Digital sales now make up 98 percent of the singles market.<\/p>\n
The New York singer, 23, known for her outlandish dress sense, topped the all-time chart, with US band Kings of Leon also among the most downloaded artists.<\/p>\n
“Poker Face” notched up 779,000 sales on downloads, while “Just Dance”, her first single release in Britain, came third in the chart with 700,000 sales.<\/p>\n
“Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon came second, while the Tennessee family were also fourth with “Use Somebody”. British electropop duo La Roux’s “In For The Kill” — the most recent release in the top 10 — was at number five.<\/p>\n
The top five were all released within the past 12 months, indicating the importance of download sales to the music industry.<\/p>\n
The Official Download Chart was launched in September 2004 to reflect the most popular tracks within the new legitimate download business.<\/p>\n
“This is a fabulous achievement from Lady Gaga, to come from nowhere in January to dominating the all-time downloads list with two in the top three,” said charts company managing director Martin Talbot.<\/p>\n
“Her success — and that of Kings Of Leon and Leona Lewis, too — reflect the resurgent success of the singles market in the era of the download and highlights that mass appeal pop music is alive and well in 2009.”<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga said: “I am honoured to be the songwriter and performer behind the number one and number three all-time most downloaded songs in history in the UK.”<\/p>\n
All-time British official downloads top 10:<\/p>\n
1 “Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
2 “Sex On Fire” — Kings Of Leon
3 “Just Dance” — Lady Gaga
4 “Use Somebody” — Kings Of Leon
5 “In For The Kill” — La Roux
6 “Run” — Leona Lewis
7 “Hallelujah” — Alexandra Burke
8 “Bleeding Love” — Leona Lewis
9 “Chasing Cars” — Snow Patrol
10 “Rockstar” — Nickelback<\/p>\n