In celebrating the 10 year anniversary for her debut album ‘Dangerously In Love‘, The Official Charts Company have released Beyonce’s highest selling British singles, listing them from the highest to smallest using sales generated by them since release.
With most of these cuts shifting what they sold via physical copies, even we were surprised to see what came out on top and which songs didn’t make the cut.
Find out why below…
| TRACK | ARTIST | PEAK POSITION | YEAR | |
| 1 | IF I WERE A BOY | BEYONCE | 1 | 2008 |
| 2 | SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) | BEYONCE | 7 | 2008 |
| 3 | TELEPHONE | LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE | 1 | 2009 |
| 4 | HALO | BEYONCE | 4 | 2009 |
| 5 | CRAZY IN LOVE | BEYONCE | 1 | 2003 |
| 6 | BEST THING I NEVER HAD | BEYONCE | 3 | 2011 |
| 7 | INDEPENDENT WOMEN | DESTINY’S CHILD | 1 | 2000 |
| 8 | SWEET DREAMS | BEYONCE | 5 | 2009 |
| 9 | BEAUTIFUL LIAR | BEYONCE & SHAKIRA | 1 | 2007 |
| 10 | IRREPLACEABLE | BEYONCE | 4 | 2006 |
| 11 | SURVIVOR | DESTINY’S CHILD | 1 | 2001 |
| 12 | LOSE MY BREATH | DESTINY’S CHILD | 2 | 2004 |
| 13 | LISTEN | BEYONCE | 8 | 2008 |
| 14 | LOVE ON TOP | BEYONCE | 13 | 2011 |
| 15 | RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) | BEYONCE | 11 | 2011 |
| 16 | SAY MY NAME | DESTINY’S CHILD | 3 | 2000 |
| 17 | BOOTYLICIOUS | DESTINY’S CHILD | 2 | 2001 |
| 18 | JUMPIN’ JUMPIN’ | DESTINY’S CHILD | 5 | 2000 |
| 19 | DEJA VU | BEYONCE FT JAY-Z | 1 | 2006 |
| 20 | 03 BONNIE & CLYDE | JAY-Z FT BEYONCE KNOWLES | 2 | 2003 |
| 21 | BILLS BILLS BILLS | DESTINY’S CHILD | 6 | 1999 |
| 22 | EMOTION | DESTINY’S CHILD | 3 | 2001 |
| 23 | NO NO NO | DESTINY’S CHILD | 5 | 1998 |
| 24 | BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL | BEYONCE | 27 | 2009 |
| 25 | CHECK ON IT | BEYONCE FT SLIM THUG | 3 | 2006 |
| 26 | BABY BOY | BEYONCE FT SEAN PAUL | 2 | 2003 |
| 27 | BUG A BOO | DESTINY’S CHILD | 9 | 1999 |
| 28 | SOLDIER | DESTINY’S CHILD/TI/LIL WAYNE | 4 | 2005 |
| 29 | COUNTDOWN | BEYONCE | 35 | 2011 |
| 30 | WORK IT OUT | BEYONCE | 7 | 2002 |
| 31 | END OF TIME | BEYONCE | 39 | 2011 |
| 32 | NAUGHTY GIRL | BEYONCE | 10 | 2004 |
| 33 | GREEN LIGHT | BEYONCE | 12 | 2007 |
| 34 | VIDEO PHONE | BEYONCE FT LADY GAGA | 58 | 2010 |
| 35 | GIRL | DESTINY’S CHILD | 6 | 2005 |
| 36 | WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME | BEYONCE | 51 | 2010 |
| 37 | DIVA | BEYONCE | 72 | 2009 |
| 38 | 1+1 | BEYONCE | 71 | 2011 |
| 39 | EGO | BEYONCE | 60 | 2010 |
| 40 | AVE MARIA | BEYONCE | 150 | 2009 |
The best part about this tally? All but two or three were either co-written or written by the star herself, and take into account her contributions to the force that was Destiny’s Child.
As why ‘Crazy In Love’ didn’t top the list? The cut was released one week before the release of its supporting album ‘Dangerously In Love‘, thus seeing fans rush to buy the album to get the full body work as opposed to the single…which they had already taken to #1!
Here’s to many more hits with album #5!!
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