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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".
Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the best-selling physical single in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991.. All of these physical singles have sold over four million copies according to either reliable third-party claims or RIAA multi-platinum certifications.
Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.
According to the most recent record album certifications, the holiday single title with the highest RIAA certification is Elvis Presley's 1964 single "Blue Christmas", which is certified Platinum by the RIAA (though its date of certification came more than ten years after the RIAA reduced the threshold for Platinum level for singles from two ...
Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. U2, Coldplay, and Elton John also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue.
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
List of artists with the top 50 highest-certified digital singles as of December 18, 2024 [65] [66] Rank Units (millions) Name Nat. Active 1 244 Drake: Canada 2000s–2020s [25] 2 183 Rihanna: Barbados 2000s–2020s [56] 3 167 Eminem: US 1990s–2020s [16] 4 161.5 Beyoncé: US 2000s–2020s [67] 5 160.5 Kanye West: US 2000s–2020s [52] 6 142 ...
The Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Song was first presented at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. " Hello " by Adele was the first song to be awarded this honor. As of 2022, BTS hold the record for most wins in this category, with two awards.