'American Idol' finalist sells 166,000 downloads
NEW YORK -- Rihanna begins a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot hundred with "Disturbia," but scantily fended off the best chart debut in more than 18 months, in the form of David Archuleta's "Crush." The path sold 166,000 downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, and opens at No. 2.
The last call to receptive so heights was Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" in late January 2007. "Crush" too scores the best opening by an "American Idol" finalist with a song not performed on the show.
Chris Brown's "Forever" slips from No. 2 to No. 3 on the Hot century, with Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" down from third base to one-quarter and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" trading places with M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively. Kardinal Offishall's "Dangerous" featuring Akon remains at No. 7.
Rihanna's "Take a Bow" drops 4-8, piece Ne-Yo's "Closer" inches up from No. 10 to No. 9. Taylor Swift lands at No. 10 with "Change," one of five songs to debut this week from AT&T's "Team USA Soundtrack." The cut sold more than 131,000 downloads.
Kenny Chesney scores his first top 50 debut on the Hot hundred with "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" at No. 41. The principal single from his fall album, "Lucky Old Sun," sold 30,000 downloads and as well rises from No. 15 to No. 13 on Hot Country Songs.
Opening at No. 65 this workweek on the Hot century is Hit Masters' address of Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," thanks to download gross sales of 37,000. Kid Rock's original version is not useable digitally only due to increasing airplay jumps from No. 28 to No. 25 this week.
Rihanna's "Take a Bow" climbs from No. 3 to No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song, unseating Lil Wayne's "A Milli" after one week on top. Brandy has the top debut at No. 70 with "Right Here (Departed)," the first individual from "Human," her Epic debut, due in the fall.
Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No" is in a second calendar week at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, while Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" jumps from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart, the band's first No. 1 hit there. Shinedown is No. 1 for a second week on Mainstream Rock with "Devour."
Additional reporting by Silvio Pietroluongo.
