Billboard Hot Digital Songs

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Charts Hot Digital Songs of Billboard magazine, list the most common in the US downloaded songs.

This chart was first published by Billboard in February 2005. The popularity of download sales of the songs had already increased before that, which Billboard took as an opportunity to raise them.

Records

Songs with the most weeks in 1st place

• 1 - 3 weeks

Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - Low (2007-08)

• 11 weeks

Pharrell Williams - Happy (2014)

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (2015)

• 10 weeks

The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (2009)

The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (2009)

• 9 weeks

Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (2005)

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger (2005)

• 8 weeks

50 Cent feat. Olivia - Candy Shop (2005)

• 7 weeks

Daniel Powter - Bad Day (2006)

Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie (2010)

Katy Perry feat. Kanye West - ET (2011)

Artist with the most number one hits

1. Rihanna (14)

2. Katy Perry (10)

2. Taylor Swift (10)

3. Eminem (9)

4. Bruno Mars (7)

4. Britney Spears (7)

5. The Black Eyed Peas (5)

5. Beyoncé (5)

5. Justin Timberlake (5)

Artist with the most weeks in 1st place

1. Rihanna (29)

2. The Black Eyed Peas (26)

2. Katy Perry (26)

4. Flo Rida (19)

4. Kanye West (19)

More records

• Rihanna was named "Hot Digital Songs Artist" of the 2000s decade.
• Low by Flo Rida feat. T-Pain was named “Top Hot Digital Song” of the 2000s.
• David Cook holds the record for most chart debuts in a week at 14.
• Gwen Stefani ' s song Hollaback Girl became the first song in history to sell over 1 million units via downloads.
• The Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling holds the record for most downloaded song of all time with download sales of over 7 million tracks in the United States.
• Flo Rida's song Right Round holds the record for the largest download sales in its debut week, with 636,000 download sales.
• Kesha's song Tik Tok holds the record for the biggest download sales by a female artist in a week, with 610,000 download sales.
• Lady Gaga's song Born This Way holds the record for largest download sales by a female artist in its debut week, with 448,000 digital units sold just three days after the song was released.
• Miley Cyrus is the youngest performer to ever debut at # 1. Her song Party in the USA debuted at number 1 with 226,000 downloads in one week, but the song did not reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 .
• Katy Perry is the first artist to sell four singles in a week, always selling over 300,000 downloads. She did this with Hot N Cold , California Gurls , Firework, and ET
• The Black Eyed Peas song Boom Boom Pow holds the record for the most download sales by a group, with 465,000 downloads in a week.
• Michael Jackson is the only performer who sold over 1 million downloads in a week.
• Katy Perry holds the record for most digital number one hits from an album, with five from her Teenage Dream album: California Gurls , Teenage Dream , Firework , ET, and Last Friday Night (TGIF) .

See also

• Billboard
• Billboard Hot 100

Individual evidence

1. ^ Billboard updated album charts . Billboard . Retrieved June 2, 2008.
2. ↑ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums: Digital Songs Artist of the decade . Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
3. ↑ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums: Digital Songs of the decade . Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
4. ↑ David Cook Sizzles With Record chart debuts . In: Billboard , Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2008. 
5. ↑ Gail Mitchell: Green Day, 50 Cent Come Up Big In Vegas . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc (Ed.): Billboard . 117, No. 51, December 17, 2005, ISSN  0006-2510 , p. 21.
6. ↑ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74345/week-ending-march-20-2011-songs-the-chris-brown-matter/;_ylt=AupxVmbiOch520swapH0tiIPwiUv
7. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/flo-rida-topples-single-week-download-mark-1003942356.story
8. ↑ Silvio Pietroluongo: Ke $ ha Sets Female Download Record . In: Billboard , Nielsen Business Media, Inc, December 30, 2009. 
9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-claims-1-000th-hot-100-no-1-with-1005036702.story#/news/lady-gaga-claims-1-000th- hot-100-no-1-with-1005036702.story
10. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/usher-s-omg-stands-pat-atop-hot-100-miley-1004094203.story
11. ↑ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74352/week-ending-april-10-2011-songs-its-katys-world/;_ylt=AmaYREm2JEwiMphdilsGRoMPwiUv
12. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/black-eyed-peas-score-first-no-1-on-hot-1003960617.story