Billboard Hot 100: 07/21/12

Nice to see Demi top 20!

A lot of green today.

That's an interesting point. The complete my album feature probably prevented Payphone from getting a #1 song this past week.

We have an Adele-less Hot 100 now? This feels so weird..

It hasn't been two whole years.

I think the last time we had an Adele-less Hot 100 was January 2011. "Rolling in the Deep" debuted near the end of 2010 but fell off the chart until a month or so later when it re-surfaced and well the rest is history.

Speaking of Ms Perry, when did we have a Katy Perry free Hot 100?

^The last "no Katy week" was 04/03/10. On the following week, If We Ever Meet Again re-entered the chart and after that became the "Teenage Dream era".

FRIDAY'S UPDATE:
TOP 20:

1. MAROON 5 - Payphone f/Wiz Khalifa: 188.574 (+ 1.100)
2. GOTYE - Somebody That I Used To Know: 182.611 (- 0.841)
3. CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Call Me Maybe: 180.744 (+ 0.947)
4. RIHANNA - Where Have You Been: 155.857 (+ 1.160)
5. KATY PERRY - Wide Awake: 106.374 (+ 2.980) ▲
6. FUN. - We Are Young f/Janelle Monae: 105.145 (- 0.153) ▼
7. USHER - Scream: 104.257 (+ 1.494)
8. NICKI MINAJ - Starships: 102.008 (- 0.319)
9. ELLIE GOULDING - Lights: 98.462 (+ 1.455)
10. ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful: 95.859 (- 0.204)
11. THE WANTED - Glad You Came: 91.894 (- 0.038)
12. FLO RIDA - Wild Ones f/Sia: 86.255 (- 0.731)
13. DAVID GUETTA - Titanium f/Sia: 73.159 (+ 1.218)
14. KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill ...: 70.495 (- 0.571)
15. TRAIN - Drive By: 64.154 (+ 0.681)
16. CALVIN HARRIS - Let's Go f/Ne-Yo: 63.744 (+ 0.423)
17. ELI YOUNG BAND - Even If It Breaks Your Heart: 61.533 (+ 0.238)
18. BRANTLEY GILBERT - You Don't Know Her Like I Do: 61.149 (+ 0.294)
19. DEMI LOVATO - Give Your Heart A Break: 60.570 (+ 0.885)
20. LUKE BRYAN - Drunk On You: 57.968 (- 1.022)

OTHERS:

KANYE WEST - Mercy f/Big Sean/Pusha T...: 56.291 (+ 0.403)
KENNY CHESNEY - Come Over: 54.428
PITBULL - Back In Time: 52.664 (- 1.025)
CA$H OUT - Cashin' Out: 51.377 (+ 0.269)
TREY SONGZ - Heart Attack: 47.258 (- 0.046)
HAVANA BROWN - We Run The Night f/Pitbull: 44.405 (+ 0.196)
NEON TREES - Everybody Talks: 44.164 (+ 0.459)
GYM CLASS HEROES - The Fighter f/Ryan Tedder: 41.251 (+ 0.154)
USHER - Lemme See f/Rick Ross: 40.594 (+ 0.808)
JASON MRAZ - I Won't Give Up: 38.714 (+ 0.284)
ONE DIRECTION - One Thing: 32.905 (+ 0.271)
CHER LLOYD - Want U Back: 32.872 (+ 0.818)
RITA ORA - How We Do (Party): 26.018 (+ 0.354)
FLO RIDA - Whistle: 23.227 (+ 0.958)
KELLY CLARKSON - Dark Side: 22.459 (+ 0.037)
OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Good Time: 22.137 (+ 1.095)
B.O.B - Both Of Us f/Taylor Swift: 21.643 (- 0.094)
THE WANTED - Chasing The Sun: 21.557 (+ 0.145)
LINKIN PARK - Burn It Down: 20.361 (- 0.272)
MATCHBOX TWENTY - She's So Mean: 19.342 (+ 0.612)
FUN. - Some Nights: 16.969 (+ 0.292)
PINK - Blow Me (One Last Kiss): 12.780 (+ 3.407)
CHRIS BROWN - Don't Wake Me Up: 9.310
ED SHEERAN - The A Team: 8.804
PHILLIP PHILLIPS - Home: 5.871
WHITNEY HOUSTON/JORDIN SPARKS - Celebrate: 4.232
PITBULL - Get It Started f/Shakira: 3.815
ALICIA KEYS - New Day: 3.227 (- 0.003)
KYLIE MINOGUE - Timebomb: 0.395
LINKIN PARK - Lost In The Echo: 0.123

Ellie looked to be the one person to give Katy a run for the next #1 (once CMM and PP die down), but it looks like Katy is pulling away now. 7 #1s in roughly two years is pretty incredible. I don't think anyone's done it that fast since Whitney.

Speaking of which, I wonder if that Whitney/Jordin duet will go anywhere. Is that just curiosity spins?

fun. is hanging in there. Amazing longevity!

& where's Keyshia Cole's Clear Channel updates? Curious to see how much she'll get from the Urban formats.

I'm not too sure if her song was released, but I heard it yesterday. Then again, it's her hometown station playing it.

I just realized that Payphone is the first #1 airplay since Pitbull's GME to lack a female voice.

She is a figment of your imagination.

The last one was actually "Forget You."

Saturday's update

1. MAROON 5 - Payphone f/Wiz Khalifa: 189.033 (+ 0.459)
2. GOTYE - Somebody That I Used To Know: 182.228 (- 0.383)
3. CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Call Me Maybe: 181.628 (+ 0.884)
4. RIHANNA - Where Have You Been: 156.568 (+ 0.711)
5. KATY PERRY - Wide Awake: 109.174 (+ 2.800)
6. USHER - Scream: 105.083 (+ 0.826) 
7. FUN. - We Are Young f/Janelle Monae: 104.692 (- 0.453) 
8. NICKI MINAJ - Starships: 101.368 (- 0.640)
9. ELLIE GOULDING - Lights: 100.800 (+ 2.338)
10. ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful: 95.318 (- 0.541)

11. THE WANTED - Glad You Came: 91.206 (- 0.688)
12. FLO RIDA - Wild Ones f/Sia: 86.079 (- 0.176)
13. DAVID GUETTA - Titanium f/Sia: 73.937 (+ 0.778)
14. KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill ...: 69.756 (- 0.739)
15. CALVIN HARRIS - Let's Go f/Ne-Yo: 64.874 (+ 1.130)
16. TRAIN - Drive By: 64.184 (+ 0.030) 
17. DEMI LOVATO - Give Your Heart A Break: 61.864 (+ 1.294) 
18. ELI YOUNG BAND - Even If It Breaks Your Heart: 61.731 (+ 0.198) 
19. BRANTLEY GILBERT - You Don't Know Her Like I Do: 61.654 (+ 0.505) 
20. LUKE BRYAN - Drunk On You: 56.981 (- 0.987)

KANYE WEST - Mercy f/Big Sean/Pusha T...: 56.909 (+ 0.618)
CA$H OUT - Cashin' Out: 51.489 (+ 0.112)
TREY SONGZ - Heart Attack: 47.835 (+ 0.577)
HAVANA BROWN - We Run The Night f/Pitbull: 44.783 (+ 0.378)
NEON TREES - Everybody Talks: 44.645 (+ 0.481)
GYM CLASS HEROES - The Fighter f/Ryan Tedder: 41.151 (- 0.100)
USHER - Lemme See f/Rick Ross: 40.643 (+ 0.049)
JASON MRAZ - I Won't Give Up: 38.932 (+ 0.218)
ONE DIRECTION - One Thing: 33.166 (+ 0.261)
CHER LLOYD - Want U Back: 33.001 (+ 0.129)
RITA ORA - How We Do (Party): 26.145 (+ 0.127)
FLO RIDA - Whistle: 24.736 (+ 1.509)
KELLY CLARKSON - Dark Side: 23.146 (+ 0.687)
OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Good Time: 22.989 (+ 0.852)
B.O.B - Both Of Us f/Taylor Swift: 22.033 (+ 0.390)
THE WANTED - Chasing The Sun: 21.488 (- 0.069)
LINKIN PARK - Burn It Down: 20.043 (- 0.318)
MATCHBOX TWENTY - She's So Mean: 19.703 (+ 0.361)
FUN. - Some Nights: 17.350 (+ 0.381)
PINK - Blow Me (One Last Kiss): 16.188 (+ 3.408)
ALICIA KEYS - New Day: 3.157 (- 0.070)

NICKI MINAJ TIES BLACK EYED PEAS' RECORD

Hey Gary,

Just noting that Nicki Minaj's "Starships" is still in the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 after 20 weeks - an uninterrupted top 10 streak dating to its arrival at No. 9. Is that the longest that a song that debuted in the top 10 has remained that high?

Thanks,

Aaron Heinsman
Baltimore, Maryland


Hi Aaron,

Like an actual starship, Minaj's song took off at great heights and has yet to come down.

With its 20th consecutive week in the top 10, all since its debut at No. 9 the week of March 3, "Starships," which has orbited between Nos. 10 and its No. 5 peak to-date, matches the mark for most uninterrupted weeks in the top 10 for a song that bowed in the region. The Black Eyed Peas first set the record with its 14-week No. 1 "I Gotta Feeling" in 2009.

Here are the top such titles:

Weeks in Top 10 from Debut, Title, Artist, Peak, Year(s)

20, "Starships," Nicki Minaj, No. 5, 2012
20, "I Gotta Feeling," the Black Eyed Peas, No. 1 (14 weeks), 2009
19, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, No. 1 (16 weeks), 1995-96
18, "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne, No. 1 (one week), 2007
17, "California Gurls," Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, (No. 1, six weeks), 2010
17, "I'll Be Missing You," Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112, No. 1 (11 weeks), 1997
16, "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem featuring Rihanna, No. 1 (seven weeks), 2010
16, "Fantasy," Mariah Carey, No. 1 (eight weeks), 1995
15, "So What," P!nk, No. 1 (one week), 2008
15, "Always Be My Baby," Mariah Carey, No. 1 (two weeks), 1996
15, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Whitney Houston, No. 1 (one week), 1995-96


Noticeably, "Starships" is the only title above not to have topped the Hot 100. How has a No. 5-peaking hit joined 10 No. 1s on the list? For one, a bit of bad timing, as "Starships" could've ranked higher if not for other songs clogging the way. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra, has ranked in the top five since March 17, spending eight weeks at No. 1; fun.'s six-week leader "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, has lodged itself in the top 10 non-stop since Feb. 25; and, Maroon 5's "Payphone," featuring Wiz Khalifa, has rung up all 11 of its Hot 100 chart weeks between Nos. 2 and 3.

Add in such hits as the Wanted's "Glad You Came" (10 weeks in the top five between March and May), One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" (13 weeks in the top 10, with top five appearances in April and again in June) and Carly Rae Jepsen's current No. 1 "Call Me Maybe" (14 frames in the top 10) and it's a bit clearer how, despite a comparatively modest No. 5 peak, "Starships" has nonetheless made history for its consistency.

The addition of new streaming data to the Hot 100 earlier this year also seems to have had a steadying effect on the chart, with the biggest consensus sales, airplay and streaming hits having since remained in the tally's upper reaches for lengthy runs.

Additionally aiding its chart fortunes, "Starships" has won support at multiple radio formats, reaching No. 2 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, No. 3 on Pop Songs and Rhythmic and No. 24 on Adult Pop Songs (marking Minaj's best rank on the lattermost chart as a lead act).

The track has racked 1.3 billion cumulative audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS, in reaching No. 3 on the all-format Radio Songs chart, and has sold 3.2 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

As Minaj melodically sings, "Starships" truly were (was) meant to fly.

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