This week, Pharrell’s “Happy” continues its dominance on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart, while Future’s “Never Satisfied” and 2Virgins’ “Buckwild” make noteworthy moves.
Pharrell Has More Than 4.7 Million Reasons To Be “Happy”
Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy” is the #1 song on the chart this week. In its twenty-third week, the Virginia Beach, Virginia singer-producer’s selection sold 207,641 copies, a 24 percent decrease from last week’s 274,266 units sold.
Overall, Williams’ cut has sold 4,701,495 units.
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“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.
The biggest gain on this week’s chat comes from Happy, whose “Happy (Pharrell Cover)” enjoyed a 280 percent sales spike this week. The cut sold 4,856 copies this week, up from 1,279 units last week. “Happy (Pharrell Cover)” is the No. 100 single on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart this week.
Future’s “Never Satisfied” Makes Its Entrance
Future’s “Never Satisfied” single entered the R&B/Hip Hop chart at #31 this week. The song is included on the Atlanta singer-rapper-producer’s Honest album and also features Drake. It sold 13,221 units this week.
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Future’s Honest landed in the #2 spot the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. It sold 53,352 units in its first week.
2Virgins’ “Buckwild” Drops 39%
2Virgins’ “Buckwild” single endured the biggest drop on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart this week. The cut, which features Taylor Caniff, experienced a 39 percent dip, moving 6,139 units this week compared to 10,116 last week.
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: Week Ending 04/27/14
#1. Pharrell Williams – “Happy” – 207,641 (4,701,495)
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#2. John Legend – “All Of Me” – 187,148 (3,155,896)
#3. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty” – 144,661 (3,206,529)
#4. Iggy Azalea – “Fancy” – 108,474 (374,690)
#5 Aloe Blacc – “The Man” – 72,403 (2,101,318)
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#6. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana – “Loyal” – 51,815 (558,846)
#7. Trey Songz – “Na Na” – 36,542 (404,774)
#8. Young Money f. Drake – “Trophies” – 36,508 (315,616)
#9. B.O.b f. Priscilla – “John Doe” – 36,239 (223,943)
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#10. Beyonce – “Partition” – 33,815 (480,979)
All sales data is courtesy of Nielsen Soundscan.
