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.
† | Indicates best-charting digital song of 2005 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 22 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | [2] | |
January 29 | [3] | |||
February 5 | [4] | |||
February 12 | 31,000 | [5] [6] | ||
February 19 | "Candy Shop" | 50 Cent featuring Olivia | 40,000 | [7] [8] |
February 26 | [9] | |||
March 5 | 55,500 | [10] [11] | ||
March 12 | 50,500 | [12] [13] | ||
March 19 | 48,000 | [14] [13] | ||
March 26 | 47,500 | [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 7 | 58,500 | [24] [25] | ||
May 14 | [26] | |||
May 21 | 61,500 | [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 24 | 77,000 | [49] [50] | ||
October 1 | [51] | |||
October 8 | 69,500 | [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 19 | 49,500 | [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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