after the Jubilee single Sing, which he penned with Andrew Lloyd Webber, topped the UK singles chart.
But the group split last year, and the sisters - recording under the name Appleton - are currently at number two in the UK singles chart with Fantasy, their first post-All Saints offering.
Britons have bought 3.7 billion music singles since the UK chart was launched 60 years ago, figures have revealed.
BBC: UK singles chart: 3.7bn music records sold over 60 years
Earlier this month the group became the highest charting UK boy band in the US singles chart after they reached number five with Glad You Came.
Status Quo have scored more hit singles than any other band in UK chart history, with 61 chart hits since their first smash, Pictures of Matchstick Men, was released in 1968.
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But it was in 1994, that one of Presley's songs would become one of the UK biggest ever selling singles when Wet Wet Wet famously covered Love Is All Around, which topped the UK chart for 15 weeks.
In the UK, this could have a rather strange effect on the singles chart - which recently began accepting any downloaded track into the Top 40.
The singles chart has been a weekly fixture in the UK since 1952, when Al Martino claimed the first number one with Here In My Heart.
Robbie Williams is celebrating his first solo UK number one for eight years, after Candy topped the official singles chart.
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