On the BBC Radio 1 countdown of the Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century, the track which has sold nearly 1.8 million copies beat Adele, who was placed second with Someone Like You, the second single to be lifted from the album 21, selling 1,348,000 copies to date, OCC reports.

Yesterday BBC Radio 1 started the countdown part of a special Bank Holiday programme. The show commenced at 7am with Reggie Yates presenting and continued throughout ...