Digital Song Sales

Song records

Songs with most weeks at number one in sales

• 18 weeks
• 17 weeks
• 16 weeks
• 15 weeks
• 13 weeks
• 11 weeks
• '''10 weeks'''

  Top 10 single-week download sellers

Biggest first-week sales

Biggest jump to number one

• 66–1: will.i.am and Britney Spears – "Scream & Shout"
• 57–1: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Drew Seeley – "Breaking Free"
• 50–1: Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris – "Break Your Heart"
• 50–1: Lee Greenwood – "God Bless the U.S.A."
• 44–1: Beyoncé – "Cuff It"
• 42–1: Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again"
• 38–1: Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean – "Hips Don't Lie"
• 35–1: Kelly Clarkson – "Piece by Piece"
• 34–1: J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé – "Mi Gente"
• 33–1: Billie Eilish – "No Time to Die"
• 33-1: Brandon Lake - "Gratitude"
• 28–1: Katy Perry – "Last Friday Night "

  Longest climb to number one

• 33 weeks
• 26 weeks
• 25 weeks
• 24 weeks
• 23 weeks
• 22 weeks
• 20 weeks

Biggest drop from number one

• 1–38: Jordan Smith – "Mary, Did You Know?"
• 1–28: The Weeknd – "Heartless"
• 1–19: Glee Cast – "Teenage Dream"
• 1–19: Prince & the Revolution – "Purple Rain"

  Song achievements

• "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus and "Gangnam Style" by Psy hold the record of most weeks at number one on Digital Song Sales without topping the overall Billboard Hot 100, with six weeks each.
• "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas holds the record for the biggest-selling digital download in the U.S., with sales of over 8 million copies by 2012. The song was the first to surpass 6–8 million downloads.
• "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain was the first song to surpass 4–5 million downloads. It was also named the Top Digital Song of the 2000s decade.
• Soulja Boy's "Crank That " was the first song to surpass 3 million downloads.
• Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was the first song to surpass 2 million downloads.
• "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani was the first song in history to surpass 1 million downloads.
• "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.
• "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele holds the record for the most digitally downloaded song in a calendar year.
• "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.
• "We Are Young" by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe is the first song to log seven weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.
• "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is the first song to log eight and nine weeks of 300,000 or more in digital sales.
• "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell is the first song to log 10 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 holds the record for the largest debut/overall sales week for a digital song with 1.112 million downloads and the largest non-debut sales week for a digital song with 635,000 downloads. It is additionally the only song in history to debut with or achieve 1 million downloads sold in a week, and to log two weeks of 600,000 in digital sales. It surpassed the 4 million mark in its thirteenth week, faster than any other song in digital history.
• "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers is the oldest song to reach number one on the Digital Song Sales chart. The song was released on April 21, 1972, and reached the top, following Withers' death, on the chart dated April 18, 2020.

  Album records

• Teenage Dream by Katy Perry holds the record for most digital number-ones from an album, with five. "California Gurls" featuring Snoop Dogg, "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T." featuring Kanye West and "Last Friday Night " all topped the chart.
• Four albums by Taylor Swift had four digital number-ones each on the chart: "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Out of the Woods", and "Bad Blood" from 1989 ; "Look What You Made Me Do", "...Ready for It?", "Gorgeous", and "Call It What You Want" from Reputation ; "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", "Lover", and "Cruel Summer" from Lover ; and "Anti-Hero", Question...?", "Hits Different", and "You're Losing Me" from Midnights.

  Artist records

Most number-one hits

Most weeks at number one

Self-replacement at number one

• Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You" → "Don't Forget About Us"
• T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" '
• Beyoncé – "If I Were a Boy" → "Single Ladies "
• The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling"
• Glee Cast – "Teenage Dream" → "Forget You"
• Iggy Azalea – "Problem" ' → "Fancy" '
• Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" → "Out of the Woods"
• Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" → "Mary, Did You Know?"
• Drake – "Pop Style" ' → "One Dance" '
• Justin Bieber – "Despacito" ' → "I'm the One" '
• Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" → "...Ready for It?"
• Drake – "God's Plan" → "Nice for What"
• BTS – "Dynamite" → "Film Out"
• BTS – "Butter" → "Permission to Dance"
• BTS – "Permission to Dance" → "Butter"
• BTS – "Butter" → "My Universe" '
• Nicki Minaj – "Blick Blick" ' → "We Go Up" '
• Morgan Wallen – "Thought You Should Know" → "You Proof"
• Jimin – "Set Me Free Pt. 2" → "Like Crazy"
• Ed Sheeran – "Eyes Closed" → "Life Goes On" ''''

  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 "
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

1. "Tik Tok"
2. "Blah Blah Blah" '

• Taylor Swift: September 22, 2012

1. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
2. "Ronan"

• Iggy Azalea: May 17, 2014 through June 21, 2014

1. "Problem" '
2. "Fancy" ' '

• 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" '
2. "Despacito" '

• Taylor Swift: September 23, 2017

1. "...Ready for It?"
2. "Look What You Made Me Do"

• Ed Sheeran: January 3, 2018

1. "Perfect" '
2. "River" '

• Cardi B: June 30, 2018 through July 14, 2018

1. "Girls Like You" '
2. "I Like It" '

• Lady Gaga: October 20, 2018

1. "Shallow" '
2. "I'll Never Love Again"

• Lady Gaga: October 27, 2018 through November 3, 2018

1. "Shallow" '
2. "Always Remember Us This Way"

• The Weeknd: December 14, 2019

1. "Heartless"
2. "Blinding Lights"

• BTS: March 7, 2020

1. "On"
2. "My Time"

• Kenny Rogers: April 4, 2020

1. "The Gambler"
2. "Islands in the Stream" '

• Bill Withers: April 18, 2020

1. "Lean on Me"
2. "Ain't No Sunshine"

• BTS: October 17, 2020

1. "Dynamite"
2. "Savage Love " '

• BTS: December 5, 2020

1. "Life Goes On"
2. "Blue & Grey"

• BTS: December 19, 2020

1. "Life Goes On"
2. "Dynamite"

• BTS: July 24, 2021 through August 21, 2021

1. "Permission to Dance"
2. "Butter" '

• BTS: October 9, 2021

1. "My Universe" '
2. "Butter"

• Taylor Swift: November 5, 2022

1. "Question...?"
2. "Bigger Than the Whole Sky"

• Taylor Swift: June 5, 2023

1. "Hits Different"
2. "Karma" '

• Oliver Anthony Music: August 26, 2023

1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
2. "Aint Gotta Dollar"

• Oliver Anthony Music: September 2, 2023

1. "Rich Men North of Richmond"
2. "I Want To Go Home"

• Beyoncé''': February 20, 2024

1. "Texas Hold 'Em"
2. "16 Carriages"

   Most single-week entries in the top 50

Other achievements

• In 2009, Michael Jackson became the first artist to sell over one million downloads in a week, with 2.6 million sales.
• Katy Perry became the first artist in digital history to sell 300,000 downloads in a week with eight different songs: "Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Firework", "E.T.", "The One That Got Away", "Part of Me", "Roar", and "Dark Horse".
• Rihanna was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
• Adele is the only artist to have a song earn one million downloads in a week, with "Hello".
• Ed Sheeran is the first artist to debut two songs at the top two spots for the same week: "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill".
• Lauren Daigle holds the record for the highest-ever debut by a contemporary Christian artist. She achieved this when "You Say" debuted at number five on the chart.
• BTS was the first act to debut six songs in the top 10 and to occupy the top six spots for the same week. They achieved this in 2020 with "Life Goes On", "Blue & Grey", "Stay", "Telepathy", "Dis-ease" and "Fly To My Room", all tracks from their fifth Korean-language studio album, Be.
• Taylor Swift is the only artist to have debuted ten songs in the top-10 region simultaneously and the only act to hold the entire top-10 spots of a week, achieving it with tracks from her tenth studio album, Midnights.