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Originally posted by toshibatoshiba
Interesting. One Republic's “Counting Stars” tops the 5 million mark in digital sales this week. The song reached #2 on the Hot 100. The group's breakthrough hit, “Apologize” (which was credited as Timbaland featuring OneRepublic) also topped the 5M mark in digital sales and also peaked at #2.
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I am waiting to see if "Counting Stars" can make it 52 weeks/one full year in the Top 40. Right now, in week 46 (57 overall), the song fell from 26 to 29. The 57 week total is a little misleading since the song debuted within the Top 40, but spent 11 weeks and almost falling off the Hot 100 before "Counting Stars" reversed course and re-entered the Top 40 in its 12 week.
Also, I wonder if "All Of Me" could become the first song since "Party Rock Anthem" (imagine how much longer that song would have stayed near the top if streaming counted in 2011) to make it 26 weeks, 6 months, 1/2 year in the Top Ten. LFMAO stayed in the Top Ten for 28 or 29 non-consecutive weeks, as the song got a sales bounce around Christmas 2011.
"Counting Stars" missed the half-year mark by one week. I think this is "All Of Me"'s 22nd week in the Top Ten, but the song took a big fall on the digital sales chart (16-24). That could hurt John Legend's chances of getting four more weeks in the Top Ten..