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Chart Listings: Top Selling Singles by Year. (US)
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Top Selling Singles by Year. (US)
Calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 31), Soundscan era.
YEAR | ARTIST | SINGLE | SALES | 1992 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | 3,086,000 | 1993 | Tag Team | Whoomp! (There It Is) | 2,754,000 | 1994 | Boyz II Men | I'll Make Love to You | 1,627,000 | 1995 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise | 2,534,000 | 1996 | Los Del Rio | Macarena | 3,747,000 | 1997 | Elton John | Candle in the Wind 1997 | 8,111,000 | 1998 | Brandy & Monica | The Boy Is Mine | 2,591,000 | 1999 | Cher | Believe | 1,707,000 | 2000 | Santana | Maria, Maria | 1,337,000 | 2001 | Mariah Carey | Loverboy | 571,000 | 2002 | Kelly Clarkson | A Moment Like This | 600,000 | 2003 | Clay Aiken | Tonight is the Night | 948,000 | 2004 | Fantasia | I Believe | 401,000 | 2005 | Weezer | Beverly Hills | 962,000 | 2006 | Daniel Powter | Bad Day | 2,015,594 | 2007 | Soulja Boy Tell'Em | Crank That (Soulja Boy) | 2,909,000 | 2008 | Leona Lewis | Bleeding Love | 3,420,000 | 2009 | Black Eyed Peas | Boom Boom Pow | 4,762,382 | 2010 | Katy Perry | California Gurls | 4,398,000 | 2011 | Adele | Rolling in the Deep | 5,813,000 | 2012 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know | 6,801,000 | 2013 | Robin Thicke | Blurred Lines | 6,500,000 | 2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy | 6,455,000 |
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BEP really killed it in 2009, not to mention how massive the Digitaal era became in 2012
Candle In The Wind
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wow sales were low in 2001, 2002, and 2004. Must've been in that awkward spot where physical singles were dying out but digital singles hadn't begun to take off yet I guess. I didn't know Weezer had number one for a year tho
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1997 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997 8,111,000
King!
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Wish soundscan was scanning in the 1980s.
It would have been something like this
1983 - Billie Jean - 10 Billion
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Originally posted by iHype.
Mariah Carey Loverboy 571,000
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When will WBT?
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Candle in the Wind
2015 Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
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2002 Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This 600,000
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Even though it came out in Q4
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Single sales in the early to mid 2000's
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ghostlysnaker
Candle in the Wind
2015 Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
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Uptown Funk sold 1.3-1.5 million in late 2014, so that means UF has sold between 4.5 and 4.7 million this year. I think it might can get to 6 to 6.5 given its longevity, but I have my doubts about 8.1 million. Considering "Candle In The Wind 1997" was physical singles, and it sold another 700,000+copies in 1998, the total increased to over 8.8 million by 1998, which is equivalent to 17.6 million downloads (each physical single is worth about two downloads when adjusted for point totals).
Also CITW was sold at retailers without Soundscan technology, and that accounted for another 2 million or so in sales. So CITW song was the first Diamond certified single, at 11 million copies, and remains the only Diamond certified single for sales only. Worldwide CITW sold 33 million. It holds the Rock Era record in the US, Canada, and the UK for the greatest singles sales (White Christmas sold an estimated 50 million, but that was pre-Rock era). I think Uptown Funk will get Diamond by adding sales and streaming though, and will hopefully get to 8 million when all is said and done.
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2001 Mariah Carey Loverboy 571,000
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Singles were only being produced in small quantities in 2004. No one was buying them because no one was really making them anymore.
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Props to Cher. What a third act.
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Dead@ the slump in 2010.
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iHype you should make a OP with images!
Funny how none of these have been able to reach top twice! AS A LEAD
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The sales from 2001 to 2005
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2001-2004: The decay of the physical singles
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