The list of number-one digital songs of 2017 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-performing single of 2017 [1] |
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 86,000 | [2] |
| January 14 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | 136,000 | [3] |
| January 21 | "24K Magic" | Bruno Mars | 77,000 | [4] |
| January 28 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 240,000 | [5] |
| February 4 | 120,000 | [6] | ||
| February 11 | 104,000 | [7] | ||
| February 18 | "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" | Zayn and Taylor Swift | 188,000 | [8] |
| February 25 | "Million Reasons" | Lady Gaga | 149,000 | [9] |
| March 4 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 200,000 | [10] |
| March 11 | 147,000 | [11] | ||
| March 18 | 141,000 | [12] | ||
| March 25 | 116,000 | [13] | ||
| April 1 | 104,000 | [14] | ||
| April 8 | 97,000 | [15] | ||
| April 15 | 85,000 | [16] | ||
| April 22 | "Humble" | Kendrick Lamar | 111,000 | [17] |
| April 29 | "Sign of the Times" | Harry Styles | 142,000 | [18] |
| May 6 | "Stay" | Zedd and Alessia Cara | 91,000 | [19] |
| May 13 | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber | 86,000 | [20] |
| May 20 | "I'm the One" | DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne | 171,000 | [21] |
| May 27 | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber | 104,000 | [22] |
| June 3 | 115,000 | [23] | ||
| June 10 | 137,000 | [24] | ||
| June 17 | 148,000 | [25] | ||
| June 24 | 141,000 | [26] | ||
| July 1 | 140,000 | [27] | ||
| July 8 | 139,000 | [28] | ||
| July 15 | 136,000 | [29] | ||
| July 22 | 129,000 | [30] | ||
| July 29 | 124,000 | [31] | ||
| August 5 | 118,000 | [32] | ||
| August 12 | 102,000 | [33] | ||
| August 19 | 84,000 | [34] | ||
| August 26 | 82,000 | [35] | ||
| September 2 | 83,000 | [36] | ||
| September 9 | 80,000 | [37] | ||
| September 16 | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | 353,000 | [38] |
| September 23 | "...Ready for It?" | 135,000 | [39] | |
| September 30 | "Too Good at Goodbyes" | Sam Smith | 90,000 | [40] |
| October 7 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone feat. 21 Savage | 80,000 | [41] |
| October 14 | "Thunder" | Imagine Dragons | 65,000 | [42] |
| October 21 | "Mi Gente" | J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé | 79,000 | [43] |
| October 28 | "Almost Like Praying" | Lin-Manuel Miranda featuring Artists for Puerto Rico | 111,000 | [44] |
| November 4 | "Thunder" | Imagine Dragons | 66,000 | [45] |
| November 11 | "Gorgeous" | Taylor Swift | 68,000 | [46] |
| November 18 | "Thunder" | Imagine Dragons | 54,000 | [47] |
| November 25 | "Call It What You Want" | Taylor Swift | 68,000 | [48] |
| December 2 | "Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug | 75,000 | [49] |
| December 9 | 85,000 | [50] | ||
| December 16 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran featuring Beyoncé | 69,000 | [51] |
| December 23 | 181,000 | [52] | ||
| December 30 | 98,000 | [53] | ||
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.
The Billboard Hot Latin Songs is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, radio airplay, and online streaming, and only predominantly Spanish language songs are allowed to rank. The chart was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 and was originally based on airplay on Latin music radio stations. Songs on the chart were not necessarily in Spanish language, since a few songs in English and Portuguese language have also charted.
The Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter and producer Daddy Yankee has released seven studio albums, two live albums, thirty-five singles, and one soundtrack. He made his debut on DJ Playero's Playero 34 mixtape, released in 1991. He was later featured on Playero's 37 and 38 albums, before releasing his first solo record in 1995, titled No Mercy. During the rest of the 1990s, he continued working on underground reggaeton records and released his first album as producer El Cartel de Yankee in 1997. After the release of his 2001 independent album El Cartel II: Los Cangris, he released his second studio album, El Cangri.com, in June 2002. It is cited as the record that made him notorious outside his natal Puerto Rico, being his music introduced in New York City and Miami. Without any major label backing him, El Cangri.com managed to peak at number 43 on the US Top Latin Albums chart. A track from the album, "Brugal Mix", became his first Billboard chart entry by peaking at number 40 on the US Tropical Songs chart in November 2002.
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"Despacito" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from Fonsi's 2019 studio album Vida. On January 12, 2017, Universal Music Latin released "Despacito" and its music video, which shows both artists performing the song in La Perla neighborhood of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and the local bar La Factoría. The song was written by Fonsi, Erika Ender, and Daddy Yankee, and was produced by Mauricio Rengifo and Andrés Torres. A remix version featuring Canadian singer Justin Bieber was released on April 17, 2017, which helped to improve the song's chart performance in numerous countries, including various number-one positions. "Despacito" has been widely credited by music journalists as being instrumental in popularizing Spanish-language pop music in the mainstream market again. The worldwide increase of Latin pop music consumption from 2017 onwards has been referred to as "the 'Despacito' effect."
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