Songs could've been #1 if released earlier

[leoapp]

Lady Gaga - Judas/The Edge Of Glory/You & I/Marry The Night, basically any lead singles from BTW could've hit #1, cos it was so anticipated with huge promo as well

Britney Spears - Till The World Ends/I Wanna Go, after Womanizer, we learned that any lead single from Britney is a sure #1 debut.
Britney Spears - Circus/If U Seek Amy, her comeback was so anticipated, any lead single could've hit #1

Mariah Carey - Bye Bye/I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time/I Stay In Love, basically any lead singles from E=MC2 could've hit #1, cos it was so anticipated with huge promo as well repressed itunes release

Nicki Minaj - Superbass, sad that it's only a bonus track

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away, well, if it was released as a 4th or 5th, it could've hit #1, but a 6th single was more difficult

Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music, maybe if it's released right after Umbrella
Rihanna - Talk That Talk, it could've been as big as WFL

Beyonce - Halo, sad they picked the weaker If I Were A Boy

More examples?

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If "Kissing A Fool" hadn't been a 6th single it would have easily gone #1. Heck, if it and "One More Try" had switched slots, I could easily see George Michael having 5 #1s from Faith.

[radio2009]

If "Fastlove" had been the 1st single from "Older" instead of the slow "Jesus To a Child" it would have gone to #1

[wavey.]

If properly timed, You Da One.

[atlantaboy]

Mar 14, 2012 21:35:32 GMT -5 leoapp said:

Lady Gaga - Judas

There is absolutely no way that would've ever hit #1, no matter when it was released

[atlantaboy]

Mar 15, 2012 12:31:15 GMT -5 wavey. said:

If properly timed, You Da One.

Really don't think that would've ever possibly hit #1 either - such an awkward hook IMO

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Beautiful Mistakes could've gone #1 if it was released as Jordi's lead single instead of Memories. I feel like the slightly wider appeal and the growing hype around Megan at the time would've pushed it over the edge, especially when the competition (assuming its chance at #1 would be the same week Memories was at #2) was Circles at a time when it had less points than it did a few weeks later when it was #3.

Also, I'm rather confident that literally any Scorpion single could've gone #1 if it was released in Nice For What's place.

[Glass Joe]

There was someone who said on YouTube that “No Mistakes” by Patty Smyth (which was a great song that only barely made the Top 20) would have most likely been a Top 5 hit if it were released in 1989 instead of 1993. Maybe even would have made it to # 1.

I say the same for “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” by Def Leppard. I could have easily seen that go higher in the 80s.

Also, Puddle of Mudd had a release in 2008 that didn’t really chart called “We Don’t Have to Look Back Now.” I think that would have easily been a Top 5 smash if it came out in 2004 maybe.

[Private Dancer]

Around The World by Lisa Stansfield and Don't Wanna Fall In Love by Jane Child. They had enough points to hit #1 any other week of that year.

Don't Rush Me by Taylor Dayne...if it was released after Prove Your Love or Tell It To My Heart it definitely would've been #1.

Valley of The Dolls could've been #1 but Sittin At The Dock of The Bay had higher sales and airplay and Dionne had pretty strong sales and airplay with that song.

Work It by Missy Elliot. If she had released earlier she definitely would've gotten #1. While Dilemmia airplay was decling she could've notched at least a week before Lose Yourself took that spot.

Don't Cha and Pon DE Replay...thats self explanatory

[Clode]

Well "Thriller" would have most likely gone to #1 on the Hot 100 had that been released as a single earlier, The same thing could be said about "Smooth Criminal" had that likewise been released as a single earlier. 

[Private Dancer]

Slow Hand by the Pointer Sisters. They had super high sales and airplay that year to go to #1 but not enough to beat out Endless Love or Bette Davis Eyes

[Private Dancer]

Real Love by Jody Watley it had over 100M audience impressions for about 2 weeks from pop alone...and went to #1 on pop radio

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Any of the songs that were blocked by "Old Town Road"'s 19-week #1 domination had they were released a month or two before "Old Town Road" went to #1 ("Me!" not doing so still pains me to this day)

Future and Drake's "Life is Good" really had potential to be #1, it was only on the wrong time with "The Box" blowing up. If it was only released around November 2019 before The Weeknd released "Heartless"/"Blinding Lights" and Roddy Ricch for "Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial", where the top was still weak, it could've gotten like a week or two at #1.

[gikem]

Since U Been Gone would have had a great shot at #1 if it were released when it was expected to (fall 2004, prior to the release of Breakaway). Instead, the title track, which was previously a soundtrack single for The Princess Diaries 2, became a sleeper hit and eventually peaked late in the year, meaning that SUBG was pushed later and was forced to peak at #2 behind Candy Shop.

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I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God could have made had Halsey released it as the lead single prior to the album release