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Hold It Against Me // 1st single

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Fantastic! Go Brit! :wub:

 

Still not bored of it, although I have cut down on playing it, to prevent it from being over played :lol: I was going to ask a question now, but I can't remember it! :drama:

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I don't know if this is true...

 

She sold 411,169 downloads and Bruno is at #2 with 218,000.

just a rumor for now... it's not confirmed yet.

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The Digital Songs and Billboard 200 charts couldn't look anymore different this week.

 

Sales at the top of the Billboard 200 continue to slide, as the No. 1-debuting set -- from a rather unlikely band -- sold 44,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" makes a sizzling debut atop the Digital Songs chart with 411,000 sold.

 

Cake's "Showroom of Compassion" bows atop the Billboard 200 with just 44,000. That's not only the smallest frame for a No. 1 album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991 (beating a record set only last week), but it's also obviously the tiniest figure racked up by a No. 1-debuting album.

 

Who would have thought that Cake -- a band that many may only remember for its 1998 No. 1 Alternative Songs hit, "Never There" -- would notch not just its first top 10 album in 2011, but also its first No. 1?

 

Cage the Elephant's new "Thank You Happy Birthday" debuts in the No. 2 slot with 39,000, while last week's No. 1, Taylor Swift's "Speak Now," drops to No. 3 (35,000; down 32%). Country act Steel Magnolia is the third and final bow in the top 10, as its self-titled set starts at No. 7 (28,000).

 

As for the rest of the top 10, Bruno Mars' "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" falls 3-4 (32,000; down 15%), Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" slips 2-5 (32,000; down 17%), and the "Country Strong" soundtrack rises 10-6 (29,000; up less than 1%). Rihanna's "Loud" slides 6-8 (28,000; down 16%), Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" dips 8-9 (26,000; down 24%), and Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" drops 7-10 (25,000; down 24%).

 

Over on the Digital Songs chart, things brighten up. The arrival of "Hold It Against Me" with an as-expected 411,000 downloads sold in its first week is not just Spears' best sales week for a digital song, but also the largest debut for a woman as a lead artist. It trumps the 325,000 that Swift's "Today Was a Fairytale" sold on the Feb. 6, 2010, chart.

 

This week, Spears leads two more top 10 bows: Avril Lavigne's "What the Hell" (No. 6 with 163,000) and West and Jay-Z's "H*A*M" (No. 10 with 125,000). The latter reached digital retailers one day later (Jan. 12) than the other two titles.

 

Last week's Digital Songs No. 1, Mars' "Grenade," falls to No. 2 (219,000; down 21%). Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" moves 4-3 (190,000; up 3%), Katy Perry's "Firework" slips 2-4 (184,000; down 20%), and Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" slides 3-5 (182,000; down 5%). The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" falls 5-7 (157,000; down 13%), Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" declines 7-8 (146,000; down 10%), and Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" tumbles 6-9 (141,000; down 19%).

 

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 16) totaled 4.9 million units, down 11% compared with the sum last week (5.4 million) and down 15% compared with the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.7 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 10.3 million, an 11% drop compared with the same total at this point last year (11.6 million).

 

Digital track sales this past week totaled 27.5 million downloads, down 8% compared with last week (29.8 million) and 8% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (25.4 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 57.2 million, up 8% compared with the same total at this point last year (52.9 million).

 

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: The live charity compilation "Hope for Haiti Now" debuted at No. 1 with 171,000, marking the first digital-only album to reach the top of the chart. The previous week's No. 1, Vampire Weekend's "Contra," fell to No. 6 with 43,000 (down 65%).

 

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/cake...04139371.story

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STILL #1 on US itunes as well. AMAZING. As you can see most new releases peak and then stabilize in the lower top 10/20.

 

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/335044itunes.png

 

People are saying she has a SLIM chance of being #1 two weeks in a row if she continues to keep a lead on Bruno and her radio continues to build as fast as it is. This is because it is now available on all other digital sellers. Even though they only make up about 10-15% of the digital market, it could be enough to get her past Bruno and Katy again next week.

 

VERY SLIM. #2 or #3 is more plausible.

TOP BIGGEST DIGITAL DEBUTS for SINGLES in USA

 

1. Right Round (2/28/2009) Flo-Rida 636,303 digital copies

 

2. Boom Boom Pow (4/18/2009) The Black Eyed Peas 464,614 digital copies

 

3. Crack A Bottle (2/21/2009) Eminem feat. 50 Cent, Dr. Dre 418,147 digital copies

 

4. Hold It Against Me (1/19/2011) Britney Spears 411,000 digital copies

 

5. Not Afraid (05/22/2010) Eminem 379,000 digital copies

 

6. "Love the Way You Lie" (7/10/2010) Eminem feat. Rihanna 338,000

 

7. Live Your Life (10/18/2008 ) T.I. feat. Rihanna 334,520 digital copies

 

8. Today Was A Fairytale (02/06/2010) Taylor Swift 325,002 digital copies

 

9. Mine (08/21/10) Taylor Swift 297,000 digital copies (four days of sales)

 

First female artist with 400,000+, speechless!

 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/xxAgainstTheRest/ONTD/britneybow95py.gif

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JAPAN POPULARITY BARS

 

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4597/59237956.png

 

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Britney is back on form and back at the top in The US :D So happy for her :)

 

I have just found out i have played "Hold It Against Me" Over 101 times in just 2 days. Seriously addicted :drama:

 

 

:wub:

 

Britney > Life.

TOP BIGGEST DIGITAL DEBUTS for SINGLES in USA

 

First female artist with 400,000+, speechless!

 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/xxAgainstTheRest/ONTD/britneybow95py.gif

 

Only for debuts, Ke$ha did 600'000+ with TiK ToK one week (can't remember exact amount), pretty remarkable

 

But go GODNEY!!!

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