Where does “White Christmas” rank among best-selling records of all time?
Crosby’s single of “White Christmas” is recognized as the best-selling single in any music category and Crosby’s recording has sold millions of additional copies as part of numerous albums, including his best-selling holiday collection Merry Christmas, which was first released as an LP in 1949 and has never been out-of-print since. The Crosby recording is the No. 2 biggest selling single of all time, after Candle In The Wind 97, the song recorded by Elton John, with an estimated 30 million copies sold.