Best Selling Digital Songs - Digital Era

[joeysbluerose]

not surprised Taylor has done so well digitally the younger audience is more likely to download than by albums/singles physically

[Rodze]

Jul 12, 2010 9:19:57 GMT -5 @2m said:

Jul 12, 2010 8:09:14 GMT -5 Rodze said:

Total Digital song sales up to 07/04:

28,499,000, Taylor Swift
26,026,000, Lady Gaga

Those are probably no. 1 and no. 2 digital selling artists of all time.

www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-vs-1004103544.story#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-vs-1004103544.story

Close perhaps

Through December '09 the top 2

1 Taylor Swift 24329000
2 Rihanna 23577000

I had forgotten about Rihanna (probably because of her lackluster era), but "Rude Boy" had sold 2,079,000 as of two weeks ago, bringing her total to at least 25,565,000. So she may be still ahead overall, you're right.

Also impressive how Taylor's catalog sales are strong. She hasn't had a huge this year, yet she added 4 million to her total in just 6 months.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

TAY TAY doesn't know when to stop Slaying..

She is only going to keep increasing with a new Era starting in October...

[Rodze]

new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/59466/chart-watch-extra-gagas-nice-round-number/

As of 2010-07-18 (by artist)

I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,990,000
Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,491,000
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas - 2,999,000
Meet Me Halfway - The Black Eyed Peas - 2,267,000

Just Dance - Lady Gaga - 5,583,000
Poker Face - Lady Gaga - 5,409,000
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga - 4,111,000
Paparazzi - Lady Gaga - 2,616,000
Telephone - Lady Gaga Ft. Beyonce - 2,384,000
LoveGame - Lady Gaga - 2,199,000

Disturbia - Rihanna - 3,949,000
Umbrella - Rihanna FT. Jay-Z - 3,612,000
Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna - 3,017,000
Take a Bow - Rihanna - 2,369,000

Love Story - Taylor Swift - 4,638,000
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift - 3,335,000
Our Song - Taylor Swift - 2,635,000
Teardrops on My Guitar - Taylor Swift - 2,495,000

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie - 3,549,000
Fergalicious - Fergie Ft. wil.i.am - 2,883,000
Glamorous - Fergie Ft. Ludacris - 2,802,000
Clumsy - Fergie - 2,138,000
London Bridge - Fergie - 2,115,000

Rockstar - Nickelback - 3,454,000
Photograph - Nickelback - 2,427,000
Far Away - Nickelback - 2,069,000

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyoncé - 4,142,000
Halo - Beyoncé - 2,518,000
If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé - 2,393,000

Live Your Life - T.I. Ft. Rihanna - 3,900,000
Whatever You Like - T.I. - 3,716,000
Dead and Gone - T.I. Ft. Justin Timberlake - 2,833,000

Lollipop - Lil Wayne Ft. Static Major - 3,928,000
A Milli - Lil Wayne - 1,847,000

Tik Tok - Ke$ha - 5,028,000
Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha - 2,157,000
Blah Blah Blah - Ke$ha ft. 3OH!3 - 1,870,000

Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z + Alicia Keys - 3,832,000
Run This Town - Jay-Z + Kanye West Rihanna - 2,500,000
Young Forever - Jay-Z + Mr. Hudson - 2,047,000

Forever - Chris Brown - 3,077,000
Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown Ft. T-Pain - 2,702,000
With You - Chris Brown - 2,250,000

Apologize - Timbaland Ft. OneRepublic - 4,735,000
The Way I Are - Timbaland Ft. Keri Hilson - 2,804,000
Give It to Me - Timbaland Ft. Nelly Furtado Justin Timberlake - 1,880,000

Smack That - Akon Ft. Eminem - 2,987,000
Don't Matter - Akon - 2,298,000
I Wanna Love You - Akon Ft. Snoop Dogg - 2,119,000

Low - Flo Rida Ft. T-Pain - 5,627,000
In the Ayer - Flo Rida Ft. wil.i.am - 1,894,000

So What - P!nk - 3,937,000
Sober - P!nk - 1,860,000

Sexyback - Justin Timberlake Ft. Timbaland - 3,468,000
What Goes Around... Comes Around - Justin Timberlake - 1,992,000
My Love - Justin Timberlake Ft. T.I. - 1,935,000

Stronger - Kanye West - 4,095,000

Womanizer - Britney Spears - 3,045,000
Circus - Britney Spears - 2,684,000

Hot N Cold - Katy Perry - 4,440,000
I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry - 3,828,000

Thriller - Michael Jackson - 2,391,000
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson - 1,925,000




I also tried to do all songs over 3 million. Please, let me know if there's anything wrong/missing.

01 I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,990,000
02 Low - Flo Rida Ft. T-Pain - 5,627,000
03 Just Dance - Lady Gaga - 5,583,000
04 Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,491,000
05 Poker Face - Lady Gaga - 5,409,000
06 I'm Yours - Jason Mraz - 5,168,161 ( 06/06/2010 )
07 Tik Tok - Ke$ha - 5,028,000

08 Apologize - Timbaland Ft. OneRepublic - 4,735,000
09 Love Story - Taylor Swift - 4,638,000
10 Viva La Vida - Coldplay - 4,526,886 ( 06/06/2010 )
11 Right Round - Flo Rida - 4,509,959 ( 06/06/2010 )
12 Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy - 4,489,977 ( 06/06/2010 )
13 Hot N Cold - Katy Perry - 4,440,000
14 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyoncé - 4,142,000
15 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga - 4,111,000
16 Stronger - Kanye West - 4,095,000
17 Hey, Soul Sister - Train - 4,068,000 ( 04/07/2010 )
18 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis - 4,017,000 ( 11/07/2010 )
19 Party in the U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus - 4,000,000 ( 27/06/2010 )

20 Disturbia - Rihanna - 3,949,000
21 So What - P!nk - 3,937,000
22 Lollipop - Lil Wayne Ft. Static Major - 3,928,000
23 Live Your Life - T.I. Ft. Rihanna - 3,900,000
24 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum - 3,897,000 ( 04/07/2010 )
25 Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z + Alicia Keys - 3,832,000
26 I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry - 3,828,000
27 Don't Stop Believin' - Journey - 3,819,000 ( 20/06/2010 )
28 Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's - 3,795,045 ( 06/06/2010 )
29 Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf Ft. Lil Wayne - 3,753,582 ( 06/06/2010 )
30 Fireflies - Owl City - 3,742,120 ( 07/06/2010 )
31 Down - Jay Sean Ft. Lil Wayne - 3,736,406 ( 06/06/2010 )
32 Whatever You Like - T.I. - 3,716,000
33 Umbrella - Rihanna FT. Jay-Z - 3,612,000
34 Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects - 3,611,469 ( 06/06/2010 )
35 Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie - 3,549,000
36 Heartless - Kanye West - 3,509,643 ( 06/06/2010 )
37 How To Save a Life - The Fray - 3,487,167 ( 06/06/2010 )
38 Sexyback - Justin Timberlake Ft. Timbaland - 3,468,000
39 Rockstar - Nickelback - 3,454,000
40 Replay - Iyaz - 3,371,902 ( 06/06/2010 )
41 Paper Planes - M.I.A. - 3,371,000
42 No One - Alicia Keys - 3,340,345 ( 06/06/2010 )
43 You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift - 3,335,000
44 Whatcha Say - Jason DeRulo - 3,315,000 ( 11/07/2010 )
45 Use Somebody - Kings of Leon - 3,260,513 ( 06/06/2010 )
46 Bubbly - Colbie Caillat - 3,243,326 ( 06/06/2010 )
47 Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne - 3,153,206 ( 06/06/2010 )
48 Love Song - Sara Bareilles - 3,149,158 ( 06/06/2010 )
49 No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - 3,142,859 ( 06/06/2010 )
50 Forever - Chris Brown - 3,077,000
51 Womanizer - Britney Spears - 3,045,000
52 Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood - 3,042,000
53 Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna - 3,017,000

[fridayteenage]

Ooh-er. The downloads from their 2 albums are close. 25 353 000 Taylor, 25 054 000 Gaga. Taylor also has Crazier & Today was as buffers.

8.5/T12 for the downloaded singles albums are divas.

[Deleted]

Jul 23, 2010 18:05:58 GMT -5 Rodze said:

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie - 3,549,000
Fergalicious - Fergie Ft. wil.i.am - 2,883,000
Glamorous - Fergie Ft. Ludacris - 2,802,000
Clumsy - Fergie - 2,138,000
London Bridge - Fergie - 2,115,000

Is, to this day, the only album that, in its originally released form, spawned five 2-million digital sellers.

SMASH!

[Deleted]

Jul 24, 2010 6:37:08 GMT -5 @reidlos20 said:

Jul 23, 2010 18:05:58 GMT -5 Rodze said:

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie - 3,549,000
Fergalicious - Fergie Ft. wil.i.am - 2,883,000
Glamorous - Fergie Ft. Ludacris - 2,802,000
Clumsy - Fergie - 2,138,000
London Bridge - Fergie - 2,115,000

Is, to this day, the only album that, in its originally released form, spawned five 2-million digital sellers.

SMASH!

Yes! Fergie really had an amazing solo era, I miss solo her :(
Funny that her first single(usually the one that get's huge downloads)is her least biggest seller.

[Choco]

Fergie's solo era was awful in my opinion. I liked them all back in the day, but now I really don't like any of those songs except for Clumsy. Anyways, that's just an opinion. Chart-wise, it was handled flawlessly until 'Finally' and that single I don't recall right now that was from the Sex and the City movie.

Is Poker Face currently outselling Boom Boom Pow? Same questin for Just Dance and Low... I'd like to see them go higher.

[Joe1240]

Nice to see Taylor Swift on top of the digital song sales. "Mine" will be the next big one coming up next for Taylor!!!

[fridayteenage]

I like Fergie's solo era 398984849x better than any of the BEP's discography & wish she'd release album #2.

[ListenToItTwice]

Jul 25, 2010 4:09:04 GMT -5 Choco said:

Is Poker Face currently outselling Boom Boom Pow? Same questin for Just Dance and Low... I'd like to see them go higher.

Yes, and yes, based on my casual following of the iTunes chart. I'd like to see Poker Face eventually pass Just Dance, since PF is much more of a "signature song" for her.

[wolfmother]

The numbers we have for "I got a feeling" mean that next week it will give the Black Eyed Peas the first ever 6m digital seller in the US, as for sure the track is selling in excess of 10k every week. Pretty amazing, first time ever I heard the song I knew it would be a smash for them, but in Europe, I didn't expect the US to be this much into that track.

"I got a feeling" reminds me of the kind of music France was getting in the 80's, same kind of lyrics about partying and music style production. It's not that very surprising though when you know it was produced by french DJ David Guetta. And all those french 80's classics had the same kind of success, played at parties, on tv, on sports events, stayed at the top for months and to this days while radio rarely play those songs, they are still very popular and played at parties and danced to like in the old time. "Tik Tok", "I got a feeling", "California Girls" really reminds me of that. Their lyrics are pretty simple, about partying, the words rythm are distressing but they are very festive and are in no way meant to be taken seriously. they are feel-good songs.
"I got a feeling" is here to stay in my opinion. And it's going to be a party anthem for long.

[pnobelysk]

Jul 25, 2010 4:09:04 GMT -5 Choco said:

Fergie's solo era was awful in my opinion. I liked them all back in the day, but now I really don't like any of those songs except for Clumsy. Anyways, that's just an opinion. Chart-wise, it was handled flawlessly until 'Finally' and that single I don't recall right now that was from the Sex and the City movie.

Is Poker Face currently outselling Boom Boom Pow? Same questin for Just Dance and Low... I'd like to see them go higher.

itunes:

Just Dance - 98
Poker Face - 74
Low - Not Charting in the Top 200
Boom Boom Pow - 127

[Cerbius]

Jul 25, 2010 10:25:41 GMT -5 pnobelysk said:

Jul 25, 2010 4:09:04 GMT -5 Choco said:

Fergie's solo era was awful in my opinion. I liked them all back in the day, but now I really don't like any of those songs except for Clumsy. Anyways, that's just an opinion. Chart-wise, it was handled flawlessly until 'Finally' and that single I don't recall right now that was from the Sex and the City movie.

Is Poker Face currently outselling Boom Boom Pow? Same questin for Just Dance and Low... I'd like to see them go higher.

itunes:

Just Dance - 98
Poker Face - 74
Low - Not Charting in the Top 200
Boom Boom Pow - 127

Some more numbers:

51. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
54. Tik Tok - Ke$ha
136. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
182. Love Story - Taylor Swift
260. Low (feat. T-Pain) - Flo Rida
455. Apologize - OneRepublic

Looks like 'Tik Tok' will eventually catch up to JD, PF & BBP.

[kirby2725]

Where is "Irreplaceable" sales-wise?

And wasn't "Check On It" 2x Platinum as well?

[dbt88]

Womanizer - Britney Spears - 3,045,000
Circus - Britney Spears - 2,684,000


Pretty good I might say. Sad they didn't include 3. 3 was at 1.8 million months ago and If U Seek Amy was past 1 million way last year. Britney's digital sales are never updated or missing.

[Cerbius]

Jul 25, 2010 23:33:14 GMT -5 @dbt88 said:

Womanizer - Britney Spears - 3,045,000
Circus - Britney Spears - 2,684,000

Not bad, though I thought 'Circus' was closer to 3 million. Hopefully her new album gets Britney at least 2 more entries into the Top 50 list. :)

[garyfeld]

Rodze,
your list look the same as mine....bar one!!! ;0)

you missed out this one..

GIRLFRIEND AVRIL LAVIGNE 3,153,206 just after BUBBLY

and we need to find the digital slaes of GNARLES BARJKLEY : CRAZY, as it is over 2.5 million for now, but no lists have it anywhere as yet.

[joeysbluerose]

can't wait to see when mine is released to Itunes what it does could make or break the album and end up the biggest debut so far in itunes history

[wolfmother]

Jul 26, 2010 9:52:25 GMT -5 joeysbluerose said:

can't wait to see when mine is released to Itunes what it does could make or break the album and end up the biggest debut so far in itunes history

"Mine"??? Who's song is it?

[Mark]

Jul 26, 2010 10:47:08 GMT -5 wolfmother said:

Jul 26, 2010 9:52:25 GMT -5 joeysbluerose said:

can't wait to see when mine is released to Itunes what it does could make or break the album and end up the biggest debut so far in itunes history

"Mine"??? Who's song is it?

Taylor Swift's first single from her upcoming album.

[c0ldasfire]

does anyone here have the itunes link where you can see the top 1000 songs?

[Cerbius]

Jul 26, 2010 16:09:24 GMT -5 c0ldasfire said:

does anyone here have the itunes link where you can see the top 1000 songs?

ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=143441/limit=000000/rss.xml

Enjoy! :)

[slicknickshady]

Thanks for that.

FWIW. Here is all of Eminem on the list.

1. Love The Way You Lie (Deluxe)

10. Not Afraid (Deluxe)

28. Love The Way You Lie (Clean)

59. Not Afraid (Clean)

75. No Love

148. Lose Yourself

149. Drop The World

159. Forever

160. Cinderella Man

176. Won't Back Down

201. Space Bound

212. 25 To Life

254. Love The Way You Lie (Regular)

291. Talkin' 2 Myself

301. Till I Collapse

307. Not Afraid (Regular)

331. When I'm Gone

367. Mockingbird

417. The Real Slim Shady

451. Cold Wind Blows

540. Almost Famous

550. Without Me

562. Like Toy Soldiers

582. Lose Yourself

600. Beautiful

653. Stan

760. Superman

814. Shake That

835. Cleanin' Out My Closet

837. Going Through Changes

886. Forgot About Dre (feat. Eminem)

891. Forever

910. So Bad

959. No Love

1007. You're Never Over

[Cerbius]

^^ Wow! That's INSANE! :O

Gaga only has 14 compared to Eminem's 35. Granted Gaga's era has essentially ended, but it is still very impressive.

[Love Plastic Love]

Jul 26, 2010 20:22:11 GMT -5 Cerbius said:

^^ Wow! That's INSANE! :O

Gaga only has 14 compared to Eminem's 35. Granted Gaga's era has essentially ended, but it is still very impressive.

Well, plus Gaga has less songs. Some of Em's are older massive hits of his. I can honestly see Bad Romance or PokerFace hitting the top 1000 if Gaga is able to last as long as Eminem and still have huge album eras 10 years from now. Very, very impressive for both!!

[slicknickshady]

Surprising to me nothing from the SSLP is on that list.

No "My Name Is", "Guilty Conscience", or "Role Model".

[Rodze]

Jul 26, 2010 9:21:12 GMT -5 garyfeld said:

Rodze,
your list look the same as mine....bar one!!! ;0)

you missed out this one..

GIRLFRIEND AVRIL LAVIGNE 3,153,206 just after BUBBLY

and we need to find the digital slaes of GNARLES BARJKLEY : CRAZY, as it is over 2.5 million for now, but no lists have it anywhere as yet.

Oops, thanks. Fixed it.

This week (ending 07/25), three new songs have become 3 million sellers:

California Gurls - Katy Perry FT. Snoop Dogg - 3,010,000
Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas - 3,000,000
Bad Day - Daniel Powter - 3,000,000


And "I Gotta Feeling" crosses 6 million as expected.

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Jul 26, 2010 23:17:06 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

Surprising to me nothing from the SSLP is on that list.

No "My Name Is", "Guilty Conscience", or "Role Model".

And those are 3 of some of his best songs. Especially Role Model, love that song!

[slicknickshady]

Jul 29, 2010 23:10:50 GMT -5 $uperb@tDuDe said:

Jul 26, 2010 23:17:06 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

Surprising to me nothing from the SSLP is on that list.

No "My Name Is", "Guilty Conscience", or "Role Model".

And those are 3 of some of his best songs. Especially Role Model, love that song!

Yeah. My only guess is that's his earliest album so maybe more people who are buying these had those already then grew out of Em and maybe are checking him back out again. idk.