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Best-Selling Singles

 

Artist

Single

Released

Genre

Sales
(in millions)

Bing Crosby

"White Christmas"

1942

Christmas

50

Elton John

"Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"

1997

Pop

33

Bing Crosby

"Silent Night"

1935

Christmas

30

Bill Haley & His Comets

"Rock Around the Clock"

1954

Rock & Roll

25

Paul Anka

"Diana"

1957

Pop

20

USA for Africa

"We Are the World"

1985

Pop

20

The Ink Spots

"If I Didn't Care"

1939

Doo-wop

19

Gene Autry

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

1949

Pop

18

Baccara

"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"

1977

Pop

18

 

Kenny Rogers

"Lady"

1980

Country

16

Celine Dion

"My Heart Will Go On"

1998

Pop

15

Scorpions

"Wind of Change"

1991

Hard Rock

14

The Black Eyed Peas

"I Gotta Feeling"

2009

Dance

13.2

Kyu Sakamoto

"Sukiyaki"

1961

Pop

13

Kesha

"TiK ToK"

2009

Electropop

12.8

The Beatles

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1964

Rock

12

Village People

"Y.M.C.A."

1978

Pop, Disco

12

Whitney Houston

"I Will Always Love You"

1992

R&B

12

Terry Jacks

"Seasons in the Sun"

1974

Pop

11.5

George McCrae

"Rock Your Baby"

1974

Disco

11

Biddu and Carl Douglas

"Kung Fu Fighting"

1974

Disco

11

Mills Brothers

"Paper Doll"

1943

Country

11

Roger Whittaker

"The Last Farewell"

1975

Pop

11

Goombay Dance Band

Sun Of Jamaica

1979

Pop, Calypso

11

Smokie

Living Next Door To Alice

1976

Pop, Rock

10.5

ABBA

"Fernando"

1976

Pop

10

Cher

"Believe"

1998

Pop, Dance

10

Bryan Adams

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

1991

Rock

10

Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

"Hips Don't Lie"

2006

Latin Pop

10

Roy Acuff

"Wabash Cannonball"

1942

Country

10

Middle of the Road

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"

1971

Pop

10

Procol Harum

"A Whiter Shade of Pale"

1967

Progressive Rock

10

The Monkees

"I'm a Believer"

1966

Pop

10

Lady Gaga

"Poker Face"

2009

Dance

9.8

Lady Gaga

"Bad Romance"

2009

Dance

9.7

Eminem featuring Rihanna

"Love the Way You Lie"

2010

Hip hop

9.3

Lil Wayne

"Lollipop"

2008

Rap

9.1

Britney Spears

"...Baby One More Time"

1998

Pop

9

Elvis Presley

"Hound Dog"

1956

Rock & Roll

9

Madonna

"Hung Up"

2005

Dance-Pop

9

Shakira

"Whenever, Wherever"

2001

Latin Pop

8.5

The Black Eyed Peas

"Boom Boom Pow"

2009

Hip hop

8.5

Katy Perry

"I Kissed a Girl"

2008

Pop

8.4

Thelma Aoyama

"Soba ni Iru ne"

2008

Pop

8.2

Jason Mraz

"I'm Yours"

2008

Pop, Folk rock

8.1

Flo Rida

"Low"

2007

Hip hop

8

Enrique Iglesias

"Hero"

2001

Pop

8

Shocking Blue

"Venus"

1969

Pop

8

Modern Talking

"You're My Heart, You're My Soul"

1984

Synthpop

8

Mahalia Jackson

"Move On Up a Little Higher"

1948

Gospel

8

Mary Hopkin

"Those Were the Days"

1968

Pop

8

Nirvana

"Smells Like Teen Spirit"

1991

Grunge

8

The Beatles

"Hey Jude"

1968

Rock

8

Utada Hikaru

"Flavor of Life"

2007

Pop

8

Leona Lewis

"Bleeding Love"

2008

Pop

7.7

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis

"Just Dance"

2009

Dance

7.7

Georgie Fame

"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"

1968

Pop

7.5

Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé

"Telephone"

2010

Dance

7.4

Avril Lavigne

"Girlfriend"

2007

Pop punk

7.3

Julie Rogers

"The Wedding"

1964

Pop

7

Adele

"Rolling in the Deep"

2011

Soul

7

Andrea Bocelli

"Con te partirò"

1997

Pop

7

Danyel Gérard

"Butterfly"

1971

Pop

7

Scott McKenzie

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"

1967

Pop

7

The Beatles

"Can't Buy Me Love"

1964

Rock

7

Vernon Dalhart

"The Prisoner's Song"

1924

Country

7

Usher featuring will.i.am

"OMG"

2010

R&B, Soul

6.9

Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

"Umbrella"

2007

R&B

6.6

Train

"Hey, Soul Sister"

2009

Pop

6.6

Britney Spears

"Toxic"

2004

Pop

6.5

Britney Spears

"Womanizer"

2008

Electropop

6.5

Dawn

"Knock Three Times"

1971

Pop

6.5

Taylor Swift

"Love Story"

2008

Country, Pop

6.5

Timbaland featuring OneRepublic

"Apologize"

2008

Pop

6.2

Madonna

"Vogue"

1990

Dance-pop, R&B

6

Harry Simeone Chorale

"The Little Drummer Boy"

1958

Pop

6

George Michael

"Careless Whisper"

1984

Pop

6

Janet Jackson

"Together Again"

1997

Pop

6

Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne

"Down"

2009

R&B, Dance

6

Brotherhood of Man

"Save Your Kisses for Me"

1976

Pop

6

Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"

1973

Pop

6

Spice Girls

"Wannabe"

1996

Pop

6

Simon & Garfunkel

"Bridge Over Troubled Water"

1970

Pop

6

Mungo Jerry

"In the Summertime"

1970

Pop

6

Neil Diamond

"Cracklin' Rosie"

1970

Pop

6

The Jackson 5

"I Want You Back"

1969

R&B

6

The Jackson 5

"I'll Be There"

1970

Pop

6

The Archies

"Sugar, Sugar"

1969

Pop

6

The New Seekers

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"

1971

Pop/Folk

6

Wings

"Mull of Kintyre"

1977

Rock

6

Beyoncé

"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

2008

R&B

5.9

T-Pain

"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')"

2007

Snap & B

5.9

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

"Kiss Me Thru the Phone"

2007

Southern rap

5.7

Tino Rossi

"Petit Papa Noël"

1946

Christmas

5.7

Alicia Keys

"No One"

2007

R&B, Soul

5.6

Taio Cruz

"Dynamite"

2010

R&B

5.6

T.I.

"Whatever You Like"

2008

Hip Hop, Pop

5.6

Kanye West

"Heartless"

2008

Pop

5.5

Jeannie C. Riley

"Harper Valley PTA"

1968

Pop, Country

5.5

Britney Spears

"Circus"

2008

Pop

5.5

The Chipmunks

"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"

1958

Children, Pop

5.5

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"

2007

Southern rap

5.2

Shop Boyz

"Party Like a Rock Star"

2007

Pop

5.2

Madonna

"Like a Prayer"

1989

Power pop, Gospel

5

Katy Perry

"Hot n Cold"

2008

Pop

5

Lady Antebellum

"Need You Now"

2009

Country pop

5

Gene Autry

"That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine"

1939

Pop

5

Gene Austin

"My Blue Heaven"

1927

Pop

5

Engelbert Humperdinck

"Release Me"

1967

Pop

5

Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull

"I Like It"

2010

Electropop

5

Bee Gees

"Massachusetts"

1967

Pop

5

ABBA

"Waterloo"

1974

Pop

5

1910 Fruitgum Company

"Simon Says"

1968

Pop

5

Cee Lo Green

"Fuck You!"

2010

Pop

5

Donny Osmond

"Puppy Love"

1971

Pop

5

Elvis Presley

"Surrender"

1961

Rock

5

Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler

"Ballad of the Green Berets"

1966

Pop

5

Mitch Miller

"March from Bridge On The River Kwai"

1957

March

5

Nini Rosso

"Il Silenzio"

1965

Pop

5

The Monkees

"Daydream Believer"

1967

Pop rock

5

The Animals

"The House of the Rising Sun"

1964

Rock

5

The Beatles

"She Loves You"

1963

Rock

5

Tom Jones

"Delilah"

1968

Pop

5

Three Dog Night

"Joy to the World"

1971

Rock

5

The Partridge Family

"I Think I Love You"

1970

Pop

5

The Tornados

"Telstar"

1962

Pop

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

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