Miley Cyrus Outselling Multi-Platinum Trio Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West In Singles Race

When three artists who have all had 10 or more top 10 hit singles and are arguably all at the top of their game collaborate for a high profile single, you might think it would be the biggest new release of the week. However, when you go up against the hottest teen artist with a little bit of the wind of controversy at her back, then you'll just have to sit in the back seat and watch. That's the story behind the first week sales battle between "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West and Miley Cyrus' latest "Party In the USA."

"Run This Town" is the second single from Jay-Z's upcoming album The Blueprint 3. Both previous Blueprint albums reached #1 and sold over two million copies. His two collaborators for the song, Rihanna and Kanye West, each had two top 10 singles in 2008. Billboard estimates the song will sell a total of 150-170,000 copies in its first week of digital release landing it in the top 10 when this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart comes out. Not shabby at all, but not good enough to be the hottest new single around.

The hottest new song in the country is Miley Cyrus' latest "Party in the USA." It has ruled the iTunes digital sales chart since it came out last week. An expected 200,000 copies sold and top 5 debut on the Hot 100 will give Miley her biggest debut yet and surpass the early release achievements of her most recent smash single "The Climb." The recent Teen Choice poledance controversy has certainly not hurt publicity for "Party in the USA," but the song is arguably Cyrus' best single yet which should give it staying power, perhaps even make it her first chart-topping single.

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