Billboard Chart Review-3/14/13

This week's chart dated March 23, 2013, actually reflects the sales week from March 4-March 10.

The Billboard Hot 100:
Song                                        Position           Last Week
Harlem Shake                          1                      1
Thrift Shop                              2                      2
When I Was Your Man           3                      3
Stay                                         4                      5
Suit and Tie                             5                      8
I knew you were trouble         6                      4
Started from the bottom         7                       6
Scream & Shout                      8                      7
Love Me                                  9                     11
Locked out of Heaven            10                    9
So, Harlem Shake is still very much popular, as once again, its YouTube views are the only thing keeping it at number one. Its sales have decreased (though it passes the 1 million mark), and its airplay is still essentially non-existent. Thrift Shop once again makes history by selling 300,000+ downloads in its ninth sales frame. That's the most for any song in the digital era, and it also was the most listened to song in America last week with 130 million impressions (approximately). The rest of the top ten is business as usual, and it will stay like this for a little while, probably until May or June when summer singles start making their way to the radio. Now a look at the rest of the chart:
P!nk and Nate Ruess smash through the top twenty this week as "Just Give Me a Reason" shoots
47-18 with digital gains, and Rihanna gets another top twenty hit as "Pour it Up" inches 21-19. Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" falls 12-22 in its 2nd week, a smaller drop than anticipated, fun. rises 31-29 with "Carry On", Miranda Lambert rockets 51-38 with "Mama's Broken Heart", fun's "Some Nights" falls 38-39 in its 55th chart week, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us" vaults 65-40. Lastly, it looks like Ke$ha's streak of top ten hits (starting with her debut single "Tik Tok") is coming to a screaching halt as "C'Mon" plummets 41-58, and a rebound it highly unlikely.

The Billboard 200:
Album                                     Position           Last Week
Spring Break…Here to party   1                      -
People, hell, and angels           2                      -
Unorthodox Jukebox               3                      1
Babel                                       4                      3
The Heist                                 5                      4
Unapologetic                           6                      9
Here’s to the good times         7                      18
Night Visions                          8                      15
Now 45                                    9                      6
The Lumineers                        10                    7
Alright, so Luke Bryan earns his first number one album this week! He was able to prevail over Jimi Hendrix's posthumous compilation of unreleased songs. Other than that, Luke didn't have much competition for the top slot this week. This is why some albums were able to blast back into the top ten: having slow sales would get you far in this era of album disinterest. The rest of the chart looks a tad bit more exciting: P!nk bullets 19-12 with "The Truth About Love", Andrea Bocelli shoots 24-15 with "Passione", "All That Echoes" by Josh Groban falls 8-16, "My Head is an Animal" sends Of Monsters and Men from 51-23, our Pacesetter this week Colton Dixon's "A Messenger" which rockets 132-65, Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die" rises 94-66, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers blast 171-80 with "Greatest Hits", alt-J's "An Awesome Wave" crashes 153-87, Kutless' "Believer" vaults 165-93, Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" takes the biggest plunge and collapses 41-179, and this week's longest charting album is still "Dark Side of the Moon"; it jumps 151-133 in its 826th week.