List of number-one digital songs of 2010 (U.S.)

The highest-selling digital singles in the United States are ranked in the Hot Digital Songs chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a single for a summarized figure.

Chart history

Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref(s) Weekly sales
January 2 "Tik Tok" Kesha [1] 221,000
January 9 [2] 610,000
January 16 [3] 394,000
January 23 [4] 252,000
January 30 [5] 244,000
February 6 "Today Was a Fairytale" Taylor Swift [6] 325,000
February 13 "Tik Tok" Kesha [7] 200,000
February 20 "Imma Be" The Black Eyed Peas [8] 236,000
February 27 "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" Artists for Haiti [9] 267,000
March 6 [10] 208,000
March 13 "Imma Be" Black Eyed Peas [11] 187,000
March 20 "Break Your Heart" Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris [12] 273,000
March 27 [13] 202,000
April 3 [14] 176,000
April 10 "Hey, Soul Sister" Train [15]
April 17 [16] 219,000
April 24 [17] 204,000
May 1 "Nothin' on You" B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars [18] 184,000
May 8 [19] 179,000
May 15 "OMG" Usher featuring will.i.am [20] 217,000
May 22 "Not Afraid" Eminem [21] 380,000
May 29 "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg [22] 294,000
June 5 "OMG" Usher featuring will.i.am [23] 236,000
June 12 "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg [24] 269,000
June 19 [25] 318,000
June 26 [26] 353,000
July 3 [27] 337,000
July 10 "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna [28] 338,000
July 17 [29] 320,000
July 24 [30] 314,000
July 31 [31] 352,000
August 7 [32] 332,000
August 14 [33] 300,000
August 21 "Mine" Taylor Swift [34] 297,000
August 28 "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna [35] 254,000
September 4 "Right Above It" Lil Wayne featuring Drake [36] 225,000
September 11 "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry [37] 259,000
September 18 [38] 221,000
September 25 "Just the Way You Are" Bruno Mars [39] 209,000
October 2 "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna [40] 249,000
October 9 "Just the Way You Are" Bruno Mars [41] 188,000
October 16 "Like a G6" Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev [42] 216,000
October 23 [43] 221,000
October 30 "Back to December" Taylor Swift [44] 241,000
November 6 "Like a G6" Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev [45] 204,000
November 13 "We R Who We R" Kesha [46] 280,000
November 20 "What's My Name?" Rihanna featuring Drake [47] 235,000
November 27 "Teenage Dream" Glee Cast [48] 214,000
December 4 "Forget You" Glee Cast featuring Gwyneth Paltrow [49] 192,000
December 11 "Firework" Katy Perry [50] 232,000
December 18 [51] 212,000
December 25 [52] 201,000

See also

References

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