04-01-2013 @ 19:09
2012's top selling digital song | sales in 2012 | ||
1 | Gotye ft Kimbra | Somebody That I Used to Know | 6.80 million |
2 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Call Me Maybe | 6.47 million |
3 | fun. ft Janelle Monae | We Are Young | 5.95 million |
4 | Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa | Payphone | 4.76 million |
5 | Nicki Minaj | Starships | 3.98 million |
6 | One Direction | What Makes You Beautiful | 3.89 million |
7 | fun. | Some Nights | 3.84 million |
8 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) | 3.82 million |
9 | PSY | Gangnam Style | 3.59 million |
10 | Maroon 5 | One More Night | 3.46 million |
A total of 108 songs sold more than 1 million downloads in 2012 down slightly from the 112 that did it in 2011. 41 moved 2 million in 2012 vs. 38 in 2011
In 2011, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" broke the record for the biggest-selling song of a year, moving 5.81 million. It and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (5.47 million) were the first two songs to surpass 5 million sales in a calendar year. In 2012 2 nearly 3 passed the 6 million digital sales.
source: billboard/nielsen soundscan