On the Digital Songs chart, "Somebody That I Used to Know" jumps 2-1 with 542,000 downloads -- its first week at No. 1 and the fourth-best sales week ever for a digital song. It's also the best sales week of the year, surpassing the arrival of Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" (521,000).


Over on the Digital Songs chart, fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) slips one rung to No. 2 with 333,000 (down 15%) while One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" rises 4-3 with 267,000 (down 9%). Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" falls 3-4 (255,000; down 14%), Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is up 6-5 (227,000; up 5%) and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" slips 5-6 (204,000; down 12%).

Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" (featuring Sia) is up 8-7 (187,000; down 6%), the Wanted's "Glad You Came" falls 7-8 (181,000; down 14%) and "Mercy" by Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz rises 15-9 (154,000; up 32%). Closing out the top 10 is a new entry from the Glee Cast, with its cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" at No. 10 (152,000).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 15) totaled 5.61 million units, down 12% compared to the sum last week (6.39 million) and down 11% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (6.32 million). Year to date album sales stand at 89.84 million, down less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (90.02 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 26.21 million downloads, down 10% compared to last week (29.12 million) and up 9% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (24.06 million). Year to date track sales are at 416.66 million, up 8% compared to the same total at this point last year (386.35 million).


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On the Digital Songs chart, "Somebody That I Used to Know" jumps 2-1 with 542,000 downloads -- its first week at No. 1 and the fourth-best sales week ever for a digital song. It's also the best sales week of the year, surpassing the arrival of Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" (521,000).

1. Gotye f/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know | 542,000 (2,491,000 total)

is katy still in top 10 ? or

So

Somebody That I Used to Know: 542,000
We Are Young: 333,333

Difference: 209,000

Somebody That I Used to Know also greater than We Are Young on Spotify
So it will likely be #1 on On-Demand Songs

It is behind on airplay. But the sale gap is 209,000

#1 on Hot 100 ? yes?

Gotye.

It should be #1 on the Hot100

Yassss. Gotye better show his superiority and reign over "We Are Trash".

542.000 copies sold for a non-holiday week.

I know digital sales have increased year over year, but that is still an incredible achievement.

haha

WOW. Massive sales for Goyte...


I hope it's #1 on HOT 100...

BTW, Am I the only one who think Kimbra sounds like Katy Perry on this?

I've said it before. She sounds like a more in-tune Katy Perry.

1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know" (542,000) (2,491,000) *crosses 2m
2. fun./ f/ Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" (333,000) (3,625,000)
3. One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful" (267,000) (1,396,000)
4. Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend" (255,000) (1,071,000) *crosses 1m
5. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" (227,000) (1,200,000) *crosses 1m
6. Nicki Minaj, "Starships" (204,000) (1,668,000)
7. Flo Rida f/ Sia, "Wild Ones" (187,000) (1,529,000)
8. The Wanted, "Glad You Came" (181,000) (1,847,000)
9. Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz, "Mercy" (154,000)
10. Glee Cast, "Somebody That I Used To Know" (152,000) (DEBUT)

It'll snatch WAY's wig in no time.

congrats Gotye he deserves it

Yesss Gotye Good for Kimbra too

Gotye's coming for Fun.