Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’ single cover

After scoring a high debut on the Billboard Hot 100 last week, Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ has literally fallen out of the top 10, thus making room for a pair of other Pop stars to race toward the top spot. Armed with auto-tune and repetitive lyrics, Ke$ha and Rihanna are gearing up for war.

Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ dipped from #8 to #13 on the Hot 100 this week. The song earned the singer her first top 10 debut on the chart last week but despite selling another 199K downloads for a new total of 460K in just 13 days, failed to maintain the momentum needed to secure a longer stay in the top 10.

Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’, on the other hand, has risen to a new Hot 100 peak. Vaulting up the chart, thanks primarily to online streaming (436K plays in the last week alone) and 133K digital sales, the song has leapfrogged from #14 to #8 as the wild child’s 8th top 10 hit in less than 3 years.

Finally, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ is also nearing the top 10 of the Hot 100. The track rebounded from #18 to #11 and held off Ne-Yo’s ‘Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)’, which also jumped from #17 to #12. See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 96K (total: 865K)

2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘The Heist ‘ – 78K (debut)

3. KISS - ‘Monster’ – 56K (debut)

4. Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Lace Up’ – 51K (debut)

5. Coheed & Cambria – ‘Afterman: Ascension’ – 49K (debut)

6. All Time Low – ‘Don’t Panic’ – 48K (debut)

7. Barbra Streisand – ‘Release Me’ – 44K (debut)

8. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 36K (total: 462K)

9. Ellie Goulding – ‘Halcyon’ – 34K (debut)

10. muse – ‘The 2nd Law’ – 31K (total: 133K)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

3. Taylor Swift – ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’

4. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

5. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

6. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’

7. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

8. Ke$ha – ‘Die Young’

9. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

10. Carley Rae Jepsen – ‘Good Time’

Listen to Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’ below:

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