Billboard Hot 100: 3/17/2018

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 03/06/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (184.474) (+1.017)
2. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (175.061) (-0.829)
3. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (134.855) (-2.489)
4. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (131.061) (-1.102)
5. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (122.242) (+1.453)
6. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (120.031) (-0.002)
7. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (117.033) (+3.045)
8. (=) NF - Let You Down (111.908) (-0.127) ***
9. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (111.863) (+0.204)
10. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (100.471) (-3.210)
11. (=) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (92.868) (-0.216)
12. (=) HALSEY - Bad At Love (89.257) (-2.590)
13. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (89.069) (+2.282) ***
14. (+1) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (81.551) (+2.145)
15. (-1) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (78.755) (-2.381)
16. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (76.667) (-0.917)
17. (=) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (75.167) (-1.067) ***
18. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (72.259) (+0.299)
19. (=) THOMAS RHETT - Marry Me (68.480) (+0.081)
20. (+1) MACKLEMORE - Good Old Days f/Kesha (66.827) (+0.586)

Outside the Top 20:
26. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (56.736) (+1.425)
68. (+4) KANE BROWN - Heaven (29.156) (+1.540)

[rfucom]

Any numbers for psycho? Thank you

[Golden Bluebird]

Mar 6, 2018 9:25:04 GMT -5 rfucom said:

Any numbers for psycho? Thank you

132. (+13) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (15.513) (+1.655)

[rfucom]

Mar 6, 2018 9:26:29 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

Mar 6, 2018 9:25:04 GMT -5 rfucom said:

Any numbers for psycho? Thank you

132. (+13) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (15.513) (+1.655)

PM slowly moving. Btw do you have any idea why pschyo not charting on urban radio coz i only see rhytmic and pop eat it.

[Golden Bluebird]

Mar 6, 2018 9:30:04 GMT -5 rfucom said:

Mar 6, 2018 9:26:29 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

132. (+13) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (15.513) (+1.655)

PM slowly moving. Btw do you have any idea why pschyo not charting on urban radio coz i only see rhytmic and pop eat it.

Not entirely sure, but I decided to look back at how "Rockstar" performed on radio through archives and it was added on Urban on September 28, 2017, 13 days after its release (though unlike "Psycho", it was added on Pop later than it was added on Urban), so I guess maybe we can expect Urban to pick it up in a few days. We'll see.

It's also worth mentioning that "Psycho" so far has a faster climb than "Rockstar" did considering when "Rockstar" was as old as "Psycho" is right now (11 days), it's at #370, so it's not climbing that slow.

[rfucom]

Mar 6, 2018 9:48:59 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

Mar 6, 2018 9:30:04 GMT -5 rfucom said:

PM slowly moving. Btw do you have any idea why pschyo not charting on urban radio coz i only see rhytmic and pop eat it.

Not entirely sure, but I decided to look back at how "Rockstar" performed on radio through archives and it was added on Urban on September 28, 2017, 13 days after its release (though unlike "Psycho", it was added on Pop later than it was added on Urban), so I guess maybe we can expect Urban to pick it up in a few days. We'll see.

It's also worth mentioning that "Psycho" so far has a faster climb than "Rockstar" did considering when "Rockstar" was as old as "Psycho" is right now (11 days), it's at #370, so it's not climbing that slow.

Well i just wish urban to add this to their playlist because what i saw on the other half of their top 50 radio charts is damn old that's why i dont get why they're hesitant to add this.

[areyoureadytojump]

This article describes the problem with AC radio

radioinsight.com/ross/137034/format-one-current/

The Format With One Current
By Sean Ross on February 22, 2018

There are, effectively, five significant “currents” in Mainstream AC at this or any given moment. Of the current top five, only one, Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect,” is still considered a current in any other contemporary format. The others — Pink, “What About Us”; Shawn Mendes, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”; Chainsmokers & Coldplay’s “Something Just Like This”; and Sheeran’s “Shape of You” — have long moved to recurrent at Hot AC and Mainstream Top 40.

“Shape of You,” released in January 2017, has spent 58 weeks on the AC chart. Mendes was a CHR hit last summer. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay song peaked at CHR last May. Charlie Puth’s “Attention” peaked at CHR relatively recently — last September. But it got my attention, and spurred this column topic, when it was one of the top 5 “most added” at Mainstream AC two weeks ago, even as the next single, “How Long,” sits in the top 5 at CHR. “How Long” is currently No. 17 at AC — meaning about 125 spins outside overnights — but will undoubtedly be top 5 itself, probably in late spring.

Of the songs in the top five, three have at least one follow-up in play at other formats. “Shape of You” has had two follow-ups, one of which is “Perfect.” Only “Perfect” and “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (which was a second-edition add-on to an existing album project) are not “the previous single” somewhere.

Major AC stations such as WBEB (101.1 More FM) Philadelphia, WMJX (Magic 106.7) Boston, and KQXT (Q101.9) San Antonio, Texas, are exactly aligned with the chart top 5. Others differ mostly because some of their top five or so songs are as old or older: “Water Under the Bridge,” “Scars to Your Beautiful.” Of the reporting ACs in PPM markets, only one, KSNE (Sunny 106.5) Las Vegas, shares only one power current with the chart.

The average number of currents played by the 35 AC chart reporters in the PPM-measured markets is eight. That number was determined by counting songs in the station’s most-played rotation, whatever they may be, plus adding those songs that were still developing on the AC or other charts. A few stations like WLTW (Lite FM) New York seem to have a secondary rotation for currents; more typically, the second-most-spun rotation at Mainstream ACs is a mix of stay-currents, recurrents, and 1-2 developing titles. Because it’s a current elsewhere, I counted Mendes as a current for WDOK Cleveland, even as it was backed off into a category that also includes more obvious recurrents such as “Can’t Feel My Face” and “Ex’s and Oh’s.”

A few years ago, at the height of the mother/daughter excitement about current hit music and the CHR format, a few stations seemed to be pushing past the accepted template of one “current” and one recurrent an hour. WALK Long Island, N.Y., kept going and evolved to Hot AC. So did KYXY San Diego, which foundered there, and regrouped to a more traditional AC. Now, only WLIF (Today’s 101.9) Baltimore, pushes the envelope on tempo and texture. Its 13 currents do include “How Long” in power, for instance.

Is the current AC template a surprise? Not to any AC programmer or anybody who promotes to the format. Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” 2016’s summer CHR smash, was No. 1 at AC the following year. (“I knew when I heard it that it would be the Song of Winter,” I tweeted at the time.) But it feels like it has been exacerbated due to other paradigm changes at AC and a general lack of consensus hits at CHR.

Is it a problem? Am I telling WLTW (Lite FM) New York that more than nine currrents would improve its market-leading 8.5 share (even after Christmas music ended)? KOST Los Angeles, with five currents, was only a 5.5 after holiday music, but that still makes it No. 2 in the market, ahead of CHR KIIS. But not every Mainstream AC is Lite FM or KOST. And WALK is leading its market as well. For that matter, WLTW was successful in the mid-‘00s as well, when it helped bring songs like “Bad Day” and “You’re Beautiful” to American radio.

So how did we get here? In the ‘80s, stations like WLTW were built on having no real currents — perhaps a song from the last few years might test in as a result of research once or twice a year. About 20 years ago, stations like KOST, which once played a full boat of currents, went down to a then-radical single rotation of nine titles. Eventually those models converged.

In the early 2000s, when I was still involved with radio industry charts, I argued unsuccessfully that stations like KOIT San Francisco that played about six recent songs should become part of those charts. Wouldn’t it be valuable to know what those six songs were, I contended? At that time, there was little support for that argument. Now, you couldn’t have a Mainstream AC chart if you excluded stations with five recent titles.

“Adults know what they like and like what they know” has long been AC’s key programming tenet. For a while, however, it looked like CHR’s mother/daughter coalition could change that. The Pink/Katy Perry/Kelly Clarkson era certainly changed the tempo and tenor of what Mainstream AC played. With CHR developing such a quorum among 40-year-old-women, I wondered if the “like what they know” part might be happening sooner. But only a few stations like KYXY and WALK got close to finding out.

With CHR serving as such a reliable feeding ground for Hot AC and Mainstream AC, those formats began doing less to develop their own hits, even seemingly obvious ones. Ballads that aren’t “Perfect” have had a harder time developing traction at AC. Even Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” never made that consensus top 5 at AC, and actually peaked higher at CHR (No. 6) than AC (No. 7).

Over the last two years, the tenor of CHR hits has changed. The artists that helped make Mainstream AC more millennial — Perry, Pink, Clarkson, now even Taylor Swift — had a lesser CHR footprint. The decline of shared mother/daughter music has left adults less likely to hear something they like on Top 40 and kids more likely to be looking elsewhere. That hasn’t been enough to eliminate CHR as AC’s gatekeeper. But it has further limited what might be coming through the pipeline.

Again, is this a problem? Maybe a missed opportunity. The CHR Miracle of the late ‘00s/early ‘10s proved that adults were sincere in wanting to hear new music, if only they could find the new music they liked. It also shattered the assumption that music would be somehow esoteric. It might be Adele. It might also be Pitbull or “Party Rock Anthem” for a minute. Now adults are again looking for new music they might like; the difference is that in the intervening decade, it’s become easier for anybody to find music for themselves.

[jenglisbe]

Mar 6, 2018 10:00:05 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

This article describes the problem with AC radio

radioinsight.com/ross/137034/format-one-current/

The Format With One Current
By Sean Ross on February 22, 2018

Interesting article.

1. Were the 90s AC charts this regressive? If I remember right you had current hits by adult-appealing acts (Elton, Mariah, Celine, etc) charting, and regardless they didn't linger for literal years like they are now.

2. It's interesting in light of the other discussion about streaming and who is deciding current chart toppers. I mean, is anyone in favor of adults dictating the charts more?

3. Can we really say "adults" though, since Hot AC is more current and supposedly adult-leaning?

[Sherane Lamar]

Top artists of 2018 (inv points)

1 ) Migos 2431

2 ) Post Malone 2387

3 ) G-Eazy 1902

4 ) Ed Sheeran 1888

5 ) Cardi B 1691

6 ) Imagine Dragons 1690

7 ) Camila Cabello 1645

8 ) Kendrick Lamar 1554

9 ) 6ix9ine 1409

10 ) Charlie Puth 1205

SPOILER: Click to show

{Show 11-100}11 ) Bruno Mars 1095
12 ) Dua Lipa 1071
13 ) Demi Lovato 1058
14 ) Halsey 998
15 ) NF 971
16 ) Khalid 960
17 ) Bebe Rexha 944
18 ) Portugal. The Man 841
19 ) Sam Smith 825
20 ) Selena Gomez 821
21 ) Taylor Swift 818
22 ) Justin Timberlake 808
23 ) Lil Pump 800
24 ) Kodak Black 781
25 ) A$AP Ferg 760
26 ) Drake 758
27 ) Eminem 742
28 ) Maroon 5 734
29 ) Miguel 728
30 ) Gucci Mane 699
31 ) MAX 686
32 ) YoungBoy Never Broke Again 686
33 ) Thomas Rhett 667
34 ) Logic 634
35 ) Offset 628
36 ) Luis Fonsi 618
37 ) N*E*R*D 602
38 ) Hailee Steinfeld 542
39 ) Macklemore 508
40 ) Ozuna 496
41 ) Russell Dickerson 463
42 ) Lil Uzi Vert 448
43 ) Lil Skies 442
44 ) Bazzi 420
45 ) Zedd 419
46 ) Marshmello 402
47 ) J Balvin 401
48 ) Old Dominion 396
49 ) 21 Savage 392
50 ) Famous Dex 382
51 ) The Weeknd 368
52 ) Scotty McCreery 367
53 ) Brett Young 348
54 ) Rich The Kid 346
55 ) Walker Hayes 341
56 ) Kane Brown 331
57 ) Lil Xan 329
58 ) French Montana 323
59 ) SZA 318
60 ) Jason Aldean 298
61 ) Chris Brown 288
62 ) BlocBoy JB 286
63 ) Jay Rock 276
64 ) Chris Young 274
65 ) YBN Nahmir 269
66 ) Chris Stapleton 266
67 ) P!nk 255
68 ) LANCO 250
69 ) Keala Settle 249
70 ) Eric Church 226
71 ) Luke Bryan 214
72 ) Devin Dawson 212
73 ) Mariah Carey 180
74 ) Blake Shelton 176
75 ) WALK THE MOON 168
76 ) Kelsea Ballerini 165
77 ) Daddy Yankee 155
78 ) Huncho Jack 151
79 ) BTS 145
80 ) Brenda Lee 136
81 ) ScHoolboy Q 135
82 ) Andy Williams 132
83 ) Zac Efron 131
84 ) Maren Morris 124
85 ) Nat King Cole 123
86 ) Burl Ives 118
87 ) Quavo 115
88 ) Carrie Underwood 99
89 ) SOB X RBE 95
90 ) Lil Baby 93
91 ) Becky G 88
92 ) Derez De'Shon 87
93 ) Jordan Davis 76
94 ) Tay-K 70
95 ) Maluma 63
96 ) Brett Eldredge 62
97 ) Wham! 58
98 ) Farruko 57
99 ) Liam Payne 53
100 ) Jose Feliciano 52

Genre share of 2018:


Hip-Hop/Rap = 24327 (43.8%)
Pop = 14006 (25.2%)
Country = 5586 (10.1%)
Alternative = 3697 (6.7%)
R&B/Soul = 2774 (5%)
Singer/Songwriter = 1888 (3.4%)
Latino = 1799 (3.2%)
Dance = 933 (1.7%)
Soundtrack = 417 (.8%)
Jazz = 123 (.2%)

[skizzo]

Should I assume alternative = rock and dance = edm?

[Deleted]

SAD! is doing better than I thought this week.
Currently #4 on Apple Music, #29 on iTunes and #5 on Spotify.
Expecting a Top 30 debut. No idea about changes though. I do think SAD! has the potential to hit Top 10 though, especially since his album is around the corner and the fact that he's currently shooting the music video (According to Akademiks).

Music Video should also help Billy break the Top 50.

[thelegends]

Mar 6, 2018 10:56:55 GMT -5 skizzo said:

Should I assume alternative = rock and dance = edm?

Yes

[thelegends]

Mar 6, 2018 11:25:41 GMT -5 @vilementality said:

SAD! is doing better than I thought this week.
Currently #4 on Apple Music, #29 on iTunes and #5 on Spotify.
Expecting a Top 30 debut. No idea about changes though. I do think SAD! has the potential to hit Top 10 though, especially since his album is around the corner and the fact that he's currently shooting the music video (According to Akademiks).

Music Video should also help Billy break the Top 50.

With HUGE Youtube, Top 10 should be mostly on lock, when radio catches up, it should be top 5 and might compete for #1

[jenglisbe]

"No Excuses" now #1 on iTunes. Wow. Is that because of the Fallon performance? I shouldn't underestimate the power of late night talk show performances.

[thelegends]

4 #1s on iTunes on the same day: This Is Me - The Middle - God's Plan - No Excuses

[Sherane Lamar]

Mar 6, 2018 10:56:55 GMT -5 skizzo said:

Should I assume alternative = rock and dance = edm?

It's based on iTunes/Apple

Alternative: 

Imagine Dragons

Halsey

Portugal. The Man

WALK THE MOON

Dance: 

Zedd

Marshmello

Sofi Tukker

The Chainsmokers

Clean Bandits


Dance is EDM. But there's also an "Electronic" genre that a few artists belong to (none this year). 

Alternative is Alt-Rock and also Alt-Pop. 

Rock is its own genre, but mostly just older artists and underground artists are categorized as Rock. Disturbed is the most recent artists to have a big hit and be considered Rock. 

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Mar 6, 2018 13:20:25 GMT -5 thelegends said:

Mar 6, 2018 11:25:41 GMT -5 @vilementality said:

SAD! is doing better than I thought this week.
Currently #4 on Apple Music, #29 on iTunes and #5 on Spotify.
Expecting a Top 30 debut. No idea about changes though. I do think SAD! has the potential to hit Top 10 though, especially since his album is around the corner and the fact that he's currently shooting the music video (According to Akademiks).

Music Video should also help Billy break the Top 50.

With HUGE Youtube, Top 10 should be mostly on lock, when radio catches up, it should be top 5 and might compete for #1

Lets not get ahead of ourselves now

[renaboss]

Mar 6, 2018 13:35:07 GMT -5 thelegends said:

4 #1s on iTunes on the same day: This Is Me - The Middle - God's Plan - No Excuses

How does that work? Is the iTunes chart compiled in real time?

[kindofbiased]

Mar 6, 2018 13:20:25 GMT -5 thelegends said:

Mar 6, 2018 11:25:41 GMT -5 @vilementality said:

SAD! is doing better than I thought this week.
Currently #4 on Apple Music, #29 on iTunes and #5 on Spotify.
Expecting a Top 30 debut. No idea about changes though. I do think SAD! has the potential to hit Top 10 though, especially since his album is around the corner and the fact that he's currently shooting the music video (According to Akademiks).

Music Video should also help Billy break the Top 50.

With HUGE Youtube, Top 10 should be mostly on lock, when radio catches up, it should be top 5 and might compete for #1

sure jan

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 03/07/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (185.588) (+1.114)
2. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (174.724) (-0.337)
3. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (131.881) (-2.974)
4. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (130.234) (-0.827)
5. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (124.515) (+2.273) ***
6. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (120.804) (+0.773)
7. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (119.272) (+2.239)
8. (=) NF - Let You Down (112.361) (+0.453) ***
9. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (112.122) (+0.259)
10. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (97.885) (-2.586)
11. (=) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (92.976) (+0.108)
12. (+1) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (89.725) (+0.656) ***
13. (-1) HALSEY - Bad At Love (86.778) (-2.479)
14. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (83.039) (+1.488)
15. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (76.342) (-2.413)
16. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (75.628) (-1.039)
17. (=) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (74.590) (-0.577)
18. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (72.172) (-0.087)
19. (=) THOMAS RHETT - Marry Me (69.075) (+0.595)
20. (=) MACKLEMORE - Good Old Days f/Kesha (67.229) (+0.402)

Outside the Top 20:
23. (+1) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (59.232) (+1.046)
25. (+1) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (58.376) (+1.640)
27. (=) LUKE BRYAN - Most People Are Good (56.439) (+1.098)
32. (+5) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (50.203) (+1.450)
48. (=) JASON ALDEAN - You Make It Easy (40.716) (+1.153)
64. (+4) KANE BROWN - Heaven (30.861) (+1.705)
74. (+15) DJ KHALED - Top Off f/Jay Z, Future & B (26.943) (+3.003)

[annoymous1]

What's the numbers for psycho? Also Yesss!!!!!!! All the Stars Is Gaining on Radio !!

[chartslovergermany]

never be the same,all the stars and top off are coming y‘all💪🏻!!!!

[Golden Bluebird]

[85la]

Mar 7, 2018 4:41:07 GMT -5 renaboss said:

Mar 6, 2018 13:35:07 GMT -5 thelegends said:

4 #1s on iTunes on the same day: This Is Me - The Middle - God's Plan - No Excuses

How does that work? Is the iTunes chart compiled in real time?

Something like that, or I think they update it at least every hour.

It's shocking to see that though Meghan is #1 on iTunes and starting to receive solid airplay, she's not in the Spotify top 200. I guess she's exactly the type of artist that doesn't do well there at all!

[pja]

Mar 7, 2018 13:56:50 GMT -5 85la said:

Mar 7, 2018 4:41:07 GMT -5 renaboss said:

How does that work? Is the iTunes chart compiled in real time?

Something like that, or I think they update it at least every hour.

It's shocking to see that though Meghan is #1 on iTunes and starting to receive solid airplay, she's not in the Spotify top 200. I guess she's exactly the type of artist that doesn't do well there at all!

Well it’s #146 on Apple Music at least.

[Deleted]

Top Off debuting in the top 15 🤢

[kcdawg13]

Is there a reason why Meghan is debuting so low? I'm assuming it's because streaming is weak, but I thought good sales and airplay would even it out.

[kindofbiased]

Mar 8, 2018 2:01:28 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Is there a reason why Meghan is debuting so low? I'm assuming it's because streaming is weak, but I thought good sales and airplay would even it out.

becausestreamingisweightedtooheavily Low streams can really impair a song today

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 03/08/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (186.504) (+0.916)
2. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (173.511) (-1.213)
3. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (130.179) (-1.702)
4. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (129.269) (-0.965)
5. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (126.551) (+2.036)
6. (+1) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (121.923) (+2.651)
7. (-1) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (120.980) (+0.176)
8. (+1) MAX - Lights Down Low (112.109) (-0.013)
9. (-1) NF - Let You Down (111.764) (-0.597) ***
10. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (95.394) (-2.491)
11. (=) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (92.938) (-0.038)
12. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (90.858) (+1.133)
13. (+1) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (84.792) (+1.753)
14. (-1) HALSEY - Bad At Love (84.696) (-2.082)
15. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (74.887) (-1.455)
16. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (74.714) (-0.914)
17. (=) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (73.685) (-0.905)
18. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (72.277) (+0.105)
19. (=) THOMAS RHETT - Marry Me (69.651) (+0.576)
20. (=) MACKLEMORE - Good Old Days f/Kesha (67.194) (-0.035)

Outside the Top 20:
23. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (60.279) (+1.047)
24. (+1) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (60.151) (+1.775)
26. (+1) LUKE BRYAN - Most People Are Good (57.459) (+1.020)
32. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (51.821) (+1.618)
45. (+3) JASON ALDEAN - You Make It Easy (41.782)(+1.066)
60. (+4) KANE BROWN - Heaven (32.194) (+1.333)
66. (+8) DJ KHALED - Top Off f/Jay Z, Future & B (30.422) (+3.479)

[Deleted]

Mar 7, 2018 13:56:50 GMT -5 85la said:

Mar 7, 2018 4:41:07 GMT -5 renaboss said:

How does that work? Is the iTunes chart compiled in real time?

Something like that, or I think they update it at least every hour.

It's shocking to see that though Meghan is #1 on iTunes and starting to receive solid airplay, she's not in the Spotify top 200. I guess she's exactly the type of artist that doesn't do well there at all!

Not to take away from the glory of being #1 on iTunes, but it's really not a big feat anymore, especially if you're not WAY ahead of #2.  Even then, the end result is becoming more and more disappointing on average.

For those who think streaming is weighted too heavily, it's hard for me to justify increasing the weight of sales when it's clearly a shell of its former self.  This tells me it's not how the bulk of music is being consumed these days.  And I don't think airplay should have any more impact than it already does, so that leaves me with streaming. It'll eventually become even more prominent than it already is as digital track downloads continue to decline.  And with prominence comes dominance which leads to some normalcy for awhile.  This transition phase we're in has us feeling all types of ways about stuff.

In 20 years, our much younger counterparts will be like "remember when people actually bought individual songs, so crazy!"