The slow sales that plagued the Billboard 200 this week didn't avoid the Digital Downloads chart either, although totals weren't nearly as painful for digital tracks. A new name came into play, but the top four tracks will be familiar to our readers.
Pharrell Williams and "Happy" managed to keep the top spot on the downloads chart for the ninth straight week, selling an additional 257,000 downloads. Still, that's a continuation of the decrease in sales that the track's been seeing for weeks. Last week we suggested that John Legend could make a move on the no. 1 spot, but this week marked the first drop in sales in a while for "All Of Me." That track dropped a drastic 14 percent, settling at no. 2 with 197,000 downloads sold last week.
Jason Derulo holds steady at no. 3 with "Talk Dirty," which could reasonably make a move toward no. 2 next week based on sales trends. Derulo's album Talk Dirty debuts this week, which will probably drive up downloads of his hit single as well. It sold 162,000 copies last week, but look for a boost on next week's charts. Idina Menzel was the last act to hold its spot from last week, by moving 152,000 downloads of her track "Let It Go," a slight decrease.
Ed Sheeran was this week's debut star, who came in at no. 5 by moving 123,000 downloads of his song "Sing." That pushes it ahead of Katy Perry and "Dark Horse," which dropped one place to no. 6, a 9 percent drop to 111,000 copies.
Three songs saw boosts in sales this week and two of those come from the country genre, largely thanks to the ACM Awards the previous weekend. Luke Bryan continued the push of his track "Play It Again," which rose another 24 percent and settled at no. 7 with 108,000 downloads. Florida Georgia Line came back to round out the Top 10, selling 86,000 downloads of "This Is How We Roll" (a 10 percent jump).
Lil Jon and DJ Snake stick around at no. 8 with "Turn Down For What," which sold another 95,000 copies. No. 9 went to Aloe Blacc and "The Man," which saw the biggest drop among tracks in the Top 10. The song fell by 17 percent, to 89,000 downloads.
