Achievements
- Rihanna was named the Hot Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
- After his passing, Michael Jackson became the first artist in digital history to sell one million downloads in a week, with a record-breaking 2.6 million downloads of his songs.
- Lady Gaga is the only female artist to top the six million mark with two songs - "Just Dance and Poker Face.
- Katy Perry is the only artist to top the five million mark with four songs —"Hot N Cold", "California Gurls", "Firework" and "E.T."— which is more than any other artist in digital history.
- Adele's song "Rolling in the Deep" became the first song to sell five million downloads in a single calendar year.
- Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" became the fastest selling digital single in iTunes history, selling one-million copies in five days as well as topping all of the charts in various countries simultaneously.
- Miley Cyrus is the youngest lead artist to have a single that sold more than five million downloads for her single "Party in the U.S.A.".
- Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know", Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", Fun. and Janelle Monáe's "We Are Young" are the first three songs to sell at least five million downloads in a single semester, with 6,667,000, 6,000,000, and 5,381,000 downloads sold respectively.
- Lady Gaga's hit single " Just Dance" became the best selling song for a debut artist in the United States, with 6.6 million copies.
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Famous quotes containing the word achievements:
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—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
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—Stella Chess (20th century)
“Freedom of enterprise was from the beginning not altogether a blessing. As the liberty to work or to starve, it spelled toil, insecurity, and fear for the vast majority of the population. If the individual were no longer compelled to prove himself on the market, as a free economic subject, the disappearance of this freedom would be one of the greatest achievements of civilization.”
—Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)