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Chart Listings: STIUTK Dethrones WAY & Surpasses Boyfriend's sales
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STIUTK Dethrones WAY & Surpasses Boyfriend's sales
Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know'
Roars to No. 1 on Hot 100
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Fueled by a "Glee" remake and his appearance on "Saturday Night Live," Gotye scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his first entry on the songs chart, as "Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra, lifts 2-1.
With the "Glee" cast having performed its version of the song on the Fox series' April 10 episode and Gotye and Kimbra having sung "Somebody" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on April 14, the track sold 542,000 downloads in the April 9-15 tracking period, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The sum is the fourth-best since SoundScan began tracking digital sales in 2003. Here are the five highest weekly totals:
Total, Title, Artist(s), Chart Date
636,000, "Right Round," Flo Rida, Feb. 28, 2009
610,000, "TiK ToK," Ke$ha, Jan. 9, 2010
559,000, "Grenade," Bruno Mars, Jan. 8, 2011
542,000, "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra, April 28, 2012
521,000, "Boyfriend," Justin Bieber, April 14, 2012
While aided by TV exposure, Gotye's "Somebody" nets the highest weekly digital sales total for a song not powered by debut week sales ("Right Round") or Christmas week consumer behavior ("TiK ToK," "Grenade"). (The "Glee" cast cover of "Somebody," meanwhile, sold 152,000 downloads and debuts on the Digital Songs chart at No. 10 and the Hot 100 at No. 26.)
And, as "Somebody," which led Billboard's Rock Songs chart for four weeks, dethrones fun.'s "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, after six weeks atop the Hot 100 (as "Young" conversely replaces "Somebody" at the Rock Songs summit), two rock-based tracks have reigned back-to-back on the Hot 100 for the first time since Matchbox Twenty's "Bent" succeeded Vertical Horizon's "Everything You Want" the week of July 22, 2000.
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Much as I prefer We Are Young, this song is great and deserves its time to shine too
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This song is ****. It was okay 1st listen but after weeks and weeks and weeks of it being played 6,475,823 times per day on the radio, I've learnt to hate it
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I sincerely thought this was never going to hit #1...I can def see this winning a Grammy over WAY.
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Amazing song. Well-deserved.
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Good for him
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The title of this thread
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Chart Listings: STIUTK Dethrones WAY and Boyfriend
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Yes.
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This song is so much better than WAY. Hopefully it'll stay on top for awhile.
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Splendid.
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
The title of this thread
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Like, when was that in the Throne?
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Total, Title, Artist(s), Chart Date
636,000, "Right Round," Flo Rida, Feb. 28, 2009
610,000, "TiK ToK," Ke$ha, Jan. 9, 2010
559,000, "Grenade," Bruno Mars, Jan. 8, 2011
542,000, "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra, April 28, 2012
521,000, "Boyfriend," Justin Bieber, April 14, 2012
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Amazing top 4
The queen reigning over the top 2
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Originally posted by Eric.
Splendid.
Like, when was that in the Throne?
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Fixed
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It sucked at first but after listening to it for about 20 times, I gave in and finally loved it. This song is such a grower.
Congrats Gotye and Kimbra (aka Katy Perry)
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559,000, "Grenade," Bruno Mars, Jan. 8, 2011
542,000, "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra, April 28, 2012
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YESSSSS GOTYE! I knew you could do it!
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Ouch bieber ouch. Thought they will be a meltdown in this thread alrdy
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