After eight weeks in the lower regions of the Hot 100 singles chart on the strength of airplay, Timbaland's Give It To Me collaboration with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake was finally  released in digital format last week, and sales of more than 248,000 are enough to send it rocketing 42-1, writes Alan Jones .

It is the second highest first week in the history of digital downloads, narrowly trailing the 250,000 that Justin Timberlake's SexyBack - co-produced and co-written ...