Chart Listings: WW Best Selling Singles
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