It looks like we're about to settle in for a funky, funky winter. For the fourth week in a row, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's "Uptown Funk" has sashayed its way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. And while the throwback Uptown Special tune is riding high, Fall Out Boy is coming into the top 10 for the first time in "Centuries."
Ronson and Mars continue to dominate the charts this week, thanks to "Uptown Funk." Ronson very clearly dominated the Hot 100, leading the way with downloads (341,000), radio play (153 million audio impressions) and streams (15.1 million), according to Billboard.
The strength of "Uptown Funk" and its streams helped to land Ronson's Uptown Special a second week in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 Album chart, which now incorporates streams into album equivalent sales.
Beneath that funky juggernaut, the Ed Sheeran continues to play second fiddle with his tender x single "Thinking Out Loud," which clocked in at No. 2.
The top five of the charts feels incredibly familiar. "Thinking Out Loud" is followed by Hozier's "Take Me to Church" at No. 3 and a double shot of Taylor Swift with "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off" taking up the Nos. 4 and 5 spots. Each of those songs has had a spot in the top 10 of the Hot 100 since Dec. 17, when Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" vaulted up the charts.
Beneath the top five, there are some interesting chart movements. Maroon 5's "Sugar" climbed an additional two spots. Once again, Adam Levine and co. can thank their viral music video for the V single, which shows the Los Angeles rockers "crashing" weddings all in the span of one day. Though "Sugar" has seen a slow dip in streams, the song's momentum has been rolling. "Sugar" had an 11 percent increase in sales, with 167,000 digital units sold.
The other noteworthy rise on the chart comes courtesy of Fall Out Boy, who debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with its new album American Beauty/American Psycho. The Suzanne Vega-sampling "Centuries" rose to No. 10 this week, thanks to the heavy promotion of AB/AP. This marks Fall Out Boy's first top 10 single since "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" in 2007.
Between Maroon 5 and Fall Out Boy, Meghan Trainor's "Lips Are Movin'," Sam Smith's "I'm Not the Only One" and Nick Jonas's "Jealous" round out the top 10 at Nos. 7 - 9.
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