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 2014 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 4 | "Say Something" | A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera | 238,000 | [2] [3] |
January 11 | "Timber" | Pitbull featuring Kesha | 442,000 | [4] [5] |
January 18 | 301,000 | [6] [7] | ||
January 25 | "Dark Horse" | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J | 243,000 | [8] [9] |
February 1 | 261,000 | [10] [11] | ||
February 8 | 294,000 | [12] [13] | ||
February 15 | 373,000 | [14] [15] | ||
February 22 | 291,000 | [16] [17] | ||
March 1 | "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 329,000 | [18] [19] |
March 8 | 402,000 | [20] [21] | ||
March 15 | 413,000 | [22] [23] | ||
March 22 | 490,000 | [24] [25] | ||
March 29 | 364,000 | [26] [27] | ||
April 5 | 370,000 | [28] [29] | ||
April 12 | 321,000 | [30] [31] | ||
April 19 | 284,000 | [32] [33] | ||
April 26 | 257,000 | [34] [35] | ||
May 3 | 274,000 | [36] [37] | ||
May 10 | 208,000 | [38] [39] | ||
May 17 | "Problem" | Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea | 438,000 | [40] [41] |
May 24 | 235,000 | [42] [43] | ||
May 31 | 248,000 | [44] [45] | ||
June 7 | "Fancy" | Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX | 336,000 | [46] [47] |
June 14 | 283,000 | [48] [49] | ||
June 21 | 263,000 | [50] [51] | ||
June 28 | 226,000 | [52] [53] | ||
July 5 | "Rude" | Magic! | 210,000 | [54] [55] |
July 12 | "Stay with Me" | Sam Smith | 211,000 | [56] [57] |
July 19 | 185,000 | [58] [59] | ||
July 26 | "Rude" | Magic! | 185,000 | [60] [61] |
August 2 | 195,000 | [62] [63] | ||
August 9 | "Burnin' It Down" | Jason Aldean | 184,000 | [64] [65] |
August 16 | "Bang Bang" | Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | 230,000 | [66] [67] |
August 23 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 197,000 | [68] [69] |
August 30 | 239,000 | [70] [71] | ||
September 6 | "Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | 544,000 | [72] [73] |
September 13 | 355,000 | [74] [75] | ||
September 20 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 312,000 | [76] [77] |
September 27 | 312,000 | [78] [79] | ||
October 4 | "Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | 294,000 | [80] [81] |
October 11 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 253,000 | [82] [83] |
October 18 | 202,000 | [84] [85] | ||
October 25 | "Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | 171,000 | [86] [87] |
November 1 | "Out of the Woods" | 195,000 | [88] [89] | |
November 8 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 143,000 | [90] [91] |
November 15 | "Blank Space" | Taylor Swift | 155,000 | [92] [93] |
November 22 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 190,000 | [94] [95] |
November 29 | "Blank Space" | Taylor Swift | 328,000 | [96] [97] |
December 6 | 302,000 | [98] [99] | ||
December 13 | 342,000 | [100] [101] | ||
December 20 | 254,000 | [102] [103] | ||
December 27 | 249,000 | [104] [105] |
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