This week, Pharrell’s “Happy” remains lodged in the #1 spot, while Future’s “I Won” and Juvenile’s 1998 single “Back That Thang Up” make impressive moves on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts.
Pharrell Remains #1 With “Happy”
Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy” is the #1 song on the chart this week. In its twenty-first week, the Virginia Beach, Virginia singer-producer’s selection sold 257,240 copies, a 9 percent drop from last week’s 283,559 units.
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Overall, Williams’ cut is now quadruple platinum with sales of 4,219,588 units.
“Happy” appeared on last year’s Despicable Me 2 soundtrack and is also the rapper-producer-singer’s lead single from his G I R L album, which is available for streaming now.
Future Victorious With “I Won”
Future’s “I Won” single entered the R&B/Hip Hop chart at #20 this week. The song, which is expected to be included on his forthcoming Honest album, also features Kanye West. It sold 19,276 units this week.
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“I Won” makes the highest debut on the charts this week. The second-higest debut is Somo’s “We Can Make Love,” which enters the charts at #35 with 10,035 units sold.
Juvenile’s “Back That Thang Up” Returns To The Charts
Sales of Juvenile’s smash 1998 single “Back That Thang Up” jumped 287% this week. The sales spike enabled the song from the New Orleans rapper to earn the #82 slot on the charts this week, with sales of 5,403 copies.
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Last week, the song from Juvenile’s 400 Degreez album sold 1,395 units.
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: Week Ending 04/13/2014
#1. Pharrell Williams – “Happy” – 257,240 (4,219,588)
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#2. John Legend – “All Of Me” – 196,590 (2,755,031)
#3. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty” – 162,040 (2,863,466)
#4. Aloe Blacc – “The Man” – 88,664 (1,938,330)
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#5. Iggy Azalea – “Fancy” – 52,284 (182,303)
#6. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana – “Loyal” – 47,503 (451,139)
#7. Kid Ink f. Chris Brown – “Show Me” – 37,997 (1,160,371)
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#8. Beyonce f. Jay Z – “Drunk In Love” – 36,490 (1,420,437)
#9. Trey Songz – “Na Na” – 36,361 (327,693)
#10. Young Money f. Drake – “Trophies” – 36,361 (239,936)
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All sales data is courtesy of Nielsen Soundscan.
