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Top 5 best-selling singles of all time

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Worldwide single sales (physical + digital, excludes streaming-equivalent)

Snapshot · 2026-08-09

  1. 1

    Candle in the Wind 1997 — Elton John

    ~33M

  2. 2

    White Christmas — Bing Crosby

    ~30M+

  3. 3

    Rock Around the Clock — Bill Haley & His Comets

    ~25M

  4. 4

    I Will Always Love You — Whitney Houston

    ~20M

  5. 5

    Despacito — Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee

    ~15M