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The List of best-selling singles worldwide includes songs that have sold more than five million copies as a single, as published by reliable sources.

According to Guinness World Records, the holiday perennial "White Christmas" (1942) by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies. The song recognized as "the best-selling single of all time" was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and— remarkably — still retains the title more than 50 years later." Guinness World Records states that double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John, a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies," making it the second best-selling single of all time.

[edit] Best-selling singles

Artist Single Released Genre Sales
(in millions)		 Source
1910 Fruitgum Company "Simon Says" 1968 Pop 5 [1]
ABBA "Fernando" 1976 Pop 6 [2]
ABBA "Waterloo" 1974 Pop 5 [1]
Adele "Rolling in the Deep" 2010 Soul 8.2 [3]
Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman "Time to Say Goodbye" 1997 Operatic pop 12 [4][5]
Akon "Don't Matter" 2007 Reggae fusion, folk, contemporary R&B 5.7 [6]
Alicia Keys "No One" 2007 R&B, Soul 5.6 [7]
The Animals "The House of the Rising Sun" 1964 Rock 5 [1]
Danity Kane "Damaged" 2008 Pop 5
Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend" 2007 Pop punk 7.3 [6]
Baccara "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 1977 Pop 18 [1]
Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 1984 Christmas, Pop 11.7 [8]
The Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" 1964 Rock 7 [9]
The Beatles "Hey Jude" 1968 Rock 8 [1]
The Beatles "She Loves You" 1963 Rock 5 [1]
The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1964 Rock 11 [1]
Bee Gees "Massachusetts" 1967 Pop 5 [1]
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z "Crazy in Love" 2003 R&B 5 [10]
Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 2008 R&B 6.1 [11]
Biddu and Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting" 1974 Disco 11 [12][13]
Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock" 1954 Rock & Roll 25 [14]
Billy Swan "I Can Help" 1974 Country, Pop 5 [15][16]
Bing Crosby "White Christmas" 1942 Christmas, Pop 50 [17]
Bing Crosby "Silent Night" 1935 Christmas, Pop 30 [1]
The Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow" 2009 Hip hop 8.5 [11]
The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" 2009 Dance 13.2 [18][11]
The Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" 2005 Hip hop 5 [10]
The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)" 2010 Dance 7.3 [3]
Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time" 1998 Pop 9 [19]
Britney Spears "Circus" 2008 Pop 5.5 [11]
Britney Spears "Toxic" 2004 Pop 6.5 [20]
Brotherhood of Man "Save Your Kisses for Me" 1976 Pop 6 [21]
Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are" 2010 Pop 12.5 [3]
Bruno Mars "Grenade" 2010 Pop 10.2 [3]
Bruno Mars "The Lazy Song" 2011 Pop 6.5 [3]
Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" 1991 Rock 10 [22]
Cee Lo Green "Fuck You" 2010 Pop 5 [23]
Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On" 1998 Pop 15 [24]
Cher "Believe" 1998 Pop, Dance 10 [25]
Chic "Le Freak" 1978 Disco 7 [26]
The Chipmunks "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" 1958 Children, Christmas, Pop 5.5 [1]
Chris Brown "With You" 2008 Pop, R&B 5.5 [7]
Christina Aguilera "Genie in a Bottle" 1999 Pop 7 [27]
Culture Club "Karma Chameleon" 1983 New Wave 5 [28]
Danyel Gérard "Butterfly" 1971 Pop 7 [29]
Dawn "Knock Three Times" 1971 Pop 6 [30]
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 1973 Pop 6 [31]
Elton John "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" 1997 Pop 33 [17]
Elvis Presley "Hound Dog" 1956 Rock & Roll 9 [32]
Elvis Presley "Surrender" 1961 Rock 5 [1]
Eminem featuring Rihanna "Love the Way You Lie" 2010 Hip hop 9.3 [18]
Eminem "Stan" 2000 Alternative hip hop 5 [10]
Engelbert Humperdinck "Release Me" 1967 Pop 5 [1]
Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull "I Like It" 2010 Electropop 5 [33]
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low" 2007 Hip hop 8 [7]
Gene Austin "My Blue Heaven" 1927 Pop 5 [1]
Gene Autry "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1949 Christmas, Pop 18 [34]
Gene Autry "That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine" 1939 Pop 5 [1]
George McCrae "Rock Your Baby" 1974 Disco 11 [1]
George Michael "Careless Whisper" 1984 Pop 6 [35]
Greeeen "Kiseki" 2008 Pop 6.2 [7]
Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" 2004 Alternative rock 5 [10]
Harry Simeone Chorale "The Little Drummer Boy" 1958 Pop 6 [1]
The Ink Spots "If I Didn't Care" 1939 Doo-wop 19 [36]
The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" 1969 R&B 6 [37]
The Jackson 5 "I'll Be There" 1970 Pop 5 [38]
Janet Jackson "Together Again" 1997 Pop 6 [39]
Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" 2008 Pop, Folk rock 8.1 [11]
Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne "Down" 2009 R&B, Dance 6 [40]
Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley PTA" 1968 Pop, Country 5.5 [1]
Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull "On the Floor" 2011 Dance 8.4 [3]
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "You're the One That I Want" 1978 Pop rock 5.8 [41][42][43]
Julie Rogers "The Wedding" 1964 Pop 7 [1][44]
Justin Bieber "Baby" 2010 Pop 6.4 [18]
Kanye West "Heartless" 2008 Pop 5.5 [11]
Kaoma "Lambada" 1989 Lambada 5 [45]
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "California Gurls" 2010 Pop 6.7 [18]
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West "E.T." 2011 Pop 6.6 [46][47][48][49]
Katy Perry "Firework" 2010 Dance-pop 6.53 [50][48][51][52][49]
Katy Perry "Hot N Cold" 2008 Pop 5 [53]
Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl" 2008 Pop rock 5.7 [7]
Kenny Rogers "Lady" 1980 Country 16 [54]
Kesha "TiK ToK" 2009 Electropop 12.8 [18]
Kyu Sakamoto "Sukiyaki" 1961 Pop 13 [55]
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now" 2009 Country pop 5 [56]
Lady Gaga "Poker Face" 2008 Electropop 9.8 [11]
Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" 2009 Electropop 9.7 [18]
Lady Gaga "Born This Way" 2011 Electropop 8.2 [3]
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis "Just Dance" 2008 Electropop 7.7 [11]
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "Telephone" 2010 Electropop 7.4 [18]
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" 1971 Folk rock 10 [57]
Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" 2008 Pop 7.7 [7]
Lil Wayne "Lollipop" 2008 Rap 9.1 [7]
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock "Party Rock Anthem" 2011 Electro-house 9.7 [3]
Madonna "Like a Prayer" 1989 Gospel, Pop rock 5 [58]
Madonna "Vogue" 1990 Dance-pop, House, Disco 6 [59]
Madonna "Hung Up" 2005 Dance-pop, disco 9 [59]
Mahalia Jackson "Move On Up a Little Higher" 1948 Gospel 8 [60]
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera "Moves Like Jagger" 2011 Pop 7.0 [3]
Mary Hopkin "Those Were the Days" 1968 Pop 8 [1]
Middle of the Road "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 1971 Pop 10 [1]
Mills Brothers "Paper Doll" 1943 Country 11 [1]
Mitch Miller "March from Bridge On The River Kwai" 1957 March 5 [1]
Modern Talking "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" 1984 Synthpop 8 [61]
The Monkees "I'm a Believer" 1966 Pop 10 [1]
The Monkees "Daydream Believer" 1967 Pop rock 5 [62]
Mungo Jerry "In the Summertime" 1970 Pop 6 [1]
Musical Youth "Pass the Dutchie" 1982 Reggae 5 [63]
Neil Diamond "Cracklin' Rosie" 1970 Pop 6 [1]
The New Seekers "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" 1971 Pop/Folk 6 [1]
Nini Rosso "Il Silenzio" 1965 Pop 5 [1]
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 1991 Grunge 8 [64]
The Partridge Family "I Think I Love You" 1970 Pop 5 [1]
Paramore "crushcrushcrush" 2007 Rock 6.1 [18]
Paul Anka "Diana" 1957 Pop 9 [65]
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer "Give Me Everything" 2011 Electro hop 8.2 [3]
Procol Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 1967 Progressive Rock 10 [1]
Queen "Another One Bites the Dust" 1980 Funk rock 7 [66]
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella" 2007 R&B 6.6 [6]
Roger Whittaker "The Last Farewell" 1975 Pop 11 [67]
Roy Acuff "Wabash Cannonball" 1942 Country 10 [1]
Scorpions "Wind of Change" 1991 Hard Rock 14 [68]
Scott McKenzie "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" 1967 Pop 7 [69]
Shakira "Whenever, Wherever" 2001 Latin Pop 8.5 [70]
Shakira "La Tortura" 2005 Latin pop 5 [10]
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" 2006 Latin Pop 10 [71]
Shocking Blue "Venus" 1969 Pop 8 [1]
Shop Boyz "Party Like a Rock Star" 2007 Pop 5.2 [6]
Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 1970 Pop 6 [1]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" 2007 Southern rap 5.2 [6]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" 2007 Southern rap 5.7 [11]
Spice Girls "Wannabe" 1996 Pop 6 [72]
Survivor "Eye of the Tiger" 1982 Hard Rock 5 [73]
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler "Ballad of the Green Berets" 1966 Pop 5 [1]
T-Pain "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" 2007 Snap & B 5.9 [6]
Taio Cruz "Dynamite" 2010 Pop 6.33 [46][48][49]
Taylor Swift "Love Story" 2008 Country, Pop 6.5 [11]
Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun" 1974 Pop 11.5 [74]
Thelma Aoyama "Soba ni Iru ne" 2008 Pop 8.2 [7]
Three Dog Night "Joy to the World" 1971 Rock 5 [1]
Timbaland featuring OneRepublic "Apologize" 2008 Pop 6.2 [7]
Tino Rossi "Petit Papa Noël" 1946 Christmas 5.7 [75]
Tom Jones "Delilah" 1968 Pop 5 [1]
Tommy James and the Shondells "Crimson and Clover" 1968 Psychedelic pop 5 [76]
The Tornados "Telstar" 1962 Pop 5 [1]
Train "Hey, Soul Sister" 2009 Pop 6.6 [18]
USA for Africa "We Are the World" 1985 Pop 20 [77]
Usher featuring Young Jeezy "Love in This Club" 2008 R&B, Synthpop 5.6 [7]
Usher featuring will.i.am "OMG" 2010 R&B, Soul 6.9 [18]
Utada Hikaru "Flavor of Life" 2007 Pop 8 [78]
Vernon Dalhart "The Prisoner's Song" 1924 Country 7 [1]
Village People "Y.M.C.A." 1978 Pop, Disco 12 [79]
Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" 1992 R&B 12 [80]
Wings "Mull of Kintyre" 1977 Rock 6 [81]

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