Top 10 tracks
TOP 10 TRACKS: With each week that passes, Ella Yelich-O'Connor’s choice of the stage name Lorde seems more prescient. “Royals” returns to the top of the sales chart after the reigning monarch had briefly been shoved off her throne by Eminem and “Rap God,” which did the typical second-week swoon with a 61% drop. He’ll undoubtedly be back next week to try again, this time bringing some muscle in the curvaceous form of Rihanna, just as Lady Gaga did this week with her BFF R. Kelly. OneRepublic made a 40% move—making it the lone non-debut in the Top 10 to outsell its previous week’s total—vaulting five slots to #4. And another royal, Taylor Swift, returns to the Top 10 with the brand new “Sweeter Than Fiction,” written with Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff for the soundtrack of the film One Chance, about operatic Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts.
1. Lorde, “Royals” – 222k
2. Avicii, “Wake Me Up” – 158k
3. Lady Gaga f/R. Kelly, “Do What U Want” – 156k
4. OneRepublic, “Counting Stars” – 152k
5. Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball” – 136k
6. Taylor Swift, “Sweeter Than Fiction” – 114k
7. Justin Bieber, “Hold Tight” – 111k
8. Katy Perry, “Roar” – 110k
9. Eminem, “Rap God,” – 222k
10. Ylvis, “The Fox” – 100k
Just as Imagine Dragon’s smash “Radioactive” comes to the end of its extended run on the big board, here comes the Vegas band’s next offering, “Demons,” with a 24% jump to 99k, taking it #15-11. (10/31a)
