Billboard Hot 100: 2/26/11

[HolidayGuy]

Usually a new thread is out by now (unless we've been doing things differently and I didn't notice).

Here's what bibliotheque posted:

TOP 20 MEDIABASE AIRPLAY

1. BRUNO MARS - Grenade: 137.300 (- 1.073)
2. KATY PERRY - Firework: 131.828 (- 1.525)
3. RIHANNA - What's My Name? f/Drake: 105.881 (- 3.559)
4. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Tonight f/Ludacris: 105.395 (+ 0.968)
5. TAYLOR SWIFT - Back To December: 88.279 (+ 0.227)
6. BRITNEY SPEARS - Hold It Against Me: 86.628 (- 0.417)
7. PINK - Raise Your Glass: 83.678 (- 1.401)
8. WIZ KHALIFA - Black & Yellow: 81.252 (- 1.956)
9. KE$HA - We R Who We R: 76.511 (- 2.746)
10. BRUNO MARS - Just The Way You Are: 76.193 (- 0.761)
11. CHRIS BROWN - Yeah 3x: 75.633 (- 0.711)
12. PINK - F**kin' Perfect (Perfect): 70.877 (+ 1.837)
13. PITBULL - Hey Baby (Drop It To The...: 66.992 (+ 1.347) ▲
14. FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Rocketeer f/Ryan Tedder: 66.684 (- 0.131) ▼
15. NICKI MINAJ - Moment 4 Life f/Drake: 65.652 (+ 0.612) ▲
16. RIHANNA - Only Girl (In The World): 64.159 (- 1.390) ▼
17. LIL WAYNE - 6 Foot 7 Foot f/Cory Gunz: 59.448 (+ 1.297)
18. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - No Hands: 54.207 (- 0.388)
19. CEE LO GREEN - F**k You (Forget You): 53.823 (+ 1.134)
20. LUKE BRYAN - Someone Else Calling You Baby: 51.322 (- 0.020) ▲

OTHERS:

TAIO CRUZ – Dynamite: 51.115 (- 0.875)
USHER F/PITBULL - DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love: 50.040 (- 1.092)
BLAKE SHELTON - Who Are You When I'm Not...: 49.492 (+ 0.051)
KERI HILSON - Pretty Girl Rock: 49.290 (+ 0.399)
CHRIS YOUNG - Voices: 49.015 (- 0.869)
KENNY CHESNEY - Somewhere With You: 47.381 (- 0.638)
JEREMIH - Down On Me f/50 Cent: 47.379 (+ 0.931)
NELLY - Just A Dream: 46.556 (- 0.983)
LADY GAGA - Born This Way: 45.662 (+ 20.579)
BRAD PAISLEY - This Is Country Music: 44.879 (+ 0.538)
JASON ALDEAN/KELLY CLARKSON - Don't You Wanna Stay: 43.295 (+ 0.691)
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Coming Home: 43.047 (+ 0.150)
USHER - More: 42.537 (+ 0.327)
TAIO CRUZ F/TRAVIE MCCOY - Higher: 39.667 (- 0.106)
JAMIE FOXX - Fall For Your Type f/Drake: 38.794 (- 0.640)
CHRISTINA PERRI - Jar Of Hearts: 33.467 (+ 0.023)
PLAIN WHITE T'S - Rhythm Of Love: 33.049 (+ 0.225)
LADY ANTEBELLUM - Hello World: 33.029 (- 0.063)
LINKIN PARK - Waiting For The End: 32.684 (+ 0.240)
TRAIN - Marry Me: 30.150 (+ 0.159)
AVRIL LAVIGNE - What The Hell: 29.332 (+ 0.287)
RIHANNA - S&M: 28.917 (+ 0.990)
FABOLOUS - You Be Killin Em: 28.542 (- 0.001)
TREY SONGZ - Love Faces: 26.557 (+ 0.501)
KANYE WEST - All Of The Lights: 25.239 (+ 0.666)
SUGARLAND - Little Miss: 22.901 (+ 0.084)
KE$HA - Blow: 22.631 (+ 1.116)
FLO RIDA - Who Dat Girl f/Akon: 22.062 (- 0.177)
MIRANDA LAMBERT - Heart Like Mine: 22.042 (+ 0.364)
THE SCRIPT - For The First Time: 20.188 (+ 0.334)
CHRIS BROWN - Look At Me Now: 18.373 (+ 1.554)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - Sing: 14.924 (+ 0.321)
KANYE WEST & JAY-Z - H*A*M*: 12.860 (+ 0.068)
DEV - Bass Down Low f/The Cataracs: 10.164 (+ 0.036)
SNOOP DOGG - Wet/Sweat: 9.219 (- 0.257)
TINIE TEMPAH - Written In The Stars f/ETurner: 7.761 (+ 0.422)
JENNIFER HUDSON - Where You At: 7.348 (+ 0.276)
JESSIE J - Price Tag f/B.O.B: 7.198 (+ 0.054)
KEYSHIA COLE - Take Me Away: 6.628 (+ 0.283)
JENNIFER LOPEZ f/ PITBULL - On The Floor: 6.525 (+ 0.403)
NELLY - Gone f/Kelly Rowland: 6.369 (+ 0.094)
ADELE - Rolling In The Deep: 6.277 (+ 0.118)
BLACK KEYS - Howlin' For You: 6.105 (+ 0.145)
DR. DRE - I Need A Doctor f/ Eminem: 5.919 (+ 0.479)
BLACK EYED PEAS - Just Can't Get Enough: 5.798 (+ 0.652)
JAY SEAN - Hit The Lights f/Lil Wayne: 5.544 (+ 0.164)
COLBIE CAILLAT - I Do: 2.262 (+ 0.120)
STROKES - Under Cover Of Darkness: 1.778 (+ 0.324)
PANIC AT THE DISCO - The Ballad Of Mona Lisa: 0.845 (- 0.022)
T.I. - Castle Walls f/C. Aguilera: 0.812 (- 0.006)
KATY PERRY- E.T.: 0.656 (- 0.007)

And, from HITS:

EXPRESSING YOURSELF: Whether or not it sounds like Madonna's "Express Yourself" or "Vogue," Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" appears headed to around 500k downloads in only three days after hitting the web yesterday. Apparently, her first-day sales will not top the 251k Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" did on Christmas 2009, but it's still an impressive total, which could climb even higher with a Grammy performance tomorrow night. Stay tuned. The Interscope album itself drops May 23. (2/12a)

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

I'm gaga for gaga puffs!!!

[GRRR]

I'm speechless +20 fuckingmillion?? That's crazy

[badrobot]

I think a top ten airplay debut is quite likely for Born This Way at this point. I'm betting she'll end up with around 85m by the Weds. update.

[Deleted]

500k in 3 days? Does anybody doubt that Gaga will debut at #1?

[$uperb@tDuDe]

GaGa single success is nothing short of astonishing. I'm wondering if it will maintain momentum though

[musik...]

Gaga is unbelievable!!!!! Wow! 500,000 copies in just three days will undoubtedly give her a number one debut and she will likely now hold the record for the most digital downloads for a song in a seven day week if you take Friday-to-Thursday sales. incredible!

[musicissalvation]

The saddest thing about this is that BTW will be a number 1 single while Bad Romance will not be; cruel.

[Deleted]

Feb 14, 2011 3:24:31 GMT -5 @musicissalvation said:

The saddest thing about this is that BTW will be a number 1 single while Bad Romance will not be; cruel.

I prefer Born This Way over Bad Romance so I'm fine with it . Bad Romance did deserve to go #1 though. I'm guessing she'll have around a +15 million update in a few hrs.

[BlueSwan]

45 million on mediabase after two days?? Surely that's a record??? Usually even mega megahits by megaartists climb FAR slower than that.

[badrobot]

I don't know the rest but here's the Gaga update:

LADY GAGA -Born This Way: 63.504 (+17.842)

Daily airplay (rounded):
Friday: 25m
Saturday: 20m
Sunday: 18m

She's on track to have potentially 90m by the end of this tracking week, which will include Monday and Tuesday. She could debut as high as #5!

[Resident_Evil]

Feb 14, 2011 3:24:31 GMT -5 @musicissalvation said:

The saddest thing about this is that BTW will be a number 1 single while Bad Romance will not be; cruel.

I agree

[HolidayGuy]

Crazy airplay, indeed. Naturally, it will not be able to maintain the kind of airplay gains it's going to get in this first week. Will it actually have legs, or will it pull an "Erotica" and fizzle out after a couple of weeks?

[discoloser]

I think BTW will fizzle.

[Libra]

I don't think this will suffer as much of an "Erotica" factor...people are forgetting that that song was released amidst a wave of controversy, with backlash right around the corner; it impacted in October and was basically gone before '92 was even completely over.

This one doesn't have that kind of controversy attached to it and will therefore last a little longer, more along the lines of Katy's "California Gurls" I'm thinking.

[HolidayGuy]

You think it will endure as long as "California Gurls"? That would be a pretty strong run.

[Libra]

Feb 14, 2011 14:01:56 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

You think it will endure as long as "California Gurls"? That would be a pretty strong run.

Maybe not as long...but even that didn't have extraordinary legs. I just think it'll last a little longer than only two months.

[HolidayGuy]

Probably- and "Erotica" didn't even last two months near the upper reaches of the charts. It spent just nine weeks inside the top 40 on the Hot 100.

[Love Plastic Love]

BTW will definitely fizzle fast, but it won't matter in the grand scheme of things-she will get another #1 and a solid airplay hit and solid sales. It will have done its job. The Second single will be very important to this era though.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Feb 14, 2011 14:03:33 GMT -5 Libra said:

Feb 14, 2011 14:01:56 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

You think it will endure as long as "California Gurls"? That would be a pretty strong run.

Maybe not as long...but even that didn't have extraordinary legs. I just think it'll last a little longer than only two months.

I don't think it's in Gaga's best interest for BTW to last too long. Get a quick first hit and keep it moving to the second hit! Sell as much as you can as fast as you can.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Feb 14, 2011 14:22:12 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

Feb 14, 2011 14:03:33 GMT -5 Libra said:

Maybe not as long...but even that didn't have extraordinary legs. I just think it'll last a little longer than only two months.

I don't think it's in Gaga's best interest for BTW to last too long. Get a quick first hit and keep it moving to the second hit! Sell as much as you can as fast as you can.

She has already released the name of her second single. So im sure they're looking for a quick hit to get the second one rolling before the album comes out.

[bibliotheque]

After its first three days of availability, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" rockets to a record-setting debut on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart. And thanks to exceptionally strong opening digital sales estimates -- not to mention her eye-grabbing performance of the song at the Grammy Awards last night -- looks likely to storm the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 when the latter list is released Wednesday. This, of course, would make the song the 1,000th No. 1 single in the Billboard Hot 100's history.

The first single and title track from the star's third studio album, due May 23, storms Mainstream Top 40 at No. 14 with 4,602 plays, according to Nielsen BDS, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart's 18-year history. Additionally, sources say that "Born" shifted more than 450,000 downloads its first three days of release since Friday morning.

Its big sales start, plus jaw-dropping radio launch, sets up the song's likely debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Not only would a No. 1 start represent just the Hot 100's 19th No. 1 opening, but, as previously reported, it would also mark the survey's 1,000th leader dating to its 1958 inception.

A bow of 450,000 downloads would secure Lady Gaga the biggest debut for a track by a woman, surpassing Britney Spears' bow with "Hold It Against Me" four weeks ago (411,000). If Gaga moves 450,000, it would also mark the fourth-largest debut among all digital tracks -- a remarkable feat, considering the song had less than three full days of sales availability.

The biggest start for a track overall belongs to Flo Rida's "Right Round," which started with 636,000 in February 2009. In second place: the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000); and, third: Flo Rida's "Low" (460,000).

The opening Mainstream Top 40 plays sum of 4,602 for "Born" (which translates to a first-week audience of 39.3 million) bests the mark established when "Hold It Against Me" arrived with 4,071 spins four weeks ago. (Spears' song debuted after a full seven days of airplay. "Born" sets the format opening-week plays mark after only three days of availability, following the song's arrival at radio early Friday).


By launching at No. 14, "Born" logs the second-highest start in the Mainstream Top 40 list's archives. Only Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" began at a higher rank, having soared in at No. 12 the week of Aug. 14, 1993. "Hold It Against Me" and Madonna's "Frozen" (March 7, 1998) follow with No. 16 arrivals.

www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-on-track-to-become-1005035092.story

:'(

[Deleted]

Wow! Amazing :)

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

yesss GaGa

[badrobot]

Can someone clarify for me -- this sounds like genre charts run on the same Monday-Sunday schedule as the sales chart. But my understanding is that "Radio Songs" covers Weds-Tues.

Is that correct?

I can't help but be frustrated that if Gaga had debuted a few days earlier she would have blown more records out of the water.

[Rodze]

^ You're right.

On everything.

[areyoureadytojump]

Correct, badrobot.

That's why the Hot 100 is compiled Wednesday morning.

[kjw518]

Feb 14, 2011 13:06:11 GMT -5 Resident_Evil said:

Feb 14, 2011 3:24:31 GMT -5 @musicissalvation said:

The saddest thing about this is that BTW will be a number 1 single while Bad Romance will not be; cruel.

I agree

Me too!

[badrobot]

Feb 14, 2011 15:48:47 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Correct, badrobot.

That's why the Hot 100 is compiled Wednesday morning.

The one thing I hadn't known beforehand was that genre charts had a different schedule than the radio songs chart.

[musik...]

Those airplay gains and digital downloads are historic! If only she had released it on Monday or Tuesday, she would have easily shattered digital download and radio airplay records. And with all this momentum, she's gonna do amazing numbers first week when her album is released.