Robin Thicke 'Blurred Lines' Unrated Video: Hit Song Leads Billboard Hot 100 For 5 Consecutive Weeks, No.1 For 6th Time On Digital Songs Chart

Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” is at the no. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 again, according to Billboard.com. This is the fifth consecutive week it has been number one on the major U.S. chart. The controversial but dance-friendly song has been on No. 1 on the Radio Songs and On-Demand Songs charts as well and has a noteworthy sales feat.

The "Blurred Lines" single is spending its sixth week as No. 1 on the Digital Songs Chart. It has been downloaded 423,000 times according to Nielsen SoundScan tracking week. It has also sold a similar amount last week and 424,000 the week before.

Although the song has sparked criticism, its sales has been consistently high as. In an uncensored version of a video for the song, naked women dance around Robin Thicke. “Blurred Lines” unrated video was banned from YouTube for being too explicit.

Critics say that the song has “rapey” lyrics and that the song is “misogynistic”. Despite the criticism, the hit song featuring T.I and Pharrell is loved by millions. The song has more than 400,000 downloads in the Digital Songs chart for three consecutive weeks, setting a record than only two other songs holds. With these downloads, “Blurred Lines” has over two million overall sales.

The popularity of “Blurred Lines” is far reaching, occupying the top positions in almost every tracking reviews and charts. The song has more than 156 million audience impressions, placing it on the top of the Radio Songs chart, which could lead to the top Air Play Gainers Honors reviewed by Nielsen. The song is at the top on the On-Demand Songs and the Pop Songs radio airplay charts. It also has been at the number one position on the Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks.

Losing to “Blurred Lines,” The number 2 song on the Hot 100 list is Thicke’s partner Pharrell’s song “Get Lucky”.

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