Categories: New Music

Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money” Debuts at #23 on Hot 100; Sells 108K

Stellar opening week sales and decent early radio traction propel Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money” into the Top 25 of this week’s Billboard Hot 100.

“Bitch,” which is the follow-up to her Top 5 single “FourFiveSeconds (with Kanye West and Paul McCartney)” grabs the #23 position on this week’s chart.

Sales played a particularly helpful role in facilitating the debut. In addition to scoring a Top 25 Hot 100 position, “Bitch Better Have My Money” debuts at #5 on the Digital Songs subchart thanks to 108,000 paid tracking week downloads.

And one should expect another impressive sales total for the current tracking week. Following Rihanna’s performance at Sunday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, “Bitch” has held the #1 spot on the iTunes single sales chart.

Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk (featuring Bruno Mars)” reigns over the Billboard Hot 100 for a thirteenth straight week.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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