List of the best-selling singles in Germany

Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997 is the best-selling single in Germany with over 4.5 million units sold.

The list of the best-selling singles in Germany is an overview of all singles that have been shown to have sold over a million times in Germany alone and thus advanced to a so-called million seller.

The most successful work is by Elton John and was published in 1997. His 1997 double A single Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind , which was released as a necrology for Princess Diana after her death, sold over 4.5 million copies. According to the Guinness Book of Records , the single is the second most successful single in history, with over 33 million units sold worldwide. Only Bing Crosby's White Christmas sold more copies (50 million). The oldest work dates from 1955 and comes from the American rock 'n' roll band Bill Haley & His Comets . Their single Rock Around the Clock was one of the first singles in Germany to cross the one million mark.

Notes on interpreting the statistics listed

This list includes artists whose singles have sold over a million copies. Sales taxes for publications from 1975 onwards come largely from the BVMI ( Federal Association of the Music Industry ). The BVMI has officially been awarding gold and platinum awards for audio products since January 1, 1975. The record companies concerned must apply for the certifications; the awards are not automatically assigned. Already before 1975 record awards were made by the respective sound carrier manufacturer, but not according to standardized and officially tested criteria. According to a guideline dated January 1, 1976, the number of rated sales is determined according to the units sold to GEMA or another collecting society of the authors as domestic sales. The information for publications before 1975 comes from reputable specialist journals, specialist literature or from the artist's pages themselves.

The list takes into account all types of singles. The singles can be found in the following table in descending order of their sales and in ascending order according to the year of publication. The table contains information about the performers and titles, the authors (composers and songwriters) and music producers, the year of publication ("year of release"), any record awards received and the amount of sales. The information in the "Sales" column is a minimum number of records sold for the respective work. Since there are fixed award limits for record awards, among other things, the actual sales of the respective sound carriers can be somewhat higher - i.e. between the award-winning and the next award limit.

In addition, music streaming is also included in the sales statistics for singles , but only “premium streams” of the corresponding online music services with a certain “conversion factor” apply . Unlike music albums, singles consider premium streams regardless of the release date. The premium streams determined in this way - which are streamed over 30 seconds - were taken into account with a factor of 100: 1 up to April 5, 2018 and a factor of 200: 1 for singles since April 6, 2018.

Problem

Since the BVMI has only been awarding gold and platinum awards for a large part of the music products on the market since January 1, 1975, singles whose peak was before 1975 do not appear in this list if they are not mentioned in professional journals or specialist literature. For this reason, the successful chart singles Ganz Paris dreams of love ( Caterina Valente & Orchestra Mike Firestone ) or Cindy, Oh Cindy ( Margot Eskens ) are not included in this list, although it can be assumed that these singles, after being at the top of the German single charts for over 21 weeks or five months , more than a million copies were sold. Furthermore, only those popular audio and video carriers that have been registered with the BVMI and therefore received gold and / or platinum awards are awarded.

Limits to the award of phonograms

Since December 31, 2002, the lending limits for singles have been adjusted at irregular intervals. On January 1, 2003, the lending limits were initially reduced due to falling sales. Due to the increasing sales due to the integration of downloads and streaming, the lending limits were raised again on June 1, 2014. The awards are based on the respective release date of the sound carrier, not on the date of certification. For example, a single that was released in 1980 is now awarded a gold record for over 250,000 units sold, not 200,000.

In Germany there is a special feature that gold records are awarded again between the platinum awards. Only AMPROFON in Mexico also follows this award system. Usually there are no further awards between the individual platinum records until a diamond record is awarded. In Germany these are given out for music albums and singles, all other sound carriers are not awarded diamond records in Germany. In countries such as Poland , the diamond record represents the highest award level. In Germany this is not the case. For example, if a BVMI single receives a diamond award for one million copies sold, but later reaches the 1.2 million mark, the diamond award is replaced by a triple platinum award as the highest award.

Temporal overview of the lending limits for singles

Award	until December 31, 2002	until December 31, 2012	until May 31, 2014	since June 1, 2014
gold	250,000	150,000		200,000
platinum	500,000	300,000		400,000
3 × gold	750,000	450,000		600,000
2 × platinum	1,000,000	600,000		800,000
...
diamond	-		1,000,000

Singles sorted by record sales

• Rank: indicates the order of the singles. This is determined by the amount of the "sales".
• Release year: the year and month in which the single was first released in Germany.
• Title: gives the title of the single.
• Artist (s): gives the artist (s) of the single.
• Authors / producers: indicates which authors (music / text) and music producers were involved in the single.
• Sales: indicates the amount of sales and any record awards that may have been awarded.

rank	Year release	title	Performer (s)	Authors (A) Producers (P)	Sales
1	09.1997	Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997	Elton John	A: Elton John and Bernie Taupin P: Chris Thomas / George Martin	9 × platinum (4,500,000+)
2	11.1957	March from the River Kwai	Mitch Miller & His Orchestra	A: Kenneth J. Alford and Malcolm Arnold P: Mitch Miller	Gold (4,000,000+)
3	11.1996	Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)	Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman	A: Frank Peterson , Lucio Quarantotto and Francesco Sartori P: Frank Peterson	11 × gold (2,750,000+)
4th	06.1956	Homesickness (where the flowers bloom)	Freddy Quinn	A: Ernst Bader , Dieter Rasch, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson and Frank Miller P: Lotar Olias	2 × platinum (2,000,000+)
	10.1956	Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley	A: Ken Darby , Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, and George R. Poulton P: Steve Sholes
	10.1957	The laughing vagabond	Fred Bertelmann	A: Jim Lowe and Peter Moesser P: Hans Bertram	Gold (2,000,000+)
	11.1962	Come back soon, boy	Freddy Quinn	A: Lotar Olias and Walter Rothenburg P: Lotar Olias	2 × platinum (2,000,000+)
	05.1965	Il Silenzio (Farewell Melody)	Nini Rosso	A: Willy Guglielmo Brezza and Nini Rosso P: Y. Honda and J. Uchino	Platinum (2,000,000+)
	09.1967	Massachusetts	Bee Gees	A: Barry Gibb , Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb P: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb and Robert Stigwood	2 × platinum (2,000,000+)
	02.1971	butterfly	Danyel Gerard	A: Danyel Gérard and Ben Juris P: Hervé Roy and Claude Vallois	Gold (2,000,000+)
	12.1997	My Heart Will Go On	Celine Dion	A: James Horner and Will Jennings P: Walter Afanasieff and James Horner	4 × platinum (2,000,000+)
	01.2017	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	A: Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss , Tameka Cottle , Steve Mac , Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran P: Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran	5 × platinum (2,000,000+)
13	01.2017	Despacito	Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee	A: Ramón Ayala , Erika Ender and Luis Rodríguez P: Mauricio Rengifo and Andrés Torres	9 × gold (1,800,000+)
14th	12.2001	I believe	Bro'Sis	A: Alex Christensen , J. Ena, Jens Klein and Pete Könemann P: Alex Christensen	7 × gold (1,750,000+)
15th	10.1992	Conquest of Paradise	Vangelis	A: Vangelis P: Vangelis	3 × platinum (1,500,000+)
	05.1997	I'll be missing you	Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 112	A: Faith Evans , Todd Gaither and Sting P: Sean Combs and Stevie J.
	09.1998	Airplanes in the stomach	Oli.P	A: Herbert Grönemeyer P: Florian Fackler and Marco Spürgin
	04.1999	Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of ...)	Lou Bega	A: Lou Bega , Zippy Davis and Pérez Prado P: Donald Fact and Frank Lio
19th	10.1998	Believe	Cher	A: Paul Barry, Matt Gray, Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Timothy Powell and Steve Torch P: Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor	5 × gold (1,250,000+)
	06.1999	Blue (Da Ba Dee)	Eiffel 65	A: Massimo Gabutti, Maurizio Lobina and Gianfranco Randone P: Massimo Gabutti and Luciano Zucchet
21st	02.2007	A star that carries your name)	DJ Ötzi & Nik P.	A: Nikolaus Presnik P: Ivo Mohring and Tantris	4 × platinum (1,200,000+)
	06.2013	wake me up	Avicii & Aloe Blacc	A: Tim Bergling , Aloe Blacc, Mike Einziger and Aileen Quinn P: Avicii and Ash Pournouri
	09.2017	What you call love	Bausa	A: The Cratez , Julian Otto , Paul Philipp Spurny and Martin Peter Willumeit P: The Cratez and Jugglerz	3 × platinum (1,200,000+)
	09.2017	Perfect	Ed Sheeran	A: Ed Sheeran P: Will Hicks and Ed Sheeran
25th	04.1963	I want a cowboy for a man	Gitte Hænning	A: Rudi Lindt and Peter Ström P: Heinz Gietz	(1,050,000+)
26th	01.1955	Rock around the clock	Bill Haley & His Comets	A: Jimmy DeKnight and Max C. Freedman P: Milt Gabler	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	02.1957	Homeless	Freddy Quinn	A: Peter Moesser and Lotar Olias P: Sigrid Volkmann
	03.1958	Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon	Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra	A: Harry Tobias and Percy Wenrich P: -	Gold (1,000,000+)
	01.1959	The guitar and the sea	Freddy Quinn	A: Lotar Olias and Aldo von Pinelli P: Lotar Olias	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	03.1959	tomorrow	Ivo Robić	A: Peter Moesser P: Bert Kaempfert
	08.1959	Banjo boy	Jan & Kjeld	A: Charly Niessen P: -	Gold (1,000,000+)
	08.1959	Marina	Rocco Granata	A: Rocco Granata P: -
	08.1959	Wonderland at night	Bert Kaempfert	A: Klaus Günter Neumann and Willi Stanke P: Bert Kaempfert	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	10.1959	Under strange stars (a white ship goes to Hong Kong)	Freddy Quinn	A: Lotar Olias and Aldo from Pinelli P: -
	02.1960	Sailor, your home is the sea)	Lolita	A: Fini Busch and Werner Scharfenberger P: Gerhard Mendelson
	02.1960	We never want to part	Heidi Brühl	A: Bruno Balz , Michael Jary and Gloria de Vos P: Michael Jary	Gold (1,000,000+)
	07.1960	It's now or never	Elvis Presley	A: Eduardo Di Capua , Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder P: Steve Sholes	(1,000,000+)
	10.1960	Ramona	Blue diamonds	A: Louis Wolfe Gilbert , Mabel Wayne and Dieter Rasch P: Jack Bulterman	Gold (1,000,000+)
	06.1961	La Paloma	Freddy Quinn	A: Helmut Käutner and Sebastián de Yradier P: Victor Bach, Joe Kirsten, Lotar Olias and Freddy Quinn	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	05.1964	Lovesickness is not worth it	Siw Malmkvist	A: Christian Bruhn and Georg Buschor P: -	(1,000,000+)
	10.1965	Yesterday Man	Chris Andrews	A: Chris Andrews P: -	Gold (1,000,000+)
	11.1965	All in white	Roy Black	A: Rolf Arland and Kurt Hertha P: Hans Bertram	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	02.1966	Merci, Chérie	Udo Juergens	A: Thomas Hörbiger and Udo Jürgens P: -
	07.1966	Super girl	Graham Bonney	A: Graham Bonney and Barry Mason P: Johnny Scott	(1,000,000+)
	11.1967	mummy	Heintje	A: Bruno Balz, Cesare Andrea Bixio and Bruno Cherubini P: Addy Kleyngeld	Gold (1,000,000+)
	04.1968	You should not cry	Heintje	A: Wolf Hausmann , Johannes Jorge and Albert Schwarzmann P: Addy Kleyngeld	(1,000,000+)
	09.1968	Heidschi Bumbeidschi	Heintje	A: Johannes Jorge, Wolfgang Roloff and Albert Schwarzmann P: Addy Kleyngeld	Gold (1,000,000+)
	06.1969	Mendocino	Michael Holm	A: Michael Holm and Doug Sahm P: Michael Holm and Giorgio Moroder
	11.1969	Your best present	Roy Black	A: Lilibert and Werner Twardy P: Hans Bertram
	02.1971	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	Middle of the Road	A: Giuseppe Cassia and Lally Stott P: Italo Greco and Giacomo Tosti
	11.1971	come give me your hand	Tony Marshall	A: Jack White P: Jack White	Platinum (1,000,000+)
	11.1972	The boy with the harmonica	Bernd Clüver	A: José Fernando Arbex Miró and Peter Orloff P: Peter Orloff	Gold (1,000,000+)
	07.1973	The little prince (an angel called longing)	Bernd Clüver	A: Peter Orloff P: Peter Orloff
	05.1975	Paloma Blanca	George Baker Selection	A: Hans Bouwens P: Hans Bouwens	(1,000,000+)
	08.1989	Lambada	Kaoma	A: Gonzalo Hermosa and Ulises Hermosa P: Jean-Claude Bonaventure	2 × platinum (1,000,000+)
	06.1993	What's up?	4 non blondes	A: Linda Perry P: David Tickle
	08.1994	Cotton Eye Joe	Rednex	A: Janne Ericsson, Örjan Öban Öberg and Pat Reiniz P: Pat Reiniz
	08.1995	Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio feat. LV	A: Artis Ivey Jr. , Dough Rasheed, Larry Sanders and Stevie Wonder P: Dough Rasheed
	11.1995	Earth song	Michael Jackson	A: Michael Jackson P: David Foster and Michael Jackson
	05.1996	Killing Me Softly	The Fugees	A: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel P: Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean
	11.1996	The longest single in the world	Wolfgang Petry	A: see folding box P: Wolfgang Petry and Helmuth Rüssmann Dirk Buro Michael Buschjan Andy Cay Peer fisherman Rino Gaetano Emmanuel Guerrero Ralph Gusovius Björn Håkansson Tony Hendrik Ulrich Hesselkamp Reiner Hömig Dieter Hoff Achim Jaspert Pit Löw Bernd opinion Kim Merz Tim Norell Holger Obenaus Paul Wolfgang Petry Hans-Ulrich Prost Reisch Frank Thorsten Jean-Pierre Valance Karin van Haaren Mark Weitz Phil Yarden Norbert Zucker
	04.1998	A pig called men	The doctors	A: Bela B. , Rod González and Farin Urlaub P: Bela B., Rod González, Uwe Hoffmann and Farin Urlaub
	12.1999	Anton from Tirol	Anton feat. DJ Ötzi	A: Ingrid Evelyn Musenbichler, Manfred Padinger, Walter Schachner and Friedrich Schicho P: Klaus Biedermann, Claus Marcus and Christian Seitz
	07.2002	The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)	Read ketchup	A: Francisco Manuel Ruiz Gomez P: Francisco Manuel Ruiz Gomez
	11.2002	The Steuerersong (Las Chancellors)	The Gerd Show	A: Elmar Brandt , Peter Burtz , Michael Kernbach and Francisco Manuel Ruiz Gomez P: Elmar Brandt and Peter Burtz
	03.2013	blurred lines	Robin Thicke feat. TI & Pharrell Williams	A: Marvin Gaye , Clifford Harris Jr., Robin Thicke, and Pharrell Williams P: Pharrell Williams	Diamond (1,000,000+)
	11.2013	Breathless through the night	Helene Fischer	A: Kristina Bach P: Jean Frankfurter
	12.2013	Happy	Pharrell Williams	A: Pharrell Williams P: Pharrell Williams
	04.2014	To us	Andreas Bourani	A: Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog and Tom Olbrich P: Peter “Jem” Seifert
	05.2014	AU Revoir	Mark Forster feat. Sido	A: Mark Ćwiertnia , Sido Gold, Ralf Christian Mayer , Daniel Nitt and Philipp Steinke P: Mark Ćwiertnia, Ralf Christian Mayer and Daniel Nitt
	05.2014	Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)	Grandma / Felix Jaehn	A: Mark Bradford, Clifton Dillon, Ryan Dillon, Sly Dunbar and Omar Samuel Pasley P: Clifton Dillon and Omar Samuel Pasley
	06.2014	Prayer in C	Lilly Wood & the Prick & Robin Schulz	A: Benjamin Cotto and Nili Hadida P: Robin Schulz
	08/2014	Are you with me	Lost Frequencies	A: Tommy Lee James, Shane McAnally and Terry McBride P: Felix De Laet
	04.2015	Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)	Felix Jaehn feat. Jasmine Thompson	A: Hawk Wolinski P: Felix Jaehn
	08.2015	Great life	Glass bead game	A: Philipp Albinger , Benjamin Bistram , Daniel Grunenberg , Philipp Klemz, Carolin Niemczyk , Christian Raab and Peter Stanowsky P: Philipp Albinger, Johannes Burger and Kilian Wilke
	11.2015	Faded	Alan Walker & Iselin Solheim	A: Jesper Borgen, Anders Frøen, Gunnar Greve Pettersen and Alan Walker P: Jesper Borgen, Anders Frøen and Alan Walker
	12/2015	Always laughing	Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott	A: Kerstin Ott P: Stereoact
	02.2016	Don't let me down	The Chainsmokers feat. Daya	A: Scott Harris, Andrew Taggart and Emily Warren P: The Chainsmokers
	02.2016	Cheap Thrills (Remix)	Sia feat. Sean Paul	A: Sia Furler, Greg Kurstin and Sean Paul Henriques P: Greg Kurstin
	09.2016	Without my team	Bonez MC & RAF Camora feat. Maxwell	A: John-Lorenz Moser , Maxwell Kwabena Schaden and Raphael Ragucci P: RAF Camora
	04.2017	Thunder	Imagine Dragons	A: Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Jayson DeZuzio and Alexander Grant P: Alexander Grant and Jayson DeZuzio
	05.2017	More Than You Know	Axwell Λ Ingrosso	A: Sebastian Ingrosso , Salem Al Fakir , Axel Hedfors , Vincent Pontare and Richard Zastenker P: Sebastian Ingrosso, Axel Hedfors, Richard Zastenker and Salvatore Ganacci
	08.2017	Havana	Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug	A: Camila Cabello , Louis Bell, Brittany Hazzard, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Watt, Jeffery Williams , Pharrell Williams , Frank Dukes, Kaan Gunesberk and Brian Lee P: Matt Beckley and Frank Dukes
	09.2017	Señorita	Kay One feat. Pietro Lombardi	A: Boris Fleck , Kenneth Glöckler , Pietro Lombardi and Georg Maier P: Stard Ova
	06.2018	In my mind	Dynoro & Gigi D'Agostino	A: Aden Forte, Ivan Gough , Joshua Soon, Georgina Kingsley , Carlo Montagner, Luigino Di Agostino , Paolo Sandrini and Diego Leoni P: Edvinas Pechovskis and Daumantas Vinkevicius
	05.2019	Dance Monkey	Tones and I	A: Toni Watson P: Konstantin Kersting
	08.2019	Scooter	Apache 207	A: Jennifer Allendörfer, Luís-Florentino Cruz and Volkan Yaman P: Lucry and Suena

• Selection of labels and record covers of the award-winning singles
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  Elton John - " Candle in the Wind 1997 "

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  Mitch Miller & His Orchestra - " March from the River Kwai "

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  Freddy Quinn - " Homesickness (where the flowers bloom) "

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  Fred Bertelmann - " The laughing vagabond "

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  Elvis Presley - " Love Me Tender "

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  Freddy Quinn - " Boy, come back soon "

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  Nini Rosso - " Il Silenzio (Farewell Melody) "

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  Danyel Gérard - " Butterfly "

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  Gitte Hænning - " I want a cowboy as a man "

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  Bill Haley & His Comets - " Rock Around the Clock "

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  Ivo Robić - "Tomorrow"

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  Freddy Quinn - " The Guitar and the Sea "

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  Freddy Quinn - " Under Strange Stars (A white ship goes to Hong Kong) "

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  Jan & Kjeld - " Banjo Boy "

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  Rocco Granata - " Marina "

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  Lolita - " Sailor (your home is the sea) "

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  Heidi Brühl - " We never want to part "

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  Bert Kaempfert - " Wonderland at night "

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  Blue Diamonds - " Ramona "

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  Siw Malmkvist - " Lovesickness is not worth it "

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  Chris Andrews - " Yesterday Man "

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  Roy Black - " All in white "

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  Bernd Clüver - " The boy with the harmonica "

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  Lou Bega - " Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of ...) "

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  Kaoma - " Lambada "

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  Robin Thicke - " Blurred Lines "

Leaderboards

The following ranking lists provide information about the authors and performers with the most million sellers, from which nations the most performers come and which compositions most frequently exceed the one million mark.

The following peculiarities apply to the list of “million seller by country of origin”: If several performers are involved in a single, the nation of each performer counts as a whole point. If an interpreter has several nationalities or if the interpreters in a group come from several countries, the value is divided by the number of nations present. If several performers from the same nation are involved in a single, the single only counts with one point. In the list of “million seller by language”, the points are divided by the number of languages ​​available.

Million seller by artist Az. Interpreter 6th Freddy Quinn • Homesickness (There, where the flowers bloom) (1956) • Homeless (1957) • The guitar and the sea (1959) • Under strange stars (1959) • La Paloma (1961) • Boy, come back soon (1962) 3 Heintje • Mama (1967) • You shouldn't cry (1968) • Heidschi Bumbeidschi (1968) 2 Roy Black • All in White (1965) • Your Most Beautiful Present (1969) Bernd Clüver • The boy with the harmonica (1972) • The little prince (an angel called longing) (1973) Felix Jaehn • Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) (2014) • Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (2015) DJ Ötzi • Anton from Tyrol (1999) • A star (... that bears your name) (2007) Elvis Presley • Love Me Tender (1956) • It's Now or Never (1960) Ed Sheeran • Shape of You (2017) • Perfect (2017) Pharrell Williams • Blurred Lines (2013) • Happy (2013)

Million seller by author Az. author 4th Lotar Olias • Homeless (1957) • The guitar and the sea (1959) • Under strange stars (1959) • Boy, come back soon (1962) 3 Peter Moesser • Tomorrow (1956) • Homeless (1957) • The laughing vagabond (1957) Pharrell Williams • Blurred Lines (2013) • Happy (2013) • Havana (2017) 2 Bruno Balz • We never want to part (1960) • Mama (1967) Francisco Manuel Ruiz Gomez • The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) (2002) • The Tax Song (Las Chancellors) (2002) Hans Hee / Johannes Jorge • You shouldn't cry (1968) • Heidschi Bumbeidschi (1968) Peter Orloff • The boy with the harmonica (1972) • The little prince (an angel called longing) (1973) Dieter Rasch • Homesickness (There, where the flowers bloom) (1956) • Ramona (1960) Wolfgang Roloff / Wolf Hausmann (Ronny) • You shouldn't cry (1968) • Heidschi Bumbeidschi (1968) Albert Schwarzmann • You shouldn't cry (1968) • Heidschi Bumbeidschi (1968) Ed Sheeran • Shape of You (2017) • Perfect (2017) Aldo von Pinelli • The guitar and the sea (1959) • Under strange stars (A white ship goes to Hong Kong) (1959)

Million seller by producer Az. producer 4th Lotar Olias • Homesickness (There, where the flowers bloom) (1956) • The guitar and the sea (1959) • La Paloma (1961) • Boy, come back soon (1962) 3 Hans Bertram • The laughing vagabond (1957) • All in white (1965) • Your most beautiful gift (1969) Addy Kleyngeld • Mama (1967) • You Shall Not Cry (1968) • Heidschi Bumbeidschi (1968) 2 Bert Kaempfert • Tomorrow (1956) • Wonderland by Night (1960) Peter Orloff • The boy with the harmonica (1972) • The little prince (an angel called longing) (1973) Ed Sheeran • Shape of You (2017) • Perfect (2017) Steve Sholes • Love Me Tender (1956) • It's Now or Never (1960) Pharrell Williams • Blurred Lines (2013) • Happy (2013)

Million seller by country of origin (interpreter) Az. nation 27.5  Germany 17.0  United States 10.5  Austria 8.5  United Kingdom 6.0  Italy 5.0  Netherlands  Sweden 2.5  Australia  France 2.0  Denmark  Jamaica 1.0  Belgium  Greece  Canada  Croatia  Lithuania  Norway  Puerto Rico  Spain 0.5  Brazil  Cuba  Switzerland

Million seller by language Az. language 40.0 German 37.5 English 4.0 Instrumental music 2.0 Italian 1.5 Spanish 1.0 Constructed language Portuguese

Million seller by composition Az. composition 2 The Ketchup Song • Las Ketchup (2002) • The Gerd Show (2002)

List of the most successful download titles

The following analysis is based on the music download market data that GfK Entertainment has been determining since 2006. (As of June 2015)

1. Helene Fischer - Breathless through the night (852,000 downloads)
2. Avicii & Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (851,000 downloads)
3. Michel Teló - Ai Se Eu Te Pego! (849,000 downloads)

See also

• German single charts → number one hits / top 10 singles
• List of the best-selling German-language hits and songs of folk music in Germany
• List of the best-selling rap songs in Germany
• List of artists with the highest number of BVMI certified recordings sales

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best-selling single. ( Memento of January 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) guinnessworldrecords.com, accessed on September 19, 2019 (Swedish).
2. ↑ SVSC: Happy Birthday, Golden Record !. ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) hr-online.de, February 10, 2012, accessed on April 27, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Guidelines for Gold / Platinum and Diamond Awards. musikindustrie.de, accessed on April 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Required minimum quantities. musikindustrie.de, accessed on December 17, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av} Gold - / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on December 18, 2019 .  (Search required)
6. ^ ^{A b c d} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
7. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 93 .
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 444 .
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Awards. Freddy Quinn Archive Vienna, accessed on February 17, 2017 . 
10. ^ ^{A b c} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 443 .
12. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 98 .
13. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 195-196 .
14. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 293 .
15. ↑ Bro'Sis - I Believe. mediabiz.de, accessed on October 24, 2019 . 
16. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 159 .
17. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 447 .
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