jb2760

Dropped 11.1% which might be a record with the exception for the week following the Christmas sales. I would not be surprised if the 1.29 price is initially causing sales to slump.

She is close, probably next week the way "Dead and Gone" is going with digital sales. However, #1 is unlikely.

No surprises in the top 10. I think the top 2 will stay the same for at least the next two weeks. Lada Gaga and Soulja Boy will jockey for #3 and 4, with "Poker Face" winning in the sales race but "Kiss Me ..." in airplay due to Urban radio spins. My bet is "Right Round" will stay on top for 7-9 weeks.

I agree. Flo Rida will be around 40,000 pts., TI/JT around 28,000 and Laga Gaga over 21,000. No end in sight for "Right Round".

"Poker Face" has a chance to get #1 on Digital Songs, but on the HOT100? That would be a miracle considering Flo Rida's popularity on the Urban chart.

"Right Round" is still outselling the #2 song by almost a 2:1 ratio it looks like. So if Poker Face sells 190K, Right Round is around 350 to 360K. It could be #1 for 10 weeks or more based on its' tremendous growth at radio.

No big surprises after seeing the digital sales yesterday. "Sober" is doing very well at radio and its sales are steady so it could continue to climb. Most weeks "Dead and Gone" would be #1 since it has over 30,000 chart points, but it is unlucky that its' popularity coincides with the biggest hit so far this year from Flo Rida

Flo Rida's song did not drop as much as I thought it would. It is shaping up to be the biggest hit of 2009. It will easily be above 50,000 chart points on the March 7th, 2009 Hot 100 chart. "Poker Face" may jump into the top 5, but the big jump will be Soulja Boy's latest. It is also doing very well at radio so it is a definite contender for at least top 3 in the next few weeks. Nice to see The Veronicas turn things around again.

"Low" by Flo Rida has sold more than 4.5 million copies. "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic has gone past 4 million as well.

The Digital Songs chart was re-posted by Soundscan because "F**k You" by Lily Allen was initially left off. It debuted at #47 with 39,674 in sales. Ting ting must have dropped below the Top 50. (source is Pulse Music Board).

Yes it is a record by a long shot. The previous record was "Low" by Flo Rida at 467K the week following Christmas 2007. The question is why are digital downloads so high the last couple of weeks? Has Itunes removed digital rights management from its' store allowing owners of other MP3 players to purchase there? I cannot recall another non-Christmas week in which three songs sold more than 200,000 downloads.

Probably the closest "Heartless" will get to #1 with Flo Rida set to jump to #1 next week. Kelly Clarkson's hit is gaining in airplay so it may rebound in the coming weeks. "Poker Face" is still a potential #1.

It is nice to see "Fear" by Lily Allen picking up sales. I bought it yesterday from Itunes. Flo Rida looks like the new #1 for the period ending Feb. 15th, and the new Hot 100 #1 for the chart dated February 28th. The turnover continues to accelerate at the top of the HOT 100. I wonder when Billboard will fiddle with its' formula again to put more emphasis back on airplay now that digital sales are so massive. :angry:

"Low" by Flo Rida still has the one week record. I think it sold 467K the week following Christmas 2007. However, the Eminem single sets the one week record for those weeks that do not follow Christmas. A very impressive achievement. It also looks like the Eminem single boosted sales for many other songs since even older tunes like "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz showed a bump in sales. It is pretty obvious what the Hot 100 #1 will be, the only question is what songs will land in positions 2-10. Next week will see the full impact of the Grammys hit the Digital Songs chart.

In the digital songs top 50: 5 songs have sold more than 3 million downloads; 7 songs have sold more than 2 million but less than 3 million downloads; 8 songs have sold more than 1 million but less than 2 million downloads. So 40% of the Top 50 have sold over a million. I wonder when the RIAA is going to ditch the Gold designation of 500,000+ and move it to 1 million plus. Maybe 500,000+ should be silver, with Platinum going to the old level of 2 million+. It now seems pretty easy to sell 1 million plus. The latest Nickelback single spent only 1 week on the Hot100 top 10, and is already over 1.3 million in sales.