1 Royals 744 + 840 + 655 = 2,239
2 The Monster 600 + 280 + 446 = 1,326 (obviously points are much higher because sales are much higher in actual count, but interesting to see how much it would've had with just the 150K sales).
3 Wrecking Ball 484 + 555 + 719 = 1,758
4 Roar 544 + 645 + 491 = 1,680
5 Wake Me Up
6 Hold On, We're Going Home
7 Counting Stars
8 Dope 124 + 0 + 746 = 870
9 Demons 440 + 475 + 237 = 1,152
10 Applause
I think Paul Grein hasn't posted an article in a while.
He has. Yahoo just moved his stuff to like blogs or whatever. It's harder to find now but he still posts. The one for this week's up if anyone wants to post it.
He has. Yahoo just moved his stuff to like blogs or whatever. It's harder to find now but he still posts. The one for this week's up if anyone wants to post it.
One Direction's "Story Of My Life" drops from #6 to #11. The boy band's previous hit, "Best Song Ever," tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. It took its sweet time getting there (16 weeks). It's the group's fourth million-seller, following "What Makes You Beautiful" (which is up to 4,397,000), "One Thing" (1,486,000) and "Live While We're Young" (1,248,000). Passenger's "Let Her Go" holds at #12 for the second week in its 15th week. Passenger is the stage name of British singer-songwriter Michael David Rosenberg. Digital sales rank: #9 (118K)…"Timber" by Pitbull featuring Ke$ha vaults from #20 to #15 in its fifth week. Digital sales rank: #8 (119K).
. "Say Something" by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera is the week's second highest new entry at #16. A Great Big World (a pop duo from New York) performed the ballad with Aguilera on The Voice on Nov. 5. The two acts subsequently recorded a collabo version, which accounts for 86% of the song's digital download sales this week. The song vaults from #149 to #1 in its second week on Hot Digital Songs. It sold 189K copies this week. Alas, that's the lowest tally for a song at #1 on this chart in nearly a year (since Rihanna's "Diamonds" hit #1 with sales of 171K). Katy Perry's "Unconditionally" jumps from #25 to #21 in its third week.
. "We Were Us" by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert vaults from #55 to #26 in its ninth week. It jumps to #1 on Hot Country Songs, displacing Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night" (which had held the top spot for 12 weeks). This is Urban's 15th #1 country hit; Lambert's fourth. Urban reached #1 with one previous collabo ("Start A Band," a 2008 pairing with Brad Paisley)…Many country hits make strong upwards moves this week, the result of exposure from last week's CMA Awards. Lambert's husband, Blake Shelton, also sprints into the top 30. "Mine Would Be You" jumps from #38 to #28 in its 15th week. The Neighborhood's "Sweater Weather" jumps from #33 to #29 in its 22nd week…Taylor Swift's "Red" vaults from #76 to #32 in its 19th week. The song has already climbed as high as #6…"Stay The Night" by Zedd featuring Hayley Williams jumps from #51 to #34 in its eighth week.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis land their fourth top 40 hit as "White Walls" (featuring ScHoolboy Q & Hollis) jumps from #49 to #39 in its eighth week…Tim McGraw's "Southern Girl" jumps from #52 to #42 in its 16th week.
. Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied," a song from her 2006 album B'Day, re-enters the chart at #46. This represents a new peak for the song, which climbed as high as #68 in August 2007. This marks the second time in six weeks that an old song from a former #1 album has had a resurgence. In October, Kanye West's "Gone" (featuring Cam'ron & Consequence) debuted at #18. It was from his 2004 album Late Registration. In today's volatile chart world, anything's possible. Florida Georgia Line's "Stay" jumps from #62 to #47 in its fourth week…Eric Church's "The Outsiders" rebounds from #95 to #51 in its third week. This puts it right back where it debuted two weeks ago.
Justin Bieber's "Bad Day" debuts at #53. It's the fifth in his Music Mondays series. Next up: "All Bad." (Seriously.)…Cassadee Pope's "Wasting All These Tears" jumps from #69 to #60 in its 10th week…The Band Perry's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" jumps from #81 to #67 in its fourth week.
. James Wolpert's version of Joni Mitchell's "A Case Of You" debuts at #72. Wolpert is a contestant on The Voice. This is the second cover version of this song to make the chart. Frank Stallone (the brother of you-know-who) took it to #67 in 1980. The song first appeared on Mitchell's classic 1971 album Blue. Mitchell had only one Hot 100 hit from that album ("Carey," which reached #93), but two songs from the album have gone on to become chart hits for other artists. In addition to "A Case Of You," Sarah McLachlan took "River" to #71 in 2006. Britney Spears' "Perfume" debuts at #76. It's from her eighth studio album Britney Jean, which is due Nov. 29. The first single from the album, "Work B**ch!," peaked at #12.
Luke Bryan's "Drink A Beer" debuts at #79. It's from Crash My Party…Lady Antebellum's "Compass" debuts at #87. The song will be on a deluxe reissue of their fourth studio album Golden…"Everybody's Got Somebody But Me" by Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz debuts at #91. It's from Hunter Hayes: Encore Edition…"Let Me Go" by Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger re-enters the chart at #100. The song has climbed as high as #78.
Did Get Me Bodied re-chart because of that video of the women that danced at her vastectomy or something? I know my Mom was playing that video last week on her computer
I think Streaming is an accurate rule, but needs to be played with in the formula a little bit more. I'd understand if Dope narrowly did Top 20.
Also why the hell does Billboard keep calling the sales, 'Hot Digital Sales' like they aren't the primary sales, as if digital sales don't make up 99.9% of a song's sales? They need to change 'Hot Digital Sales' back to 'Hot 100 Single Sales' since they're now the primary sales for singles like Physicals were.
As "Stay The Night" by Zedd featuring Hayley Williams jumps from #51 to #34 in its eighth week both Zedd & Hayley score a second Top 40 hit meaning they are no longer one hit wonders. Zedd previously reached the Top 10 earlier this year with his hit Clarity ft. Foxes and back in 2010 B.o.B's Airplanes ft. Hayley Williams reached #2 on the charts.
It's a beautiful song, so I'm very glad it achieved this Top 10 placement alongside "Applause". 
I'd understand if Dope narrowly did Top 20.
Dope charting at #8 because of that performance, if she performed DWUW or Applause...
