Top 20 best-selling digital songs of all time - Poker Face moves to #10

[Mills 446]

In anticipation of the nearing 12th anniversary of the iTunes store this month (and therefore the 12th anniversary of the digital era of music), let's take a look at the best-selling digital songs since the start of the shift of music consumption from purchasing physical singles to digital tracks.

Nielsen Music's biggest-selling digital songs of all time (2004-present):

Rank / Peak / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / RTD sales (as of week ending)
1 / 1. I Gotta Feeling (2009) - The Black Eyed Peas - 8.67 million (4/5/15)
2 / 2. Rolling In The Deep (2011) - Adele - 8.34 million (4/5/15)
3 / 3. Party Rock Anthem (2011) - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock - 8.03 million (4/5/15)
4 / 4 Somebody That I Used To Know (2012) - Gotye feat. Kimbra - 7.84 million (4/5/15)
5 / 5. Thrift Shop (2012) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - 7.74 million (4/5/15)
6 / 6. Radioactive (2012) - Imagine Dragons - 7.66 million (4/5/15) 
7 / 5. Call Me Maybe (2012) - Carly Rae Jepsen - 7.55 million (4/5/15)
8 / 8. Blurred Lines (2013) - Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell, T.I. - 7.38 million (4/5/15)
9 / 9. Cruise (2012) - Florida Georgia Line - 7.24 million (4/5/15)
10 / 2. Poker Face (2008) - Lady Gaga - 7.21 million (4/5/15)

 

Bubbling Under:
11 / 1. Low (2007) - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - 7 million (6/1/14)
12 / 2. Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis - 6.98 million (4/5/15)
13 / 13. Happy (2013) - Pharrell Williams - 6.89 million (4/5/15)
14 / 2. I’m Yours (2008) - Jason Mraz - 6.84 million (4/27/14)
15 / 10. We Are Young (2011) - Fun ft. Janelle Monae - 6.83 million (12/29/13)
16 / 3. Boom Boom Pow (2009) - The Black Eyed Peas - 6.82 million (4/5/15)
17 / 14. Firework (2010) - Katy Perry - 6.80 million (1/25/15)
18 / 6. Tik Tok (2009) - Kesha - 6.668 million (5/11/14)
19 / 19. Lose Yourself (2002) - Eminem - 6.53 million (4/5/15)
20 / 17. Moves Like Jagger (2011) - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - 6.5 million (4/5/15)

Timeline of the reported best-selling digital single of all time record since 2004
Year established / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Record-setting sales / Week ending
2004 - Hey Ya! (2003) - OutKast - 400,000 - 10/24/04
2005 - Let’s Get It Started (2004) - The Black Eyed Peas - 500,000 - 2/20/05
2005 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004) - Green Day - 820,000 - 9/4/05
2005 - Hollaback Girl (2005) - Gwen Stefani - 1,000,000 - 10/2/05
2006 - Bad Day (2005) - Daniel Powter - 1,690,814 - 7/16/06
2007 - SexyBack (2006) - Justin Timberlake - 2,470,000 - 11/4/07
2007 - Crank That (2007) - Soulja Boy - 2,909,000 - 12/30/07
2008 - Low (2007) - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - 3,605,364 - 4/13/08
2010 - I Gotta Feeling (2009) - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,561,000 - 4/25/10

Timeline of the reported 2nd best-selling digital single of all time record since 2006
Year established / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Record-setting sales / Week ending
2006 - Gold Digger (2005) - Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx - 1,100,000 - 1/1/06
2007 - SexyBack (2006) - Justin Timberlake - 2,202,061 - 5/20/07
2007 - How To Save A Life (2006) - The Fray - 2,400,000 - 11/4/07
2008 - Low (2007) - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - 3,478,705 - 3/30/08
2008 - Crank That (2007) - Soulja Boy - 3,562,274 - 4/13/08
2008 - Apologize (2007) - Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - 3,860,000 - 10/12/08
2009 - Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga - 4,358,382 - 7/19/09
2009 - I’m Yours (2008) - Jason Mraz - 4,390,000 - 8/9/09
2009 - Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis - 4,480,000 - 8/30/09
2009 - I’m Yours (2008) - Jason Mraz - 4,490,000 - 9/6/09
2009 - Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis - 4,540,000 - 9/13/09
2009 - I’m Yours (2008) - Jason Mraz - 4,650,000 - 11/15/09
2009 - Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis - 4,690,000 - 12/13/09
2010 - I Gotta Feeling (2009) - The Black Eyed Peas - 5,310,000 - 3/21/10
2010 - Low (2007) - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - 5,536,000 - 4/25/10
2010 - Just Dance (2008) - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis - 5,737,984 - 10/3/10
2011 - Poker Face (2008) - Lady Gaga - 6,452,000 - 12/4/11
2012 - Rolling In The Deep (2011) - Adele - 6,680,000 - 2/26/12

About Nielsen Music:
Popularly known as SoundScan, it’s the leading music sales measurement company which collects and tracks over-the-counter record sales at music retail stores, both in-store and digitally, and is the official source of Billboard for their record popularity charts. 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

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Buy Just Dance

[Bloody 64,631]

Congrats Poker Face.  

Her 2 debut songs being in the top 20 is such an achievement. If JD reaches 7 million we all know what will happen.  

[Haroon 49,685]

I can see Happy kicking Poker Face out of the Top 10 in the near future because it's way more recent and still going  

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Congrats Poker Face.  

Her 2 debut songs being in the top 20 is such an achievement. If JD reaches 7 million we all know what will happen.  

​Here's your 500th like. Congrats

[Bloody 64,631]

​Here's your 500th like. Congrats

​LOL 

 

[Fame Romance 10,517]

Congrats Poker Face.  

Her 2 debut songs being in the top 20 is such an achievement. If JD reaches 7 million we all know what will happen.  

Jewels N Drugs? 

Lol jk

[Gaga Monster 13,001]

Slay

[AM98GJ 3,086]

Wooooooooow  Queeeeeeeeeen

But Poker Face is in a precarious position   A huge smash could knock it out of the top 10 

[GagaMyBlood95 9,808]

Poker Face slaying dem

I so wish JD to reach 7 million sales so it would make Gaga the first female ever with two singles above +7M sales

[Emvee 7,080]

Wtf is Cruise doing in that top 10

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

Cruise, Party Rock and STIUTK

[JustPokeHerFace 2,564]

Poker Face slaying dem

I so wish JD to reach 7 million sales so it would make Gaga the first female ever with two singles above +7M sales

​she would actually be the first and only artist with 2 songs that have over 7 million sales. Her competition as of now is Pharrell Williams and the Black Eyed Peas, but she's the closest. 

[GagaMyBlood95 9,808]

​she would actually be the first and only artist with 2 songs that have over 7 million sales. Her competition as of now is Pharrell Williams and the Black Eyed Peas, but she's the closest. 

​I don't count Pharell on BL because he's a feature

As for Black Eyed Peas, well they will hardly get that song to 7M, it's only 6.66 and it's not like they have some promo in the future..

[Pure Adrenaline 1,518]

9 / 9. Cruise (2012) - Florida Georgia Line - 7.24 million (4/5/15) 

 

I will not accept that