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Aided by its support at alternative radio, "Royals" rules Hot Rock Songs for a second week. It tops the Alternative Songs airplay chart for a fifth week, tying Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" (1995) for the longest domination on the ranking for a song by a solo female. (Browse Billboard's 25th anniversary celebration of the Alternative Songs chart's all-time top songs and top artists.)
 
Jay Z's "Holy Grail" (featuring Justin Timberlake) reaches a new Hot 100 high point, pushing 5-4. It jumps 7-4 on Radio Songs (103 million, up 16%), although it falls in sales (159,000, down 7%) and streaming (4.1 million, down 12%). It returns to the Rap Songs summit for a sixth week at No. 1 and, as previously reported, climbs to the top of the Rhythmic radio airplay chart.
 
Avicii scores his first top five hit on the Hot 100, as "Wake Me Up!" springs 7-5. It climbs 6-3 on Digital Songs (197,000, up 12%), 8-7 on Streaming Songs (4 million, up 8%) and 18-16 on Radio Songs (69 million, up 27%), the lattermost move spurred in part by the innovative dance/folk song's airplay at rock radio. On Dance/Electronic Songs, "Wake" is the new No. 1 after holding at No. 2 for two weeks.
 
Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais' "Summertime Sadness" soars 10-6 on the Hot 100, marking a new peak. The track reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (13-8; 81 million, up 8%), while returning to its peak to date on Digital Songs (11-8, despite a 2% decrease to 127,000). It backtracks 10-12 on Streaming Songs, although with a 3% gain to 3.1 million.
 
Lady Gaga regresses 6-7 on the Hot 100 with "Applause." While the lead single from "ARTPOP," due Nov. 11, jumps 31-22 on Radio Songs (47 million, up 19%), it slides 4-6 on Digital Songs (160,000, down 25%; like "Roar," it logs a retail decrease after it experienced a post-VMAs bump last week). On Streaming Songs, it descends 6-11 (3.2 million, down 25%).
 
Drake freshens up the Hot 100's top tier by tallying his 13th top 10, as "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) advances 12-8. The track sports gains on Radio Songs (15-12; 73 million, up 25%) and Streaming Songs (20-14; 2.7 million, up 17%). It edges 10-9 on Digital Songs but with a 10% loss to 127,000.

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After reaching a high of No. 8 two weeks ago, Capital Cities' "Safe and Sound" returns to the Hot 100's top 10 (11-9). 54% of its chart points are from airplay (the highest percentage of any title in the top 10 this week), as it bullets at No. 3 on Radio Songs (116 million, up 8%).
 
Closing out the Hot 100's top 10, Eminem's "Berzerk" tumbles from No. 3, where it debuted last week. It registers a 48% drop in sales to 187,000 (a not atypical second-week plunge for a song by a star act that makes a splashy sales start before airplay and streaming have yet to catch up). Still, the lead single from the rapper's album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" climbs 59-49 on Radio Songs (26 million, up 24%). It drops 13-15 on Streaming Songs (2.6 million, down 3%).
 
Two songs depart the Hot 100's top 10: Miley Cyrus' No. 2 hit "We Can't Stop" (4-11) and Imagine Dragons' No. 3-peaking "Radioactive" (9-12). Following the record-breaking start for the video for Cyrus' next single, "Wrecking Ball," on VEVO, the ballad seems likely to vault toward the upper reaches of next week's Hot 100. Watch for details later this week on where the song could rank next week following the compilation of more building data.
 
Meanwhile, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 12), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety and Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Streaming Songs and On-Demand Songs will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday. The latest charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine (on sale on Friday, Sept. 13).