“Gangnam Style” just keeps getting bigger, buoyed by a massive media blitz that has turned PSY into a household name. Rihanna’s “Diamonds” is also coming on strong, though the track sold 53k fewer than the reigning champ last week. Voice contestant Cassadee Pope is a surprising #3 with her live-on-the-air cover of coach Blake Shelton’s poignant ballad, demonstrating the potency of prime-time TV exposure. Not surprisingly, all but one entry on the leaderboard grew during Thanksgiving/Black Friday week, the lone exception being Maroon 5’s “One More Night,” which is just starting to slip after a 23-week run on the sales chart. Same withfun.’s “Some Nights,” which slipped to #11 after 40 weeks.
1. PSY, “Gangnam Style” – 229k
2. Rihanna, “Diamonds” – 176k
3. Cassadee Pope, “Over You” – 152k
4. Ke$ha, “Die Young” – 151.3k
5. Bruno Mars, “Locked Out of Heaven” – 151.1k
6. Phillip Phillips, “Home” – 131k
7. The Lumineers, “Ho Hey” – 126k
8. Flo Rida, “I Cry” – 117k
9. Maroon 5, “One More Night” – 117k
10. P!nk, “Try” – 101k
Two AC/DC classics made the Top 20 following the end of the band’s digital holdout, while a bunch more registered five-figure sales. Guess “Money Talks” after all. [HitsDailyDouble]