Top 10 tracks for Thursday AM

TOP 10 TRACKS: Don’t write off the digital download business just yet, kiddies. For the second straight week, most of the tracks on the leaderboard were in positive territory, while Taylor Swift’s pop move has taken her within a split hair of 900k in just two weeks. Fellow superstar Eminem made a splash with his latest, this time teaming with Sia, whose “Chandelier,” sitting at #11, has passed 1.2m. Meghan Trainor once again moved more than a quarter of a million digi-units, setting up “All About That Bass” to blow past 1.5m this week. A certain power trio’s “Bang Bang” enjoyed a 54% uptick, Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” scored a +57% and Iggy Azalea’s Rita Ora-enhanced “Black Widow” added 32%, rounding out an estrogen-fueled Top 5. Sam Smith is the lone male among the eight top-sellers, as “Stay With Me” keeps chugging along en route to 2.5m. With four of the Top 10, Republic is riding high, as the label’s TEA score readily indicates.

1. Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off” – 355k
2. Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass” – 266k
3. Jessie J + Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj, “Bang Bang” – 244k
4. Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda” – 188k
5. Iggy Azalea f/Rita Ora, “Black Widow” – 187k
6. Eminem f/Sia, “Guts Over Fear” – 134k
7. Sam Smith, “Stay With Me” – 125k
8. Ariana Grande f/Zedd, “Break Free” – 118k
9. Maroon 5, “Maps” – 98k
10. Charli XCX, “Boom Clap” – 90k

“Animals” (#23-15, 70k, +39%) gave Maroon 5 a pair in the Top 15 leading up to this Tuesday’s release of V, “Don’t Tell ’Em” from Jeremih f/YG (#16-14, 71k, +7%) could hit the big board in the next week or two, providing its momentum holds up. (9/4a)