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Chart Listings: Top Single Sales by Year.
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Top Single Sales by Year.
Highest sales week for a single by year. | YEAR | ARTIST | SONG | SALES | WEEK | | 1993 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | 632,000 | January 9 | | 1994 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | | 1995 | Mariah Carey | Fantasy | 229,000 | September 30 | | 1996 | Los Del Rios | Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) | 200,000 | September 21 | | 1997 | Elton John | Candle In The Wind 1997 | 3,400,000 | October 11 | | 1998 | Celine Dion | My Heart Will Go On | 360,000 | February 28 | | 1999 | Mariah Carey | Heartbreaker | 271,000 | October 9 | | 2000 | Madonna | Music | 156,234 | September 16 | | 2001 | Mariah Carey | Loverboy | 180,000 | August 4 | | 2002 | Kelly Clarkson | A Moment Like This | 236,000 | October 5 | | 2003 (Physical) | Clay Aiken | This Is The Night | 393,000 | June 28 | | 2003 (Digital) | OutKast | Hey Ya! | 13,500 | December 6 | | 2004 (Physical) | Fantasia | I Still Believe | 142,000 | July 10 | | 2004 (Digital) | U2 | Vertigo | 30,000 | October 16 | | 2005 (Physical) | Carrie Underwood | Inside Your Heaven | 130,000 | July 2 | | 2005 (Digital) | Kanye West | Gold Digger | 80,684 | September 17 | | 2006 (Physical) | Taylor Hicks | Do I Make You Proud | 184,000 | July 1 | | 2006 (Digital) | Shakira | Hips Don't Lie | 266,664 | June 17 | | 2007 (Physical) | High School Musical | What Time Is It? | 87,000 | August 4 | | 2007 (Digital) | Fergie | Fergalicious | 294,797 | January 13 | | 2008 | Flo Rida | Low | 467,149 | January 12 | | 2009 | Flo Rida | Right Round | 636,000 | February 28 | | 2010 | Ke$ha | Tik Tok | 610,000 | January 9 | | 2011 | Bruno Mars | Grenade | 559,000 | January 8 | | 2012 | Taylor Swift | We Are Never Ever Getting... | 623,000 | September 1 | | 2013 | Taylor Swift | I Knew You Were Trouble. | 582,000 | January 12 | | 2014 | Taylor Swift | Shake It Off | 544,000 | September 6 | | 2015 | Taylor Swift | Blank Space | 503,000 | January 10 |
If nobody beats Blank Space's sales week this year, then Taylor will surpass Queen 'Riah for most #1 sales week of a year.
Highest Sales Weeks Overall:
1. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 3,400,000 (October 11, 1997)
2. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 1,200,000 (October 18, 1997)
3. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 700,000 (October 25, 1997)
4. Flo Rida - Right Round: 636,000 (February 28, 2009)
5. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: 632,000 (January 9, 1993)
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Ugh, She needs to stop obliterating the competition like that.
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Candle In the Wind 
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1. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 3,400,000 (October 11, 1997)
2. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 1,200,000 (October 18, 1997)
3. Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997: 700,000 (October 25, 1997)
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Candle in the wind 
Is that foreal? What's with that song? 
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Candle in the wind
Is that foreal? What's with that song? |
It was created in memory of Princess Diana after her death.
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Taylor absolutely demolishing everyone for the past 4 years. 
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elton jhon's number's are ludicrous 
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2001 Mariah Carey Loverboy 180,000 August 4
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Glitter was a flop, they said
The Emancipation of who?
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candle in the wind kinda destroys all our faves' careers, huh?
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Originally posted by POKER
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Definitely reasonable for the best selling song of all time.
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Elton destroying everybody effortlessly
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Not Taylor blocking Roar like that
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Loverboy. 
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1993 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 632,000 January 9
The is the most impressive number here. Good LORD.
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Candle In The Wind
Taylor
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I see someone dominating the decade.
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1993 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 632,000 January 9
1997 Elton John Candle In The Wind 1997 3,400,000 October 11
And this is when physical units were nearly 5 dollars
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