By making considerable airplay gains at a time when Katy Perry’s “Roar” is slowing on all measures, Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” leapfrogged into the number two position on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n
Those radio gains were not, however, enough to thrust “Wrecking Ball” past Lorde’s “Royals,” which rules the chart for its third consecutive week.<\/p>\n
No longer the top alternative song, “Royals” continues to rule Billboard’s most important singles chart. It, the most-download single in the US and second-most-played on the radio, also leads the Hot Rock Songs category.<\/p>\n
Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” remained in fourth place, behind “Roar,” while Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home” held at five. Ylvis’ “The Fox” claimed sixth, besting Jay-Z’s seventh-place “Holy Grail.”<\/p>\n
Other top ten finishers, in order, were Lady Gaga’s “Applause,” Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais’ “Summertime Sadness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[321,597,486,640,116,588,641,678],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n