Digital Songs

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The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart (previously named Hot Digital Songs) [1] ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard magazine. Although it originally started tracking song sales the week of October 30, 2004, [2] it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors. [3] Its data was incorporated in the Hot 100 three weeks later. Since October 2004, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboard's music singles charts. [4] The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible. [5]

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The first number one song on the Digital Songs chart was "Just Lose It" by Eminem. [2] The chart's current number one as of the issue dated December 14, 2024, is "Winter Ahead" by V with Park Hyo-shin. [6]

Song records

Songs with most weeks at number one in sales

BTS – "Dynamite" (2020–21) [7]
BTS – "Butter" (2021) [8]
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (2017)
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road" (2019)
Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (2024) [9]
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007–2008)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (2015)
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer" (2016)
Pharrell Williams – "Happy" (2014)
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop" (2013)
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell – "Blurred Lines" (2013)
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (2016)
Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (2017)
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" (2018–2019)

Top 10 single-week download sellers

1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015 [10]
2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
3. Adele – "Hello" (635,000) November 21, 2015 [11]
4. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012 [12]
5. Kesha – "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010
6. Taylor Swift – "I Knew You Were Trouble" (582,000) January 12, 2013 [13]
7. Bruno Mars – "Grenade" (559,000) January 8, 2011
8. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013 [14]
9. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014 [15]
10. Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (542,000) April 28, 2012 [16]

Biggest first-week sales

1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015
2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
3. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012
4. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013
5. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014
6. Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" (521,000) April 14, 2012
7. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa – "Payphone" (493,000) May 5, 2012
8. The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000) April 18, 2009
9. Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (448,000) February 26, 2011
10. Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea – "Problem" (438,000) May 17, 2014

Biggest jump to number one

Longest climb to number one

Dua Lipa – "Levitating" (2021)
The All-American Rejects – "Dirty Little Secret" (2005–2006)
The Fray – "How to Save a Life" (2006)
Train – "Hey, Soul Sister" (2009–2010)
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–2009)
Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–2012)
Beyoncé – "Cuff It" (2022-2023)
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin — "I Like It" (2018)

Source: [17]

Biggest drop from number one

Song achievements

Album records

Artist records

Most number-one hits

1. Taylor Swift (29) [30]
2. Nicki Minaj (17) [31]
3. Rihanna (14) [32]
4. Justin Bieber (13) (tie) [33]
4. Drake (13) (tie) [34]
6. BTS (12) (tie) [35]
6. Beyoncé (12) (tie) [36]
6. Eminem (12) (tie) [37]
9. Katy Perry (11) [38]
10. Bruno Mars (10) [39]

Most weeks at number one

1. Taylor Swift (54) [30]
2. BTS (49) [35]
3. Rihanna (40) [32]
4. Katy Perry (37) [38]
5. Justin Bieber (33) [33]

Self-replacement at number one

Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

  1. "Don't Forget About Us"
  2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
  2. "If I Were a Boy"
  1. "I Gotta Feeling"
  2. "Boom Boom Pow"
  1. "Tik Tok"
  2. "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3)
  1. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
  2. "Ronan"
  1. "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
  2. "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)(songs switched positions on June 7, 2014)
  1. "Out of the Woods"
  2. "Shake It Off"
  1. "Purple Rain"
  2. "When Doves Cry"
  1. "Shape of You"
  2. "Castle on the Hill"
  1. "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)
  2. "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)(songs switched positions on May 27, 2017)
  1. "...Ready for It?"
  2. "Look What You Made Me Do"
  1. "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran duet with Beyoncé)
  2. "River" (Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran)
  1. "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B)
  2. "I Like It" (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin)
  1. "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
  2. "I'll Never Love Again"
  1. "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
  2. "Always Remember Us This Way"
  1. "Heartless"
  2. "Blinding Lights"
  1. "On"
  2. "My Time"
  1. "The Gambler"
  2. "Islands in the Stream" (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton)
  1. "Lean on Me"
  2. "Ain't No Sunshine"
  1. "Dynamite"
  2. "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" (Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo x BTS )
  1. "Life Goes On"
  2. "Blue & Grey"
  1. "Life Goes On"
  2. "Dynamite"
  1. "Permission to Dance"
  2. "Butter" (songs switched positions on July 31, 2021)
  1. "My Universe" (Coldplay and BTS)
  2. "Butter"
  1. "Question...?"
  2. "Bigger Than the Whole Sky"
  1. "Hits Different"
  2. "Karma" (Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice)
  1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
  2. "Aint Gotta Dollar"
  1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
  2. "I Want To Go Home"
  1. "Texas Hold 'Em"
  2. "16 Carriages"

Most single-week entries in the top 50

1. Prince (21)
2. BTS (18)
3. Michael Jackson (17)
4. Taylor Swift (16)
5. Rihanna (14)
6. Oliver Anthony Music (13)

Source: [42]

Other achievements

See also

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