Green Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1992-2004 (Physical Sales) 2005-2015 (Digital Sales) 2016-2019 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio SES units) 2020 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio & Video SES units) 1992: Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You," 3,086,000 TLC, “Baby Baby Baby,” TLC, “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg,” 1993: Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You," 1,400,000 Janet Jackson, “That's The Way Love Goes” 1,100,000 Janet Jackson, “Again” 1,000,000 1994: Celine Dion, “The Power Of Love” 900,000 Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, “Stay (I Missed You)” 900,000 Da Brat, “Funkdafied” 800,000 1995: Mariah Carey, "Fantasy" 1,500,000 Mariah Carey, “One Sweet Day” 1,300,000 TLC, “Waterfalls” 1,200,000 1996: Toni Braxton, "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow" 1,500,000 Celine Dion, “Because You Loved Me” 1,300,000 Toni Braxton, “Un-Break My Heart” 1,300,000 1997: LeAnn Rimes, "How Do I Live" 2,300,000 Spice Girls, “Wannabe” 1,800,000 Jewel, “You Were Meant For Me” 1,300,000 1998: Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine" 2,591,000 Shania Twain, “You're Still The One” 1,900,000 Monica, “The First Night” 1,500,000 1999: Cher, "Believe" 1,707,000 Christina Aguilera, "Genie In A Bottle" 1,400,000 Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price, "Heartbreak Hotel" 1,300,000 2000: Madonna, "Music" 1,000,000 Faith Hill, "Breathe" 800,000 Britney Spears, "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" 800,000 2001: Mariah Carey, "Loverboy" 571,000 Eden's Crush, "Get Over Yourself" 539,000 Janet Jackson, "All For You" 458,000 2002: Kelly Clarkson, "A Moment Like This" 600,000 2003: Hilary Duff, "So Yesterday" 141,360 Mariah Carey, "Through the Rain" 116,785 Aaliyah, "Miss You" 98,358 2004: Fantasia, "I Believe" 401,000 2005: Gwen Stefani, “Hollaback Girl” 1,171,672 Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone" 960,341 Pussycat Dolls, "Don't Cha" 789,571 2006: Nelly Furtado, "Promiscuous" 1,709,274 Shakira, "Hips Don’t Lie" 1,410,237 Natasha Bedingfield, "Unwritten" 1,355,792 2007: Fergie, "Big Girls Don’t Cry" 2,525,000 Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend" 2,415,000 Rihanna, "Umbrella" 2,359,000 2008: Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love" 3,420,000 Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl" 2,977,000 Rihanna, "Disturbia" 2,766,000 2009: Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" 4,381,000 Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis, "Just Dance" 3,200,000 Miley Cyrus, "Party In The U.S.A." 3,165,000 2010: Katy Perry, "California Gurls" 4,398,000 Kesha, "Tik Tok" 3,040,000 Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream" 3,011,000 2011: Adele, "Rolling In the Deep" 5,813,000 Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, "E.T." 4,829,000 Adele, "Someone Like You" 3,750,000 2012: Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" 6,472,000 Nicki Minaj, "Starships" 3,979,000 Kelly Clarkson, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" 3,823,000 2013: Lorde, "Royals" 4,415,000 Katy Perry, "Roar" 4,410,000 P!nk feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me A Reason" 4,321,000 2014: Katy Perry, "Dark Horse" 4,430,000 Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass" 4,357,000 Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy" 3,974,000 2015: Adele, "Hello" 3,712,000 Taylor Swift, "Bad Blood" 2,580,000 Ellie Goulding, "Love Me Like You Do" 2,540,000 2016: Rihanna, "Work" 4.08 million Sia, "Cheap Thrills" 3.34 million Rihanna, “Needed Me” 3.17 million 2017: Cardi B, "Bodak Yellow" 2,836,000 Julia Michaels, "Issues" 2,774,000 Zayn / Taylor Swift, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" 2,675,000 2018: Cardi B, "I Like It" 4.3 million Bebe Rexha, "Meant to Be" (feat. Florida Georgia Line) Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey, "The Middle" 2019: Billie Eilish, "bad guy" 4,847,000 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 4,681,000 Lizzo, "Truth Hurts" 4,504,000 2020: Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, "WAP" 4.642 million Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé, "Savage" 4.298 million Tones and I "Dance Monkey" 3.932 million 2021: Dua Lipa, "Levitating" 5.745 million Olivia Rodrigo, "drivers license" 5.050 million Olivia Rodrigo, "good 4 u" 4.813 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By the Water Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Cardi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
family.guy123 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Carly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyGayTor Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Duff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagol88 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 The way Cardi came through with those stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyGoneGhetto Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Green said: 2003: Hilary Duff, "So Yesterday" 141,360 This year would’ve looked completely different had Clay Aiken been included (or if he were Female). ”This Is The Night” sold 550K pure units in its first two weeks at #1 alone. Edited January 9, 2021 by GoodGuyGoneGhetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 28 minutes ago, Green said: 2002: Kelly Clarkson, "A Moment Like This" 600,000 2004: Fantasia, "I Believe" 401,000 CHILE...that label tied to American Idol is the devil. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, Green said: 1992-2004 (Physical Sales) 2005-2015 (Digital Sales) 2016-2019 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio SES units) 2020 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio & Video SES units) 2017: Cardi B, "Bodak Yellow" 2.836 million 2018: Cardi B, "I Like It" 4.3 million 2020: Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, "WAP" 4.642 million It's the growth for me...2021 if she can sneak some weeks in before Hurricane Adele she might be able to snag something in 2021 if she gets a song that's more universally appealing than WAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 43 minutes ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said: This year would’ve looked completely different had Clay Aiken been included (or if he were Female). ”This Is The Night” sold 550K pure units in its first two weeks at #1 alone. Yeah I found the top 5 selling singles of 2003 on UKmix and Hilary was the only female in the top 5 BEST-SELLING SINGLES OF 2003 948,155 Clay Aiken - This Is the Night/Bridge Over Troubled Water 728,243 Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings/Superstar 392,489 Kid Rock - Picture 309,655 Idol Finalists - God Bless the USA 141,360 Hilary Duff - So Yesterday 2001-2004 was a really tragic time for singles sales (except for American Idol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfreshkidxx Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Cardi Hilary was so random Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Green said: 2017: Cardi B, "Bodak Yellow" 2.836 million 2018: Cardi B, "I Like It" 4.3 million 2020: Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, "WAP" 4.642 million Cardi coming for another Back to Back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannabiggestfan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hilary Gwen being an early digital sales pioneer tho I wonder how What You Waiting For (released in 2004) would have charted if digital sales counted on Billboard. I'd love to know the top selling female singles digitally for the early 2000s tho, especially 2003 and 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannabiggestfan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 5 hours ago, slw84 said: CHILE...that label tied to American Idol is the devil. That is all. Omg, they really are. Do you know how MAD they were that Angie Miller's debut single "You Set Me Free" outperformed the winner's debut single even though she got third place? Angie's song had FAR more reviews on iTunes, but they didn't allow it to chart on iTunes and thus Billboard. Not only that but "Despite her name being spelled wrong and her song being banned from charting it still appears to have outsold the American Idol winner's and runner-up's songs combined" and "the biggest sabotage that this song has faced is that for the first few hours that it was online, her name was spelled “Angie Miler.” Ouch. Some fans had a little bit of trouble finding it." American Idol and the label tied to them were SEETHING According to one user, "Why not make it a fair fight and let the song chart?" Angie didn't know they would ban her song from charting She was so cute when she found out about the riggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousbutera Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Cardi omg how many units did 7 rings move in 2019? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 so yesterday is a classic so im not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, dangerousbutera said: Cardi omg how many units did 7 rings move in 2019? Around 4.7 million (without video streams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer_rose Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Lovergod won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyGoneGhetto Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 41 minutes ago, killer_rose said: Lovergod won. Her second best single of the 2000’s after “Shake It Off”. We Been Knew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Green said: I don't have the digital sales numbers for 2004 but the Top selling female digital track was "Pieces of Me" (Ashlee Simpson) according to the Billboard year end charts of 2004 1 HEY YA! (RADIO MIX) -OutKast -LaFace/ Zomba 2 THE REASON -Hoobastank- Island /IDJMG 3 THIS LOVE -Maroon5- Octone /J /RMG 4 LET'S GET IT STARTED -Black Eyed Peas - A &M /Interscope 5 YEAH! -Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris- LaFace /Zomba 6 SHE WILL BE LOVED- Maroon5 -Octone/ J /RMG 7 PIECES OF ME- Ashlee Simpson -Geffen 8 TOXIC -Britney Spears- Jive /Zomba 9 ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL -Jet- Elektra /Atlantic 10 ROSES -OutKast- LaFace /Zomba However Fantasia still sold more Physical Singles because it wasn't until 2005 that the biggest digital single sold more than the biggest Physical Single. 2004 Top Ten Digital Tracks (01/05/2004-1/02/05) Title / Artist Units Sold 1. The Reason/ Hoobastank 379,839 2. This Love/ Maroon 5 346,922 3. Let’s Get It Started/Black Eyed Peas 328,239 4. Hey Ya! (Radio Mix)/ Outkast 324,848 5. Yeah/ Usher 314,009 6. She Will Be Loved/ Maroon 5 306,550 7. 1985/ Bowling For Soup 260,962 8. Toxic/ Britney Spears 243,873 9. Drop It Like It’s Hot/ Snoop Dogg 234,046 10. Lose My Breath/ Destiny’s Child 225,204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 54 minutes ago, Hector said: 2004 Top Ten Digital Tracks (01/05/2004-1/02/05) Title / Artist Units Sold 1. The Reason/ Hoobastank 379,839 2. This Love/ Maroon 5 346,922 3. Let’s Get It Started/Black Eyed Peas 328,239 4. Hey Ya! (Radio Mix)/ Outkast 324,848 5. Yeah/ Usher 314,009 6. She Will Be Loved/ Maroon 5 306,550 7. 1985/ Bowling For Soup 260,962 8. Toxic/ Britney Spears 243,873 9. Drop It Like It’s Hot/ Snoop Dogg 234,046 10. Lose My Breath/ Destiny’s Child 225,204 Wow thanks for posting it. So the best selling female digital track of 2004 was Britney's Toxic @rihannabiggestfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatestLoveofAll Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Cardi oh wow Whitney first to do it twice (and with the same song I CAN stand it) Cardi- 3 Whitney, Mariah, Katy and Adele- 2 Edited January 9, 2021 by GreatestLoveofAll editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsmoker Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Wow Cardi B The way that she has already eclipsed some other girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurem Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Cardi being on the list 3 times The biggest rapper in the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadius Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hilary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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