List of best-selling singles

This is a list of best-selling singles in the world. The "Guinness World Records" named the holiday single "White Christmas" (1942) by Bing Crosby as the best-selling single worldwide. According to "Guinness", "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the "best-selling single of all time". It was released before music charts were created. The song "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John, is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s". The recording was a tribute to Princess Diana. It sold 33 million copies, making it the third best-selling single of all time.