Over on the Digital Songs chart, Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, returns to No. 1 with 243,000 downloads sold (up 62% after last week's sum was deflated due to iTunes' Complete My Album returns.). Last week's leader, A Great Big World's "Say Something," featuring Christina Aguilera, falls to No. 12 with 76,000 (down 60%).

OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" hits a new high in both sales and chart position, as it climbs 3-2 with 163,000 (up 7%). Lorde's "Royals" slips 2-3 with 158,000 (down 15%), and Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, jumps 8-4 with 144,000 (up 20%).

Imagine Dragons' "Demons" drives to a new peak, rising 10-5 with 129,000 (up 17%), Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" is steady at No. 6 with 119,000 (down 6%), and Perry's "Roar" falls 5-7 with 117,000 (down 14%).

Passenger's "Let Her Go" rises 9-8 with 113,000 (down 4%) while "The Voice" contestant Matthew Schuler debuts at No. 9 with his cover of "Hallelujah" (106,000). Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" closes out the top 10, dropping 7-10 with 105,000 (down 13%).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.9 million downloads, down 4% compared with last week (20.6 million) and down 10% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (22 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.1 billion, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (1.2 billion).

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...um-with-artpop

....low sales

to Roar still selling 100k+

BW, and Christina Aguilera already over the 300k mark in sales.

em his lead and then only 243k? sales are really really low indeed..

Eminem and Rihanna are coming for that Hot 100 #1!

Terrible digital sales, especially for 'The Monster'. We need some new big releases.

01 - Eminem f/ Rihanna - The Monster (243,000│766,000)
02 - OneRepublic - Counting Stars (163,000│1,784,000)
03 - Lorde - Royals (158,000│3,475,000)
04 - Pitbull f/ Ke$ha - Timber (144,000 | 613,000)
05 - Imagine Dragons - Demons (129,000│1,815,000)
06 - Avicii - Wake Me Up! (119,000│2,766,000)
07 - Katy Perry - Roar (117,000│3,748,000)
08 - Passenger - Let Her Go (113,000│1,296,000)
09 - Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah (106,00 | 106,000)
10 - Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (105,000│2,398,000)

12 - A Great Big World - Say Something (76,000│320,000)

The Monster. The rest.

Matthew.


This doesn't make sense, because The Monster is #1 and sold 54k copies more than last week #1.

Roar STILL selling those numbers though

07 - Katy Perry - Roar (117,000│3,748,000)

Do ya'll think The Monster will be #1 this week?

Roar still selling so well

Impressive!!!!!!

As always around this time of the year.

4 years ago:
Chart Date - Dec 5, 2009

1. 209.385 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
2. 154.208 TIK TOK - Ke$ha
3. 146.661 FIREFLIES - Owl City
4. 143.939 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
5. 129.761 REPLAY - Iyaz
6. 108.756 NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
7. 107.185 WHATCHA SAY - Jason DeRulo
8. 95.522 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta ft. Akon
9. 93.939 MEET ME HALFWAY - Black Eyed Peas
10. 93.447 PARTY IN THE USA - Miley Cyrus


3 years ago:
Chart Date - Dec 4, 2010

1. 192.458 FORGET YOU - Glee Cast ft. Gwyneth Paltrow
2. 190.703 F**K/ FORGET YOU - Cee Lo Green
3. 189.049 WE R WHO WE R - Ke$ha
4. 175.482 FIREWORK - Katy Perry
5. 171.471 RAISE YOUR GLASS - P!nk
6. 146.884 WHAT'S MY NAME - Rihanna ft. Drake
7. 140.147 SINGING IN THE RAIN/ UMBRELLA - Glee Cast
8. 139.916 THE TIME (DIRTY BIT) - Black Eyed Peas
9. 131.082 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) - Rihanna
10. 130.132 LIKE A G6 - Far East Movement ft. Cataracs & Dev


2 years ago:
Chart Date - Dec 3, 2011

1. 211.000 WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
2. 181.000 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
3. 171.000 IT WILL RAIN - Bruno Mars
4. 162.000 TAKE CARE - Drake ft. Rihanna
5. 160.000 RUMOR HAS IT/ SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Glee Cast
6. 140.000 WITHOUT YOU - David Guetta ft. Usher
7. 139.000 GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
8. 137.000 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
9. 124.000 YOU DA ONE - Rihanna
10. 124.000 THE MOTTO - Drake ft. Lil Wayne


1 year ago:
Chart Date - Dec 1, 2012

1. 171.000 DIAMONDS - Rihanna (1)
2. 161.000 GANGNAM STYLE - Psy (7)
3. 148.000 LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN - Bruno Mars (4)
4. 133.000 DIE YOUNG - Ke$ha (3)
5. 121.000 HO HEY - Lumineers (8)
6. 120.000 SKYFALL - Adele (21)
7. 119.000 ONE MORE NIGHT - Maroon 5 (2)
8. 105.000 I CRY - Flo Rida (10)
9. 103.000 HOME - Phillip Phillips (12)
10. 91.000 LITTLE THINGS - One Direction (41)

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Some of you all really need to stop with this "low sales" thing. It's been a trend for years, and 2013 isn't any different.

Very close.

Spotify is killing digital sales imo

The Monster deserves that #1

The QUEEN!!

But the sales