Pharrell Williams' Happy has become his third UK million-selling single within the space of just eight months.
The RCA-issued track, which is expected to return to No 1 this Sunday, reached seven figures this week, according to Official Charts Company data, and follows Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines (also featuring TI) all reaching the same landmark in 2013.
The achievement makes Williams only the second act in history after The Beatles to be part of the main line-up of an act to achieve more than two million-selling singles in the UK, although the likes of George Michael have managed it if multi-artist singles appearances such as Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas on which he featured are counted.
Equally remarkable is the speed in which Williams has managed this feat. Get Lucky reached a million at the end of last June and only eight months later two more singles involving Williams have followed suit.
Y'all gurls kill me. Anything that you particularly don't like is "overrated"
Anyway, congrats Pharrell! I love the song. It's a great feel good type of song and that's why it's so successfully. I don't see how anyone can hate a song like this.