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The best-selling singles of all time

The top 3 according to 19 votes from people: White Christmas — Bing Crosby · Silent Night — Bing Crosby · We Are the World — USA for Africa. (Updated Mar 31, 2021.)

The singles that, according to claimed sales figures, have reached 20 million copies or more, from "White Christmas" to "Rolling in the Deep".

remo_kinogaenger · · 10 items · 19 votes · 1 comment

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Top 10

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    White Christmas — Bing Crosby

    1942. About 50 million; the classic of classics.

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    Silent Night — Bing Crosby

    1935. About 30 million.

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    We Are the World — USA for Africa

    1985. The charity single, about 20 million.

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  4. 4

    Rock Around the Clock — Bill Haley & His Comets

    1954. The big bang of rock and roll, about 25 million.

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    I Will Always Love You — Whitney Houston

    1992. From The Bodyguard, about 24 million.

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    Rolling in the Deep — Adele

    2010. About 20 million.

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  7. 7

    Spotlight — Xiao Zhan

    2020. Over 50 million digital sales reported in China.

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    Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight — Elton John

    1997. For Princess Diana; about 33 million.

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    Petit Papa Noël — Tino Rossi

    1946. The French Christmas song, about 30 million.

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    It's Now or Never — Elvis Presley

    1960. About 20 million.

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wanderlust_langsam · Deutsch

Spotlight auf Platz 2 hätte ich nie erwartet, kannte ich gar nicht

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