Music's 'million sellers club' updated to include streaming

Official Charts Company brings together streaming and traditional sales to see how contemporary artists compare with pre-digital stars

The “million sellers club”, the elite ranks of musicians who have sold over a million copies of their singles, has been given a modernising shake-up by incorporating streaming for the first time.

The Official Charts Company brought together streaming and traditional sales for the first time to reveal which records have been the most popular, ensuring the likes of Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran are now rated alongside Elton John and Queen.