Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With 'Fancy,' Matches Beatles' Historic Mark
As the Australian rapper rises 2-1 with 'Fancy' and 3-2 as a guest on Ariana Grande's 'Problem,' Azalea joins the Beatles as the only artists to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits
IGGY AZALEA @IGGYAZALEA 3 minutes ago
Steve came thru with the good news today.
Over on the Digital Songs chart,
Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, takes over the No. 1 slot, rising one rung with 336,000 downloads sold (up 44 percent). She bumps Ariana Grande's "Problem," which features Azalea, down to No. 2 with 284,000 (up 15 percent).
"Fancy" had been locked in the No. 2 slot for the past three weeks.
Its cumulative sales also jump past the million mark, totaling 1.3 million.
"Fancy" and "Problem" were both performed on the Billboard Music Awards (May 18) the day before the latest sales tracking week began on May 19.
Nico & Vinz's debut single "Am I Wrong" shoots up the Digital Songs tally, rising 6-3 with 156,000 (up 36 percent). It concurrently climbs 18-15 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated June 7.
John Legend's "All Of Me" slips 3-4 with 147,000 (down 7 percent) and DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down For What" is a non-mover at No. 5 with 137,000 (up 13 percent). Pharrell's "Happy" dips 4-6 with 134,000 (up 3 percent) and Jason Derulo's "Wiggle," featuring Snoop Dogg," steps 8-7 with 124,000 (up 14 percent). Derulo performed "Wiggle" in a medley (with his "Talk Dirty") on the Billboard Music Awards.
Ed Sheeran's "Sing" rises 13-8 with 114,000 (up 52 percent) and MAGIC!'s "Rude" hits the top 10 for the first time, ascending 15-9 with 112,000 (up 51 percent).
Closing out the top 10 is the chart's highest debut, Miranda Lambert's duet with Carrie Underwood, "Somethin' Bad." It launches at No. 10 with 107,000 -- the biggest sales week ever for Lambert. The pair premiered the song on the Billboard Music Awards. It previews Lambert's new studio album, "Platinum," which is due on June 3.
Digital track sales this past week totaled 22.07 million downloads, up 5 percent compared with last week (20.94 million) and down 10 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (24.49 million). Year to date track sales are at 487.54 million, down 12 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (555.67 million).
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