Billboard Hot 100: 08/25/2012

[HolidayGuy]

RE why the cutoff days for airplay and sales differ: A sensible reason, actually.

It takes a couple of days for sales data to process, whereas the airplay info doesn't take as long. So, Billboard uses the most up-to-the-minute airplay info it can for the Hot 100.

[brucelover]

Aug 15, 2012 16:09:00 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Aug 15, 2012 15:54:12 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Y.U. Mad+bedrock+roger that

43 in total

It should be 45 (excluding All i do is win and hello good morning remixes where she wasn't credited).

BedRock doesn't count. She was credited into Young Money. Just like Destiny's Child doesn't count for Beyoncé.

That's not what the BeyHive says.

[brucelover]

"Whistle" is the rightful #1 tbh, it's the IT song right now and is #1 by far on sales.

"Lights" and "Wide Awake" were never the IT songs, a #2 peak is appropiate.

[Push The Button]

Aug 15, 2012 19:58:12 GMT -5 brucelover said:

"Whistle" is the rightful #1 tbh, it's the IT song right now and is #1 by far on sales.

"Lights" and "Wide Awake" were never the IT songs, a #2 peak is appropiate.

People love to designate "rightful" #1 singles around here.

I've heard Lights and Wide Awake. Never heard Whistle.

[Honeymoon]

Aug 15, 2012 20:13:01 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

Aug 15, 2012 19:58:12 GMT -5 brucelover said:

"Whistle" is the rightful #1 tbh, it's the IT song right now and is #1 by far on sales.

"Lights" and "Wide Awake" were never the IT songs, a #2 peak is appropiate.

People love to designate "rightful" #1 singles around here.

I've heard Lights and Wide Awake. Never heard Whistle.

I hear "Wide Awake" on the radio and talked about more IRL than "Whistle" or "Lights". I do hear "Lights" more than "Whistle" though. It's just a perspective, individual thing though. That's why the Hot 100 is measured by concrete measurements like airplay numbers, hard sales and streaming plays.

[d.t.m]

Yes, FLO!

Like Ke$ha, Carly came one week short of matching You Light Up My Life & Foolish.

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Aug 15, 2012 20:59:19 GMT -5 d.t.m said:

Yes, FLO!

Like Ke$ha, Carly came one week short of matching You Light Up My Life & Foolish.

And Physical.

[moore746]

When Flo Rida hit the scene in 2008 who in the world would have thought he would still be a consistent hit-maker four and a half years later?!

[Deleted]

Week Ending Aug. 12, 2012. Songs: Flo Rida Breaks Female Lock
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 5 hours ago

Flo Rida's "Whistle" jumps to #1 on the Hot 100, displacing Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," which was #1 for nine weeks. Female solo artists and male/female collabos have had a near-lock on the #1 spot this year. "Whistle" is only the second #1 hit so far this year on which a woman wasn't at least featured. The only other all-male #1 of 2012 is LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It," which hit #1 in January.
The last time a male solo artist who was strictly solo hit #1 was in February 2011, when Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" grabbed the top spot for one week.
"Whistle" is Flo Rida's third #1 hit in less than five years. His previous #1s were "Low" (featuring T-Pain) and "Right Round" (featuring Ke$ha, whose credit was mysteriously removed mid-way through the song's run at #1.) Flo Rida is the hottest act to come out of the Sunshine State since KC & the Sunshine Band, which knocked out five #1 hits between 1975 and 1980.
Billboard's Gary Trust notes that Flo Rida is one of only five rappers in chart history to amass three or more #1 hits on the Hot 100 as a lead (or co-lead) artist. He follows Puff Daddy (a.k.a. Diddy), Nelly, 50 Cent and Eminem, each of whom piled up four #1 hits as lead artists.
Ellie Goulding's "Lights," which initially seemed to have the edge to move up to #1 this week, holds at #2 for the second week. Her biggest U.K. hit to date, a cover of Elton John's "Your Song," also peaked at #2. "Lights" stalled at #49 in the U.K.
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" drops to #3 following nine weeks on top. It's the #3 song for the year-to-date. Though Jepsen is 26, she sounds 10 years younger on this fizzy smash. It's the opposite of the situation with Jackie Evancho, who is 12 but sounds about 35. Jepsen's follow-up, "Good Time," a collabo with Owl City, jumps from #14 to #13 in its seventh week, matching its highest ranking to date. Digital sales rank: #9 (122K).
Katy Perry's "Wide Awake," which holds at #4 for the second week, tops the 2 million mark in digital sales this week. It's the 19th song to top 2 million in sales so far this year. Perry is the only artist (lead or featured) to have two of them. Her #1 smash "Part Of Me" has sold 2,295,000 copies.
"Payphone" by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa holds at #5 for the second week. The song spent 15 weeks in the top three. Billboard's Silvio Pietroluongo notes that it's one of only four songs to spent that many weeks in the top three without reaching #1. The others: Le Ann Rimes' "How Do I Live," Shania Twain's "You're Still The One" and "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring One Republic.
Maroon 5's follow-up, "One More Night," jumps from #30 to #15 in its eighth week. Digital sales rank: #7 (134K). Will the group have two songs in the top 10 simultaneously at some point in the next few weeks? Place your bets.
.fun's "Some Nights" jumps from #11 to #8 in its 25th week. The New York-based group spent six weeks at #1 in March and April with "We Are Young" featuring Janelle Monae. Trust notes that .fun is the first rock group to send its first two Hot 100 hits into the top 10 since Daughtry scored in 2007 with "It's Not Over" and "Home." (Just prior to Daughtry, The Fray achieved the feat in 2006 with "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How To Save A Life.")
Phillip Phillips' "Home" holds at #9 for the second week. This is the song's third week in the top 10. That's the most weeks in the top 10 for a song by an American Idol champ in the year of his or her coronation since Jordin Sparks' "Tattoo" spent six weeks in the top 10 in 2007. Phillips' hit tops David Cook's "The Time Of My Life," which spent two weeks in the top 10 in 2008.
In addition, "Home" tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. The song owes its second wind to its use in NBC's coverage of women's gymnastics during the Olympics. Something like this has happened before. "Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)" by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. became a top 10 hit in November 1976 after it accompanied footage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comanechi's routines on ABC's Wide World Of Sports. (The song was concurrently featured as the theme song to The Young And The Restless, which debuted in March 1973—and is still on the air.)
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 songs.
The Top Five: Flo Rida's "Whistle" jumps from #3 to #1 in its 13th week on the chart. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (217K)… Ellie Goulding's "Lights" holds at #2 for the second week in its 34th week on the chart. This is its eighth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #11 (111K)… Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" drops from #1 to #3 in its 25th week on the chart. This is its 20th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #3 (156K)… Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" holds at #4 for the second week in its 12th week on the chart. This is its 10th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #6 (136K)…"Payphone" by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa holds at #5 for the second week its 17th week on the chart. It has been in the top five the entire time. Digital sales rank: #13 (97K).
The Second Five: "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra holds at #6 for the third week in its 32nd week on the chart. This is its 24th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #19 (74K)…"Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia rebounds from #8 to #7 in its 18th week on the chart. This matches its highest ranking to date. This is its seventh week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #15 (91K)….fun's "Some Nights" jumps from #11 to #8 in its 25th week. Digital sales rank: #5 (149K)…Phillip Phillips' "Home" holds at #9 for the second week in its seventh week on the chart. This is its third week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #2 (212K)… Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" drops from #7 to #10 in its 17th week on the chart. This is its 11th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #32 (48K).
P!nk's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" dips from #10 to #11, ending (for now at least) a four-week run in the top 10.
"As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean jumps from #15 to #12 in its eighth week. Digital sales rank: #8 (130K). I expect it to become Bieber's third top five hit, following "Baby" (featuring Ludacris) and "Boyfriend"…Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back" dips from #13 to #14 in its ninth week. The song has climbed as high as #12. Digital sales rank: #10 (117K)…Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart A Break" jumps from #18 to #16 in its 19th week...Alex Clare's "Too Close" jumps from #24 to #21 in its 20th week.
Mumford & Sons' "I Will Wait" is the top new entry on this week's Hot 100 at #23. Digital sales rank: #4 (153K). This makes it the group's highest-charting hit to date, topping "The Cave," which peaked at #27. "I Will Wait" is the first single from the group's second album, Babel, which is due Sept. 24.
Babel is the group's follow-up to Sigh No More, which is one of the best-selling albums of the past few years. It has sold 2,377,000 copies. Two songs from the album, "The Cave" and "Little Lion Man," have sold a combined total of 3,422,000 copies. "The Cave" received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year of 2011. The group was nominated for Best New Artist of 2010.
It doesn't take a genius to see that Babel is likely to enter The Billboard 200 at #1. It will be the group's first #1. Sigh No More spent two weeks at #2 in February 2011.
Nicki Minaj's "Pound The Alarm" vaults from #50 to #29 in its third week. If this follows "Starships" into the top 10, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded will have surpassed Pink Friday in terms of spawning top 10 singles. "Super Bass" was the only top 10 hit from Pink Friday.
Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" jumps from #47 to #38 in its sixth week. It's her 17th top 40 hit…The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" jumps from #55 to #49 in its 10th week…Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up" jumps from #68 to #53 in its seventh week…Train's "50 Ways To Say Goodbye" jumps from #71 to #54 in its fifth week…. "Pop That" by French Montana featuring Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne jumps from #78 to #70 in its fifth week.
Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (great title) debuts at #72. It's the first single from her fourth studio album Red, which is due Oct. 22. The song is expected to jump to #1 (or very close to it) next week. Stay tuned.
Ed Sheeran's "The A Team" jumps from #92 to #85 in its fifth week…Future's "Turn On The Lights" debuts at #89. It's from the band's debut album Pluto, which debuted and peaked at #8 on The Billboard 200 in April…Jake Owen's "The One That Got Away" debuts at #93. The song (not the Katy Perry song) is from his album Barefoot Blue Jean Night.
Lady Antebellum's "Wanted You More" re-enters the chart at #94. The song, from Own The Night, has climbed as high as #34…The Black Keys' "Gold On The Ceiling" re-enters at #99. The song, from El Camino, has climbed as high as #94…Green Day's "Oh Love" debuts at #100. The song is from the band's forthcoming album, Uno!, which is due Sept. 25.
OneRepublic's "Good Life" and Jason Derulo's "In My Head" both top the 3 million mark in digital sales this week. These are the second 3-million-sellers for both acts. Timbaland's 2007 smash "Apologize," on which OneRepublic was featured, has sold 5,426,000 copies. Derulo's 2009 hit "Whatcha Say" has sold 3,782,000.
Wiz Khalifa's "Work Hard, Play Hard" and Tim McGraw's "Felt Good On My Lips" both top the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. This is McGraw's third 1 million-seller, following "Live Like You Were Dying" (1,731,000) and "My Little Girl" (1,027,000).

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-12-2012-songs-flo-rida-212614570.html

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So...

11. Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
12. As Long As You Love Me
13. Good Time
14. Want U Back
15. One More Night
16. Give Your Heart A Break
21. Too Close
23. I Will Wait
29. Pound The Alarm
38. Blown Away
49. Ho Hey
53. Don't Wake Me Up
54. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
70. Pop That
72. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
85. The A Team
89. Turn On The Lights
94. Wanted You More
99. Gold On The Ceiling
100. Oh Love

[d.t.m]

Aug 15, 2012 21:17:03 GMT -5 @peigan68 said:

Aug 15, 2012 20:59:19 GMT -5 d.t.m said:

Yes, FLO!

Like Ke$ha, Carly came one week short of matching You Light Up My Life & Foolish.

And Physical.

Well, yes, but I was specifically referring to female debut singles.

[Deleted]

My mistake then. Sorry.

[Lozzy]

Congratulations, Flo!

[imbondz]

I like Flo Rida. Don't love Whistle, but love Good Feeling, thought that should have been a #1 song.

Couldn't be more excited for next weeks charts. If Taylor Swift doesn't shoot to #1, then the chart formula is messed up. Her song will absolutely be the biggest song in the country next week. The first time I heard it I thought, 'holy crap could that be catchier'. Great song!

[Deleted]

I hate Whistle as much as the next gay, but obviously most people haven't heard it yet considering it's the lowest on airplay. The H100 isn't an airplay chart.

[jasontoralba]

The bottomline is "The digital sales is still the most dominant among all the components of the BBHOT 100." :)

[badrobot]

So, I think the reason BB adjusted airplay up a bit is to have a closer to even ratio between airplay and all consumer-driven data (since both sales and on-demand streaming are actively chosen by the consumer).

The entire top 4 (those are the only ones I'm looking at) still get less than half their points from airplay.

If you look at what % of their totals come from each format, it's:

(sales/streaming/airplay)
Flo Rida: 56% 19% 25%
Ellie: 30% 22% 48%
Carly: 43% 21% 36%
Katy: 37% 15% 48%

[Deleted]

Aug 16, 2012 7:16:57 GMT -5 jasontoralba said:

The bottomline is "The digital sales is still the most dominant among all the components of the BBHOT 100." :)

Except it's not. We just have a chart where the top songs aren't powerhouses in any of the components right now, so a song that is fairly balanced in them was able to hit #1 and next week a song that is getting an excessive amount of points will be #1.

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Billboard Hot 100

01 03 13 Flo Rida, Whistle
02 02 34 Ellie Goulding, Lights
03 01 25 Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe
04 04 12 Katy Perry, Wide Awake
05 05 17 Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa, Payphone
06 06 32 Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know
07 08 18 David Guetta Featuring Sia, Titanium
08 11 25 Fun., Some Nights
09 09 07 Phillip Phillips, Home
10 07 17 Rihanna, Where Have You Been

11 10 06 P!nk, Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
12 15 08 Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean, As Long As You Love Me
13 14 07 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, Good Time
14 13 09 Cher Lloyd, Want U Back
15 30 08 Maroon 5, One More Night
16 18 19 Demi Lovato, Give Your Heart A Break
17 19 22 Neon Trees, Everybody Talks
18 12 16 Usher, Scream
19 17 14 Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo, Let's Go
20 16 19 Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Mercy

21 24 20 Alex Clare, Too Close
22 23 10 Little Big Town, Pontoon
23 NE 01 Mumford & Sons, I Will Wait
24 20 34 Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
25 21 26 One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful
26 26 14 2 Chainz Featuring Drake, No Lie
27 27 32 Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up
28 22 26 Nicki Minaj, Starships
29 50 03 Nicki Minaj, Pound The Alarm
30 25 32 Flo Rida Featuring Sia, Wild Ones

31 28 20 Havana Brown Featuring Pitbull, We Run The Night
32 29 13 Kenny Chesney, Come Over
33 32 13 Love And Theft, Angel Eyes
34 36 16 Hunter Hayes, Wanted
35 35 16 Wiz Khalifa, Work Hard, Play Hard
36 33 31 Train, Drive By
37 31 31 The Wanted, Glad You Came
38 47 06 Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
39 34 19 Gloriana, (Kissed You) Good Night
40 42 04 Jason Aldean, Take A Little Ride

41 38 34 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
42 44 08 Kelly Clarkson, Dark Side
43 45 19 Trey Songz, Heart Attack
44 48 16 Grouplove, Tongue Tied
45 49 09 Blake Shelton, Over
46 46 12 Usher Featuring Rick Ross, Lemme See
47 40 18 Ca$hOut, Cashin' Out
48 39 24 Luke Bryan, Drunk On You
49 55 10 The Lumineers, Ho Hey
50 52 11 The Wanted, Chasing The Sun

51 56 19 Of Monsters And Men, Little Talks
52 57 20 Josh Turner, Time Is Love
53 68 07 Chris Brown, Don't Wake Me Up
54 71 05 Train, 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
55 58 04 No Doubt, Settle Down
56 60 15 Jana Kramer, Why Ya Wanna
57 62 08 Meek Mill Featuring Drake, Amen
58 63 07 Matchbox Twenty, She's So Mean
59 51 14 Dierks Bentley, 5-1-5-0
60 53 20 Justin Bieber, Boyfriend

61 65 06 Trey Songz Featuring T.I., 2 Reasons
62 61 06 Tim McGraw, Truck Yeah
63 59 17 Linkin Park, Burn It Down
64 41 20 One Direction, One Thing
65 64 14 The Band Perry, Postcard From Paris
66 70 09 Lee Brice, Hard To Love
67 67 13 Dustin Lynch, Cowboys And Angels
68 69 07 Wale Featuring Rick Ross, Meek Mill & T-Pain, Bag Of Money
69 73 11 Keith Urban, For You
70 78 05 French Montana Featuring Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne, Pop That

71 72 15 B.o.B Featuring Taylor Swift, Both Of Us
72 NE 01 Taylor Swift, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
73 54 13 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Ryan Tedder, The Fighter
74 76 07 Zac Brown Band, The Wind
75 66 19 Pitbull, Back In Time
76 74 19 DJ Khaled Featuring Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne, Take It To The Head
77 82 02 Miguel, Adorn
78 75 13 J. Cole Featuring Missy Elliott, Nobody's Perfect
79 83 10 Imagine Dragons, It's Time
80 81 09 Driicky Graham, Snap Backs & Tattoos

81 85 03 Miranda Lambert, Fastest Girl In Town
82 77 05 Frank Ocean, Thinkin Bout You
83 80 19 Nicki Minaj Featuring 2 Chainz, Beez In The Trap
84 87 03 Rascal Flatts, Come Wake Me Up
85 92 05 Ed Sheeran, The A Team
86 84 10 Lil Wayne Featuring Big Sean, My Homies Still
87 86 10 Thompson Square, Glass
88 88 05 Big & Rich, That's Why I Pray
89 NE 01 Future, Turn On The Lights
90 91 06 Easton Corbin, Lovin' You Is Fun

91 94 02 Keyshia Cole Featuring Lil Wayne, Enough Of No Love
92 97 03 Chris Young, Neon
93 NE 01 Jake Owen, The One That Got Away
94 RE 02 Lady Antebellum, Wanted You More
95 100 02 Kendrick Lamar, Swimming Pools (Drank)
96 95 06 Nero, Promises
97 99 02 Ne-Yo, Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
98 93 02 Imagine Dragons, Radioactive
99 RE 06 The Black Keys, Gold On The Ceiling
100 NE 01 Green Day, Oh Love

Going recurrent from last week's Top 50:
Calvin Harris, Feel So Close: peak 12 wks on 27
Karmin, Brokenhearted: peak 16 wks on 22

[Deleted]

How many consecutive weeks has Nicki Minaj spent in the top 100, and is she near a record?

By record I mean something like "most consecutive weeks with multiple entries"

[icefire9]

Nowhere close, Rihanna and Katy are both extending their consecutive weeks on the hot 100. Katy's been on for over 2 years and Rihanna for much, much longer.

Also: 51 56 19 Of Monsters And Men, Little Talks
So close!

[imbondz]

I live in Nashville and Whistle and Wide Awake are played every hour. I rarely hear Lights on the radio, only on my iPod.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/column/chartbeat/elvis-presley-madonna-the-day-the-music-1005317502.story

Here's an updated look at the solo women to make the most appearances in the Hot 100's 54-year history:

73, Aretha Franklin
56, Madonna
56, Dionne Warwick
53, Connie Francis
48, Brenda Lee
46, Taylor Swift
44, Mariah Carey
41, Nicki Minaj
41, Barbra Streisand
40, Mary J. Blige
40, Diana Ross

[badrobot]

Taylor and Nicki will probably zoom past Madonna within the next couple years...

[areyoureadytojump]

^Which is why they need to split the list up. One for artists before 2005 and one for after.

[Au$tin]

Aug 16, 2012 16:02:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Which is why they need to split the list up. One for artists before 2005 and one for after.

I don't think so. 2005-early 2012 obviously has artists come in with a bunch more songs than before due to the new rules, but now we're in a new streaming era that will hinder songs from debuting due to solely moderate digital sales.

[Deleted]

Even with streaming, big digital sellers could still easily debut countdown singles and popular album tracks.

[Deleted]

Yeah, streaming has a lessened effect on the bottom of the Hot 100 in comparison to the top.

[Au$tin]

Well, yes, but Taylor Swift's Speak Now had all 14 tracks debut in the Hot 100. With the new formula, most likely only the countdown singles and the highest selling album tracks would have debuted. Maybe 7-10 tracks instead of all 14?

[badrobot]

Chart trends change -- you could say "radio singles" to pare that list down.
When you look at top tens it is a lot more "fair" over the decades. But even then the lead vs featured issue comes up.

[Rodze]

Aug 16, 2012 16:40:30 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Well, yes, but Taylor Swift's Speak Now had all 14 tracks debut in the Hot 100. With the new formula, most likely only the countdown singles and the highest selling album tracks would have debuted. Maybe 7-10 tracks instead of all 14?

It's still 7-10 more than anyone would have before digital tracks.


Billboard can put in parenthesis how many have reached top 10/20/40 if the point is to restrict to actual hits or something.

Edit: badrobot above had the same idea.