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With “Stronger,” @kelly_clarkson ties her own record for most weeks at #1. “Already Gone” also spent 8 weeks at the top in 2009-10.
Top Few Songs Behind Digital Boost
A handful of songs have accounted for a big share of the 31.6-million unit - equal to 7.2% -- gain in track sales in 2012 through April 29.
The top 3 songs represent 10.3% of the gain.
It's easier to appreciate the success of the most popular tracks of 2012 when their year-to-date sales are compared to their counterparts of 2011. The top track of 2012, "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae, has sold 62.6% more units than the top track of 2011, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." The second-best seller, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, has sold 48.1% more units than its 2011 counterpart, "E.T." by Katy Perry. The third-best seller, "Stronger" by
Kelly Clarkson, has sold 36.1% more units than the #3 song at the same point a year earlier, "Grenade" by Bruno Mars.
Another way to look at the performance of the top 3 tracks is to compare their share of total track sales. fun.'s "We Are Young" accounts for 0.83% of all track sales, a huge increase from the 0.55% achieved by "Born This Way." The second and third-best selling tracks have similar, albeit smaller, improvements in share. "Somebody" took 0.67% of sales, up from 0.48%, and
"Stronger" took 0.59%, up from 0.46%.
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...06969952.story
