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The record is held by Elton John with "Candle in the Wind 1997" which sold 1.55 million copies in its first week (it sold 658,000 on the first day of release, 13 September 1997). It is also the biggest selling single in the UK as well as the fastest selling, and the biggest selling single in the world (37m copies) and the fastest selling single in many other countries also - it went platinum (sold a million copies) in 24 hours in the US. Elton outsold Dario G's "Sunchyme" by a clear margin, and this is the biggest ratio between #1 and #2 to date. Dario G sold 85,000 to hit the #2 slot that week.

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Manuel and the music of the Mountains- Rodrigos guitar concerta- in 1976. aka Geoff Love and his orchestra. Has the envious position of being at Number 1 for 3 hours in January 1976 when the compilers got the new Top 40 wrong.Manuel was relegated to number 3,and Abbas Mama Mia was given number 1 spot.,followed by Queens Bohemian rhapsody.

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