List of number-one digital songs of 2005 (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 2005^[1]

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Weekly sales	Ref(s)
January 22	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	Green Day		^[2]
January 29				^[3]
February 5				^[4]
February 12			31,000	^[5]^[6]
February 19	"Candy Shop"	50 Cent featuring Olivia	40,000	^[7]^[8]
February 26				^[9]
March 5			55,500	^[10]^[11]
March 12			50,500	^[12]^[13]
March 19			48,000	^[14]^[13]
March 26			47,500	^[15]^[16]
April 2				^[17]
April 9				^[18]
April 16	"Switch"	Will Smith	40,000	^[19]^[20]
April 23	"Beverly Hills"	Weezer	40,500	^[21]^[22]
April 30	"Hollaback Girl" †	Gwen Stefani		^[23]
May 7			58,500	^[24]^[25]
May 14				^[26]
May 21			61,500	^[27]^[28]
May 28				^[29]
June 4				^[30]
June 11				^[31]
June 18				^[32]
June 25	"Don't Phunk With My Heart"	The Black Eyed Peas		^[33]
July 2				^[34]
July 9				^[35]
July 16	"Hollaback Girl"	Gwen Stefani		^[36]
July 23	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Jessica Simpson	43,000	^[37]^[38]
July 30	"Pon de Replay"	Rihanna		^[39]
August 6				^[40]
August 13				^[41]
August 20				^[42]
August 27				^[43]
September 3	"Just the Girl"	The Click Five	43,000	^[44]^[45]
September 10				^[46]
September 17	"Gold Digger"	Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx	80,500	^[47]^[48]
September 24			77,000	^[49]^[50]
October 1				^[51]
October 8			69,500	^[52]^[53]
October 15	"Photograph"	Nickelback	77,000	^[54]^[55]
October 22	"Gold Digger"	Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx		^[56]
October 29				^[57]
November 5				^[58]
November 12				^[59]
November 19			49,500	^[60]^[61]
November 26	"My Humps"	Black Eyed Peas		^[62]
December 3	"Hung Up"	Madonna	45,500	^[63]^[64]
December 10				^[65]
December 17	"When I'm Gone"	Eminem	46,000	^[66]^[67]
December 24	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey	41,000	^[68]^[69]
December 31	"Don't Forget About Us"		39,000	^[70]^[71]

See also

• 2005 in music
• Hot Digital Songs

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