Now, let’s compare and contrast to the Top 10-selling tracks of the week ending Sunday, and here, too, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are kicking tuchus. “Thrift Shop” is selling like hotcakes, up another 5% on the week, with no end in sight. The 357k units it sold are nearly double #2 Taylor Swift. Justin Timberlake. Together, “Thrift Shop” and “Suit & Tie” moved 666k units, dominating an otherwise unexceptional week, the Macklemore & Lewis track gaining 22%. Also up, slightly, was The Lumineers’ indefatigable “Ho Hey,” +1%.
1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop” – 357k
2. Taylor Swift, “I Knew You Were Trouble” – 190k
3. Lil Wayne f/Drake & Future, “Love Me” 171k
4. will.i.am f/Britney Spears, “Scream & Shout” – 170k
5. The Lumineers, “Ho Hey” – 141k
6. Swedish House Mafia, “Don’t You Worry Child” – 132k
7. Bruno Mars, “Locked Out of Heaven” – 126k
8. Justin Timberlake, “Suit & Tie” – 109k
9. Maroon 5, Daylight” – 104k
10. Phillip Phillips, “Home” – 97k
Just missing the leaderboard was Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire,” which moved just 150 fewer units than Phillip Phillips. [HitsDailyDouble]