Lista dei singoli più venduti nel mondo
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Questa è una lista dei singoli più venduti nel mondo della storia della musica. Dati non tutti aggiornati.
| Artista |
Singolo |
Anno |
Genere |
Copie vendute
(in milioni) |
Nota |
| Cher |
Believe |
1998 |
Pop, dance |
13.5 |
[1] |
| Cher |
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) |
1990 |
Pop rock |
9 |
|
| Cher |
Strong Enough |
1998/9 |
Pop, dance |
8 |
[1] |
| Sonny & Cher |
I Got You Babe |
1965 |
Pop |
5.3 |
|
| 1910 Fruitgum Company |
Simon Says |
1968 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| ABBA |
Fernando |
1976 |
Pop |
10 |
[3] |
| ABBA |
Waterloo |
1974 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Adele |
Rolling in the Deep |
2011 |
Soul |
8.2 |
[4] |
| Adele |
Someone Like You |
2011 |
Soul |
6.7 |
[5] |
| Alicia Keys |
No One |
2007 |
R&B, soul |
5.6 |
[6] |
| The Animals |
The House of the Rising Sun |
1964 |
Rock |
5 |
[2] |
| The Archies |
Sugar, Sugar |
1969 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| Avril Lavigne |
Girlfriend |
2007 |
Pop punk |
7.3 |
[7] |
| Baccara |
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie |
1977 |
Pop |
18 |
[2] |
| The Beatles |
Can't Buy Me Love |
1964 |
Rock |
7 |
[2] |
| The Beatles |
Hey Jude |
1968 |
Rock |
8 |
[2] |
| The Beatles |
She Loves You |
1963 |
Rock |
5 |
[2] |
| The Beatles |
I Want to Hold Your Hand |
1964 |
Rock |
12 |
[2] |
| Bee Gees |
Massachusetts |
1967 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Beyoncé |
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) |
2008 |
R&B |
5.9 |
[8] |
| Biddu and Carl Douglas |
Kung Fu Fighting |
1974 |
Disco music |
11 |
[9][10] |
| Bill Haley & His Comets |
Rock Around the Clock |
1954 |
Rock & Roll |
25 |
[11] |
| Billy Swan |
I Can Help |
1974 |
Country, Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Bing Crosby |
White Christmas |
1942 |
Canto natalizio, Pop |
50 |
[12] |
| Bing Crosby |
Silent Night |
1935 |
Canto natalizio, Pop |
30 |
[2] |
| The Black Eyed Peas |
Boom Boom Pow |
2009 |
Hip hop |
8.5 |
[8] |
| The Black Eyed Peas |
I Gotta Feeling |
2009 |
Dance |
13.2 |
[4][8] |
| Britney Spears |
...Baby One More Time |
1998 |
Pop |
9.4 |
[13] |
| Britney Spears |
Toxic |
2004 |
Pop |
6.5 |
[14] |
| Britney Spears |
Womanizer |
2008 |
Electropop |
6.5 |
[8] |
| Britney Spears |
Circus |
2008 |
Pop |
5.5 |
[8] |
| Brotherhood of Man |
Save Your Kisses for Me |
1976 |
Pop |
6 |
[15] |
| Bryan Adams |
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You |
1991 |
Rock |
10 |
[16] |
| Bruno Mars |
Grenade |
2011 |
Pop |
10.2 |
[4] |
| Bruno Mars |
Just the Way You Are |
2011 |
Pop |
12.5 |
[4] |
| Bruno Mars |
The Lazy Song |
2011 |
Pop |
6.5 |
[4] |
| Cee Lo Green |
Fuck You! |
2010 |
Pop |
5 |
[17] |
| Celine Dion |
My Heart Will Go On |
1998 |
Pop |
15 |
[18] |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks |
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) |
1958 |
Children, Pop |
5.5 |
[2] |
| Danyel Gérard |
Butterfly |
1971 |
Pop |
7 |
[2] |
| Dawn |
Knock Three Times |
1971 |
Pop |
6.5 |
[2] |
| Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree |
1973 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| Donny Osmond |
Puppy Love |
1971 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Elton John |
Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight |
1997 |
Pop |
33 |
[12] |
| Elvis Presley |
Hound Dog |
1956 |
Rock & Roll |
9 |
[2] |
| Patty Pravo |
La bambola/Se c'è l'amore |
1968 |
Pop |
9 |
[2] |
| Elvis Presley |
Surrender |
1961 |
Rock |
5 |
[2] |
| Eminem featuring Rihanna |
Love the Way You Lie |
2010 |
Hip hop |
9.3 |
[4] |
| Engelbert Humperdinck |
Release Me |
1967 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull |
I Like It |
2010 |
Electropop |
5 |
[19] |
| Flo Rida |
Low |
2007 |
Hip hop |
8 |
[6] |
| Gene Austin |
My Blue Heaven |
1927 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Gene Autry |
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
1949 |
Canto natalizio, Pop |
18 |
[20] |
| Gene Autry |
That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine |
1939 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| George McCrae |
Rock Your Baby |
1974 |
Disco |
11 |
[2] |
| George Michael |
Careless Whisper |
1984 |
Pop |
6 |
[21] |
| Georgie Fame |
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde |
1968 |
Pop |
7.5 |
[2] |
| Harry Simeone |
The Little Drummer Boy |
1958 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| The Ink Spots |
If I Didn't Care |
1939 |
Doo-wop |
19 |
[22] |
| The Jackson 5 |
I Want You Back |
1969 |
R&B |
6 |
[23] |
| The Jackson 5 |
I'll Be There |
1970 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| Janet Jackson |
Together Again |
1997 |
Pop |
6 |
[24] |
| Jason Mraz |
I'm Yours |
2008 |
Pop, Folk rock |
8.1 |
[8] |
| Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne |
Down |
2009 |
R&B, Dance |
6 |
[25] |
| Jeannie C. Riley |
Harper Valley PTA |
1968 |
Pop, Country |
5.5 |
[2] |
| Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull |
On the Floor |
2011 |
Dance pop |
8.4 |
[4] |
| Julie Rogers |
The Wedding |
1964 |
Pop |
7 |
[2] |
| Katy Perry |
California Gurls |
2010 |
Elettropop |
8.3 |
[26] |
| Katy Perry |
Teenage Dream |
2010 |
Pop |
5.3 |
[26] |
| Katy Perry |
Firework |
2010 |
Elettropop |
7.5 |
[26][5] |
| Katy Perry |
E.T. |
2011 |
Elettropop |
5.2 |
[5] |
| Katy Perry |
Hot n Cold |
2008 |
Elettropop |
7.9 |
[27][28] |
| Katy Perry |
I Kissed a Girl |
2008 |
Pop rock |
7.6 |
[27] |
| Kanye West |
Heartless |
2008 |
Pop |
5.5 |
[8] |
| Kenny Rogers |
Lady |
1980 |
Country |
16 |
[29] |
| Kesha |
Tik Tok |
2009 |
Electropop |
13.2 |
[30] |
| Kyu Sakamoto |
Sukiyaki |
1961 |
Pop |
13 |
[31] |
| Lady Antebellum |
Need You Now |
2009 |
Country pop |
5 |
[32] |
| Lady Gaga |
Bad Romance |
2009 |
Electropop |
9.7 |
[33] |
| Lady Gaga |
Born This Way |
2011 |
Dance pop |
8.2 |
[33] |
| Lady Gaga |
Poker Face |
2008 |
Electropop |
9.8 |
[8] |
| Lady Gaga |
Just Dance |
2008 |
Electropop |
7.7 |
[8] |
| Lady Gaga |
Telephone |
2009 |
Electropop |
7.4 |
[33] |
| Leona Lewis |
Bleeding Love |
2008 |
Pop |
7.7 |
[6] |
| Lil Wayne |
Lollipop |
2008 |
Rap |
9.1 |
[6] |
| LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock |
Party Rock Anthem |
2011 |
Electro house |
9.7 |
[4] |
| Madonna |
Like a Prayer |
1989 |
Gospel, Pop rock |
5 |
[34] |
| Madonna |
Vogue |
1990 |
Dance-pop, House, Disco |
6 |
[35] |
| Mahalia Jackson |
Move On Up a Little Higher |
1948 |
Gospel |
8 |
[36] |
| Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera |
Moves Like Jagger |
2011 |
Pop |
8 |
[5] |
| Mary Hopkin |
Those Were the Days |
1968 |
Pop |
8 |
[2] |
| Middle of the Road |
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep |
1971 |
Pop |
10 |
[2] |
| Mills Brothers |
Paper Doll |
1943 |
Country |
11 |
[2] |
| Mitch Miller |
March from Bridge On The River Kwai |
1957 |
Marcia |
5 |
[2] |
| Modern Talking |
You're My Heart, You're My Soul |
1984 |
Synthpop |
8 |
[37] |
| The Monkees |
I'm a Believer |
1966 |
Pop |
10 |
[2] |
| The Monkees |
Daydream Believer |
1967 |
Pop rock |
5 |
[38] |
| Mungo Jerry |
In the Summertime |
1970 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| Neil Diamond |
Cracklin' Rosie |
1970 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| The New Seekers |
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing |
1971 |
Pop/Folk |
6 |
[2] |
| Nini Rosso |
Il Silenzio |
1965 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Nirvana |
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
1991 |
Grunge |
8 |
[39] |
| The Partridge Family |
I Think I Love You |
1970 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Paul Anka |
Diana |
1957 |
Pop |
20 |
[40] |
| Pitbull (rapper) feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer |
Give Me Everything |
2011 |
House |
8.2 |
[4] |
| Procol Harum |
A Whiter Shade of Pale |
1967 |
Progressive Rock |
10 |
[2] |
| Rihanna featuring Jay-Z |
Umbrella |
2007 |
R&B |
8.6 |
[7] |
| Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris |
We Found Love |
2011 |
Electro house |
5.1 |
[5] |
| Roger Whittaker |
The Last Farewell |
1975 |
Pop |
11 |
[41] |
| Roy Acuff |
Wabash Cannonball |
1942 |
Country |
10 |
[2] |
| Scorpions |
Wind of Change |
1991 |
Hard Rock |
14 |
[42] |
| Scott McKenzie |
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) |
1967 |
Pop |
7 |
[2] |
| Shakira |
Whenever, Wherever |
2001 |
Latin Pop |
8.5 |
[43] |
| Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean |
Hips Don't Lie |
2006 |
Latin Pop |
10 |
[44] |
| Shocking Blue |
Venus |
1969 |
Pop |
8 |
[2] |
| Shop Boyz |
Party Like a Rock Star |
2007 |
Pop |
5.2 |
[7] |
| Simon & Garfunkel |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
1970 |
Pop |
6 |
[2] |
| Soulja Boy Tell 'Em |
Crank That (Soulja Boy) |
2007 |
Southern rap |
5.2 |
[7] |
| Soulja Boy Tell 'Em |
Kiss Me Thru the Phone |
2007 |
Southern rap |
5.7 |
[8] |
| Spice Girls |
Wannabe |
1996 |
Pop |
6 |
[45] |
| Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler |
Ballad of the Green Berets |
1966 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| T-Pain |
Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') |
2007 |
Snap & B |
5.9 |
[7] |
| Nicole Scherzinger Featuring T.I. |
Whatever U Like |
2008 |
Hip Hop, Pop |
5.6 |
[6] |
| Taylor Swift |
Love Story |
2008 |
Country, Pop |
6.5 |
[8] |
| Terry Jacks |
Seasons in the Sun |
1974 |
Pop |
11.5 |
[46] |
| Thelma Aoyama |
Soba ni Iru ne |
2008 |
Pop |
8.2 |
[6] |
| Three Dog Night |
Joy to the World |
1971 |
Rock |
5 |
[2] |
| Timbaland featuring OneRepublic |
Apologize |
2008 |
Pop |
6.2 |
[6] |
| Tino Rossi |
Petit Papa Noël |
1946 |
Canto natalizio |
5.7 |
[47] |
| Tom Jones |
Delilah |
1968 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| The Tornados |
Telstar |
1962 |
Pop |
5 |
[2] |
| Train |
Hey, Soul Sister |
2009 |
Pop |
6.6 |
[4] |
| USA for Africa |
We Are the World |
1985 |
Pop |
20 |
[48] |
| Usher featuring will.i.am |
OMG |
2010 |
R&B, Soul |
6.9 |
[7] |
| Utada Hikaru |
Flavor of Life |
2007 |
Pop |
8 |
[49] |
| Vernon Dalhart |
The Prisoner's Song |
1924 |
Country |
7 |
[2] |
| Village People |
YMCA |
1978 |
Pop, Disco |
12 |
[50] |
| Whitney Houston |
I Will Always Love You |
1992 |
R&B |
12 |
[51] |
| Wings |
Mull of Kintyre |
1977 |
Rock |
6 |
[52] |
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