This is a list of songs that reached number one on the Billboard magazine Streaming Songs chart in 2014.
† | Indicates best-charting streaming song of 2014 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly streams |
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January 4 | "The Monster" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | 7.6 million [2] |
January 11 | "Adore You" | Miley Cyrus | 7 million [3] |
January 18 | "Wrecking Ball" | 7.6 million [4] | |
January 25 | |||
February 1 | "Drunk in Love" | Beyoncé featuring Jay Z | 5.5 million [5] |
February 8 | "Dark Horse" † | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J | 5.6 million [6] |
February 15 | "Drunk in Love" | Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z | 9.4 million [7] |
February 22 | 6.7 million [8] | ||
March 1 | 7.3 million [9] | ||
March 8 | "Dark Horse" † | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J | 11.6 million [10] |
March 15 | 11.2 million [11] | ||
March 22 | 8.9 million [12] | ||
March 29 | "We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow" | Soko | 11.5 million [13] |
April 5 | "Dark Horse" † | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J | |
April 12 | 8.8 million | ||
April 19 | 8.4 million [14] | ||
April 26 | 8.2 million [15] | ||
May 3 | "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 9.2 million [16] |
May 10 | 8.4 million [17] | ||
May 17 | 8.6 million [18] | ||
May 24 | 9.3 million [19] | ||
May 31 | "Fancy" | Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX | 8.4 million [20] |
June 7 | 14 million [21] | ||
June 14 | 13.5 million [22] | ||
June 21 | 12.5 million [23] | ||
June 28 | 12.2 million [24] | ||
July 5 | 11.6 million [25] | ||
July 12 | 11.1 million [26] | ||
July 19 | 10.7 million [27] | ||
July 26 | 10.6 million [28] | ||
August 2 | 12.2 million [29] | ||
August 9 | 10.1 million [30] | ||
August 16 | 8.6 million [31] | ||
August 23 | 8.9 million [32] | ||
August 30 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 8.1 million [33] |
September 6 | "Anaconda" | Nicki Minaj | 32.1 million [34] |
September 13 | 17.3 million [35] | ||
September 20 | 13.1 million [36] | ||
September 27 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 15.5 million [37] |
October 4 | 15.7 million [38] | ||
October 11 | 14.3 million [39] | ||
October 18 | 13.9 million [40] | ||
October 25 | 13.4 million [41] | ||
November 1 | 12.9 million [42] | ||
November 8 | 13.2 million [43] | ||
November 15 | 11.9 million [44] | ||
November 22 | "Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | 16.1 million [45] |
November 29 | "Blank Space" | 19.2 million [46] | |
December 6 | 14.2 million [47] | ||
December 13 | 14.2 million [48] | ||
December 20 | 12 million [49] | ||
December 27 | 12.2 million [50] |
The Digital Song Sales ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Luminate 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.
The Radio Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components, along with sales and streaming activity, that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Pop Airplay is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, a subsidiary of the U.S.' leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers, Nielsen Audio, refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR). The current number-one song on the chart is "Taste" by Sabrina Carpenter.
"Fancy" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Charli XCX, taken from the former's debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). It was released on 17 February 2014 by Def Jam Recordings as the fourth single from the album. "Fancy" was described as an electro-hop, electropop, and pop rap song. It was written by Azalea and XCX, composed and produced by production team the Invisible Men, alongside additional producers the Arcade. It was leaked under the title "Leave It" in December 2013.
"Black Widow" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Rita Ora. Released through Def Jam Recordings, the song impacted on mainstream radio stations in the US on 8 July 2014, as the fifth single from her debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). It was written by Azalea, Katy Perry, Sarah Hudson, Benny Blanco, and duo Stargate, while the latter also produced the song. Lyrically, it addressed revenge after a failed romantic relationship. An accompanying music video for the song was released on 13 August 2014.
"Problem" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It was released by Republic Records on April 28, 2014 as the lead single from Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014). It was written by both alongside Savan Kotecha, Ilya and Max Martin, being produced by the latter two with Shellback, with Peter Carlsson serving as a vocal producer. "Problem" is an uptempo dance-pop and R&B song with influences of funk music, which comprises a melody based on drums, saxophone loops, and trumpets. The chorus features uncredited background vocals from American hip-hop artist Big Sean. Lyrically, Grande has stated that the song is about "the feeling of being absolutely terrified to re-approach a relationship that's gone sour – but you want to more than anything."
"Beg for It" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, featuring Danish singer MØ. It was written by Azalea and Charli XCX. The song was released on 24 October 2014 as the lead single from the reissue of Azalea's debut studio album The New Classic (2014), titled Reclassified (2014). An initial live preview of the song in September 2014 resulted in widespread media speculation that it featured XCX as the sequel to "Fancy", XCX's previous collaboration with Azalea. However, it was later revealed that XCX wrote the track's hook for MØ, who Azalea discovered on YouTube. A hip hop and trap song, "Beg for It" contains a percolating, booming stark beat and solicits a sinuous, minimalist feel. Its lyrical content comprises themes of girl power and prominently figures the phrase "pussy power".
Reclassified is the reissue of Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's debut studio album, The New Classic (2014). It was released internationally on 21 November 2014 by Virgin EMI Records, and in the United States on 24 November 2014 by Grand Hustle Records and Def Jam Recordings. Released seven months after its parent album, Reclassified featured five newly recorded songs.
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