List of number-one digital songs of 2008 (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

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

• 2008 in music
• Hot Digital Songs

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