Billboard Top 20 Digital Songs (12/14/2013)

Almost Persuaded

Today would have been the 78th birthday of David Houston.

David Houston held, until 2012, the record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country (Country and Western back then) chart for a solo act, with his song "Almost Persuaded".

He was at the top for 9 consecutive weeks, from August through October 1966

The song also won the Grammy for Best Country and Western Song for 1966

Billboard Hot 100 - The Top 40 (12/07/2013)

Billboard Hot 100

Top 40

Week Ending December 7th 2013

40 - That's My Kind of Night - Luke Bryan
39 - Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton
38 - TKO - Justin Timberlake
37 - Still Into You - Paramore
36 - Burn - Ellie Golding
35 - Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais
34 - Stay - Florida Georgia Line
33 - Marry Me - Jason Derulo
32 - Sail - AWOLNation
31 - Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
30 - We Were Us - Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
29 - Slow Down - Selena Gomez
28 - Brave - Sara Bareilles
27 - Love More - Chris Brown w/Nicki Minaj
26 - My Hitta - YG w/Jezzy and Rich Homie Quan
25 - What Now - Rihanna
24 - Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
23 - White Walls - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
22 - Stay The Night - Zedd w/Hayley Williams
21 - Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke w/T.I. and Pharrell
20 - Do What U Want - Lady Gaga w/R. Kelly
19 - Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood
18 - Say Something - A Great Big World w/Christina Aguilera
17 - Holy Grail - Jay Z w/Justin Timberlake
16 - Unconditionally - Katy Perry
15 - 23 - Mike Will w/Miley Cyrus
14 - Applause - Lady Gaga
13 - Story of My Life - One Direction
12 - Midnight Memories - One Direction
11 - Diana - One Direction
10 - Let Her Go - Passenger
9  -  Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake w/Majid Joran
8  -  Timber - Pitbull w/Ke$ha
7  -  Roar - Katy Perry
6  -  Demons - Imagine Dragons
5  -  Wake Me Up - Avicii
4  -  Counting Stars - OneRepublic
3  -  Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
2  -  The Monster - Eminem w/Rihanna
1  -  Royals - Lorde
(9th consecutive week at #1)

(because her music company are being jerks, I cant post the video here)

Biggest Selling Single of 2006 - UK

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

This was the bestselling single in the UK for 2006.  It went to #1 on the Official UK Top 40 and stayed there for 9 weeks.  This was the first single to top the UK chart on download sales only.   
"Crazy" reached one million downloads in 2011.

UK Million Seller 1960

In 1960 only one song sold a million copies in the UK.

It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley

Elvis spent 8 weeks atop the UK Official Chart with "It's Now or Never" and it was his biggest selling single of all time with over 25 million copies worldwide.  This entered the UK Chart at #1 on November 3rd 1960.  Rereleased in January 2005 it once again went to #1 in the UK, this time for a single week.

Billboard Hot Digital Chart (12/07/2013)

Billboard Digital Download Chart

Top 20

Week Ending December 7th 2013

ACM and CMA Song of the Year - 1974

Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith

written by Cal Smith and Don Wayne

(one week at #1 on the Hot Country chart)

Winner of the 1974 Academy of Country Music Song and Single of the Year 

Winner of the 1974 Country Music Association Song of the Year