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The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.

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 of the dramatic rise in popularity of the digital market while commercial single sales were becoming negligible.[1] The chart has had ninety-nine number one songs and its current number one as of the issue dated October 16, 2010 is "Like a G6" by Far East Movement.

Achievements==

Songs with most weeks at number one

  • 13 weeks
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain - "Low" (2007-2008)
  • 10 weeks
Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
  • 9 weeks
Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" (2005)
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - "Gold Digger" (2005)
  • 8 weeks
50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Candy Shop" (2005)

Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Rihanna (8)
2. Black Eyed Peas (5) (tie)
2. Beyoncé (5) (tie)
2. Justin Timberlake (5) (tie)
2. Eminem (5) (tie)

Top 5 single-week download sellers[2]

1. Flo Rida - "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
2. Kesha - "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010
3. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain - "Low" (467,000) January 12, 2008
4. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000) April 18, 2009
5. Flo Rida - "Right Round" (460,000) March 7, 2009

Artists with most weeks at number one

1. Rihanna (28)
2. Black Eyed Peas (26)
3. Flo Rida (19)
4. T-Pain (15)
5. Timbaland (13) (tie)
5. Katy Perry (13) (tie)

Self-replacement at number one

Additional achievements

  • David Cook holds the record for debuts and total songs charting in one week with 14 [3]
  • Gwen Stefani's song, "Hollaback Girl", was the first song in its history to surpass one million downloads.
  • Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" holds the record for biggest selling digitally downloaded song of all time, with current U.S. digital sales of 6,000,000[4]
  • Flo Rida's song "Right Round" holds the record for the biggest and the largest debut sales week for a digital song with 636,000 downloads.
  • Kesha's song "Tik Tok" holds the record for the largest sales week for a female artist with 610,000 downloads.
  • Taylor Swift's song "Today Was a Fairytale" holds the record for the largest debut for a female artist with sales of 325,000 digital downloads in its first week of release.
  • Miley Cyrus is the youngest female artist to debut at number one with 226,000 downloads with her song "Party in the USA". It also holds the record for most weeks at #1 without topping the Hot 100.
  • Black Eyed Peas' song "Boom Boom Pow" holds the record for the biggest and largest debut sales week for a group for a digital song with 465,000 downloads.
  • Michael Jackson is the only artist to sell over one million downloads in one week.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Billboard updated album charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Pietroluongo, Silvio (2009-12-30). "Ke$ha Sets Female Download Record". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  3. ^ "David Cook Sizzles With Record Chart Debuts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/features/glee-the-billboard-cover-story-1004087809.story?tag=hpflash1#/news/black-eyed-peas-i-gotta-feeling-breaks-digital-1004088195.story
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