Last week's Digital Downloads Top 10 (Top 50 for that matter) all saw an increase in sales thanks to the giving of iTunes gift cards, etc. during the holidays. That resulted in this week's inevitable drop off for all of the songs in the Top 10, which all saw a decrease in sales from last week. That doesn't mean sales were bad however: Five songs still broke 200,000 in total downloads, up from the typical two or three.
"Timber" by Pitbull and Ke$ha led the charge, staying at no. 1 for the second straight week, and fourth total week. The track received 301,000 downloads. "Say Something" by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera saw the same percentage drop as "Timber" (32 percent), but jumped up to no. 2 with 241,000 downloads.
OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" stayed at no. 3, selling 237,000 units. Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" saw the biggest gain (actually, the smallest loss. The track only dropped 20 percent from last week), which allowed it to take the no. 4 spot with 229,000 downloads. Perry would also placed at no. 9 with "Roar" (157,000 downloads), making her the only performer with two songs on the list for the second straight week.
Last week's no. 2, "The Monster" by Eminem and Rihanna, dropped to no. 5 after selling 220,000 downloads...still a significant success. Passenger and "Let Her Go" jumped up to no. 6 with 184,000 downloads, followed closely by Lorde and "Royals," which moved 183,000 units. "Story of My Life" by One Direction took no. 8 after selling 158,000 copies.
The new entry to this week's list (actually the oldest song on the list) was Avicii's "Wake Me Up!," which sold 141,000 copies.
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