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Post by Mayman on Dec 16, 2018 15:01:58 GMT -5
Can Sicko Mode return to #1 already? I'm tired of TUN.
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Post by fhas on Dec 16, 2018 16:15:03 GMT -5
Final Predictions --- TOP 10 --- December 22, 2018
1 | (=) | thank u, next | 41,500 | (-34%) | 2 | (+1) | Without Me | 34,300 | (-4%) | 3 | (-1) | SICKO MODE | 32,800 | (-10%) | 4 | (=) | Happier | 28,700 | (-2%) | 5 | (=) | High Hopes | 28,700 | (+7%) | 6 | (+3) | Drip Too Hard | 21,800 | (+1%) | 7 | (=) | All I Want For Christmas Is You | 21,800 | (-2%) | 8 | (+9) | Sunflower | 20,900 | (+15%) | 9 | (-1) | ZEZE | 20,900 | (-4%) | 10 | (+1) | Girls Like You | 20,500 | (-2%) |
Others (Not necessarily 11-18):
Mo Bamba | 19,600 | Wake Up in the Sky | 19,400 | Going Bad | 19,300 | breathin | 19,300 | It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | 19,000 | Better Now | 18,600 | Lucid Dreams | 18,600 | Youngblood | 18,200 |
thank u, next 28k sales + 76.4M airplay + 48.3M streams Without Me 39k sales + 81.3M airplay + 30.7M streams
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Post by mackattack on Dec 16, 2018 17:09:10 GMT -5
Can Sicko Mode return to #1 already? I'm tired of TUN. Are you joking? SICKO MODE is done. I would hold out hope for Halsey if I were you.
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Post by Mayman on Dec 16, 2018 17:12:03 GMT -5
Can Sicko Mode return to #1 already? I'm tired of TUN. Are you joking? SICKO MODE is done. I would hold out hope for Halsey if I were you. Ugh Halsey's song is not good.
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Post by Kris on Dec 16, 2018 18:12:17 GMT -5
Without Me is definitely a bore in my opinion, I would much rather see Happier or High Hopes get some boost to #1.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 18:14:52 GMT -5
Are you joking? SICKO MODE is done. I would hold out hope for Halsey if I were you. Ugh Halsey's song is not good. Ikr it's amazing
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Post by djkelly1 on Dec 16, 2018 19:42:59 GMT -5
Waiting for Santa Tell Me to return t o Hot 100. It doesn't look like it will happen this year. "Underneath the Tree" isn't on the Hot 100 (and is low on Bubbling Under if I remember right) and is #18 on the Holiday 100. "Santa Tell Me" is #28 on the Holiday 100, so it isn't even close to the Hot 100. I love "Underneath the Tree". Really disappointed that it has not become more of a Christmas Classic.
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Post by jenglisbe on Dec 16, 2018 20:02:44 GMT -5
Yeah, why would "AIWFCIY" help Caution? Because it drives traffic to her catalog, just like any other hit by any other artist.* I don't think it's a coincidence she released Caution at this time of year. Her and her team were hoping the extra attention on her during the holiday season would aide in people discovering her new album as well. And it probably is, just not enough to cause any significant dent. What I don't understand is why someone would assume the other way around is what's causing AIWFCIY to reach a new peak this year. Caution isn't exactly blazing up the charts right now. *Sort of related to the topic, my favorite instance of this was when "Who Owns My Heart" by Miley Cyrus hit the streaming chart on the same week the "Wrecking Ball" video dropped. WOMH wasn't even a US single and was 3 years old at that point, but it was the top recommended video during the week of WB's release for some reason. I just think holiday music is so singular that I don’t think it draws people to non-holiday music by those artists. I definitely tghink it works the other way, but personally I haven’t seen evidence of holiday music driving people to non-holiday music.
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Post by jenglisbe on Dec 16, 2018 20:03:58 GMT -5
It doesn't look like it will happen this year. "Underneath the Tree" isn't on the Hot 100 (and is low on Bubbling Under if I remember right) and is #18 on the Holiday 100. "Santa Tell Me" is #28 on the Holiday 100, so it isn't even close to the Hot 100. I love "Underneath the Tree". Really disappointed that it has not become more of a Christmas Classic. 1. How old is it? Nothing can become a classic within a few years. 2. Define ‘classic.’ There are a few levels of classics when it comes to holiday music.
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Post by kindofbiased on Dec 16, 2018 21:21:55 GMT -5
I love "Underneath the Tree". Really disappointed that it has not become more of a Christmas Classic. 1. How old is it? Nothing can become a classic within a few years. 2. Define ‘classic.’ There are a few levels of classics when it comes to holiday music. Underneath The Tree came out in 2013 so it still has a while before it could become a Christmas Classic Plus I doubt it'd get to the top tier level of classics like the songs in the top 40 rn
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Post by Gary on Dec 16, 2018 21:34:11 GMT -5
A good indicator would be how close to the top of the holiday chart has it been since its release.
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Post by hunterquigley on Dec 16, 2018 22:46:15 GMT -5
Looking at some statistics for Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", and just released how rare it was for it to be a streaming hit and have such good longevity. Using fhas numbers, "Sicko Mode" debuted at number 4 with 37,400 points, and then fluctuated from 4-7-9-7-9-8-9-6-6-6-7-2-2-3-2-2-1 and finally hit number seventeen weeks later with 32,500 points.
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Post by djkelly1 on Dec 16, 2018 23:50:54 GMT -5
I love "Underneath the Tree". Really disappointed that it has not become more of a Christmas Classic. 1. How old is it? Nothing can become a classic within a few years. 2. Define ‘classic.’ There are a few levels of classics when it comes to holiday music. No, you're right, it isn't old enough yet to be a classic. But, in my opinion, it's the most recent original Christmas song released that just really spreads the Christmas spirit. I can't remember how well it did on the AC charts back in 2013.
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Post by mackattack on Dec 17, 2018 0:03:08 GMT -5
Are you joking? SICKO MODE is done. I would hold out hope for Halsey if I were you. Ugh Halsey's song is not good. I agree. But I can’t see anything else dethroning TUN unless it’s a new release.
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Post by Mayman on Dec 17, 2018 0:07:24 GMT -5
Ugh Halsey's song is not good. I agree. But I can’t see anything else dethroning TUN unless it’s a new release. Maybe No Bystanders will dethrone TUN.
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Post by rockgolf on Dec 17, 2018 6:29:17 GMT -5
I suspect the person to replace Ariana will be Ariana.
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Post by Golden Bluebird on Dec 17, 2018 9:16:24 GMT -5
kworb.net/airadio/*** = Dropped or added a format Overall AI (Top 20) - 2018/12/171. (=) PANIC! AT THE DISCO - High Hopes (160.816) (+0.043) 2. (=) MARSHMELLO - Happier f/Bastille (137.971) (-1.282) 3. (=) ARIANA GRANDE - Breathin (119.365) (+0.071) 4. (=) HALSEY - Without Me (107.258) (+1.797) 5. (=) ARIANA GRANDE - thank u, next (98.927) (+2.606) 6. (=) MAROON 5 - Girls Like You (92.088) (-0.327) 7. (=) 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - Youngblood (90.767) (-0.857) 8. (=) TRAVIS SCOTT - Sicko Mode (85.269) (+0.321) 9. (=) BENNY BLANCO, HALSEY & KHALID - Eastside (84.305) (+1.145) 10. (+1) POST MALONE - Better Now (80.994) (-0.892) 11. (-1) KHALID X NORMANI - Love Lies (80.755) (-1.194) 12. (=) ELLA MAI - Trip (71.275) (-0.179) 13. (=) LOVELYTHEBAND - Broken (67.505) (-1.180) 14. (+1) DAN + SHAY - Speechless (58.439) (+0.495) 15. (+1) POST MALONE & SWAE LEE - Sunflower (58.139) (+0.537) 16. (-2) GUCCI MANE/BRUNO/KODAK - Wake Up In The Sky (58.043) (-0.094) 17. (=) BAD BUNNY - MIA f/Drake (56.971) (+0.962) 18. (=) LUKE COMBS - She Got The Best Of Me (54.576) (-0.334) 19. (+1) KANE BROWN - Lose It (53.768) (+0.219) 20. (-1) JIMMIE ALLEN - Best Shot (52.800) (-1.102) Others: 22. (+1) BAZZI - Beautiful (49.881) (+0.858) 24. (+1) DJ SNAKE/SELENA/OZUNA/CARDI B - Taki Taki (48.817) (+0.587) *** 27. (+1) KODAK BLACK - Zeze f/Travis Scott & Offset (45.853) (+0.668) 29. (+1) DUSTIN LYNCH - Good Girl (44.302) (+0.504) 32. (+1) LIL DUVAL - Smile B*tch f/Snoop & B.Greezy (42.569) (+1.003) *** 39. (+1) JASON ALDEAN - Girl Like You (39.963) (+0.555) 40. (+1) CAMILA CABELLO - Consequences (39.181) (+0.639) 41. (+4) ELLIE GOULDING X DIPLO - Close To Me f/Swae Lee (38.975) (+1.445) 43. (=) LIL BABY & GUNNA - Drip Too Hard (38.693) (+0.806) 48. (+1) KHALID - Better (33.716) (+0.513) 61. (+2) SILK CITY F/DIPLO/MARK RONSON - Electricity f/Dua Lipa (29.094) (+0.702) 62. (-5) BLAKE SHELTON - Turnin' Me On (29.039) (-1.391) 65. (+5) LAUREN DAIGLE - You Say (26.246) (+1.642) *** 67. (+1) THE CHAINSMOKERS F/KELSEA BALLERINI - This Feeling (25.535) (+0.703) 73. (+3) JAKE OWEN - Down To The Honkytonk (23.122) (+0.534)
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Post by velaxti on Dec 17, 2018 10:52:43 GMT -5
Looking at some statistics for Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", and just released how rare it was for it to be a streaming hit and have such good longevity. Using fhas numbers, "Sicko Mode" debuted at number 4 with 37,400 points, and then fluctuated from 4-7-9-7-9-8-9-6-6-6-7-2-2-3-2-2-1 and finally hit number seventeen weeks later with 32,500 points. I guess it's pretty rare, but other songs this year like Better Now and I Like It were sort of similar because they debuted really high (top 10) due to streaming on album release week as well, but re-climbed up the charts later and had huge longevity. I think both were still top 3 after 20+ weeks. The main difference is that Better Now and I Like It both dropped out of the top 10 for a bit, whilst Sicko Mode only dropped to #9. So I guess Sicko Mode had more immediate stability, but Cardi B and Post Malone both had other singles out on radio so the new songs had to wait, whilst I don't think Travis Scott did. I wish Drake - Nonstop had this kind of success because it's such a good song, but it did OK anyway I guess. 65. (+5) LAUREN DAIGLE - You Say (26.246) (+1.642) *** I wanted to know if that "***" meant what I thought it means, and it does! :o A Christian song has crossed over to pop radio. I wonder if Billboard will send it recurrent or not. It's not in the top 50 of the Hot 100 atm, but they let it stay on for a 21st week last week. In my opinion considering that it only just entered the top 50 on pop radio today, and it's still a mainstay in the top 10 on iTunes, they should let it stay, even if it gets a decrease in points. I'm surprised to see that XXXTentacion has entered the top 50 on pop today as well. I felt like pop radio didn't play any of his previous songs. He doesn't even do that well on rhythmic and urban considering how popular he is/was.
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 13:46:48 GMT -5
Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Halsey's 'Without Me' Rises to No. 2
12/17/2018 by Gary Trust
Plus, Mariah Carey's "Christmas" hits a new high at No. 6 and Post Malone & Swae Lee's "Sunflower" soars to No. 7. Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" leads the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 22) for a fifth week, holding off Halsey's "Without Me," which rises to No. 2. Meanwhile, Mariah Carey's 1994 holiday classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You" pushes 7-6 for a new Hot 100 peak, becoming the highest-charting holiday season-themed hit in, amazingly, 60 years. Plus, Post Malone and Swae Lee surge back to the top 10 with "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," which bounds to a new high (17-7), helped by buzz of the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which premiered in theaters Friday (Dec. 14). Let's run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 18). Grande's "Next," released on Republic Records, spends a fifth week at the Hot 100's summit despite a 46 percent drop to 50.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Dec. 13, according to Nielsen Music, as it leads the Streaming Songs chart for a sixth week. A week earlier, it made a 121 percent blast to 93.8 million clicks (in the week ending Dec. 6), the largest streaming week for a song by a woman, encompassing the first full tracking frame for its official video, released Nov. 30. ("Next" debuted atop the Nov. 17-dated Hot 100 and spent its first three weeks at No. 1 before falling to No. 2 two weeks ago.) "Next" holds at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart (which it led for two weeks), down 41 percent to 25,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 13. On Radio Songs, it vaults 11-5 (77.6 million audience impressions, up 36 percent, in the week ending Dec. 16, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100), becoming Grande's 11th Radio Songs top 10; it's her fourth of 2018, tying Halsey for the most top 10s by any artist this year. Speaking of Halsey … "Without Me" hits a new Hot 100 peak, rising 3-2. It leads Digital Song Sales for a fourth week (37,000, down 26 percent) and lifts 4-3 on Streaming Songs (32.2 million, down 1 percent) and 6-4 on Radio Songs (82.4 million, up 15 percent). Notably, women in lead roles hold the Hot 100's top two spots simultaneously for the first time in over a year, since the Sept. 23 and 30, 2017-dated charts, when Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" and Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. (Before that, Swift figured into the prior such stretch: 15 consecutive weeks, from Sept. 16 through Dec. 13 -- her birthday! -- in 2014; in the first week of that span, Swift's "Shake It Off" ranked at No. 1 and Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" placed at No. 2, after which "Shake" and Swift's "Blank Space" and Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" traded the top two positions for 14 weeks.) Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," which topped the Dec. 8-dated Hot 100, slips 2-3, while leading the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an eighth week each. Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" keeps at No. 4 on the Hot 100 after reaching its No. 3 high, as it tops Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 13th week, and Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 peak, while ruling Hot Rock Songs for a seventh week. Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" jingles 7-6 on the Hot 100 for another new high; the song, first released in 1994, hit the top 10 for the first time last holiday season, reaching No. 9. The carol is the highest-charting holiday season-themed Hot 100 hit in 60 years, since "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville and The Chipmunks, reigned for four weeks beginning Dec. 22, 1958 (just after the chart's inception that Aug. 4); notably, holiday songs have a spotty history on the Hot 100, due in part to shifts in chart rules over the years (see below). Carey's "Christmas" passes two No. 7-peaking songs of the season, by Kenny G and New Kids on the Block, and now trails only "The Chipmunk Song" as the highest-charting such hit in the Hot 100's history: Highest-Charting Holiday Songs in the Hot 100's History No. 1, four weeks, beginning Dec. 22, 1958, "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville & The Chipmunks No. 6, Dec. 22, 2018, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," Mariah Carey No. 7, Jan. 8, 2000, "Auld Lang Syne," Kenny G No. 7, Jan. 6, 1990, "This One's for the Children," New Kids on the Block No. 9, Feb. 21, 1981, "Same Old Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg As for holiday songs and their eligibility for the Hot 100 over the years, chart historian Joel Whitburn notes in his book Christmas in the Charts, "From 1963 through 1972, and from 1983 through 1985 [with minimal exceptions], Billboard published a seasonal Christmas Singles chart and did not chart Christmas singles on the Hot 100." Per current Hot 100 rules, in place in recent years, older songs, including seasonal titles, can rank in the top 50 if experiencing significant multi-metric gains, and multiple venerable holiday songs re-enter or debut each season. Carey's modern classic leads the Holiday 100 (for a 33rd of 38 total weeks since the chart began in 2011) and remains the top seasonal hit in all metrics; it rises 8-6 on Streaming Songs, also a new best, passing its prior No. 7 high reached last holiday season (28.1 million, down 1 percent), 9-7 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, down 6 percent) and 32-24 on Radio Songs (34.5 million, up 14 percent). With the advance of "Christmas" on the Hot 100, Carey scores her highest-charting hit in over a decade (passing the No. 7 peak of "Obsessed" in 2009). It's her best since "Touch My Body," which became her 18th No. 1 for two weeks in April 2008, extending her record for the most leaders among soloists; among all acts, only The Beatles, with 20, have more. Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" returns to the Hot 100's top, flying 17-7, as the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opened in theaters Friday (Dec. 14; it finished as the No. 1 movie of the weekend); the song debuted at its prior No. 9 high on the chart dated Nov. 3. The duet jumps 12-6 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, up 39 percent, snaring the Hot 100's top Sales Gainer trophy), 22-13 on Streaming Songs (24.1 million, up 28 percent) and 16-15 on Radio Songs (45.5 million, up 7 percent). Lil Baby and Gunna's "Drip Too Hard" rises 9-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, and Kodak Black's No. 2-peaking "ZEZE," featuring Travis Scott and Offset, descends 8-9. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Maroon 5's former seven-week No. 1 "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, returns to the region (11-10). The song logs a 27th week in the top 10, becoming just the 10th single in the chart's 60-year history to reach that marker. Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" holds the record with 33 weeks in the top 10 in 2017. Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow billboard and billboardcharts . And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 18), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 17, 2018 13:48:19 GMT -5
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 13:49:49 GMT -5
#1 Streaming Thank U, Next 50.7 #1 Sales Without Me 37,000
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 13:50:35 GMT -5
27 weeks in the top 10 for Girls Like You assuming they don't change it again like last week - LOL
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Post by Xander on Dec 17, 2018 13:52:10 GMT -5
Girls Like You now becomes the song with the most weeks in the top 10 in 2018, surpassing God’s plan (26 wks)
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 13:58:44 GMT -5
Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Is Highest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Holiday Hit in 60 Years 12/17/2018 by Gary Trust
CCarey's 1994 carol trails only David Seville & The Chipmunks' 1958 No. 1 'The Chipmunk Song.' Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" becomes the highest-charting yuletide hit in 60 years on the Billboard Hot 100, as it rises from No. 7 to No. 6 (on the chart dated Dec. 22).
Carey's carol is the top-charting song of the season on the Hot 100 since "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville and The Chipmunks, which remains the only such single to have hit No. 1, for four weeks beginning Dec. 22, 1958 (just after the chart's inception that Aug. 4).
Carey's "Christmas," first released in 1994, hit the top 10 for the first time last holiday season, reaching No. 9; a week ago, it bested that rank, rising to No. 7. "Christmas" passes two No. 7-peaking Christmas-season songs, by Kenny G and New Kids on the Block, and now trails only "The Chipmunk Song" as the highest-charting such hit in the Hot 100's 60-year history: Highest-Charting Holiday Songs in the Hot 100's History No. 1 peak, four weeks, beginning Dec. 22, 1958, "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville & The Chipmunks No. 6, Dec. 22, 2018, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," Mariah Carey No. 7, Jan. 8, 2000, "Auld Lang Syne," Kenny G No. 7, Jan. 6, 1990, "This One's for the Children," New Kids on the Block No. 9, Feb. 21, 1981, "Same Old Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg No. 11, Nov. 5, 2011, "Mistletoe," Justin Bieber No. 12, Jan. 6, 1962, "White Christmas," Bing Crosby No. 13, Dec. 22, 2018, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," Andy Williams No. 13, Dec. 21, 2013, "Little Drummer Boy," Pentatonix No. 13, Jan. 19, 1985, "Do They Know It's Christmas?," Band-Aid No. 13, Jan. 12, 1959, "The Little Drummer Boy," Harry Simeone Chorale No. 14, Dec. 26, 1960, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Brenda Lee No. 15, Dec. 22, 2018, "Jingle Bell Rock," Bobby Helms No. 15, Jan. 11, 1964, "Pretty Paper," Roy Orbison No. 16, Jan. 31, 1970, "Winter World of Love," Engelbert Humperdinck No. 18, Jan. 1, 2000, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)," Christina Aguilera No. 18, Jan. 6, 1979, "Please Come Home for Christmas," Eagles
Two other songs on the list above this week hit new Hot 100 highs: Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" rises 16-13, and Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" jingle-hops 26-15 (after first appearing on the Hot 100 in 1958, a year after its original release).
As for holiday songs and their eligibility for the Hot 100 over the years, their history is a bit spotty, due in part to shifts in chart rules. As chart historian Joel Whitburn notes in his book Christmas in the Charts, "From 1963 through 1972, and from 1983 through 1985 [with minimal exceptions], Billboard published a seasonal Christmas Singles chart and did not chart Christmas singles on the Hot 100." Per current Hot 100 rules, in place in recent years, older songs, including seasonal titles, can rank in the top 50 if experiencing significant multi-metric gains, and multiple venerable holiday songs re-enter or debut each season.
Not included on the list above are songs with ties to the holiday season but more for their timing, having become hits around Christmastime, than their lyrical content. For instance, Annie Lennox and Al Green's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" peaked at No. 9 on the Hot 100 in January 1989; it was released from the Scrooged movie soundtrack, but had first been a hit for Jackie DeShannon in August 1969. "Hazy Shade of Winter" includes a lyric about a "Salvation Army band," and was a winter hit for both Simon & Garfunkel (No. 13, 1966) and The Bangles (No. 2, 1988), but is not generally regarded as a Christmas-themed song. And, The Royal Guardsmen hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 in December 1966 with "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron," but it is seasonal spinoff "Snoopy's Christmas," from 1967, that has become a holiday favorite.
Also not considered for the purposes of this research were songs related to other holidays, such as Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers' "Monster Mash" (No. 1 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in October 1962) or Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (No. 4, March 1984), each of which resurges each Halloween. Carey's modern classic tops the Holiday 100 chart for a 33rd of 38 total weeks since the survey began in 2011 and is the top seasonal hit in all metrics; it rises 8-6 on the Streaming Songs chart, also a new best, passing its prior No. 7 high reached last holiday season (28.1 million U.S. streams, down 1 percent, according to Nielsen Music); 9-7 on Digital Song Sales (14,000 downloads sold, down 6 percent); and 32-24 on Radio Songs (34.5 million in airplay audience, up 14 percent).
Carey co-wrote and co-produced "Christmas" with Walter Afanasieff, who, in 2014, upon the song's 20th anniversary, told Billboard, "To me, it's kind of a cosmic occurrence that happens once every five billion years. Thousands of original Christmas songs have been written in the last 20 years. It's not like no one writes Christmas songs; everyone is trying to get a Christmas song. But for whatever reason, 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' just became that song."
Also helping the song's momentum in recent years, Carey began her All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity residency, which has run in multiple years since beginning in New York in 2014. "I believe," Afanasieff mused, "'All I Want for Christmas is You' will be the most successful, popular Christmas song of all time."
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 17, 2018 14:00:26 GMT -5
I'm sure this has been asked a million times, so my apologies, but why is radio play tracked up to Sunday but sales and streaming are not. I know that it takes a few more days to tabulate sales, but why not have the tracking week match up 100%.
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 14:01:58 GMT -5
#13 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of the Year #15 Jingle Bell Rock
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Post by Gary on Dec 17, 2018 14:06:03 GMT -5
September 30, 2017 top 2 - The last time solo women occupied the top 2
1 1 1 4 Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift 2 2 3 11 Bodak Yellow (Money Moves), Cardi B
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Post by Enigma. on Dec 17, 2018 14:08:13 GMT -5
LOL even album release didn't bring Xxxtentacion into top ten, his family and record label should let him rest in peace now.
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Post by Choco on Dec 17, 2018 14:08:29 GMT -5
I'm sure this has been asked a million times, so my apologies, but why is radio play tracked up to Sunday but sales and streaming are not. I know that it takes a few more days to tabulate sales, but why not have the tracking week match up 100%. Much like the weird dates they use for the charts, it's a remnant of the old non digital days, when it took a longer time to add up sales.
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