TOP 10 TRACKS: A new jolt of energy has shaken up the status quo, led, of course, by Eminem's throwback tongue-twisting triumph, "Rap God" and it'll be interesting to see whether it succumbs to the standard second-week drop-off before climbing back into the picture. The Biebs' novel serial approach has kept him on the big board with each of the first three weekly installments, continuing the pattern of dropping off the face of the earth as soon as the next one appears, though the gambit is resulting in over 125k units a week. And OneRepublic has passed a significant milestone, climbing into the Top 10 in week 21 on a 17% uptick. Looking at the most active incumbents, things picked up for the already legit smashes from Avicii (+15%) and Miley Cyrus (+30%), and though Lorde dipped 13% from the previous week, a quarter-million-plus is nothin' to sneeze at.
1. Eminem, Rap God, 270k
2. Lorde, Royals 256k
3. Katy Perry, Roar 189k
4. Avicii, Wake Me Up 184k5. Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball 165k
6. Justin Bieber, All That Matters 127k
7. Drake f/Majid Jordan, Hold On, We're Going Home 107k
8. Ylvis, The Fox 104k
9. OneRepublic, Counting Stars 103k
10. Lady Gaga, Applause 89kk
Knocking on the door at #11 is Passenger's slow-burn ballad, Let Her Go, which experienced a 30% uptick to move 85k. And by the way, Em now has three entries in the Top 15 totaling a smokin' 462k.
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YOUR TOP 15 (PLUS TWO): As expected, Katy Perry will debut at #1, giving Steve Barnett's Capitol Records its first #1 since the exec took the helm late last year. The bow of Perry's PRISM will best by about 100k her previous release, Teenage Dream, which opened with 192k in August of 2010. TLC's 20, which came out last week, leaps into the Top 15 after Monday night's premiere of the VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool; with 4.5 million viewers it's the highest-rated cable movie of the year, as well as VH1's biggest original movie ever, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Here's how things looks headed into the weekend:
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Katy Perry (Capitol) 275-300kMiley Cyrus (RCA) 40-45k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic) 40-45k
Lorde (Lava/Republic) 40-45k
Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench/Republic) 35-40k
*Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic) 30-35k
*AFI (Republic) 25-30k
Justin Timberlake (RCA) 24-27k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 22-25k
*DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic) 22-25k
Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope) 21-24kTLC (Epic) 19-22k
Paul McCartney (Hear Music) 19-22k
*Def Leppard (Frontiers) 14-16k
*Tori Kelly (Capitol) 14-16k
Imagine Dragons (KidinaKorner/Interscope) 14-16k
Avett Brothers (American/Republic) 14-16k
*Debuts
In other VH1 biopic news, look for the HITS-themed flick CrazyMenacingStoned to be stuck in turnaround sometime soon.
source:
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