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Why there are so many missing singles from the digital era? If it's because there are no reliable sources for their WW units, there should be at least a section for them or something like that rather than excluding them entirely. For example, Sia's "Cheap Thrills" is missing, although it has 19 million units confirmed. Other examples are Katy Perry's "ET" and "Hot n Cold". They have sold almost 6 million copies each just in the US, without streaming, confirmed by reliable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LustForLife5 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was just doing some research... I may be wrong, but according to Wikipedia both, "Lose Yourself" and "Not Afraid" by EMINEM have sold over 10 million copies yet neither of them are on this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.1.55 (talk) 01:39, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the Summertime was listed twice, once with 10 million sales and once with 30 million. Both entries were sourced, but the sources for 30 million looked better to me than Radio Bulgaria, so I removed the 10 million entry. Huon (talk) 22:38, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The entries with citations from www.prnewswire.co.uk were marked as unreliably sourced back in June 2018. Since it's been almost a year, should these entries be removed? Richard Hendricks (talk) 14:09, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and adjusted the entires with citations from www.prnewswire.co.uk to figures backed by IFPI. Richard Hendricks (talk) 04:13, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I propose combining the physical and digital lists and limiting the listing to either the top 50 or the top 100 best selling singles. Richard Hendricks (talk) 14:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As of today, 100 digital singles listed in this article have sold 6.6 million copies or more world-wide. Richard Hendricks (talk) 04:14, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]