IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year.List of highest-certified music artists in the United States: This lists the top 100 certified music artists (albums), and the top 50 certified music artists (digital singles).
List of best-selling albums of the 21st century." Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/" Candle in the Wind 1997"īest-selling digital singles 15 million digital copies or more Artist Two best-selling singles lists are displayed here relating first to physical singles (mainly CD and vinyl) singles) and second to digital singles (digitally downloaded tracks which first became available to purchase in the early 2000s).īest-selling physical singles 15 million physical copies or more Artist This makes it the second-best-selling physical single of all time. Guinness World Records also states that double A-side charity single " Candle in the Wind 1997"/" Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John (rewritten as a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than the Marilyn Monroe of the original 1973 version), is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 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". The singles listed here were cited by reliable sources from various media, such as digital journalism, newspapers, magazines, and books.Īccording 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. The criterion for inclusion on the list is to have sold at least ten million copies worldwide. This article is a compendium of the best-selling music singles. 1997 7-inch 45 rpm release of " Candle in the Wind 1997"/" Something About the Way You Look Tonight", double A-side single by Elton John.