Digital Songs

Songs with most weeks at number one

• 17 weeks

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (2017)

• 13 weeks

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007–08)

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)

• 9 weeks

Gwen Stefani – "Hollaback Girl" (2005)

Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx – "Gold Digger" (2005)

• 8 weeks

50 Cent featuring Olivia – "Candy Shop" (2005)

Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe" (2012)

Meghan Trainor – "All About That Bass" (2014)

Ed Sheeran – "Perfect" (2017–18)

Drake – "God's Plan" (2018)

• 7 weeks

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]

Biggest first-week sales

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

Biggest jump to number one

• 66-1: will.i.am featuring 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)
• 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" (March 19, 2016)
• 34-1: J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé – "Mi Gente" (October 21, 2017)
• 28-1: Katy Perry – "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (July 2, 2011)
• 26-1: Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – "Bad Blood" (June 6, 2015)
• 23-1: Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys – "Empire State of Mind" (October 3, 2009)

Longest climb to number one

• 26 weeks

The All-American Rejects – "Dirty Little Secret" (2005–06)

• 25 weeks

The Fray – "How to Save a Life" (2006)

Train – "Hey, Soul Sister" (2009–10)

• 24 weeks

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–09)

• 23 weeks

Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–12)

Source: ^[13]

Biggest drop from number one

• 1-38: Jordan Smith – "Mary, Did You Know?" (January 9, 2016)
• 1-19: Glee Cast – "Teenage Dream" (December 4, 2010)
• 1-19: Prince & the Revolution – "Purple Rain" (May 21, 2016)

Song achievements

• "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas holds the record for biggest selling digitally downloaded song of all time, with current U.S. digital sales of over 8,000,000 copies sold. The song was also the first to pass the 6, 7 and 8 million of downloads ^[14]
• "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain was the first song to pass the 4 and 5 million of downloads. It was also named the Top Digital Song of the 2000s decade.^[15]
• Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the first song to pass the 3 million of downloads.^[16]
• Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was the first song to pass the 2 million of downloads.^[17]
• "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani was the first song in history to surpass one million downloads.^[18]
• "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.^[19]
• "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.^[20]
• "We Are Young" by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe is the first song to log seven weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.^[21]
• "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is the first song to log eight and also nine weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.^[22]
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell is the first song to log ten 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 surpassed the 4 million mark in its thirteenth week, faster than any other song in digital history.
• "Hello" by Adele holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a digital song with 1,112,000 downloads and the largest non-debut sales week for a digital song with 635,000 downloads. It is also the first song to debut with 1 million downloads sold in a week and to log two weeks of 600,000 in digital sales.

Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Taylor Swift (15) ^[23]

2. Rihanna (14)

3. Katy Perry (11)

4. Drake (10) (tie)

4. Eminem (10) (tie)

6. Bruno Mars (8) (tie)

6. Justin Bieber (8) (tie)

Artists with most weeks at number one

1. Rihanna (40)

2. Katy Perry (37)

3. Taylor Swift (35)

4. Bruno Mars (28) (tie)

4. Justin Bieber (28) (tie)

Self-replacement at number one

• Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (one week) → "Don't Forget About Us" (one week) (December 31, 2005)
• T.I. – "Whatever You Like" (one week) → "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 Cast – "Teenage Dream" (one week) → "Forget You" (one week) (December 4, 2010)
• Iggy Azalea – "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea) (three weeks) → "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX) (four weeks) (June 7, 2014)
• Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (four non-consecutive weeks) → "Out of the Woods" (one week) (November 1, 2014)
• Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" (one week) → "Mary, Did You Know?" (one week) (January 2, 2016)
• Drake – "Pop Style" (Drake featuring The Throne) (one week) → "One Dance" (Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla) (one week) (April 30, 2016)
• Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (seventeen non-consecutive weeks) → "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" (eight non-consecutive weeks) → "Nice for What" (one week) (April 21, 2018)

Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

• 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^[24]

1. "Tik Tok"
2. "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3)

• Taylor Swift: September 22, 2012^[25]

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)

Artist achievements

• Katy Perry is the first artist in digital history to top 300,000 downloads in weekly sales with eight different songs. She has done it with "Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Firework", "E.T.", "The One That Got Away", "Part of Me", "Roar", and "Dark Horse".^[26]
• Rihanna was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.^[27]
• David Cook holds the record for most debuts and total songs charting in one week with 14.^[28]
• Miley Cyrus is the youngest female artist to debut at number one with 226,000 downloads with her song "Party in the U.S.A.". "Party" is also tied with Psy's "Gangnam Style" for the record of most weeks at #1 without topping the Billboard Hot 100, with six weeks each.^[29]
• Taylor Swift is the only artist to top 500,000 downloads in weekly sales with four different songs. She has done it with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off", and "Blank Space". She also holds the record for the most number one debuts with 14 songs. ^[30]
• Adele is the first and only artist to top 1 million downloads in weekly sales with a song. She has done it with "Hello".
• Ed Sheeran is the first and only artist to debut two songs at the top two spots for the same week. He has done it with "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill".^[31]