The Digital Song Sales (previously named Digital Songs and Hot Digital Songs) ranks the most downloaded songs in the United States, as compiled by Luminate and published by Billboard magazine. Although it originally started tracking song sales the week of October 30, 2004, it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors. Its data was incorporated in the Hot 100 three weeks later. Since October 2004, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music singles charts. The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.
The first number one song on the Digital Song Sales chart was "Just Lose It" by Eminem. The chart's current number one as of the issue dated October 10, 2026, is "Patient Zero" by Taylor Swift.
Song records Songs with most weeks at number one in sales 19 weeks Ella Langley – "Choosin' Texas" (2025–2026) 18 weeks BTS – "Dynamite" (2020–2021) BTS – "Butter" (2021) 17 weeks Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (2017) 16 weeks Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road" (2019) 15 weeks Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (2024) 13 weeks Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2007–2008) Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (2015) The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer" (2016) 12 weeks Alex Warren – "Ordinary" (2025)
Top 10 single-week download sellers 1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015 2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009 3. Adele – "Hello" (635,000) November 21, 2015 4. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012 5. Kesha – "Tik Tok" (610,000) January 9, 2010 6. Taylor Swift – "I Knew You Were Trouble" (582,000) January 12, 2013 7. Bruno Mars – "Grenade" (559,000) January 8, 2011 8. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013 9. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014 10. Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (542,000) April 28, 2012
Biggest first-week sales 1. Adele – "Hello" (1,112,000) November 14, 2015 2. Flo Rida – "Right Round" (636,000) February 28, 2009 3. Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000) September 1, 2012 4. Katy Perry – "Roar" (557,000) August 31, 2013 5. Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (544,000) September 6, 2014 6. Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" (521,000) April 14, 2012 7. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa – "Payphone" (493,000) May 5, 2012 8. The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000) April 18, 2009 9. Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (448,000) February 26, 2011 10. Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea – "Problem" (438,000) May 17, 2014
Biggest jump to number one 66–1: will.i.am and Britney Spears – "Scream & Shout" (December 15, 2012) 57–1: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Drew Seeley – "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006) 50–1: Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris – "Break Your Heart" (March 20, 2010) 50–1: Lee Greenwood – "God Bless the U.S.A." (July 18, 2020) 44–1: Beyoncé – "Cuff It" (February 17, 2023) 42–1: Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again" (April 18, 2015) 38–1: Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean – "Hips Don't Lie" (June 17, 2006) 35–1: Kelly Clarkson – "Piece by Piece" (March 19, 2016) 34–1: J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé – "Mi Gente" (October 21, 2017) 33–1: Billie Eilish – "No Time to Die" (February 29, 2020) 33-1: Brandon Lake - "Gratitude" (October 4, 2025)
Longest climb to number one 33 weeks Dua Lipa – "Levitating" (2021) 26 weeks The All-American Rejects – "Dirty Little Secret" (2005–2006) 25 weeks The Fray – "How to Save a Life" (2006) Train – "Hey, Soul Sister" (2009–2010) 24 weeks Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–2009) 23 weeks Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–2012) 22 weeks Beyoncé – "Cuff It" (2022-2023) 20 weeks Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin — "I Like It" (2018)
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Biggest drop from number one 1–38: Jordan Smith – "Mary, Did You Know?" (January 9, 2016) 1–28: The Weeknd – "Heartless" (December 21, 2019) 1–19: Glee Cast – "Teenage Dream" (December 4, 2010) 1–19: Prince & the Revolution – "Purple Rain" (May 21, 2016)
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 (Soulja Boy)" was the first song to surpass 3 million downloads. Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was the first song to surpass 2 million downloads.Chart Watch Extra: Thank You, Daniel Powter | Chart Watch - Yahoo! Music "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.Latest Music News, Band, Artist, Musician & Music Video News | Billboard "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 (2010) 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 (T.G.I.F.)" 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 (2014); "Look What You Made Me Do", "...Ready for It?", "Gorgeous", and "Call It What You Want" from Reputation (2017); "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", "Lover", and "Cruel Summer" from Lover (2019); and "Anti-Hero", Question...?", "Hits Different", and "You're Losing Me" from Midnights (2022).
Artist records
Most number-one hits 1. Taylor Swift (33) 2. Nicki Minaj (17) 3. BTS (15) (tie) 3. Drake (15) (tie) 4. Rihanna (14) 5. Justin Bieber (13) 6. Beyoncé (12) (tie) 6. Eminem (12) (tie) 6. Bruno Mars (12) (tie) 7. Katy Perry (11)
Most weeks at number one 1. Taylor Swift (65) 2. BTS (55) 3. Rihanna (40) 4. Katy Perry (37) 5. Bruno Mars (34)
Self-replacement at number one Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (two non-consecutive weeks) → "Don't Forget About Us" (one week) (December 31, 2005) T.I. – "Whatever You Like" (one week) → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (one week) (October 18, 2008) Beyoncé – "If I Were a Boy" (one week) → "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (two weeks) (December 6, 2008) The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (ten weeks) → "I Gotta Feeling" (ten weeks) (June 27, 2009) Glee Cast – "Teenage Dream" (one week) → "Forget You" (one week) (December 4, 2010) Iggy Azalea – "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea) (three weeks) → "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX) (four weeks) (June 7, 2014) Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (four non-consecutive weeks) → "Out of the Woods" (one week) (November 1, 2014) Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" (one week) → "Mary, Did You Know?" (one week) (January 2, 2016) Drake – "Pop Style" (Drake featuring The Throne) (one week) → "One Dance" (Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla) (one week) (April 30, 2016) Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (seventeen non-consecutive weeks) → "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) (one week) (May 20, 2017) Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (one week) → "...Ready for It?" (one week) (September 23, 2017) Drake – "God's Plan" (eight non-consecutive weeks) → "Nice for What" (one week) (April 21, 2018) BTS – "Dynamite" (eighteen non-consecutive weeks) → "Film Out" (one week) (April 17, 2021) BTS – "Butter" (seven consecutive weeks) → "Permission to Dance" (one week) (July 24, 2021) BTS – "Permission to Dance" (one week) → "Butter" (eight non-consecutive weeks) (July 31, 2021) BTS – "Butter" (seventeen non-consecutive weeks) → "My Universe" (Coldplay and BTS) (one week) (October 9, 2021) Nicki Minaj – "Blick Blick" (Coi Leray and Nicki Minaj) (one week) → "We Go Up" (Nicki Minaj featuring Fivio Foreign) (one week) (April 9, 2022) Morgan Wallen – "Thought You Should Know" (one week) → "You Proof" (one week) (May 28, 2022) Jimin – "Set Me Free Pt. 2" (one week) → "Like Crazy" (two weeks) (April 8, 2023) Ed Sheeran – "Eyes Closed" (one week) → "Life Goes On" (Ed Sheeran featuring Luke Combs) (one week) (May 27, 2023)
Simultaneously occupying the top two positions Mariah Carey: December 31, 2005 "Don't Forget About Us" "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Beyoncé: December 6, 2008 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" "If I Were a Boy" The Black Eyed Peas: June 27, 2009, through July 4, 2009 "I Gotta Feeling" "Boom Boom Pow" Kesha: January 23, 2010 "Tik Tok" "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3) Taylor Swift: September 22, 2012 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" "Ronan" Iggy Azalea: May 17, 2014, through June 21, 2014 "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea) "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX) (songs switched positions on June 7, 2014) Taylor Swift: November 1, 2014 "Out of the Woods" "Shake It Off" Prince: May 14, 2016 "Purple Rain" "When Doves Cry" Ed Sheeran: January 28, 2017 "Shape of You" "Castle on the Hill" Justin Bieber: May 20, 2017, through May 27, 2017, and June 17, 2017, through July 1, 2017 "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (songs switched positions on May 27, 2017) Taylor Swift: September 23, 2017 "...Ready for It?" "Look What You Made Me Do" Ed Sheeran: January 3, 2018 "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran duet with Beyoncé) "River" (Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran) Cardi B: June 30, 2018, through July 14, 2018 "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B) "I Like It" (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin) Lady Gaga: October 20, 2018 "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) "I'll Never Love Again" Lady Gaga: October 27, 2018, through November 3, 2018 "Shallow" (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)