Blurred Lines becomes biggest-selling single of 2013

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Blurred Lines has spent five weeks at number one in total

Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines has replaced Daft Punk's Get Lucky as the UK's biggest-selling single of 2013 so far.

According to the Official Charts Company's sales data, it has sold more than 1.36 million copies to date.

In total, the track spent five weeks at the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Pharrell, who produced the track, also collaborated with Daft Punk on Get Lucky.

The French duo's single is now the second biggest-selling of the year, having sold 1.24 million copies to date.

The success of Get Lucky and Blurred Lines, which also features TI, has given Pharrell his first two UK million-selling singles.

"I'm humbled by all of the love the UK fans have shown," said the 40-year-old.

"But, when you are working with incredible talent like The Robots (Daft Punk) and Robin, great things are bound to happen."

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Daft Punk's Get Lucky is the second biggest-selling single of the year so far

Avicii's Wake Me Up is currently the fastest-selling single of the year and is the third biggest-selling with sales of 980,000 to date.

If it goes on to sell more than one million copies, Wake Me Up will only be the 140th track to reach that milestone in the UK.

According to the Official Chart Company, the sales of those three singles has put 2013 on course to become the biggest year for singles sales in British history.

Meanwhile, Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, has the fourth biggest-selling single of the year with Let Her Go, which has sold 910,000 so far.

Naughty Boy, who produced the biggest-selling artist album of the year so far - Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events - completes the top five with La La La featuring Sam Smith. The track has sold 887,000 copies.

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