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Top singles – Physical sales
Units sold
1
Candle in the Wind
1997
Elton John for The Diana Foundation
29,730,000
2
I Will Always Love You
1992
Whitney Houston
10,560,000
3
You're the One That I Want
1978
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
10,400,000
4
Hey Jude
1968
The Beatles
9,472,500
5
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
1991
Bryan Adams
7,960,000
6
My Sweet Lord
1970
George Harrison
7,757,500
7
I Just Called to Say I Love You
1984
Stevie Wonder
7,398,500
8
I Want To Hold Your Hand
1963
The Beatles
7,136,000
9
Believe
1998
Cher
7,020,000
10
My Heart Will Go On
1997
Céline Dion
6,910,000
11
Stayin' Alive
1977
Bee Gees
6,470,000
12
Let It Be
1970
The Beatles
6,312,500
13
Careless Whisper
1984
George Michael
6,290,000
14
Woman in Love
1980
Barbra Streisand
6,260,000
15
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
1978
Rod Stewart
6,250,000
16
Flashdance... What a Feeling
1983
Irene Cara
6,240,000
17
Mull Of Kintyre
1977
Paul McCartney
6,190,000
18
Bohemian Rhapsody
1975
Queen
6,182,500
19
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
1979
Pink Floyd
5,750,000
20
Too Much Heaven
1978
Bee Gees
5,640,000
21
Night Fever
1977
Bee Gees
5,520,000
22
Let's Dance
1983
David Bowie
5,500,000
23
Ebony And Ivory
1982
Paul McCartney_Stevie Wonder
5,452,500
24
It's Now Or Never
1960
Elvis Presley
5,420,000
25
Get Back
1969
The Beatles
5,417,500
26
She Loves You
1963
The Beatles
5,400,000
27
Don't Be Cruel
1956
Elvis Presley
5,390,000
28
Imagine
1971
John Lennon
5,378,750
29
Dancing Queen
1976
ABBA
5,350,000
30
...Baby One More Time
1998
Britney Spears
5,330,000
31
Another One Bites the Dust
1980
Queen
5,267,500
32
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965
The Rolling Stones
5,200,000
33
We Are the Champions
1977
Queen
5,190,500
34
Tragedy
1979
Bee Gees
5,050,000
35
Wannabe
1996
Spice Girls
5,050,000
36
Strangers In The Night
1966
Frank Sinatra
4,995,000
37
Last Christmas
1984
Wham!
4,980,000
38
Upside Down
1980
Diana Ross
4,978,000
39
Say Say Say
1983
Michael Jackson_Paul McCartney
4,952,500
40
Summer Nights
1978
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4,900,000
41
How Deep Is Your Love
1977
Bee Gees
4,890,000
42
Billie Jean
1982
Michael Jackson
4,870,000
43
(Just Like) Starting Over
1980
John Lennon
4,780,000
44
Ebony and Ivory
1982
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
4,735,000
45
We Can Work It Out
1965
The Beatles
4,712,500
46
Something
1969
The Beatles
4,482,500
47
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
1960
Elvis Presley
4,450,000
48
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1975
Elton John & Kiki Dee
4,420,000
49
Beat It
1982
Michael Jackson
4,410,000
50
Like A Virgin
1984
Madonna
4,360,000
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