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Bruno Mars - Grenade is listed twice
Mundiya Tu Bachke by Punjabi MC has no way sold 10 million units. Just this one inclusion is enough to not take this entire list seriously. Tintin1407 ( talk) 22:11, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
It's impossible that this French song sold 30 million: it charted only in France, where it sold 5 million. Moreover, the source is affirmative for the 5 million in France, but not for the 30 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.215.134.14 ( talk) 06:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
The certifications for most of these songs in no way reflect what's claimed of them and seem completely inflated, such as Bing Crosby for example. Elton John's Candle in the Wind is certified up to 32 million and would actually be the best selling single. The list should be restructured based on certified sales Never17 ( talk) 20:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
She doesn’t have any single that sold over 30 million copies, there was only one article that inflated the copies, and those sales weren’t registered even by the ifpi top 10 selling singles that year world wide (only work entered on the list with 10 million, and there was not other article that certifies the amount of Needed Me) JoakopxD ( talk) 02:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Thinking about adding a section for the 20th century singles that ranks them by their certified singles, since they came out during the physical age and most of the artists haven't been streamed enough to distort the list we'd have a individual section of the highest certified singles from that period Never17 ( talk) 18:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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Bruno Mars - Grenade is listed twice
Mundiya Tu Bachke by Punjabi MC has no way sold 10 million units. Just this one inclusion is enough to not take this entire list seriously. Tintin1407 ( talk) 22:11, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
It's impossible that this French song sold 30 million: it charted only in France, where it sold 5 million. Moreover, the source is affirmative for the 5 million in France, but not for the 30 million. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.215.134.14 ( talk) 06:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
The certifications for most of these songs in no way reflect what's claimed of them and seem completely inflated, such as Bing Crosby for example. Elton John's Candle in the Wind is certified up to 32 million and would actually be the best selling single. The list should be restructured based on certified sales Never17 ( talk) 20:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
She doesn’t have any single that sold over 30 million copies, there was only one article that inflated the copies, and those sales weren’t registered even by the ifpi top 10 selling singles that year world wide (only work entered on the list with 10 million, and there was not other article that certifies the amount of Needed Me) JoakopxD ( talk) 02:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Thinking about adding a section for the 20th century singles that ranks them by their certified singles, since they came out during the physical age and most of the artists haven't been streamed enough to distort the list we'd have a individual section of the highest certified singles from that period Never17 ( talk) 18:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)