The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. Some of the 20th century artists can also have significant amount of streaming based certifications. Gold/Platinum certifications issued after 2016, especially on singles, are in some cases more than 50% streaming generated. Sales figures, such as those from SoundScan, which are sometimes published by Billboard magazine, have not been included in the certified units column. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The tables are listed with each artist's claimed sales figure(s) and their total independently certified units and are ranked in descending order by claimed sales. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales. 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. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. "Mungo Jerry celebrates 45 years of In the Summertime at Camberley Theatre". ^ Nightingale, Laura (7 October 2015).Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. 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.
List of best-selling Latin singles in the United States.List of best-selling singles in the United States.List of best-selling singles by country." Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/" Candle in the Wind 1997"īest-selling digital singles 15 million digital copies or more Artistīest-selling singles by year worldwide Year 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 Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than Marilyn Monroe in 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 is to sell at least ten million copies worldwide. This 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.
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