May 4th is not only Star Wars day, it’s also National 45 days in the States. It’s an annual tribute to the classic vinyl format that millions bought and how they consumed their music from the late 1950s until the mid 1990s. it was called the 45 because that was the speed, 45 PRM (revolutions per minute) it spun on the turntable. This day aims to promote record sales and stores.
Here is a list of the top 20 best-selling singles of all-time in the USA.
| Rank | Song | Artist | Year |
| 20 | Hey Jude | The Beatles | 1968 |
| 19 | You Light Up My Life | Debby Boone | 1977 |
| 18 | I’m a Believer | The Monkees | 1966 |
| 17 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | 1968 |
| 16 | Le Freak | Chic | 1978 |
| 15 | (Everything I Do) I Do It forYou” | Bryan Adams | 1991 |
| 14 | Macarena | Los del Río | 1996 |
| 13 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 1992 |
| 12 | My Blue Heaven | Gene Austin | 1928 |
| 11 | Dardanella | Ben Selvin | 1919 |
| 10 | The Ballad of the Green Berets | Barry Sadler | 1966 |
| 9 | That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine | Gene Autry | 1935 |
| 8 | It’s Now or Never | Elvis Presley | 1960 |
| 7 | Hound Dog / Don’t Be Cruel | Elvis Presley | 1956 |
| 6 | The Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page | 1948 |
| 5 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers | 1943 |
| 4 | Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| 3 | We Are the World | USA for Africa | 1985 |
| 2 | Candle in the Wind 1997 | Elton John | 1997 |
| 1 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby | 1941 |