Atlanta, GA 1/11/2008 12:35:35 AM
News / Entertainment

Soulja Boy Makes History with "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)"

Soulja Boy became the first artist to pass the three million mark for a digital song Thursday with his hit "Crank That (Soulja Boy)".

After selling 123,000 downloads this past week, the Grammy-nominated rap song has sold 3.032 million digital tracks to date, accoding to Nielsen SoundScan.

Fans have viewed the video on YouTube 22 million times and have purchased 3 million ringtones.

The song comes from his 2007 debut album, Souljaboytellem.com, which has sold 658,000 copies.

The song has spawned a bevy of "Crank Dat" songs and dances, such as "Crank Dat Batman" and "Crank Dat Spider Man".

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