List of Billboard Digital Song Sales number ones of 2021

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The Billboard Digital Song Sales chart is a chart that ranks the most downloaded songs in the United States. Its data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each song's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a song by an act for a summarized figure.

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In 2021, 28 acts reached number one (including features) with 22 songs. Fifteen artists achieved their first number-one digital song: Tom MacDonald, Gabby Barrett, Masked Wolf, Dua Lipa, DaBaby, Bryson Gray, Tyson James, Chandler Crump, Jack Harlow, State of Mine, Drew Jacobs, John Rich, Mike Rowe, Juice Wrld and Suga. The year was dominated by South Korean boy band BTS: they are the only act to have multiple number-one songs (5), one of only two acts to top the chart for multiple weeks, holding the top 10 digital song sales weeks of the year, and topping the chart for a total of 30 weeks. The band's "Dynamite" opened the year atop the chart, spending eight non-consecutive weeks in the lead (following its ten chart-topping weeks in 2020), making it the longest running number-one song in the chart's history, before being replaced by their own "Film Out". "Butter" later topped the chart for 18 non-consecutive weeks, tying the band's own "Dynamite", and accumulating at least 1,699,900 digital downloads.

Justin Bieber's "Anyone" became his 13th number-one song, breaking his tie with Drake for the most number-one songs by a male artist. It was replaced by singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo's debut single "Drivers License" which spent three weeks atop the chart, the only song not by BTS to top the chart for multiple weeks. Taylor Swift's "All Too Well (Taylor's Version) [ broken anchor ]", a re-recorded version of her 2012 single "All Too Well", debuted atop the chart, extending her record as the artist with the most number-one songs on the chart, with 23. Following the release of a remix of The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears" with Ariana Grande, the song jumped to the number-one spot, becoming their sixth and eighth number-ones on the chart respectively.

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South Korean boy band BTS topped the chart for a total 30 weeks, aided by five songs and four self-replacements at the top spot
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift achieved her 23nd chart-topper with "All Too Well (Taylor's Version) ", extending her all-time record for the most number-ones for any act Taylor Swift 2 - 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped).jpg
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift achieved her 23nd chart-topper with "All Too Well (Taylor's Version) ", extending her all-time record for the most number-ones for any act
American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo topped the chart for three weeks with her debut single, "Drivers License" Olivia Rodrigo at White House.jpg
American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo topped the chart for three weeks with her debut single, "Drivers License"

Chart history

Key
†Indicates best-performing song of 2021 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weekly salesRef(s)
January 2"Dynamite" BTS 16,000 [2]
January 945,000 [3]
January 16"Anyone" Justin Bieber 22,000 [4]
January 23"Drivers License" Olivia Rodrigo 38,000 [5]
January 3027,000 [6]
February 617,000 [7]
February 13"Fake Woke" Tom MacDonald 14,000 [8]
February 20"Up" Cardi B 34,000 [9]
February 27"Love Story (Taylor's Version)" Taylor Swift 25,000 [10]
March 6"Dynamite" BTS14,500 [11]
March 1324,000 [12]
March 2027,900 [13]
March 2726,700 [14]
April 343,000 [15]
April 1037,700 [16]
April 17"Film Out"19,000 [17]
April 24"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Lil Nas X 19,500 [18]
May 1"The Good Ones" Gabby Barrett [19]
May 8"Save Your Tears" The Weeknd and Ariana Grande 18,000 [20]
May 15"Astronaut in the Ocean" Masked Wolf 12,500 [21]
May 22"Levitating" Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby 19,900 [22]
May 29"Seeing Green" Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne 33,000 [23]
June 5"Butter" † BTS242,800 [24]
June 12140,200 [25]
June 19138,400 [26]
June 26111,400 [27]
July 3128,400 [28]
July 10 [29]
July 17108,800 [30]
July 24"Permission to Dance"140,100 [31]
July 31"Butter" †115,600 [32]
August 7112,900 [33]
August 1479,200 [34]
August 2162,900 [35]
August 2855,000 [36]
September 468,800 [37]
September 11143,000 [38]
September 1884,500 [39]
September 2548,000 [40]
October 233,500 [41]
October 9"My Universe" Coldplay and BTS127,000 [42]
October 1642,600 [43]
October 23"Industry Baby" Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow 34,300 [44]
October 30"Easy on Me" Adele 74,000 [45]
November 6"Let's Go Brandon" Bryson Gray featuring Tyson James and Chandler Crump48,000 [46]
November 13 [47]
November 20"Easy on Me" Adele14,600 [48]
November 27"All Too Well (Taylor's Version) [ broken anchor ]"Taylor Swift57,800 [49]
December 4"God's Country" State Of Mine and Drew Jacobs [50]
December 11"Santa's Gotta Dirty Job" John Rich and Mike Rowe 13,000 [51]
December 18"Butter" † BTS26,500 [52]
December 25"Girl of My Dreams" Juice Wrld and Suga 40,000 [53]

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The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart 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, it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors. 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. The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynamite (BTS song)</span> 2020 single by BTS

"Dynamite" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS, released on August 21, 2020, through Big Hit Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. It is the band's first song fully recorded in English. The song was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar and produced by Stewart. It has been described as an upbeat disco-pop song with elements of funk, soul, and bubblegum pop, and takes influence from 1970s music—it features snapping handclaps, echoing synths, and celebratory horns.

The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine. The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. First announced in mid-2019, it officially launched in September 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Film Out</span> 2021 BTS single

"Film Out" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS for their Japanese-language compilation album, BTS, the Best (2021). It was released on April 2, 2021, through Universal Music and Big Hit Music, as the lead single from the compilation album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Butter (song)</span> 2021 single by BTS

"Butter" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 21, 2021, through Big Hit Music and Sony Music Entertainment, as the band's second English-language single. A disco-pop, dance-pop, and EDM track, the song was written by Jenna Andrews, RM, Alex Bilowitz, Sebastian Garcia, Robert Grimaldi, Stephen Kirk, and Ron Perry, with production handled by the last three.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stay (The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber song)</span> 2021 single by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

"Stay" is a song by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi and Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released through Grade A Productions and Columbia Records on 9 July 2021, as the lead single from Laroi's reloaded mixtape, F*ck Love 3: Over You. Laroi and Bieber wrote the song with Haan, FnZ members Finatik & Zac, and producers Cashmere Cat, Charlie Puth, Omer Fedi, and Blake Slatkin. The song marks the second collaboration between the two artists, following Bieber's song, "Unstable", a track from his sixth studio album, Justice (2021).

Blake Slatkin is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced songs for high-profile music industry artists including Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, The Kid Laroi, Sam Smith, and SZA. Slatkin has produced seven Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles, four of which peaked at number one.

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