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ISA's Best-Selling
Songs Of All Time

Physical+Digital+Sheet Music Sales
Streaming Sales Excluded

Title: Writer(s): Date Written:
Biggest-Selling Recorded Version

# 1
'White Christmas'
Irving Berlin
(1940)
Bing Crosby

# 2
'Rock Around The Clock'
Max C Freedman & James E Myers
(1952)
Bill Haley & His Comets

# 3
'Spotlight'
Rik Annema, Leroy Sanchez & Wynne Bennett
(2020)
Xiao Zhan

# 4
'Candle In The Wind'
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
(1973: Re-written 1997)
Elton John

# 5
'Silent Night'
Father Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber
(Lyrics 1816: Melody 1818)
Bing Crosby

# 6
'Shape Of You'
Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Kandi Burruss
Kevin Briggs, Steve Mc & Tameka Cottle
(2016)
Ed Sheeran

# 7
'In The Summertime'
Ray Dorset
(1969)
Mungo Jerry

# 8
'I Will Always Love You'
Dolly Parton
(1973)
Whitney Houston

# 9
'Despacito'
Luis Fonsi, Erika Ender & Daddy Yankee
(2016)
Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee

# 10
'It's Now Or Never'
Eduardo di Capua, Alfredo Mazzuchi
Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold
(Melody 1898: Lyrics1960)
Elvis Presley

# 10
'We Are The World'
Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
(1984)
USA For Africa

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