Eminem's "Berzerk" inches up from #13 to #12 in its sixth week. The song has climbed as high as #3. The song tops the 1 million mark in sales this week. Digital sales rank: #7 (115K).
Britney Spears' "Work B**ch!" rebounds from #41 to #13 in its third week, nearly equaling its #12 ranking when it debuted two weeks ago. This is likely to become Spears' second top 10 hit of 2013. "Scream & Shout," a collabo with will.i.am, reached #3.
View gallery
.
Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night" holds at #16 for the third week. It has climbed as high as #15. The song holds at #1 on Hot Country Songs for the eighth week. That's the longest run for a song by a male solo artist since David Houston's "Almost Persuaded," which was #1 for nine weeks in 1966. Note: I didn't count a male collabo, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett, which was #1 for eight weeks in 2003.
Kanye West's "Gone" is the week's top new entry at #18. A song by that title was featured on West's sophomore album, Late Registration.
AWOLNATION's "Sail" drops from #17 to #19 in its 57th week.
The song has, as of this week, sold 2 million copies in 2013.
In addition, the song sold 1,196,000 copies in 2012 and 737K copies in 2011. This will be the third year in a row that the song has ranked among the top 200 best-selling songs of the year. It's #27 for the year-to-date. It ranked #87 for 2012; #153 for 2011.
View gallery
.
OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" inches up from #22 to #21 in its 16th week. The song jumps to #1 on the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart. It's the group's first British #1. "Apologize" peaked at #3. "Stop And Stare" reached #4.
Imagine Dragons' "Demons" jumps from #28 to #24 in its 24th week…
Paramore's "Still Into You" jumps from #34 to #25 in its 13th week…
Bruno Mars' "Gorilla" jumps from #37 to #26 in its sixth week…
Passenger's "Let Her Go" jumps from #38 to #28 in its 10th week…
Selena Gomez's "Slow Down" jumps from #54 to #45 in its ninth week.
"I Luv This Sh*t" by August Alsina/Trinidad James jumps from #66 to #56 in its fifth week…
"We Were Us" by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert jumps from #76 to #66 in its fourth week.
"My Hitta" by YG featuring Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan debuts at #67. There is also a harder-edged version, "My *****." The song is from the mixtape, Bo$$ Yo Life Up Gang, which was released in August…
Zendaya's "Replay" jumps from #92 to #68 in its seventh week…
Jason Derulo's "Marry Me" debuts at #72. This is from his third studio album, Tattoos…
Parmalee's "Carolina" jumps from #84 to #76 in its third week.
Justin Bieber's "Heartbreaker" debuts at #77. Bieber plans to release a new song every week for the next 10 weeks…
"Loco" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Romeo Santos re-enters the chart at #80…
Ellie Goulding's "Burn" jumps from #94 to #81 in its fifth week. The song has climbed as high as #53. The song logged three weeks at #1 this summer on the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart.
"White Walls" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring ScHoolboy Q & Hollis jumps from #98 to #85 in its third week…
Sevyn Streeter's "It Won't Stop" debuts at #90. Streeter was a member of the girl groups TG4 and RichGirl.
David Nail's "Whatever She's Got" debuts at #91. This is nearing the top 30 on Hot Country Songs. It's from his upcoming third studio album I'm A Fire…
Prince Royce's "Darte Un Beso" re-enters the chart at #97. The song has climbed as high as #78. Prince Royce's new album Soy El Mismo is expected to sell about 16K copies this week.
Badfinger's "Baby Blue" sold 37K copies in its first full week following its unexpected use on the final episode of Breaking Bad. The song peaked at #14 in April 1972. It deserved to be a bigger hit. The great thing about songs is they can always come back, given the right cover version or the right exposure in movies or TV.