For the first time in months neither Iggy Azalea or Nicki Minaj has the #1 (or #2) song on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop charts. With last week’s numbers, ILOVEMAKONNEN’sDrake featuring single “Tuesday” jumped from the #4 to the top spot. Nicki Minaj managed to hang onto a Top 3 spot with Big Sean’s “I Don’t Fuck With You” track displacing Iggy Azaela’s “Black Widow” at #2. Meanwhile, Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle” single reentered the Top 10 after dropping to #12 last week.
ILOVEMAKONNEN’s “Tuesday” Reaches #1
In its eleventh week on the chart, ILOVEMAKONNEN’s “Tuesday” finally crowned the Top 10 at #1. The single saw a 32% spike in sales last week, jumping to 67,930 from the 51,420 sold the previous week. The latest numbers help “Tuesday” edge closer to the Gold single mark with a total of 341,477 sold.
Big Sean And E-40 Take #2
After steadily climbing up the list, Big Sean and E-40’s “I Don’t Fuck With You” reaches its highest point at #2 fueled by last week’s sales numbers. The more than twelve thousand unit increase from last week represents a 25% jump in sales, bringing the total to just over 300,000 singles sold in the process.
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Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, And Drake Drop To #3
After a #1 debut the week before, Nicki Minaj’s “Only,” which prominently features both Lil Wayne and Drake, fell to #3 in its second week. Suffering a second-week sales dip, “Only” sold 58,304 singles, bringing up the two week total to 134,158.
Apologizing for the perceived use of Nazi imagery in the video for the song, Nicki Minaj claimed that the concept for the video wasn’t her own.
“The artist who made the lyric video for ‘Only’ was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called ’Metalocalypse’ & ‘Sin City,’” Nicki Minaj said in the first of a series of tweets. “Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish…I didn’t come up w/the concept, but I’m very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Nazism in my art.”
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Top 10 R&B/Hip Hop Single Sales For Week Ending 11/9/2014
#1. ILOVEMAKONNEN feat. Drake – “Tuesday” – 67,940 (341,477)
#2. Big Sean feat. E-40 – “I Don’t F**k With You” – 62,761 (306,880)
#3. Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne – “Only” – 58,304 (134,158)
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#4. Jeremih feat. YG – “Don’t Tell ‘Em” – 53,774 (1,176,434)
#5. Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora – “Black Widow” – 53,539 (1,850,127)
#6. Bobby Shmurda – “Hot Boy” – 37,171 (524,437)
#7. Iggy Azalea feat. M0 – “Beg For It” – 35,334 (92,531)
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#8. Rae Sremmurd – “No Type” – 33,169 (176,588)
#9. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda” – 29,606 (1,238,044)
#10. Rich Gang feat. Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan – “Lifestyle” – 27,468 (419,514)
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