Sales Don’t Lie: People Really Like Buying Shakira Songs

A blogger at Yahoo! has a list claiming to count down the world’s 20 biggest-selling singles released after 2000, all of which have topped the five-million-sold mark around the globe. The surprising thing about the list, aside from Shakira’s dominance (songs by the hip-shaking Colombian singer take up 20% of the list), is how many recent songs are on it; from the last 18 months alone, you have Britney Spears’ “Womanizer,” Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl,” Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance,” and Pink’s “So What.” Sure, the ruling of later-decade singles can probably be chalked up in part to the rise of iTunes as the single-serving store of choice, but I really thought that “So What” would at least have taken a backseat to “Umbrella,” sales-wise. Full list after the jump.

1. Hips Don’t Lie (featuring Wyclef Jean) – Shakira 2. Crazy In Love (featuring Jay-Z) – Beyonce 3. My Humps – Black Eyed Peas 4. Toxic – Britney Spears 5. Womanizer – Britney Spears 6. Oops!… I Did It Again – Britney Spears 7. Stan – Eminem 8. Low – Flo Rida 9. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Green Day 10. I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry 11. Just Dance (featuring Colby O’Donis) – Lady Gaga 12. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis 13. Hung Up – Madonna 14. We Belong Together – Mariah Carey 15. So What – Pink 16. Umbrella (featuring Jay-Z) – Rihanna 17. Whenever, Wherever – Shakira 18. Underneath Your Clothes – Shakira 19. La Tortura – Shakira 20. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue

Biggest Selling Singles Since The Year 2000 [The Y! Music Playlist Blog]