Billboard Hot 100: 04/06/2013

[Spidey]

Mar 24, 2013 19:03:13 GMT -5 brucelover said:

TAYLOR SWIFT – 22: 29.654 (+ 1.597)
ICONA POP – I Love It f/Charli XCX: 26.967 (+ 1.027)
FALL OUT BOY – My Songs Know What You Did…: 26.670 (+ 0.456)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Can't Hold Us f/Ray Dalton: 23.776 (+ 1.903)

These will be the smashes of the summer.

I'd say these are more spring hits than summer hits. Spring just started a few days ago lol.

Also, is Harlem Shake going to finally be replaced at No. 1 this week?

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Mar 25, 2013 19:32:39 GMT -5 brucelover said:

ICONA POP – I Love It f/Charli XCX: 27.261 (+ 0.294)
FALL OUT BOY – My Songs Know What You Did…: 26.989 (+ 0.319)

Are you f**king kidding me? These songs are HITS and are doing really well on iTunes, why the hell is radio so resistant?

An even more extreme example is "Radioactive" which is now #6 on ITunes, but is receiving virtually no airplay outside of Alternative Rock.

I think all three songs have one thing in common, they are very different from their peers, which is one of the reasons I like them. They leap out of the radio and grab your interest ("I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons is another example). Radio programmers are usually a conservative lot, so what I think is a strength they often view as a potential liability.

I remember hearing "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles for the first time in 1979. It was completely different from what was on Top40 at the time, but I liked it. I found out many years later that it peaked at a very modest #40 on the HOT 100. Yet if you showed the average music lover the HOT 100 from that time period, "Video Killed The Radio Star" would be one of the few songs most people would recognize.

[Lozzy]

Mar 26, 2013 6:12:53 GMT -5 Quixotic Music Lover said:

I remember hearing "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles for the first time in 1979. It was completely different from what was on Top40 at the time, but I liked it. I found out many years later that it peaked at a very modest #40 on the HOT 100.

:o :o I had no idea!!

[jebsib]

it's still amazing to me that people on Pulse (some of whom have 1000s of posts) still think that just because a song sells well on iTunes - that it is a conspiracy that radio does not play it. Were that the case, Top 40 would be awash with Glee, Country and Justin Bieber album tracks. These simply don't line up with their million dollar bottom line strategy plans.

[Deleted]

well...not so much Glee anymore. Glee has run its course

[SPRΞΞ]

now it's the Voice.

[cesarams]

TUESDAY'S UPDATE:
TOP 20:

1. BRUNO MARS – When I Was Your Man: 174.262 (+ 2.704)
2. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Suit & Tie f/JAY Z: 160.106 (- 0.618)
3. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Thrift Shop f/Wanz: 155.252 (+ 0.403)
4. MAROON 5 – Daylight: 149.087 (- 0.373)
5. TAYLOR SWIFT – I Knew You Were Trouble: 134.746 (- 1.653)
6. RIHANNA – Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 108.231 (+ 2.146) ▲
7. BRUNO MARS – Locked Out Of Heaven: 108.078 (- 1.341) ▼
8. CALVIN HARRIS – Sweet Nothing f/Florence Welch: 104.207 (+ 1.157)
9. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA – Don't You Worry Child: 99.827 (- 1.707)
10. LUMINEERS – Ho Hey: 97.718 (- 0.639)
11. WILL.I.AM & BRITNEY SPEARS – Scream And Shout: 94.514 (- 1.900)
12. MUMFORD & SONS – I Will Wait: 86.700 (+ 0.744)
13. PITBULL – Feel This Moment f/C. Aguilera: 86.054 (+ 1.213)
14. KELLY CLARKSON – Catch My Breath: 79.923 (- 0.837)
15. RIHANNA – Pour It Up: 79.275 (+ 0.431)
16. IMAGINE DRAGONS – It's Time: 76.378 (- 0.406)
17. PINK – Try: 71.891 (- 0.473)
18. BLAKE SHELTON – Sure Be Cool If You Did: 66.810 (- 0.022)
19. DRAKE – Started From The Bottom: 64.376 (+ 0.616) ▲
20. A$AP ROCKY – F**kin Problems f/Drake: 64.055 (- 0.701) ▼

OTHERS:

PINK – Just Give Me A Reason: 63.437 (+ 2.429)
LEE BRICE – I Drive Your Truck: 62.847 (+ 0.622)
HUNTER HAYES – Somebody's Heartbreak: 62.700 (+ 0.396)
OF MONSTERS AND MEN – Little Talks: 60.258 (+ 0.050)
FUN. – Carry On: 58.926 (+ 0.610)
LIL WAYNE – Love Me f/Drake & Future: 58.006 (+ 0.466)
LADY ANTEBELLUM – Downtown: 56.411 (+ 0.708)
OLLY MURS – Troublemaker f/Flo Rida: 44.853 (+ 0.598)
DEMI LOVATO – Heart Attack: 44.595 (+ 0.497)
KREWELLA – Alive: 41.429 (+ 1.540)
MUSE – Madness: 39.657 (+ 0.677)
TAYLOR SWIFT – 22: 31.411 (+ 0.866)
EMELI SANDE – Next To Me: 30.989 (+ 0.589)
ICONA POP – I Love It f/Charli XCX: 27.883 (+ 0.622)
FALL OUT BOY – My Songs Know What You Did…: 27.305 (+ 0.316)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Can't Hold Us f/Ray Dalton: 27.300 (+ 1.748)
BRAD PAISLEY – Beat This Summer: 26.956 (+ 1.449)
JUSTIN BIEBER – All Around The World: 20.741 (+ 0.589)
PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Gone, Gone, Gone: 13.056 (+ 0.189)
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Mirrors: 11.730 (+ 0.405)
CHER LLOYD – With Ur Love f/Juicy J: 10.833 (+ 0.233)
LUMINEERS – Stubborn Love: 10.043 (+ 0.142)
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS – Up In The Air: 6.436 (- 1.497)
WILL.I.AM F/JUSTIN BIEBER – #thatpower: 5.569 (+ 0.382)
ALICIA KEYS – Fire We Make: 4.332
BRIDGIT MENDLER – Hurricane: 0.374
ARIANA GRANDE – The Way f/Mac Miller: 0.235

[NeRD]

Hopefully Thrift Shop regains the Top spot this week. I see S&T being at #2.

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Top 40 awash with country songs would not necessarily be a bad thing (well maybe a sprinkle instead of a wash). I would prefer Top 40 taking a risk playing The Band Perry or Jason Aldean then jumping on the latest Ke$sha song (which sounds almost exactly like the last 7 Ke$ha songs).

[Deleted]

The fragmemtation of radio formats prevents that unfortunately

[Push The Button]

If Top 40 would just offer a LITTLE variety, then it would be fine. Why does it have to be all Hip-Hop/R&B or all Dance? Give us a little bit of what's popular everywhere, lord.

[Lozzy]

Mar 26, 2013 8:36:09 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

If Top 40 would just offer a LITTLE variety, then it would be fine. Why does it have to be all Hip-Hop/R&B or all Dance? Give us a little bit of what's popular everywhere, lord.

Piano ballads
1 = BRUNO MARS When I Was Your M... 14776 [phone] 95.934 +1.616
6 +1 RIHANNA Stay f/Mikky Ekko 10621 +270 1359 +153 76.248 +1.202

HAC midtempos
2 = MAROON 5 Daylight 14617 -22 458 -91 87.646 -0.468
16 = PINK Just Give Me A Re... 6112 +261 1543 +155 38.637 +1.400

Alternative rap?
3 = MACKLEMORE & RYAN... Thrift Shop f/Wan... 14416 -36 -563 -3 92.266 -0.111

R&B/urban
4 = JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Suit & Tie f/JAY ... 11954 -6 805 -328 70.889 -0.696

Dance
5 = CALVIN HARRIS Sweet Nothing f/F... 11617 +118 42 +70 78.314 +1.036
8 = SWEDISH HOUSE MAF... Don't You Worry C... 9847 -238 -1693 +71 61.771 -1.413
10 -1 WILL.I.AM & BRITN... Scream And Shout 8757 -227 -2178 +17 58.058 -1.552
17 = KREWELLA Alive 5885 +202 958 +109 35.123 +1.277

Dance-pop
7 -1 TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew You Were T... 10491 -230 -1382 -109 80.34 -1.541
9 +1 PITBULL Feel This Moment 8876 +155 808 +45 57.948 +0.655

Alternative
11 = IMAGINE DRAGONS It's Time 8208 -32 4 -42 46.036 -0.189
15 -1 LUMINEERS Ho Hey 6253 -25 -690 +154 37.863 -0.408
18 = MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait 5707 +69 444 +57 34.964 +0.651
19 = OF MONSTERS AND M... Little Talks 5064 +35 359 -8 30.861 +0.322

Pop
12 = OLLY MURS Troublemaker f/Fl... 6619 +83 750 +4 37.691 +0.529
13 +2 DEMI LOVATO Heart Attack 6386 [phone] 37.87 +0.297
20 = TAYLOR SWIFT 22 4708 [phone] 24.588 +0.589

I don't even know
14 -1 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Hea... 6356 -80 -605 +165 50.714 -0.165

That seems like variety to me ...

[Ballroom Blitzed]

Mar 26, 2013 8:45:49 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

I don't even know
14 -1 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Hea... 6356 -80 -605 +165 50.714 -0.165

It's a kind of New Wave throwback. I'm not sure, though.

[Push The Button]

Mar 26, 2013 8:45:49 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

Mar 26, 2013 8:36:09 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

If Top 40 would just offer a LITTLE variety, then it would be fine. Why does it have to be all Hip-Hop/R&B or all Dance? Give us a little bit of what's popular everywhere, lord.

Piano ballads
1 = BRUNO MARS When I Was Your M... 14776 [phone] 95.934 +1.616
6 +1 RIHANNA Stay f/Mikky Ekko 10621 +270 1359 +153 76.248 +1.202

HAC midtempos
2 = MAROON 5 Daylight 14617 -22 458 -91 87.646 -0.468
16 = PINK Just Give Me A Re... 6112 +261 1543 +155 38.637 +1.400

Alternative rap?
3 = MACKLEMORE & RYAN... Thrift Shop f/Wan... 14416 -36 -563 -3 92.266 -0.111

R&B/urban
4 = JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Suit & Tie f/JAY ... 11954 -6 805 -328 70.889 -0.696

Dance
5 = CALVIN HARRIS Sweet Nothing f/F... 11617 +118 42 +70 78.314 +1.036
8 = SWEDISH HOUSE MAF... Don't You Worry C... 9847 -238 -1693 +71 61.771 -1.413
10 -1 WILL.I.AM & BRITN... Scream And Shout 8757 -227 -2178 +17 58.058 -1.552
17 = KREWELLA Alive 5885 +202 958 +109 35.123 +1.277

Dance-pop
7 -1 TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew You Were T... 10491 -230 -1382 -109 80.34 -1.541
9 +1 PITBULL Feel This Moment 8876 +155 808 +45 57.948 +0.655

Alternative
11 = IMAGINE DRAGONS It's Time 8208 -32 4 -42 46.036 -0.189
15 -1 LUMINEERS Ho Hey 6253 -25 -690 +154 37.863 -0.408
18 = MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait 5707 +69 444 +57 34.964 +0.651
19 = OF MONSTERS AND M... Little Talks 5064 +35 359 -8 30.861 +0.322

Pop
12 = OLLY MURS Troublemaker f/Fl... 6619 +83 750 +4 37.691 +0.529
13 +2 DEMI LOVATO Heart Attack 6386 [phone] 37.87 +0.297
20 = TAYLOR SWIFT 22 4708 [phone] 24.588 +0.589

I don't even know
14 -1 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Hea... 6356 -80 -605 +165 50.714 -0.165

That seems like variety to me ...

Those are very generous definitions of sub-categories. What, exactly, is the distinction between those songs in the Pop/Dance-Pop/Dance categories?

[Rocky]

Mar 26, 2013 9:53:05 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

Mar 26, 2013 8:45:49 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

Piano ballads
1 = BRUNO MARS When I Was Your M... 14776 [phone] 95.934 +1.616
6 +1 RIHANNA Stay f/Mikky Ekko 10621 +270 1359 +153 76.248 +1.202

HAC midtempos
2 = MAROON 5 Daylight 14617 -22 458 -91 87.646 -0.468
16 = PINK Just Give Me A Re... 6112 +261 1543 +155 38.637 +1.400

Alternative rap?
3 = MACKLEMORE & RYAN... Thrift Shop f/Wan... 14416 -36 -563 -3 92.266 -0.111

R&B/urban
4 = JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Suit & Tie f/JAY ... 11954 -6 805 -328 70.889 -0.696

Dance
5 = CALVIN HARRIS Sweet Nothing f/F... 11617 +118 42 +70 78.314 +1.036
8 = SWEDISH HOUSE MAF... Don't You Worry C... 9847 -238 -1693 +71 61.771 -1.413
10 -1 WILL.I.AM & BRITN... Scream And Shout 8757 -227 -2178 +17 58.058 -1.552
17 = KREWELLA Alive 5885 +202 958 +109 35.123 +1.277

Dance-pop
7 -1 TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew You Were T... 10491 -230 -1382 -109 80.34 -1.541
9 +1 PITBULL Feel This Moment 8876 +155 808 +45 57.948 +0.655

Alternative
11 = IMAGINE DRAGONS It's Time 8208 -32 4 -42 46.036 -0.189
15 -1 LUMINEERS Ho Hey 6253 -25 -690 +154 37.863 -0.408
18 = MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait 5707 +69 444 +57 34.964 +0.651
19 = OF MONSTERS AND M... Little Talks 5064 +35 359 -8 30.861 +0.322

Pop
12 = OLLY MURS Troublemaker f/Fl... 6619 +83 750 +4 37.691 +0.529
13 +2 DEMI LOVATO Heart Attack 6386 [phone] 37.87 +0.297
20 = TAYLOR SWIFT 22 4708 [phone] 24.588 +0.589

I don't even know
14 -1 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Hea... 6356 -80 -605 +165 50.714 -0.165

That seems like variety to me ...

Those are very generous definitions of sub-categories. What, exactly, is the distinction between those songs in the Pop/Dance-Pop/Dance categories?

Not a huge difference, but the pop and EDM genres are not in the same cathegory. There's nothing common in "Troublemaker" and "Alive". Don't know what to do with the "dance-pop" term, must be something between EDM and pop. The best definition would be pop song with dance elements.

[RadioBeatz]

I guess Locked Out of Heaven fits Pop-Rock category? many people say it sounds like a The Police track.

[RadioBeatz]

Mar 26, 2013 10:14:34 GMT -5 Codex said:

Are you trying to say you'd put, say, Troublemaker and Don't You Worry Child in the same category?

I agree. Alive, Sweet Nothing are different from the common dance-pop song.

Is I Knew You Were Trouble.? a dance-pop song, I find it to be just "Pop" like 22 and Heart Attack.

[kingofpain]

Wow go Krewella!

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Mar 26, 2013 8:36:09 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

If Top 40 would just offer a LITTLE variety, then it would be fine. Why does it have to be all Hip-Hop/R&B or all Dance? Give us a little bit of what's popular everywhere, lord.

Compared to 2002-04 (Hip-Hop/R&B), or 1980-81 (Adult Contemporary/Urban Cowboy), Top 40 is going through one of its' rare "golden" era moments in which it embraces a wider range of music. RIhanna, Ne-Yo, Macklemore & Ryan, Mumford & Sons, Maroon5 and Muse, all on the same station.

Perhaps not as much as many of us would like, but certainly better than 10 years ago.

[Deleted]

"golden" is a fun term

However, I don't think we are there yet. This may be a 'calm before the storm' so to speak

Many of the dance-divas that have dominated the last few years are between albums, which naturally makes room for other things like.....



The Harlem Shake ;)

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Yeah, I don't get how people can complain that the chart lacks variety at this point in time.

[Enigma.]

What's the longest gap between weeks at number one for a song?

[Push The Button]

I complain about variety because sonically, most of the songs on Top 40 sound the same. Sure, there are ballads right now, but they're singles by Rihanna and Bruno Mars - not exactly coloring outside the lines here.

When I turn on Top 40, I'd like to hear a combination of artists and genres - they do not offer that today. Sirius' "The Blend" has me spoiled.

[Deleted]

Mar 26, 2013 14:20:07 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I complain about variety because sonically, most of the songs on Top 40 sound the same. Sure, there are ballads right now, but they're singles by Rihanna and Bruno Mars - not exactly coloring outside the lines here.

??? Should every artist be a one hit wonder? Bruno and Rihanna are helping ballads become more accepted, so later there might be piano ballads by lesser known artists.

[Push The Button]

Why does it take supremely overplayed artists to make ballads "accepted" at a format that used to play them at length?

And I'm crazy for complaining about variety?

[crystalphnx]

Mar 26, 2013 13:56:46 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

What's the longest gap between weeks at number one for a song?

I'm not sure about pre-SoundScan, probably the "The Twist"? it was No. 1 for one week in September 1960, and then for a couple more weeks in January 1962.

in the SoundScan era, probably 4 weeks. "The Sign" was No. 1 for 4 weeks, then "Bump 'N Grind" was No. 1 for 4 straight weeks, and then "The Sign" returned for 2 more weeks on top.

[Enigma.]

Thanks! I was thinking that maybe 3 or 4 weeks.. The Twist is obviously hard to beat (and a unique case as well)

[Deleted]

Retro top 10's for this week

1 year ago (4/7/12)

1 1 We Are Young - fun. ft. Janelle Monae (4th week of 6 @ #1)
2 2 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
3 3 Glad You Came - The Wanted
4 5 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra
5 6 Starships - Nicki Minaj
6 4 Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
7 9 Wild Ones - Flo Rida ft. Sia
8 10 Part Of Me - Katy Perry
9 8 Take Care - Drake ft. Rihanna
10 7 Turn Me On - David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj


5 years ago (4/5/08)

1 8 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis (1st week of 4 @ #1)
2 1 Love In This Club - Usher ft. Young Jeezy
3 7 Sexy Can I - Ray J ft. Yung Berg
4 2 With You - Chris Brown
5 4 Love Song - Sara Bareilles
6 6 No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
7 3 Low - Flo Rida ft. T-Pain
8 5 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
9 85 Lollipop - Lil' Wayne ft. Static Major
10 19 Shawty Get Loose - Lil' Mama ft. Chris Brown


10 years ago (4/5/03)

1 1 In Da Club - 50 Cent (5th week of 9 @ #1)
2 2 Ignition - R. Kelly
3 4 Miss You - Aaliyah
4 5 Picture - Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow
5 3 All I Have - Jennifer Lopez & LL Cool J
6 16 Get Busy - Sean Paul
7 12 When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
8 7 How You Gonna Act Like That - Tyrese
9 11 Excuse Me Miss - Jay-Z
10 6 Mesmerize - Ja Rule ft. Ashanti


15 years ago (4/4/98)

1 15 All My Life - K-Ci & Jojo (1st week of 3 @ #1)
2 5 Frozen - Madonna
3 2 Nice & Slow - Usher
4 4 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
5 3 No, No, No - Destiny's Child
6 7 Let's Ride - Montell Jordan ft. Master P & Silkk The Shocker
7 6 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
8 1 Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
9 8 Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean
10 11 Too Close - Next

+
12 13 Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Limited printed singles for Will Smith or something? ???


Hot 100 Airplay from 15 years ago

1 1 My Heart Will Go On (10th and final week @ #1)
2 2 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
3 3 3 AM - Matchbox 20
4 4 All My Life - K-Ci & Jojo
5 5 As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys

[brucelover]

Locked out of Heaven is Reggae Rock and New Wave....but it's pretty much a pop song.

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Mar 26, 2013 14:20:07 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I complain about variety because sonically, most of the songs on Top 40 sound the same. Sure, there are ballads right now, but they're singles by Rihanna and Bruno Mars - not exactly coloring outside the lines here.

When I turn on Top 40, I'd like to hear a combination of artists and genres - they do not offer that today. Sirius' "The Blend" has me spoiled.

I think the last year the HOT 100 met your ideal was 1968 or 1969. I personally think 1966 was the best ever year for pop music in the so-called "rock" era (ie. post 1955). The Rolling Stones, Roger Williams ("Born Free"), Nancy Sinatra, Wilson Pickett, etc.. But that was before the consolidation of radio stations and record companies.

I now listen to Internet radio, satellite rado or Rdio. I refuse to listen to commercial radio. I am getting old, cranky and allergic to commercials.