Marshmello's Biggest Songs, Ranked by What They Actually Did

Marshmello’s biggest song is Happier, with Bastille. It peaked at No 2 in the UK, took 1.62 million in UK chart sales and roughly 200 million UK streams, and beats everything else in his catalogue on every commercial measure.

Most people would have guessed Alone. That is the interesting part.

The four that matter

Happier (2018, with Bastille). No 2 in the UK. His commercial peak by a distance, and the record that moved him from dance charts to daytime radio.

The certification history is the clearest evidence of the gap. Released 16 August 2018, certified 6x platinum by the RIAA in 2020, then upgraded all the way to diamond on 19 August 2024, representing 10 million units. Six years of continuous sales after release, and it was still climbing certification tiers.

Alone (2016). No 3 on the US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, No 28 on the Hot 100. The video has passed a billion views. This is the track fans name first and it is not his biggest.

Silence (2017, with Khalid). Double platinum in the United States. Multi-platinum in Australia, Canada and Sweden. The record that proved he could carry a serious vocalist rather than a hook.

Friends (2018, with Anne-Marie). Charted heavily worldwide and consolidated the run that Happier would finish.

Why Alone gets remembered as the big one

Alone was the arrival. It is the track that made the helmet mean something, and it carries the memory of that moment for anyone who followed him from 2016.

Happier sold more. It also sounds less like him, which is exactly why it went further. Bastille’s vocal put it on formats that would never have played Alone.

That gap between what people remember and what actually performed is worth noting whenever you see a ranked list of his songs that leads with Alone.

The pattern across the catalogue

Look at all four and the same structure repeats: Marshmello builds the production, a featured vocalist carries the top line, and the vocalist’s audience sets the ceiling.

Khalid took Silence to a soul and R&B crossover. Anne-Marie took Friends to UK pop radio. Bastille took Happier everywhere.

His instrumental work is where the production credibility sits. His commercial peaks all have someone else’s voice on them.

The helmet is the business model

Here is what the song list on its own will not tell you.

The mask means the act is not tied to a face, an age, or a single performer’s availability. It can tour more or less indefinitely, and the catalogue does not date the way a visible artist’s does.

That is a structural advantage over almost every other producer of his generation, and it explains why the touring income has held up regardless of what any given single did.

My pick

Silence is the best record of the four, and it is the third biggest.

It is the only one where the production and the vocal are actually arguing with each other rather than the vocal sitting neatly on top. Khalid pushes against the drop instead of setting it up.

Happier is the bigger record. Silence is the better one.

For earnings, see Marshmello’s net worth.