List of best-selling singles of 2014 in the United States explained

This chart includes the 10 best-selling songs of 2014. According to Official Charts, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams was the best selling song of 2014 with 6.45 million copies sold in the United States. "Happy" was also the Billboard number one song of 2014.^[1] This is the fifth time in the past seven years that singer Katy Perry has had a song in the year-end top 10 best selling songs. She's the only artist who is able to make that claim.^[2] "Happy" and Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" are both songs from animated movies. "Happy" is from Despicable Me 2, and "Let It Go" is from Frozen.

Songs written in bold are songs that were released before January 1, 2014.

This chart is only for the United States.

List of best-selling songs

Artist	Single	Released	Sales (in millions)	Source
	"Happy"	11/21/2013	6.45	^[3]
	"All of Me"	8/21/2013	4.67
	"Dark Horse"	12/17/2013	4.43	^[4]
	"All About That Bass"	06/30/2014	4.36	^[5]
	"Fancy"	02/17/2014	3.97
	"Talk Dirty"	01/07/2014	3.96	^[6]
	"Turn Down for What"	12/18/2013	3.45
	"Shake It Off"	08/18/2014	3.43
	"Let It Go"	11/25/2013	3.37
Sam Smith	"Stay with Me"	04/14/2014	3.34	^[7]

Albums

According to Billboard, the best-selling album was 1989, by Taylor Swift. It sold 3.66 million copies in the US. It topped the Frozen Soundtrack album on the last week of December. Frozen's album sold 3.53 million copies. This is the second time Swift has earned the top selling album of a calendar year. She did it previously back in 2009 with her second studio album, Fearless, which made 3.22 million that year.^[8]

Albums written in bold were released before January 1, 2014.

This chart is only for the United States.

List of best-selling albums

Artist	Single	Released	Sales (in millions)	Source
Taylor Swift	1989	10/27/2014	3.66
Various Artists	Frozen (soundtrack)	11/25/2013	3.53	^[9]
Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	05/26/2014	1.21	^[10]
Pentatonix	That's Christmas to Me	10/21/2014	1.14
Beyoncé	Beyoncé (album)	12/13/2013	0.87	^[11]
Barbra Streisand	Partners	09/16/2014	0.85
Lorde	Pure Heroine	09/27/2013	0.84
One Direction	Four	11/17/2014	0.814

See also

Notes and References

1. 2014 Year End: Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Billboard.
2. Web site: It's Official: Pharrell Has 2014's Best-Selling Song. 31 December 2014.
3. Web site: The Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 revealed. Official Charts.
4. http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/Soundscan/nielsen-2014-year-end-music-report-us.pdf
5. Web site: Meghan Trainor Broke Despite 'All About That Bass' Success. Annie D.. 3 February 2015. International Business Times AU.
6. Web site: Taylor Swift's '1989' Beats 'Frozen' As Top-Selling Album of 2014. Keith Caulfield, Billboard. 31 December 2014. The Hollywood Reporter.
7. Web site: Sam Smith Pays Tom Petty Royalties Over 'Stay With Me' - Business Insider. Aly Weisman. 26 January 2015. Business Insider.
8. Taylor Swift's '1989' Beats 'Frozen' As Top Selling Album of 2014. Billboard.
9. The Sales Domination of 'Frozen,' In One Chart. Billboard.
10. Sam Smith. 17 December 2014. Billboard.
11. Taylor Swift's '1989' Beats 'Frozen' as Top Selling Album of 2014. Billboard.