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{{Short description|Billboard chart}}
The '''Hot Digital Songs''' chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the [[United States]], according to ''[[Billboard magazine]]''.
{{About|the Billboard music chart|digital music|Music download}}
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The '''Digital Songs''' or '''Digital Song Sales''' chart (previously named '''Hot Digital Songs''')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5862620/pitbull-kesha-take-timber-to-top-of-hot-100|magazine=Billboard|title=Pitbull, Ke$ha Take 'Timber' to Top of Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=2014-01-08|access-date=2014-01-09}}</ref> ranks the best-selling [[Music download|digital]] songs in the United States, as compiled by [[Nielsen SoundScan]] and published by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine. Although it originally started tracking song sales the week of October 30, 2004,<ref name="First">{{Cite magazine|title=Digital Song Sales Chart - October 30, 2004|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2004-10-30|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=January 22, 2005|title=New Mix for Digital Rankings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=6|volume=117|issue=4|access-date=2024-09-28}}</ref> Its data was incorporated in the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] three weeks later. Since October 2004, digital sales have been incorporated into many of ''Billboard''{{'}}s music singles charts.<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Grein|title=Week Ending March 17, 2013. Songs: The Great Chart Robbery Of 2013|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-17-2013-songs-great-chart-220437064.html|work=Yahoo!|publisher=Yahoo!|date=2013-03-20|access-date=2013-03-21}}</ref> The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Billboard updated album charts |magazine=Billboard |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Digital+Tracks&page=2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929223841/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Digital+Tracks&page=2 |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 29, 2007 |access-date=2008-06-02}}</ref>
Beginning in February [[2005]], digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboard's music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because the digital market was more reliable than the unpopular commercial single-sales market.


The first number one song on the Digital Songs chart was "[[Just Lose It]]" by [[Eminem]].<ref name="First" /> The chart's current number one as of the issue dated December 14, 2024, is "Winter Ahead" by [[V (singer)|V]] with [[Park Hyo-shin]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2024-12-14/|title=Digital Song Sales (Week of December 14, 2024|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214132334/https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2024-12-14/|archive-date=December 14, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>
==Most downloads sold==
[[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]] hold the record for the most downloads sold in one week, when "[[Hips Don't Lie]]" sold over 267,000 digital downloads during its second week on the chart in June 2006. This made the single platinum within its first week as a downloadable single (it debuted at number 38 in its first week due to an awkward release date). It was also the fastest-selling digital single of all time, selling one million copies in just nine weeks.


==Song records==
[[Daniel Powter]]'s "[[Bad Day]]" holds the record for the most digital downloads with sales over 1.8 million as of September 2006.
===Songs with most weeks at number one in sales===
*'''18 weeks'''
:[[BTS]] – "[[Dynamite (BTS song)|Dynamite]]" (2020–21)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/04/05/btss-dynamite-breaks-the-all-time-record-for-most-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-sales-chart/|title=BTS's 'Dynamite' Breaks The All-Time Record For Most Weeks At No. 1 On The Sales Chart|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=April 5, 2021|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210405170824/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/04/05/btss-dynamite-breaks-the-all-time-record-for-most-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-sales-chart/|archive-date=April 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref>
:BTS – "[[Butter (song)|Butter]]" (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/12/13/btss-butter-ties-the-all-time-record-for-the-most-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-sales-chart/|title=BTS's 'Butter' Ties The All-Time Record For The Most Weeks At No. 1 On The Sales Chart|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=December 13, 2021|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213215559/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/12/13/btss-butter-ties-the-all-time-record-for-the-most-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-sales-chart/|archive-date=December 13, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
*'''17 weeks'''
:[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] – "[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito]]" (2017)
*'''16 weeks'''
:[[Lil Nas X]] featuring [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] – "[[Old Town Road#Billy Ray Cyrus remix|Old Town Road]]" (2019)
*'''15 weeks'''
:[[Shaboozey]] – "[[A Bar Song (Tipsy)]]" (2024)<ref name="Shaboozey">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-squabble-up-hot-100-number-one-debut/|title='Squabble Up' Debuts Atop Hot 100, as Kendrick Lamar Lands Entire Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=December 2, 2024|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref>
*'''13 weeks'''
:[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] – "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" (2007–2008)
:[[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Bruno Mars]] – "[[Uptown Funk]]" (2015)
:[[The Chainsmokers]] featuring [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] – "[[Closer (Chainsmokers song)|Closer]]" (2016)
*'''11 weeks'''
:[[Pharrell Williams]] – "[[Happy (Pharrell Williams song)|Happy]]" (2014)
*'''10 weeks'''
:[[The Black Eyed Peas]] – "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" (2009)
:The Black Eyed Peas – "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" (2009)
:[[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] featuring [[Wanz]] – "[[Thrift Shop]]" (2013)
:[[Robin Thicke]] featuring [[T.I.]] and Pharrell – "[[Blurred Lines]]" (2013)
:[[Justin Timberlake]] – "[[Can't Stop the Feeling!]]" (2016)
:[[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Shape of You]]" (2017)
:[[Lady Gaga]] and [[Bradley Cooper]] – "[[Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)|Shallow]]" (2018–2019)


===Top 10 single-week download sellers===
Other songs with over a million in digital downloads to date include [[James Blunt]]'s "[[You're Beautiful]]," [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "[[Since U Been Gone]]," [[Sean Paul]]'s "[[Temperature (song)|Temperature]]," [[Natasha Bedingfield]]'s "[[Unwritten (song)|Unwritten]]," [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]," [[The Pussycat Dolls]]'s "[[Don't Cha]]," [[Nickelback]]'s "[[Photograph (Nickelback song)|Photograph]]," [[Kanye West]]'s "[[Gold Digger]]," [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]," [[Shakira]]'s "[[Hips Don't Lie]]," [[Nelly Furtado]]'s "[[Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous]]," [[Cascada]]'s "[[Everytime We Touch (song)|Everytime We Touch]]," [[Chamillionaire]]'s "[[Ridin']]," [[Rihanna]]'s "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]," [[All American Rejects]]' "[[Dirty Little Secret]]" and "[[Move Along (song)|Move Along]]," [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' "[[Dani California]]," and [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]"
:1. [[Adele]] – "[[Hello (Adele song)|Hello]]" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|title=Adele Says 'Hello' to No. 1 Hot 100 Debut; First Song to Sell 1 Million Downloads in a Week|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6746355/adele-hello-no-1-hot-100-debut-one-million-downloads-week|magazine=Billboard|date=2015-11-02|access-date=2015-11-02}}</ref>
:2. [[Flo Rida]] – "[[Right Round]]" (636,000) February 28, 2009
:3. Adele – "Hello" (635,000) November 21, 2015<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|title=Adele's 'Hello' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week; Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor Hit Top 10|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6754159/adele-hello-hot-100-second-week|magazine=Billboard|date=2015-11-09|access-date=2015-11-09}}</ref>
:4. [[Taylor Swift]] – "[[We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]]" (623,000) September 1, 2012<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Official: Taylor Swift's 'Never' Song Sells 623,000; Sets Female Digital Record|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480323/official-taylor-swifts-never-song-sells-623000-sets-female-digital-record|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2012-08-21|access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>
:5. [[Kesha]] – "[[Tik Tok (song)|Tik Tok]]" (610,000) January 9, 2010
:6. Taylor Swift – "[[I Knew You Were Trouble]]" (582,000) January 12, 2013<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Taylor Swift's 'Red,' 'Les Mis' Soundtrack Lead Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481616/taylor-swifts-red-les-mis-soundtrack-lead-billboard-200-chart|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2013-01-03|access-date=2013-01-03}}</ref>
:7. [[Bruno Mars]] – "[[Grenade (song)|Grenade]]" (559,000) January 8, 2011
:8. [[Katy Perry]] – "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]" (557,000) August 31, 2013<ref name="roar">{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Luke Bryan Nets No. 1 Album, Katy Perry's 'Roar' Tops Digital Songs|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5659205/luke-bryan-nets-no-1-album-katy-perrys-roar-tops-digital-songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2013-08-21|access-date=2013-08-21}}</ref>
:9. Taylor Swift – "[[Shake It Off]]" (544,000) September 6, 2014<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Wiz Khalifa Earns First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229430/wiz-khalifa-number-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-shake-it-off|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2014-08-27|access-date=2014-08-27}}</ref>
:10. [[Gotye]] featuring [[Kimbra]] – "[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]" (542,000) April 28, 2012<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' Hits No. 1 on Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/493600/lionel-richies-tuskegee-hits-no-1-on-billboard-200|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2012-04-18|access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref>


===Biggest first-week sales===
"Hollaback Girl" was the first single to sell over a million downloads.
:1. [[Adele]] – "[[Hello (Adele song)|Hello]]" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015
:2. [[Flo Rida]] – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
:3. [[Taylor Swift]] – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012
:4. [[Katy Perry]] – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013
:5. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014
:6. [[Justin Bieber]] – "[[Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)|Boyfriend]]" (521,000) April 14, 2012
:7. [[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Wiz Khalifa]] – "[[Payphone (song)|Payphone]]" (493,000) May 5, 2012
:8. The Black Eyed Peas – "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" (465,000) April 18, 2009
:9. Lady Gaga – "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]" (448,000) February 26, 2011
:10. [[Ariana Grande]] featuring [[Iggy Azalea]] – "[[Problem (Ariana Grande song)|Problem]]" (438,000) May 17, 2014

===Biggest jump to number one===
*66–1: [[will.i.am]] and [[Britney Spears]] – "[[Scream & Shout]]" (December 15, 2012)
*57–1: [[Zac Efron]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]] and [[Drew Seeley]] – "[[Breaking Free]]" (February 11, 2006)
*50–1: [[Taio Cruz]] featuring [[Ludacris]] – "[[Break Your Heart]]" (March 20, 2010)
*50–1: [[Lee Greenwood]] – "[[God Bless the U.S.A.]]" (July 18, 2020)
*44–1: [[Beyoncé]] – "[[Cuff It]]" (February 17, 2023)
*42–1: [[Wiz Khalifa]] featuring [[Charlie Puth]] – "[[See You Again]]" (April 18, 2015)
*38–1: [[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]] – "[[Hips Don't Lie]]" (June 17, 2006)
*35–1: [[Kelly Clarkson]] – "[[Piece by Piece (song)|Piece by Piece]]" (March 19, 2016)
*34–1: [[J Balvin]] and [[Willy William]] featuring Beyoncé – "[[Mi Gente (J Balvin and Willy William song)#Beyoncé remix|Mi Gente]]" (October 21, 2017)
*33–1: [[Billie Eilish]] – "[[No Time to Die (song)|No Time to Die]]" (February 29, 2020)
*28–1: [[Katy Perry]] – "[[Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)]]" (July 2, 2011)

===Longest climb to number one===
*'''33 weeks'''
:[[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Levitating (song)|Levitating]]" (2021)
*'''26 weeks'''
:[[The All-American Rejects]] – "[[Dirty Little Secret]]" (2005–2006)
*'''25 weeks'''
:[[The Fray]] – "[[How to Save a Life]]" (2006)
:[[Train (band)|Train]] – "[[Hey, Soul Sister]]" (2009–2010)
*'''24 weeks'''
:[[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]] – "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" (2008–2009)
*'''23 weeks'''
:[[Adele]] – "[[Set Fire to the Rain]]" (2011–2012)
*'''22 weeks'''
:[[Beyoncé]] – "[[Cuff It]]" (2022-2023)
*'''20 weeks'''
:[[Cardi B]], [[Bad Bunny]] and [[J Balvin]] — "[[I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song)|I Like It]]" (2018)

Source:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472354/drake-in-my-feelings-hot-100-number-one-seventh-week|title=Drake's 'In My Feelings' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Hits Top 10|magazine=Billboard|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>

===Biggest drop from number one===
*1–38: [[Jordan Smith (musician)|Jordan Smith]] – "[[Mary, Did You Know?]]" (January 9, 2016)
*1–28: [[The Weeknd]] – "[[Heartless (The Weeknd song)|Heartless]]" (December 21, 2019)
*1–19: [[Glee Cast]] – "[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream]]" (December 4, 2010)
*1–19: [[Prince & the Revolution]] – "[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]" (May 21, 2016)

===Song achievements===
* "[[Party in the U.S.A.]]" by [[Miley Cyrus]] and "[[Gangnam Style]]" by [[Psy]] hold the record of most weeks at number one on Digital Songs without topping the overall [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], with six weeks each.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958016/ushers-omg-stands-pat-atop-hot-100-miley-tames-top-10|title=Usher's 'OMG' Stands Pat Atop Hot 100, Miley Tames Top 10|last=Pietroluongo|first=Silvio|date=May 27, 2010|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228230824/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958016/ushers-omg-stands-pat-atop-hot-100-miley-tames-top-10|archive-date=February 28, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref>
* "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" by [[The Black Eyed Peas]] holds the record for the biggest-selling digital download in the U.S., with sales of over 8 million copies by 2012. The song was the first to surpass 6–8 million downloads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-june-24-2012-songs-elton-peas-214235458.html|title= Week Ending June 24, 2012. Songs: Elton & The Peas|date=June 27, 2012|work=Yahoo Music Chart Watch|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref>
*"[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] was the first song to surpass 4–5 million downloads. It was also named the Top Digital Song of the 2000s decade.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end#/charts-decade-end/digital-songs?year=2009|title=Digital Songs of the decade|magazine=Billboard.com|access-date=2011-02-05}}</ref>
* [[Soulja Boy]]'s "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]" was the first song to surpass 3 million downloads.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grein|first=Paul|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-june-23-2013-songs-miley-comeback-202517109.html |title=Week Ending June 23, 2013. Songs: Miley's Comeback Hit &#124; Chart Watch (NEW) - Yahoo Music|publisher=Music.yahoo.com|date=2013-06-26|access-date=2013-11-09}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Powter]]'s "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" was the first song to surpass 2 million downloads.<ref>[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-thank-you-daniel-powter.html;_ylt=AvOz23nrwbDCQ7mkzANsEDYPwiUv;_ylu=X3oDMTFmb25kbm9vBG1pdANNdXNpYyBCbG9nIEluZGV4BHBvcwMxMjgEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0luZGV4;_ylg=X3oDMTFpMm9iMzh1BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANibG9nBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3#more-id Chart Watch Extra: Thank You, Daniel Powter | Chart Watch - Yahoo! Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* "[[Hollaback Girl]]" by [[Gwen Stefani]] was the first song in history to surpass 1 million downloads.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|issn=0006-2510|volume=117|issue=51|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|title=Green Day, 50 Cent Come Up Big In Vegas|date=2005-12-17|page=21}}</ref>
* "[[Right Round]]" by [[Flo Rida]] holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a male for a digital song with 636,000 downloads.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269390/flo-rida-topples-single-week-download-mark |title=Flo Rida Topples Single-Week Download Mark |magazine=Billboard |date=2008-01-12 |access-date=2013-11-09}}</ref>
* "[[Rolling in the Deep]]" by [[Adele]] holds the record for the most digitally downloaded song in a calendar year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-07|title=Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Adele break World Records with digital music sales|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/9/rihanna-lady-gaga-and-adele-break-world-records-with-digital-music-sales-44685|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref>
* "[[Payphone (song)|Payphone]]" by [[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Wiz Khalifa]] holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a group for a digital song with 493,000 downloads.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Billboard 200: Lionel Richie Holds Off Jason Mraz, Stays At No. 1|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/490731/billboard-200-lionel-richie-holds-off-jason-mraz-stays-at-no-1|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2012-04-25|access-date=2012-04-25}}</ref>
* "[[We Are Young]]" by [[Fun (band)|Fun.]] featuring [[Janelle Monáe]] is the first song to log seven weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.<ref>
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* "[[Thrift Shop (song)|Thrift Shop]]" by [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] featuring [[Wanz]] is the first song to log eight and nine weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Luke Bryan Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1551746/luke-bryan-scores-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-13}}</ref>
* "[[Blurred Lines]]" by [[Robin Thicke]] featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]] is the first song to log 10 weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales and the first song to log four weeks of 400,000 or more in digital sales.
* "[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]" by [[Gotye]] featuring [[Kimbra]] is the first song to log three weeks of 400,000 or more in digital sales.
* "[[Hello (Adele song)|Hello]]" by [[Adele]] holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a digital song with 1.112 million downloads and the largest non-debut sales week for a digital song with 635,000 downloads. It is additionally the only song in history to debut with or achieve 1 million downloads sold in a week, and to log two weeks of 600,000 in digital sales. It surpassed the 4 million mark in its thirteenth week, faster than any other song in digital history.
* "[[Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me]]" by [[Bill Withers]] is the oldest song to reach number one on the Digital Songs chart. The song was released on April 21, 1972, and reached the top, following Withers' death, on the chart dated April 18, 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9358269/bill-withers-top-two-best-selling-songs-week|title=Bill Withers Has Top 2 Best-Selling Songs of the Week|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>

== Album records==
* ''[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album)|Teenage Dream]]'' (2010) by [[Katy Perry]] holds the record for most digital number-ones from an album, with five. "[[California Gurls]]" featuring [[Snoop Dogg]], "[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream]]," "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]," "[[E.T. (song)|E.T]]." featuring [[Kanye West]] and "[[Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)]]" all topped the chart.
*Four albums by [[Taylor Swift]] had four digital number-ones each on the chart: "[[Shake It Off]]", "[[Blank Space]]", "[[Out of the Woods (song)|Out of the Woods]]", and "[[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]" from ''[[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]'' (2014); "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]", "[[...Ready for It?]]", "[[Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song)|Gorgeous]]", and "[[Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)|Call It What You Want]]" from ''[[Reputation (Taylor Swift album)|Reputation]]'' (2017); "[[Me!]]", "[[You Need to Calm Down]]", "[[Lover (Taylor Swift song)|Lover]]", and "[[Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift song)|Cruel Summer]]" from ''[[Lover (album)|Lover]]'' (2019); and "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]", [[Question...?]]", "[[Hits Different]]", and "[[You're Losing Me]]" from ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022).

== Artist records==

===Most number-one hits===
:1. [[Taylor Swift]] (29)<ref name="TaylorSwift">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/hds/|title=Taylor Swift - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=April 29, 2024}}</ref>
:2. [[Nicki Minaj]] (17)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nicki-minaj/chart-history/hds/|title=Nicki Minaj - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
:3. [[Rihanna]] (14)<ref name="Rihanna">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/chart-history/hds/|title=Rihanna - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>
:4. [[Justin Bieber]] (13) (tie)<ref name="JustinBieber">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/justin-bieber/chart-history/hds/|title=Justin Bieber - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>
:4. [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] (13) (tie)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake/chart-history/hds/|title=Drake - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>
:6. [[BTS]] (12) (tie)<ref name="BTS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/BTS/chart-history/hds/|title=BTS - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>
:6. [[Beyoncé]] (12) (tie)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/chart-history/hds/|title=Beyoncé - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 20, 2024}}</ref>
:6. [[Eminem]] (12) (tie)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/post-malone-morgan-wallen-eminem-hot-100-top-10/|title=Post Malone & Morgan Wallen Lead Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, Eminem Debuts at No. 2|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 10, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>
:9. [[Katy Perry]] (11)<ref name="KatyPerry">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/katy-perry/chart-history/hds/|title=Katy Perry - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>
:10. [[Bruno Mars]] (10)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bruno-mars/chart-history/hds/|title=Bruno Mars - Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref>
<!--:11. [[Ariana Grande]] (9) (tie)
:11. [[Lady Gaga]] (9) (tie)
:13. [[Britney Spears]] (8)-->

===Most weeks at number one===
:1. [[Taylor Swift]] (54)<ref name="TaylorSwift"/>
:2. [[BTS]] (49)<ref name="BTS"/>
:3. [[Rihanna]] (40)<ref name="Rihanna"/>
:4. [[Katy Perry]] (37)<ref name="KatyPerry"/>
:5. [[Justin Bieber]] (33)<ref name="JustinBieber"/>
<!--:6. [[Beyoncé]] (30)
:6. [[Bruno Mars]] (30)-->

===Self-replacement at number one===
*[[Mariah Carey]] – "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" (two non-consecutive weeks) → "[[Don't Forget About Us]]" (one week) (December 31, 2005)
*[[T.I.]] – "[[Whatever You Like]]" (one week) → "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]" ''(T.I. featuring [[Rihanna]])'' (one week) (October 18, 2008)
*[[Beyoncé]] – "[[If I Were a Boy]]" (one week) → "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" (two weeks) (December 6, 2008)
*[[The Black Eyed Peas]] – "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" (ten weeks) → "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" (ten weeks) (June 27, 2009)
*[[Glee (TV series)|''Glee'' Cast]] – "[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream]]" (one week) → "[[Fuck You (CeeLo Green song)|Forget You]]" (one week) (December 4, 2010)
*[[Iggy Azalea]] – "[[Problem (Ariana Grande song)|Problem]]" ''([[Ariana Grande]] featuring Iggy Azalea)'' (three weeks) → "[[Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)|Fancy]]" ''(Iggy Azalea featuring [[Charli XCX]])'' (four weeks) (June 7, 2014)
*[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Shake It Off]]" (four non-consecutive weeks) → "[[Out of the Woods (song)|Out of the Woods]]" (one week) (November 1, 2014)
*[[Jordan Smith (musician)|Jordan Smith]] – "[[Somebody to Love (Queen song)|Somebody to Love]]" (one week) → "[[Mary, Did You Know?]]" (one week) (January 2, 2016)
*[[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – "[[Pop Style]]" ''(Drake featuring The Throne)'' (one week) → "[[One Dance]]" ''(Drake featuring [[Wizkid (musician)|Wizkid]] and [[Kyla (British singer)|Kyla]])'' (one week) (April 30, 2016)
* [[Justin Bieber]] – "[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito]]" ''([[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring Justin Bieber)'' (seventeen non-consecutive weeks) → "[[I'm the One (DJ Khaled song)|I'm the One]]" ''([[DJ Khaled]] featuring Justin Bieber, [[Quavo]], [[Chance the Rapper]] and [[Lil Wayne]])'' (one week) (May 20, 2017)
* Taylor Swift – "[[Look What You Made Me Do]]" (one week) → "[[...Ready for It?]]" (one week) (September 23, 2017)
* Drake – "[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]" (eight non-consecutive weeks) → "[[Nice for What]]" (one week) (April 21, 2018)
* [[BTS]] – "[[Dynamite (BTS song)|Dynamite]]" (eighteen non-consecutive weeks) → "[[Film Out]]" (one week) (April 17, 2021)
* BTS – "[[Butter (song)|Butter]]" (seven consecutive weeks) → "[[Permission to Dance]]" (one week) (July 24, 2021)
* BTS – "Permission to Dance" (one week) → "Butter" (eight non-consecutive weeks) (July 31, 2021)
* BTS – "Butter" (seventeen non-consecutive weeks) → "[[My Universe (song)|My Universe]]" ''([[Coldplay]] and BTS)'' (one week) (October 9, 2021)
* [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Blick Blick]]" ''([[Coi Leray]] and Nicki Minaj)'' (one week) → "[[We Go Up (Nicki Minaj song)|We Go Up]]" ''(Nicki Minaj featuring [[Fivio Foreign]])'' (one week) (April 9, 2022)
* [[Morgan Wallen]] – "[[Thought You Should Know (Morgan Wallen song)|Thought You Should Know]]" (one week) → "[[You Proof]]" (one week) (May 28, 2022)
* [[Jimin]] – "[[Set Me Free Pt. 2]]" (one week) → "[[Like Crazy (song)|Like Crazy]]" (two weeks) (April 8, 2023)
* [[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Eyes Closed (Ed Sheeran song)|Eyes Closed]]" (one week) → "Life Goes On" ''(Ed Sheeran featuring [[Luke Combs]])'' (one week) (May 27, 2023)

===Simultaneously occupying the top two positions===
*'''Mariah Carey''': December 31, 2005
#"Don't Forget About Us"
#"All I Want for Christmas Is You"
*'''Beyoncé''': December 6, 2008
#"[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]"
#"[[If I Were a Boy]]"
*'''The Black Eyed Peas''': June 27, 2009 through July 4, 2009
#"I Gotta Feeling"
#"Boom Boom Pow"
*'''Kesha''': January 23, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-01-23/digital-songs|title=Digital Songs: Jan 23, 2010|work=Billboard.com|access-date=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
#"Tik Tok"
#"[[Blah Blah Blah (Kesha song)|Blah Blah Blah]]" ''(featuring [[3OH!3]])''
*'''Taylor Swift''': September 22, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-09-22/digital-songs|title=Digital Songs: Sep 22, 2012|work=Billboard.com|access-date=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
#"[[We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]]"
#"[[Ronan (song)|Ronan]]"
*'''Iggy Azalea:''' May 17, 2014 through June 21, 2014
#"Problem" ''(Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)''
#"Fancy" ''(Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)'' ''(songs switched positions on June 7, 2014)''
*'''Taylor Swift''': November 1, 2014
#"[[Out of the Woods (song)|Out of the Woods]]"
#"[[Shake It Off]]"
*'''Prince''': May 14, 2016
#"[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]"
#"[[When Doves Cry]]"
*'''Ed Sheeran''': January 28, 2017
#"[[Shape of You]]"
#"[[Castle on the Hill]]"
*'''Justin Bieber''': May 20, 2017 through May 27, 2017 and June 17, 2017, through July 1, 2017
#"[[I'm the One (DJ Khaled song)|I'm the One]]" ''(DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)''
#"[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito]]" '' (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)'' ''(songs switched positions on May 27, 2017)''
*'''Taylor Swift''': September 23, 2017
#"[[...Ready for It?]]"
#"[[Look What You Made Me Do]]"
*'''Ed Sheeran''': January 3, 2018
#"[[Perfect (Ed Sheeran song)#Releases|Perfect]]" ''(Ed Sheeran duet with Beyoncé)''
#"[[River (Eminem song)|River]]" ''(Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran)''
*'''Cardi B''': June 30, 2018 through July 14, 2018
#"[[Girls Like You]]" ''(Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B)''
#"[[I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song)|I Like It]]" ''(Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin)''
*'''Lady Gaga''': October 20, 2018
#"[[Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)|Shallow]]" ''(Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)''
#"[[I'll Never Love Again]]"
*'''Lady Gaga''': October 27, 2018 through November 3, 2018
#"Shallow" ''(Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)''
#"[[Always Remember Us This Way]]"
*'''The Weeknd''': December 14, 2019
#"[[Heartless (The Weeknd song)|Heartless]]"
#"[[Blinding Lights]]"
*'''BTS''': March 7, 2020
#"[[On (song)|On]]"
#"My Time"
*'''Kenny Rogers''': April 4, 2020
#"[[The Gambler (song)|The Gambler]]"
#"[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Islands in the Stream]]" ''(Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton)''
*'''Bill Withers''': April 18, 2020
#"[[Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me]]"
#"[[Ain't No Sunshine]]"
*'''BTS''': October 17, 2020
#"[[Dynamite (BTS song)|Dynamite]]"
#"[[Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)#BTS remix|Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)]]" ''(Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo x BTS )''
*'''BTS''': December 5, 2020
#"[[Life Goes On (BTS song)|Life Goes On]]"
# "[[Blue & Grey (song)|Blue & Grey]]"
*'''BTS''': December 19, 2020
#"[[Life Goes On (BTS song)|Life Goes On]]"
# "[[Dynamite (BTS song)|Dynamite]]"
*'''BTS''': July 24, 2021 through August 21, 2021
#"[[Permission to Dance]]"
#"[[Butter (song)|Butter]]" ''(songs switched positions on July 31, 2021)''
*'''BTS''': October 9, 2021
#"[[My Universe (song)|My Universe]]" ''([[Coldplay]] and BTS)''
#"[[Butter (song)|Butter]]"
*'''Taylor Swift''': November 5, 2022
#"[[Question...?]]"
#"[[Bigger Than the Whole Sky]]"
*'''Taylor Swift''': June 5, 2023
#"[[Hits Different]]"
#"[[Karma (Taylor Swift song)|Karma]]" ''(Taylor Swift featuring [[Ice Spice]])''
*'''Oliver Anthony Music''': August 26, 2023
#"[[Rich Men North of Richmond]]"
#"Aint Gotta Dollar"
*'''Oliver Anthony Music''': September 2, 2023
#"[[Rich Men North of Richmond]]"
#"I Want To Go Home"
*'''Beyoncé''': February 20, 2024
#"[[Texas Hold 'Em]]"
#"[[16 Carriages]]"

===Most single-week entries in the top 50===
:1. [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (21)
:2. [[BTS]] (18)
:3. [[Michael Jackson]] (17)
:4. [[Taylor Swift]] (16)
:5. [[Rihanna]] (14)
:6. [[Oliver Anthony Music]] (13)
Source:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/oliver-anthony-country-track-sales-last-week-1235397027/|title=Oliver Anthony Music Had 37% of All Country Track Sales Last Week, Led by 'Rich Men North of Richmond'|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|last2=Caulfield|first2=Keith|date=August 21, 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>

===Other achievements===
*In 2009, [[Michael Jackson]] became the first artist to sell over one million downloads in a week, with 2.6 million sales.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/fans-make-jackson-king-of-record-sales/ | title=Fans Make Jackson King of Record Sales | date=July 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Katy Perry]] became the first artist in digital history to sell 300,000 downloads with eight different songs: "[[Hot n Cold]]" (2008), "[[California Gurls]]" (2010), "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]" (2010), "[[E.T. (song)|E.T.]]" (2011), "[[The One That Got Away (Katy Perry song)|The One That Got Away]]" (2011), "[[Part of Me (Katy Perry song)|Part of Me]]" (2012), "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]" (2013), and "[[Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)|Dark Horse]]" (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74352/week-ending-april-10-2011-songs-its-katys-world/|title=Week Ending April 10, 2011. Songs: It's Katy's World|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=April 13, 2011|work=Yahoo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420083940/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74352/week-ending-april-10-2011-songs-its-katys-world/|archive-date=April 20, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Rihanna]] was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end#/charts-decade-end/digital-songs-artists?year=2009|title=Digital Songs Artist of the decade|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214163259/http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end#/charts-decade-end|archive-date=December 14, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Adele]] is the only artist to have a song earn one million downloads in a week, with "[[Hello (Adele song)|Hello]]" (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6752913/adele-hello-biggest-sales-week-elton-john-candle-wind-1997|title=Adele's 'Hello' Has Biggest Sales Week for a Single Since Elton John's Princess Diana Tribute in 1997|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|last2=Caulfield|first2=Keith|date=November 4, 2015|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709200834/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6752913/adele-hello-biggest-sales-week-elton-john-candle-wind-1997|archive-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ed Sheeran]] is the first artist to debut two songs at the top two spots for the same week: "[[Shape of You]]" and "[[Castle on the Hill]]" (both 2017).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655347/hot-100-ed-sheeran-shape-of-you-debuts-number-one|title=Ed Sheeran Debuts Atop Hot 100 With 'Shape of You' & in Top 10 With 'Castle on the Hill'|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 17, 2017|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118143148/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655347/hot-100-ed-sheeran-shape-of-you-debuts-number-one|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Lauren Daigle]] holds the record for the highest-ever debut by a [[Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian artist]]. She achieved this when "[[You Say]]" (2018) debuted at number five on the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467018/lauren-daigle-you-say-no-1-hot-christian-songs-chart|title=Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart|last=Asker|first=Jim|date=July 25, 2018|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725235153/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467018/lauren-daigle-you-say-no-1-hot-christian-songs-chart|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>
* [[BTS]] was the first act to debut six songs in the top 10 and to occupy the top six spots for the same week. They achieved this in 2020 with "[[Life Goes On (BTS song)|Life Goes On]]", "[[Blue & Grey (song)|Blue & Grey]]", "Stay", "Telepathy", "Dis-ease" and "Fly To My Room", all tracks from their fifth Korean-language studio album, ''[[Be (BTS album)|Be]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Billboard|user=billboardcharts|number=1333776166206009345|date=December 1, 2020|title=.@BTS_twt has the top 6 best-selling songs of the week|link=no|access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Billboard|user=billboardcharts|number=1333829504792399880|date=December 1, 2020|title=As "Life Goes On" debuts at No. 1 on the #DigitalSongSales chart, BTS is the first act to rule the chart's entire top six spots simultaneously.|link=no|access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Taylor Swift]] is the only artist to have debuted ten songs in the top-10 region simultaneously and the only act to hold the entire top-10 spots of a week, achieving it with tracks from her tenth studio album, ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2022-10-31 |title=Taylor Swift Makes History as First Artist With Entire Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Anti-Hero' at No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-hot-100-top-10-anti-hero-1235163664/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Hot Digital Tracks]]
*[[Hot Digital Tracks]]
*[[Digital download]]
*[[Digital distribution]]


==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Billboard charts]]
*[http://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-songs Current ''Billboard'' Digital Songs chart]


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[[Category:Billboard charts]]

Latest revision as of 17:20, 16 December 2024

This article is about the Billboard music chart. For digital music, see Music download.

Billboard logo (From 2013)

The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart (previously named Hot Digital Songs)[1] 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,[2] it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors.[3] 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.[4] The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.[5]

The first number one song on the Digital Songs chart was "Just Lose It" by Eminem.[2] The chart's current number one as of the issue dated December 14, 2024, is "Winter Ahead" by V with Park Hyo-shin.[6]

Song records

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Songs with most weeks at number one in sales

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  • 18 weeks
BTS – "Dynamite" (2020–21)[7]
BTS – "Butter" (2021)[8]
  • 17 weeks
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (2017)
  • 16 weeks
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road" (2019)
  • 15 weeks
Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (2024)[9]
  • 13 weeks
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007–2008)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (2015)
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer" (2016)
  • 11 weeks
Pharrell Williams – "Happy" (2014)
  • 10 weeks
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop" (2013)
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell – "Blurred Lines" (2013)
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (2016)
Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (2017)
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" (2018–2019)

Top 10 single-week download sellers

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1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015[10]
2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
3. Adele – "Hello" (635,000) November 21, 2015[11]
4. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012[12]
5. Kesha – "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010
6. Taylor Swift – "I Knew You Were Trouble" (582,000) January 12, 2013[13]
7. Bruno Mars – "Grenade" (559,000) January 8, 2011
8. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013[14]
9. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014[15]
10. Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (542,000) April 28, 2012[16]

Biggest first-week sales

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1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015
2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
3. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012
4. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013
5. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014
6. Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" (521,000) April 14, 2012
7. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa – "Payphone" (493,000) May 5, 2012
8. The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000) April 18, 2009
9. Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (448,000) February 26, 2011
10. Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea – "Problem" (438,000) May 17, 2014

Biggest jump to number one

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Longest climb to number one

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  • 33 weeks
Dua Lipa – "Levitating" (2021)
  • 26 weeks
The All-American Rejects – "Dirty Little Secret" (2005–2006)
  • 25 weeks
The Fray – "How to Save a Life" (2006)
Train – "Hey, Soul Sister" (2009–2010)
  • 24 weeks
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–2009)
  • 23 weeks
Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–2012)
  • 22 weeks
Beyoncé – "Cuff It" (2022-2023)
  • 20 weeks
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin — "I Like It" (2018)

Source:[17]

Biggest drop from number one

[edit]

Song achievements

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  • "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus and "Gangnam Style" by Psy hold the record of most weeks at number one on Digital Songs without topping the overall Billboard Hot 100, with six weeks each.[18]
  • "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas holds the record for the biggest-selling digital download in the U.S., with sales of over 8 million copies by 2012. The song was the first to surpass 6–8 million downloads.[19]
  • "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain was the first song to surpass 4–5 million downloads. It was also named the Top Digital Song of the 2000s decade.[20]
  • Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the first song to surpass 3 million downloads.[21]
  • Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was the first song to surpass 2 million downloads.[22]
  • "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani was the first song in history to surpass 1 million downloads.[23]
  • "Right Round" by Flo Rida holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a male for a digital song with 636,000 downloads.[24]
  • "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele holds the record for the most digitally downloaded song in a calendar year.[25]
  • "Payphone" by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a group for a digital song with 493,000 downloads.[26]
  • "We Are Young" by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe is the first song to log seven weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.[27]
  • "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is the first song to log eight and nine weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.[28]
  • "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell is the first song to log 10 weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales and the first song to log four weeks of 400,000 or more in digital sales.
  • "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra is the first song to log three weeks of 400,000 or more in digital sales.
  • "Hello" by Adele holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a digital song with 1.112 million downloads and the largest non-debut sales week for a digital song with 635,000 downloads. It is additionally the only song in history to debut with or achieve 1 million downloads sold in a week, and to log two weeks of 600,000 in digital sales. It surpassed the 4 million mark in its thirteenth week, faster than any other song in digital history.
  • "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers is the oldest song to reach number one on the Digital Songs chart. The song was released on April 21, 1972, and reached the top, following Withers' death, on the chart dated April 18, 2020.[29]

Album records

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Artist records

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Most number-one hits

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1. Taylor Swift (29)[30]
2. Nicki Minaj (17)[31]
3. Rihanna (14)[32]
4. Justin Bieber (13) (tie)[33]
4. Drake (13) (tie)[34]
6. BTS (12) (tie)[35]
6. Beyoncé (12) (tie)[36]
6. Eminem (12) (tie)[37]
9. Katy Perry (11)[38]
10. Bruno Mars (10)[39]

Most weeks at number one

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1. Taylor Swift (54)[30]
2. BTS (49)[35]
3. Rihanna (40)[32]
4. Katy Perry (37)[38]
5. Justin Bieber (33)[33]

Self-replacement at number one

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Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

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  • Mariah Carey: December 31, 2005
  1. "Don't Forget About Us"
  2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  • Beyoncé: December 6, 2008
  1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
  2. "If I Were a Boy"
  • The Black Eyed Peas: June 27, 2009 through July 4, 2009
  1. "I Gotta Feeling"
  2. "Boom Boom Pow"
  • Kesha: January 23, 2010[40]
  1. "Tik Tok"
  2. "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3)
  • Taylor Swift: September 22, 2012[41]
  1. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
  2. "Ronan"
  • Iggy Azalea: May 17, 2014 through June 21, 2014
  1. "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
  2. "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX) (songs switched positions on June 7, 2014)
  • Taylor Swift: November 1, 2014
  1. "Out of the Woods"
  2. "Shake It Off"
  • Prince: May 14, 2016
  1. "Purple Rain"
  2. "When Doves Cry"
  • Ed Sheeran: January 28, 2017
  1. "Shape of You"
  2. "Castle on the Hill"
  • Justin Bieber: May 20, 2017 through May 27, 2017 and June 17, 2017, through July 1, 2017
  1. "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)
  2. "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (songs switched positions on May 27, 2017)
  • Taylor Swift: September 23, 2017
  1. "...Ready for It?"
  2. "Look What You Made Me Do"
  • Ed Sheeran: January 3, 2018
  1. "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran duet with Beyoncé)
  2. "River" (Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran)
  • Cardi B: June 30, 2018 through July 14, 2018
  1. "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B)
  2. "I Like It" (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin)
  • Lady Gaga: October 20, 2018
  1. "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
  2. "I'll Never Love Again"
  • Lady Gaga: October 27, 2018 through November 3, 2018
  1. "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
  2. "Always Remember Us This Way"
  • The Weeknd: December 14, 2019
  1. "Heartless"
  2. "Blinding Lights"
  • BTS: March 7, 2020
  1. "On"
  2. "My Time"
  • Kenny Rogers: April 4, 2020
  1. "The Gambler"
  2. "Islands in the Stream" (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton)
  • Bill Withers: April 18, 2020
  1. "Lean on Me"
  2. "Ain't No Sunshine"
  • BTS: October 17, 2020
  1. "Dynamite"
  2. "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" (Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo x BTS )
  • BTS: December 5, 2020
  1. "Life Goes On"
  2. "Blue & Grey"
  • BTS: December 19, 2020
  1. "Life Goes On"
  2. "Dynamite"
  • BTS: July 24, 2021 through August 21, 2021
  1. "Permission to Dance"
  2. "Butter" (songs switched positions on July 31, 2021)
  • BTS: October 9, 2021
  1. "My Universe" (Coldplay and BTS)
  2. "Butter"
  • Taylor Swift: November 5, 2022
  1. "Question...?"
  2. "Bigger Than the Whole Sky"
  • Taylor Swift: June 5, 2023
  1. "Hits Different"
  2. "Karma" (Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice)
  • Oliver Anthony Music: August 26, 2023
  1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
  2. "Aint Gotta Dollar"
  • Oliver Anthony Music: September 2, 2023
  1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
  2. "I Want To Go Home"
  • Beyoncé: February 20, 2024
  1. "Texas Hold 'Em"
  2. "16 Carriages"

Most single-week entries in the top 50

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1. Prince (21)
2. BTS (18)
3. Michael Jackson (17)
4. Taylor Swift (16)
5. Rihanna (14)
6. Oliver Anthony Music (13)

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Other achievements

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See also

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References

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