Billboard Hot 100: 02/23/13

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Retro Top 10's for this week:

1 year since this mess!


1 year ago (2/25/12)

1 1 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (2nd week of 3 @ #1)
2 2 Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
3 41 We Are Young - fun. ft. Janelle Monae
4 9 Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO
5 3 Good Feeling - Flo Rida
6 4 We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
7 RE I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
8 5 Turn Me On - David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj
9 7 Rack City - Tyga
10 13 Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj & MIA


5 years ago (2/23/08)

1 1 Low - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain (8th week of 10 @ #1)
2 2 With You - Chris Brown
3 3 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
4 5 No One - Alicia Keys
5 4 Apologize - Timbaland & OneRepublic
6 6 Love Song - Sara Bareilles
7 9 New Soul - Yael Naim
8 8 Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg
9 10 Take You There - Sean Kingston
10 11 Sorry - Buckcherry


10 years ago (2/22/03)

1 1 All I Have - Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J (3rd week of 4 @ #1)
2 4 In Da Club - 50 Cent
3 2 Mesmerize - Ja Rule ft. Ashanti
4 3 Bump Bump Bump - B2K ft. P Diddy
5 7 Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake
6 6 I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
7 5 Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
8 8 Miss You - Aaliyah
9 11 Gossip Folks - Missy Elliott ft. Ludacris
10 9 Landslide - Dixie Chicks


15 years ago (2/21/98)

1 1 Nice & Slow - Usher (2nd and final week @ #1)
2 2 Together Again - Janet
3 4 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
4 3 How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
5 5 Been Around The World - Puff Daddy & The Family ft. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase
6 6 I Don't Ever Want To See You Again - Uncle Sam
7 7 A Song For Mama - Boyz II Men
8 8 No No No - Destiny's child
9 22 Too Much - Spice Girls
10 16 What You Want - Mase ft. Total


Hot 100 Airplay from 15 years ago

1 1 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (4th week of 10 @ #1)
2 2 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
3 3 3 AM - Matchbox 20
4 4 Walkin' On The Sun - Smash Mouth
5 6 As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys

4/5 on the airplay chart not released as commercial singles...

[Love Plastic Love]

I am always surprised by Rihanna's single sales. They almost always seem like they should be higher. Before anyone gets defensive yes I realize 2.5 million isn't the end of the world by any means and most would kill for that. Her songs just always seem bigger to me than the actual single numbers.

[ILLUSION]

OMG will CMB get into that Top 10!?

[josh]

Feb 12, 2013 0:49:03 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

I am always surprised by Rihanna's single sales. They almost always seem like they should be higher. Before anyone gets defensive yes I realize 2.5 million isn't the end of the world by any means and most would kill for that. Her songs just always seem bigger to me than the actual single numbers.

Right, idk total WFL sales but it's only 4x platinum and TTT (album) only sold barely over 1 million. Not bad or anything, but for the airplay MONSTER that was WFL, that's just way too low.

[Deleted]

WFL is at like 4.7, which might seem bad but TTT sold more than the albums of everyone else in the year end top 10 songs, other than 1D I think.

[josh]

you sound like billboard

[Enigma.]

A bit off-topic but is there an updated list of acts who have sold the most digital songs?

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

[nivekwriter1]

TUESDAY'S UPDATE:
TOP 20

1. TAYLOR SWIFT - I Knew You Were Trouble: 194.074 (+ 0.631)
2. BRUNO MARS - Locked Out Of Heaven: 180.656 (- 1.842)
3. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA - Don't You Worry Child: 148.191 (+ 2.000)
4. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - Thrift Shop f/Wanz: 147.008 (+ 2.935)
5. LUMINEERS - Ho Hey: 144.402 (- 0.829)
6. WILL.I.AM & BRITNEY SPEARS - Scream And Shout: 132.493 (+ 2.579)
7. PINK - Try: 123.139 (- 0.004)
8. JUSTIN BIEBER - Beauty And A Beat f/N. Minaj: 115.417 (- 3.134)
9. MAROON 5 - Daylight: 104.785 (+ 1.809)
10. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Suit & Tie f/JAY Z: 93.519 (+ 0.639)
11. CALVIN HARRIS - Sweet Nothing f/Florence Welch: 91.612 (+ 0.407)
12. ALICIA KEYS - Girl On Fire: 90.548 (- 0.229)
13. KELLY CLARKSON - Catch My Breath: 89.449 (+ 0.946)
14. MAROON 5 - One More Night: 85.452 (- 1.370)
15. PHILLIP PHILLIPS - Home: 80.253 (- 1.812)
16. RIHANNA - Diamonds: 75.696 (- 2.809)
17. IMAGINE DRAGONS - It's Time: 74.459 (- 0.350)
18. 20. A$AP ROCKY - F**kin Problems f/Drake: 72.358 (+ 1.083)
19. FUN. - Some Nights: 67.375 (- 0.311)
20. KE$HA - C'mon: 64.067 (+ 1.206)

OTHERS:

THE BAND PERRY - Better Dig Two: 66.906 (+ 0.211)
FLO RIDA - I Cry: 66.278 (- 1.704)
ED SHEERAN - The A Team: 66.246 (- 1.792)
RIHANNA - Pour It Up: 64.552 (+ 1.452)
TIM MCGRAW - One Of The Nights: 63.393
BRAD PRAISLEY - Southern Comfert Zone: 63.272
MUMFORD & SONS - I Will Wait: 62.297 (+ 0.994)
OF MONSTERS AND MEN - Little Talks: 58.268 (+ 0.996)
BRUNO MARS - When I Was Your Man: 55.044 (+ 2.790)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Two Black Cadillacs: 48.218 (+ 0.554)
BLAKE SHELTON - Sure Be Cool If You Did: 43.348 (+ 0.466)
MUSE - Madness: 31.357 (+ 0.025)
FUN. - Carry On: 30.051 (+ 0.450)
LADY ANTEBELLUM - Downtown: 30.035 (+ 1.257)
OLLY MURS - Troublemaker f/Flo Rida: 30.013 (+ 1.075)
PITBULL - Feel This Moment: 29.360 (+ 0.582)
RIHANNA - Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 20.403 (+ 1.397)
DRAKE - Started From The Bottom: 16.918 (+ 0.307)
ONE DIRECTION - Kiss You: 16.555 (+ 0.982)
BON JOVI - Because We Can: 10.364 (+ 0.055)
FALL OUT BOY - My Songs Know What You Did...: 9.541 (+ 0.509)
PARAMORE - Now: 4.053
PINK - Just Give Me A Reason: 2.081 (+ 0.183)
JESSIE J - Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout...: 0.019

[jenglisbe]

Feb 12, 2013 0:49:03 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

I am always surprised by Rihanna's single sales. They almost always seem like they should be higher. Before anyone gets defensive yes I realize 2.5 million isn't the end of the world by any means and most would kill for that. Her songs just always seem bigger to me than the actual single numbers.

That's because her songs usually get high due to airplay. She gets huge Top 40 and Rhythmic play, and then she often gets good Urban play. That combination is hard to top in terms of impressions.

Her downloads are decent, but almost never as much as you'd think.

"Diamonds" has sold less than "Home," "Ho Hey," "We Are Never...," etc. despite more airplay. And you can't use the album sales excuse here either.

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for the nostalgia, ry4n. :) A note: In that Hot 100 Airplay top 5, "My Heart Will Go On"was released as a CD/cassette single- just not for that particular week.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Feb 12, 2013 10:03:33 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Thanks for the nostalgia, ry4n. :) A note: In that Hot 100 Airplay top 5, "My Heart Will Go On"was released as a CD/cassette single- just not for that particular week.

And it was limited to 650,000 or so copies in order for it to chart and not to cannibalize Titanic and LTAL album sales.

[josh]

Feb 12, 2013 2:26:38 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

A bit off-topic but is there an updated list of acts who have sold the most digital songs?

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

The last one I saw was end of 2011, I believe. I think I looked for a similar one in 2012 but couldn't find anything.

[#LisaRinna]

Feb 12, 2013 2:26:38 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Feb 12, 2013 2:26:38 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

Yeah but Rihanna's #1's came when singles sales are typically the lowest....also How much has We Found Love sold to date?

[josh]

Feb 12, 2013 1:14:16 GMT -5 Codex said:

WFL is at like 4.7

[#LisaRinna]

Feb 12, 2013 11:47:07 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

Yeah but Rihanna's #1's came when singles sales are typically the lowest....

I'm not sure what you mean by that. There's no excuse for her to be having that much airplay and not sell 5 million singles when everyone else has.

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Feb 12, 2013 2:26:38 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

??? I'm pretty sure S&M and Only Girl have passed 3 million, and WMN is close.

[nighttime]

Feb 12, 2013 12:03:58 GMT -5 Codex said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

??? I'm pretty sure S&M and Only Girl have passed 3 million, and WMN is close.

They have.

Rihanna is currently sitting "lucky" at #1 again on iTunes. Whatever.

[#LisaRinna]

Feb 12, 2013 12:03:58 GMT -5 Codex said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

??? I'm pretty sure S&M and Only Girl have passed 3 million, and WMN is close.

I'm pretty sure they may barely have now, 3 years later, but not during their initial run.

WMN a 2nd single that went to #1 before the lead single, not crossing 3 million is a poor showing.
Not to mention 'Rude Boy' still at 2.8 million.

[#LisaRinna]

Feb 12, 2013 12:10:03 GMT -5 nighttime said:

Rihanna is currently sitting "lucky" at #1 again on iTunes. Whatever.

Yes, because of the Grammy performance and video release. I believe it was not even top 50 on iTunes despite receiving Pop airplay before that.

[moore746]

...Isn't Rihanna the #1 selling digital singles artist?

[moore746]

Also: anyone think there is a chance Ho Hey takes #1 next week?

[Deleted]

Thrfit Shop is still #1 combined on iTunes and ahead of it in airplay now, so no.

[moore746]

Feb 12, 2013 13:49:08 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

Thrfit Shop is still #1 combined on iTunes and ahead of it in airplay now, so no.

Shoot, I always forget the combined factor.

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2013 10:35:53 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

Feb 12, 2013 10:03:33 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Thanks for the nostalgia, ry4n. :) A note: In that Hot 100 Airplay top 5, "My Heart Will Go On"was released as a CD/cassette single- just not for that particular week.

And it was limited to 650,000 or so copies in order for it to chart and not to cannibalize Titanic and LTAL album sales.

Many songs in that era were released in limited quanties so it could chart.

[NeRD]

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Feb 12, 2013 2:26:38 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Rihanna might not have one big smash but she's very consistent.

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

Both Only Girl and S&M have sold at least three million.

With the amount of music that Rihanna puts out in comparison to Katy, she is alot more consistent.

[moore746]

Feb 12, 2013 13:57:21 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:06 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Katy Perry has been a lot more consistent than her, and way above the 4 milliion mark at that.

Rihanna has never seen a solo single of hers cross 5 million downloads, despite getting huge airplay. None of the #1s from her Loud album even sold 3 million and they all got to #1 by lucky chance. 'Diamonds' too.

Both Only Girl and S&M have sold at least three million.

With the amount of music that Rihanna puts out in comparison to Katy, she is alot more consistent.

Plus 3+ million for one week #1s is not a poor showing, in my opinion.

[Envoirment]

Feb 12, 2013 12:27:04 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Feb 12, 2013 12:10:03 GMT -5 nighttime said:

Rihanna is currently sitting "lucky" at #1 again on iTunes. Whatever.

Yes, because of the Grammy performance and video release. I believe it was not even top 50 on iTunes despite receiving Pop airplay before that.

It has just over 20 mil AI as of today with no video, so it's not a surprise it wasn't top 50 on itunes.

It regards to "luck". I doubt it was anything to do with that for a couple of reasons;

1. It's Rihanna. When she promotes new songs they tend to do well/see huge boosts.

2. People really like the song. It also helps that it is a different side to Rihanna than what we've seen recently from her.

While Rihanna may not have huge digital sellers (with the exception of WFL), she has many 2 million+ sellers and she also shifts a decent amount of albums along with them. She hasn't had an album sell less than 1 million copies in the US since her 2nd album (not including her most recent as it is still early in its chart life).

[NeRD]

...and she's STILL the Best Selling Digital Artist of All Time with the most downloaded song in America ruling Itunes atm.

So much "luck." :'(

[josh]

Feb 12, 2013 14:04:38 GMT -5 NeRD said:

with the most downloaded song in America

what