Chart Performance
Featured initially as the free iTunes song of the week on June 16, 2007, the song debuted a few months later at #100 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. After her appearance in a Rhapsody TV commercial, in which she performs the song, "Love Song" rocketed from #72 to #16 on the Hot 100 and #32 to #5 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. It has gone on to sell more than 1.3 million copies.
In the first week of 2008, the song cracked the top ten on the Hot 100, jumping to #9, where it stayed for four non-consecutive weeks before peaking at #4. In spite of not reaching the top three, "Love Song" managed to spend twenty weeks in the top ten, in contrast with other songs that reached higher peak but did not maintain such longevity. The single was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA denoting shipments of 3,000,000 copies. As of February 2011, the single had sold 4,144,000 digital copies. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #30 and peaked at #4. The song debuted at #100 on the Canadian Hot 100 the week of January 31, 2008, and reached #1 on the chart the week of March 29, 2008. In Australia, "Love Song" peaked at #4 in its ninth week on the country's chart. In New Zealand it reached #7 on the Top 40 singles chart and held the #1 position on the Radio Airplay chart for six weeks. It was the most played song of 2008 on New Zealand radio. In Spain, the song debuted at #33 and has so far peaked at #13.
The song is listed at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2008. It also topped both the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks charts in 2008.
| Chart (2007-08) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 18 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) | 10 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 12 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 1 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 5 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 7 |
| German Singles Chart | 13 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 5 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 11 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 17 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 16 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
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