Leona will be facing a real challenge again on the Hot 100 next week to hang onto that #2 spot:
Thursday prediction:
Pos/Artist .... AI .... Sales .. Total
1 Lil Wayne 159.1 + 162.3 = 321.4
2 Coldplay.... 12.0 + 230.2 = 242.3
3 Leona..... 140.9 + 96.8 = 237.7
4 Katy Perry. 35.5 + 195.0 = 230.5
5 Rihanna..... 88.3 + 116.4 = 204.7
6 Usher........ 110.5 + 49.5 = 160.1
7 Natasha.... 46.3 + 112.8 = 159.0
8 Ray J........... 94.9 + 63.1 = 158.0
9 Jordin........ 103.7 + 49.0 = 152.7
10 Madonna... 50.3 + 85.1 = 135.4
Coldplay in the #2 slot at the moment but their sales are eventually tailing off. However, Katy Perry, who is in the #4 slot just behind Leona, is seeing sales increasing by the day so this may take her above Leona by the end of the week.
Either way its going to be close, but Leona does have the streaming advantage so this may ultimately pay off.
A 10th consecutive week in the top 2 would be amazing though!
Natasha could be heading for #6 though - a new peak for her