Name↕ | Year↕ | Single↕ | Artist↕ | Claimed sales(in million)↕ | Ref.↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bing Crosby | 1935 | "Silent Night" | Bing Crosby | 30 | |
Tino Rossi | 1946 | "Petit Papa Noël" | Tino Rossi | 30 | |
Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 | "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 25 | |
Elvis Presley | 1960 | "It's Now or Never" | Elvis Presley | 20 | |
USA for Africa | 1985 | "We Are the World" | USA for Africa | 20 | |
Whitney Houston | 1992 | "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | 24 | |
Elton John | 1997 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" | Elton John | 33 | |
Adele | 2011 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Adele | 20.6 | |
Xiao Zhan | 2020 | "Spotlight" | Xiao Zhan | 54.3 |
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