[H-I-M]

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra**), retakes the No. 1 slot, rising one position with 414,000 downloads (down 11%). Last week's No. 1, Maroon 5**'s "Payphone" featuring Wiz Khalifa**, falls to No. 2 with 330,000 (down 33%).

Carly Rae Jepsen**'s "Call Me Maybe" hits a new high, rising 5-3 with 221,000 (up less than 1%) while fun.**'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae**) falls 3-4 with 207,000 (down 18%).

Justin Bieber**'s "Boyfriend" moves 4-5 (192,000; down 18%) while Wiz Khalifa's new "Work Hard, Play Hard" debuts at No. 6 with 172,000. One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" is down 6-7 (170,000; down 13%), Flo Rida**'s "Wild Ones" (featuring Sia**) goes 7-8 (152,000; down 10%) and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" drops 8-9 (151,000; down 1%). The Wanted's "Glad You Came" closes out the top 10, falling one slot, with 143,000 at No. 10 (down 3%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 30) totaled 5.41 million units, down 6% compared to the sum last week (5.72 million) and up less than 1% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.38 million). Year to date album sales stand at 100.97 million, down 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (101.88 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.52 million downloads, down 1% compared to last week (25.91 million) and up 1% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (25.31 million). Year to date track sales are at 470 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (438.35 million).

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[Ulrihs]

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra**), retakes the No. 1 slot, rising one position with 414,000 downloads (down 11%)

New record for selling more than 400K for three weeks.

[Gossip_Boy]

Maroon 5 & Gotye.

[IVY]

congrats Gotye

[JakeKills]

Rumour Has It should be top 15 this week!

[NewRihannaStan]

i love Call Me Maybe

[nintendude666]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Rumour Has It should be top 15 this week!

We wish.

But sale figures aren't that nice; should just be around top 25 in digital tracks.

[Cz!]

Singles sales are on fire.

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by Cz!

Singles sales are on fire.

Yess

Totals:

Somebody That I Used To Know 3,368,000
Payphone 823,000
Call Me Maybe 1,642,000
We Are Young 4,083,000
Boyfriend 1,498,000
Work Hard, Play Hard 172,000
What Makes You Beautiful 1,762,000

[winterwood]

HOT 100
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1(1). Gotye f/ Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
2(2). fun. f/ Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
3(3). Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
4(5). The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
5(7). Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
6(6). Flo Rida f/ Sia, "Wild Ones
7(4). Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
8(9). Nicki Minaj, "Starships"
9(8). One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
10(10). Kelly Clarkson, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"



"Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra, spends a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. As it maintains its reign, the song becomes the first to tally three weeks of digital sales of at least 400,000.

"Somebody" sold 414,000 downloads (down 11%) in the April 23-29 tracking week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and rebounds 2-1 on the Digital Songs chart. The track registered sales of 463,000 the previous week and 542,000 the week before that.

Previously, three other songs logged two weeks each of digital sales of more than 400,000: Flo Rida's "Right Round" (Feb. 28, March 7, 2009), Bruno Mars' "Grenade" (Jan 8, 15, 2011) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (Feb. 26, March 5, 2011).

Jack White Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

Radio helps fuel the sustained stratospheric sales of "Somebody," as the song adds top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a second week. It rises 6-3 on the Radio Songs chart with 106 million in all-format audience (up 24%), according to Nielsen BDS. It spends a ninth week at No. 1 on Alternative Songs and charges 11-7 on Pop Songs. The cut, meanwhile, tops the On-Demand Songs list for a third week, with 1.4 million on-demand streams and a 1% increase in overall streaming, according to BDS.

The Hot 100's top three remains static from last week, with fun.'s "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, holding at No. 2 for a third week after logging six weeks atop the Hot 100 and Maroon 5's "Payphone," featuring Wiz Khalifa, remaining at No. 3 after soaring onto the chart last week.

"Young" leads Radio Songs for a fourth frame with 137 million audience impressions (up 1%). The cut crowns Pop Songs for a fourth week and takes over atop Adult Pop Songs. On Digital Songs, "Young" dips 3-4 (207,000, down 18%). Despite its drop in rank and sales, the song passes 4 million sold to date. On On-Demand Songs, it holds at No. 2 (1.1 million, down 1%).

Following its grand entrance last week, "Payphone" experiences a 33% decrease in digital sales to 330,000. The decline is not entirely unexpected, given that last week's sales were buoyed by Maroon 5 and Khalifa having performed the song on NBC's "The Voice" April 16. Still, radio is quickly warming to "Payphone," which bounds 36-19 in its second week on Radio Songs (48 million, up 46%). Streaming for the song is likewise building rapidly, as it blasts onto On-Demand Songs at No. 13 (501,000, up 139%).

The Wanted's former No. 3-peaking hit "Glad You Came" reverses course, rising 5-4, while Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" enters the Hot 100's top five (7-5), gaining in sales, airplay and streaming. "Maybe" moves 5-3 on Digital Songs (221,000, up less than 1%) and 35-25 on Radio Songs (41 million, up 23%) and stays at No. 3 on On-Demand Songs (978,000, up 3%).

Flo Rida's "Wild Ones," featuring Sia, remains at No. 6 on the Hot 100 for a third week, while Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" tumbles 4-7. After its strong start, including a massive opening digital sales frame of 521,000 four weeks ago, "Boyfriend" experiences a setback in airplay, dipping 13-14 on Radio Songs (55 million, down 3%), while continuing its descent (4-5) on Digital Songs (192,000, down 18%). Streaming for "Boyfriend," however, continues to build, with the song earning the top Streaming Gainer award on the Hot 100. It pushes 6-5 on On-Demand Songs with a 9% gain to 804,000.

Despite the song's slide on the Hot 100, Radio Songs and Digital Songs, Island Def Jam is continuing to promote "Boyfriend" to radio, owing its overall audience loss to some stations having backed off from spinning it especially heavily upon its arrival. Also in the song's favor going forward: its highly-anticipated video is set to premiere on MTV tomorrow (May 3) at 7:50 p.m. ET. It will be available on VEVO directly after.

Filling out the Hot 100's top 10, which is devoid of any new entries this week, Nicki Minaj's "Starships" lifts 9-8; One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" drops 8-9; and, Kelly Clarkson's former three-week No. 1 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" is a non-mover at No. 10.

[I'mRihannaFan]

Payphone

[PurrKaty]

1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know" (414,000) (Total: 3,368,000)
2. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone" (330,000) (Total: 823,000)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe: (221,000) (Total: 1,642,000)
4. Fun. f/ Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" (207,000) (Total: 4,083,000)
5. Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend" (192,000) (Total: 1,690,000)
6.Wiz Khalifa, “Work Hard, Play Hard” (172,000) (Total: 172,000)
7. One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful" (170,000) (Total: 1,762,000)
8. Flo Rida f/ Sia, "Wild Ones" (152,000) (Total: 1,851,000)
9. Nicki Minaj, "Starships" (151,000) (Total: 1,971,000)
10. The Wanted, "Glad You Came" (143,000) (Total: 2,138,000)

*”We Are Young” goes 4X platinum
*”Glad You Came” goes 2X platinum
*”Starships” and “Wild Ones” might go 2X platinum next week
*”Payphone” might go platinum next week

[MusicTalker]

Somebody that I Used to Know is going to outsell We Are Young.

[iamvladd]

How much should RHI airplay be at via Soundscan?

[gleek4ever]

From Idol Chatter:

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (80,000, -9%, 2.975 million)
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull, Dance Again (76,000, +2%, 353,000)
Katy Perry, Part of Me (73,000, -6%, 1.554 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (50,000, 0 change, 738,000)
Jason Aldean, Tattoos on This Town (24,000, +90%, 754,000)
Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo feat. Rick Ross, Think Like a Man (14,000, -37%, 167,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (10,000, +5%, 1.454 million)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (8,000, +39%, 676,000)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (7,000, -15%, 2.051 million)
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (6,000, -3%, 1.516 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (6,000, +16%, 3.457 million)
Lauren Alaina, Georgia Peaches (6,000, -17%, 163,000)
Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (5,000, +36%, 1.811 million)
Mandisa, Good Morning (4,000, +38%, 90,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (3,000, +13%, 320,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (2,000, +4%, 181,000)

Kelly Clarkson would go 3X platinum next week... :-)

[Tsuko]

I think Maroon 5 will be the next #1 now, especially after how high they jumped in on the On-Demand chart. But I think it'll take them until June to overtake Gotye.

[TrieLz]

Kelly still on the top 10 for 15 weeks!


I hope Fun. Hold at no 2 position for more weeks,

[MusicLoverDude]

I seriously need something new in the Top 10. Justin, The Wanted, and Kelly all need to drop so Adele and Calvin Harris can come in.

But Carly Top 5

[ClashAndBurn]

So "Stronger" has tied "Behind These Hazel Eyes" now?

Wonder where Train went... :\

[Ger-55]

Payphone is a future #1 smash.. It's a monster!