Drake is on a Role! This weekend he jumped from No.7 to 5 in the World's best Singles Chart with his smash single "Hold On, We're Going Home". Drake's new Album "Nothing Was The Same" debuted at No°1 on the US and World's Best-selling Albums Charts!
Katy Perry's "Roar" is No.1 for the 8th week in the ARIA Singles Chart and the longest-running No.1 of the year along with Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines".
Katy Perry's holds for an eighth week at No.1 with "Roar" on the world's best-selling Singles chart and gains the longest run at No.1 for a female artist this year and the 2nd longest run at No.1 of all Artists after Robin Thicke who stayed at the top of the charts for 10 whole weeks this summer with "Blurred Lines" featuring Pharell and T.I. which is still the best-selling single of 2013.
"Roar" also holds an eighth week at No.1 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart, now 5 times Platinum, and has the longest run on the ARIA chart for a female artist this decade beating Adele's seven week's at the top with "Someone Like You" in 2011.
In The US, "Roar" is Katy's eighth number one hit, and gave her the biggest digital song sales week ever, breaking her previous record held by "Firework".
"Roar" is the lead single from Katy's upcoming fourth studio album, Prism (2013) to be released October 22. Composed by Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Cirkut. "Roar" is a midtempo power pop song. Its lyrics address standing up for oneself.
Miley Cyrus's "Bangerz" is top of the World's Best-selling Albums Chart with global sales of 399,000 copies. The Album is also N°1 in America where 270,000 copies were shifted there alone, 31.000 in the UK and 27.000 in Canada. This is Miley's fifth No.1 Album. Her first No.1 hit was the Disney Channel TV series first Soundtrack in 2006 followed by its big-screen film adaptation soundtrack in 2009. Miley herself notched No.1s with the half-soundtrack/half-studioAlbum "Hannah Montana 2/meet Miley Cyrus" in 2007 and then her own "breakout" studio effort in 2008! Her last studio Album, 2010's "cant Be Tamed" debuted and peaked at No.3 selling 102.000 copies in its first week.
This weeks No.2 is German Singer Helen Fischer with her 6th Album "Farbenspiel" which sold 137.000 units in its first week mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark.
Last week's No.1, Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience Part 2", slips to No.3 this week.
Drakes "Nothing Was The Same" slides from No.2 to 4 after selling 116.000 units in its 3rd week. The Album debuted at No.1.
Closing the top 5 is Vegas Rock Band, Panic At THe Disco, with their new Album "Too Weird To Love, Too Rare To Die" and sales of 101.000.
New Zealand breakthrough sensation Lorde slips from No.3 to 6 with "Pure Heroine" and sales of 89.000.
Metal Band Korn debut at No.7 with "The Paradigm Shift" shifting 87.000 units and Rapper Pusha T enters at No.8 with "My Name Is My Name" and sales of 81.000.
Kings of Leon's Mechanical Bull" slips from No.6 to 9 with sales of 58.000 and Cher closes this week's Top 10 with her new Album "Closer To The Truth" shifting another 55.000 copies!
New US entries outside the top 10 is The Glee Cast's new Album "Glee: The Quarterback EP" with 54.000 copies sold, Cassadee Pope's "Frame By Frame" at No.17 (45.000 Units) and Mayday Parade's "Monsters In The Closet" at No.25 (30.000 units).
New entry from the UK is "Brand New Machine" by British electronic Duo Chase & Status at No.29 (27.000 units).
From Asia, Japanese Actress/Singer Miki Imai debuts at No.33 with "Miki imai sings Yuming Classics" and sales of 23.000.
Adele's "21" has real staying power and sells another 13.000 copies this week. The Album has sold over 26 Million copies since its release in 2011!
Lorde's "Royals" stays on top of the US Hot 100 for the 2nd week in a row! This is Lorde's big week, as her debut Album "Pure Heroine" enters the World's Best-selling Albums chart and the 200 Hot US Albums Chart at No. 3! "Royals" is also No.3 in the World's Best-selling Singles chart with Katy Perry's "Roar" at No.1 for the 7th week and Avicii's "Wake me up" at No.2. Lorde tops the US Digital Songs Chart for a third week with 309,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan and the Hot Rock Songs chart for a sixth week.
Katy Perry remains at No.2 on the US Hot 100 chart with "Roar" but debuts at No. 34 on the Hot 100 with "Walking on Air," from her album "Prism," due Oct. 22. Katy's "Roar," "Air" and "Horse" are all in the Digital Songs top 10 this week.
Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," like "Roar" a former two-week No. 1, stays at No. 3 on the Hot 100.
Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" returns to its highest US Hot 100 rank (5-4). It rises 6-3 on Radio Songs (127 million, up 8%) and dominates Dance/Electronic Songs for a fifth week in the US.
Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) dips 4-5 on the Hot 100. It is No.1 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a second week.
Norwegian Duo Ylvis jump from No.8 to 6 on the Hot 100 US Singles with their novelty tune "The Fox".
Jay Z's "Holy Grail" (featuring Justin Timberlake) slips 6-7 on the US Hot 100, while racking a 10th week at No. 1 on Rap Songs, and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) drops 7-8.
Lady Gaga's "Applause" holds at No. 9 but increases by 5% to 84 million in listenership, bulleting again at No. 9 on Radio Songs. Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais' "Summertime Sadness" likewise repeats its rank from last week (10-10).
Just outside the Hot US 100's top 10, Britney Spears' "Work B**ch!" jumps back from No.41 to 13, nearly matching its No. 12 peak debut two weeks ago.
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