Top Tracks & Albums: One Direction Takes Over iTunes, Week Ending 11/24

By: Nov. 24, 2013
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iTunes has become the most comprehensive, streamlined way to purchase music, and BWW Music has rounded up the most popular tracks and albums on the digital marketplace for the week ending Nov. 24.

Boy band One Direction took over iTunes this week, in anticipation of their latest album, MIDNIGHT MEMORIES, debuting this week. The group's most recent songs, STRONG, STORY OF MY LIFE, and MIDNIGHT MEMORIES all placed on the singles chart this week, with Eminem's THE MOSTER and Lorde's ROYALS rounding out the top three.

On the albums side of things, MIDNIGHT MEMORIES took the top spot in pre-sales, with Eminem's THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 in second, and the soundtrack to THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE in third.

Top 10 Best-Selling iTunes Songs
1) STRONG - One Direction
2) THE MONSTER (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
3) ROYALS - Lorde
4) TIMBER (feat. Ke$ha) - Pitbull
5) COUNTING STARS - OneRepublic
6) DEMONS - Imagine Dragons
7) LET HER GO - Passenger
8) STORY OF MY LIFE - One Direction
9) ROAR - Katy Perry
10) MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction

Top 10 Best-Selling iTunes Albums

1) MIDNIGHT MEMORIES (Deluxe) - One Direction (Release: Nov. 25, 2013)

2) THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 (Deluxe) - Eminem

3) THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] - Various Artists

4) PURE HEROIN - Lorde

5) NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake

6) I AM - Yo Gotti

7) THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE OF HELL, Vol. 2 - Five Finger Death Punch

8) ARTPOP - Lady Gaga

9) WRAPPED IN RED - Kelly Clarkson

10) DAYS ARE GONE - HAIM



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