List of number-one digital songs of 2015 (U.S.)

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The List of number-one digital songs of 2015 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling digital singles 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.

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Chart history

Key
†Indicates best-charting digital song of 2015 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weekly salesRef(s)
January 3"Uptown Funk" † Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 288,000 [2]
January 10"Blank Space" Taylor Swift 503,000 [3]
January 17"Uptown Funk" †Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars382,000 [4]
January 24341,000 [5]
January 31400,000 [6]
February 7341,000 [7]
February 14365,000 [8]
February 21319,000 [9]
February 28"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 314,000 [10]
March 7"Uptown Funk" †Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars257,000 [11]
March 14240,000 [12]
March 21210,000 [13]
March 28189,000 [14]
April 4187,000 [15]
April 11165,000 [16]
April 18"See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 168,000 [17]
April 25464,000 [18] [19]
May 2375,000 [20]
May 9316,000 [21]
May 16285,000 [22]
May 23251,000 [23]
May 30229,000 [24]
June 6"Bad Blood"Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar 385,000 [25]
June 13241,000 [26]
June 20213,000 [27]
June 27206,000 [28]
July 4173,000 [29]
July 11"Good for You" Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky 179,000 [30]
July 18"Cheerleader" OMI 170,000 [31]
July 25276,000 [32]
August 1172,000 [33]
August 8163,000 [34]
August 15"Can't Feel My Face" The Weeknd 148,000 [35]
August 22"Drag Me Down" One Direction 350,000 [36]
August 29"Can't Feel My Face"The Weeknd119,000 [37]
September 5109,000 [38]
September 12"Locked Away" R. City featuring Adam Levine 92,000 [39]
September 19"What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber 337,000 [40]
September 26159,000 [41]
October 3128,000 [42]
October 10"The Hills"The Weeknd110,000 [43]
October 17105,000 [44]
October 24"Hotline Bling" Drake 121,000 [45]
October 31"The Hills"The Weeknd189,000 [46]
November 7"Hotline Bling"Drake153,000 [47]
November 14"Hello" Adele 1,112,000 [48]
November 21635,000 [49]
November 28480,000 [50]
December 5327,000 [51]
December 12"Sorry"Justin Bieber178,000 [52]
December 19"Hello"Adele233,000 [53]
December 26"Somebody to Love" Jordan Smith 164,000 [54]

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