Billboard Hot 100: 04/13/2013

[renfield75]

I get where you're coming from baby squirrel. R&B is my favorite genre, especially from the 90s (I tolerate no ill-speaking of Jodeci, Portrait, or Jade), and it is constantly bagged on on these forums. That's not what I was trying to do; there are certainly many forgettable rock and country songs from the late 90s but most of those didn't make the top ten of the Hot 100. Jennifer Paige's 1998 hit "Crush" is not exactly an all-time classic, and I maybe should have mentioned it too. I guess it was just TOO forgettable! My point was just that the lack of commercial singles then boosted some less memorable songs. And those missing songs include R&B monsters like Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?"

And you're completely right about the current flood of turbo pop songs being forgotten in the not too distant future too. It happens with every era. Anyway, just wanted to clear up what I was trying to say. Like 90s R&B, it's all good :)

[jebsib]

Led Zep, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Bee Gees, Elton, Jermaine Jackson, Madonna and the Eagles all popular released songs to radio without releasing commercial singles and thus they all failed to hit the Hot 100.

Madonna's 'Spotlight' and Bon Jovi's 'Never Say Goodbye' were the first two such songs to register on a Billboard top 40 airplay chart. Soon after, songs like 'Do the Bartman' and Janet's 'State of the World' were promoted to radio as if they were available in stores as well, but strategically were not: The massive success of Garth Brooks and Pearl Jam 's album sales proved you could get radio play, recognition and acceptance without 'cannabalizing' album sales by releasing commercial singles.

It was a move that screwed up the Hot 100 for more than 10 years!

[allow that]

Apr 2, 2013 23:28:52 GMT -5 @cynthiarose said:

10 or 15 years from now how many people are going to remember "Ridin' Solo," for example?

Ngl, I just consulted Google to reconnect my memory with wtf that was.

[badrobot]

Do we have a thread about the various Hot 100 rule changes over the years, and what events triggered them?

[jebsib]

A lot of those BB top 10 r&b songs from 1997/1999 are considered anomalies because they received very limited mainstream CHR play at the time, have received almost no recurrent airplay, and relied on the huge absence of commercially released radio smashes to seemingly artificially get into the top 10.

When Sylke E. Fyne is in the top 10 and Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' isn't... you know there's an issue.

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Apr 3, 2013 9:12:42 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Do we have a thread about the various Hot 100 rule changes over the years, and what events triggered them?

Here are the ones I am aware of.

Pre-Soundscan (pre Nov. 30, 1991)

Generally speaking, HOT 100 determined by getting radio station reports of their most popular songs, and record store rankings of their single sales. Radio stations divided into Platinum, Gold, Silver, etc., with higher multiple for large market stations. Same with retail stores, large record store chains received a higher multiple then small stores.

1973 - major revision to HOT 100 methodology. Billboard was not very forthcoming on the exact changes.

1990 - jukebox retailers dropped, sales weighting increased resulting in strong sellers getting an immediate boost (and more time on the HOT 100).

Post-Soundscan:

Nov. 30, 1991 (I think I have the correct weightings):

Sales - 1 point per 10 sales;
Airplay - 1 point per 10,000 audience impressions;
Airplay from Non-Monitored Stations (see methodology above, about 10% of total chart points).

1993 - Alternative rock, adult contemporary stations added.

December 5, 1998:

Airplay only songs added. Country, R&B and Rock stations added (no Latin as yet).
Sales - 1 point per 9 sales;
Airplay - 1 point per 10,000 audience impressions;
Airplay from non-monitored stations (less impact then before).

Sometime in 1999 Latin stations were added.

May 1999:
Sales - 1 point per 12 sales;


September 2000:
Sales - 1 point per 10 sales;

February 12, 2005:

Digital downloads added.
Sales - 1 point per 5 sales;
Airplay - 1 point per 10,000 audience impressions;
Non-monitored stations dropped from formula.

August 2007:
Sales - 1 point per 10 sales;
Passive streaming added - 1 point per 500 streams (only about 5% of total chart points).

March 2012:
Sales - 1 point per 12 sales;
Airplay - 1 point per 7,500 audience impressions;
On-Demand Streaming Introduced - 1 pont per 150 streams;
Passive Streaming - 1 point per 300 streams.

March 2013:

Youtube video streams introduced. Not sure on the exact weightings.

Billboard has changed their methodology over the years due to:

- changes in the market place (e.g. dropping the release of commercial singles);
- changes in technology (e.g. Soundscan, music streaming services).

Billboard's HOT 100 methodology seems to be driven by % breakdown of total HOT 100 chart points. For example, today's HOT 100 has a much greater weighting on streaming then it used to (more than 25%). I don't think sales has ever been the dominant weighting since Soundscan and BDS technology was introduced (although some songs derived most of their points from sales).

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From the late 60s to the early 70s, the Hot 100 was tabulated from retail sales reports from 100 music store chains - ONLY

In 1973 airplay was added back in

The tweaking of ratios - I would not consider major.

[imbondz]

Apr 2, 2013 23:23:21 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

Apr 2, 2013 16:11:17 GMT -5 jebsib said:

In the old days there were no airplay only hits. A record company released a song to radio and retail simultaneously. Thus the Hot 100 didn't exclude huge airplay hits until the record companies started changing the rules.

The 'key" single that started the trend = MiMi's "I'll Be There." Columbia was desperate to boost sales of "MTV Unplugged" after realizing that ppl were opting for the single (since the other songs had been released previously). After a swift rise to #1, the track dropped after its second week at the top. While record companies may have quietly released limited copies of singles or not replenished supplies, this was the first one that was taken off the market at such an early (and high profile) chart run.

interesting. I remember I'll Be There shooting up to #1 then falling quickly and wondered what happened.

[jebsib]

Ice Ice Baby was pulled just as it got to #1, preceeding "i'll Be There" by 18 months.

[crystalphnx]

Over on the Digital Songs chart,...P!nk's "Just Give Me a Reason" (featuring Nate Ruess) holds at No. 1, selling 286,000 (up 18%). No. 2 is also a non-mover, as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) sells 282,000 (up 21%).

Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" flies 8-3 with 236,000 (up 117%), Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" is steady at No. 4 with 235,000 (up 9%) and Rihanna's "Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko) slips 3-5 with 229,000 (though it gains by 3%).

Ariana Grande's "The Way" (featuring Mac Miller) is the week's highest debut, as it enters at No. 6 with 219,000. It's the first entry on this chart for the Nickelodeon TV star, and serves as the lead single from her debut album, due out later this year.

Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z), rises 10-7 with 183,000 (up 81%) and Pitbull's "Feel This Moment" (featuring Christina Aguilera) slides 5-8 with 152,000 (up 10%).

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis notches a second top 10 this week as "Can't Hold Us" rises 16-9 with 136,000 (up 77%). It's the second radio single from the duo's album "The Heist," following "Thrift Shop."

Closing out the top 10 is Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack," rising 11-10 with 123,000 (up 30%).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 28.30 million downloads, up 14% compared with last week (24.78 million) and up 6% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (26.68 million). Year to date track sales are at 356.47 million, down 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (361.32 million).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1555877/justin-timberlakes-2020-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard

[colson]

Apr 3, 2013 9:58:45 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Ice Ice Baby was pulled just as it got to #1, preceeding "i'll Be There" by 18 months.

Interesting...how did you know that?

[josh]

Looks like Thrift Shop will get one more week on top. The sales difference should overcome the airplay difference, and TS should still be on top of WIWYM and S&T on streaming. Next week we could see a new #1, though.

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Apr 3, 2013 9:54:17 GMT -5 @2m said:

From the late 60s to the early 70s, the Hot 100 was tabulated from retail sales reports from 100 music store chains - ONLY

In 1973 airplay was added back in

The tweaking of ratios - I would not consider major.

At the bottom of the HOT 100, June 6, 1970:

"Compiled from national retail sales and radio station airplay by the Music Popularity Dept. of Record Market Research, Billboard."

Billboard did award bullets based solely on sales, but as far as I am aware the HOT 100 has always included airplay. Cashbox magazine on the other hand did not add airplay until the late 70s.

The digital sales were very strong this week, probably because of a long weekend. "Thrift Shop" is a shoo-in for #1, but "When I Was Your Man" may squeeze past "Suit & Tie" into #2. Hopefully, "Harlem Shake" will lose a lot of YouTube streams and drop to #6. I noticed it is no longer in the top 10.

[cesarams]

WEDNESDAY'S UPDATE:
TOP 20:

1. BRUNO MARS – When I Was Your Man: 191.026 (+ 1.303)
2. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Suit & Tie f/JAY Z: 171.678 (+ 1.759)
3. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Thrift Shop f/Wanz: 143.186 (- 3.013)
4. MAROON 5 – Daylight: 140.599 (- 0.135)
5. TAYLOR SWIFT – I Knew You Were Trouble: 130.536 (- 1.406)
6. RIHANNA – Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 125.245 (+ 2.315)
7. PITBULL – Feel This Moment f/C. Aguilera: 103.609 (+ 2.905) ▲
8. CALVIN HARRIS – Sweet Nothing f/Florence Welch: 102.554 (- 0.304) ▼
9. BRUNO MARS – Locked Out Of Heaven: 95.433 (- 1.254)
10. LUMINEERS – Ho Hey: 94.050 (+ 0.219)
11. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA – Don't You Worry Child: 90.878 (- 0.142)
12. MUMFORD & SONS – I Will Wait: 88.943 (+ 0.547)
13. PINK – Just Give Me A Reason: 83.053 (+ 2.289)
14. RIHANNA – Pour It Up: 78.795 (- 0.812)
15. IMAGINE DRAGONS – It's Time: 78.766 (+ 0.092) ▲
16. WILL.I.AM & BRITNEY SPEARS – Scream And Shout: 77.119 (- 2.272) ▼
17. KELLY CLARKSON – Catch My Breath: 75.305 (- 0.256)
18. DRAKE – Started From The Bottom: 67.661 (+ 0.405)
19. PINK – Try: 66.157 (- 0.345)
20. FUN. – Carry On: 64.794 (+ 0.869) ▲

OTHERS:

LEE BRICE – I Drive Your Truck: 64.530 (- 0.196)
HUNTER HAYES – Somebody's Heartbreak: 63.940 (- 0.799)
LADY ANTEBELLUM – Downtown: 61.402 (+ 0.535)
DEMI LOVATO – Heart Attack: 51.069 (+ 1.445)
KREWELLA – Alive: 47.532 (+ 1.001)
OLLY MURS – Troublemaker f/Flo Rida: 47.281 (+ 0.093)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Can't Hold Us f/Ray Dalton: 40.491 (+ 1.745)
MUSE – Madness: 40.399 (+ 0.481)
TAYLOR SWIFT – 22: 39.624 (+ 0.570)
EMELI SANDE – Next To Me: 36.371 (+ 0.651)
BRAD PAISLEY – Beat This Summer: 33.384 (+ 0.403)
RIHANNA – Loveeeeeee Song f/Future: 33.309
ICONA POP – I Love It f/Charli XCX: 33.189 (+ 0.717)
FALL OUT BOY – My Songs Know What You Did…: 31.377 (+ 0.411)
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Mirrors: 31.075 (+ 2.741)
JUSTIN BIEBER – All Around The World: 26.417 (+ 0.643)
KELLY ROWLAND – Kisses Down Low: 18.962
WILL.I.AM F/JUSTIN BIEBER – #thatpower: 16.599 (+ 1.682)
PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Gone, Gone, Gone: 15.480 (+ 0.400)
BLAKE SHELTON – Boys 'Round Here: 13.323 (- 6.819)
CHRIS BROWN – Fine China: 13.054
CHER LLOYD – With Ur Love f/Juicy J: 11.690 (+ 0.082)
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS – Up In The Air: 8.012 (+ 0.176)
ARIANA GRANDE – The Way f/Mac Miller: 4.972
CALVIN HARRIS F/ELLIE GOULDING – I Need Your Love: 4.843 (+ 0.569)

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Apr 3, 2013 10:25:47 GMT -5 Quixotic Music Lover said:

Apr 3, 2013 9:54:17 GMT -5 @2m said:

From the late 60s to the early 70s, the Hot 100 was tabulated from retail sales reports from 100 music store chains - ONLY

In 1973 airplay was added back in

The tweaking of ratios - I would not consider major.

At the bottom of the HOT 100, June 6, 1970:

"Compiled from national retail sales and radio station airplay by the Music Popularity Dept. of Record Market Research, Billboard."

Billboard did award bullets based solely on sales, but as far as I am aware the HOT 100 has always included airplay. Cashbox magazine on the other hand did not add airplay until the late 70s.

.

I might have the start date wrong but the end time is accurate.

During the early 70s the Hot 100 was a sales only chart.

Source: Casey Kasem from the American Top 40: the 70s (in several episodes, he describes the methodology)

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Oh, Casey Kasem. God bless him, I loved that show, but I think I will go with what BB put in print, it is probably more reliable.

[jebsib]

Colson, I read Billboard religiously back then and there was a lot of discussion in the Hot 100 Spotlight column at the time regarding single release experimentation. Vanilla Ice was the most conspicuous. In the same vein, "U Can't Touch This" not being released as a major configuration, or OPP only being a maxi single. All being label tests into phasing out the single format.

[Rocky]

20. FUN. – Carry On: 64.794 (+ 0.869) ▲
Yeesssssss! :'( I've been waiting for this since November. Hope it won't hit the wall and peak there.

Wow Thrift Shop is decreasing heavily. Should still be #1 on this week's Hot 100.

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Apr 3, 2013 10:38:35 GMT -5 Quixotic Music Lover said:

Oh, Casey Kasem. God bless him, I loved that show, but I think I will go with what BB put in print, it is probably more reliable.

Well it's your llist.

I have dozens of copies of these shows that I listened to fairly recently as well as shows from a later date. During this period AT40 used the Hot100 as its source.

After 73 he describes the methodology as sales/airplay

Prior to 1973 he said that the Hot 100 methodology was comprised of 100 retail sales reports from music stores across the country and fed into a big data processing computer (in 1971, it probably was - computers then filled an entire room)

1973 - which you target in your list may have something to do with this.

[badrobot]

There were a couple mid-90s minor changes with rules, but not weighting:

Sometime in 1995 they required a song to have actually registered sales in order to debut on the Hot 100, which allowed songs to begin debuting at #1 (Starting with "You're Not Alone"). Prior to that, a song could debut the week it was scheduled to be released, so often debuts were actually airplay only. I think this was triggered by record labels changing release dates last minute.

And in 1997 they amended that rule to say the song had to debut on the 75-position sales chart, as sometimes songs were debuting due to "street-date violations." The biggest case of this was Madona's "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" which debuted a week early as it had enough sales to register on the Maxi-Singles chart but not the overall sales top 75.

[RadioBeatz]

They are DROPPING "Thrift Shop", wow and it's not like TS is sliding in sales and streaming, maybe radio is just starting to get on "Can't Hold Us"...

Glad to see "Carry On" on the top 20. :)

[crystalphnx]

this isn't specifically about the Hot 100 formula, but weren't there also several changes over the years regarding how A-sides and B-sides were listed on the Hot 100?

[areyoureadytojump]

A busy month for Top 40 radio adds:

www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691

April

4/2 Mainstream
Ariana Grande f/Mac Miller "The Way" (Republic)
Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding
“I Need Your Love” (Interscope/Columbia)
Capital Cities "Safe And Sound" (Capitol)
The Lumineers "Stubborn Love" (Dualtone)


4/9 Mainstream
Avril Lavigne "Here's To Never Growing Up" (Epic)
Drake "Started From The Bottom" (YMCMB/Republic)
Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" (Interscope)
Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" (RCA)
Kelly Clarkson "People Like Us" (RCA)
Rihanna "Pour It Up" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Selena Gomez "Come And Get It" (Hollywood)
The Summer Set "Boomerang" (Fearless)

4/16 Mainstream
Florida Georgia Line "Cruise" (Remix f/Nelly) (Republic)
Kendrick Lamar f/Drake "Poetic Justice" (T.D.E./Aftermath/Interscope)
Timeflies "I Choose You" (Island/IDJMG)

4/22 Mainstream
Anna Kendrick "Cups" (from Pitch Perfect) (Republic)
Chris Wallace "Keep Me Crazy" (ThinkSay)
Justice Crew "Boom Boom" (RCA)
Passion Pit "Carried Away" (Columbia)

4/29 Mainstream
Chris Brown "Fine China" (RCA)
The Wanted "All Time Low" (Mercury/Island)

[Quixotic Music Lover]

Apr 3, 2013 11:18:50 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

this isn't specifically about the Hot 100 formula, but weren't there also several changes over the years regarding how A-sides and B-sides were listed on the Hot 100?

Yep, the first change was in November 1969. The Beatles benefited from the change when their double-sided hit "Come Together/Something" went to #1 for one week.

Then some time during the 1970s I believe, the rule was changed again allowing A and B sides to chart separately.

Then in the 1990s (1996 or 97), the song that had the most airplay would receive top billing, if both sides were on the airplay chart. I believe if only one side was on the airplay chart the B side was not shown.

Now A & B sides are a thing of the past.

[trumandare]

MUSE – Madness: 40.399 (+ 0.481) :o

oh my god this song still burns

please radio play PANIC STATION

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Apr 3, 2013 10:25:32 GMT -5 josh said:

Looks like Thrift Shop will get one more week on top. The sales difference should overcome the airplay difference, and TS should still be on top of WIWYM and S&T on streaming. Next week we could see a new #1, though.

Crazy how it's not even #1 on airplay anymore, yet it's still far outselling the current airplay monsters :o

[colson]

Apr 3, 2013 11:20:43 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

A busy month for Top 40 radio adds:

www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691

April

4/2 Mainstream
Ariana Grande f/Mac Miller "The Way" (Republic)
Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding
“I Need Your Love” (Interscope/Columbia)
Capital Cities "Safe And Sound" (Capitol)
The Lumineers "Stubborn Love" (Dualtone)


4/9 Mainstream
Avril Lavigne "Here's To Never Growing Up" (Epic)
Drake "Started From The Bottom" (YMCMB/Republic)
Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" (Interscope)
Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" (RCA)
Kelly Clarkson "People Like Us" (RCA)
Rihanna "Pour It Up" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Selena Gomez "Come And Get It" (Hollywood)
The Summer Set "Boomerang" (Fearless)

4/16 Mainstream
Florida Georgia Line "Cruise" (Remix f/Nelly) (Republic)
Kendrick Lamar f/Drake "Poetic Justice" (T.D.E./Aftermath/Interscope)
Timeflies "I Choose You" (Island/IDJMG)

4/22 Mainstream
Anna Kendrick "Cups" (from Pitch Perfect) (Republic)
Chris Wallace "Keep Me Crazy" (ThinkSay)
Justice Crew "Boom Boom" (RCA)
Passion Pit "Carried Away" (Columbia)

4/29 Mainstream
Chris Brown "Fine China" (RCA)
The Wanted "All Time Low" (Mercury/Island)

Pour It Up is going for mainstream ads at this point? How odd. ???

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The duo's 'Thrift Shop' logs a sixth total week at No. 1, after spending five weeks at No. 2 while Baauer's 'Harlem Shake' reigned

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop," featuring Wanz, spends a sixth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rockers Imagine Dragons, meanwhile, reach the chart's top 10 after a lengthy crossover and rising pop singer Ariana Grande launches her debut single inside the top tier.

"Shop" remains atop the Hot 100 for a second straight week after ranking at No. 2 for five weeks while Baauer's "Harlem Shake" (see below) led the list. "Shop" slips 2-3 on the Nielsen BDS-based Radio Songs chart, decreasing by 7% to 108 million audience impressions; it previously topped the tally for two weeks. It holds at No. 2 on the Nielsen SoundScan-fueled Digital Songs chart with 282,000 downloads sold (up 21%; all but two titles in the Digital Songs top 25 sport gains this week, a result of both prominent iTunes sale-pricing and consumers likely redeeming gift cards received as presents for Easter). "Shop" spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on Digital Songs.

"Shop" holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs for a seventh week (after dominating for four) with 9.9 million streams (up 5%), according to BDS. It logs another No. 2 rank on the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (1.8 million, down 1%), dropping to the runner-up rank after a record 11 weeks at No. 1. ("Shop" tops Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a 12th week.)

After six weeks, a title other than "Shop" or "Shake" occupies the Hot 100's top two, as Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" pushes 4-2. The piano ballad posts a second week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (142 million, up 8%). (As previously reported, it becomes his sixth No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs airplay chart, marking the highest total among solo males.) "Man" holds at No. 4 on Digital Songs (235,000, up 9%) and climbs 6-5 on Streaming Songs (4.6 million, up less than 1%).

"Shop" boasts a 25% lead over "Man" in overall Hot 100 points. "Shop" gains by 8%, while "Man" surges by a comparable 7%.

Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie," featuring Jay-Z, remains at its No. 3 Hot 100 peak. As parent album "The 20/20 Experience" spends a second week atop the Billboard 200, "Suit" stays at No. 1 on On-Demand Songs (1.9 million, up 3%). It rises 3-2 on Radio Songs (124 million, up 8%) and 10-7 on Digital Songs (183,000, up 81%). (Follow-up "Mirrors" closes in on the Hot 100's top 10, edging 13-11 with top Streaming Gainer kudos; it vaults 15-8 on Streaming Songs with a 72% gain to 4.1 million).

Notable continued losses in streaming for Baauer's "Shake," which entered the Hot 100 at No. 1 concurrent with the addition of U.S. YouTube video streaming data six weeks ago, help spur its drop from No. 2 to No. 4 drop this week. The viral smash registers a sixth straight week of declines in YouTube streaming, posting a 29% decrease to 14 million streams. That's down from 20 million last week; at its peak, it registered 103 million (upon its Hot 100 debut). "Shake" also tumbles in sales, falling by 12% to 101,000 downloads sold and descending 6-15 on Digital Songs.

P!nk's "Just Give Me a Reason," featuring fun.'s Nate Ruess, advances 6-5 on the Hot 100 (marking her eighth top five hit) with top Airplay Gainer honors. It soars 18-13 on Radio Songs with a 28% lift to 63 million. "Reason" spends a second week at No. 1 on Digital Songs (286,000, up 18%) and rises 12-10 on Streaming Songs (3.3 million, up 19%).

Rihanna's "Stay," featuring Mikky Ekko, backtracks 5-6 on the Hot 100, although it makes an opposite 6-5 rise on Radio Songs (93 million, up 15%).

Imagine Dragons storm the Hot 100's top 10, flying 15-7 with "Radioactive," which nets the chart's top Digital Gainer award. Reaching the region in its 31st week, the song makes the third-longest ascent to the top tier, trailing only Carrie Underwood's "Before he Cheats" (38 weeks, 2006-07) and Creed's "Higher" (36, 1999-2000).

"Radioactive" charges 8-3 on Digital Songs with a 117% increase to 236,000. Aiding its exposure is its numerous multimedia synchs, including its placement in promos for the newly-released sci-fi film "The Host" and in the trailer for the video game "Defiance." "Radioactive" spends a seventh week at No. 1 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart and jumps 10-6 on Streaming Songs (4.6 million, up 39%). (The band's breakout hit "It's Time" peaked at No. 15 on the Hot 100 on January.)

Drake's "Started From the Bottom" slips 7-8 on the Hot 100, while Pitbull's "Feel This Moment," featuring Christina Aguilera, regresses 8-9. The latter song climbs 12-8 on Radio Songs (78 million, up 17%), marking Pitbull's ninth top 10 on the ranking and Aguilera's eighth.

Pop newcomer Ariana Grande rounds out the Hot 100's top 10, as "The Way," featuring rapper Mac Miller, blasts in at No. 10. The bow grants her the first top 10 arrival for a lead female artist making her first Hot 100 appearance since Yael Naim launched at No. 9 more than five years ago (Feb. 16, 2008) with her Apple commercial-powered "New Soul." The 19-year-old Florida-born Grande made her performing debut on Broadway at 15 and has more recently starred in the Nickelodeon sitcom "Victorious." The exposure helps the song start at No. 6 on Digital Songs with 219,000 first-week downloads sold and No. 35 on Streaming Songs (1.4 million). The lead single from her debut album, expected later this year, likewise marks the first Hot 100 top 10 for Miller, whose previous six entries all fell shy of the chart's upper half.

Also Josh's favs have flopped off the charts.

Check Billboard.com tomorrow (April 4), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 and On-Demand Songs in their entirety and Digital Songs and Radio Songs, will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday.

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"Pop newcomer Ariana Grande rounds out the Hot 100's top 10, as "The Way," featuring rapper Mac Miller, blasts in at No. 10."

Perfect example of a forgettable top 10 Unless it somehow turns into a hit...

[Deleted]

Apr 3, 2013 12:15:54 GMT -5 Codex said:

"Pop newcomer Ariana Grande rounds out the Hot 100's top 10, as "The Way," featuring rapper Mac Miller, blasts in at No. 10."

Perfect example of a forgettable top 10 Unless it somehow turns into a hit...

Considering it's already been added by a third of the CHR/Pop panel, I think it can sustain itself.