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Post by Quixotic Music Lover on Apr 17, 2013 10:15:39 GMT -5
Ugly week for digital song sales. It should be interesting how digital sales totals going forward, stack up against last year. I believe at this time last year the digital song sales were unusually strong.
JGMAR will probably be #1, but "Gentleman" still might sneak in if its' YouTube streams are very strong.
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Post by Duca on Apr 17, 2013 10:23:35 GMT -5
Over on the Digital Songs chart, last week's No. 1, Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man," drops to No. 6 with 166,000 with a 51% decline.
Macklemore and Lewis are in the top five a second time, as "Thrift Shop" slips 4-5 with 165,000 (down 21%). 
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Post by Quixotic Music Lover on Apr 17, 2013 11:05:31 GMT -5
Over on the Digital Songs chart, last week's No. 1, Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man," drops to No. 6 with 166,000 with a 51% decline.
Macklemore and Lewis are in the top five a second time, as "Thrift Shop" slips 4-5 with 165,000 (down 21%). I think one of us from Pulse should volunteer their time to BB for facts checking before they release any chart news. It seems to me they have been making a lot of errors in recent months. |
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Post by trumandare on Apr 17, 2013 11:47:09 GMT -5
Passenger -- Let go
is # 1 in germany, now it could easily become a hit in the us and be sure it will be a one hit wonder
the synth riff in that song is similar to that of WALK OF LIFE by dire straits
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 12:07:57 GMT -5
let her go is not #1 only in Germany.It is #1 in Australia,New Zeland,Netherland,Ireland,Sweden
and many other countries.In fact in every chart it has entered it has gone #1.It is a real smash hit.
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Post by trumandare on Apr 17, 2013 12:11:30 GMT -5
last week i heard the song for the first time on radio
and i have to admit that i thought the melody is from WALK OF LIFE by dire straits
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Post by Enigma. on Apr 17, 2013 12:13:16 GMT -5
Funny that he's from the UK and never charted there... Yet.
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Post by badrobot on Apr 17, 2013 12:16:42 GMT -5
Youtube is now a component of popuarity measurement. If we step back a couple years where the components were just sales and airplay, there were lots of examples where big airplay hits did not sell and people bought what radio did not play. So it is obviously possible even then to only be big on one of the cmponents to chart well In recent examples we have had Psy an Bauuer not just do well but dominate one component. Even in the old days, it would be possible to get to #1 on the srength of just one component of it were dominant enough I don't know of any song that went to #1 without significant sales in the days when singles were readily available. Even in the pre-soundscan era, songs would not go to #1 without being top 5 in sales points. Occasionally you would get an American Idol song going to #1, but that would only be for 1 maybe 2 weeks then it would disappear. When I talk about a song being popular I am talking about more than a few weeks. Wasn't Mariah's "We Belong Together" #1 one week when it was all the way down at #19 in sales? It of course peaked higher than that in sales but that was a fairly significant disparity. |
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Post by Rodze on Apr 17, 2013 13:02:59 GMT -5
Billboard is taking longer than usual to announce this week's no. 1.
Rule change incoming...
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Apr 17, 2013 13:07:25 GMT -5
There is drama!
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Post by josh on Apr 17, 2013 13:08:30 GMT -5
No they aren't.
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Post by irice22 on Apr 17, 2013 13:08:42 GMT -5
Billboard is taking longer than usual to announce this week's no. 1. Rule change incoming... Probably realized they're giving too much weight to YouTube. Good news for Pink. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 13:09:38 GMT -5
Billboard is taking longer than usual to announce this week's no. 1. Rule change incoming... Rule change = youtube view points increased even more so Psy can debut at #1  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 13:13:03 GMT -5
Watch the rule change send "Stay" to #1 for Riri. :kii:
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Post by hitseeker. on Apr 17, 2013 13:15:58 GMT -5
Watch the rule change send "Stay" to #1 for Riri.  Yes! This, please :kii: |
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Post by jasontoralba on Apr 17, 2013 13:19:53 GMT -5
- a song should have at least 3 days in availability in sales and ondemand/yt streaming to be eligible for charting - a song should have an adds date to any format that contributes to the Radio Songs Chart before charting on the Hot 100 - a song should be top 10 on sales chart before it is eligible for Hot 100 well, other than that I can't think of any last-minute rule change to disqualify 'Gentleman' to #1 spot in case it generates enough points on youtube alone |
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Apr 17, 2013 13:26:59 GMT -5
- a song should have at least 3 days in availability in sales and ondemand/yt streaming to be eligible for charting - a song should have an adds date to any format that contributes to the Radio Songs Chart before charting on the Hot 100 - a song should be top 10 on sales chart before it is eligible for Hot 100 well, other than that I can't think of any last-minute rule change to disqualify 'Gentleman' to #1 spot in case it generates enough points on youtube alone Yep! This was Gentleman is guaranteed to debut at #1. |
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Post by Live Your Life on Apr 17, 2013 13:27:50 GMT -5
P!nk just tweeted that she's #1.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 13:28:39 GMT -5
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Post by Enigma. on Apr 17, 2013 13:30:26 GMT -5
If they were about to change the rules now they would've done it when Harlem Shake was #1 for fifth week.
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Post by Daniel Collins on Apr 17, 2013 13:41:00 GMT -5
JGMAR is surely the #1 this week , I remember Rihanna also tweeted in advance about "Stay" moving 57-3
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Post by Envoirment on Apr 17, 2013 13:46:47 GMT -5
Yay!!! So glad she made it! So amazing how P!nk's career has hit a big high since the release of her greatest hits album. Hopefully this success continues for a while longer!
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Post by irice22 on Apr 17, 2013 13:49:22 GMT -5
P!nk is the queen of one week #1's  |
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Post by moore746 on Apr 17, 2013 13:50:21 GMT -5
P!nk is the queen of one week #1's Ha, Pink and Britney. |
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Post by Rocky on Apr 17, 2013 13:56:11 GMT -5
Oh yes! :) If they really change the rules this may stay there for a few more weeks.
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Post by jasontoralba on Apr 17, 2013 14:01:40 GMT -5
hmmm, youtube removed from Hot 100? anyway, I'm happy for P!nk. :)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 14:10:39 GMT -5
Why would they have changed the rules? It was pretty obvious Psy wouldn't be #1 from 2 days of Youtube... Maybe it debuted #8 or so, but it will only be #1 next week (at the very most)
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Apr 17, 2013 14:10:43 GMT -5
^I wouldn't be so sure of that...
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Apr 17, 2013 14:11:42 GMT -5
People are forgetting the other main factor that Harlem Shake going for it when it debuted at #1:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 14:16:46 GMT -5
Why would they have changed the rules? It was pretty obvious Psy wouldn't be #1 from 2 days of Youtube... Maybe it debuted #8 or so, but it will only be #1 next week (at the very most) Harlem Shake had 5 weeks at #1. The current Psy video is setting records and hasn't even peaked yet |
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