“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz this week becomes the first song in digital history to top 300K in weekly sales eight times. The old record was held by “We Are Young” by fun. featuring Janelle Monae, which topped 300K in weekly sales seven times.
In addition, “Thrift Shop” tops the 4 million mark in digital sales this week. It has sold more than 3 million copies since the beginning of the year. This marks the first time in the digital era that a song has sold 3 million copies this early in a calendar year. The previous record was set last year when “We Are Young” topped 3 million in the week ending April 8.
“Thrift Shop” was also the first song to sell 1 million copies in 2013 and the first to sell 2 million copies.
Vying to become the best selling single of all time, this song is so huge.. It's gonna end as one of the most sucessful smashes this decade.. This kind of record shows how Thrift Shop is one of the biggest monster sellers ever!
