Top 10 Best Selling Songs Each Year (2010-2020)

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Top 10 best selling songs each year worldwide according to International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
Positions are based on total units sold (sales+streaming)
Note: Streaming was added to the formula in 2013

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), both of which missed this list.

-Biggest songs each year (2010-2020)
-Biggest songs of all time
-Biggest global hit songs
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-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
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-Hit songs of 2010
-Hit songs of 2011
-Hit songs of 2012
-Hit songs of 2013
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-Hit songs of 2015
-Hit songs of 2016
-Hit songs of 2017
-Hit songs of 2018
-Hit songs of 2019
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-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
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-Spotify top 100
-Shape Of You
-Despacito
-Justin Bieber
-Blinding Lights
-Bad Guy
-Lady Gaga
-Bruno Mars
-Ed Sheeran
-Katy Perry
-BTS
-Dynamite
-Eminem
-Rihanna
-Taylor Swift
-Ariana Grande
-Michael Jackson
-Queen
-The Weeknd
-Super Bowl half time show
-Best selling albums of all time

[epbev]

All the memories of my dad driving me back from school and these songs playing on the radio as I fell asleep

[trexxy]

Alternative title: "This video will make you feel nostalgic"

[Aniblue.draw]

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0:28 i gotta feeling
0:36 baby
0:43 hey, soul sister
0:51 california gurls
0:59 OMG
1:06 telephone
1:14 Love the way you lie
1:23 bad romance
1:31 tiktok
1:39 the lazy song
1:47 moves like jagger
1:55 the time
2:03 give me everyting
2:11 born this way
2:19 rolling in the deep
2:27 on the floor
2:35 party rock anthem
2:44 grenade
2:51 just the wah you are
3:00 wild ones
3:07 whistle
3:16 one more night
3:24 starships
3:31 ai se eu te pego
3:39 payphone
3:48 we are young
3:56 gangmam style
4:04 somebody that i used to know
4:12 call me maybe
4:20 stay
4:28 scream&shout
4:35 when i was your man
4:43 radioactive
4:52 get lucky
5:00 roar
5:07 just give me a reason
5:16 wake me up
5:23 thrift shop
5:31 blurred lines
5:40 bailando
5:47 rude
5:55 problem
6:03 fancy
6:11 timber
6:19 let it go
6:27 all about that bass
6:34 all of me
6:43 dark horse
6:51 happy
6:59 want to want me
7:07 cheerleader
7:15 blank space
7:24 hello
7:32 love me like you do
7:40 lean on
7:47 sugar
7:55 thinking out loud
8:03 uptown funk
8:11 see you again
8:19 stressed out
8:28 i took a pill in lbiza
8:35 dont let me down
8:42 7 years
8:51 work
8:59 sorry
9:07 cheap thrills
9:15 closer
9:23 love yourself
9:30 one dance
9:39 believer
9:46 perfect
9:55 im the one
10:03 attention
10:11 humble
10:26 thats what i like it
10:34 something just like this
10:42 despacito
10:51 shape of you
10:59 psycho
11:06 friends
11:22 be apart
11:38 girls like you
12:03 god's plan
12:10 havana
12:19 without me
12:27 someone you loved
12:34 shallow
12:43 i dont care
12:51 dance monkey
12:59 7 rings
13:07 sunflower
13:15 senorita
13:23 old town road
13:31 bad guy
13:39 dynamite
13:55 rockstar
14:03 made to love
14:11 life is good
14:19 dont start now
14:27 roses
14:36 the box
14:51 blinding lights

[mateusnascimento]

2010: *Tik Tok* - Kesha:
12.8M units sold

2011: *Just The Way You Are* - Bruno Mars:
12.5M units sold

2012: *Call Me Maybe* - Carly Rae Jepsen:
12.5M units sold

2013: *Blurred Lines* - Robin Tchike ft. T.I, Pharrell
14.8M units sold

2014: *Happy* - Pharrell Williams:
13.9M units sold

2015: *See You Again* - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth:
20.9M units sold

2016: *One Dance* - Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla:
12.5M units sold

2017: *Shape Of You* - Ed Sheeran:
26.6M units sold

2018: *Havana* - Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug
19.0M units sold

2019: *Bad Guy* - Billie Eilish:
19.5M units sold

2020: *Blinding Lights* - The Weeknd:
21.7M units sold

[ucmanhnguyen]

Bruno be like: "Aight imma drop a bomb each year"

[Jupiter-ivre]

My childhood was just filled with Bruno mars, imaging dragons, avicii and all these songs from like 2010 and 2014 nostalgic music

[Ddverves]

About a week ago I crashed my car. This car has been my moms since 2005, my mom is in a rehabilitation center and the car was the last thing I had left of my childhood, now it’s not able to move; I sit here tonight listening to this on my radio, listening and reliving all my happiest memories. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

[khqjasmine]

I loved almost all the songs in the last decade! But 2015 - 16 both years were absolutely bangin 🔥

[cris-gmen]

2010-2014 brought up some good memories, I miss being a kid

[darkfire]

Ah yes, remember when you was a kid and you don't had to worry about literally anything and so you just had fun listening these songs? I miss those moments...

[Artistic_Rhy]

This made me feel so old it’s like these bangers came out yesterday

[woundedeye]

5. Lean On

4. Payphone

3. Gangnam Style

2. Call Me Maybe

1. Get on the floor.

[Ruka_Sarashina]

keep in mind, many of u feeling nostalgic, the children today or next gens after reaching teenage or adult will also feel nostalgic when they hear songs 2018, 19, 20 etc and will say the same thing

[odds]

Back when you weren't tested on your knowledge about rolling in the deep

[therealsimu]

god... the nostalgia. I love these 2010-2013 songs... ❤

[amrita]

I really miss 2016 ... Best time of life, YouTube is the closest thing I'll have to a time machine ❤

[justinl.]

Aviici 😢 I still remember listening to him with my parents like it was yesterday 😭
Rest In Peace you legend

[imfixinggood]

Ah yes 2010, all the songs that played on the radio as a kid while my parents were fighting

[sinnexus]

The nostalgia is real on this vid but every song after 2017 starts going downhill

[sanmeetsingh]

Bruno mars consistency is on another level he still amazes us