Epic Records recording artist Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” broke the single-week download sales record last week, The New York Times reported on Monday. The song, which sold 266,500 downloads at online retailers, was not initially included on the album “Oral Fixation Vol. 2,” but was added as part of a recent re-release of the album. Before the re-release, the song was offered exclusively as a download to Verizon Wireless customers, and also promoted on Yahoo Music — which hosted an online contest where users could submit video of themselves dancing to the song. The resulting video was viewed over a million times, and helped fuel demand for the single once it was released to digital retailers like iTunes.

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