On October 1 , 2012 , " Die Young " 's debuted on the '' Billboard '' Pop Songs chart at number 21 , marking Kesha 's highest ranking debut on that chart . " Die Young " entered the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 at number 13 , also debuting at number three on the Hot Digital Songs chart with 188,000 digital downloads sold within its first week . On the Radio Songs chart , the song garnered 31 million hits . On the week ending in October 27 , " Die Young " debuted on '' Billboard '' s Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number 45 . In its third week , " Die Young " rose to number eight on the Hot 100 , earning Kesha her eighth consecutive top-ten hit on the chart since her debut with " Tik Tok " in 2010 . In its fifth week , the song jumped to number four on the chart . For the week ending December 8 , 2012 , " Die Young " reached its eventual peak of number two , being kept off the top spot by Rihanna 's " Diamonds " . On track to become her third number one in the country , she began to lose airplay in December 2012 , when several radio stations petitioned to stop playing the song due to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ; the track subsequently began falling down the charts . Despite this however , " Die Young " became a number one hit on the Pop Songs chart , earning Kesha her third chart-topper on that chart along with " Your Love Is My Drug " and " Tik Tok " and her sixth top ten hit for that chart as well . As of March 2016 , " Die Young " has sold 2.9 million copies in the US
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Die Young (Kesha song)