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⚫ | |[[USA for Africa]] ||"[[We Are the World]]" || 1985 || Pop || 20 ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-06-26-jackson-faces_N.htm|title=The many faces of Michael Jackson|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|date=2009-06-30|work=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|accessdate=2009-07-19}}</ref> |
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|[[1910 Fruitgum Company]] ||"[[Simon Says (album)|Simon Says]]" || 1968 || Pop || 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
|[[1910 Fruitgum Company]] ||"[[Simon Says (album)|Simon Says]]" || 1968 || Pop || 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
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|[[Akon]] || "[[Don't Matter]]" || 2007 || Pop || 5.7 || <ref name="ifpi2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2008.pdf|title=Top 10 Global Digital Singles 2007|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=6|accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref> |
|[[Akon]] || "[[Don't Matter]]" || 2007 || Pop || 5.7 || <ref name="ifpi2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2008.pdf|title=Top 10 Global Digital Singles 2007|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=6|accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref> |
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|[[The Animals]] ||"[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" || 1964 || Rock || 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
|[[The Animals]] ||"[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" || 1964 || Rock || 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
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|[[Avril Lavigne]] || "[[Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)|Girlfriend]]" || 2007 || Pop punk || 7.3 ||<ref name="ifpi2007"/> |
|[[Avril Lavigne]] || "[[Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)|Girlfriend]]" || 2007 || Pop punk || 7.3 ||<ref name="ifpi2007"/> |
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|[[The Beatles]] ||"[[Can't Buy Me Love]]" || 1964 || Rock || 7 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
|[[The Beatles]] ||"[[Can't Buy Me Love]]" || 1964 || Rock || 7 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
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|[[Beyoncé]] || "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" || 2008 || [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] || 6.1 ||<ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
|[[Beyoncé]] || "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" || 2008 || [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] || 6.1 ||<ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
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⚫ | |[[Biddu]] and [[Carl Douglas]] || "[[Kung Fu Fighting]]" || 1974 || [[Disco]] || 11 ||<ref name="metro_biddu">{{cite web|title=Biddu|author=James Ellis|work=[[Metro (newspaper)|Metro]]|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/412-biddu|accessdate=2011-04-17}}</ref><ref name="times_2004">{{cite web|date=August 20, 2004|title=It's a big step from disco to Sanskrit chants, but Biddu has made it|author=Malika Browne|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article471655.ece|accessdate=2011-05-30}}</ref> |
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⚫ | |[[Bing Crosby]] || "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" || 1942 || [[Traditional pop music|Pop]] || 50 ||<ref name="guiness2007">{{cite book|url=http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3315/guinness2007.pdf|title=Guinness World Records 2007|edition=Mass Market Paperback|first=Craig|last=Glenday|publisher=Bantam Press|isbn=055358992X|year=2007|page=187}}</ref> |
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|[[The Black Eyed Peas]] || "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" || 2009 || [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] || 8.5 ||<ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
|[[The Black Eyed Peas]] || "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" || 2009 || [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] || 8.5 ||<ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
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|The Black Eyed Peas || "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" || 2009 || Pop|| 13.2 ||<ref name="ifpi10"/><ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
|The Black Eyed Peas || "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" || 2009 || Pop|| 13.2 ||<ref name="ifpi10"/><ref name="ifpi2009"/> |
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|[[Britney Spears]] || "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" || 1998 || Pop || 9 ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6376213.stm|last=Savage|first=Mark|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=How Disney's TV gang has grown up|date=2007-02-20|accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref> |
|[[Britney Spears]] || "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" || 1998 || Pop || 9 ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6376213.stm|last=Savage|first=Mark|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=How Disney's TV gang has grown up|date=2007-02-20|accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref> |
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|-[[Bryan Adams]] || "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]" || 1991 || Rock || 10 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/everythingido.shtml |title=Radio 2 -Sold On Song - Top 100 - No.91 |publisher=[[BBC]] |date= |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref> |
|-[[Bryan Adams]] || "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]" || 1991 || Rock || 10 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/everythingido.shtml |title=Radio 2 -Sold On Song - Top 100 - No.91 |publisher=[[BBC]] |date= |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref> |
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|[[Celine Dion]]||"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" || 1998 || Pop || 15 ||<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_slide_6.html The Richest 20 Women In Entertainment] ''Forbes Magazine'' Retrieved 2011-04-08</ref> |
|[[Celine Dion]]||"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" || 1998 || Pop || 15 ||<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_slide_6.html The Richest 20 Women In Entertainment] ''Forbes Magazine'' Retrieved 2011-04-08</ref> |
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|[[Donny Osmond]] ||"[[Puppy Love]]" || 1971 || Pop|| 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
|[[Donny Osmond]] ||"[[Puppy Love]]" || 1971 || Pop|| 5 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
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|[[Elvis Presley]] ||"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" || 1956 || Rock & Roll || 9 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
|[[Elvis Presley]] ||"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" || 1956 || Rock & Roll || 9 ||<ref name=goldendiscs/> |
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|[[Kesha|Ke$ha]]|| "[[Tik Tok (song)|TiK ToK]]" || 2009 || Pop || 12.8 ||<ref name="ifpi10">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html|title=IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2011}}</ref> |
|[[Kesha|Ke$ha]]|| "[[Tik Tok (song)|TiK ToK]]" || 2009 || Pop || 12.8 ||<ref name="ifpi10">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html|title=IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2011}}</ref> |
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|[[Kyu Sakamoto]] || "[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]" || 1961 || Pop || 13 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intio.or.jp/kasama/sakamoto.htm|title=坂本九さん 〜心のふるさと・笠間〜|language=Japanese|work=Kasama Tourist Association|accessdate=2008-02-20|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060710082300/http://www.intio.or.jp/kasama/sakamoto.htm|archivedate=2006-07-10}} ([http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20060710082300/http://www.intio.or.jp/kasama/sakamoto.htm Translation])</ref> |
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|[[Lady Gaga]] ||"[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" || 2009 || Pop || 9.8 ||<ref name="ifpi2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf|title=Digital Music Sales Around The World|date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=10|accessdate=2010-11-07}}</ref> |
|[[Lady Gaga]] ||"[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" || 2009 || Pop || 9.8 ||<ref name="ifpi2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf|title=Digital Music Sales Around The World|date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=10|accessdate=2010-11-07}}</ref> |
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|[[Train (band)|Train]] || "[[Hey Soul Sister]]" || 2009 || Pop || 6.6 ||<ref name="ifpi10"/> |
|[[Train (band)|Train]] || "[[Hey Soul Sister]]" || 2009 || Pop || 6.6 ||<ref name="ifpi10"/> |
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|[[Hikaru Utada|Utada Hikaru]] || "[[Flavor of Life]]" || 2007 || Pop || 7 ||<ref name="ifpi2007"/> |
|[[Hikaru Utada|Utada Hikaru]] || "[[Flavor of Life]]" || 2007 || Pop || 7 ||<ref name="ifpi2007"/> |
Revision as of 03:28, 7 June 2011
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.[1][2][3]
Best-selling singles
See also
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling albums worldwide
- List of best-selling singles in Australia
- List of best-selling singles in France
- List of best-selling singles in Japan
- List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling singles in the United States
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