Music is an ever-growing business that leans on sales and hordes of patrons all over the planet. We have listed the best-selling albums in an article before and now, we can delve into the singles that have not only topped the charts, but sold millions of copies as well.
Music experts have concluded that not all songs from a successful album will receive the same number of sales as there are lots of tracks that have been purchased individually, making them more valuable than the rest.
May it come from a solo act, a band or a collaboration, tracks can be sold singularly and reap the same amount of sales as an album. The list below are tracks that have been patronized and sold in the early 2000s wherein the advent of downloadable music from the internet boosted music sales, even from albums released three decades before.
All of the singles have been released for the world to purchase, and you’ll be surprised to know that it is not the artists of today who made it to this glorious list.
Legendary singer Bing Crosby topped the list with his seasoned song White Christmas, released in the year 1942 which sold a whopping 50 million copies. Crosby’s success as the artist owning the best-selling single of all time further established his credibility as a singer and all of his albums have seen a development in sales ever since. His single Silent Night placed third with 30 million copies.
Elton John placed second with his tracks Candle in the Wind and Something About the Way You Look Tonight with 33 million copies a piece.
Pop icons and equally legendary singers Whitney Houston, Elvis Presley and Celine Dion also fronted with their tracks I Will Always Love You, It’s Now or Never and My Heart Will Go On, with 15-20 million copies tucked under their belts. The collaboration We Are the World by USA for Africa (with various singers from the 1990s) also reached the 20-million mark, which was released in 1985.
Another Christmas single entitled All I Want For Christmas Is You made it with 14 million copies sold, performed by none other than Mariah Carey.
Some other notable artists who placed their songs in this well-respected list include Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive (14 mil), The Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand (12 mil), the music prodigy Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman’s Time To Say Goodbye (12 mil), Village People’s anthem song YMCA (12 mil), Toni Braxton’s Unbreak My Heart (10 mil), Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog and Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time with 10 million copies apiece.
Contemporary artists and acts include Nelly and Kelly Rowland for Dilemma with 7.6 million copies, Spice Girls with Wannabe with 7 million, Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean at 6.43 million, Janet Jackson with Together Again and Madonna’s Vogue at 6 million copies sold worldwide.
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