A quick look at the best selling singles of the digital era (pure). Somewhat inaccurate as some songs are not currently charting. Check the dates for when each song was last updated.
Orange – Updated this year
+ – Change from the last update.
NE – New from the previous update.
OFF – No longer in the top 50. As new updates are added, some of these could re-enter.
UP NEXT – Tracks that are active and approaching inclusion (not every track below the top 50 is listed here, just some noteworthy songs. Example: Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” has sold 5.3 million pure but hasn’t been updated in a while and is not actively being updated so it’s not listed in the Up Next section).
*May not include all tracks with over 5.5 million copies as the full list hasn’t been updated in several years. Some numbers from Billboard are rounded to the nearest 100k sales. In ties, the track updated most recently is ranked lower*
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| # | + | ARTIST – SONG | SALES | DATE |
| 1 | The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling | 8,800,000 | 3/28/16 | |
| 2 | Adele – Rolling In the Deep | 8,785,900 | 7/12/18 | |
| 3 | Imagine Dragons – Radioactive | 8,378,700 | 7/12/18 | |
| 4 | 1 | Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know | 8,141,800 | 7/12/18 |
| 5 | -1 | LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem | 8,100,000 | 3/28/16 |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk! | 7,984,700 | 7/12/18 |
| 7 | -1 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop | 7,900,000 | 3/3/16 |
| 8 | Florida Georgia Line – Cruise | 7,791,500 | 7/12/18 | |
| 9 | Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe | 7,600,000 | 3/28/16 | |
| 10 | Pharrell Williams – Happy | 7,569,300 | 6/15/17 | |
| 11 | Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines | 7,530,000 | 3/28/16 | |
| 12 | Lady Gaga – Poker Face | 7,500,000 | 2/25/18 | |
| 13 | Eminem – Lose Yourself | 7,477,000 | 4/5/18 | |
| 14 | 1 | Katy Perry – Firework | 7,309,000 | 7/5/18 |
| 15 | -1 | Flo Rida – Low | 7,300,000 | 1/5/16 |
| 16 | 1 | Lady Gaga – Just Dance | 7,200,000 | 2/25/18 |
| 17 | 1 | Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ | 7,159,600 | 7/12/18 |
| 18 | -2 | Fun. – We Are Young | 7,150,000 | 3/22/16 |
| 19 | -1 | Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are | 7,046,400 | 6/15/17 |
| 20 | Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger | 6,936,700 | 9/7/17 | |
| 21 | The Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow | 6,900,000 | 10/22/15 | |
| 22 | Kesha – TiK ToK | 6,900,000 | 11/3/16 | |
| 23 | 11 | Coldplay – Viva La Vida | 6,870,900 | 7/12/18 |
| 24 | -1 | Jason Mraz – I’m Yours | 6,837,000 | 4/23/14 |
| 25 | Lady Antebellum – Need You Now | 6,818,200 | 7/12/18 | |
| 26 | -2 | Eminem – Love the Way You Lie | 6,758,200 | 9/14/17 |
| 27 | -1 | Taio Cruz – Dynamite | 6,524,000 | 7/31/13 |
| 28 | -1 | Train – Hey, Soul Sister | 6,417,000 | 1/1/14 |
| 29 | -1 | LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It | 6,400,000 | 10/22/15 |
| 30 | -1 | Katy Perry – Roar | 6,400,000 | 2/20/17 |
| 31 | -1 | Katy Perry – Dark Horse | 6,300,000 | 2/20/17 |
| 32 | John Legend – All Of Me | 6,269,300 | 2/15/18 | |
| 33 | 13 | AWOLNATION – Sail | 6,242,800 | 7/12/18 |
| 34 | -3 | Lorde – Royals | 6,210,900 | 8/31/17 |
| 35 | -2 | Adele – Someone Like You | 6,171,000 | 3/1/17 |
| 36 | -1 | Bruno Mars – Grenade | 6,100,000 | 10/30/16 |
| 37 | 2 | Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A. | 6,075,000 | 7/12/18 |
| 38 | -2 | Cee-Lo Green – Forget You | 6,055,000 | 7/31/13 |
| 39 | -2 | Timbaland – Apologize | 6,000,000 | 4/9/15 |
| 40 | -2 | Taylor Swift – Love Story | 6,000,000 | 3/1/17 |
| 41 | -1 | Katy Perry – E.T. | 5,900,000 | 3/1/17 |
| 42 | NE | Maroon 5 – Payphone | 5,870,700 | 6/22/17 |
| 43 | 4 | Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud | 5,820,500 | 7/12/18 |
| 44 | NE | Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks | 5,817,300 | 7/12/18 |
| 45 | -4 | Katy Perry – California Gurls | 5,800,000 | 2/20/17 |
| 46 | -4 | Lady Gaga – Bad Romance | 5,800,000 | 2/25/18 |
| 47 | NE | Kanye West – Stronger | 5,747,500 | 9/14/17 |
| 48 | -5 | Katy Perry – Hot N Cold | 5,700,000 | 2/20/17 |
| 49 | -5 | Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass | 5,700,000 | 3/1/17 |
| 50 | -2 | Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble | 5,670,000 | 11/3/16 |
| 50 | -5 | Beyonce – Single Ladies | 5,670,000 | 11/3/16 |
| OFF | -3 | Flo Rida – Right Round | 5,572,000 | 3/19/14 |
| OFF | -3 | Jay-Z – Empire State Of Mind | 5,513,000 | 6/4/14 |
| UP NEXT | Owl City – Fireflies | 5,269,000 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah | 5,143,900 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Avicii – Wake Me Up | 5,018,700 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Zac Band Brown – Chicken Fried | 5,011,500 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Nicki Minaj – Super Bass | 5,000,000 | 12/23/14 | |
| UP NEXT | Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow | 4,954,700 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Justin Timberlake – SexyBack | 4,864,600 | 2/15/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Adele – Hello | 4,834,400 | 2/23/17 | |
| UP NEXT | Nickelback – Rock Star | 4,777,400 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Christina Perri – A Thousand Years | 4,780,000 | 5/31/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Imagine Dragons – Demons | 4,701,600 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | David Guetta – Titanium | 4,699,900 | 7/12/18 | |
| UP NEXT | Hozier – Take Me to Church | 4,695,100 | 7/12/18 | |
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