Biggest-selling digital single worldwide (current year)
Who
Harry Styles
What
2,280,000,000 total number
Where
Not Applicable ()
When

In 2022, “As It Was” by Harry Styles (UK) registered 2.28 billion global subscription streams equivalent units across all digital formats (including paid subscription streaming and single-track downloads), as revealed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on 23 February 2023.


“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals (1.75 billion) and “Stay” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber (1.74 billion) also took their places on the podium.

The top 10 tracks alone generated a combined 14.55 billion global subscription streams equivalent units, according to the IFPI’s Global Singles Chart 2022:

IFPI’s Global Singles of the Year 2022 Top 10: 1. “As It Was” by Harry Styles (2.28 billion); 2. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals (1.75 billion); 3. “Stay” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber (1.74 billion); 4. “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” by Elton John and Dua Lipa (1.34 billion); 5. “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd (1.32 billion); 6. “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons x JID (1.26 billion); 7. “Shivers” by Ed Sheeran (1.23 billion); 8. “abcdefu” by GAYLE (1.22 billion); 9. “Me Porto Benito” by Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone (1.21 billion); 10. “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran (1.20 billion).