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 2008 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 5 | "Low" † | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | 178,000 | [2] [3] |
January 12 | 467,000 | [4] [5] | ||
January 19 | 232,000 | [6] [7] | ||
January 26 | [8] | |||
February 2 | 180,000 | [9] [10] | ||
February 9 | 170,000 | [11] [12] | ||
February 16 | 179,000 | [13] [14] [15] | ||
February 23 | 167,000 | [16] [15] [17] | ||
March 1 | [18] | |||
March 8 | [19] | |||
March 15 | "Love in This Club" | Usher featuring Young Jeezy | 198,000 | [20] [21] |
March 22 | "Hallelujah" | Jeff Buckley | 178,000 | [22] [23] |
March 29 | "Love in This Club" | Usher featuring Young Jeezy | [24] | |
April 5 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 219,000 | [25] [26] |
April 12 | "Touch My Body" | Mariah Carey | 286,000 | [27] [28] |
April 19 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | 217,000 | [29] [30] |
April 26 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 223,000 | [31] [32] |
May 3 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | 202,000 | [33] [34] |
May 10 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 236,000 | [35] [36] |
May 17 | 217,000 | [37] [38] | ||
May 24 | "Take a Bow" | Rihanna | 267,000 | [39] [40] |
May 31 | 196,000 | [41] [42] | ||
June 7 | "The Time of My Life" | David Cook | 236,000 | [43] [44] |
June 14 | "Viva la Vida" | Coldplay | 219,000 | [45] [46] |
June 21 | 253,000 | [47] [48] | ||
June 28 | 246,000 | [49] [50] | ||
July 5 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | 235,000 | [51] [52] |
July 12 | 206,000 | [53] [54] | ||
July 19 | 191,000 | [55] [56] | ||
July 26 | 177,000 | [57] [58] [59] | ||
August 2 | 166,000 | [60] [61] | ||
August 9 | 151,000 | [62] [63] | ||
August 16 | "Disturbia" | Rihanna | 140,000 | [64] [65] |
August 23 | 148,000 | [66] [67] | ||
August 30 | "Crush" | David Archuleta | 166,000 | [68] [69] |
September 6 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. | 205,000 | [70] [71] |
September 13 | 176,000 | [72] [73] | ||
September 20 | "So What" | Pink | 197,000 | [74] [75] |
September 27 | 253,000 | [76] [77] | ||
October 4 | 218,000 | [78] [79] | ||
October 11 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. | [80] | |
October 18 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna | 335,000 | [81] [82] |
October 25 | "Womanizer" | Britney Spears | 286,000 | [83] [84] |
November 1 | 201,000 | [85] [86] | ||
November 8 | "If I Were a Boy" | Beyoncé | 190,000 | [87] [88] |
November 15 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna | 184,000 | [89] [90] |
November 22 | "Heartless" | Kanye West | 201,000 | [91] [92] |
November 29 | "If I Were a Boy" | Beyoncé | 170,000 | [93] [94] |
December 6 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | 204,000 | [95] [96] | |
December 13 | 228,000 | [97] [98] | ||
December 20 | "Circus" | Britney Spears | 212,000 | [99] [100] |
December 27 | 153,000 | [101] [102] | ||
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.
"Low" is the debut single by American rapper and singer Flo Rida featuring fellow American rapper and singer T-Pain, from the former's debut studio album Mail on Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. An official remix was released and features Pitbull and is a track to Flo Rida's mixtape The Flo Rida Cash Cartel. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a song recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. The song, co-written by Rucker and Clay Mills, was released in May 2008 as Rucker's first single from his album Learn to Live. The song made Rucker the first new individual black artist to chart a number one country hit since Charley Pride's "Night Games" reached the top of the charts in September 1983.
"Whatever You Like" is a song by the American rapper T.I., released as the lead single from his sixth studio album, Paper Trail (2008). The song was written by T.I. and David Siegel, alongside the song's producer Jim Jonsin. "Whatever You Like" served as the third single from Paper Trail in the United Kingdom with a release date of June 1, 2009.
R.O.O.T.S. is the second studio album by American rapper Flo Rida. It was released on March 24, 2009, by Poe Boy Entertainment and Atlantic Records.
"Stuck Like Glue" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released July 26, 2010 as the first single from their album The Incredible Machine, released October 19, 2010. "Stuck Like Glue" debuted at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 7, 2010, and debuted at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following week. It went on to sell 2,629,000 digital copies by May 2013. The song was written by Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Kevin Griffin and Shy Carter.
"Good Feeling" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida from his 2012 EP of the same name, also appearing on his fourth studio album, Wild Ones. It was released as the album's lead single on August 29, 2011, in the United States. The song was written by Flo Rida, Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Breyan Isaac, Arash Pournouri, Avicii, Etta James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods. It was also produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut.
"Home" is the debut single and coronation song from American Idol season 11 winner Phillip Phillips. The song was co-written by Drew Pearson and Greg Holden, and produced by Drew Pearson. Phillips first performed the song on the season's final performance night on May 22, 2012, and then again on the finale after he was declared the winner. His recording of "Home" was released as a single on May 23, 2012 and included as a track on the compilations American Idol Season Finale - Season 11 EP and Journey to the Finale released at the same time. The song was also included on his debut album, The World from the Side of the Moon, released later in November that year.