Hot Digital Songs

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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 107 number one songs and its current number one as of the issue dated March 3, 2012, is "Part of Me" by Katy Perry.[2]

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[edit] Achievements

[edit] Songs with most weeks at number one

  • 13 weeks
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007-08)
  • 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 featuring Jamie Foxx – "Gold Digger" (2005)
  • 8 weeks
50 Cent featuring Olivia – "Candy Shop" (2005)
  • 7 weeks
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day" (2006)
Eminem featuring Rihanna - "Love The Way You Lie" (2010)
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West - "E.T." (2011)

[edit] Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Rihanna (11)[3]
2. Katy Perry (7)
3. Eminem (6) (tie)
3. Britney Spears (6) (tie)
5. The Black Eyed Peas (5) (tie)
5. Justin Timberlake (5) (tie)

[edit] Top 5 single-week download sellers[4][5]

1. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
2. Kesha – "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010
3. Bruno Mars – "Grenade" (559,000) January 8, 2011
4. Katy Perry – "Firework" (509,000) January 8, 2011
4. Lady Gaga - "Born This Way" (509,000) March 5, 2011

[edit] Artists with most weeks at number one

1. Rihanna (32)
2. Katy Perry (27)
3. The Black Eyed Peas (26)
4. Flo Rida (19)
4. Kanye West (19)

[edit] Self-replacement at number one

[edit] Additional achievements

  • Katy Perry holds the record for most digital number-ones from one album, with five. From her album Teenage Dream: "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" have all topped the chart.
  • Katy Perry is the first artist in digital history to top 300K in weekly sales with six different songs. She has done it with "Hot N Cold," "California Gurls," "Firework", "E.T.", "The One That Got Away" and "Part Of Me".[6]
  • Rihanna was named the Hot Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.[7]
  • "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain was named the Top Hot Digital Song of the 2000s decade.[8]
  • David Cook holds the record for debuts and total songs charting in one week with 14 [9]
  • Gwen Stefani's song, "Hollaback Girl", was the first song in its history to surpass one million downloads.[10]
  • The 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 over 7,000,000.[11]
  • Flo Rida's song "Right Round" holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a digital song with 636,000 downloads.[12]
  • Kesha's song "Tik Tok" holds the record for the largest sales week for a female artist with 610,000 downloads.[13]
  • Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way" holds the record for the largest debut for a female artist with sales of 448,000 digital downloads in its first week of release with three days only in sale.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • The Black Eyed Peas' song "Boom Boom Pow" holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a group for a digital song with 465,000 downloads.[16]
  • Michael Jackson is the only artist to sell over one million downloads in one week.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Billboard updated album charts". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Digital+Tracks&page=2. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
  2. ^ Caulfield, Keith (2012-02-22). "Whitney Houston Has No. 2 Album, Grammys Push Big Gains on Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/whitney-houston-has-no-2-album-grammys-push-1006248552.story. Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  3. ^ Caulfield, Keith (2011-10-26). "Casting Crowns Scores Top Billboard 200 Debut, Adele Back at No. 1". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/casting-crowns-scores-top-billboard-200-1005437632.story. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  4. ^ Caulfield, Keith (2010-12-29). "Christmas Lights Up Billboard Sales Charts". Billboard. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts-articles/chart-alert/christmas-lights-up-billboard-sales-charts-1004137306.story. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 
  5. ^ Trust, Gary (2011-02-24). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Grows Atop Grammy-Fueled Hot 100". Billboard (Nielson Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/#/news/lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-grows-atop-grammy-1005047042.story. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  6. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74352/week-ending-april-10-2011-songs-its-katys-world/;_ylt=AmaYREm2JEwiMphdilsGRoMPwiUv
  7. ^ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums. "Digital Songs Artist of the decade". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end#/charts-decade-end/digital-songs-artists?year=2009. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
  8. ^ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums. "Digital Songs of the decade". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end#/charts-decade-end/digital-songs?year=2009. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
  9. ^ "David Cook Sizzles With Record Chart Debuts". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808894#/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808894. Retrieved 2008-05-28. 
  10. ^ Mitchell, Gail (2005-12-17). "Green Day, 50 Cent Come Up Big In Vegas". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc) 117 (51): 21. ISSN 006-2510. 
  11. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74345/week-ending-march-20-2011-songs-the-chris-brown-matter/;_ylt=AupxVmbiOch520swapH0tiIPwiUv
  12. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/flo-rida-topples-single-week-download-mark-1003942356.story
  13. ^ Pietroluongo, Silvio (2009-12-30). "Ke$ha Sets Female Download Record". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ke-ha-sets-female-download-record-1004055801.story. Retrieved 2009-12-30. 
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/usher-s-omg-stands-pat-atop-hot-100-miley-1004094203.story
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/black-eyed-peas-score-first-no-1-on-hot-1003960617.story
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