Stats: US Top 10 best selling digital songs by year (2005-2016)
Let’s look at the rise and fall of Digital music in the last 11 years
2016: (so far)
01 – 2.35 – CAN’T STOP THE FEELING – Justin Timberlake
02 – 2.19 – MY HOUSE – Flo Rida
03 – 2.07 – 7 YEARS – Lukas Graham
04 – 1.95 – ONE DANCE – Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla
05 – 1.92 – CLOSER – The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
06 – 1.81 – STRESSED OUT – twenty one pilots
07 – 1.78 – LOVE YOURSELF – Justin Bieber
08 – 1.73 – WORK – Rihanna feat. Drake
09 – 1.72 – DON’T LET ME DOWN – The Chainsmokers feat. Daya
10 – 1.70 – CHEAP THRILLS – Sia feat. Sean Paul
2015:
1 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk!" 5,529,000
2 Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud" 3,976,000
3 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, "See You Again" 3,801,000
4 Adele, "Hello" 3,712,000
5 Maroon 5, "Sugar" 3,343,000
6 Walk the Moon, "Shut Up and Dance" 2,986,000
7 Fetty Wap, "Trap Queen" 2,730,000
8 OMI, "Cheerleader" 2,698,000
9 The Weekend, "The Hills" 2,586,000
10 Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood" 2,580,000
2014:
1 PHARRELL WILLIAMS HAPPY 6,455,000
2 JOHN LEGEND ALL OF ME 4,674,000
3 KATY PERRY FEAT. JUICY J DARK HORSE 4,430,000
4 MEGHAN TRAINOR ALL ABOUT THAT BASS 4,357,000
5 IGGY AZALEA FEAT. CHARLI XCX FANCY 3,974,000
6 JASON DERULO FEAT. 2 CHAINZ TALK DIRTY 3,959,000
7 DJ SNAKE & LIL JON TURN DOWN FOR WHAT 3,449,000
8 TAYLOR SWIFT SHAKE IT OFF 3,431,000
9 IDINA MENZEL LET IT GO 3,370,000
10 SAM SMITH STAY WITH ME 3,340.000
2013:
01 – 6,498,000 – BLURRED LINES – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
02 – 6,148,000 – THRIFT SHOP – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
03 – 5,496,000 – RADIOACTIVE – Imagine Dragons
04 – 4,691,000 – CRUISE – Florida Georgia Line
05 – 4,415,000 – ROYALS – Lorde
06 – 4,410,000 – ROAR – Katy Perry
07 – 4,321,000 – JUST GIVE ME A REASON – P!nk feat. Nate Ruess
08 – 4,260,000 – CAN’T HOLD US – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
09 – 3,928,000 – WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN – Bruno Mars
10 – 3,854,000 – STAY – Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
2012:
1 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW / GOTYE FT. KIMBRA 6,801,000
2 CALL ME MAYBE / CARLY RAE JEPSEN 6,472,000
3 WE ARE YOUNG / FUN. FT. JANELLE MONAE 5,948,000
4 PAYPHONE / MAROON 5 FT. WIZ KHALIFA 4,757,000
5 STARSHIPS / NICKI MINAJ 3,979,000
6 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL / ONE DIRECTION 3,881,000
7 SOME NIGHTS / FUN. 3,839,000
8 STRONGER / KELLY CLARKSON 3,823,000
9 GANGNAM STYLE / PSY 3,592,000
10 ONE MORE NIGHT / MAROON 5 3,461,000
2011:
1 Rolling In the Deep/ Adele 5,813,000
2 Party Rock Anthem/ LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & G 5,468,000
3 E.T./ Katy Perry 4,829,000
4 Moves Like Jagger/ Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera 4,111,000
5 Give Me Everything/ Pitbull feat Ne-yo,Afrojack 3,875,000
6 Pumped Up Kicks/ Foster the People 3,843,000
7 Someone Like You/ Adele 3,750,000
8 F**k You (Forget You)/ Cee Lo Green 3,724,000
9 Super Bass/ Nicki Minaj 3,608,000
10. Born This Way/ Lady Gaga 3,476,000
2010:
1 California Gurls/ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg 4,398,000
2 Hey, Soul Sister/ Train 4,314,000
3 Love The Way You Lie/ Eminem feat. Rihanna 4,245,000
4 Dynamite/ Taio Cruz 4,083,000
5 Airplanes/ B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams 4,004,000
6 OMG/ Usher feat. Will.i.am 3,763,000
7 Not Afraid/ Eminem 3,414,000
8 Just The Way You Are/ Bruno Mars 3,276,000
9 Break Your Heart/ Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris 3,245,000
10. Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum 3,182,000
2009:
1 Boom Boom Pow/ Black Eyed Peas 4,762,000
2 I Gotta Feeling/ Black Eyed Peas 4,426,000
3 Poker Face/ Lady Gaga 4,381,000
4 Right Round/ Flo Rida feat. Ke$ ha 4,135,000
5 Just Dance/ Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis 3,200,000
6 Party In The U.S.A./ Miley Cyrus 3,165,000
7 Down/ Jan Sean feat. Lil Wayne 3,052,000
8 Gives You Hell/ All-American Rejects 2,880,000
9 Fireflies/ Owl City 2,748,000
10. Whatcha Say/ Jason Derulo 2,712,000
2008
1 Bleeding Love/ Leona Lewis 3,420,000
2 Lollipop/ Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major 3,161,000
3 Low/ Flo Rida Feat. T-Pain 2,979,000
4 I Kissed A Girl/ Katy Perry 2,977,000
5 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay 2,914,000
6 Disturbia/ Rihanna 2,766,000
7 Whatever You Like/ T.I. 2,682,000
8 I’m Yours/ Jason Mraz 2,655,000
9 No Air/ Jordin Sparks Duet w/ Chris Brown 2,612,000
10. So What/ Pink 2,590,000
2007
1 Crank That/ Soulja Boy Tell’Em 2,909,000
2 Hey There Delilah/ Plain White T’s 2,566,000
3 Big Girls Don’t Cry/ Fergie 2,525,000
4 Girlfriend/ Avril Lavigne 2,415,000
5 Apologize/ Timbaland feat. Onerepublic 2,371,000
6 Umbrella/ Rihanna 2,359,000
7 Stronger/ Kanye West 2,328,000
8 Sweet Escape/ Gwen Stefani 2,251,000
9 Glamorous/ Fergie feat. Ludacris 2,169,000
10. The Way I Are/ Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson 1,943,000
2006
1 Bad Day / Daniel Powter 2,015,594
2 Promiscuous / Nelly Furtado 1,709,274
3 Sexyback / Justin Timberlake 1,657,798
4 Crazy / Gnarls Barkley 1,629,467
5 You’re Beautiful / James Blunt 1,623,417
6 Over My Head (Cable Car) / Fray 1,570,207
7 How to Save a Life / Fray 1,559,704
8 Temperature / Sean Paul 1,533,362
9 Ridin’ / Chamillionaire 1,417,178
10. Hips Don’t Lie / Shakira 1,410,237
2005
1. Hollaback Girl / Gwen Stefani 1,171,672
2. Gold Digger / Kanye West 1,089,665
3. Beverly Hills / Weezer 961,988
4. Since U Been Gone / Kelly Clarkson 960,341
5. My Humps / Black Eyed Peas 917,807
6. Mr. Brightside / Killers 889,323
7. Sugar, We’re Goin Down / Fall Out Boy 830,835
8. Don’t Phunk with My… / Black Eyed Peas 815,753
9. You and Me / Lifehouse 808,991
10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams / Green Day 803,790