Rihanna continues to shine brightly atop the Billboard Hot 100 as “Diamonds” mines a third week at No. 1.
“Diamonds” hold in the pole position is strengthened by the song”s rise to No. 1 on Billboard”s Radio Songs chart. The song spends its ninth week atop Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, according to Billboard.
“Diamonds” locks Bruno Mars” “Locked Out Of Heaven” out of the top spot as the soulful singer”s new single leaps 4-2. “Locked” pushes Ke$ha”s “Die Young” out of the secondary slot, down one to No. 3. In turn, “Die Young” displaces Maroon 5″s former chart topper, “One More Night,” down from No. 3 to No. 4.
The Lumineers score their first top 5 as “Ho Hey” climbs 7-5.
The bottom half of the Top 10 finds fun.s” “Some People” hanging at No. 6, while Phillip Phillips” “Home” rises 8-7. Flo Rida”s “I Cry” also rises one spot to No. 8. Ne-Yo”s “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)” inches 10-9 and Psy”s “Gangnam Style,” forever locked out of the No. 1 spot at seven weeks at No. 2, likely sees its last week in the Top 10 as it falls 5-10.
Two big moves just outside of the Billboard Hot 100: Alicia Keys” “Girl On Fire” leaps 21-11 as the album of the same name bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Also, “Scream & Shout” from Will.I.Am featuring Britney Spears bows at No. 12, bolstered largely by digital sales.