Top 10 tracks
TOP 10 TRACKS: Things are looking up, people! That goes triple for greedy Interscope, which has hogged three of the Top 5 chart positions, led, fittingly, by “The Monster” (+62%), while OneRepublic and Imagine Dragons also enjoyed healthy week-over-week sales gains. Pitbull and his AMAs date Ke$sha are also in positive territory with a +20%, while “Hallelujah” from Voice finalist Matthew Schuler (of Team Xtina) was lifted into rarefied sales territory by the potent combo of songwriter Leonard Cohen and definitive interpreter Jeff Buckley.
1. Eminem f./Rihanna, “Monster” – 243k
2. OneRepublic, “Counting Stars” – 162k
3. Lorde, “Royals” – 158k
4. Pitbull f/Ke$ha, “Timber” – 144k
5. Imagine Dragons, “Demons” – 129k
6. Avicii, “Wake Me Up” – 119k
7. Katy Perry, “Roar” – 117k
8. Passenger, “Let Her Go,” – 113k
9. Matthew Schuler, “Hallelujah” – 106k
10. Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball” – 105k
Last week’s best-seller, A Great Big World’s “Say Something,” did the standard temporary dip following the initial explosion but still sold 76k, putting it at just below the big board at #12. “Brave” from the duo’s Epic labelmate Sara Bareilles hopped, skipped and jumped 26 places to #21 behind 52k, a 51% gain. Autumn winds are pushing The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather” toward the completion of the track’s crossover move with 57k (+8%), taking it 25-17 (and passing Ylvis) in its 33rd week. That stretch represents the blink of an eye for the “Sail”-powered AWOLNATION, who made yet another improbable jump of 50% to 53k, landing the indie band at #20 in week 132. (11/21p)
