Billboard Hot 100: 03/24/12

[HolidayGuy]

Mediabase 7-Day-Rolling Quick-Cut Airplay Info, 3/6/12-3/12/12

1. ADELE - Set Fire To The Rain: 158.030 (- 0.288)
2. KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill ...: 135.468 (+ 0.561)
3. DAVID GUETTA - Turn Me On f/Nicki Minaj: 107.423 (+ 1.221)
4. RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 100.787 (- 0.972)
5. DRAKE - Take Care f/Rihanna: 95.549 (+ 1.152)
6. JESSIE J - Domino: 87.560 (- 0.526)
7. FLO RIDA - Good Feeling: 84.265 (- 1.922)
8. WIZ KHALIFA/SNOOP DOGG - Young, Wild & Free f/B. Mars: 82.517 (+ 0.213)
9. PITBULL F/CHRIS BROWN - International Love: 80.532 (+ 0.243)
10. DRAKE - The Motto f/Lil Wayne: 77.515 (- 0.156)
11. KATY PERRY - Part Of Me: 73.818 (+ 1.213) ▲
12. GYM CLASS HEROES - Ass Back Home f/Neon Hitch: 73.674 (+ 0.448) ▼
13. THE WANTED - Glad You Came: 71.907 (+ 1.787) ▲
14. BRUNO MARS - It Will Rain: 71.223 (- 0.654) ▼
15. MAROON 5 F/CHRISTINA AGUILERA - Moves Like Jagger: 58.473 (- 1.366)
16. KATY PERRY - The One That Got Away: 57.034 (- 0.622)
17. GAVIN DEGRAW - Not Over You: 56.079 (- 1.086)
18. TYGA - Rack City: 55.213 (- 0.228)
19. DIERKS BENTLEY - Home: 52.082 (- 0.367)
20. DAVID GUETTA - Without You f/Usher: 51.233 (- 0.954)

OTHERS
We Are Young f/Janelle Monae: 49.521 (+ 3.356)
ADELE - Someone Like You: 50.443 (- 0.483)
TAYLOR SWIFT - Ours: 47.267 (+ 0.985)
CALVIN HARRIS - Feel So Close: 47.105 (+ 0.822)
BEYONCE - Love On Top: 45.007 (- 0.284)
NICKI MINAJ - Starships: 42.043 (+ 0.664)
RIHANNA - Talk That Talk f/Jay-Z: 40.586 (+ 0.285)
BLAKE SHELTON - Drink On It: 40.396 (+ 0.190)
CHRIS BROWN - Turn Up The Music: 40.183 (+ 0.224)
TRAIN - Drive By: 37.595 (+ 0.237)
FLO RIDA - Wild Ones f/Sia: 36.762 (+ 1.067)
OUTASIGHT - Tonight Is The Night: 34.255 (+ 0.212)
GOTYE - Somebody That I Used To Know: 32.905 (+ 0.865)
RIHANNA - Birthday Cake: 27.168 (+ 1.106)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Good Girl: 26.712 (+ 0.685)
USHER - Climax: 26.058 (+ 0.723)
B.O.B - So Good: 20.194 (+ 0.996)
ADELE - Rumour Has It: 16.396 (+ 0.496)
KARMIN - Broken Hearted: 15.852 (+ 0.821)
ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful: 14.165 (+ 1.169)
JASON MRAZ - I Won't Give Up: 13.784 (+ 0.255)
FOO FIGHTERS - These Days: 12.707 (- 0.080)
FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Don't Stop (Color On The Walls: 11.406 (+ 0.092)
COLDPLAY - Princess Of China: 10.354 (- 0.146)
HAVANA BROWN - We Run The Night f/Pitbull: 8.923 (+ 0.474)
JOHN MAYER - Shadow Days: 6.450 (+ 0.358)
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Live My Life f/Justin Bieber: 2.376 (- 0.014)

[Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...]

I have a feeling We Are Young is going to be #1 for awhile on the HOT100. Those Chevy commercials have been an amazing promo for that song. They play it constantly.

[Deleted]

WAY is really making up for lost time. Holy shit look at that update!

Go FUN!!!!!

[HolidayGuy]

So, what tracks will debut on the Hot 100 this week? Let's look at the contenders:
(some I'm not sure how they fared on iTunes through the whole of last week)

* John Mater, Shadow Days: Will be Hot Shot Debut
* Victorious Cast, Take a Hint: Ranked No. 9 Bubbling Under for 3/17; sales were good enough that it should debut this week.
* Bella Thorne, TTYLXOX: Not sure how this sold early last week, but it was ranked in the 40s at iTunes on Sunday
* Zendaya, Something to Dance For: Not sure how this sold early last week, but it was ranked in the 60s at iTunes on Sunday
* Flux Pavilion, I Can't Stop: Not sure how this was selling early last week, but was ranked in 60s at iTunes on Sunday
* Karmin, Brokenhearted: Ranked No. 16 Bubbling Under; increasing airplay and was ranked in the 60s at iTunes on Sunday
* Luke Bryan, Drunk on You: It had debuted on the Hot 100 back in August for a week, and is now climbing in airplay and sales. This was ranked in the 60s at iTunes on Sunday.
* Craig Morgan, This Ole Boy: Ranked No. 1 Bubbling Under last week, stronger airplay than sales
* Zac Brown Band, No Hurry: Ranked No. 2 Bubbling Under; was 237 at iTunes on Sunday
* Trey Songz, Sex Ain't Better Than Love; Not sure of sales (has it been released), but airplay may be there
* Shinedown, Bully; Ranked No. 4 Bubbling Under; was 173 at iTunes on Sunday
* Eli Young Band, Even If It Breaks Your Heart: Ranked No. 5 Bubbling Under, sales were in low 90s at iTunes on Sunday
* Madonna, Girl Gone Wild: Ranked No. 6 Bubbling Under. Miniscule airplay at this point, but was ranked in the 41-50 range at iTunes for 2 1/2 days last week; then a day and a half or so in the 51-70 range, stabilized slightly for a time when the video teaser hit, and then continued to drop as the week went on. May have a better shot via a sales boost when the video and album are released.
* M83, Midnight City: Ranked No. 7 Bubbling Under; was 112 at iTunes on Sunday
* Havana Brown Featuring Pitbull, We Run The Night: Airplay increasing and was ranked in the 70s at itunes on Sunday

Thoughts?

[herb]

Based on the itunes chart and the incresae of "We Are Young", it is likely to "We Are Young" will be No.1 for this week and next few weeks.

It is time for Katy Perry to release the video. Usually her video will boost the sales and airplay. I do not see the video would push this song to No.1 again, but it would help it to stay top 5.

[icefire9]

If We Are Young weren't dominating so hard, I think Part of Me would have had a chance to hit #1 again when the video is released. I could still see it going back up to #2.

[Agent Yoncé]

I'm glad radio is starting to embrace other artists that aren't Rihanna, Katy & Adele. I'm liking the little bit of diversity in Pop music :)

[Deleted]

Retro Top 10's for this week

1 year ago (3/26/11)

1 1 Born This Way - Lady Gaga (5th of 6 weeks @ #1)
2 2 F**k You! - Cee Lo Green
3 8 E.T. - Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
4 3 S&M - Rihanna
5 5 On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull
6 4 F**kin' Perfect - P!nk
7 6 Grenade - Bruno Mars
8 9 Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
9 20 Til The World Ends - Britney Spears
10 7 Blow - Ke$ha

5 years ago (3/24/07)

1 8 Glamorous - Fregie ft. Ludacris (1st of 2 weeks @ #1)
2 1 This Is Why I'm Hot - Mims
3 2 Don't Matter - Akon
4 3 The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani ft. Akon
5 7 Cupid's Chokehold - Gym Class Heroes ft. Patrick Stump
6 6 This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race - Fall Out Boy
7 11 It's Not Over - Daughtry
8 4 What Goes Around... - Justin Timberlake
9 5 Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
10 10 Say It Right - Nelly Furtado

10 years ago (3/23/02)

1 1 Ain't It Funny - Jennifer Lopez ft. JaRule (3rd of 6 weeks @ #1)
2 2 Always On Time - JaRule ft. Ashanti
3 4 In The End - Linkin Park
4 3 How You Remind Me - Nickelback
5 5 Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
6 8 Blurry - Puddle Of Mud
7 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minouge
8 12 What's Luv? - Fat Joe ft. Ashanti
9 7 What About Us? - Brandy
10 13 Oops (Oh My) - Tweet

15 years ago (3/22/97)

1 2 Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy ft. Mase (1st of 6 weeks @ #1)
2 1 Wannabe - Spice Girls
3 4 You Were Meant For Me / Foolish Games - Jewel
4 3 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
5 5 In My Bed - Dru Hill
6 7 Every Time I Close My Eyes - Babyface
7 6 I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly
8 8 Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue
9 9 For You I Will - Monica
10 12 Get It Together - 702

Top 3 Hot 100 Airplay from 3/22/97

1 1 Don't Speak - No Doubt (14th of 16 weeks @ #1)
2 2 Love Fool - Cardigans
3 3 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton

[freezinggame]

Wow. Was I the only who thought Love Fool was an 80's song?

[imbondz]

Mar 13, 2012 12:00:56 GMT -5 freezinggame said:

Wow. Was I the only who thought Love Fool was an 80's song?

yes

[kingofpain]

It would be awesome if M83 debuted but I doubt it. I only saw them briefly make an appearance at #100 on the iTunes chart twice this week and they have minimal airplay.

[Stefan85]

Mar 13, 2012 10:52:01 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

I'm glad radio is starting to embrace other artists that aren't Rihanna, Katy & Adele. I'm liking the little bit of diversity in Pop music :)

Quite amazing how Adele wouldn't have even been in that sentence a year ago and now people are getting sick of her. I thought Adele was finally the long awaited diversity people were clamoring for in pop music? ???

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Midnight City Debuting, Would be beyond Awesome. Love the Song.

[Lozzy]

Mar 13, 2012 11:24:21 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

10 years ago (3/23/02)

1 1 Ain't It Funny - Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule (3rd of 6 weeks @ #1)
2 2 Always On Time - Ja Rule ft. Ashanti
3 4 In The End - Linkin Park
4 3 How You Remind Me - Nickelback
5 5 Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
6 8 Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd
7 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minouge
8 12 What's Luv? - Fat Joe ft. Ashanti

[HolidayGuy]

Mediabase 7-Day-Rolling Quick-Cut-Airplay Info, 3/8/12-3/14/12

1. ADELE - Set Fire To The Rain: 157.379 (- 0.651)
2. KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill ...: 135.923 (+ 0.455)
3. DAVID GUETTA - Turn Me On f/Nicki Minaj: 107.728 (+ 0.305)
4. RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 99.404 (- 1.383)
5. DRAKE - Take Care f/Rihanna: 96.181 (+ 0.632)
6. JESSIE J - Domino: 86.814 (- 0.746)
7. WIZ KHALIFA/SNOOP DOGG - Young, Wild & Free f/B. Mars: 82.833 (+ 0.316) ▲
8. FLO RIDA - Good Feeling: 82.593 (- 1.672) ▼
9. PITBULL F/CHRIS BROWN - International Love: 80.179 (- 0.353)
10. DRAKE - The Motto f/Lil Wayne: 77.333 (- 0.182)
11. KATY PERRY - Part Of Me: 74.953 (+ 1.135)
12. GYM CLASS HEROES - Ass Back Home f/Neon Hitch: 74.146 (+ 0.472)
13. THE WANTED - Glad You Came: 73.583 (+ 1.676)
14. BRUNO MARS - It Will Rain: 70.663 (- 0.560)
15. MAROON 5 F/CHRISTINA AGUILERA - Moves Like Jagger: 57.921 (- 0.552)
16. KATY PERRY - The One That Got Away: 56.560 (- 0.474)
17. TYGA - Rack City: 55.334 (+ 0.121) ▲
18. GAVIN DEGRAW - Not Over You: 55.007 (- 1.072) ▼
19. FUN. - We Are Young f/Janelle Monae: 52.307 (+ 2.786) ▲
20. DIERKS BENTLEY - Home: 51.836 (- 0.246) ▼

OTHERS
ADELE - Someone Like You: 50.111 (- 0.332)
DAVID GUETTA - Without You f/Usher: 50.012 (- 1.221)
CALVIN HARRIS - Feel So Close: 47.830 (+ 0.725)
TAYLOR SWIFT - Ours: 47.681 (+ 0.414)
BEYONCE - Love On Top: 44.456 (- 0.551)
NICKI MINAJ - Starships: 42.429 (+ 0.386)
BLAKE SHELTON - Drink On It: 41.219 (+ 0.823)
RIHANNA - Talk That Talk f/Jay-Z: 40.786 (+ 0.200)
CHRIS BROWN - Turn Up The Music: 40.372 (+ 0.189)
TRAIN - Drive By: 38.225 (+ 0.630)
FLO RIDA - Wild Ones f/Sia: 37.588 (+ 0.826)
OUTASIGHT - Tonight Is The Night: 34.435 (+ 0.180)
GOTYE - Somebody That I Used To Know: 33.777 (+ 0.872)
RIHANNA - Birthday Cake: 28.048 (+ 0.880)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Good Girl: 27.660 (+ 0.948)
USHER - Climax: 26.794 (+ 0.736)
B.O.B - So Good: 20.972 (+ 0.778)
ADELE - Rumour Has It: 17.081 (+ 0.685)
KARMIN - Broken Hearted: 16.522 (+ 0.670)
ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful: 15.082 (+ 0.917)
JASON MRAZ - I Won't Give Up: 14.118 (+ 0.334)
FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Don't Stop (Color On The Walls: 11.354 (- 0.052)
HAVANA BROWN - We Run The Night f/Pitbull: 9.068 (+ 0.145)
JOHN MAYER - Shadow Days: 6.537 (+ 0.087)
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Live My Life f/Justin Bieber: 2.397 (+ 0.021)

[wavey.]

Holiday, any update on Cassie?

[popstop]

Prom and graduation season will soon be upon us. I think WAY is going to stick around the top ten for quite awhile.

[HolidayGuy]

Waverton, are you talking R&B Cassie and "King of Hearts"? She is not ranked in the top 50 of any Mediabase format chart.

[wavey.]

Mar 14, 2012 8:28:24 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Waverton, are you talking R&B Cassie and "King of Hearts"? She is not ranked in the top 50 of any Mediabase format chart.

Ahh, hopefully soon, thank you!

[HolidayGuy]

Some Digital Songs rankings, courtesy of Paul Grein's column:

1. We Are Young

9. Set Fire to the Rain

Top 10
Wild Ones
Call Me Maybe

15. Take Care

28. Paradise

43. I Will Always Love You

49. Princess Of China

66. Dancin' Away With My Heart

68. Mirror

95. Suntan City

125. Just A Kiss

179. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

[ListenToItTwice]

Mar 13, 2012 22:02:06 GMT -5 Stefan85 said:

Mar 13, 2012 10:52:01 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

I'm glad radio is starting to embrace other artists that aren't Rihanna, Katy & Adele. I'm liking the little bit of diversity in Pop music :)

Quite amazing how Adele wouldn't have even been in that sentence a year ago and now people are getting sick of her. I thought Adele was finally the long awaited diversity people were clamoring for in pop music? ???

She certainly contributes some excellent diversity, and is easily the best multiple-hit artist in years, but one good artist does not constitute a diverse playlist.

[HolidayGuy]

Looks like M83 debuts, thanks in part to the addition of new streaming data. :)

www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/billboard-nielsen-digitalmusic-org-launch-1006451952.story

Billboard, Nielsen, DigitalMusic.org Launch First-Ever Subscription Services 'On-Demand Songs' Chart
March 14, 2012
By Billboard staff

Billboard, Nielsen and NARM's digitalmusic.org announced today the launch of the first-ever subscription services "On-Demand Songs" chart, and that this data will also be included in the Billboard Hot 100.

On-demand streaming data is now factored into the chart's ranking, enhancing a formula that includes digital download track sales and physical singles sales, as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan; as well as radio airplay and other streaming services, as tracked by Nielsen BDS.

This new Billboard chart, in coordination with digitalmusic.org's Subscription Music Work Group, and powered by Nielsen BDS, which began tracking streaming activity in 2005, measures every on-demand play request and plays from unlimited listener-controlled radio channels on MOG, Muve Music, Rdio, Rhapsody, Slacker and Spotify; data from Zune and Sony Music Unlimited is expected to be added in the coming weeks. The plays tracked for the On-Demand Songs chart include streams and tethered downloads by both paying and free/trial tier users. Through the first 70 days of 2012, Nielsen BDS has captured more than 4.5. billion audio streams.

"Billboard always recognizes trends in the way fans experience music. With some of these services growing exponentially and integrating into the social web, the time is right to launch a streaming chart and to incorporate this activity into the Hot 100," said Bill Werde, Billboard's editorial director.

"Nielsen has been capturing streaming data since 2005 when the impact of digital music consumption was clear," said Chris Muratore, VP, Merchant Services & Emerging Growth for Entertainment, Nielsen. "As our relationships have grown to include most of the largest music streaming services in the business, we have measured an all-time weekly high of more than 625 million total streams in the past week alone. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Billboard and partners like NARM to provide the most comprehensive measurement and analysis for the industry and our clients."

"The last year has seen an explosion of both subscribers and traffic to music subscription services, and the business is now contributing meaningfully to the music industry's growing digital music revenues. This chart marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the music subscription business," said Bill Wilson, VP of Business Development and Digital Strategy, NARM/digitalmusic.org. "The new Billboard chart is the definitive endorsement of the importance of the music subscription market and, as Nielsen continues to track tremendous growth, its influence can only become more important in the future."

The number and types of outlets that people utilize to consume music continues to grow, and due to the rise of so many user-based platforms, the impact consumers have also continues to increase. Never in the 50-plus year history of the Hot 100 has a music fan had more of an influence on the chart's rankings as they do today.

"The methodology behind all of the Billboard charts is ever-evolving to incorporate new technologies and the emerging ways consumers listen to and buy music" said Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's director of charts. "Accounting for an interactive medium such as streaming, both in the Hot 100 chart and the On-Demand Songs chart, provides an even more accurate gauge of the songs that are truly the most popular in the country."

The Hot 100 formula, in addition to tracking terrestrial radio and digital track sales, will now account for the streaming data that makes up the On-Demand Songs chart, as well as non-demand radio streams from Rhapsody and Slacker. The chart rankings will also measure plays on video request service Akoo and audio on-demand streams from MySpace and Guvera. Yahoo! radio streams and Yahoo! on-demand video plays, which were previously part of the Hot 100 formula, will continue to contribute to the chart's ranking. The streaming data is provided to and processed by Nielsen BDS, which provides music research and monitoring services for the entertainment industry.

The first-ever No. 1 atop On-Demand Songs belongs to New York act Fun. and its hit "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, with a total of 1.1 million streams, according to Nielsen BDS. The track also tops the re-formatted Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week. The rest of the On-Demand Songs top five are as follows: "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Rack City" by Tyga, "N---as In Paris" by Jay-Z & Kanye West and "Take Care" by Drake featuring Rihanna. Each of those songs posts a better ranking on this week's Hot 100 than it would have had the chart not undergone this week's addition of greater streaming data. For instance, Gotye's track ranks at No. 5 on the Hot 100, instead of No. 8, while the Drake/Rihanna collaboration re-enters the top 10 at a new peak of No. 7; it would have remained outside the top 10 under the old formula.

Other notable titles on the On-Demand Songs chart that are outperforming their sales rankings and airplay placements on the Hot 100's main component charts (Digital Songs and Radio Songs) include Tyga's "Rack City," Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" and Avicii's "Levels." The addition of streaming data to the Hot 100 thusly boosts these songs' standings on that chart, as evidenced by the No. 15 rank for Tyga (instead of No. 18), the No. 40 rank for Big Sean (instead of No. 52) and the No. 66 rank for Avicii (instead of No. 80). Moreover, artists such as M83 at No. 74 (with "Midnight City"), and Skrillex at No. 83 (with "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"), debut and re-enter, respectively, on the Hot 100 primarily due to the influx of data from the newly incorporated streaming services. Also, a prior established hit, "You Da One" by Rihanna (No. 31 on On-Demand Songs), moves 97-76 on this week's Hot 100, whereas it would have fallen off the chart if the list's methodology had not been changed.


Other recent updates to the Billboard charts include the launch of the Social 50 chart that measures artist engagement activity on Facebook, Twitter and other leading social networks and Uncharted, a ranking of top artists yet to land on another major Billboard chart that is also based on activity on social and streaming platforms.

The updated Hot 100 and the new On-Demand Songs chart will be available on Billboard.com and Billboard.biz tomorrow morning (March 15) and will be featured in the March 24 issue of Billboard magazine, which hits newsstands on March 16. The On-Demand Songs chart will also be featured each week on www.digitalmusic.org.

[Deleted]

A welcome change!

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/#/news/bruce-springsteen-squeaks-by-adele-earns-1006452352.story?utm_source=most_recent

Over on the Digital Songs chart this week, the entire top five all hold their positions for a second week.

Fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae), is No. 1 with 322,000 (up 7%), the Wanted's "Glad You Came" is No. 2 (191,000; down 7%) and Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" is No. 3 (175,000; down 11%). Nicki Minaj's "Starships" is No. 4 (163,000; up 2%) and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) is No. 5 (153,000; up 3%).



Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" (featuring Sia) jumps 11-6 with 151,000 (up 44%), Katy Perry's "Part of Me" is steady at No. 7 with 124,000 (down 13%) and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" vaults 13-8 with 118,000 (up 25%). Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" (6-9 with 114,000; down 21%) and Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free" (holding at No. 10 with 103,000; down 6%) round out the top 10.


Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.76 million downloads, down 5% compared to last week (27.12 million) and up 6% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (24.28 million). Year to date track sales are at 283.80 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (264.90 million).

[Deleted]

The first-ever No. 1 atop On-Demand Songs belongs to New York act Fun. and its hit "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, with a total of 1.1 million streams, according to Nielsen BDS. The track also tops the re-formatted Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.

No great surprise, but fun. holds at #1 on the Hot 100 with "We Are Young" for a second consecutive week.

[josh]

4. RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 99.404 (- 1.383)

YES!

Did the Billboard article mention the new numbers for computing points? Before was 50/45% airplay and sales, 5% streaming. I didn't see any new numbers...

[HolidayGuy]

^No- but, that just gives an idea, anyhow. One track could have an overwhelming amount of airplay or sales compared to the other component, which would throw off those ratios.

[Rodze]

Does anyone bother to make that top 10 prediction so we can see how close some songs are?

If WAY has 1.1 million streaming points, I'm guessing that it must equal 11k digital downloads, but maybe the 5-8 position are so close that even only 5.5k or 1.1k digital downloads equivalent points would make a difference.

[HolidayGuy]

^Further down the chart, too, must be close- for "You Da One" to jump 21 spots, when it's ranked No. 31 on the On-Demand chart.

[imbuemyblue]

This is an exciting change! Should make the charts more difficult to predict in a way that will keep us all on our toes. :)