Pharrell Williams, Idina Menzel Ride Oscar Gains On Hot 100
"Happy" maintains its Hot 100 command adding all three of the Hot 100's Gainer awards: Digital, Airplay and Streaming. With sales comprising the majority (55%) of its chart points,"Happy" leads the Digital Songs chart for a fourth week with a 19% gain to 490,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Happy" snares the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a seventh consecutive week. "Happy" crowns the Radio Songs chart for a second week with a 14% surge to 187 million all-format audience impressions. On Streaming Songs, "Happy" climbs 3-2 with 8 million U.S. streams (up 20%). It concurrently takes over atop the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (2-1; 3.2 million U.S. streams, up 28%).
Menzel likewise translates Oscars exposure into Hot 100 gains, as "Let It Go," from the "Frozen" soundtrack, bounds 17-9 to become her first Hot 100 top 10. "Go" jumps 5-4 on Digital Songs (185,000, up 42%), with sales accounting for two-thirds of the song's chart points. Still, it soars in streaming, too, charging 14-7 on Streaming Songs (4 million, up 25%). Airplay makes up just 2% of the Hot 100 points for "Go," as the Broadway-inclined ballad pushes 20-18 on Adult Contemporary, the only airplay chart on which the song ranks. The last Hot 100 top 10 that charted on AC and no other airplay survey? Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud," which topped the Hot 100 and reached No. 14 on AC in 2006.
Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" spends a third week at No. 2. The track tops Streaming Songs for a fourth week, although with a 20% drop to 8.9 million streams. It slips 1-2 after eight weeks atop On-Demand Songs (2.7 million, down 6%). On Digital Songs, which it led for five weeks, "Horse" retreats 3-5 (182,000, down 14%). It holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (153 million, up 1%).
With "Happy" up by 14% in overall Hot 100 points and "Horse" down by 12%, the former boasts a strongly widening 60% points lead.
John Legend's first Hot 100 top 10, "All of Me," rises 4-3. The piano ballad pushes 4-2 on Digital Songs (210,000, up 6%), 6-4 on Streaming Songs (5.7 million, up 9%) and 8-6 on Radio Songs (107 million, up 22%).
Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty," featuring 2 Chainz, dips 3-4 on the Hot 100. It rises to a new peak (9-8) on Radio Songs (93 million, up 7%).
Bastille's "Pompeii" holds at No. 5, climbing 5-4 on Radio Songs (122 million, up 11%).
Lorde's "Team" holds at its No. 6 peak; Beyonce's No. 2-peaking "Drunk in Love," featuring Jay Z, stays at No. 7; OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" keeps at No. 8; and, Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, is likewise a non-mover at No. 10.