Thanks to a $.69 “holiday sale” on iTunes, ‘Earned It’ singer The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) has finally earned his third #1 single on the Hot 100.
14 weeks after its debut (and after a lengthy 8-week run at #2 behind rap duo Rae Sremmurd‘s smash single ‘Black Beatles’), ‘Starboy’ – the title track to Tesfaye’s third album (which hit #1 on the Billboard 200) – ascended to the tally’s perch on the wings of strong digital downloads and streaming performance. Billboard reports:
[‘Starboy’ logged] the chart’s greatest week-over-week sales gain (up 28,000), surging by 49 percent to 86,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 22. “Starboy” tops the Hot 100 after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, tying for the most weeks spent at No. 2 before leading the list. It matches Justin Bieber‘s “Sorry,” which ruled at last on the Jan. 23, 2016, chart, and OutKast‘s “The Way You Move,” featuring Sleepy Brown (Feb. 14, 2004).”
Congratz are certainly in order for Weeknd and his ‘Starboy’ co-stars Daft Punk. The achievement marks the group’s first run at #1 in the U.S.
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That’s a saddddddd too 20
Congrats to him
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WW SALES
Bruno Mars
24k Magic
Atlantic
216.000 sales this week / 1.013.000 sales in total
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The Weeknd
Starboy
Republic
111.000 sales this week / 664.000 sales in total
Bruno wins again! I remember everyone on here was saying the Weekend was going to leave him in the dust. Talent wins again!
Exactly! And I remember saying Bruno will end up outselling him in the long run but Abel’s stans refused to believe me
Bad and Bougie will probably reach #1 since it has gone viral. ?The charts are such a joke now!
Ok
I see you Robyn, snatching top 20 hits with no video, no hype, or no promo for love on the brain. While other top artist cant even get one of those overly hype singles and 1 million videos to chart.
Oh and congrats to the weeknd. his performance this era really shock me. I completely under estimated his star power. Kudos to him.
She did perform it at one or two award shows though.
A lot of my friends oves his music, but they don’t buy albums, so he will have a hard time making it.
Trash forgetable album with 0 memorable songs that will make it unto 2017 in my playlists
Come on ri! Slaying with no promo or nothing I see you baby. another top 20 before the new year. I see why you girls be upset lol damnnn
Glow with the low key slayage LOTB. hoping for another #1 ballad babay
Mariah #16 … SLAY
I riri lodged on that top 20 ….when all flop stays missing like Jay Z’s s** check.
Nice