Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’ single cover

The US charts were marked by by heavy activity this week as two of the biggest names in Pop music – Rihanna and Ke$ha – and their peer Ciara all charted their latest songs on the Billboard Hot 100 ranking. Yet, as the dust has now settled, which one of these woman came out on top?

Ke$ha outperformed her competition as ‘Die Young’ launched on to the Hot 100 at #13 spot this week. The song yielded over 188K digital downloads and placed at #3 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart. Ke$ha will release her new album, ‘Warrior’, on December 4th.

Below Ke$ha on the Hot 100 was Rihanna, whose ‘Diamonds’ single opened at #16 with 133K downloads sold. By comparison, the lead single from the Bajan superstar’s 2011 ‘Talk That Talk’ album, ‘We Found Love’, only sold 117K copies in its first week and also debuted at #16.

Ciara also managed to chart on the Hot 100…well, almost. Her lead ‘One Woman Army’ single, ‘Sorry’, has started at #22 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 ranking. In case you’re wondering, that is the equivalent of charting at #122 on the Hot 100 lineup.

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

Billboard 200

1. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 600K

2. Green Day – ‘¡Uno!’ – 139K (debut)

3. No Doubt – ‘Push and Shove’ – 115K (debut)

4. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 94K (total: 374K)

5. Lupe Fiasco - ‘Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1′ -89K (debut)

6. deadmau5 - ‘album title goes here’ – 58K (debut)

7. G.O.O.D. Music – ‘Cruel Summer’ – 55K (total: 260K)

8. Dave Matthews Band – ‘Away From the World’ – 36K (total: 364K)

9. Little Big Town – ‘Tornado’ – 34K (total: 197K)

10. Killers - ‘Battle Born’ – 31K (total: 144K)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

3. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

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

5. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

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

7. Taylor Swift – ‘Begin Again’

8. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’

9. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

10. Owl City – ‘Good Time (Ft. Carly Jepsen)’

Watch Ciara’s ‘Sorry’ video below:

Thoughts?