Selena Gomez and One Direction Top the Billboard Charts
"Selenators" and "Directioners" have a lot to celebrate because songs from their idols managed to top the Billboard charts. Selena Gomez's collects her first number one on the Billboard 200 with "Stars Dance." The same goes for One Direction with their "Best Song Ever."
2013 was certainly proving to be a great year for the boys of One Direction and Selena Gomez. Gomez and the boys of 1D both have songs on the Billboard 200 which have been doing great by far. "Stars Dance" by Gomez garnered sales of over 97 thousand copies in its first week. Also, Gomez was the youngest solo female artist to hit the Billboard number one spot since her BFF, Taylor Swift, in 2010. Billboard's Hot 200 is as listed below.
Hot 200:
1. "Stars Dance" - Selena Gomez 97,000 (debut)
2. "Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail" - Jay Z 77,000 (-1)
3. Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack 57,000 (+5)
4. "Kidz Bop 24" - Kidz Bop 39,000 (-1)
5. "3.0" - Marc Anthony ~39,000 (debut)
6. "Here's to the Good Times" - Florida Georgia Line 30,000 (-1)
7. "Night Visions" - Imagine Dragons 27,000 (-1)
8. "Tracing Back Roots" - We Came As Romans 26,000 (debut)
9. "Rich Gang" (Compilation) - Young Money and Cash Money Records 24,000 (debut)
10. "The 20/20 Experience" - Justin Timberlake 21,000 (-1)
One Direction's "Best Song Ever" might not have the largest sales compared to Gomez but the group did manage to bulldoze 340 thousand copies of "Live While We're Young" since its release. As for "Best Song Ever," it continues to be on the Billboard top charts dropping to number two this week but still manages to be the number one song for the hottest digital song list. Billboard's Hot 100 is as listed below.
Hot 100:
1. "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (8 weeks) (=)
2. "Best Song Ever" - One Direction (debut)
3. "We Can't Stop" - Miley Cyrus (-1)
4. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (-1)
5. "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk (-1)
6. "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (-1)
7. "Holy Grail" - Jay Z (+1)
8. "Cups" - Anna Kendrick (+1)
9. "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore (-3)
10. "Cruise" - Florida Georgia Line (-3)