Robin Thicke 'Blurred Lines' No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 for Ninth Week, T.I. and Pharrell-Assisted Track Breaks Many Records: Zedd, Capital Cities, Maroon 5 Break Top 10

By Carolyn Menyes (c.menyes@gmail.com) | Aug 07, 2013 04:12 PM EDT

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It's almost as if no other song in the country has a chance. For the ninth week in a row, Robin Thicke's genre-bending smash hit reigns supreme, with the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the tracking website.

It's not just that Thicke is topping the charts; he's absolutely dominating the Hot 100, leaving Miley Cyrus' No. 2 song "We Can't Stop" and the No. 3 song Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" in the dust. Billboard reports that "Blurred Lines" has twice the points as "We Can't Stop."

Thicke's "Blurred Lines" has officially reached more listeners in radio history than any other song since 1990 (when Billboard began tracking audiences). Billboard has been predicting that "Blurred Lines" would overtake Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" as the song with the widest radio reach for weeks now, and the song has now done it. 219.8 million people heard "Blurred Lines" on the radio last week, meaning if you're living in the US, you literally can not escape the tune unless you actively try.

"Blurred Lines" has set another record: selling over 400,000 download copies for four weeks in a row, besting last year's hit by Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used To Know" by one week.

If listeners are sick of "Blurred Lines," they sure aren't showing it.

Of course, as reported earlier today the song "Blurred Lines" isn't Thicke's only No. 1 on the Billboard charts this week. His sixth studio album of the same name topped the Billboard 200, selling 177,000 copies in its first week of release in the US.

There are, apparently, other songs in the country. Besides Cyrus' spot at No. 2 and Imagine Dragons' grasping at No. 3, "Colbert Report" dodgers Daft Punk rebounded to No. 4 with "Get Lucky" and Jay Z's "Holy Grail" jumped up to No. 5.

Anna Kendrick's surprising hit from "Pitch Perfect" rose to No. 6 on the Hot 100, followed by Bruno Mars' Treasure (No. 7). Three new songs rounded out the top 10. Zedd featuring Foxes' "Clarity" rose to No. 8, Capital Cities' "Safe and Sound" debuted in the top 10 at No. 9 and Maroon 5 return to the top of the charts with "Love Somebody" at No. 10.

Notably, after shooting to No. 2 last week, One Direction's "Best Song Ever" dropped out of the top 10 this week.

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