Streaming Songs

The Streaming Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and lists each week's top streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services in the United States.^[1] The chart represents one of the three components, along with airplay (Hot 100 Airplay) and sales (Hot Digital Songs and Hot Singles Sales), that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100, which ranks the most popular songs in the United States.^[2]

Billboard editorial director Bill Werde said that "Harlem Shake"'s success prompted them to enact the chart policy after two years of discussions with YouTube".^[3]

The first number-one on the Streaming Songs chart was "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on January 19, 2013.^[4]

Chart achievements

Songs with the most weeks at number-one

• 13 weeks: "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus
• 11 weeks: "We Can't Stop" – Miley Cyrus
• 8 weeks: "Harlem Shake" - Baauer
• 6 weeks: "Gangnam Style" – Psy

Highest single-week streams

• 103 million, "Harlem Shake" – Baauer, March 2, 2013
• 36.5 million, "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus, September 28, 2013
• 13.9 million, "Gentleman" – Psy, May 4, 2013
• 12.4 million, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" – Ylvis, October 19, 2013
• 12 million, "Roar" – Katy Perry, September 21, 2013

Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Miley Cyrus (3)

2. Katy Perry (2)

2. Psy (2)

Artists with the most weeks at number-one

1. Miley Cyrus (25 weeks)

2. Psy (8 weeks)

3. Baauer (8 weeks)

See also

• List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2013
• List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2014

References