Best Selling Song Of All Time

This is a list of best selling singles in the united states some of which have been certified by the recording industry association of america riaa.

Best selling song of all time. 500 greatest songs of all time rolling stone s definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. This is a list of best selling singles in the world the guinness world records named the holiday single white christmas 1942 by bing crosby as the best selling single worldwide. Sheeran wrote the song alongside his fellow british songwriters steve mac and johnny mcdaid. 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.

Come on over has won a number of awards and earned several titles since its release including the all time best selling country music album best selling studio album by a female act and the best selling album by a canadian. The best selling singles of all time on the official uk chart. According to guinness white christmas sold over 50 million copies the single is known as the best selling single of all time. Platinum record for michael jackson s thriller 1982 the best selling album of all time this is a list of the world s best selling albums of recorded music.

1 it remained there for 50 non consecutive weeks and. After debuting on the billboard top country albums chart at no. Shape of you by british singer ed sheeran is the second best selling song of all time. The song sold around 42 million times.

Although the release of some of these singles pre date the existence of a music chart their estimated worldwide sales make them some of the most successful and instantly. Music film tv and political news coverage. In music a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album usually featured on an album as well for more information see single. To appear on the list the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies.

Cher s believe the best selling song by a female artist is 17th in the rundown with 1 84 million. Top 10 best selling singles of all time very few songs stand the test of time and even some of the biggest hits are completely forgotten about after a few years.