Lorde Racks Up Third Week At US #1

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New Zealand's Lorde has chalked up her third week at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, once again holding out Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball – but only just this week.

According to Billboard figures Royals' ranking figures were down just less than one percent, with Wrecking Ball up by 17 percent and subsequently closing the gap between one and two significantly.

Elsewhere Royals tops the On-Demand Songs, Digital Songs, Hot Rock, Rock Airplay, Rock Digital and Rock Streaming charts.

Her album Pure Heroine is down to six in the Billboard 200 albums chart this week after debuting at three last week. Her EP The Love Club is at 69 on the same chart.

There's a sprinkling of Australians in the chart, with Keith Urban's Fuse, which debuted at number one a few weeks ago, at 30 in its fifth week in the chart. Australian based megachurch has two entries, with Hillsong Young & Free's We Are Young And Free at 89, down from last week's debut at 22, and Hillsong United's Zion re-entering the charts at 175. Its highest point has been five.

In the Dance/Club Play chart Aussie DJ Havana Brown's Flashing Lights is up to three – its highest point – after nine weeks. In the same chart Empire Of The Sun's Ice On The Dune is up to 24, juping ten spots from last week. Brown's Flashing Lights is up to 26 in the Dance/Electronic Songs chart.