Music singles sold in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2016, by sales threshold
This statistic displays the number of singles sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, broken down by sales threshold. In 2015, 8 singles sold more than one million copies, and this number doubled to 16 singles in 2016 (including tracks by Fifth Harmony and Shawn Mendes). The number of singled that reached 100k+ sales mark also increased from 277 singles in 2015 to 455 singles in 2016. Overall, 1,752,526 singles were sold at least once in 2016.