Talk:List of best-selling singles worldwide

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Contents 1 Creation 2 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 3 Sequencing 4 AOBTD 5 Bohemian Rhapsody 6 Digital Singles 7 Linda Rondstadt 8 4 songs of shakira

[edit] Creation

Please add any details of worldwide best selling singles. Original list is from several sources. BandAid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" reported on many news sites as selling 50 million, but as Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" is regarded as best selling single of all time, have used the next highest found.

[edit] Bing Crosby - White Christmas

Anyone with the GBR 2007 who can confirm that sales of 50m are mentioned?

-- I checked the 2007 edition and it says: Bring Crosby's "White Christmas" is the biggest selling single of all time selling 50 million (estimate). It also says that Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997" is the biggest selling single 'since records began' selling 33 million. 60.234.242.196 07:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Then how come "Candle In The Wind 1997" is under a section titled "At least 35 million"? Are we assuming it sold another 2 million or so since the publication of GBR 2007? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.69.160.1 (talk) 14:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

This article needs some MAJOR cleaning up. There's not even one Mariah single on there, and only one Madonna! And not only that, but there is no source for almost all these claims posted...Ayumi4u 12:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sequencing

Hi. Could we have more literate sequencing by last name? It is so illiterate in this computer world to sequence by de foist leder. And maybe someone could create a Contents box at the top of this page. George Slivinsky 07:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AOBTD

"Another One Bites the Dust"? 7-8 million copies sold. 82.141.159.112 21:59, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody ? --89.239.145.5 12:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Digital Singles

IFPI Digital Music Report 2008 specifified on pg 06 (Digital Music Sales in 2007) a list of 10 biggest digital singles, beginning with "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne at 7.3 million units. Next on the list, "Flavor Öf Life" - Utada Hikaru (7.2 million units) is then discussed on pg 09 (Japan – An International Showcase in Mobile Music) where it specifies, "The song was first released as a mastertone to tie in with the launch of popular TV drama series Hana Yori Dango 2. Additional digital products, such as ringvideos, ringback tones and mastertones were released in the following weeks, helping the single to sell over two million digital units in total" Therefore actual single sales are 2m only. Therefore as these are inclusive of ringtones, cannot be used. 60.234.242.196 (talk) 05:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Linda Rondstadt

RIAA (link)specifies she had certifications for 30m shipped in the US. Fansite says 48m, therefore this fansite is not reliable, if even the basic fact is not correct. so removing. 60.234.242.196 (talk) 05:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

the facts are correct on lindaronstadt.de RIAA certifications are not synonymical for total sales. The informations on lindaronstadt.de are the complete record sales in addition of certified and non-certified of all Linda Ronstadt recordings. According to Warner Bros. Linda Ronstadt sold more than 100 million albums and Blue Bayou sold more than 8 millin copies, thats a fact, but Wikipedia paints his own world, deleting facts they don´t like...;(

PS: RIAA certifications for Linda Ronstadt are old, read this page http://lindaronstadt.de/facts.htm and you will be well-informed. One Example: artists get 1 platinum for 1 million sales, but also for 1900.000 sales. The RIAA gets no more sales-information from Linda Ronstadt´s managment and record label.

Looked at the link and not well informed at all. RIAA do not deal in sales, but deal in shipments. Most of what was said above is assumption and opinion. It is correct that RIAA certifications do not match actual shipments, but it is not correct that they are out by 60% as the figures quoted mention. The link provided is also does not provide any new information, and cannot distinguish the basic concept of shipments vs sales. "If" Warner Bros. stated that Blue Bayou sold 8 million, then that is the required reference. I refer you to one organisation that is official, and does not show Blue Bayou on their resarched list of best selling singles. United World Charts - Top Selling Singles of Alltime. I refer you to the top selling singles of 1977 United World Chart - Top Selling Singles of 1977 which this song does not even feature. I refer you to an alternative researched list TSORT INFO - Songs of 1977 which is top 100 songs of 1977, still no Blue Bayou. I even refer you to Linda Ronstadt where the references it "says" state she has sold 45m in US, only this link does, the others state 50m - 80m worldwide. So, on all accounts this page is so dubious as being factual. Therefore unless a verified source can be found i.e. from Warner, from Linda, from a news report, this should not be used as burden of proof has not been reached as required by WP:V. 60.234.242.196 (talk) 22:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 4 songs of shakira

the following songs of shakira must be included- 1.Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean-9.845.000 points 2.Whenever Wherever - Shakira-8.541.000 points 3.La Tortura - Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz-5.568.000 points 4.Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira-5.328.000 points

a few days ago all these songs where included but suddenly i find they have been removed.why?Mrinmayworld (talk) 17:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Because as per your figures, these are "points" not sales. According to UWC, points are made up of 49% of sales, so to get sales ou would have to halve these figures - meaning none sold over 5 million copies. 60.234.242.196 (talk) 08:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)