Billboard Hot 100: 02/28/2015 - "Uptown Funk!" (7 wks #1)

[Daniel Collins]

Mediabase (02/12/15)

1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 229.223 (+ 1.208)
2. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 181.832 (+ 1.119)
3. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 170.230 (- 1.644)
4. HOZIER - Take Me To Church: 155.465 (- 1.504)
5. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Lips Are Movin: 125.273 (- 0.179)
6. SAM SMITH – I’m Not The Only One: 121.196 (- 2.313)
7. NICK JONAS - Jealous: 117.693 (- 1.996)
8. PITBULL - Time Of Our Lives f/Ne-Yo: 95.511 (+ 0.993)
9. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 93.311 (+ 3.306) ▲
10. USHER - I Don't Mind f/Juicy J: 92.072 (- 0.037) ▼
11. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 88.033 (+ 2.578)
12. ARIANA GRANDE & THE WEEKND - Love Me Harder: 75.017 (- 2.158)
13. NE-YO - She Knows f/Juicy J: 72.767 (+ 0.397)
14. LILLYWOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ - Prayer In C: 71.838 (+ 0.361)
15. ELLA HENDERSON - Ghost: 71.484 (+ 0.280)
16. LUKE BRYAN - I See You: 68.895 (- 0.959)
17. FALL OUT BOY – Centuries: 66.901 (+ 0.947)
18. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Sun Daze: 65.795 (+ 0.682)
19. RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/P MCCARTNEY - FourFiveSeconds: 64.772 (+ 1.956) ▲
20. THOMAS RHETT - Make Me Wanna: 64.620 (+ 0.404) ▼

BLAKE SHELTON – Lonely Tonight f/ Ashley Monroe: 62.047 (- 0.285)
JASON ALDEAN - Just Gettin' Started: 58.876 (+ 0.448)
RANDY HOUSER - Like A Cowboy: 58.421 (- 0.171)
BEYONCE - 7/11: 55.227 (+ 0.912)
NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown: 53.950 (+ 0.110)
VANCE JOY - Riptide: 53.296 (+ 0.206)
NICKI MINAJ - Truffle Butter f/Drake...: 49.234 (+ 2.469)
ONEREPUBLIC – I Lived: 45.625 (- 0.296)
KELLY CLARKSON - Heartbeat Song: 44.778 (+ 0.484)
ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 43.921 (+ 1.536)
CALVIN HARRIS - Outside f/Ellie Goulding: 40.229 (+ 1.759)
CHRIS BROWN & TYGA - Ayo: 39.869 (+ 1.002)
ZAC BROWN BAND - Homegrown: 37.838 (+ 0.880)
NATALIE LA ROSE - Somebody f/Jeremih: 37.071 (+ 0.869)
J. COLE - Apparently: 34.573 (+ 0.924)
IMAGINE DRAGONS - I Bet My Life: 31.762 (+ 0.350)
Sam Hunt – Take Your Time: 28.999 (+ 1.174)
ONE DIRECTION - Night Changes: 27.875 (+ 0.724)
DRAKE - How About Now: 22.609 (- 0.116)
MIRANDA LAMBERT - Little Red Wagon: 19.489 (+ 0.741)
NICK JONAS - Chains: 18.351 (+ 0.656)
FLO RIDA – GDFR f/ Sage The Gemini: 17.956 (+ 0.810)
NICKI MINAJ – Feeling Myself f/Beyoncé: 16.578 (+ 0.550)
THE WEEKND - Earned It: 14.723 (+ 0.883)
TOVE LO - Talking Body: 14.045 (+ 0.354)
GEORGE EZRA - Budapest: 12.709 (+ 0.420)
KANYE WEST - Only One f/Paul McCartney: 9.497 (+ 0.072)
ARIANA GRANDE – One Last Time: 9.565 (+ 1.386)
CIARA - I Bet: 6.078 (+ 0.166)
JESSIE J – Masterpiece: 6.020 (+ 0.147)
SAM SMITH – Lay Me Down: 5.818 (+ 0.864)
ECHOSMITH - Bright: 3.993
IGGY AZALEA – Trouble f/Jennifer Hudson: 2.493 (+ 0.248)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – Little Toy Guns: 2.154 (+ 0.414)
SIA – Elastic Heart: 2.038 (+ 0.056)
FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 1.498
CHARLI XCX - Doing It: 0.655
MADONNA – Living For Love: 0.620 (+ 0.033)

[RainMan94]

Best case scenario in the next few weeks:
Thinking Out Loud gets its 1 week at #1 this week (2/28).
Style hits #1 the week after (3/7) with the release of the video.
Sugar hits #1 by late March or April with its consistent high sales and increasing airplay.
If FourFiveSeconds gets in there somewhere (which is entirely possible), it will probably be mid- to late March.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

FourFiveSeconds will be #1 before Sugar IMO.

[Enigma.]

I think Style will prevent both from being #1

[jayhawk1117]

Feb 12, 2015 9:03:54 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

FourFiveSeconds will be #1 before Sugar IMO.

Well maroon 5 will probably always have higher airplay than Rihanna and possibly higher streaming. I think ffs will die out faster too.

[jayhawk1117]

Feb 12, 2015 9:06:44 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I think Style will prevent both from being #1

I don't think style will have as much control over sales as bs and sio did because it actually had to gain opposed to the other two, so there may be a shorter reign forr it

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Streaming for FourFiveSeconds is hobbled right now because its only getting video streams. If they put it on streaming services, I think its would be higher than Sugar just based on streaming demographics

[icefire9]

Between Style, Sugar, 45Seconds, and Love Me Like You Do, Style has the highest airplay and lowest sales. This suggests that it has the lowest potential selling power out of these songs (to be expected for the third single off of a massively selling album). Its also the only one of these four to not be in the top 10, a combination of the aforementioned sales and it not being available on many streaming services. The video could change things for the song, but I wouldn't count on it.

As for the other 3 songs, my bet is on either 45Seconds and/or Love Me Like You Do.

[Dylan :)]

Hopefully Love Me Like You Do!!

[Joe1240]

Biggest jumps next week-
"Style" of course,Taylor will have 3 songs in the top 10.
Ariana Grande "One Last Time" the video release could help Ariana's song go higher on the charts.

[icefire9]

Feb 12, 2015 12:22:11 GMT -5 Joe1240 said:

Biggest jumps next week-
"Style" of course,Taylor will have 3 songs in the top 10.
Ariana Grande "One Last Time" the video release could help Ariana's song go higher on the charts.

Wouldn't she kick her own song out of the top 10 though?

[tekkenguy]

Sam and Taylor are going to be kicked out of the top 10 next week...by themselves. SWM looks like it's going back to the T10. Style should make it with the video release.

Ed should be #1 next week, with Mark at #2 and Rih at #3.

[allow that]

Feb 12, 2015 12:52:50 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

Sam and Taylor are going to be kicked out of the top 10 next week...by themselves. SWM looks like it's going back to the T10. Style should make it with the video release.

I'm all for "Shake It Off" FINALLY leaving, but can't we shake "Stay With Me" too? With a top 10 so slow to welcome new blood, why must an "entry" be something that already overstayed its welcome in the region.

Ed should be #1 next week, with Mark at #2 and Rih at #3.

I'd love for Ed to reach #1 on the Hot 100, but I can already kind of see how it's going to happen. I have a creeping suspicion he'll be #2 behind Mark/Bruno again next week, only for him to finally overtake them the following week as Rihanna jumps over them all.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Shake It Off will not be top 10 next week unless there is another video of a cop singing it.

[jayhawk1117]

Feb 12, 2015 13:15:06 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

Shake It Off will not be top 10 next week unless there is another video of a cop singing it.

WHO knows it somehow held on this week so anything can happen.

[Enigma.]

I don't really see 45S being #1.. the video has been out for a week, it was performed at Grammys already, it's not on streaming and even though it's climbing steady on airplay, I'm afraid it will take too long for it to top the airplay chart if it ever does that.

[wavey.]

It was just released not that long ago though. The chart rising is doing fine. When streaming is released, I'm sure that's going to help.

[funguy10]

Feb 12, 2015 12:52:50 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

Sam and Taylor are going to be kicked out of the top 10 next week...by themselves. SWM looks like it's going back to the T10. Style should make it with the video release.

Ed should be #1 next week, with Mark at #2 and Rih at #3.

I'm glad to see Shake It Off go as well. It's overstayed its welcome. Stay With Me better Stay away from the top 10. It had its time there last year and it's done now. I don't like Pitbull, but Time of Our Lives is the best I've heard from him and I hope that blocks SWM's return.

[Deleted]

No guarantee that Style will be #1 right after the video comes out. I foresee the possibility of a Blurred Lines/Roar situation, especially since UF is still very strong in streaming and because of so many people owning 1989 I don't see Style outselling UF by more than maybe 50k per week in the first couple weeks after the video comes out. Also let's not forget to keep in mind the 100M+ AI advantage for UF as of now. I do however enjoy Style a lot (I prefer it to the by now rather overrated Blank Space for sure) and I do hope that it can eventually get to #1!

also amusing to see so many people with so much confidence that Rihanna will make #1 lol. It didn't even gain 2M and nearly the entire row on pop bars for the song is dark red. I can see it pull a Stay.

[Enigma.]

Feb 13, 2015 1:13:07 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

also amusing to see so many people with so much confidence that Rihanna will make #1 lol. It didn't even gain 2M and nearly the entire row on pop bars for the song is dark red. I can see it pull a Stay.

I agree, it's a big hit and probably a long runner

[Deleted]

Any chance for Prayer in C to reach top 10?!

[Future Captain]

After watching the video for Style, I realized that I simply don't care about whether Style will reach #1 or not. The video isn't something that's aiming for a huge number of view that will drive it straight to #1, not to mention that it's released in an unconvenient time. I think the video is more to make people think about what is the interpretation, the meaning, and the artistic value behind it. My prediction will be a #3 or 4 peak for Style.

[Deleted]

Much as I love Style and would have liked for it to reach #1, I'm kinda glad that it might "flop" so that there may be an opportunity for Uptown Funk to continue its run at #1 into March. Of course, if Rihanna's song reaches #1 as a result of Style "flopping", I will be quite pissed. But considering the long string of dark red iTunes pop bars updates for Rihanna's song I'm not too worried about that happening. Hell, in fact, it's already #3 below Uptown Funk on iTunes when both versions of UF are combined. It's wiite interesting to see how things will play out in the coming weeks.

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

I still think Style will go #1

[Daniel Collins]

So if "Style" ends up peaking at #2 or #3 because Bruno and/or Rihanna might prevent it atop, it will "flop"? I don't think so.

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

Feb 13, 2015 7:51:04 GMT -5 Daniel Collins said:

So if "Style" ends up peaking at #2 or #3 because Bruno and/or Rihanna might prevent it atop, it will "flop"? I don't think so.

IMO another interesting factor is that at least for now, Four Five Seconds is not on Spotify yet and neither is Style. Definitely something interesting to keep an eye for. And also I think a big first week for Style's video is basically a given, what I'd be more concerned about is whether or not it will keep getting massive views 2-3 weeks after the release like Blank Space was.

[Dylan :)]

Feb 13, 2015 7:03:07 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

After watching the video for Style, I realized that I simply don't care about whether Style will reach #1 or not. The video isn't something that's aiming for a huge number of view that will drive it straight to #1, not to mention that it's released in an unconvenient time. I think the video is more to make people think about what is the interpretation, the meaning, and the artistic value behind it. My prediction will be a #3 or 4 peak for Style.

You mean the previews, right? Because I don't see the video anywhere yet

[jayhawk1117]

Umm where'd all of this confidence of Four Five Seconds hitting number one come from?

[Clauss]

Feb 13, 2015 8:19:44 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Feb 13, 2015 7:03:07 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

After watching the video for Style, I realized that I simply don't care about whether Style will reach #1 or not. The video isn't something that's aiming for a huge number of view that will drive it straight to #1, not to mention that it's released in an unconvenient time. I think the video is more to make people think about what is the interpretation, the meaning, and the artistic value behind it. My prediction will be a #3 or 4 peak for Style.

You mean the previews, right? Because I don't see the video anywhere yet

It leaked like 7 hours ago.
And now it's on vevo

[Daniel Collins]

Mediabase (02/13/15)

1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 228.840 (- 0.383)
2. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 182.330 (+ 0.498)
3. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 169.299 (- 0.931)
4. HOZIER - Take Me To Church: 153.966 (- 1.499)
5. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Lips Are Movin: 125.183 (- 0.090)
6. SAM SMITH – I’m Not The Only One: 119.640 (- 1.556)
7. NICK JONAS - Jealous: 114.986 (- 2.707)
8. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 96.293 (+ 2.982) ▲
9. PITBULL - Time Of Our Lives f/Ne-Yo: 96.090 (+ 0.579) ▼
10. USHER - I Don't Mind f/Juicy J: 91.936 (- 0.136)
11. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 90.617 (+ 2.584)
12. NE-YO - She Knows f/Juicy J: 73.155 (+ 0.388) ▲
13. LILLYWOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ - Prayer In C: 72.804 (+ 0.966) ▲
14. ARIANA GRANDE & THE WEEKND - Love Me Harder: 72.190 (- 2.827) ▼
15. ELLA HENDERSON - Ghost: 71.170 (- 0.314)
16. LUKE BRYAN - I See You: 67.662 (- 1.233)
17. RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/P MCCARTNEY - FourFiveSeconds: 67.410 (+ 2.638) ▲
18. FALL OUT BOY – Centuries: 67.288 (+ 0.387) ▼
19. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Sun Daze: 65.918 (+ 0.123) ▼
20. THOMAS RHETT - Make Me Wanna: 65.099 (+ 0.479)

BLAKE SHELTON – Lonely Tonight f/ Ashley Monroe: 62.129 (+ 0.082)
JASON ALDEAN - Just Gettin' Started: 58.998 (+ 0.122)
RANDY HOUSER - Like A Cowboy: 58.693 (+ 0.272)
BEYONCE - 7/11: 54.790 (- 0.437)
NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown: 54.200 (+ 0.250)
VANCE JOY - Riptide: 53.662 (+ 0.366)
NICKI MINAJ - Truffle Butter f/Drake...: 51.686 (+ 2.452)
ONEREPUBLIC – I Lived: 44.884 (- 0.741)
KELLY CLARKSON - Heartbeat Song: 45.061 (+ 0.283)
ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 45.780 (+ 1.859)
CALVIN HARRIS - Outside f/Ellie Goulding: 41.932 (+ 1.703)
CHRIS BROWN & TYGA - Ayo: 40.356 (+ 0.487)
ZAC BROWN BAND - Homegrown: 39.009 (+ 1.171)
NATALIE LA ROSE - Somebody f/Jeremih: 37.844 (+ 0.773)
J. COLE - Apparently: 35.129 (+ 0.556)
IMAGINE DRAGONS - I Bet My Life: 32.112 (+ 0.350)
Sam Hunt – Take Your Time: 29.967 (+ 0.968)
ONE DIRECTION - Night Changes: 28.467 (+ 0.592)
DRAKE - How About Now: 22.813 (+ 0.204)
MIRANDA LAMBERT - Little Red Wagon: 20.022 (+ 0.533)
NICK JONAS - Chains: 18.967 (+ 0.616)
FLO RIDA – GDFR f/ Sage The Gemini: 18.300 (+ 0.344)
NICKI MINAJ – Feeling Myself f/Beyoncé: 17.185 (+ 0.607)
THE WEEKND - Earned It: 16.026 (+ 1.303)
TOVE LO - Talking Body: 14.413 (+ 0.368)
GEORGE EZRA - Budapest: 13.069 (+ 0.360)
ARIANA GRANDE – One Last Time: 11.067 (+ 1.502)
KANYE WEST - Only One f/Paul McCartney: 9.426 (- 0.071)
SAM SMITH – Lay Me Down: 6.542 (+ 0.724)
CIARA - I Bet: 6.371 (+ 0.293)
JESSIE J – Masterpiece: 6.158 (+ 0.138)
ECHOSMITH - Bright: 4.092 (+ 0.099)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – Little Toy Guns: 2.531 (+ 0.377)
IGGY AZALEA – Trouble f/Jennifer Hudson: 2.389 (- 0.104)
SIA – Elastic Heart: 2.070 (+ 0.032)
FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 1.662 (+ 0.164)
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - What Kind Of Man: 1.069
CHARLI XCX - Doing It: 0.699 (+ 0.044)
MADONNA – Living For Love: 0.645 (+ 0.025)