Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines (Ft. T.I. & Pharrell)” single cover

Thank you, Justin Timberlake. Robin Thicke’s career reached a new peak this week after his inescapable single, “Blurred Lines”, climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, thus beginning its reign at the summit of the US charts and breathing new life into the careers of T.I. and Pharrell.

Just last week, “Blurred Lines” became Thicke’s biggest hit when it ascended from #11 to #6 on the Hot 100. However, the song passed all expectations again this week by vaulting to #1 on the back of 315K downloads (up 38%), 73 million audience impressions (up 50%) and 3.5 million (up 66%). “Blurred Lines” isn’t just Thicke’s most successful tune on the Hot 100 but also his biggest-seller to date as his first to top the 1 million downloads mark, besting the 946K sold by “Lost Without You” in 2007.

Additionally, “Blurred Lines” ranks as T.I’s fourth #1 song on the Hot 100 and his first since “Live Your Life (Ft. Rihanna)” in 2008. Pharrell, on the other hand, has nabbed his third chart-topper and his first since Ludacris’ “Money Maker” in 2006. Isn’t it amazing how this series of events stemmed from Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie”, which made Thicke’s name a global trending topic across social media platforms because of the similarities between their voices?

See the other leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork – 91K (debut)

2. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories – 62K (total: 494K)

3. Sleeping with Sirens – Feel – 59K (debut)

4. Blake Shelton – Based on a True Story… – 36K (total: 624K)

5. Darius Rucker – True Believers – 33K (157K)

6. Megadeth – Super Collider – 29K (debut)

7. Imagine Dragons – Night Visions – 28K (total: 1.02 M)

8. Florida Georgia Line – Here’s to the Good Times – 28K (total: 694K).

9. Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience – 27K (total: 1.95 M)

10. Barenaked Ladies – Grinning Streak – 26K (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Robin Thicke – “Blurred Lines (Ft. T.I. & Pharrell)”

2. Macklemore & Lewis – “Can’t Hold Us (Ft. Ray Dalton)”

3. Daft Punk – “Get Lucky (Ft. Pharrell Williams)”

4. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”

5. Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise”

6. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”

7. Pink – “Just Give Me a Reason (Ft. Nate Ruess)”

8. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”

9. Ariana Grande – “The Way (Ft. Mac Miller)”

10. Icona Pop – “I Love It (Ft. Charli XCX)”

Watch the video for Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” below:

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