Top 5 Pop Singles
- Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
- Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk!" featuring Bruno Mars
- Hozier - "Take Me To Church"
- Meghan Trainor - "Lips Are Movin"
- Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass"
Big Chart Movers
- #20-#14 Fall Out Boy - "Centuries"
- #21-#16 James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence - "The Hanging Tree"
- #50-#34 One Direction - "Night Changes"
Hot New Pop Songs
- #49 The Weeknd - "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"
Comments
This week Taylor Swift holds on to the top of the chart for a seventh week with "Blank Space." Combining its reign with eight weeks for Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" and Taylor Swift's previous chart-topper "Shake It Off," this is 19 straight weeks in which women have held the #1 position. That ties the all-time record set in 2005. Meanwhile, Mark Ronson edges one spot closer to the top at #2 with "Uptown Funk!" The song has already hit #1 in the UK. Meghan Trainor's second hit "Lips Are Movin" climbs one to #4 making room for her "All About That Bass" to re-enter the top 5 this week. Fall Out Boy's "Centuries" jumps six notches this week to #14 which makes it the band's sixth single to reach the top 15. On the heels of his top 10 success as featured artist on Ariana Grande's "Love Me Harder," The Weeknd opens on the chart with "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" instantly becoming his third solo song to reach the top 50.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Taylor Swift - 1989
- Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
- Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me
- One Direction - Four
- Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
Hot New Albums
- #12 Fabolous - The Young OG Project
Comments
Three of the four biggest selling albums of 2014 close out the year in the top 5. Taylor Swift's album 1989 takes over the top sales spot of the year in the final week surpassing the Frozen soundtrack. Sam Smith's debut In the Lonely Hour became the second album released in 2014 to surpass the one million sales mark and ends up the third biggest selling album of the year. Just behind is Pentatonix with their holiday collection That's Christmas To Me also moving more than one million copies. Nicki MInaj releases her third consecutive top 2 charting album. However, The Pinkprint is her first to not reach #1 on the chart. She ran into the Taylor Swift juggernaut.
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Radio Songs
- Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
- Nick Jonas - "Jealous"
- Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd - "Love Me Harder"
- Sam Smith - "I'm Not the Only One"
- Maroon 5 - "Animals"
Big Chart Movers
- #12-#9 Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk!" featuring Bruno Mars
- #31-#26 Pitbull and Ne-Yo - "Time Of Our Lives"
Hot New Pop Songs
- #20 Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
- #38 5 Seconds Of Summer - "What I Like About You"
Comments
Taylor Swift holds tight on the top of the mainstream pop radio chart with "Blank Space." That gives her domination of all three charts reported here. Ariana Grande surges forward two notches with "Love Me Harder" landing at #3. Just behind her is a three spot climb for Sam Smith entering the top 5 with his hit "I'm Not the Only One." Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars enter the top 10 for the first week with their big collaboration "Uptown Funk!" Ed Sheeran is looking for a big hit with the ballad "Thinking About You" opening at a very strong #20 this week.