List of best-selling singles in the United States

With estimated sales of over 25 million copies, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is the highest selling single in the United States.

This is a list of best-selling singles in the United States, some of which have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). All of these singles have sold over four million copies according to either reliable third-party claims or multi-platinum certifications. In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featured on an album as well. For more information, see single.

• The RIAA certifies a record only if that record company pays for its official certification; some companies do not consider this an important distinction and will not request certifications unless pressed by its active, still saleable artists. A full and complete list of RIAA-certified recordings would be a very incomplete list of popular American music.
• The RIAA only certifies a particular recording of a song. Remixes, live and other versions count as separate.
• Prior to 1989, physical singles were awarded with a Gold certification for shipments of 1,000,000 units and a Platinum certification for shipments of 2,000,000 units. For certification dates since January 1, 1989, a Gold award represented shipments of 500,000 units and a Platinum award represented shipments of 1,000,000 units.
• Since May 9, 2013, RIAA certifications for singles in the "digital" category include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.^[1]
• Physical sales figures backed by RIAA certifications may be inaccurate as physical singles can be "overcertified" (sell less copies than were shipped to stores) or "undercertified" (sell beyond their current certification level and not receive a new certification).

Records

Over 25 million copies (in North America)

Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the best-selling single in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991.

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"White Christmas"	Bing Crosby	25,000,000[2]		25,000,000

Over 8 million copies

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"Candle in the Wind 1997"	Elton John	8,839,000[3]		8,839,000
"I Gotta Feeling"	The Black Eyed Peas		8,770,000[4]	8,770,000
"Rolling in the Deep"	Adele		8,444,000[5][6]	8,444,000
"Party Rock Anthem"	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock		8,100,000[7]	8,100,000
"We Are the World"	USA for Africa	~8,000,000[8]		8,000,000

Over 7 million copies

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"Radioactive"	Imagine Dragons		7,950,000[4]	7,950,000
"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra		7,900,000[7]	7,900,000
"Thrift Shop"	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz		7,900,000[9]	7,900,000
"Don't Stop Believin'"	Journey	1,000,000[10]	6,800,000[11]	7,800,000
"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen		7,600,000[12]	7,600,000
"Cruise"	Florida Georgia Line		7,480,000[13]	7,480,000
"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams		7,380,000[5]	7,380,000
"Low"	Flo Rida featuring T-Pain		7,300,000[4]	7,300,000
"Poker Face"	Lady Gaga		7,300,000[14]	7,300,000
"Just Dance"	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis		7,100,000[14]	7,100,000
"Firework"	Katy Perry		7,040,000[4]	7,040,000
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	Gene Autry	7,000,000[15]		7,000,000

Over 6 million copies

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars		6,900,000[4]	6,900,000
"Happy"	Pharrell Williams		6,900,000[16]	6,900,000
"Boom Boom Pow"	The Black Eyed Peas		6,900,000[7]	6,900,000
"I'm Yours"	Jason Mraz		6,837,000[17]	6,837,000
"We Are Young"	fun. featuring Janelle Monáe		6,830,000[18]	6,830,000
"Tik Tok"	Kesha		6,800,000[19]	6,800,000
"Just the Way You Are"	Bruno Mars		6,700,000[7][20]	6,700,000
"Lose Yourself"	Eminem		6,700,000[7]	6,700,000
"Moves like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera		6,700,000[5]	6,700,000
"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	4,591,000[21]	2,016,000[21]	6,607,000
"Love the Way You Lie"	Eminem featuring Rihanna		6,500,000[7][22]	6,500,000
"Hey, Soul Sister"	Train		6,417,000[23]	6,417,000
"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO		6,400,000[7][24]	6,400,000
"Need You Now"	Lady Antebellum		6,270,000[25]	6,270,000
"Roar"	Katy Perry		6,200,000[26]	6,200,000
"Viva la Vida"	Coldplay		6,131,000[23]	6,131,000
"Someone Like You"	Adele		6,128,000[26]	6,128,000
"Grenade"	Bruno Mars		6,100,000[7][27]	6,100,000
"Eye of the Tiger"	Survivor	~2,000,000[28]	4,100,000[11]	~6,100,000
"Dark Horse"	Katy Perry featuring Juicy J		6,080,000[7]	6,080,000
"Apologize"	Timbaland featuring OneRepublic		6,000,000[29]	6.000,000
"Dynamite"	Taio Cruz		6,000,000[30]	6,000,000
"Fuck You!"	CeeLo Green		6,000,000[31]	6,000,000
"Paper Doll"	Mills Brothers	~6,000,000[32]		~6,000,000
"The Tennessee Waltz"	Patti Page	~6,000,000[32]		~6,000,000

Over 5 million copies

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"Royals"	Lorde		5,900,000[33]	5,900,000
"Love Story"	Taylor Swift		5,800,000[34]	5,800,000
"E.T."	Katy Perry featuring Kanye West		5,800,000[35]	5,800,000
"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg		5,700,000[35]	5,700,000
"Hot n Cold"	Katy Perry		5,700,000[35]	5,700,000
"Bad Romance"	Lady Gaga		5,600,000[14]	5,600,000
"Right Round"	Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha		5,572,000[36]	5,572,000
"Party in the U.S.A."	Miley Cyrus		5,542,000[37]	5,542,000
"Empire State of Mind"	Jay Z and Alicia Keys		5,513,000[38]	5,513,000
"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa		5,510,000[39]	5,510,000
"All of Me"	John Legend		5,500,000[16]	5,500,000
"Sail"	AWOLNATION		5,500,000[40]	5,500,000
"All About That Bass"	Meghan Trainor		5,434,000[26]	5,434,000
"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris		5,400,000[22]	5,400,000
"Counting Stars"	OneRepublic		5,300,000[41]	5,300,000
"Home"	Phillip Phillips		5,288,000[42]	5,288,000
"Pumped Up Kicks"	Foster the People		5,173,000[43]	5,173,000
"Ho Hey"	Lumineers		5,100,000[44]	5,100,000
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"	Soulja Boy		5,080,000[45]	5,080,000
"Stronger"	Kanye West		5,014,000[46]	5,014,000
"Super Bass"	Nicki Minaj		5,000,000[47]	5,000,000
"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"	Elvis Presley	5,000,000[48]		5,000,000
"I Knew You Were Trouble"	Taylor Swift		5,000,000[34]	5,000,000
"Not Afraid"	Eminem		5,000,000[49]	5,000,000
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"	Beyoncé		5,000,000[50]	5,000,000
"Some Nights"	fun.		5,000,000[51]	5,000,000
"If I Die Young"	The Band Perry		5,000,000[52]	5,000,000
"That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine"	Gene Autry	5,000,000[53]		5,000,000
"Ballad of the Green Berets"	Barry Sadler	5,000,000[54]		5,000,000
"Dardanella"	Ben Selvin	~5,000,000[32]		~5,000,000
"My Blue Heaven"	Gene Austin	~5,000,000[32]		~5,000,000

Over 4 million copies

Song	Artist(s)/Group	Detailed sales		Total sales
		Physical	Downloads
"Set Fire to the Rain"	Adele		4,958,000[6]	4,958,000
"Shake It Off"	Taylor Swift		4,908,000[26]	4,908,000
"What Makes You Beautiful"	One Direction		4,888,000[55]	4,888,000
"Give Me Everything"	Pitbull featuring Afrojack, Nayer and Ne-Yo		4,874,000[56]	4,874,000
"Disturbia"	Rihanna		4,800,000[22]	4,800,000
"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Queen	~1,000,000[57]	3,800,000[11]	~4,800,000
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Kelly Clarkson		4,787,000[42]	4,787,000
"Thinking Out Loud	Ed Sheeran		4,787,000[26]	4,787,000
"Hello"	Adele		4,750,000[58]	4,750,000
"OMG"	Usher featuring will.i.am		4,719,000[59]	4,719,000
"When I Was Your Man"	Bruno Mars		4,700,000[60]	4,700,000
"How to Save a Life"	The Fray		4,700,000[11]	4,700,000
"Teenage Dream"	Katy Perry		4,700,000[35][61]	4,700,000
"Live Your Life"	T.I. featuring Rihanna		4,700,000[22]	4,700,000
"Bleeding Love"	Leona Lewis		4,700,000[62]	4,700,000
"I Kissed a Girl"	Katy Perry		4,700,000[35]	4,700,000
"Timber"	Pitbull featuring Kesha		4,700,000[19][63]	4,700,000
"Fireflies"	Owl City		4,648,000[64]	4,648,000
"Lollipop"	Lil Wayne		4,639,000[65]	4,639,000
"One More Night"	Maroon 5		4,635,000[39]	4,635,000
"So What"	P!nk		4,624,000[66]	4,624,000
"Thriller"	Michael Jackson	~1,000,000[67]	3,600,000[68]	~4,600,000
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Marvin Gaye	4,000,000[69][70]	568,000[71]	4,568,000
"Rockstar"	Nickelback		4,500,000[11]	4,500,000
"Starships"	Nicki Minaj		4,500,000[47]	4,500,000
"You Belong with Me"	Taylor Swift		4,500,000[34]	4,500,000
"SexyBack"	Justin Timberlake		4,494,000[72]	4,494,000
"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye	3,000,000[73]	1,491,000[71]	4,491,000
"Stay"	Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko		4,480,000[22]	4,480,000
"Hey There Delilah"	Plain White T's		4,476,000[74]	4,476,000
"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z		4,470,000[22]	4,470,000
"Chicken Fried"	Zac Brown Band		4,461,000[75]	4,461,000
"Take Me to Church"	Hozier		4,418,000[26]	4,418,000
"Just Give Me a Reason"	P!nk featuring Nate Ruess		4,405,000[60]	4,405,000
"Whatever You Like"	T.I.		4,401,000[27]	4,401,000
"Can't Hold Us"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton		4,383,000[60]	4,383,000
"Locked Out of Heaven"	Bruno Mars		4,366,000[27]	4,366,000
"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees	4,000,000[76]	364,000[77]	4,364,000
"Blank Space"	Taylor Swift		4,325,000[26]	4,325,000
"Lights"	Ellie Goulding		4,300,000[78]	4,300,000
"Use Somebody"	Kings of Leon		4,300,000[11]	4,300,000
"Let Her Go"	Passenger		4,251,000[26]	4,251,000
"Before He Cheats"	Carrie Underwood		4,200,000[42][79]	4,200,000
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World"	Israel Kamakawiwo'ole		4,200,000[80]	4,200,000
"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love"	Usher featuring Pitbull		4,198,000[56]	4,198,000
"Talk Dirty"	Jason Derulo		4,190,000[81]	4,190,000
"Fancy"	Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX		4,100,000[82]	4,100,000
"Another One Bites the Dust"	Queen	3,000,000[83]	1,156,000[84]	4,156,000
"Raise Your Glass"	P!nk		4,126,000[85]	4,126,000
"Born This Way"	Lady Gaga		4,100,000[14]	4,100,000
"Everything I Do (I Do It for You)"	Bryan Adams	4,100,000[86]		4,100,000
"Stay with Me"	Sam Smith		4,100,000[87]	4,100,000
"Demons"	Imagine Dragons		4,100,000[11]	4,100,000
"Heartless"	Kanye West		4,100,000[88]	4,100,000
"We R Who We R"	Kesha		4,100,000[19]	4,100,000
"I Like It"	Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull		4,081,000[56]	4,081,000
"Wake Me Up!"	Avicii		4,060,000[89]	4,060,000
"Dirt Road Anthem"	Jason Aldean		4,027,000[33]	4,027,000
"Airplanes"	B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams		4,000,000[90]	4,000,000
"Big Girls Don't Cry"	Fergie		4,000,000[56]	4,000,000
"Down"	Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne		4,000,000[91]	4,000,000
"Gangnam Style"	Psy		4,000,000[92]	4,000,000
"Gives You Hell"	The All-American Rejects		4,000,000[93]	4,000,000
"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida		4,000,000[36]	4,000,000
"Harper Valley PTA"	Jeannie C. Riley	4,000,000[94]		4,000,000
"Hey Jude"	The Beatles	~4,000,000[95]		~4,000,000
"Hotel California"	Eagles	~1,000,000[96]	3,000,000[97]	~4,000,000
"I Won't Give Up"	Jason Mraz		4,000,000[17]	4,000,000
"Just a Dream"	Nelly		4,000,000[98]	4,000,000
"Le Freak"	Chic	4,000,000[70][99]		4,000,000
"I'll Be There"	The Jackson 5	4,000,000[70]		4,000,000
"Let It Rock"	Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne		4,000,000[100]	4,000,000
"Like a G6"	Far East Movement featuring Dev and The Cataracs		4,000,000[93]	4,000,000
"Love is Blue"	Paul Mauriat	4,000,000[101]		4,000,000
"Look at Me Now"	Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes		4,000,000[33]	4,000,000
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"	Los del Río	~4,000,000[102]		~4,000,000
"No One"	Alicia Keys		4,000,000[38]	4,000,000
"Paper Planes"	M.I.A.		4,000,000[103]	4,000,000
"Replay"	Iyaz		4,000,000[104]	4,000,000
"Say Something"	A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera		4,000,000[105]	4,000,000
"Whatcha Say"	Jason Derulo		4,000,000[38]	4,000,000
"Whoomp! (There It Is)"	Tag Team	~4,000,000[106]		~4,000,000
"Yeah!"	Usher		4,000,000[103]	4,000,000
"You Light Up My Life"	Debbie Boone	4,000,000[107]		4,000,000

Best-selling single by year

This is a list of the best-selling songs in the United States since 1992. From 1992 through 2004, the numbers are for physical singles. From 2005 onwards, they are for digital songs.^[108]

Physical singles

• 1992: "I Will Always Love You", Whitney Houston – 3,086,000
• 1993: "Whoomp! (There It Is)", Tag Team – 2,754,000
• 1994: "I'll Make Love to You", Boyz II Men – 1,627,000
• 1995: "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio featuring L.V. – 2,534,000
• 1996: "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)", Los Del Rio – 3,747,000
• 1997: "Candle in the Wind 1997", Elton John – 8,111,000
• 1998: "The Boy Is Mine", Brandy & Monica – 2,591,000
• 1999: "Believe", Cher – 1,707,000
• 2000: "Maria, Maria", Santana featuring The Product G&B – 1,337,000
• 2001: "Loverboy", Mariah Carey – 571,000
• 2002: "A Moment Like This", Kelly Clarkson – 600,000
• 2003: "This Is The Night", Clay Aiken – 948,000
• 2004: "I Believe", Fantasia – 401,000

Digital singles

• 2005: "Hollaback Girl", Gwen Stefani – 1,200,000^[109]
• 2006: "Bad Day", Daniel Powter – 2,015,000^[110]
• 2007: "Irreplaceable", Beyoncé – 3,600,000^[111]
• 2008: "Bleeding Love", Leona Lewis – 3,420,000
• 2009: "Boom Boom Pow", The Black Eyed Peas – 4,762,000
• 2010: "California Gurls", Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg – 4,398,000
• 2011: "Rolling in the Deep", Adele – 5,813,000^[112]
• 2012: "Somebody That I Used to Know", Gotye featuring Kimbra – 6,801,000^[113]
• 2013: "Blurred Lines", Robin Thicke featuring T.I and Pharrell Williams – 6,498,000^[60]
• 2014: "Happy", Pharrell Williams - 6,400,000^[114]
• 2015: "Uptown Funk", Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - 5,529,000^[115]

Top ten best-selling artists

Digital songs

Top	Singer	(Digital) Sales	Reference
1.	Rihanna	110,500,000	[116]
2.	Taylor Swift	93,500,000	[116]
3.	Katy Perry	83,500,000	[116]
4.	Lady Gaga	59,000,000	[116]
5.	Justin Bieber	49,000,000	[116]
6.	Kanye West	48,000,000	[116]
7.	Drake	40,000,000	[116]
8.	Flo Rida	39,000,000	[116]
9.	Bruno Mars	38,000,000	[116]
10.	Eminem	34,000,000	[116]

Based on reliable sources like Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan's year end report wherever available.^[117][118]

Achievements

• Rihanna was named the Hot Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.^[119]
• After his sudden death, Michael Jackson became the first artist in digital history to sell one million downloads in a week, with a record-breaking 2.6 million downloads of his songs.^[120]
• Katy Perry is the only artist to top the 5 million mark with six songs—"Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Firework", "E.T.", "Roar" and "Dark Horse".^[36][121] In October 2015, Perry also became the first artist to top the 6 million mark with 3 of her songs.^[122]
• Lady Gaga's debut single "Just Dance" is the best-selling debut single by any artist in the United States, with over 7.01 million copies sold as of October 2015. Gaga is also the first and only artist to pass 7 million downloads with two songs, with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
• 2012 was the first year in which three songs sold over 6 million downloads (Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", and fun.'s "We Are Young").

See also

• RIAA certification
• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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