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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.
Lee recorded the song back in 1958, when she was 13, and would have been the youngest woman to top the Hot 100 had the song been number one back then. [238] [239] Louis Armstrong (age 62 years, 279 days) is the oldest male artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964. [240]
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
"Born Country" is a song written by Byron Hill and John Schweers, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in December 1991 as the second and final single on their compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. II. It reached No. 1 on the Radio & Records chart in March 1992.
9. "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Michael Bublé. Year released: 2011 Streams: 483,865,973 Estimated royalties: $3,870,928 Look who cracked the list twice simply by re-crooning a Yuletide classic.
"Danger Zone" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins in 1986, with music composed by Giorgio Moroder and lyrics written by Tom Whitlock. The song was one of the hit singles from the soundtrack to the 1986 American film Top Gun. It was the best-selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best-selling of all time.