Billboard Hot 100: 7/2/11

[Verisimilitude]

Jun 21, 2011 10:20:52 GMT -5 wavey. said:

10. NICKI MINAJ - Super Bass: 67.320 (+ 2.408) ▲

Her Third Top 10 airplay hit?

Probably fourth or fifth including her collaborations and her Young Money work?

[damku13]

Jun 21, 2011 10:04:45 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Jun 21, 2011 9:56:03 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

And Christian radio, though they'd never play it with the "S" word present in the song.

Isn't it "ship?"

I thought it was "sheet"

[forg]

I hope RITD will get its 7th week at #1 but Give Me Everything has a real shot this week.

'Mean" is doing well on airplay, could this be hurting "The Story of Us" even if they are marketed on different formats?

[gagagigigugu]

From yahoo

Britney's Tour Hits the Discount Market
Posted Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:54am PDT by Chris Willman in Stop The Presses!
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Britney Spears is apparently not the sure-fire concert draw she once was. Since lot of current or former fans have apparently decided not to hit that "BUY" button one more time after all, the web discounter Groupon has been selling 50%-off tickets for more than half the shows on Spears' 33-city tour. And not even all those half-price tickets have gotten snatched up. .

The tour opened Thursday night in Sacramento to what the local paper described as a sell-out crowd. But a week prior to the show, Groupon offered $59 face-value tickets for a bargain basement price of $30. Groupon's web site shows that 1,400 people took the Sacramento offer before it sold out. But since there was a maximum of 8 tickets allowed per sale, that means there could have been anywhere from 1,400 to 11,200 people getting into the arena via the last-minute half-price offer. Similar deals have been offered in 18 cities on the tour..

Is this a sign of the public's enormous Britney fatigue, a wave of the ticketing future, or both?.

Live Nation, which is promoting Spears' tour, announced a partnership with Groupon in early May, and you won't hear them use words like "discounting." "Offering a deal on Groupon is not a reflection of the quality or status or sales of a show," said a Live Nation spokesperson, but rather "segmented marketing and a way to reach new and additional consumers." The spokesperson said Groupon promotions "proactively address two related issues: unsold inventory and industry awareness challenges.".

In other words: Better to have a full (or near-full) house, whether or not everyone paid top dollar... plus, the promotion itself helps remind people who never go to concerts anymore that they still exist..

Offering last-minute half-price tickets for shows may be good business. But it does present a perception problem when it involves as high-profile a partner as Groupon and as high-profile a tour as Spears', since it sends out a very public "NOT SRO" message. .

And there's plenty of sitting room available at most of Spears' shows on this tour—not just the cheaper seats, which represent most of Groupon's deals, but premium ones, too. A few days before her June 20 L.A. Staples Centre gig, a pair of seats in the 12th row of the loge section could be had on Ticketmaster for $175 each, plus $18.40 "convenience charge" each, for a total of $386.80. That's an expensive date—or, more likely, expensive girls' night out, judging from press accounts of a predominantly female crowd at the shows so far..

And even the half-off deal is not enough is some cities where Groupon didn't sell out their one-day offers. In Atlantic City, only 229 people took up the half-price offer, according to the site. In Seattle, 1,211 took the deal. In Cleveland, it was 921. In Detroit, 1,877 bought anywhere from 1-8 tickets at $30 each, leaving 123 offers still on the table at day's end. In Cleveland. But in Portland, Groupon sold out all 2,000 opportunities to buy tickets at $20 each..

The news isn't any better for Spears' flailing Femme Fatale album. It came out in late March with decent if not overwhelming first-week sales of 276,000. But after 11 weeks in stores, the album has sold only 558,000 copies—meaning almost half the total to date was sold that first week. It's the 11th bestselling album of the year so far, which, in 2011, is not saying a lot. Britney may have legs, but Femme Fatale doesn't. .

If you're looking for any kind of wrinkle in this seemingly inevitable tale of commercial decline it may be this: One-time Britney fans may be avoiding the tour because of the nearly universal expectation at this point that she will be lip-synching every song and doing more of a walk-through than actual choreography. But, based on reports from opening night, everyone may have underestimated her, at least by a little..

Writing from a dress rehearsal show to which he was invited, Perez Hilton said, "I'd say Britney sings at least 40 percent of the show, which is really awesome considering the fact that at the last tour she lip-synched every single song, even the ballads. As a fan, that's a sign to me that she's trying, she's giving, and I love that." Hilton doesn't mean that to sound like damning with faint praise, so take that relative gushing for what you will..

Fan reports from the dress rehearsal and opening night have largely corroborated Hilton's estimation of what is live and what is Memorex. One commenter who seemed to be in the know said that much of the show consists of Spears singing along live with pre-recorded tracks she did especially for the tour (as opposed to the original studio vocals). As anyone who's seen one of Spears' other recent tours can attest, any overtly live singing at all is a big evolution... and perhaps a reaction to the flurry of criticism that has attended all her obviously canned TV appearances of late..

Those dispiriting TV spots also lessened expectations that Spears would be sacrificing the vocals to do what she does (or did) best, dance. But fan reports and YouTube videos suggest that Spears does participate in an extensive amount of choreography in the show, if not necessarily the most demanding moves she's ever done..

Monday morning quarterbacks in the music industry may be debating for quite a while: Did Spears sabotage her own tour with the listless, lifeless TV appearances that were done to promote the album release? Or would the syndrome of diminishing returns just naturally have left her in this position in her career anyway?.

Well, those won't be the only questions. In the touring industry, expect plenty of chatter about what constitutes reasonable pricing for a tour that apparently attracts mostly girls and young women, versus guys willing to spend big bucks to impress a date. Anyway, Spears' real demographic may finally have been identified, and it's not necessarily teen girls, gays, or even the aging male critics who largely gave Femme Fatale a pass. It's... coupon cutters..

[HolidayGuy]

I thought I recall some posters saying "The Story of Us" had the most crossover potential, but its airplay success is looking to be limited." While it's not as country-sounding as "Mean," it still probably could have received OK play at country radio. Whereas "Mean" probably would not get played outside of the country format (in its regular form).

[Enigma.]

A bit of wrong thread for that Britney thing?

[stanr]

1. ADELE - Rolling In The Deep: 167.179 (+ 1.110)
2. PITBULL - Give Me Everything f/Ne-Yo: 134.921 (+ 1.322)
3. KATY PERRY - E.T.: 126.972 (- 0.975)
4. BLACK EYED PEAS - Just Can't Get Enough: 103.173 (- 0.894)
5. BRUNO MARS - Lazy Song: 90.144 (- 1.201)
6. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem: 84.709 (+ 2.740) ▲
7. LADY GAGA - The Edge Of Glory: 83.977 (+ 1.018) ▼
8. LUPE FIASCO - The Show Goes On: 80.482 (+ 0.673)
9. BRITNEY SPEARS - Till The World Ends: 69.759 (- 1.457)
10. NICKI MINAJ - Super Bass: 69.468 (+ 2.148)

11. JENNIFER LOPEZ f/ PITBULL - On The Floor: 61.526 (- 1.908)
12. KELLY ROWLAND - Motivation f/Lil Wayne: 58.622 (- 0.344)
13. BIG SEAN - My Last f/Chris Brown: 56.323 (+ 0.356) ▲
14. PINK - F**kin' Perfect (Perfect): 55.577 (- 0.484)
15. CHRIS BROWN - She Ain't You: 55.561 (+ 0.084) ▲
16. WIZ KHALIFA - Roll Up: 55.204 (- 1.552) ▼
17. CHRIS BROWN - Look At Me Now: 54.660 (- 0.741)
18. BLAKE SHELTON - Honey Bee: 54.614 (+ 0.027)
19. TAYLOR SWIFT - Mean: 50.369 (+ 0.678)
20. JASON DERULO - Don't Wanna Go Home: 49.324 (+ 0.456) ▲



MIGUEL - Sure Thing: 49.074 (- 0.019)
THE SCRIPT - For The First Time: 48.182 (- 0.357)
DJ KHALED - I'm On One f/Drake, Rick Ross: 48.152 (+ 0.875)
BRUNO MARS - Just The Way You Are: 47.476 (- 0.149)
JUSTIN MOORE - If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away: 46.437 (+ 0.650)
KATY PERRY - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): 46.338 (+ 1.749)
THE BAND PERRY - You Lie: 46.176 (+ 0.037)
JASON ALDEAN - Dirt Road Anthem: 45.606 (+ 0.786)
ONEREPUBLIC - Good Life: 45.428 (+ 0.652)
LIL WAYNE - How To Love: 40.520 (+ 2.720)
LADY ANTEBELLUM - Just A Kiss: 38.322 (+ 0.392)
HOT CHELLE RAE - Tonight Tonight: 33.522 (+ 0.956)
SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE - Who Says: 29.513 (- 0.236)
MAROON 5 - Never Gonna Leave This Bed: 29.150 (+ 0.096)
TREY SONGZ - Unusual f/Drake: 28.160 (+ 0.617)
RIHANNA - Man Down: 27.091 (+ 0.680)
MARTIN SOLVEIG & DRAGONETTE - Hello: 26.769 (+ 0.395)
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Dirty Dancer f/Usher/Lil Wayne: 26.428 (+ 0.047)
BRAD PAISLEY/CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Remind Me: 22.422 (+ 0.900)
TAYLOR SWIFT - The Story Of Us: 22.015 (+ 0.067)
DAVID GUETTA/FLO RIDA/NICKI M. - Where Them Girls At: 20.722 (+ 0.442)
BEYONCE - Best Thing I Never Had: 19.599 (+ 0.801)
NICOLE SCHERZINGER - Right There: 18.266 (+ 0.543)
RIHANNA - California King Bed: 15.913 (+ 0.239)
COLDPLAY - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall: 14.576 (+ 0.375)
FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Pumped Up Kicks: 11.140 (+ 0.184)
BRITNEY SPEARS - I Wanna Go: 10.706 (+ 1.172)
JENNIFER LOPEZ - I'm Into You f/Lil Wayne: 8.659 (+ 0.354)
AVRIL LAVIGNE - Smile: 2.817 (+ 0.149)
SHANIA TWAIN - Today Is Your Day: 2.388 (- 0.054)

[chartfreak]

Go LMFAO!

[Living Legend]

Top 5 Digital Songs:

1. Katy Perry-Last Friday Night (235,000)
2. LMFAO-Party Rock Anthem (209,000)
3. Pitbull-Give Me Everything (200,000)
4. Jason Aldean-Dirt Road Anthem (189,000)
5. Adele-Rolling in the Deep (188,000)

[Verisimilitude]

5th #1 for Katy Perry... she may be the female Michael Jackson. :o

[MikeCheck12]

Jun 22, 2011 7:49:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

5th #1 for Katy Perry... she may be the female Michael Jackson. :o

Oh good God.

[Verisimilitude]

Said with humor of course! But she'd be the first to score 5 straight #1's from 1 album since "Bad".

[LegendaryLover]

#1. Adele-Rolling In The Deep - 188+167=355
#2. Pitbull-Give Me Everything - 200+135=335 (not including massive Latin airplay)
#3. LMFAO-Party Rock Anthem - 209+85=294
#4. Katy-Last Friday Night - 235+46=281
#5. Jason Aldean? Gaga? E.T.?

[ListenToItTwice]

Where are those digital numbers from, anyway?

[colson]

Jun 22, 2011 7:51:29 GMT -5 MikeCheck12 said:

Jun 22, 2011 7:49:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

5th #1 for Katy Perry... she may be the female Michael Jackson. :o

Oh good God.

LMFAO

[HolidayGuy]

Pitbull isn't No. 1 on Latin Songs, though, correct? The audience reach for Latin isn't as large as other formats, keep in mind. maybe 15m from that?

Yes, Katy Perry the new MJ- because we know charts are such an important factor in an act's artistic legacy and such. :) (No shade to Ms. Purry, as she's very fun)

[areyoureadytojump]

Jun 22, 2011 8:44:33 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Where are those digital numbers from, anyway?

"guesstimates"

[ListenToItTwice]

Jun 22, 2011 9:16:06 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Jun 22, 2011 8:44:33 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Where are those digital numbers from, anyway?

"guesstimates"

oh.... Oh.

[Deleted]

Jun 22, 2011 7:49:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

5th #1 for Katy Perry... she may be the female Michael Jackson. :o

She's not #1 yet. Looks like Adele will get a 7th and probably final week in the top spot.

[HolidayGuy]

Those figures were more than guesstimates. :)

Billboard.com:

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" parties its way 28-1 with 235,000 downloads sold (up 259%) -- following a full week's worth of impact from the song's video premiere. It's her sixth No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart -- and fifth from her "Teenage Dream" album.

LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock), climbs a spot to No. 2 (209,000; up 11%) while Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer) slips a position to No. 3 (200,000; down 5%). Last week's No. 1, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," tumbles four slots to No. 5 with 188,000 (down 16%).

Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" is steady at No. 4 (189,000; up 12%), Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" falls one to No. 6 (151,000; down 2%) and Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" gets pushed back a space to No. 7 despite a gain (150,000; up 5%).

The highest new entry on Digital Songs is Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars). The track -- from the former act's No. 1-debuting album this week -- starts with 132,000.

Closing out the top 10: Lil Wayne's "How to Love" falls 8-9 (131,000; down 2%) and Mars' "The Lazy Song" also slips a notch to No. 10 (123,000; down 7%).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.11 million downloads, up 2% compared to last week (24.58 million) and up 17% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (21.44 million). Year to date track sales are at 610.06 million, up 10% compared to the same total at this point last year (554.39 million).

[KMJ1]

im thinkin it will prob. be adele for one (but very important last week) as shell no have the longest #1 of the year. as of right now its also lookin the a contender for biggest song of 2011. next week I think lmao actually has a shot as theyre only increasing more and more w/ sales and airplay- while I think Katy will drop in sales more and lmao should still have overall more airplay than her.

[jgizzle89]

I don't know why, but I just really don't want Katy to get that 5th number 1. She's not exactly the type of artist that comes to mind when I think "legendary".

[Deleted]

Only artist ever to get 5 #1 Digitals from one album? Only Katy Legenderry :'(

[Enigma.]

I think Katy won't be number one next week either but will probably get there eventually.

[Deleted]

Jun 22, 2011 12:28:22 GMT -5 Codex said:

Only artist ever to get 5 #1 Digitals from one album? Only Katy Legenderry :'(

Legend, Queen, Icon, ect ect ect

Katy Perry <3

If in 4 weeks time it doesn't hit number one remix it(preferably with Rihanna not Rebecca Black)to assure it's number 1!!!

[Enigma.]

Getting five digital number ones from one album has only been possible for under a decade though

[HolidayGuy]

jgizzle, chart stats do not necessarily make an act "legendary" anyhow- outside of the chart stats, that is. :)

This was last week's Mediabase vs. BDS info:
RITD: 165.08 MB, 151m BDS
GME: 126.16 MB, 129m BDS

Current MB totals have RITD at 167.18m and GME at 134.92m. If the BDS/MB trends are similar to last week, RITD may squeak out a 7th week on top (if the track has more streaming points, that would help even more).
*should* have enough of a BDS airplay lead to remain on top for a 7th week.

[Deleted]

The very fact that Bad was Michael Jackson's album to set the record for most #1s from one album demonstrates that there is a separation between chart success and legacy. If you told someone on the street that Michael Jackson once had 5 #1 hits from one album, they'd probably think you were talking about the Thriller album.

[Enigma.]

Yea it's only a chart feat. However, Jacko had many of those in addition to his massive sales and musical talent.

[ListenToItTwice]

Jun 22, 2011 12:33:37 GMT -5 @jback said:

Jun 22, 2011 12:28:22 GMT -5 Codex said:

Only artist ever to get 5 #1 Digitals from one album? Only Katy Legenderry :'(

Legend, Queen, Icon, ect ect ect

Katy Perry <3

If in 4 weeks time it doesn't hit number one remix it(preferably with Rihanna not Rebecca Black)to assure it's number 1!!!

I would buy a Rebecca Black remix in a heartbeat