Once again, as album sales have risen over on the Billboard 200, digital downloads have taken a lumping and it's not for lack of new singles. We can only hope that people are listening to whole records again?
There is some shakeup at the top however. Taylor Swift and "Shake It Off" took a couple weeks off from holding the no. 1 spot but have returned for a new reign. The song sold 294,000 downloads, which is still a drop off of about 5 percent. That means of course that Meghan Trainor and "All About That Bass" fell even further, losing 10 percent of its sales and settling for no. 2 with 282,000 downloads.
"Bang Bang" continued to see a decrease in sales while holding onto the no. 3 spot for yet another week. The single-helmed by Jessie J, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande-had less of a drop this week however, ending up with 144,000 downloads sold. Iggy Azalea jumped back up to no. 4 after one week, moving 121,000 copies of her "Black Widow."
The first "new" entry in this week's Top 10 is Tove Lo, who moves up from no. 13 to no. 5 this week with "Habits." The track has risen in sales for six consecutive weeks...we'll see if it can keep it up. The single moved 107,000 copies last week.
Minaj spends another week at no. 6 with "Anaconda," which sold 103,000 downloads. That's nearly a 20 percent drop for the single, so we'll see if it can top 100,000 downloads next week. Clean Bandit and "Rather Be" moved up slightly in sales but keeps the no. 7 spot overall as the single sold 83,000 copies.
No. 8 marks another single one the way up, as "Don't Tell 'Em" by Jeremih featuring YG comes from no. 11 by moving 79,000 downloads. Jason Aldean stays in the Top 10 with "Burnin' It Down," which sold 78,000 copies, while Sia makes another stop at the no. 10 spot with "Chandelier," which moved 73,000 units.
For those paying attention: Yes, last week's nos. 11-13 songs all made successful jumps to the Top 10 this week. Can't say that low overall sales didn't impact the moves however.
