Billboard Hot 100: 08/17/2013

[Au$tin]

Aug 7, 2013 11:27:50 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

Why is that though? Isn't sales data all computerized. Why does it take so much time to compile it.

I've wondered this myself, and the conclusion I came up with is maybe because there's a large number of retailers that each have to report their numbers and that takes a while to do, whereas airplay comes from one monitored source? Which would also explain why streaming is Monday-Sunday with sales instead of Wednesday-Tuesday like airplay.

[RadioBeatz]

It's looking like BL will block both Roar and Applause in their first weeks.

[surreallife]

Aug 7, 2013 11:47:29 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

It's looking like BL will block both Roar and Applause in their first weeks.

In a world in which music is consumed from a computer, it is much more difficult to predict how a song from a superstar will perform when it is released.  Katy Perry and Lady Gaga are both big enough stars that digital downloads > 500,000 and streaming > 8 million is not impossible.

[Deleted]

Aug 7, 2013 11:35:39 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Aug 7, 2013 11:27:50 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

Why is that though? Isn't sales data all computerized. Why does it take so much time to compile it.

I've wondered this myself, and the conclusion I came up with is maybe because there's a large number of retailers that each have to report their numbers and that takes a while to do, whereas airplay comes from one monitored source? Which would also explain why streaming is Monday-Sunday with sales instead of Wednesday-Tuesday like airplay.

I always thought it was because they have to validate the sales. Just like how Youtube only updates every day or two, itunes has to make sure people aren't buying songs 5000 times to mess with the charts.

[3m3r7c]

Will Same Love manage to crack the top 10 before it starts fading?!

[Enigma.]

I don't really get the fuss over Katy or/and Gaga being blocked. If BL is the #1 song of the week then be it. Both Katy and Gaga might get their #1s later this year.

[josh]

Aug 7, 2013 12:14:45 GMT -5 Codex said:

Aug 7, 2013 11:35:39 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

I've wondered this myself, and the conclusion I came up with is maybe because there's a large number of retailers that each have to report their numbers and that takes a while to do, whereas airplay comes from one monitored source? Which would also explain why streaming is Monday-Sunday with sales instead of Wednesday-Tuesday like airplay.

I always thought it was because they have to validate the sales. Just like how Youtube only updates every day or two, itunes has to make sure people aren't buying songs 5000 times to mess with the charts.

YT is only slow for new, hyped releases. Normal videos update several times per day. Just the slowness at first is due to the high traffic.

[The Upper Hand]

Does anyone know the record (or the list) for most weekly (and first week) digital song downloads?

[popstop]

^ Right Round, Flo Rida 636K

Many people thought he'd have the #1 song of the year. Then BEP decided to show up.

[badrobot]

Anyone else think Blurred Lines might overtake Thrift Shop for year end charts after all?

[crystalphnx]

Robin Thicke Thickens Hot 100 Run To Nine Weeks; Sets Audience and Sales Records

Robin Thicke, the newly crowned Billboard 200 champion holds steady atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week with “Blurred Lines” (featuring T.I. and Pharrell), which is numerically notable since its the longest run at No. 1 by a solo male artist since Flo Rida led for 10 weeks with “Low” starting on the Jan. 5, 2008, chart. However, it’s on the Hot 100’s breakout charts where Thicke and “Lines” are establishing record-setting achievements, as the title grabs the top Gainer award on each of the three charts; Hot 100 Airplay, Digital Songs and Streaming Songs.

“Lines” leads Hot 100 Airplay for a fifth week, and surges 6% to 219.8 million all-format audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS, a new record for the chart which launched in December 1990. That sum ends the seven-year audience rule of Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” which peaked with 212.2 million impressions on the chart dated July 9, 2005.

"Lines" additionally extends another airplay record, claiming the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer honor for an unprecedented 10th week (all consecutively). As mentioned two weeks ago when the track set the mark with eight Airplay Gainer trophies, seven songs had previously racked seven weeks (consecutive or not) dating to the prize's 1985 origin.

As on the Hot 100, “Lines” tops Digital Songs for a ninth week (rebounding 2-1), with sales surging 30% to 405,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, in the wake of the parent album of the same name’s release. With that increase, “Lines” sets the record for most weeks with more than 400,000 downloads sold. The song also surpassed that sum in three successive chart frames (July 6-20), with a high of 424,000 in the first of those weeks. Prior to Thicke’s run, the mark of successive weeks of 400,000 or more downloads belonged to Gotye featuring Kimbra’s “Somebody That I Used To Know,” which strung together three such weeks from April 28 to May 12, 2012.

With 4.27 million downloads sold to date, “Lines” blurs past Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” (4.10 million) as the second-best selling digital song of 2013. Only Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, with 5.77 million, has sold more this calendar year.

On Streaming Songs, “Lines” returns to its peak position (3-2), up by 1.3 million to 8.19 million U.S. streams, narrowly trailing Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” (8.28 million) which tops the chart for a seventh week. “Stop,” which returns to the runner-up slot (3-2) on the Hot 100, is now tied with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, for second-most weeks at No. 1 on Streaming Songs. The longest stint atop the chart, which launched this past January, belongs to Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” with eight weeks.

In overall Hot 100 chart points, “Lines” posts it largest lead to date over its next highest challenger, more than doubling “Stop’s” point total. Unless one of the upcoming big single releases (Katy Perry? Lady Gaga?) post extraordinary first-week sales, airplay and streaming numbers, Thicke’s “Lines” could be entrenched at the top for quite some time and make its way among the all-time weeks on chart leaders.

Looking at the rest of the Hot 100 top 10, “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons moves back up a slot to No. 3, returning to its peak position which it occupied in two prior weeks. The track continues to glow on Hot 100 Airplay (3-3), reaching a new weekly audience impressions sum of 123.9 million (up 1%). The track dominates Hot Rock Songs for a 20th week. Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” another long-time genre chart No. 1 (12th week atop Dance/Electronic Songs), rebounds 5-4, though overall points slide by 7%.

“Holy Grail” by Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake continues to climb, jumping 7-5 in its fourth week on the chart (all in the top 10). The track’s trajectory (8-8-7-5) is a true rarity. Top 10-debuting Hot 100 songs normally drop in subsequent weeks, often rebounding once airplay kicks in and sales normalize after a first-week splash, followed by a second-week decline. The last top 10 debut (excluding No. 1s) to hold or gain in rank in the three weeks following its entry was Maroon 5’s “Payphone,” featuring Wiz Khalifa, in May 2012 (3-3-3-2)

For “Grail,” download sales have remained fairly steady. After debuting with 196,000, the track dipped by only 16% to 166,000 in its second week and sold 160,000 a week ago. This week, sales increase to 162,000 (up 2%) as “Grail” pushes 4-3 on Digital Songs. On Hot 100 Airplay, the title posts the best percentage gain among titles in that chart’s top 40, as is jumps 27% to 47.6 million audience impressions and soars 33-20.

Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” has yet to have its fill, as it continues to move up the Hot 100, reaching a new peak (8-6). The song concurrently rises into the to 10 of Hot 100 Airplay (11-9, up 11%) and the Mainstream Top 40 chart (11-10), while returning to the top 10 on Streaming Songs at a new peak (11-7, 2.9 million plays).

Bruno Mars’ “Treasure” may have reached its full chart value (it peaked at No. 5 two weeks ago) as it slides down the Hot 100 one spot to No. 7.

Finally (and refreshingly), the Hot 100 welcomes a trio of new top 10s for only the second time this year as “Clarity” by Zedd Featuring Foxes (13-8), Capital Cities’ “Safe And Sound” (15-9) and Maroon 5’s “Love Somebody” (14-10) break into the upper region. On the March 2 chart, the incorporation of YouTube data for the first time led to Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” opening at No. 1, “Stay” by Rihanna leaping 57-3 and Drake’s “Started From the Bottom” soaring 63-10.

Visit Billboardbiz tomorrow (Aug. 8), when all rankings, including the Hot 100, Hot Digital Songs, Hot 100 Airplay, Streaming Songs and On-Demand Songs will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday.

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5638327/robin-thicke-thickens-hot-100-run-to-nine-weeks-sets-audience

[Lozzy]

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:41 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

Finally (and refreshingly), the Hot 100 welcomes a trio of new top 10s for only the second time this year as “Clarity” by Zedd Featuring Foxes (13-8), Capital Cities’ “Safe And Sound” (15-9) and Maroon 5’s “Love Somebody” (14-10) break into the upper region.

YESSSSSS S&S!

[crystalphnx]

Aug 7, 2013 13:09:28 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:41 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

Finally (and refreshingly), the Hot 100 welcomes a trio of new top 10s for only the second time this year as “Clarity” by Zedd Featuring Foxes (13-8), Capital Cities’ “Safe And Sound” (15-9) and Maroon 5’s “Love Somebody” (14-10) break into the upper region.

YESSSSSS S&S!

psh, such a poser. acting like you like it so much when you won't even make it No. 1 on your own chart...

kidding aside, I actually love all 3 songs that broke into the Top 10 this week, so "Hooray!" for them. and it doesn't hurt that "Cruise" was one of the songs to fall out and make room for them...

[Deleted]

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:41 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

“Blurred Lines” (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) grabs the top Gainer award on each of the three charts; Hot 100 Airplay, Digital Songs and Streaming Songs.

How is this even possible. RIP One Sweet Day.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Whoohooo! I dont think itll get OSD records though.

[jayhawk1117]

So I guess same love won't make it but at least maroon 5 has 4 straight top tens and clarity FINALLY enters and the highest entry to.

[jayhawk1117]

Aug 7, 2013 13:15:13 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

Whoohooo! I dont think itll get OSD records though.

It might

[Lozzy]

Aug 7, 2013 13:16:35 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

at least maroon 5 has 4 straight top tens

5, actually. ;_;

[popstop]

Ugh, 3 new songs in the top 10 and NONE were Same Love. Plus Macklemore's top ten stretch is over.

[josh]

CLARITY TOP 10

[Au$tin]

Surprised to see "Clairty" sneak into the top ten. Yay for "Safe and Sound"! Actually I like all three new top ten entries this week, but "Safe and Sound" is the best of the trio. Lol @ "Same Love" still not making its way into the top ten yet, though.

Wow at "Blurred Lines" almost taking over "We Can't Stop"'s streaming reign! If he does that, it's over for Miley.

[Kris]

Finally Clarity enters, I hope this is the first of at least 10 weeks in the top 10, I assume Cruise dropped to 11 or 12.

[surreallife]

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:25 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Anyone else think Blurred Lines might overtake Thrift Shop for year end charts after all?

It is a shoo-in for the top selling digital download, both for the Billboard chart year and the calendar year.  I think it has a shot at the #1 HOT 100 song in BB's year-end issue, it just may run out of weeks (15 to go, this year has 53 weeks).

[RadioBeatz]

"Blurred Lines" is MASSIVE, we're looking at one of the biggest hits of all-time in popular music. :o

Yay, Finally top 10 new entries and they're all great unlike last week's top 10 debut..

Yay for BSE falling outta the top 10.

"Same Love" :( It needs more support from radio.

"Cups" going for top 5. :)

[Rocky]

I love the upward movement of "Love Somebody", "Clarity" and "Safe and Sound", but the situation of "Same Love" makes me sad. It's selling less than 100k, it has no chance to enter the top ten if its sales won't pick up.

Aug 7, 2013 13:55:28 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

"Same Love" :( It needs more support from radio.

Nooo, it needs more love from digital retail customers, more downloads. It got more than enough radio support despite the fear that the message will hurt it.

[Deleted]

Same Love wtf 11 is not a good enough peak for that.

But yay for Safe And Sound!

[Enigma.]

Yea radio is not the problem for Same Love, sales are.

[emerald]

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:25 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Anyone else think Blurred Lines might overtake Thrift Shop for year end charts after all?

I Gotta Feeling debuted in June of 2009, spent 14 weeks at #1, and still only made #4, so probably not. Unless it can clock more than 14 weeks at #1 before the chart year ends.

[Kris]

Aug 7, 2013 13:54:07 GMT -5 surreallife said:

Aug 7, 2013 13:06:25 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Anyone else think Blurred Lines might overtake Thrift Shop for year end charts after all?

It is a shoo-in for the top selling digital download, both for the Billboard chart year and the calendar year.  I think it has a shot at the #1 HOT 100 song in BB's year-end issue, it just may run out of weeks (15 to go, this year has 53 weeks).

Blurred Lines has 16 weeks on the chart for this year, Thrift Shop has 38. It won't come close.

[imbondz]

Psyched about Clarity and Love Somebody. Hope LS keeps climbing. Haven't heard Safe and Sound much but surprised at how fast it climbed. Who are Capital Cities? Just a new band?