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This list comprises more than 3000 songs (song titles), which have been released between 1931 and 2021, either
as a single or as a track of an album. However, one has to keep in mind that more than 300000 songs have been
listed in music charts worldwide since the beginning of the 20th century [web: http://tsort.info/music/charts.htm].
Therefore, the present selection of songs is obviously solely a small and subjective cross-section of the most
successful songs in the history of modern music.
S.O.S. is the best POP song ever according to Pete Townshend (The Who)
White Christmas is the bestselling POP song ever with 50 million sold copies, the second bestselling single is
Candle in the wind by Elton John.