Music
The Top 25 Most Downloaded Songs on iTunes
by Michael Joffe
February 19, 2010
Brace yourself for this one, because it's not exactly a glowing picture of our collective taste in music. As iTunes reaches 10 billion downloads, they have released their top 25 most downloaded songs of all time.
Brace yourself for this one, because it’s not exactly a glowing picture of our collective taste in music. As iTunes reaches 10 billion downloads, they have released their top 25 most downloaded songs of all time. All of the songs on the list are fairly recent and with gag-educing [Exclaim! magazine’s words] Owl City at 24, it certainly raises questions about the math behind the scenes. Are these in fact the most downloaded songs of all time? The list itself is a shocking collection of almost exclusively bad music. Did you download How to Save a Life by The Fray? How about Right Round by Flo Rida? It might be more accurate to call this a list of the top 25 most obnoxious ring tones. Flo has not one but two songs on this list, which is impressive for an artist that faded into obscurity faster than his label could recoup the cost of craft services on one of his terrible music videos.
1) “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas
2) “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga
3) “Boom Boom Pow,” Black Eyed Peas
4) “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz
5) “Viva la Vida,” Coldplay
6) “Just Dance,” Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
7) “Low,” Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)
8) “Love Story,” Taylor Swift
9) “Bleeding Love,” Leona Lewis
10) “TiK ToK,” Ke$ha
11) “Disturbia,” Rihanna
12) “So What,” Pink
13) “I Kissed a Girl,” Katy Perry
14) “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé
15) “Hot N Cold,” Katy Perry
16) “Stronger,” Kanye West
17) “Live Your Life,” T.I. (featuring Rihanna)
18) “Hey There Delilah,” Plain White T’s
19) “Right Round,” Flo Rida
20) “Party in the U.S.A.,” Miley Cyrus
21) “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Journey
22) “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
23) “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon
24) “Fireflies,” Owl City
25) “How to Save a Life,” the Fray
