What is the highest earning song?

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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What are the top 3 songs of all time?

Top 10 Best Songs of All Time
  • 1 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen. ...
  • 2 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin. ...
  • 3 Imagine - John Lennon. ...
  • 4 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana. ...
  • 5 One - Metallica. ...
  • 6 Hotel California - Eagles. ...
  • 7 Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd. ...
  • 8 Hey Jude - The Beatles.
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Which song generates the most royalties?

12 Of The Highest Earning Songs Of All Time
  • 5 Unchained Melody by Alex North and Hy Zaret (1955) ...
  • 4 Yesterday by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1965) ...
  • 3 You've Lost That Feeling by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector (1964) ...
  • 2 White Christmas by Irving Berlin (1940) ...
  • 1 Happy Birthday by the Hill Sisters (1893)
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Which is the most listened song in India?

Top 50 - India
  • Maan Meri JaanKing.
  • Kahani Suno 2.0Kaifi Khalil.
  • Apna Bana LeSachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Amitabh Bhattacharya.
  • Jhoome Jo PathaanVishal-Shekhar, Arijit Singh, Sukriti Kakar, Vishal Dadlani.
  • Besharam Rang (From "Pathaan")Vishal-Shekhar, Shilpa Rao, Caralisa Monteiro,
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What song was #1 the longest?

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
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Here's How Much Money A Hit Song Makes An Artist



Who is Indian No 1 singer?

01 – Arijit Singh

Arijit Singh is renowned as the “King of Playback Singing” and is well-known for his “love ballads.” He has received numerous awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, the IIFA Award for Best Male Playback, the Mirchi Music Awards, and many more.
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Which Indian singer is on Billboard?

Sidhu Moose Wala has the most number-one singles (2) on the chart.
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Who is top 1 in Spotify?

As of February 2023, the Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, Miley Cyrus has the most monthly listeners for a female artist, and Coldplay has the most monthly listeners for a group. Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify, while Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist.
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What is the shortest song to hit #1?

The Shortest Hot 100 Hits

While it just misses the second list above, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs' “Stay” is the shortest No. 1: just 1:38 in length. The classic led the Nov. 21, 1960, Hot 100.
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What was the first song ever?

“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.
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What is the longest song in Youtube?

The music video for Twenty One Pilots' "Level of Concern" ran for just over 117 days, smashing the previous record. Twenty One Pilots has officially set a new record for the longest music video of all time – clocking in at just over 4,264 hours.
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Who is World No 1 song?

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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What is world's most favorite song?

There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times. And it was first heard 50 years ago this month.
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Who is the best singer in the world?

The greatest singing voices of all time
  • 1 of 35. Celine Dion. Kevin Winter/Getty Images. ...
  • 2 of 35. Barbra Streisand. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB. ...
  • 3 of 35. Etta James. ...
  • 4 of 35. Nina Simone. ...
  • 5 of 35. Aretha Franklin. ...
  • 6 of 35. Whitney Houston. ...
  • 7 of 35. Smokey Robinson. ...
  • 8 of 35. Mariah Carey.
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What is the longest song ever played?

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The longest recorded pop song is “Apparente Libertà,” by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long.
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Who is the founder of music?

The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled what we know today as music. But researchers do know it happened thousands of years ago.
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Who was the first rappers?

The major pioneers of rapping were Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow, and the Cold Crush Brothers, whose Grandmaster Caz is controversially considered by some to be the true author of some of the strongest lyrics in “Rapper's Delight.” These early MCs and deejays constituted rap's old school.
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What is the fastest song ever?

“Godzilla” (2020) by Eminem 78 words in 12 seconds (6.5 words per second) was the fastest hit single. Although Moby's "Thousand" was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for having the fastest tempo in beats per minute at approximately 1,015 BPM.
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What is the fastest song sang?

"Thousand" was listed in Guinness World Records for having the fastest tempo in beats-per-minute (BPM) of any released single, peaking at approximately 1,015 BPM.
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What is the fastest song ever sang?

Thousand by Moby. It's peaks at over 1000 beats per minute. The average song on the radio goes at about 120-150 bpm.
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Who is #2 on Spotify?

Bad Bunny Is the most-streamed Artist on Spotify of 2022. With Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and BTS in 2nd to 5th position, respectively. Harry Styles' single “As it was” is the most-streamed track of 2022.
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Who is the biggest artist of all time?

Top-selling artists worldwide as of 2022. Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
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