The list of number-one digital songs of 2016 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling downloaded songs ranked in the 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 song by an act for a summarized figure.
Indicates best-charting digital song of 2016 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 2 | "Mary, Did You Know?" | Jordan Smith | 161,000 | [2] |
January 9 | "Hello" | Adele | 174,000 | [3] |
January 16 | 327,000 | [4] | ||
January 23 | "Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 164,000 | [5] |
January 30 | 147,000 | [6] | ||
February 6 | 139,000 | [7] | ||
February 13 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | 126,000 | [8] |
February 20 | "Pillowtalk" | Zayn | 267,000 | [9] |
February 27 | "My House" | Flo Rida | 136,000 | [10] |
March 5 | 135,000 | [11] | ||
March 12 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | 169,000 | [12] |
March 19 | "Piece by Piece" | Kelly Clarkson | 210,000 | [13] |
March 26 | "7 Years" | Lukas Graham | 121,000 | [14] |
April 2 | 125,000 | [15] | ||
April 9 | "No" | Meghan Trainor | 128,000 | [16] |
April 16 | "7 Years" | Lukas Graham | 155,000 | [17] |
April 23 | "Pop Style" | Drake featuring The Throne | 128,000 | [18] |
April 30 | "One Dance" | Drake featuring WizKid and Kyla | 119,000 | [19] |
May 7 | "Purple Rain" | Prince and the Revolution | 122,000 | [20] |
May 14 | 282,000 | [21] | ||
May 21 | "One Dance" | Drake featuring WizKid and Kyla | 160,000 | [22] |
May 28 | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Justin Timberlake | 379,000 | [23] |
June 4 | 204,000 | [24] | ||
June 11 | 174,000 | [25] | ||
June 18 | 155,000 | [26] | ||
June 25 | 138,000 | [27] | ||
July 2 | 124,000 | [28] | ||
July 9 | 118,000 | [29] | ||
July 16 | 107,000 | [30] | ||
July 23 | 98,000 | [31] | ||
July 30 | 92,000 | [32] | ||
August 6 | "Rise" | Katy Perry | 137,000 | [33] |
August 13 | "Cold Water" | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | 169,000 | [34] |
August 20 | "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 103,000 | [35] |
August 27 | "Let Me Love You" | DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber | 113,000 | [36] |
September 3 | "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 116,000 | [37] |
September 10 | 143,000 | [38] | ||
September 17 | 208,000 | [39] | ||
September 24 | 199,000 | [40] | ||
October 1 | 170,000 | [41] | ||
October 8 | 162,000 | [42] | ||
October 15 | 137,000 | [43] | ||
October 22 | 123,000 | [44] | ||
October 29 | 111,000 | [45] | ||
November 5 | 97,000 | [46] | ||
November 12 | 84,000 | [47] | ||
November 19 | 72,000 | [48] | ||
November 26 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | 144,000 | [49] |
December 3 | 154,000 | [50] | ||
December 10 | 138,000 | [51] | ||
December 17 | 83,000 | [52] | ||
December 24 | 70,000 | [53] | ||
December 31 | "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" | Zayn and Taylor Swift | 188,000 | [54] |
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.
"Love Yourself" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album Purpose (2015). The song was released as a promotional single on November 9, 2015, and as the album's third official single on December 7, 2015. It was written by Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin and Bieber, and produced by Levin. A pop song, "Love Yourself" features an acoustic guitar and a brief flurry of trumpets as its main instrumentation. During the song, Bieber uses a husky tone in the lower registers. Lyrically, the song is a kiss-off to a narcissistic ex-lover who did the protagonist wrong.
"Black Beatles" is a song by American hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd featuring American rapper Gucci Mane. Produced by Mike Will Made It, it was released on September 13, 2016, by EarDrummers and Interscope Records as the third single from their second studio album SremmLife 2.
Collage is the second extended play (EP) by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers. It was released on November 4, 2016, through Disruptor Records and Columbia Records.
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.