Eminem & Rihanna‘s latest duet ‘The Monster’ continues to scare away competition as it reigns for yet another week atop the Hot 100. Roaring into its fourth week at #1, the feat brings with it yet another record-breaking feat for the Barbadian beauty.
Tuck in below to find out what it is and how much the tune sold:
Via Billboard:
“In its ninth week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Eminem’s “The Monster” takes home Digital Gainer honors thanks to a 123% increase to 433,000 downloads, its best week yet according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Rihanna-assisted cut sold 373,000 in its first week of availability (coinciding with the Nov. 16 chart date) but had not sold more than 300,000 in any week since. With this week’s impressive figure, tied primarily to the rise of holiday gift card purchases, “The Monster” has now sold 2.2 million downloads.”
1. Eminem & Rihanna – ‘The Monster’
2. Pitbull & Ke$ha – ‘Timber’
3. OneRepublic – ‘Counting Stars’
4. Lorde – ‘Royals’
5. A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera – ‘Say Something’
6. Imagine Dragons – ‘Demons’
7. Passenger – ‘Let Her Go’
8. Katy Perry – ‘Roar’
9. One Direction – ‘Story of My Life’
10. Avicii – ‘Wake Me Up’
Regarding Ri’s latest history book entry, ‘Monster’s fourth week stay at number one gives the ‘Stay’ singer her 51st career week at the summit, which pit her past Boyz II Men (50 weeks) for the third-most weeks spent at No. 1 in the chart’s 55-year history. Mariah Carey leads with 79 total weeks at No. 1, followed by the Beatles (59), then Usher with 47 weeks at No. 1.