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The culmination of the music-making process is a song. Although songs are artistic creations, they are also a significant source of revenue.
The most well-known songs are well-known on a global scale.
Not only are they frequently heard on the radio, hummed in the shower, or sung in karaoke bars, but they have also been purchased millions upon millions of times.
The top ten songs according to global record sales are listed below. These Top ten songs are ranked based on both physical and digital record sales.
Copies Sold- 22 million
Released In 2017
Written by Ed Sheeran
Main Genre- Pop
"Perfect" is a song by Ed Sheeran from his third studio album +. (2017).
Following the album's release, it debuted at number four on the UK singles chart. On August 21, 2017, Billboard announced that "Perfect" would be the album's fourth single.
On September 26, 2017, the song became the third single from the album to be played on pop radio in the United States (the fourth overall).
The song debuted at number four on the UK charts in March 2017 and re-entered the same month. In December 2017, it topped both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.
"Perfect" became the UK Christmas hit of 2017 and also peaked in sixteen other countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand.
Copies Sold- 23 million
Released In 2017
Written by Andrew Taggart, Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Johny Buckland and Will Champion
Main Genre- Electronic Dance Music
"Something Just Like This" is a song by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay, two American electronic music duos.
It was released as the second single from The Chainsmokers' debut album Memories... Do Not Open and as the lead single from Coldplay's thirteenth album EP Kaleidoscope on February 22, 2017.
The single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, number two on the Australian ARIA Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
Copies Sold- 24 million
Released In 1982
Written By Dolly Parton
Main Genre- Country Pop
Dolly Parton's 1973 song "I Will Always Love You" was written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter.
Parton wrote the song as a farewell song to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, and it expressed her decision to pursue a solo career.
In 1974, the country single was released. Parton's song was a commercial success, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart twice: once in June 1974 and again in October 1982 with a re-recording for the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Whitney Houston recorded a soul ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Houston's single stayed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 14 weeks, setting a new record. It became one of the best-selling singles of all time and the best-selling single by a woman.
Copies Sold- 25 million
Released In 1954
Written By Maxamus Freedman and James Myers
Main Genre- Rock 'n Roll
"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952.
Bill Haley & His Comets recorded the most famous and successful version of American Decca in 1954. For two months, the song topped the British charts. In the 1960s and 1970s, the recording was back on the British singles charts.
Copies Sold- 30 million
Released In 1818
Written By Joseph Mohr
Main Genre- Christmas Carol
"Silent Night" (German: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht") is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.
Many singers have recorded the song across many music genres. Bing Crosby's 1935 version sold 10 million copies as a single.
Copies Sold- 31 million
Released In 1970
Written By Raymond Dorset
Main Genre- Skiffle
"In the Summertime" is Mungo Jerry's debut single. Ray Dorset, the band's lead singer, wrote and composed the song, which celebrates the carefree days of summer.
In 1970, it spent seven weeks at the top of the UK singles chart, two weeks on one of the Canadian charts, and three weeks at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
It went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling 30 million copies in total.
Copies Sold- 33 million
Released In 1997
Written By Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Main Genre- Pop
"Candle in the Wind" is a threnody written and performed by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. The song was written in 1973 in memory of Marilyn Monroe, who died 11 years earlier.
As a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, John performed a rewritten version of "Candle in the Wind 1997" on stage.
The original version of the song was ranked 347th among the 500 greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2004.
Copies Sold- 38 million
Released In 2017
Written By Luis Rodriguez, Ramon Ayala and Erika Ender
Main Genre- Latin Pop
"Despacito" (American Spanish: [despa'sito]; "Slow down") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee as the lead single from Fonsi's 2019 studio album Vida.
It was released on January 12, 2017, written by Fonsi, Erika Ender and Daddy Yankee, and produced by Mauricio Rengifo and Andrés Torres. Justin Bieber's remix of the song was released on April 17, 2017, and it helped boost its performance in several countries, including several number ones.
The song topped the charts in 47 countries and was in the top ten in six others.
It was the most-viewed YouTube video of all time from August 2017 to November 2020, and it was the first video on the site to reach three, four, five, six, and seven billion views.
Copies Sold- 42 million
Released In 2017
Written By Ed Sheeran, Steve Mac and Johnny McDaid
Main Genre- Pop
"Shape of You" is a song by Ed Sheeran, an English singer-songwriter. It was released as one of the double lead singles from his third studio album + (2017), along with "Castle on the Hill," on January 6, 2017.
It topped the singles charts in 34 countries, including the US Billboard Hot 100 (where it later became the most successful song of 2017), the UK, Australia, and Canada.
The song topped the Canadian Hot 100 for a record-breaking 16 weeks, the UK Singles Chart for 14 weeks, and the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks.
The song became the first to reach 2 billion streams on Spotify on December 10, 2018, and it is currently the most-streamed song on the service since September 21, 2017, when it surpassed Drake's "One Dance" as the most streamed song on Spotify.
It was also the most streamed song of the decade on Spotify in December 2019, with 2 billion streams.
In the United Kingdom, it was the best-selling song of 2017 and the decade. According to the IFPI, "Shape of You" was the best-selling song of 2017 and the second-best-selling digital song worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 26.6 million units.
It sold an additional 14.9 million copies in 2018, making it one of the best-selling digital singles of all time, with a total global sales of 41.5 million copies.
It also charted at No. 71 on Billboard's annual chart in 2018 and was named the No. 1 song on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart of the 2010 decade in 2019.
"Shape of You" was nominated for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2018, Billboard ranked "Shape of You" as the ninth most successful song of all time as the magazine celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Hot 100.
Copies Sold- 52 million
Released In 1942
Written By Irving Berlin
Main Genre- Classic Christmas Pop
Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas" evokes an old-fashioned Christmas spirit.
The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn.
At the 15th Academy Awards, the composition was named Best Original Song.
Since its release, many artists have covered "White Christmas," with Bing Crosby's version being the best-selling single worldwide (in terms of physical record sales), with an estimated sales of more than 50 million copies.
If the sales of the other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, the song's total sales exceed 100 million.
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