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slobro
Member Since: 4/20/2011
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Digital Sales #1s that failed to top Hot 100
In this thread, I'll list every song that topped the Hot Digital Songs chart, but failed to top the Hot 100 due to not having enough airplay.
In case you don't know, the Hot Digital Songs ranks the best-
selling
songs, while the Hot 100 is a mix of sales and airplay (and recently, streams).
Title
Artist
Weeks @ #1 (Hot Digital Songs)
Gangnam Style
PSY
6
Party In The U.S.A.
Miley Cyrus
6
Pon de Replay
Rihanna
5
Bad Romance
Lady Gaga
4
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
4
Fergalicious
Fergie
4
This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
Fall Out Boy
4
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
3
Don't Phunk With My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas
3
Hey, Soul Sister
Train
3
I Knew You Were Trouble.
Taylor Swift
3
Problem
Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea
3
Say Something
A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
3
4 Minutes
Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake
2
Apologize
Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic
2
Circus
Britney Spears
2
Hung Up
Madonna
2
If I Were A Boy
Beyonce
2
Just The Girl
The Click Five
2
Lips Of An Angel
Hinder
2
Stay With Me
Sam Smith
2
We Are The World 25: For Haiti
Artists For Haiti
2
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
1
Back To December
Taylor Swift
1
Bang Bang
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
1
Beautiful Liar
Beyonce & Shakira
1
Begin Again
Taylor Swift
1
Best Song Ever
One Direction
1
Beverly Hills
Weezer
1
Boyfriend
Justin Bieber
1
Breaking Free
Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens
1
Burnin' It Down
Jason Aldean
1
Crush
David Archuleta
1
Dirty Little Secret
The All-American Rejects
1
Forget You
Glee Cast Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow
1
Gimme More
Britney Spears
1
Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley
1
Heartless
Kanye West
1
Home
Phillip Phillips
1
How To Save A Life
The Fray
1
I Need A Doctor
Dr. Dre Featuring Eminem & Skylar Grey
1
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
1
It Will Rain
Bruno Mars
1
Live While We're Young
One Direction
1
Mine
Taylor Swift
1
My Humps
The Black Eyed Peas
1
Out Of The Woods
Taylor Swift
1
Payphone
Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
1
Photograph
Nickelback
1
Rap God
Eminem
1
Right Above It
Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
1
Scream & Shout
will.i.am Featuring Britney Spears
1
She Will
Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
1
Smack That
Akon Feat. Eminem
1
Switch
Will Smith
1
The Sweet Escape
Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon
1
The Time Of My Life
David Cook
1
These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Jessica Simpson
1
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
1
Today Was A Fairytale
Taylor Swift
1
Turn Me On
David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj
1
When I'm Gone
Eminem
1
Wide Awake
Katy Perry
1
Rei
Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 11,360
Post #2
I'm sure The Monster went #1
Cheers
Member Since: 9/18/2011
Posts: 30,431
Post #3
Pon de Replay Rihanna
it was ROBBED.
Bounce
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 27,490
Post #4
Bad Romance
The song outsold so many #1s
TheEdgeOfGaga
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 7,689
Post #5
What blocked Party In The USA on The Hot 100?
Outlaws
Member Since: 5/19/2011
Posts: 34,328
Post #6
Quote:
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Dämon
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 26,316
Post #7
Quote:
Originally posted by
TheEdgeOfGaga
What blocked Party In The USA on The Hot 100?
Probably I Gotta Feeling.
SupahBass05
Member Since: 8/29/2012
Posts: 22,883
Post #8
Quote:
Wide Awake Katy Perry 1
Turn Me On David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj 1
LoKoPaNdA
Member Since: 4/14/2011
Posts: 48,397
Post #9
Just The Girl peaked at 11 in the Hot 100
Poor Psy though, that last week it was #1 in the digital chart Maron 5 was like 5 on the digital chart and they still got the #1 thanks to radio
umich
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 11/5/2011
Posts: 100,491
Post #10
You just gave me an idea for a spinoff thread.
Carly
Member Since: 8/24/2011
Posts: 1,421
Post #11
Sugar sales pls
aaronsmithjune1
Member Since: 4/14/2012
Posts: 6,976
Post #12
Beyoncé's Deja vu also I believe
umich
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 11/5/2011
Posts: 100,491
Post #13
Quote:
Originally posted by
aaronsmithjune1
Beyoncé's Deja vu also I believe
It debuted and peaked at #3 on HDS.
Quote:
"Deja Vu" started at No. 3 on the Digital Songs chart with 75,000
http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/sea..._id=1005173792
Riha'love
Member Since: 12/4/2011
Posts: 3,827
Post #14
Poor Pon Da Replay blocked by WBT...
Euan
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 1,957
Post #15
Problem Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea 3
Bang Bang Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 1
If I Were A Boy Beyonce 2
Beautiful Liar Beyonce & Shakira 1
Circus Britney Spears 2
Gimme More Britney Spears 1
Scream & Shout will.i.am Featuring Britney Spears 1
All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 1
My queens slaying the digital charts though
satellites.™
Member Since: 8/22/2009
Posts: 50,646
Post #16
IIWAB was overshadowed by Single Ladies, such a sad shame.
Retro
ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 3/22/2012
Posts: 53,769
Post #17
Quote:
Bad Romance Lady Gaga 4
NewRihannaStan
Member Since: 3/21/2012
Posts: 55,134
Post #18
Slay Romance and Pon De Slay
Jeiboy
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 12/7/2008
Posts: 87,284
Post #19
Gangnam Style, truly is the most deserving out of these! The pioneer of the streaming rule
the song that pawed way!
Hunter_13
Member Since: 5/9/2012
Posts: 38,050
Post #20
I Knew You Were Trouble.
Oh well, it went on to sell over 5M copies.
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