I love A Sky Full of Stars, and I'm beyond thrilled it went Top 10, but I'm not quite sure how it got there.
Below is what Billboard had to say about it, but I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
Quote:
ckson and Timberlake (and writer Anka) aren't the only acts reaching the Hot 100's top 10 this week: Coldplay's' EDM-infused "A Sky Full of Stars," co-written and -produced by Avicii, vaults 43-10, marking the band's third top 10. "Speed of Sound" reached No. 8 in 2005 and "Viva La Vida" led the June 28, 2008, chart. Shooting "Stars" up the Hot 100? Sales; the song actually drops off Digital Songs (from No. 9), but its slide is owed to iTunes' customers who opted to "complete" their purchase of Coldplay's new album, "Ghost Stories," by upgrading their earlier purchases of "Stars" to a full album; the set will debut on next week's Billboard 200. Effectively, consumers who completed the album were returning the song, thus translating to its sales chart absence. For the purposes of the Hot 100, however, aggregate sales contribute to the song's overall point total.
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However it go there, though, I'm glad it did!