Top 80 Best selling singles in Australia

April 25, 2013

Music

GUY Sebastian, Justice Crew, Psy, Taylor Swift and Cold Play are among artists who have excelled on Australia's best-selling singles list, according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

But it was Elton John's double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997), a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, that records state 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.

The biggest selling single went to Bing Crosby's `White Christmas' (1942) which sold an estimated 50 million copies. The song recognised 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 58 years later.

Meanwhile, in Australia Slim Dusty had the first Gold single and only Gold 78 rpm single in 1957 with classic favourite `A Pub with No Beer', selling more than 80,000 copies. This was later surpassed by Joe Dolce's `Shaddap You Face' in 1980. By 1982 sales of the single had reportedly reached 450,000 copies in Australia, achieving nine times Platinum by the old count of 50,000 copies.

A list of the Top 80 best-selling singles in Australia up to 2013 follow:

 Best-selling singles in Australia

SALESTITLEARTISTYEAR ACCREDITED
980,000Candle in the Wind/Something About the Way you Look tonightElton John1997
840,000Party Rock AnthemLMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock2012
770,000Somebody That I Used to KnowGoyte feat. Kimbra (Aussie)2013
700,000Gangnam StylePsy2013
630,000Call Me MaybeCarly Rae Jepson2012
630,000Moves Like JaggerMaroon 5 feat. Christine Aquilera2012
630,000Sexy And I Know ItLMFAO2012
560,000Battle ScarsGuy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco (Aussie)2013
560,000Thrift ShopMacklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz2013
490,000DynamiteTaio Cruz2012
490,000In My HeadJason Derülo2012
490,000Love The Way You AreEminem feat. Rhiana2013
490,000Rolling in the DeepAdele2012
490,000Someone Like YouAdele2012
490,000WhistleFlo Rida2013
490,000Wild OnesFlo Rida feat. Sia2013
420,000FirefliesOwl City2012
420,000FireworkKate Perry2012
420,000Give Me EverythingPitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer2011
420,000It GirlJason Derülo2012
420,000Just the Way You AreBruno Mars2013
420,000ParadiseCold Play2013
420,000Poker FaceLady Gaga2009
420,000Pumped Up KicksFoster The People2013
420,000Skinny LoveBirdy2013
420,000StarshipsNicki Minaj2012
420,000Super BassNicki Minaj2012
420,000What Makes You BeautifulOne Direction2012
420,000We Found LoveRhiana feat Calvin Harris2013
350,000Boom BoomJustice Crew (Aussie)2012
350,000California GurlsKate Perry2012
350,000Don't Wanna Go HomeJason Derülo2012
350,000Don't You Worry ChildSwedish House Mafia feat John Martin2013
350,000Good FeelingFlo Rida2012
350,000GrenadeBruno Mars2011
350,000Hall of FameThe Script feat will.i.am2013
350,000Hey, Soul SisterTrain2012
350,000Into the FlameMatt Corby (Aussie)2012
350,000I Gotta FeelingThe Black Eyed Peas2010
350,000I Knew You Were TroubleTaylor Swift2013
350,000Lego HouseEd Sheeran2013
350,000OMGUsher feat will.i.am2011
350,000Only Girl (In the World)Rhianna2011
350,000PayphoneMaroon 5 feat Wiz Khalifa2013
350,000Price TagJessie J feat B.o.B.2012
350,000Raise Your GlassPink2012
350,000Scream and ShoutWill.i.am feat Britney Spears2013
350,000Sexy BitchDavid Guetta feat Akon2011
350,000Some NightsFun2013
350,000TiK ToKKe$ha2010
350,000TitaniumDavid Guetta feat Sia2012
350,000We Are YoungFun feat Janelle Monae2013
350,000Year 3XChris Brown2011
280,000Angels Brought Me HereGuy Sebastian (Aussie)2003
280,000ApologizeTimberland feat One Republic2009
280,000Bad RomanceLady Gaga2011
280,000BangarangSkrillex2013
280,000Born BornSam and the Womp2013
280,000Boom Boom PowThe Black Eyed Peas2009
280,000Born This WayLady Gaga2011
280,000Boys Like You360 feat Gossling (Aussie)2012
280,000DiamondsRhianna2013
280,000DJ's Got Us Falling in LoveUsher feat Pitbull2011
280,000Don't Worry Be HappyGuy Sebastian (Aussie)2012
280,000EarthquakeLabrinth feat Tinie Tempah2012
280,000Feel So CloseCalvin Harris2012
280,000GirlfriendAvril Lavigne2008
280,000Good NightReece Mastin2012
280,000Good TimeOwl City feat Carly Rae Jepsen2012
280,000HaloBeyonce2012
280,000HangoverTiao Cruz2012
280,000I Love ItIcona Pop2013
280,000I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston2012
280,000Little TalksOf Monsters & Men2013
280,000Locked Out of HeavenBruno Mars2013
280,000Lose YourselfEminem2003
280,000Mambo No.5Lou Bega1999
280,000One More NightMaroon 52012
280,000On The FloorJenifer Lopez feat Pitbull2011
280,000One ThingOne Direction2013
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