"Royals" has finally fallen off of the top spot in the Top 10 of the Billboard Digital Downloads chart, but it took a rap deity to make it happen. Check out who else debuted hot this week.
A NEW SONG ATOP THE CHART...FINALLY
Lorde has had a heck of a run on the digital downloads chart, holding down the top spot for four weeks before dropping to second this week, with 256,000 downloads. Let's see if a new remix by Rick Ross helps or hurts the sales of the original version over the next week.
The track that knocked her off? None other than "Rap God," the new single by Eminem, highly touted by Music Times. The track got 270,000 first-week downloads, not quite as high as the 362,000 for "Berzerk," the first single of the rapper's upcoming album. Still, "Berzerk" only peaked at no. 2.
As such, song nos. 2 through 4 from last week's chart were all knocked back one spot. Katy Perry's "Roar" sold 189,000 downloads at no. 3, on the eve of Prism's release. Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" and Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" both fell back a spot, to nos. 4 and 5 respectively, although both saw a rise in sales from last week ("Wrecking Ball" jumped up by more than 29 percent).
Justin Bieber's "Heartbreaker" may have fallen off the charts after placing at no. 5 last week, but he replaced it with "All That Matters" at no. 6. The songs are part of "Music Mondays," a series in which the pop star will release a new song every Monday through mid-December. Both songs so far have sold almost exactly the same amount during their first week: around 127,000 downloads.
Ylvis and its viral hit "The Fox" was the only act to stay in the same place since last week, holding down no. 8 with 104,000 downloads. The week's second new entry, OneRepublic's "Counting Stars," came from no. 11 last week to no. 9 this week with 103,000 songs sold. It's the third single from the band's album Native, but the first of which to make the Top 10.
Drake remains on the list at no. 7 with "Hold On, We're Going Home," which sold 107,000 copies, and Lady Gaga and "Applause" are hanging on at no. 10, down 11 percent from last week with 89,000 downloads.
