Hot 100 Singles Sales
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The Hot Singles Sales chart (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States
. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay
and the Hot Digital Songs
, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard Hot 100
chart. With the decline in sales of physical singles in the US, songs that become number one on this chart often do not even chart on the Hot 100.
Elton John
has the record for most singles sold in a week, with 3.4 million copies of "Candle in the Wind 1997
/Something about the Way You Look Tonight
" sold the week of October 11, 1997.
The following is a list of songs to hit number-one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1992
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1993
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1994
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. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay
Hot 100 Airplay
The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...
and the Hot Digital Songs
Hot Digital Songs
The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.Beginning in February 2005, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because of the dramatic rise in popularity of...
, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart. With the decline in sales of physical singles in the US, songs that become number one on this chart often do not even chart on the Hot 100.
Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
has the record for most singles sold in a week, with 3.4 million copies of "Candle in the Wind 1997
Candle in the Wind 1997
"Candle in the Wind 1997" is a rewritten and rerecorded version of Elton John's own 1973 hit "Candle in the Wind" that was released as a tribute single to the late Diana, Princess of Wales....
/Something about the Way You Look Tonight
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" is a song by Elton John, released in 1997 as the first single from The Big Picture. The song and its video were dedicated to the memory of Gianni Versace, murdered that year....
" sold the week of October 11, 1997.
The following is a list of songs to hit number-one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1992
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1993
List of Hot 100 Singles Sales number-one singles of 1994