List of number-one digital songs of 2008 (U.S.)

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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[edit]

Key
Indicates best-charting digital song of 2008[1]
Issue date Song Artist(s) Weekly sales Ref(s)
January 5 "Low" † Flo Rida featuring T-Pain 178,000 [2][3]
January 12 467,000 [4][5]
January 19 232,000 [6][7]
January 26 [8]
February 2 180,000 [9][10]
February 9 170,000 [11][12]
February 16 179,000 [13][14][15]
February 23 167,000 [16][15][17]
March 1 [18]
March 8 [19]
March 15 "Love in This Club" Usher featuring Young Jeezy 198,000 [20][21]
March 22 "Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley 178,000 [22][23]
March 29 "Love in This Club" Usher featuring Young Jeezy [24]
April 5 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 219,000 [25][26]
April 12 "Touch My Body" Mariah Carey 286,000 [27][28]
April 19 "4 Minutes" Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 217,000 [29][30]
April 26 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 223,000 [31][32]
May 3 "4 Minutes" Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 202,000 [33][34]
May 10 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 236,000 [35][36]
May 17 217,000 [37][38]
May 24 "Take a Bow" Rihanna 267,000 [39][40]
May 31 196,000 [41][42]
June 7 "The Time of My Life" David Cook 236,000 [43][44]
June 14 "Viva la Vida" Coldplay 219,000 [45][46]
June 21 253,000 [47][48]
June 28 246,000 [49][50]
July 5 "I Kissed a Girl" Katy Perry 235,000 [51][52]
July 12 206,000 [53][54]
July 19 191,000 [55][56]
July 26 177,000 [57][58][59]
August 2 166,000 [60][61]
August 9 151,000 [62][63]
August 16 "Disturbia" Rihanna 140,000 [64][65]
August 23 148,000 [66][67]
August 30 "Crush" David Archuleta 166,000 [68][69]
September 6 "Whatever You Like" T.I. 205,000 [70][71]
September 13 176,000 [72][73]
September 20 "So What" Pink 197,000 [74][75]
September 27 253,000 [76][77]
October 4 218,000 [78][79]
October 11 "Whatever You Like" T.I. [80]
October 18 "Live Your Life" T.I. featuring Rihanna 335,000 [81][82]
October 25 "Womanizer" Britney Spears 286,000 [83][84]
November 1 201,000 [85][86]
November 8 "If I Were a Boy" Beyoncé 190,000 [87][88]
November 15 "Live Your Life" T.I. featuring Rihanna 184,000 [89][90]
November 22 "Heartless" Kanye West 201,000 [91][92]
November 29 "If I Were a Boy" Beyoncé 170,000 [93][94]
December 6 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 204,000 [95][96]
December 13 228,000 [97][98]
December 20 "Circus" Britney Spears 212,000 [99][100]
December 27 153,000 [101][102]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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