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.
Despite it never having reached number one on the weekly chart, having peaked at number two, [1] the best-performing digital song of the 2007 chart year was "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie. [2]
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 2 | "Irreplaceable" | Beyoncé | [3] | |
January 13 | "Fergalicious" | Fergie featuring will.i.am | 295,000 | [4] [5] |
January 20 | [6] | |||
January 27 | "Irreplaceable" | Beyoncé | [7] | |
February 5 | "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" | Fall Out Boy | 162,000 | [8] [9] |
February 10 | [10] | |||
February 17 | [11] | |||
February 24 | [12] | |||
March 3 | "What Goes Around... Comes Around" | Justin Timberlake | 147,000 | [13] [14] |
March 10 | "This Is Why I'm Hot" | Mims | 135,000 | [15] [16] |
March 17 | [17] | |||
March 24 | "Glamorous" | Fergie featuring Ludacris | 166,000 | [18] [19] |
March 31 | [20] | |||
April 7 | "Beautiful Liar" | Beyoncé featuring Shakira | 150,000 | [21] [22] |
April 14 | "The Sweet Escape" | Gwen Stefani featuring Akon | 140,200 | [23] [24] |
April 21 | "Give It to Me" | Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake | 248,000 | [25] [26] |
April 28 | [27] | |||
May 5 | "Girlfriend" | Avril Lavigne | 156,500 | [28] [29] |
May 12 | "Makes Me Wonder" | Maroon 5 | 243,500 | [30] [31] |
May 19 | [32] | |||
May 26 | 131,000 | [33] [34] | ||
June 2 | 164,000 | [35] [34] | ||
June 9 | "Umbrella" | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | 277,000 | [36] [37] |
June 16 | [38] | |||
June 23 | [39] | |||
June 30 | [40] | |||
July 7 | [41] | |||
July 14 | "Hey There Delilah" | Plain White T's | 146,000 | [42] [43] |
July 21 | [44] | |||
July 28 | [45] | |||
August 4 | [46] | |||
August 11 | "Beautiful Girls" | Sean Kingston | 260,000 | [47] [48] |
August 18 | 235,000 | [49] [50] | ||
August 25 | [51] | |||
September 1 | [52] | |||
September 8 | "Stronger" | Kanye West | 135,000 | [53] [54] |
September 15 | "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" | Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | 144,000 | [55] [56] |
September 22 | [57] | |||
September 29 | "Stronger" | Kanye West | 205,000 | [58] [59] |
October 6 | "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" | Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | 183,000 | [60] [61] |
October 13 | "Gimme More" | Britney Spears | 179,000 | [62] [63] |
October 20 | "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" | Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | [64] | |
October 27 | [65] | |||
November 3 | "Kiss Kiss" | Chris Brown featuring T-Pain | 159,000 | [66] [67] |
November 10 | 187,000 | [68] [69] | ||
November 17 | "Apologize" | Timbaland featuring OneRepublic | [70] | |
November 24 | [71] | |||
December 1 | "No One" | Alicia Keys | 210,000 | [72] [73] |
December 8 | [74] | |||
December 15 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | [75] | |
December 22 | [76] | |||
December 29 | [77] | |||
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.
"Glamorous" is a song recorded by American singer Fergie featuring American rapper Ludacris for the former's debut studio album, The Dutchess (2006). It was released as the third single from The Dutchess worldwide except for in the United Kingdom, where it served as the second single. The song was serviced to mainstream radios on January 23, 2007, and to Rhythmic radios on February 20, 2007, in the United States, through A&M Records, together with will.i.am Music Group and Interscope Records.
Daughtry is the debut album by American rock band Daughtry, released on November 21, 2006, by RCA Records. The band is fronted by American Idol fifth season-finalist Chris Daughtry. The release is the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history and the band's bestselling record.
"Big Girls Don't Cry" (also known as "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)") is a song by American singer-songwriter Fergie from her debut studio album, The Dutchess (2006). It was written by Fergie and Toby Gad while the production was helmed by will.i.am. The song was released as the fourth single from the album on May 22, 2007. "Big Girls Don't Cry" deviates from the hip hop and urban music of Fergie's previous singles and opts for a more simplistic pop ballad sound that incorporates acoustic elements. It features credits from about thirty instrumentalists, many of which play the violins, violas and celli on the track. Lyrically, the song talks about moving on from the pain of a breakup.
"Clumsy" is a song recorded by American singer Fergie for her debut studio album, The Dutchess (2006). The song was released as the album's fifth single on September 25, 2007. It was written by Fergie and will.i.am, the latter also produced the track, while Bobby Troup receives a songwriting credit due to its sample. It was partially recorded in Los Angeles and in the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. "Clumsy" is a pop, bubblegum pop and R&B song. The song's lyrics about being clumsy and in love flow alongside its computerized and bleeping beat taken from "The Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer, as well as a sample of "The Girl Can't Help It", originally performed by Little Richard.
"Kiss Kiss" is a song by American singer Chris Brown featuring vocals and sole production from fellow American singer T-Pain from the former's second studio album, Exclusive (2007). Written by the two artists, the song was released as the album's second single on September 10, 2007 worldwide. It was later solicited to rhythm crossover radios in the United States on September 11, 2007. "Kiss Kiss" is an upbeat record that incorporates elements of R&B, hip-hop and dance music. The song's lyrics are about getting a woman's attention.