According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed 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".根据吉尼斯世界纪录，由宾·克罗斯比演唱的欧文·柏林的《白色圣诞节》（1942）是全球最畅销的单曲，估计销量超过5000万份。这首歌被公认为“有史以来最畅销的单曲”，在流行/摇滚单曲排行榜时代之前发行，“在有史以来的第一本吉尼斯世界纪录（1955年出版）中被列为世界最畅销单曲，而且50多年后仍然保持着这一称号”。Guinness World Records also states that double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John (rewritten as a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than the Marilyn Monroe of the original 1973 version), is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies". This makes it the second-best-selling physical single of all time.吉尼斯世界纪录还指出，由埃尔顿·约翰重写的双A面慈善单曲《1997年风中的蜡烛》/《今夜你的样子》（1997年）（为悼念已故威尔士王妃戴安娜，而不是1973年原版的为玛丽莲·梦露），是“自上世纪50年代英美单曲排行榜开始以来销量最大的单曲，全球累计销量达3300万份”。这使得它成为有史以来第二畅销的实体单曲。Two best-selling singles lists are displayed here relating first to physical singles (mainly CD and vinyl) singles) and second to digital singles (digitally downloaded tracks which first became available to purchase in the early 2000s)这里展示了两个最畅销的单曲列表，第一个是实体单曲（主要是CD和黑胶唱片），第二个是数字单曲（数字下载的曲目，在21世纪初初次可供的在线购买）
