Best Selling Single Song of all time

Single(s) claimed to have sold at least 40 Million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bing Crosby	White Christmas	1942	Ballad	50 [1]

¹ - The actual single by all (various) artists is 70 million. The single sung by only Bing Crosby is 50 million^[2][3]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 30 million and 40 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bing Crosby	Silent Night	1935	Ballad	30 [4]
Elton John	Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight	1997	Pop	37 [1]
Shoukichi Kina	Subete No Hito No Kokoro Ni Hana Wo	1980	JPop	30 [5]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 20 million and 30 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bill Haley & His Comets	Rock Around The Clock	1954	Rock	25 [6]
Elvis Presley	It's Now or Never	1960	Rock	24 [4]
Domenico Modugno	Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)	1958	Pop	22 [7]
Teixeirinha	Coracao de Luto	1960	Folk	25 [8]
USA for Africa	We Are the World	1985	Pop	20 [9]
Zager & Evans	In The Year 2525	1969	Pop	20 [10]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 10 million and 20 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
ABBA	Fernando	1976	Pop	10 [4]
Ace of Base	The Sign	1993	Pop	19 [11]
Alla Pugacheva	Arlekino	1974	Pop	15 [12]
Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	1984	Pop	10[13] ~ 12[14]
Barbra Streisand	Woman In Love	1980	Pop	10
The Beatles	Hey Jude	1968	Rock	10 [1]
The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1964	Rock	12 [1]
Brotherhood of Man	Save Your Kisses for Me	1976	Pop	10 [4]
Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	1991	Pop	10 [4][15]
Carl Douglas	Kung Fu Fighting	1974	Rock	10 [16]
Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On	1998	Pop	10 [17][18]
Cher	Believe	1998	Pop/Dance	10 [19][20]
Cowboy Copas	Tennessee Waltz	1948	Country	10 [4]
Daniel Powter	Bad Day	2006	Pop
Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Rock	13 [4]
George McCrae	Rock Your Baby	1974	Rock	11 [4]
Goombay Dance Band	Song Of Jamaica	1979	Pop	11 [4]
The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	1936	Doo-Wop	19 [21]
Kyu Sakamoto	Sukiyaki	1961	JPop	13 [22] [23]
Los Del Rio	Macarena	1995	Latin Pop	10[24] - 11 [4]
Lou Bega	Mambo No. 5	1999	Latin Pop	12 [25]
Middle of the Road	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	1971	Pop	10 [4]
Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	1943	Country	11 [4]
Modern Talking	You're My Heart, You're My Soul	1984	Pop
Patti Page	Tennessee Waltz	1950	Country	10 [26]
Patrick Hernandez	Born to Be Alive	1979	Rock	11 [4]
Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1967	ballad	10 [4]
Roger Whittaker	The Last Farewell	1975	ballad	11 [4]
Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball	1942	Country	10 [4]
Shakira feat Wyclef Jean	Hips Don't Lie	2006	Latin pop	10 [27]
Terry Jacks	Seasons In The Sun	1974	Pop	11.5 [28]
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	1992	Pop	10 [1]
Van McCoy	The Hustle	1977	Pop/Disco	10 [4]
Village People	YMCA	1978	Pop/Disco	12 [4]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 5 million and 10 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
1910 Fruitgum Company	Simon Says	1968	Pop	5 [4]
a-ha	Take On Me	1985	Synth-Pop	5[29] ~ 7 [30]
a-ha	The Sun Always Shines On T.V.	1985	Synth-Pop	5
ABBA	Dancing Queen	1976	Pop	6 [4]
ABBA	Waterloo	1974	Pop	5 [4]
Adamo	Tombe la Neige	1964	Pop	7 [4]
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman	Time To Say Goodbye	1998	Pop	5 [4]
The Animals	The House Of The Rising Sun	1964	Pop	5 [4]
Archies	Sugar, Sugar	1969	Pop	6 [4]
The Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	Rock	7 [4]
The Beatles	Get Back	1969	Rock	5 [4]
The Beatles	Let It Be	1970	Rock	7 [4]
The Beatles	She Loves You	1963	Rock	6 [4]
Bee Gees	Massachusetts	1967	Pop	5 [4]
Billy Vaughn	Sail Along Silv'ry Moon	1957	Pop	5 [4]
Bing Crosby	Jingle Bells	1943	Pop	6 [4]
Bobby Goldsboro	Honey	1968	Pop	7 [4]
Boney M	Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring	1978	Pop	5 [4]
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	9 [4]
Britney Spears	Oops!...I Did It Again	2000	Pop	[citation needed]
Britney Spears	Toxic	2003	Pop	5 [4]
Britney Spears	Me against the music	2003	Pop	5 [4]
C+C Music Factory	Gonna Make You Sweat	1991	Dance	5 [4]
Cher	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	1990	Pop/Rock	5 [15]
Cher	Strong Enough	1999	Pop	[citation needed]
Chic	Le Freak	1979	Pop/Disco	5[31] ~ 6[4]
Chipmunks	The Chipmunk Song	1958	Children/Pop	6 [4]
Christina Aguilera	Genie In A Bottle	1999	Pop	[citation needed]
Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise	1995	hip hop	5 [4][32]
Culture Club	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me	1982	Rock	6.5 [33]
Daddy Yankee	Gasolina	2004	Reggaeton	5
Danyel Gérard	Butterfly	1971	Pop	7 [4]
Dawn	Knock Three Times	1971	Pop	7 [4]
Dawn	Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree	1973	Pop	6 [4]
Debbie Boone	You Light Up My Life	1977	Pop	6 [4]
Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	1971	Pop	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight	1961	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957	Rock	7 [4]
Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	1960	Rock	9 [4]
Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957	Rock	9 [4]
Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender/Any Way You Want Me	1956	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	Surrender	1961	Rock	6 [4]
Elvis Presley	Good Luck Charm	1962	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	Return To Sender	1962	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	1969	Rock	7 [4]
Elvis Presley	Teddy Bear	1957	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	Way Down	1977	Rock	5 [4]
Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	1961	Rock	5 [4]
Engelbert Humperdinck	Release Me	1967	Pop	5 [4]
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	1990	New Age	7[citation needed]
Europe	The Final Countdown	1986	Hard-rock	8[citation needed]
Father Abraham	The Smurf Song	1978	Pop	5 [4]
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup	1969	Pop	5 [4]
Freddy Quinn	Heimweh	1956	Pop	8 [4]
Gene Autry	My Blue Heaven	1927	Pop	5 [4]
Gene Autry	Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer	1949	Pop	8 [4]
Gene Autry	That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine	1939	Pop	5 [4]
George Baker Selection	Una Paloma Blanca	1975	Pop	6 [4]
George Harrison	My Sweet Lord	1970	Pop	5 [4]
Georgie Fame	The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde	1968	Pop	8 [4]
Harry Simeone Chorale	Little Drummer Boy	1958	Pop	6 [4]
Hikaru Utada	Flavor of Life	2007	Jpop	8 ~ 9 [34][35]
Jackson 5	I'll Be There	1970	Pop	6 [4]
Janet Jackson	Together Again	1997	Pop	6 [36]
Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley PTA	1968	Pop	6 [4]
John & Sandra Steele	My Happiness	1948	Pop	5 [4]
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	You're The One That I Want	1978	Pop	7 [4]
Julie Rogers	The Wedding	1964	Pop	7 [4]
Juanes	Me Enamora	2007	Latin Pop	6 [37]
Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	2001	Pop	5 [38]
Lobo	I'd Love You To Want Me	1972	Pop	5 [4]
Machiko Soga	Oba-Q Ondo	1966	Children/Anime/Ondo	6 [39]
Madonna	Vogue	1990	Dance-Pop/House	6[40] [4]
Mary Hopkin	Those Were the Days	1968	Pop	8 [4]
Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1983	Pop	5[41][42]
Mitch Miller	March from Bridge On The River Kwai	1957	March	5 [4]
The Monkees	I'm a Believer	1966	Pop	8 [43]
Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	1968	Soul/R&B	5 [4]
Morris Albert	Feelings	1975	Pop	7 [4]
Mungo Jerry	In the Summertime	1970	Pop	6 [4]
Neil Diamond	Cracklin' Rosie	1970	Pop	6 [4]
New Seekers	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	1971	Pop/Folk	6 [4]
Nick Straker Band	A Walk In The Park	1980	Pop	9 [4]
Nini Rosso	Il Silenzio	1965	Pop	5 [4]
Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	1991	Rock	8 [44]
Partridge Family	I Think I Love You	1970	Pop	5 [4]
Pat Boone	Love Letters In The Sand	1957	Pop	5 [4]
Paul Anka	Diana	1957	Pop	9 [1]
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra	Love Is Blue	1968	Pop	5 [4]
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans	I'll Be Missing You	1997	Pop	5 [4]
Pussycat	Mississippi	1977	Pop	7 [4]
Queen	Another One Bites the Dust	1980	Rock	7[citation needed]
R. Kelly	I Believe I Can Fly	1996	R&B	7 [45]
The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965	Pop	5 [4]
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Amazing Grace	1972	Pop	7 [4]
Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)	1967	Pop	7 [4]
Shakira	Whenever, Wherever	2002	Latin Pop	5[citation needed]
Shocking Blue	Venus	1969	Pop	8 [4]
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970	Pop	6 [4]
Spice Girls	Wannabe	1996	Pop	7 [4]
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler	Ballad of the Green Berets	1966	Pop Ballad	6 [4]
Survivor	Eye of the Tiger	1982	Rock	5[4][46]
Ted Daffan & His Texans	Born To Lose/No Letter Today	1943	Country	7 [4]
Tee Set	Ma Belle Amie	1969	Pop	6 [4]
Three Dog Night	Joy To The World	1971	Rock	5 [4]
Tino Rossi	Petit Papa Noel	1946	Christmas	5.711 [47]
The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	1961	Pop	6 [48]
Tom Jones	Delilah	1968	Pop	5 [4]
The Tornados	Telstar	1962	Pop	5 [4]
Trini Lopez	If I Had a Hammer	1963	Pop	5 [4]
Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	1924	Country	6 [4]