Here are 24 hour digital sales records (only tracks selling at least 150K are shown). The single “Best Song Ever” by One Direction had 189,387 paid downloads on iTunes within 24 hours.

Lorde (Royals) – 51,022
Katy Perry (Roar) – 28,656
Miley Cyrus (Wrecking Ball) – 27,992
Avicii (Wake Me Up) – 21,282
Lady Gaga (Applause) – 13,548
Britney Spears (Work B**ch) – 12,310
Katy Perry (Walking On Air) – 11,022
One Republic (Counting Stars) – 9,837
Luke Bryan (That’s My Kind of Night) – 10,133
Passenger (Let Her Go) – 8,682
Panic! At the Disco (Miss Jackson) – 2,585
John Legend (All of Me) – 2,499

For instance, Katy Perry’s single ROAR had 28,656 paid downloads on iTunes within the last 24 hours. Lorde’s single Royals had 51,022 paid downloads.

YouTube will launch first ever awards show. YouTube credits itself for breaking artists, not MTV or any other outlet. Hence, they will hand out awards to nominees who over the past year who garnered the biggest YouTube views.

YouTube will feature live performances by Lady Gaga, Eminem, Arcade Fire and other artists for the first-ever YouTube Music Awards show which will air November 3rd.

“The whole night should feel like a YouTube video itself,” Spike Jonze said in a statement. “We’re getting together a group of amazing artists and filmmakers to do this live — tune in to see what happens live.”

This could disrupt the Grammys and the MTV Video Music Awards as the Google-owned company will hand out seven awards to nominees who over the past year garnered the biggest YouTube views.

“Our point is to celebrate YouTube’s role in the music ecosystem,” says Danielle Tiedt, the San Bruno, Calif.-based company’s vice president of marketing. “If you think about how most of us encounter music, it’s usually on YouTube, whether it’s stars like Miley Cyrus and her VMA performance or her new Wrecking Ball video, or musicians like Lindsey (Stirling), who broke thanks to our site.”

Lorde (Royals) – 38,979
Katy Perry (ROAR) – 28,269
Miley Cyrus (Wrecking Ball) – 27,106
Avicii (Wake Me Up) – 21,274
Drake (Hold On, We’re Going Home)– 17,092
Eminem (Berzerk) – 14,573
Katy Perry (Dark Horse) – 13,399
Mike Will Made-It (23) – 12,189
Jay Z (Holy Grail) – 11,446
AWOLNATION (Sail) – 7,237
Capital Cities (Safe & Sound) – 7,237
Passenger (Let Her Go) – 6,861
Imagine Dragons (Radioactive) – 6,333
Paramore (Still Into You) – 5,263

For instance, Katy Perry’s single ROAR had 28,269 paid downloads on iTunes within the last 24 hours. Lorde’s single Royals had 38,979 paid downloads.

The top 8 Emerging Artists

1) Jillian O – Lighter
2) Figs Vision – Goodbye
3) Step Rockets – Kisser
4) Johnathan Celestin – 12 Steps
5) Jared & The Mill – Breathe Me In
6) Kaylee Rutland – Into The Circle
7) MammaBear – Green Light
8) Treeside – Already Free