Record sales
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"According to and unidentified Guinness World Records, the holiday perennial "White Christmas" (1942) by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies. The song recognized as "the best-selling single of all time" was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later." Guinness World Records states that double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John, a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies," making it the second-best-selling single of all time." --Sholem Stein |
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Record sales, alternatively called music recording sales, are activities related to selling albums, singles, or music videos through record shops or online music store.
See also
- Record label
- Record collecting
- Music recording certification
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling singles
- Album-equivalent unit