It's 4x platinum but Stay made IFPI while none of Red singles did.
Rank Artist Album Total units (m)
1 Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell Blurred Lines 14.8
2 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz Thrift Shop 13.4
3 Avicii Wake Me Up 11.1
4 P!nk feat. Nate Ruess Just Give Me a Reason 9.9
5 Katy Perry Roar 9.9
6 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers Get Lucky 9.3
7 Imagine Dragons Radioactive 8.6
8 Bruno Mars When I Was Your Man 8.3
9 will.i.am ft. Britney Spears Scream & Shout 8.1
10 Rihanna Stay 7.9
Of course Rihanna sh*t on Ratlor but IFPI isn't reliable for global single 'sales' since 2013 now that they count youtube views as sales
I mean, when one of your faves is basically releasing posthumous albums and your other fave goes on 7 year hiatuses to focus on his joke of an acting career, I guess you have to resort to anything.
