Billboard Hot 100: 05/12/12

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PTBULL - Back In Time: 25.709 (+ 0.889)

Keep on smashing Hitbull!

I'm so proud of this soundtrack! I remember that BIT started at slow pace, but it's cool to see that finally this is connecting with the people.
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Chris Rene - Young Homie anyone?

It's only updated sometimes. Not everyday 'cause the numbers are still low.

FRIDAY'S UPDATE:
TOP 20:

1. FUN. - We Are Young f/Janelle Monae: 182.858 (+ 0.431)
2. THE WANTED - Glad You Came: 149.579 (- 0.763)
3. KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill ...: 136.220 (- 0.651)
4. FLO RIDA - Wild Ones f/Sia: 127.954 (+ 1.247) ▲
5. KATY PERRY - Part Of Me: 127.011 (+ 0.126) ▼
6. GOTYE - Somebody That I Used To Know: 125.242 (+ 4.511)
7. DRAKE - Take Care f/Rihanna: 112.482 (- 2.758)
8. NICKI MINAJ - Starships: 98.846 (+ 1.339)
9. ADELE - Rumour Has It: 97.184 (+ 0.296)
10. ADELE - Set Fire To The Rain: 92.509 (- 1.837)
11. DRAKE - The Motto f/Lil Wayne: 83.243 (- 0.327)
12. DAVID GUETTA - Turn Me On f/Nicki Minaj: 80.547 (- 1.861)
13.JUSTIN BIEBER - Boyfriend: 77.769 (- 0.848)
14. CALVIN HARRIS - Feel So Close: 75.300 (- 0.155)
15. ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful: 71.962 (+ 1.478) ▲
16. TRAIN - Drive By: 71.927 (+ 0.704) ▼
17. USHER - Climax: 68.717 (- 0.139)
18. RIHANNA - Birthday Cake: 68.189 (+ 0.305) ▲
19. GYM CLASS HEROES - Ass Back Home f/Neon Hitch: 66.401 (- 1.484) ▼
20. RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 63.803 (- 1.680)

OTHERS:

LADY ANTEBELLUM - Dancin' Away With My Heart: 59.392 (+ 0.462)
JESSIE J - Domino: 59.383 (- 1.115)
MIRANDA LAMBERT - Over You: 57.347 (+ 0.376)
KIRKO BANGZ - Drank In My Cup: 56.176 (- 0.125)
B.O.B - So Good: 52.514 (+ 0.326)
LOVERANCE - Up! f/50 Cent: 51.887 (+ 0.250)
MAROON 5 - Payphone f/Wiz Khalifa: 49.209 (+ 3.004)
CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Call Me Maybe: 48.289 (+ 1.396)[/b]
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Good Girl: 45.657 (+ 0.134)
TAYLOR SWIFT - Eyes Open: 41.327 (- 0.382)
JENNIFER LOPEZ - Dance Again f/Pitbull: 40.597 (- 0.139)
KARMIN - Broken Hearted: 38.972 (- 0.158)
KENNY CHESNEY/TIM MCGRAW - Feel Like A Rock Star: 36.456 (+ 0.147)
LUKE BRYAN - Drunk On You: 35.627 (+ 0.341)
CHRIS BROWN - Strip f/Kevin McCall: 31.108
NICKI MINAJ - Right By My Side f/Chris Brown: 26.563 (- 0.159)
PITBULL - Back In Time: 26.095 (+ 0.386)
JASON MRAZ - I Won't Give Up: 23.598 (+ 0.213)
ELLIE GOULDING - Lights: 20.164
DEMI LOVATO - Give Your Heart A Break: 18.325 (+ 0.397)
COLDPLAY - Paradise: 17.903
RIHANNA - Where Have You Been: 15.369 (+ 1.419)
USHER - Scream: 15.348
LINKIN PARK - Burn It Down: 13.212 (+ 0.355)
JOHN MAYER - Shadow Days: 11.758 (+ 0.021)
DAVID GUETTA - Titanium f/Sia: 9.393 (+ 0.391)
CALVIN HARRIS - Let's Go f/Ne-Yo: 5.266
BEYONCE - Dance For You: 3.529
SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE - Hit The Lights: 0.857
MICHEL TELO - Ai Se Eu Te Pego/If I Catch...: 0.844 (- 0.018)
RIHANNA - Roc Me Out: 0.410
RIHANNA - Cockiness (Love It): 0.149

There are fierce competition between GOTYE and Maroon 5. Both songs got big increase yesterday. Gotye may potentially block Maroon 5's new single from reaching No.1.

As far as I know, "Boyfriend" didn't have an airplay promo.

"Scream" instantly enters the top 40 on Mediabase's pop chart, with 888 spins (84 stations played it). So, it may have had an airplay promo for that format (which accounts for 12.094m of the total). It's not in the rhythmic or urban top 50.

Back in the day, radio would regularly give big-name acts' new singles big play out of the box. It still happens every now and again, but less than it once did, I think.

Good analysis, HG.

I've followed this stuff for so long, but just paid attention to the chart positions, not spins / stations.
It just seems recently like every few weeks the Mainstream Top 40 chart gets a new unusually high debut.

Now, I'm old enough to recall when 'Erotica' entered Hot 100 airplay at #2.. Hell, I remember when "Thriller"'s Hot 100 debut at #20 was news. But it seems like PDs are doing something different in the last half year...

In the all-formats airplay era (December 1998-present), I believe we've only seen two top 10 debuts on Hot 100 Airplay: "All For You" and "Born This Way." I think AFY had one or two days of play before the chart cutoff period for that week and then blasted in at No. 9 on Hot 100 Airplay the following week. BTW had five days of airplay leading to its No. 6 airplay debut.

I wonder what "Erotica's" audience was for that No. 2 debut- I'd think maybe around 35m? It entered at No. 23 on Mainstream Top 40 and No. 5 on Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover for that chart week (of course, it had two extra days for its hot 100 Airplay debut that it didn't have for the spins-based charts). It maintained a bullet in its second week at No. 2 on Hot 100 Airplay, and then lost the bullet thereafter.

Oh, you wouldn't be saying the charts were "tweaked"? I remember around that time Roxette's "Fading Like a Flower" was #11 airplay and #14 sales, but somehow ended up at #2 on H100.

Paula Abdul's "Promise Of A New Day" hit #1 on the Hot 100 but was only #5 on airplay and #25 on sales!

... Meaning Roxette, Martika, and possibly even the Paula #1 wouldn't have been top 10 under the more accurate current Hot 100.

Gotye has a lot more streaming points which will most likely prevent Maroon 5 getting to at #1. Although I would love Maroon 5 to get another #1 on the hot 100.

That makes sense, but is further PROOF that the old system was a scam. :) I remember when Billboard published the airplay/sales chart (pre- BDS/Soundscan) and it was amazing how close sales and airplay matched. We know now that's just not the way it works. I'm so glad we're in an area of greater transparency.

denverdan, it is hard to say how much of the old system was a scam. You can contrast Billboard airplay ranks vs Radio & Records to see if they were in line. (Even then, they used different sample pools, so its tough).

I will say that sales and airplay did line up a lot more in the 70s and 80s (than the 90s, 00s and today) as the music was considered less extreme, with CHR playing more variety, few if any country commercial singles, & very little rap and extreme hard rock being put out on 45 single (the single format for most of those years).