The most popular music, apps, and movies in the Google Play Store

3 March 2017

Google has released the top weekly charts for music, movies, and apps in the South African Google Play Store.

Topping the track chart was Ed Sheeran’s Shape of you, while The Secret Life of Pets topped the movie charts.

WhatsApp and Minecraft: Pocket Edition topped the free and paid app charts respectively.

The lists below show the top weekly charts for music, movies, and apps in the South African Google Play Store.

The top 10 music tracks this week were:

  1. Shape of you – Ed Sheeran
  2. Lion of Judah – Lebo Sekgobela
  3. I don’t wanna live forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – ZAYN & Taylor Swift
  4. Nothing without you (Live) – Dr Tumi
  5. The world is yours – AKA
  6. Ndikuthandile – Vusi Nova
  7. Human – Rag’n’Bone Man
  8. I don’t wanna live forever (Fifty Shades Darker) – ZAYN
  9. Love – Lana Del Ray
  10. Love me in the dark (feat. Kaien Cruz) – Sketchy Bongo

The top 10 movies this week were:

  1. The Secret Life of Pets – Family
  2. The Accountant – Drama
  3. Bridget Jones’s Baby – Comedy
  4. The Magnificent Seven – Action & Adventure
  5. Jack Reacher: Never go back – Action and Adventure
  6. Suicide Squad – Action & Adventure
  7. Fifty Shades of Gray – Drama
  8. Kubo and the Two Strings – Animation
  9. Endless Love – Drama
  10. Ben Hur – Drama

The top 10 free Android apps this week were:

  1. Whatsapp Messenger
  2. SHAREit – Transfer & Share
  3. Messenger
  4. Facebook
  5. Opera Mini
  6. Instagram
  7. Facebook Lite
  8. Capitec Remote Banking
  9. Uber
  10. My Vodacom

The top 10 paid apps this week were:

  1. Minecraft: Pocket Edition
  2. Need for Speed Most Wanted
  3. Terraria
  4. Geometry Dash
  5. Athletics 2: Summer Sports
  6. Hitman Sniper
  7. Teeny Titans – Teen Titans Go!
  8. Farming Simulator 16
  9. Monopoly Game
  10. Scribblenauts Unlimited

This article first appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.

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  1. That Guy Jon
    03.03.2017 at 11:23

    it’s good to see local music reaching popularity on these type of services – it’s great that artists don’t need to struggle to get their music out there.

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