Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry's "Part of Me" makes its
expected No. 1 debut, selling 411,000 downloads in its first week. It's
the biggest sales week for a song since one year ago (chart dated March
5, 2011), when Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was No. 1 with 509,000 in its
first full week of release, and Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)"
was No. 2 with 412,000.
Aside from Perry, there are two more debuts in the top 10 this week. Nicki Minaj's "Starships" sails in at No. 7 with 204,000, while Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" motors in at No. 9 with 180,000.
For Brown, "Turn" marks his best debut sales week for a song, and his overall best sales week since "Kiss Kiss" sold 277,000 over Christmas week of 2007.
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" climbs 3-2 (367,000; up 89%) while Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends 10-3 (271,000; up 115%). Adele has two more songs in the top 10: "Set Fire to the Rain" holds at No. 4 (254,000; up 36%) while "Someone Like You" moves 9-8 (183,000; up 44%).
Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" slips 2-5 (252,000; down 3%) and fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) comes off its Chevy Super Bowl-ad high, falling 1-6 (244,000; down 17%). LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" is also moving down this week, moving 5-10 (136,000; down 20%).
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Aside from Perry, there are two more debuts in the top 10 this week. Nicki Minaj's "Starships" sails in at No. 7 with 204,000, while Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" motors in at No. 9 with 180,000.
For Brown, "Turn" marks his best debut sales week for a song, and his overall best sales week since "Kiss Kiss" sold 277,000 over Christmas week of 2007.
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" climbs 3-2 (367,000; up 89%) while Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends 10-3 (271,000; up 115%). Adele has two more songs in the top 10: "Set Fire to the Rain" holds at No. 4 (254,000; up 36%) while "Someone Like You" moves 9-8 (183,000; up 44%).
Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" slips 2-5 (252,000; down 3%) and fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) comes off its Chevy Super Bowl-ad high, falling 1-6 (244,000; down 17%). LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" is also moving down this week, moving 5-10 (136,000; down 20%).
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