Over on the Digital Songs chart,
Pitbull's "Timber" (featuring Ke$ha), jumps to No. 1 for the first time, selling 237,000 downloads (up 43%). Last week, the song was ranked at No. 4. It's the first No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart for Pitbull, who previously went as high as No. 2 with three different tunes: "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," his featured turn on Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor," and "Give Me Everything."
For Ke$ha, "Timber" is her third No. 1, and first since 2010's "We R Who We R" debuted atop the list.
"Timber," like many songs on the chart this week, benefit from performances on the "American Music Awards" (AMAs), which took place on Sunday, Nov. 24.
Last week's leader,
Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, falls to No. 2 with 231,000 (down 4%).
The AMAs also help a
Great Big World's "Say Something," featuring Christina Aguilera, which climbs 6-3 with 197,000 (up 63%). Also seeing AMAs-related bumps in the top 10:
One Direction's "Story of My Life," which re-enters at No. 7 with 118,000 and Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," which climbs 10-9 with 99,000 (up 11%).
Elsewhere in the top 10,
OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" dips 3-4 with 175,000 (up 5%) and Lorde's "Royals" slips 2-5 with 144,000 (down 19%). Imagine Dragons' "Demons" falls one rung to No. 6 with 124,000 (down 1%) and Passenger's "Let Her Go" descends a slot to no. 8 with 115,000 (down 1%). Katy Perry's "Roar" rounds out the top 10, falling one position to No. 10, with just under 99,000 (down less than 1%).
Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.86 million downloads, up 7% compared with last week (19.52 million) and down 6% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (22.15 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.16 billion, down 4% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.21 billion).
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