Chart Listings: 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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