other stats 2021: First year since 1999 with a Top 3 Female Selling Songs in the US

[Green]

2021 was the first year since 1999 that the Top 3 best selling/consumed songs in the US were by females (as lead credited artists):

 

Remember that since 2016 Nielsen is using SPS for their Top Digital Song Consumption chart

 

These are the top 3 selling songs each year since 1992 in the US based on their Consumption during those years (2001-2004 was a tragic time for singles sales so that's why the Billboard Hot 100 was based mostly on radio during those years until digital sales took over in 2005).

 

1992-2003 (Physical Sales)

2004-2005 (Physical & Digital Sales)

2006-2015 (Digital Sales)

2016-2019 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio SES units)

2020-201 (Digital Song Consumption: Song sales + On-Demand Audio & Video SES units)

 

 

 

 

1992:

1. Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You," 3,086,000

2. Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Baby Got Back"

3. Kris Kross, "Jump"

 

 

 

 

1993:

1. Tag Team, "Whoomp! (There It Is)"   2.8 million            

2. Meat Loaf, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"  1.4 million

3. Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You," 1.4 million

 

 

 

 

1994:

1. Boyz II Men, "I'll Make Love to You"  1.6 million

2. All-4-One, "I Swear"  1.5 million

3. R. Kelly, "Bump n' Grind"  1.2 million

 

 

 

 

1995:

1. Coolio, "Gangsta's Paradise" 2,500,000

2. Mariah Carey, "Fantasy" 1,500,000

3. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, “One Sweet Day” 1,300,000

 

 

 

1996:

01) Los Del Rio, "Macarena (bayside boys mix)"  3.7 million

02) 2PAC, "How Do U Want It/California Love"  1.7 million

03) Keith Sweat, "Twisted"  1.6 million

 

 

 

 

1997:

01) Elton John, "Candle In The Wind 1997"  8.1 million

02) Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, "I'll Be Missing You"  3.1 million

03) Puff Daddy feat. Mase, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"  2.7 million

 

 

 

 

1998:

1. Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine" 2,591,000

2. Next, “Too Close” 2,100,000

3. Shania Twain, “You're Still The One” 1,900,000

 

 

 

1999:

1. Cher, "Believe" 1,707,000

2. Christina Aguilera, "Genie In A Bottle" 1,400,000

3. Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price, "Heartbreak Hotel" 1,300,000

 

 

 

 

2000:

1. Santana feat. The Product G&B, "Maria Maria" 1,300,000

2. Madonna, "Music" 1,000,000

3. Sisqo, "Incomplete" 1,000,000

 

 

 

 

2001:

1. Mariah Carey, "Loverboy" 571,000

2. Joe, "Stutter" 542,000

3. Eden's Crush, "Get Over Yourself" 539,000

 

 

 

 

2002:

1. Kelly Clarkson, "A Moment Like This" 605,000

2. B2K, "Uh Huh"  370,000

3. Mr. Cheeks, "Lights, Camera, Action!"  280,000

 

 

 

2003:

1. Clay Aiken, "This Is the Night" 948,155

2. Ruben Studdard, "Flying Without Wings" 728,243

3. Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crow, "Picture" 392,489

 

 

 

2004: Physical Singles:

1. Fantasia, "I Believe"  401,000

2. Clay Aiken, "Solitaire/The Way"  324,000

3. Diana DeGarmo, "Dreams" 184,000

 

 

2004: Digital Tracks:

1. Hoobastank, "The Reason"  379,839

2. Maroon 5, "This Love"  346,922

3. Black Eyed Peas, "Let's Get it Started"  328,239

 

 

 

 

2005: Physical Singles:

1. Carrie Underwood, "Inside Your Heaven"  447,664  

2. Bo Bice, "Inside Your Heaven"  334,775  

3. Pussycat Dolls, "Don't Cha"  266,302

 

 

 

2005: Digital Songs:

1. Gwen Stefani, “Hollaback Girl” 1,171,672

2. Kanye West, "Gold Digger"  1,089,665

3. Weezer, "Beverly Hills"  961,988

 

 

 

2006:

1. Daniel Powter, "Bad Day" 2,015,594

2. Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland, "Promiscuous" 1,709,274

3. Justin Timberlake, "Sexyback" 1,657,798

 

 

 

 

2007:

1. Soulja Boy, "Crank That"  2,909,263

2. Plain White T's, "Hey There Delilah"  2,565,954

3. Fergie, "Big Girls Don’t Cry"  2,525,000

 

 

 

 

2008:

1. Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love" 3,420,000

2. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop"  3,161,234

3. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, "Low"  2,978,556

 

 

 

 

2009:

1. Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"  4,762,382

2. Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling"  4,425,940 

3. Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" 4,381,000

 

 

 

 

2010:

1. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls" 4,398,000

2. Train, "Hey, Soul Sister"  4,314,449

3. Eminem feat. Rihanna, "Love The Way You Lie"  4,245,354

 

 

 

 

2011:

1. Adele, "Rolling In the Deep" 5,813,000    

2. LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem" 5,468,305 

3. Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, "E.T." 4,829,000

 

 

 

 

2012:

1. Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know" 6,801,000

2. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" 6,472,000 

3. Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" 5,948,000

 

 

 

 

2013:

1. ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. & PHARRELL / BLURRED LINES  6,498,000

2. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ /THRIFT SHOP  6,148,000

3. IMAGINE DRAGONS / RADIOACTIVE  5,496,000

 

 

 

 

2014:

1. PHARRELL WILLIAMS / HAPPY  6,455,000

2. JOHN LEGEND / ALL OF ME  4,674,000

3. KATY PERRY FT. JUICY J / DARK HORSE  4,430,000

 

 

 

 

2015:

1. MARK RONSON FEAT. BRUNO MARS / “UPTOWN FUNK!” 5,529,000

2. ED SHEERAN / “THINKING OUT LOUD” 3,976,000

3. WIZ KHALIFA FEAT. CHARLIE PUTH / “SEE YOU AGAIN” 3,801,000

 

 

 

 

2016:

1. Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla, "One Dance" 5,524,000

2. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, "Closer" 4,541,000

3. Rihanna feat. Drake, "Work" 4,080,000

 

 

 

 

2017:

1. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, "Despacito"  6,663,000

2. Ed Sheeran, "Shape Of You"  5,815,000

3. Kendrick Lamar, "HUMBLE."  4,950,000

 

 

 

 

2018:

1. Drake, "God's Plan"  7.4 million

2. Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign, "Psycho"   

3. Drake, "Nice for What" 

 

 

 

 

2019:

 

1. Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road"  8,735,000

2. Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower"  6,327,000

3. Post Malone, "Wow."  5,015,000

 

 

 

 

2020:

1. RODDY RICCH “The Box” 7.571 million

2. THE WEEKND “Blinding Lights” 6.051 million

3. FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE “Life Is Good” 5.995 million

 

 

 

 

2021:

1. Dua Lipa, "Levitating" 5.745 million

2. Olivia Rodrigo, "drivers license" 5.050 million

3. Olivia Rodrigo, "good 4 u" 4.813 million

[Solaria]

We're finally out of the cold and horrid 2017-2018 era. 

[k4rmabutterfly]

Not Life Is Good outselling Levitating tho, why 2021 was so weak?

[rp662]

22 minutes ago, pieceofgök said:

We're finally out of the cold and horrid 2017-2018 era. 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

1 hour ago, pieceofgök said:

We're finally out of the cold and horrid 2017-2018 era. 

those were rough years for the girls indeed.

 

OT: Thats great!! Though i will say 1999 may hold more weight achievement-wise since it was three separate lead artists but a successful year nonetheless.