Digital Songs

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The Digital Songs 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. It debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors.[2] 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.[3] The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.[4]

The chart's current number one as of the issue dated May 14, 2016 is "Purple Rain" by Prince and The Revolution.[5]

Song records

Songs with most weeks at number one

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007–08)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk" (2015)
Pharrell Williams - "Happy" (2014)
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)
Gwen Stefani – "Hollaback Girl" (2005)
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx – "Gold Digger" (2005)
50 Cent featuring Olivia – "Candy Shop" (2005)
Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe" (2012)
Meghan Trainor – "All About That Bass" (2014)
Daniel Powter – "Bad Day" (2006)
Eminem featuring Rihanna – "Love the Way You Lie" (2010)
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West – "E.T." (2011)
Fun featuring Janelle Monáe – "We Are Young" (2012)
Taylor Swift - "Blank Space" (2014–15)
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again" (2015)
Adele – "Hello" (2015–16)

Top 10 single-week download sellers

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

Top-10 biggest debuts

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 4, 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

Song achievements

Album records

Artist records

Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Rihanna (14)[22]
2. Katy Perry (10)
2. Taylor Swift (10)
3. Eminem (9)
4. Britney Spears (7)
4. Bruno Mars (7)
4. Drake (7)

Artists with most weeks at number one

1. Rihanna (40)
2. Katy Perry (36)
3. Taylor Swift (29)
4. Bruno Mars (27)
5. The Black Eyed Peas (26)

Self-replacement at number one

Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

  1. "Don't Forget About Us"
  2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
  2. "If I Were a Boy"
  1. "I Gotta Feeling"
  2. "Boom Boom Pow"
  1. "Tik Tok"
  2. "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3)
  1. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
  2. "Ronan"
  1. "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
  2. "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX) (songs switched positions on June 7, 2014)
  1. "Out of the Woods"
  2. "Shake It Off"
  1. "Purple Rain"
  2. "When Doves Cry"

Artist achievements

See also

References

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