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50 Best Selling Songs Of All Time Worldwide
1. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
2. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 3. Bing Crosby - Silent Night 4. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock 5. Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never 6. USA for Africa - We Are The World 7. The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care 8. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 9. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 10. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On 11. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 12. Scorpions - Wind of Change 13. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki 14. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are 15. Ke$ha -Tik Tok ( )16. Village People - Y.M.C.A 17. Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Bightman - Time to Say Goodbye 18. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 19. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 20. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun 21. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 22. Los del Rio - Macarena 23. Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell 24. Mills Brothers - Paper Doll 25. The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand 26. Biddu & Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting 27. Bruno Mars - Grenade 28. Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball 29. The Monkees - I'm a Believer 30. Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke 31. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale 32. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 33. Cher - Believe 34. Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 35. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You 36. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 37. Shakira - Hips Don't Lie 38. Lady Gaga - Poker Face 39. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 40. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem 41. Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 42. Lil' Wayne - Lollipop 43. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 44. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time 45. Paul Anka - Diana 46. Madonna - Hung Up 47. Shakira - Whenever Wherever 48. The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 49. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 50. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor |
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are you really surprised @ ke$ha being there? It went #1 almost everywhere, spending 10 week at 1 in the US
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How on earth are Bruno Mars and Kesha so high? Where did you get this from?
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I'm surprised by the lack of more recent songs on the list. I'm definitely glad to see more classics and less manufactured radio hits on there, but the singles market has been at its best for the past 4-5 years, hasn't it? I doubt singles in the 80's, 90's and early 00's could sell 6 million worldwide, like 'Poker Face, 'Moves Like Jagger' and 'Boom Boom Pow' did.
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Shocked to the core Kesha has outsold I will always love you
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I'm surprised by the lack of more recent songs on the list. I'm definitely glad to see more classics and less manufactured radio hits on there, but the singles market has been at its best for the past 4-5 years, hasn't it? I doubt singles in the 80's, 90's and early 00's could sell 6 million worldwide, like 'Poker Face, 'Moves Like Jagger' and 'Boom Boom Pow' did.
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I can't be arsed to read the list properly but that sickly pile of shit that is Candle In The Wind being at number two seriously depresses the hell out of me. Vile song.
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Few years aho c4, did a best selling singles on sales i still have the Vhas it was based on peoples favourites in fact, the only Glam rock record in that lot was Gary glitters Ilov you love , and more surprisiglry no Bolan, or Slade were there
some other ommisions too Boney m 3 in the top 10 ![]() but only 1 Abba song
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I can't be arsed to read the list properly but that sickly pile of shit that is Candle In The Wind being at number two seriously depresses the hell out of me. Vile song.
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Few years aho c4, did a best selling singles on sales i still have the Vhas it was based on peoples favourites in fact, the only Glam rock record in that lot was Gary glitters Ilov you love , and more surprisiglry no Bolan, or Slade were there
some other ommisions too Boney m 3 in the top 10 ![]() but only 1 Abba song ![]() Brown Girl in the Ring/Rivers of Babylon & Mary's Boy Child |
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I honestly couldn't tell you how 'Candle In The Wind' goes.
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Bruno Mars is one of the best male artists and i cannot wait for his second album but how the hell did he get so high on the list in a space of 2 years?
No surprise at Kesha.. That song was the BOMB! in early 2010 I would think something of MJ would be somewhere there ... OH Well! |
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Are you kidding??, single sales were at their peak in the 80's, and to an extent the 90's
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Not sure about worldwide, but in the UK song sales are at an all-time high at the moment (and still increasing).
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and who said google was more popular than bing?
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I still love Tik Tok, such a great, infectious pop tune.
I'm more shocked Bruno Mars is ahead of her, that's a dreadful song! |
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Biggest shock got to be Yes sir I can boogie
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I'd need a lot more evidence to back that up in all honesty, before I'd agree
"The UK singles market went from strength to strength in 2011, with sales smashing all-time records for the fourth straight year in succession. Total singles sales increased 10.0% overall to 177.9m in 2011, with the vast majority (99.3%) sold as digital tracks and bundles. 1.1m CD singles were sold in 2011, representing just 0.6% of the total. All of the top 20 best-selling singles of 2011 sold more than 500,000 copies apiece." http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/mu...20strongly.pdf And so far it's looking like 2012 will continue the trend. |
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Happy at Black Eyed Peas being there!
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OP where did you get that list from? Link please. Some seem far-fetched to say the least.
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It would probably be a better measure of success to measure how much revenue a song made, adjusted for inflation.
I vaguely recall paying £1.76 for a 7" single in the 80s, which would be about £4 in today's money, but a digital download is only 99p, so even good sales in the current market is pretty crap revenue compared to equivalent sales 30 years ago. |
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It would probably be a better measure of success to measure how much revenue a song made, adjusted for inflation.
I vaguely recall paying £1.76 for a 7" single in the 80s, which would be about £4 in today's money, but a digital download is only 99p, so even good sales in the current market is pretty crap revenue compared to equivalent sales 30 years ago. BTW, I have 12" singles from 1981 that still have the £1.99 sticker on which using one web site. is £6.76 today And I never complained then like the tight arses today complain![]() Mind you we actually got something to keep then. How many downloads today will still be actually on music players/ipods etc in 30 years time? |
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OP where did you get that list from? Link please. Some seem far-fetched to say the least.
It's been like this for years. I think we broke the record for sales in 2008 or 2009, and then each year they still kept increasing. 2012 will probably break the record again. Sales were never this high in the 70's or 80's. The media just doesn't report on this, because it's not what the older generations want to hear for the most part. But back in 2004/2005 time when sales were at an all time low, the media were updating everybody constantly each time we reached yet another new low. Yet now, things have turned around, and we're breaking records in the opposite direction, but the media have nothing to say about it. |
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How on earth are Bruno Mars and Kesha so high? Where did you get this from?
What is also interesting is that during the early to mid 00s shops stopped selling CD singles but since late 2008 they slowly started to make a comeback. Because of this Rihanna's sales from that time in particular are alot lower than what they would have been. Same goes for Beyonce and Shakira. |
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Why does it seem far-fetched? lol
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