The 50 biggest songs of 2017
USA TODAY teams with Buzz Angle Music and Mediabase to rank the music we loved throughout the year.
It was a groundbreaking year in pop as an exciting new generation of artists challenged the big stars to create the most diverse Top 40 music we’ve heard in years. This was less a year for the Katy Perrys and the Taylor Swifts than the Cardi Bs and the Khalids. USA TODAY worked with Buzz Angle Music and Mediabase to pull the year’s 50 biggest songs by the numbers ( sales and streaming). Then we ranked them.
50. Swang, Rae Sremmurd ( Sales rank: No. 45 out of 50)
49. Believer, Imagine Dragons ( Sales rank. No. 10)
48. Perfect, Ed Sheeran ( Sales rank: No. 42)
47. Now or Never, Halsey ( Sales rank: 46)
46. Bounce Back, Big Sean ( Sales rank: No. 21)
45. Tunnel Vision, Kodak Black ( Sales rank: No. 28)
44. Slippery, Migos ( Sales rank: No. 35)
43. 1- 800- 273- 8255, Logic ( Sales rank: No. 15)
42. Slow Hands, Niall Horan ( Sales rank: No. 33)
41. Strip That Down, Liam Payne ( Sales rank: No. 37)
40. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever ( Fifty Shades Darker), ZAYN & Taylor Swift ( Sales rank: No. 17)
39. Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift ( Sales rank: No. 39)
38. There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back, Shawn Mendes ( Sales rank: No. 26)
37. Magnolia, Playboi Carti ( Sales rank: No. 48)
36. Shape of You, Ed Sheeran ( Sales rank: No. 1)
35. Feel It Still, Portugal. The Man ( Sales rank: No. 41)
34. Something Just Like This, The Chainsmokers & Coldplay ( Sales rank: No. 11)
33. Stay, Zedd & Alessia Cara ( Sales rank: No. 18)
32. Bank Account, 21 Savage ( Sales rank: No. 34)
31. That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars ( Sales rank: No. 4)
30. Drowning, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie( Sales rank: No. 43)
29. Location, Khalid ( Sales rank: No. 12 )
28. Body Like a Back Road, Sam Hunt ( Sales rank: No. 8)
27. Rockstar, Post Malone feat. 21 Savage ( Sales rank: No. 16)
26. Thunder, Imagine Dragons ( Sales rank: No. 25)
25. Portland, Drake ( Sales rank: No. 40)
24. Unforgettable, French Montana ( Sales rank: No. 13)
23. Issues, Julia Michaels ( Sales rank. No. 14)
22. Love, Kendrick Lamar ( Sales rank: No. 29 )
21. In Case You Didn’t Know, Brett Young ( Sales rank: No. 47)
20. Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran ( Sales rank: No. 30)
19. Sorry Not Sorry, Demi Lovato ( Sales rank: No. 36)
18. Attention, Charlie Puth ( Sales rank: No. 27 )
17. T- Shirt, Migos ( Sales rank: No. 31)
16. Havana, Camila Cabello ( Sales rank: No. 49)
15. Sign of the Times, Harry Styles ( Sales rank: No. 50)
14. I’m the One, DJ Khaled ( Sales rank: No. 9
13. Loyalty, Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna ( Sales rank: No. 44)
12. Congratulations, Post Malone ( Sales rank: No. 5)
11. It Ain’t Me, Kygo feat. Selena Gomez ( Song rank: No. 22)
10. Young Dumb & Broke, Khalid ( Sales rank: No. 38)
9. Mask Off, Future ( Sales rank: No. 6)
8. Humble, Kendrick Lamar ( Sales rank: No. 3)
7. Passionfruit, Drake ( Sales rank: No. 24)
6. Despacito, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber ( Sales rank: No. 2)
5. XO Tour Llif3, Lil Uzi Vert ( Sales rank: No. 7)
4. Wild Thoughts, DJ Khaled ( Song rank: No. 23)
3. Bodak Yellow, Cardi B ( Sales rank. No. 20)
2. DNA, Kendrick Lamar ( Sales rank: No. 19)
1. Slide, Calvin Harris ( Sales rank: No. 32) Slide wasn’t the biggest- selling song of 2017, or the most influential, but it was the best.