Top 10 best selling songs each year worldwide according to International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). IFPI released the best-selling songs of 2021 recently so this is an updated version of my previous video:    • Top 10 Best Selling Songs Each Year (...  

Positions are based on total units sold (sales+streaming)
Note: Streaming was added to the formula in 2013 so all the songs before that were ranked based on pure song sales only.

ALSO REMEMBER: This is NOT based on how many units songs have sold in TOTAL. It's based on units sold during a particular year. This means it's possible for songs to appear twice in consecutive years, if they are big enough ("Closer", "Shape Of You" for example). It also means that songs which are released/are big early in the year (January-April), have more time to rack up streams and sales, which means they have a higher chance of appearing on this list. Songs which are released/become big during July-October have a high chance of MISSING this list entirely, because the consumption is SPLIT between two years instead of a single year. This includes for example songs like "Starboy" (released in September) and "Shake It Off" (released in August) which both missed this list.


-Biggest songs each year (2010-2021)
-Biggest songs of all time
-Biggest global hit songs
-Biggest worldwide hits of each year
-Most iconic songs of all time
-Best selling artists of all time
-Best selling artists of the 2000s
-Best selling artists of the 2010s
-Best selling songs of all time
-Best songs of all time
-Best songs of the 2000s
-Hit songs of 2010
-Hit songs of 2011
-Hit songs of 2012
-Hit songs of 2013
-Hit songs of 2014
-Hit songs of 2015
-Hit songs of 2016
-Hit songs of 2017
-Hit songs of 2018
-Hit songs of 2019
-Hit songs of 2020
-Hit songs of 2021
-Hit songs of 2022
-Top 100 biggest worldwide hit songs ever
-Chart history
-Billboard hot 100
-Billboard hot 100 all time list
-Best song of the 2010s
-Youtube most viewed songs of all time
-Most streamed songs of all time
-Spotify top 100
-Shape Of You
-Save Your Tears
-Despacito
-Justin Bieber
-Blinding Lights
-Bad Guy
-Lady Gaga
-Bruno Mars
-Ed Sheeran
-Katy Perry
-BTS
-Dynamite
-Butter
-Levitating
-Eminem
-Rihanna
-Taylor Swift
-Ariana Grande
-Michael Jackson
-The Weeknd
-Best selling albums of all time