In the United States , the song initially failed to chart on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , but later entered at number 95 in March 2016 , following Gaga 's performance of the song at the 88th Academy Awards . According to '' Billboard '' , the song had sold less than 2,000 downloads during the week before the Academy Awards sales period . Following the performance , the song sold nearly 28,000 downloads ( 2,120 % sales increase ) , becoming its best digital sales week , and debuted at number 27 on the Hot Digital Songs chart . It also garnered one million streams ( up by 546 % ) for the tracking week , contributing its debut on the Hot 100 . '' Billboard '' reported that the song sold more than " Writing 's on the Wall " by Sam Smith , the latter having won the Academy Award for Best Original Song . According to Nielsen SoundScan , " Til It Happens to You " has sold a total of 71,000 downloads in the country as of March 2016
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Til It Happens to You