“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz holds at #1 for the third week. It’s #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the fourth week. Impressively, the song’s sales have increased in each of those four weeks, from 236K to 279K in its first week at #1, then to 341K, then to 357K, and now to 381K. It’s the first song in the nine-year history of the Hot Digital Songs chart to post a sales increase in each of its first four weeks at #1.
The genial song about bargain-hunting has a shot at another sales record. This is the fourth time the song’s weekly sales have topped 300K. (It first reached that mark in the week that included Christmas). The song may match fun’s record for the most weeks above 300K in weekly sales. “We Are Young” (featuring Janelle Monae) topped that mark seven times.
The song is set to cross the 3 million mark next week.
Impressive! I've seen them live and they give a lot of energy. While problematic on some accounts, I appreciate their approach hip hop with tracks like . Thrift Shop being as successful as it is reminds me of Eminem's Slim Shady that made him a household name- but the rest of his music did not reflect that pop-sensible dark humor of that track. Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis' other tracks seem to indulge in heavier fair like White Privilege and Same Love; material nowhere near as dark as Eminem's B-sides, but few rarely reaching the slap-happy heights of TS.
In the end, I hope Mackelmore's clever and energetic lyricism and performances will be embraced beyond the light-hearted buoyancy of Thrift Shop.
