http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
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61 songs so far since 2005 when the chart first began (on average around 7-8 songs each year debuted at #1 on Digital Songs)
A list of songs that debuted at #1 on Billboard Digital Songs - by artists:
Taylor Swift "Today Was a Fairy Tale" 325,000
Taylor Swift "Mine" 297,000
Taylor Swift "Back to December" 241,000
Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" 623,000
Taylor Swift "Begin Again" 299,000
Rihanna "SOS" 170,000
Rihanna "Umbrella" 277,000
Rihanna "Take A Bow" 267,000
Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World" 249,000
Rihanna "What's My Name" 235,000
Britney Spears "Gimme More" 179,000
Britney Spears "Womanizer" 286,000
Britney Spears "Circus" 211,000
Britney Spears "3" 255,000
Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" 411,000
Beyoncé "Beautiful Liar" 150,000
Beyoncé "If I Were a Boy" 190,000
Beyoncé "Single Ladies" 204,000
Eminem "Crack a Bottle" 418,000
Eminem "Not Afraid" 380,000
Eminem "Love The Way You Lie" 338,000
Dr. Dre "Crack a Bottle" 418,000
Dr. Dre "I Need a Doctor" 226,000
Glee Cast "Teenage Dream" 214,000
Glee Cast "Forget You" 192,000
Kanye West "Gold Gigger" 81,000
Kanye West "Heartless" 201,000
Katy Perry "California Gurls" 269,000
Katy Perry "Part of Me" 411,000
Lil Wayne "Right Above It" 225,000
Lil Wayne "She Will" 255,000
Mariah Carey "Don't Forget About Us" 39,000
Mariah Carey "Touch My Body" 286,000
Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder" 244,000
Maroon 5 "Payphone" 493,000
T.I. "Whatever You Like" 205,000
T.I. "Live Your Life" 193,000
The Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow" 465,000
The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" 249,000
50 Cent "Crack a Bottle" 418,000
Akon "I Wanna Love You" 146,000
Artists for Haiti "We Are the World 25: For Haiti" 267,000
Chris Brown "Kiss Kiss" 159,000
David Archuleta "Crush" 166,000
David Cook "The Time of My Life" 236,000
Fall Out Boy "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" 162,000
Flo Rida "Right Round" 636,000
Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up" 229,000
Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" 178,000
Justin Bieber "Boyfriend" 521,000
Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" 250,000
Ke$ha "We R Who We R" 280,000
Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You" 280,000
Lady GaGa "Born This Way" 448,000
Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." 226,000
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot" 135,000
Ne-Yo "So Sick" 120,000
One Direction "Live While We're Young" 341,000
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" 260,000
Shakira "Beautiful Liar" 150,000
Timbaland "Give It To Me" 248,000
Usher "Love in This Club" 198,000
By year - thanks to
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2012
Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up"
Katy Perry "Part Of Me"
Justin Bieber "Boyfriend"
Maroon 5 f/Wiz Khalifa "Payphone"
Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift "Begin Again"
One Direction "Live While We're Young"
2011
Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"
Dr. Dre f/Eminem & Skylar Grey "I Need A Doctor"
Lady Gaga "Born This Way"
Lil Wayne f/Drake "She Will"
2010
Taylor Swift "Today Was A Fairytale"
Artists for Haiti "We Are The World 25 for Haiti"
Eminem "Not Afraid"
Katy Perry f/Snoop Dogg "California Gurls"
Eminem f/Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie"
Taylor Swift "Mine"
Lil Wayne f/Drake "Right Above It"
Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)"
Taylor Swift "Back To December"
Ke$ha "We R Who We R"
Rihanna f/Drake "What's My Name?"
Glee Cast "Teenage Dream"
Glee Cast f/Gwenyth Paltrow "Forget You"
2009
Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Eminem f/Dr. Dre & 50 Cent "Crack A Bottle"
Flo Rida "Right Round"
Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow"
Miley Cyrus "Party In The USA"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"
Britney Spears "3"
2008
Usher f/Young Jeezy "Love In This Club"
Mariah Carey "Touch My Body"
Rihanna "Take a Bow"
David Cook "The Time of My Life"
David Archuleta "Crush"
T.I. "Whatever U Like"
T.I. f/Rihanna "Live Your Life"
Britney Spears "Womanizer"
Beyonce "If I Were A Boy"
Kanye West "Heartless"
Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Circus"
2007
Fall Out Boy "This Ain't A Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot"
Beyonce f/Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
Timbaland f/Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake "Give It To Me"
Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder"
Rihanna f/Jay-Z "Umbrella"
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls"
Britney Spears "Gimme More"
Chris Brown f/T-Pain "Kiss Kiss"
2006
Ne-Yo "So Sick"
Rihanna "SOS"
Shakira f/Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
Justin Timberlake f/Timbaland "Sexy Back"
Akon f/Snoop Dogg "I Wanna Love You"
2005
50 Cent f/Olivia "Candy Shop"
Kanye West f/Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
Mariah Carey "Don't Forget About Us"
other facts about Billboard Digital Songs:
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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)
Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe" (2012)
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)
[edit]Artists with the most number-one hits
1. Rihanna (11)[3]
2. Katy Perry (8)
3. Eminem (6) (tie)
3. Britney Spears (6) (tie)
4. Beyoncé (5) (tie)
4. The Black Eyed Peas (5) (tie)
4. Justin Timberlake (5) (tie)
4. Taylor Swift (5) (tie)
[edit]Artists with most weeks at number one
1. Rihanna (32)
2. Katy Perry (28)
3. The Black Eyed Peas (26)
4. Flo Rida (22)
5. Kanye West (19)
[edit]Top 10 single-week download sellers
1. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009
2. Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012[4]
3. Kesha – "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010
4. Bruno Mars – "Grenade" (559,000) January 8, 2011
5. Gotye featuring Kimbra — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (542,000) April 28, 2012[5]
6. Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" (521,000) April 14, 2012
7. Katy Perry - "Firework" (509,000) Jan. 8, 2011
7. Lady Gaga - "Born This Way" (509,000) March 5, 2011
9. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa - "Payphone" (493,000) May 5, 2012
10. Flo Rida - "Low" (467,000) Jan. 12, 2008
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