List of best-selling singles in Brazil explained

This is a list of best-selling singles in Brazil, divided into the singles with the most certified units by the Pro-Música Brasil (previously known as ABPD), and the singles with the most claimed sales.

List of best-selling singles

Claimed physical units

Year	Artist	Title	Sales
1990	Leandro & Leonardo	""	3,000,000^[1]
1991	Leandro & Leonardo	"Paz na Cama"	1,500,000
1982	Dalto	"Muito Estranho"	1,000,000^[2]
2000	É o Tchan!	"Gera Samba"	1,000,000^[3]
1989	Kaoma	"Lambada"	700,000^[4]
1983	Ritchie	"Meinne Veneno"	700,000^[5]
1987	Roberta Miranda	"Eterno chorar"	600,000^[6]
1979	As Melidnrosas	"Esta Prohibdoo besar a las Melindrosas"	500,000^[7]
1982	Blitz	"Você Não Soube Me Amar"	500,000
1973	Junior	"Perdoname"	500,000^[8]
1980	Nikka Costa	"Out Here on My Own"	500,000^[9] ^[10]
1986	Fábio Jr.	"Sem Limites Pra Sonhar"	450,000
1980	ABBA	"The Winner Takes It All"	300,000^[11]

Highest-certified singles

+ Highest certified singles in Brazil (as of 2024)	Year	Artist	Title	Certified sales
2011	Rihanna	"We Found Love"	3,500,000^[12]
2014	Mundo Bita	"Fazendinha"	2,500,000^[13]
2014	Mundo Bita	"Viajar Pelo Safari"	2,500,000
2012	Psy	"Gangnam Style"	2,500,000^[14]
2015	Ellie Goulding	"Love Me like You Do"	2,250,000^[15]
2015	Maroon 5	"Sugar"	2,250,000^[16]
2013	Katy Perry	"Dark Horse"	2,000,000^[17]
2016	Matheus & Kauan	"Quem Me Dera"	2,000,000^[18]
2017	Mundo Bita	"Esplêndida Fauna"	2,000,000
2023	Marília Mendonça	"Leão"	1,800,000^[19]
2013	Avicii	"Wake Me Up"	1,500,000^[20]
2020		"Batom de Cereja"	1,500,000^[21]
2019	Matheus & Kauan	"Vou Ter Que Superar"	1,500,000
2017	MC Fioti	"Bum Bum Tam Tam"	1,500,000^[22]
2017	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee	"Despacito"	1,500,000^[23]
2019	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	1,440,000^[24]
2018	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	"Shallow"	1,280,000^[25]
2019	Felipe Araújo	"Atrasdinha - Ao Vivo No Rio De Janeiro"	1,200,000^[26]
2022	Hugo & Guilherme & Marilia Mendonça	"Mal Feito"	1,200,000^[27]
2018	Luana Prado	"Cobaia"	1,200,000^[28]
2018	Matheus & Kauan	"Ao Vico Em A Cores"	1,200,000
2018	Márcia Fellipe	"Quem Me Dera"	1,200,000^[29]
2018	Melim	"Meu Abrigo"	1,200,000^[30]
2019	Ariana Grande	"7 Rings"	960,000^[31]
2019	Marília Mendonça	""Apaixonadinha""	900,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Bebaça"	900,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Bebi liguei"	900,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Bem pior que eu"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	"Ciumeira"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	"Eu sei de cor"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	"Sem Sal"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	"Serenata"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	""Supera""	900,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	""Todo mundo vai sofrer"	900,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	""Troca de calçada""	900,000
2015	Adele	"Hello"	750,000^[32]
2010	Adele	"Rolling in the Deep"	750,000
2017	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	"Something Just Like This"	750,000^[33]
2016	Ariana Grande	"Side to Side"	750,000
2010	Shakira	"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"	750,000^[34]
2016	Shakira	"Chantaje"	750,000
2016	Justin Timberlake	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	750,000^[35]
2020	Ariana Grande	"Positions"	640,000
2019	Marília Mendonça	"Infiel"	600,000
2018	Marília Mendonça	"Amante não tem lar"	600,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Bem pior que eu"	600,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Passa Mal"	600,000
2020	Marília Mendonça	"Quero você do jeito que quiser"	600,000

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Brazil
• List of best-selling singles by country

Notes and References

1. Campeões de vendas. O Globo. 6. June 5, 1992. August 9, 2023. pt.
2. International - Brazil. Cash Box. Christopher. Pickard. 29 October 1983. 31. 21 March 2023.
3. Book: The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil. Temple University Press. December 27, 2022. 132. Chris. McGowan. Ricardo. Pessanha.
4. Gêneros ficcionais, produção e cotidiano na cultura popular de massa. Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação. 100. 1994. Silvia Helena. Simões Borelli. January 13, 2023. limited.
5. Brazil LP Sales Plummet, But Singles Action Is Up. Cash Box. 24 September 1983. 92. 6 October 2023.
6. Um bom ano para o disco. Jornal do Brasil. National Library of Brazil. 36. Tarik de. Souza. 6 January 1988. 21 March 2023.
7. International Dateline - Brazil. Cash Box. Madison. Brizzi Neto. 9 June 1979. 44 (page 68). 20 December 2023.
8. Seen in Spain. Billboard. Google Books. 25. 4 January 1975. 21 March 2023.
9. No mundo da música. Alto Madeira. 6. February 4, 1983. (...) In Brazil, Nikka Costa has already won three gold and one platinum records with her singles On My Own (over 500,000 sold), I Believe In You and her first LP for CBS. (...). pt-br.
10. Nikka Costa ganha disco de platina. Euclydes. Cardoso. Diário do Paranná. 6. January 22, 1982. February 27, 2023. Title: Nikka Costa is certified platinum. pt-br.
11. Web site: Winning in Brazil. Cash Box. 39. 2 May 1981. American Radio History. 21 March 2023.
12. Brazil. Rihanna. July 31, 2024.
13. Brazil. Mundo Bita. October 4, 2023.
14. Brazil. Psy. August 15, 2024.
15. Brazil. Ellie Goulding. August 15, 2024.
16. Brazil. Psy. August 15, 2024.
17. Brazil. Katy Perry. August 15, 2024.
18. Brazil. Matheus. October 4, 2023.
19. Brazil. Marília Mendonça. October 4, 2023.
20. Brazil. Avicii. October 4, 2023.
21. Brazil. Israel. October 4, 2023.
22. Brazil. MC Fioti. October 4, 2023.
23. Web site: Certificados: Luis Fonsi. Pro-Música Brasil. December 27, 2022. pt.
24. Brazil. The Weeknd. August 15, 2024.
25. Brazil. Lady Gaga. July 19, 2024.
26. Brazil. Felipe Araújo. October 4, 2023.
27. Brazil. Hugo. October 4, 2023.
28. Brazil. Luana. October 4, 2023.
29. Brazil. Márcia Fellipe. October 4, 2023.
30. Brazil. Melim. October 4, 2023.
31. Brazil. Ariana Grande. December 12, 2023.
32. Brazil. Adele. October 4, 2023.
33. Brazil. Coldplay. March 31, 2024.
34. Brazil. Shakira. December 10, 2023.
35. Brazil. Justin. December 20, 2023.