According to Billboard.com, Rihanna’s new single ‘Diamonds’ is headed for a Top 20 debut on the Hot 100 chart. This week, there are 3 new and competitive releases which are Taylor Swift and Ke$ha.
With an estimate of 200K copies in in it’s first week, ‘Die Young’ the new single by Ke$ha and ‘Diamonds’ are both set for a Top 20 debut, while ‘Begin Again’ is estimated to sell 300K and debut in the Top 10 itself. Since ‘Diamonds’ was released on a Wednesday, it will have a day’s sales less than it’s competitors.
Last year around this time, ‘We Found Love’ was making it’s way to the top of the charts on Hot 100 where it ruled for 10 weeks. It took the song six weeks to reach the summit, after debuting at No.16, the best debut of Rihanna’s career. Will ‘Diamonds’ be able to break this record? Lets wait and see.
Last year around this time, ‘We Found Love’ was making it’s way to the top of the charts on Hot 100 where it ruled for 10 weeks. It took the song four weeks to reach the summit
No. It actually took six weeks:
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Nonetheless, great starting for Diamonds. It'll only go up from there