Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce - Video Music

Chart performance
source: wikipedia

The song debuted at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 and slowly rose up the charts. On the Billboard issue dated November 29, the song entered the top 40 at number 28. The following week, "Single Ladies" surged up to number two on the Billboard Hot 100. With strong digital sales of 204,000, "Single Ladies" topped the Hot Digital Songs chart and caused Beyonce's other single release, "If I Were A Boy", to drop down to the number two spot on the same chart with a lower tally of 160,000 copies sold. It continued its stay at number one on Hot Digital Songs for two weeks. It sold 228,000 downloads the following week, a twelve percent increase over last week's tally of 204,000. The single's performance on the chart was boosted due to heavy rotation, reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Knowles' fifth number one single. This became the first time in history that the top 4 was made up of only two artists. The songs in descending order are; Single Ladies, Live Your Life by T.I., If I Were A Boy (also by Beyonce), and Whatever You Like (also by T.I.). As Knowles fifth number one song, she is now tied with fellow pop/R&B singer Rihanna for most number one songs in this decade by a solo female artist (but it should be noted that Rihanna was not the lead artist, rather a featured aritst, in her previous No. 1 single, Live Your Life with T.I.).It also Should be noted that this is Beyonce's second number one single that do not feature other artists. On the Billboard issue dated December 20, the song was knocked off from the top spot again by "Live Your Life".

The single debuted as Billboard's "Hot Shot Debut" at number 20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. After gaining the most airplay each week, it has peaked at number one, becoming Knowles' fifth number-one R&B single in her solo career. The song captured number one on iTunes U.S. Top Songs, Top Ringtones, and Top Music Videos lists.

The song debuted at number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 based on downloads alone, and it skyrocketed to number 17 the next week based on sales strength and has currently reached the top ten peaking at number 8. On the November 24, 2008, "Single Ladies" debuted at number 15 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

On November 23, 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 67 on downloads alone and has so far peaked at number 62, although not officially released as a single. The week after, it climbed to number 37. Similarly, the song entered the Irish singles chart at number 47 based solely on downloads.