List of number-one digital songs of 2005 (U.S.)

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The highest-selling digital singles in the United States are ranked in the Hot Digital Songs chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a single for a summarized figure.

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Chart history

Key
†Indicates best-charting digital song of 2005 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weekly salesRef(s)
January 22"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day [2]
January 29 [3]
February 5 [4]
February 1231,000 [5] [6]
February 19"Candy Shop" 50 Cent featuring Olivia 40,000 [7] [8]
February 26 [9]
March 555,500 [10] [11]
March 1250,500 [12] [13]
March 1948,000 [14] [13]
March 2647,500 [15] [16]
April 2 [17]
April 9 [18]
April 16"Switch" Will Smith 40,000 [19] [20]
April 23"Beverly Hills" Weezer 40,500 [21] [22]
April 30"Hollaback Girl" † Gwen Stefani [23]
May 758,500 [24] [25]
May 14 [26]
May 2161,500 [27] [28]
May 28 [29]
June 4 [30]
June 11 [31]
June 18 [32]
June 25"Don't Phunk With My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas [33]
July 2 [34]
July 9 [35]
July 16"Hollaback Girl"Gwen Stefani [36]
July 23"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Jessica Simpson 43,000 [37] [38]
July 30"Pon de Replay" Rihanna [39]
August 6 [40]
August 13 [41]
August 20 [42]
August 27 [43]
September 3"Just the Girl" The Click Five 43,000 [44] [45]
September 10 [46]
September 17"Gold Digger" Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx 80,500 [47] [48]
September 2477,000 [49] [50]
October 1 [51]
October 869,500 [52] [53]
October 15"Photograph" Nickelback 77,000 [54] [55]
October 22"Gold Digger"Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx [56]
October 29 [57]
November 5 [58]
November 12 [59]
November 1949,500 [60] [61]
November 26"My Humps"Black Eyed Peas [62]
December 3"Hung Up" Madonna 45,500 [63] [64]
December 10 [65]
December 17"When I'm Gone" Eminem 46,000 [66] [67]
December 24"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 41,000 [68] [69]
December 31"Don't Forget About Us"39,000 [70] [71]

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