best-selling single

collocation in English

meaningsofbest-sellingandsingle

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best-selling
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌbestˈsel.ɪŋ/us
/ˌbestˈsel.ɪŋ/
(of a product) extremely popular and that has sold in very ...
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single
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
a record or CD that has a main song and usually a small number of other songs ...
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(Definition ofbest-sellingandsinglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is her sixthbest-sellingsinglein the country.
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The song remains thebest-sellingsingleof all time.
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After three weeks, it was the fifthbest-sellingsingleof 2012 with 897,000 copies sold.
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The single was thebest-sellingsingleof 2005 and the thirdbest-sellingsingleof 2006.
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It was the 38thbest-sellingsingleof 2004.
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It was also thebest-sellingsinglein the same country in 1992 and was translated into more than 100 languages.
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It was the 150thbest-sellingsinglein the country in 2006.
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It became thebest-sellingsingleby a female group, selling over six million copies worldwide.
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It sold 40,496 copies, and was the one hundred fifty-thirdbest-sellingsingleof 2004.
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The album features a successful title track, which at the time was hisbest-sellingsingle.
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It was the 49thbest-sellingsingleof 1996 in the country.
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The song became her signature song, peaking at number 7 there and becoming herbest-sellingsingleto date.
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It totaled seven weeks in the top ten and was the 36thbest-sellingsingleof 1995.
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The single stayed atop for 13 weeks and eventually become thebest-sellingsingleof the year.
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As it charted for 16 weeks in 1994, with 456,790 copies, it was the 50thbest-sellingsingle.
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As it charted for 15 weeks, with 509,920 copies sold, it was the 47thbest-sellingsingleof the year.
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The single had longevity at eventually became her secondbest-sellingsingle.
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Since the single's release, it became a major international hit, and was thebest-sellingsingleof 2008 worldwide.
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By the end of the counting year, with 412,810 copies sold it was the 72ndbest-sellingsingle.
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