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According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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"I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas is the best-selling digital single in the U.S., with over 8.7 million downloads sold. Lady Gaga is the first artist to have two 7-million-selling digital singles. Katy Perry is the first artist to have three 6-million-selling digital singles.
SongArtist (s)Release YearClaimed Sales (million) [a]19978.84 [4]USA for Africa19858 [5]19497 [6]19436 [7]According to Guinness, "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the "best-selling single of all time". It was released before music charts were created. The song "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John, is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts ...
The 2021 list was based on a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics, journalists, and industry figures. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and Rolling Stone tabulated the results. In 2024, a revised version of the list was published, with the addition of songs from the 2020s.
List of best-selling music artists. The following list of best-selling music artists includes those music acts from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales.
ArtistCountryPeriod ActiveRelease-year Of First Charted RecordUnited Kingdom1960–1970 [11]1962 [11]United States1964–2009 [47]1971 [47]United States1953–1977 [65]1956 [65]United Kingdom1962–present [72]1970 [72]Michael Jackson 's Thriller, estimated to have sold between 70 and 100 million copies worldwide, [4] is the best-selling album ever. [5] [6] [7] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, while Celine Dion has four and the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
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Most weeks at number one. Pre-Hot 100 notes: In 1956, Elvis Presley 's "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts for 11 weeks. In 1955, The McGuire Sisters ' "Sincerely" was number 1 on the "Most Played by Jockeys" chart for 10 weeks.
