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Is it OK to sing quietly?

In short, the answer is that there is no “too soft” or “too loud” for vocal health–it's all in how you produce the sound. Here's the longer answer: When it comes to singing “freely” or even healthfully, it isn't really about singing loudly or softly—more about the way you're producing that loud or soft sound.

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Recently, someone asked me a great question on Quora about how loudly you should sing. He had been told that you can’t sing freely when singing softly but that singing too loudly can damage your vocal health. In short, the answer is that there is no “too soft” or “too loud” for vocal health–it’s all in how you produce the sound.

Here’s the longer answer:

When it comes to singing “freely” or even healthfully, it isn’t really about singing loudly or softly—more about the way you’re producing that loud or soft sound. I understand why people would say that you want to be loud in order to sing freely…sometimes singing softly actually takes more effort in certain ways than singing loudly, and as a result, it can produce a lot of constriction. Let’s first define what we mean by “freely,” because the term is used a lot by voice teachers and singers. I don’t love the term, because while you should be free in certain areas when you sing (i.e. you usually don’t want false vocal fold constriction, or a lot of root tongue tension, and typically you don’t want a tense jaw) you’ll use a lot of effort in other areas (often soft palate lift, intercostals, and many others). Because singing quietly while staying on key can be very challenging, sometimes doing so makes you more prone to instinctively tensing up the root of your tongue and clenching your jaw. If that’s happening when you’re singing softly, you’ll want to put more effort into releasing the areas that are getting unnecessarily tense (try chewing for jaw tension and drawing circles around your teeth with your tongue for tongue tension). As far as what’s too loud, there’s really no “too loud” as long as it’s produced in a healthy way. If you’re pushing all your air out by exhaling really hard against closed vocal folds (in other words, if you’re blowing all your air out and feel like you’re shouting rather than whispering), that can be tough on your voice. If you’re getting a lot of volume while holding back air and avoiding constriction (watch out for a scratch, tickle, or cough) you’re fine. Ideally, you’ll eventually get to a point where you can sing really softly and really loudly without much unwanted tension.

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Which is the most sold song of all time?

White Christmas According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.

This is a compendium of the best-selling music singles. The criterion for inclusion is to sell at least ten million copies worldwide. The singles listed here were cited by reliable sources from various media, such as digital journalism, newspapers, magazines, and books. According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.[1] The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later". Guinness World Records also states that double A-side charity single "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) by Elton John (rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than Marilyn Monroe in the original 1973 version), is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies". This makes it the second-best-selling physical single of all time.[1] Two best-selling singles lists are displayed here relating first to physical singles (mainly CD and vinyl singles) and second to digital singles (digitally downloaded tracks which first became available to purchase in the early 2000s).

Best-selling physical singles

15 million physical copies or more

10–14.9 million copies

Best-selling digital singles

15 million digital copies or more

10–14.99 million copies

Best-selling singles by year worldwide

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