Cette liste non exhaustive présente un classement des meilleures ventes de singles dans le monde, d'abord sous forme physique (disque), puis sous format numérique en téléchargement.

Meilleures ventes de singles physiques 10 millions d'exemplaires vendus ou plus Bing Crosby White Christmas 1942 50 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997 1997 33 , Billboard.Mungo Jerry In the Summertime 1970 30 Bing Crosby Silent Night 1935 30Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around the Clock 1954 25 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 1992 24 Domenico Modugno Nel blu dipinto di blu 1958 22 Elvis Presley It's Now or Never 1960 20 USA for Africa We Are the World 1985 20 The Ink Spots If I Didn't Care 1939 19 Céline Dion My Heart Will Go On 1997 18 The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand 1963 15 John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John You're the One That I Want 1978 15 Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 1991 15 Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas Is You 1994 14 Herman's Hermits Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter 1965 14 Scorpions Wind of Change 1990 14 Robert Miles Children 1995 13 Gene Autry Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1949 12.5 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas? 1984 12 Andrea Bocelli et Sarah Brightman Time to Say Goodbye 1995 12 Lou Bega Mambo No. 5 1999 12Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 12 Cher Believe 1998 11..Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 1974 11 Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun 1974 11 George McCrae Rock Your Baby 1974 11The Mills Brothers 1943 11Roger Whittaker 1971 11 ABBA Fernando 1976 10 Ace of Base All That She Wants 1992 10Roy Acuff 1942 10Paul Anka Diana 1957 10 Boney M. Rivers of Babylon 1978 10 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 1996 10 Culture Beat Mr. Vain 1993 10 The Knack My Sharona 1979 10 Lipps Inc. Funkytown 1980 10 Los del Río Macarena 1995 10 Middle of the Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 1971 10 Simon Frith, Jr., , Encyclopædia Britannica.The Monkees I'm a Believer 1966 10Patti Page Tennessee Waltz 1950 10 Panjabi MC 1998 10 The Penguins Earth Angel 1954 10 Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel 1956 10 Elvis Presley Hound Dog 1956 10 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale 1967 10Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time 1999 10 Van McCoy The Hustle 1975 10

5 millions d'exemplaires vendus ou plus Wings Mull of Kintyre 1977 9 The Animals The House of the Rising Sun 1964 8 The Beatles Hey Jude 1968 8 Mary Hopkin Those Were the Days 1968 8Paul Hardcastle 19 1985 8 Mahalia Jackson Move On Up a Little Higher 1948 8 M Pop Muzik 1979 8 Modern Talking You're My Heart, You're My Soul 1984 8 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 8 O-Zone Dragostea din tei 2004 8 Matt Welch, , Reason, Octobre 2005.Seal Kiss from a Rose 1994 8Shocking Blue Venus 1969 8Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs Stay 1960 8 4 Non Blondes What's Up? 1993 7 The Black Crowes Hard to Handle 1990 7Chic Le Freak 1978 7 Georgie Fame The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde 1967 7Danyel Gérard Butterfly 1971 7 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1983 7Las Ketchup Aserejé 2002 7 Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) 1967 7 Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman 1964 7 Queen Another One Bites the Dust 1980 7 Julie Rogers The Wedding 1964 7Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Amazing Grace 1972 7Spice Girls Wannabe 1996 7 Ricky Valance Tell Laura I Love Her 1960 7 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Begin the Beguine 1938 6.5 Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me 1982 6.5 Eiffel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) 1999 6.5 The Archies Sugar, Sugar 1969 6The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love 1964 6The Champs Tequila 1958 6Clout Substitute 1978 6 Coolio featuring L. V. Gangsta's Paradise 1995 6 Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters Jingle Bells 1943 6Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song 1970 6Dawn featuring Tony Orlando Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 1973 6Neil Diamond Cracklin' Rosie 1970 6Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 1983 6 Harry Simeone Chorale The Little Drummer Boy 1958 6The Jackson Five I Want You Back 1969 6 Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 1957 6 Lio Amoureux solitaires 1980 6Madonna Vogue 1990 6 Glenn A. Baker, , ninemsn.George Michael Careless Whisper 1984 6 Rick Nelson Travelin' Man 1961 6 The New Seekers I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 1971 6Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel 1956 6 Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots Disco Duck 1976 6 Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. 1968 6Simon and Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 1970 6Millie Small My Boy Lollipop 1964 6 Stars on 45 Stars on 45 1981 6 Tony Orlando and Dawn Knock Three Times 1970 6 Bonnie Tyler It's a Heartache 1977 6 Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart 1983 6 Tino Rossi Petit Papa Noël 1946 5.71910 Fruitgum Company Simon Says 1967 5 ABBA Waterloo 1974 5Gene Austin My Blue Heaven 1927 5Gene Autry That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine 1935 5Charles Aznavour She 1974 5 The Beatles She Loves You 1963 5Bee Gees Massachusetts 1963 5 Debby Boone You Light Up My Life 1977 5 The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star 1979 5 Culture Club Karma Chameleon 1983 5 The DeCastro Sisters Teach Me Tonight 1954 5 Enigma Sadeness (Part I) 1990 5 Fatboy Slim The Rockafeller Skank 1998 5 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 1970 5Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me 1967 5I Santo California Torneró 1974 5 The Jackson Five I'll Be There 1970 5 Tom Jones Delilah 1968 5Kaoma Lambada 1989 5 Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire 1957 5Madonna Like a Prayer 1989 5 Ricky Martin María 1995 5 Michael Zager Band Let's All Chant 1977 5 Mitch Miller 1957 5The Monkees Daydream Believer 1967 5 Art Mooney and His Orchestra Bluebird of Happiness 1948 5 Art Mooney and His Orchestra I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 1948 5Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie 1982 5Donny Osmond Puppy Love 1972 5The Partridge Family I Think I Love You 1970 5Elvis Presley Surrender 1961 5Gerry Rafferty Baker Street 1978 5 Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore 1979 5Nini Rosso Il Silenzio 1965 5David Seville and the Chipmunks The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) 1958 5Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler Ballad of the Green Berets 1966 5Tag Team Whoomp! (There It Is) 1993 5 Three Dog Night Joy to the World 1971 5Tommy James and the Shondells Crimson and Clover 1968 5 The Tornados Telstar 1962 5Zager and Evans In the Year 2525 1978 5

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