Don't you just hate it when your fave releases a song when the tracking period for the year is about to end? Because of that they don't get to snatch the #1 spot for biggest song of the year or even Top 10.
If we are to base the biggest songs for the year based on it's release date/year below will be the result.
Best Selling Singles Per release date (year) Physical + Digital
1990
MADONNA - Vogue
6 million
1992
WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Will Always Love You
20 million
1994
MARIAH CAREY - All I Want For Christmas Is You
14 million
1996 R KELLY - I Believe I Can Fly 5 million
1998
CHER - Believe
11 million
1999 RICKY MARTIN - Livin La Vida Loca 8 million
2000
BRITNEY SPEARS - Oops I Did It Again
5 million
2001
SHAKIRA - Whenever, Wherever
5 million
2002
EMINEM - Lose Yourself
8 million
2003
BEYONCE - Crazy In Love
8.5 million
2004
BRITNEY SPEARS - Toxic
6.5 million
2005
MADONNA - Hung Up
9 million
2006
SHAKIRA - Hips Don't Lie
10 million
2007 FLO RIDA - Low 12 million
2008
LADY GAGA - Poker Face
14 million
2009
THE BLACK EYED PEAS - I Gotta Feeling
15.4 million
2010
ADELE - Rolling In The Deep
14 million
2011
MAROON 5 - Moves Like Jagger
15 million
2012
MACKLEMORE -
13.4 million
2013
ROBIN THICKE -
16 million
2014
IGGY AZALEA - Fancy
7 million
I feel like Pharell deserves a special mention though, in 2013 he released 3 songs that sold at least 10 million copies each (Happy 12 million + Get Lucky 10 million + Blurred Lines 16 million)
I got dem info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...llion_copies_2