This week on Billboard’s music charts, Daft Punk’s new album holds at No. 1 and the rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis extends its run with the top single.
Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories†(Daft Life/Columbia), featuring the hit single “Get Lucky,†had 93,000 sales in its second week out, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That is a 73 percent drop from its opening week, but it was enough keep the album on top, beating out a handful of new releases.
Alice in Chains’ new release, “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here†(Capitol) â€" the grunge-era group’s second album since reuniting with a new singer, William DuVall â€" opened at No. 2 with 61,000 sales. John Fogerty’s “Wrong a Song for Everyone†(Vanguard), featuring Creedence Clearwater Revival and other of his songs recorded with stars like Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Jennifer Hudson, sold 51,000 copies to open at No. 3. Also this week, the British group Little Mix bows at No. 4 with 50,000 sales of “DNA†(Syco/Columbia).
On the singles chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s “Can’t Hold Us†stays at No. 1 for a fifth week, with 184,000 downloads and 5 million streams in the United States on services like Spotify and YouTube. Earlier this year, the group’s “Thrift Shop†spent six weeks as the top single.
