Billboard Hot 100 : 10/19/2013

[RadioBeatz]

Oct 9, 2013 11:15:24 GMT -5 Xedretinz Lododnz said:

Oct 9, 2013 11:03:13 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

Is "Roar" approaching 3 million? and how much has sold "Applause"? Sales seem to be so low overall, can't wait for Christmas time lol.

 Maybe next week ROAR will get 3 million if she would sell around 200k.... her previous sales were 557K, 392K, 448K, 377K, 331K, 301K, 239K, and 218K..... so probably she already get 2,863,000 downloads already so she already need 137K more.... :) and for applause I think it is around 1.1 to 1.3 million downloads already.

I hope it gets to 4 million at least. seven 4 million sellers have to be a breaking record.

Ugh for "Applause", its total sales will probably be lower than BTW, TEOG and Y&I.

[Enigma.]

Interesting that WOA only barely outsold Dark Horse.

[Rocky]

Oct 9, 2013 11:44:46 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

Ugh for "Applause", its total sales will probably be lower than BTW,

Yes.

Oct 9, 2013 11:44:46 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

TEOG

Yes.

Oct 9, 2013 11:44:46 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

and Y&I.

No. :) "You and I" sold around 2.3M or what.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Oct 8, 2013 23:43:52 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

8. M.I.A.'s one hit! Good for her. But, yeah, after this one, she disappears. She does get to perform at the halftime show for the SuperBowl in a few years, though! With Madoona, even. And some weird chick who has yet to grace you with her presence. Beware Nicki Minaj. She's coming.

It'd be fun to say for that one:

8. M.I.A.'s one hit. But she'll be performing at the Superbowl in a few years.

That'd throw the us of the past off completely, waiting for her to have some massively huge era. Heh heh heh

[Rocky]

Lorde's "Royals" rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, rises to the top of the On-Demand Songs chart and takes top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a second frame.

The song's continued reign adds to Lorde's big week, as her debut full-length album "Pure Heroine" debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 3.

Plus, Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" blasts into the Hot 100 Airplay top 10, Ylvis' "The Fox" crowns Streaming Songs and Britney Spears' "Work B**ch!" zooms toward the Hot 100's top 10.

As always, let's run down the Hot 100's top 10 and more.

"Royals" rises 4-1 on the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs ranking with 2.4 million on-demand U.S. streams, according to Nielsen BDS. The activity helps push the cut 5-3 on the overall Streaming Songs chart (7.2 million U.S. streams, up 18%).

"Royals" tops Hot Digital Songs for a third week with 309,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. With its latest frame, the cut passes 2 million in download sales so far (2.16 million). The track also edges closer to the Hot 100 Airplay chart's summit, lifting 4-2 with the survey's biggest gain (up 12% to 143 million audience impressions, according to BDS).

"Royals" tops the Hot Rock Songs chart for a sixth week.

Lorde's debut hit fends off Katy Perry's former two-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Roar" for a second week (2-2). The latter track spends a third frame atop Hot 100 Airplay (167 million, down 1%), holds at No. 2 on Hot Digital Songs (218,000, down 9%) and slips 4-6 on Streaming Songs (6 million, down 5%). "Roar," meanwhile, extends records on two airplay charts: It holds atop Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 with the highest weekly plays totals (16,065 and 5,309, respectively) in each list's history, improving upon last week's record-setting sums.

The Hot 100 race between "Royals" and "Roar" wasn't as close as last week, when their respective points totals were separated by a less than 1% margin. This week, "Royals" wins by a much more comfortable 19% difference.

Perry concurrently debuts at No. 34 on the Hot 100 with "Walking on Air," another preview song from her album Prism, due Oct. 22. The cut begins on Hot Digital Songs at No. 8 (113,000). Two weeks ago, fellow Prism track "Dark Horse" (featuring Juicy J) started on the Hot 100 at No. 17 and Hot Digital Songs at No. 4 (194,000); this week, it descends 8-10 on Hot Digital Songs (99,000, down 5%).

As previously reported, with "Roar," "Air" and "Horse" in the Hot Digital Songs top 10 simultaneously, Perry is the first artist with three concurrent titles in the bracket since Taylor Swift almost a year ago.

Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," like "Roar" a former two-week No. 1, stays at No. 3 on the Hot 100 and becomes her fastest-flying top 10 on Hot 100 Airplay. The song bounds 17-10 in its fourth week on the latter chart, soaring by 25% to 64 million. Cyrus reached the Hot 100 Airplay top 10 twice before, both times in 2009, with the No. 7-peaking "The Climb," which took 12 weeks to enter the region, and the No. 8 hit "Party in the U.S.A." (seven weeks).

"Ball" drops 1-2 after three weeks atop Streaming Songs (11.2 million, down 5%) and keeps at No. 3 on Hot Digital Songs (which it led three weeks ago) with 214,000 downloads sold (down 3%).

Cyrus, who hosted and served as the musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend (Oct. 5), will make further news next week when her debut RCA album Bangerz, released yesterday, will arrive on the Billboard 200.

Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" returns to its highest Hot 100 rank (5-4). It rises 6-3 on Hot 100 Airplay (127 million, up 8%) and dominates Dance/Electronic Songs for a fifth week.

Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) dips 4-5 on the Hot 100, although with top Digital Gainer kudos (131,000 downloads sold). It bullets at No. 5 on Hot 100 Airplay for a third week with a 2% advance to 122 million and rules Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a second week.

Ylvis' novelty tune "The Fox" jumps 8-6 on the Hot 100 with across-the-board gains and its first coronation on a domestic Billboard chart. The song from the Norwegian comedy duo rises 2-1 on Streaming Songs (12.3 million, up 29%, good for Hot 100's top Streaming Gainer nod for the second time in three weeks). It also bumps 15-12 on Hot Digital Songs (86,000, up 18%). Airplay is lagging behind the song's viral video and sales activity, but it climbs to 1.9 million in all-format audience (from 1.3 million), with Warner Bros. now promoting the song to pop radio stations.

Jay Z's "Holy Grail" (featuring Justin Timberlake) descends 6-7 on the Hot 100, while racking a 10th week at No. 1 on Rap Songs, and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) drops 7-8.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Lady Gaga's "Applause" holds at No. 9 but increases by 5% to 84 million in listenership, bulleting again at No. 9 on Hot 100 Airplay. Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais' "Summertime Sadness" likewise repeats its rank from last week (10-10).

Just outside the Hot 100's top tier, Britney Spears' "Work B**ch!" rebounds 41-13, nearly matching its No. 12 peak posted upon its debut two weeks ago. Following the premiere of its official video on Oct. 1, the song re-enters Streaming Songs at No. 10 (3.8 million, up 287%) and vaults 22-14 on Hot Digital Songs (76,000, up 50%), while bulleting again at No. 47 on Hot 100 Airplay (28 million, up 6%).

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Holy Grail's chart run so far:

8-8-7-5-5-5-6-5-4-6-6-6-7

Reminds me of Starships...

[chartfreak]

Oct 9, 2013 10:05:53 GMT -5 markb said:

1. KATY PERRY – Roar: 216.713 (+ 0.323)
2. LORDE – Royals: 183.043 (+ 4.096)
3. JAY Z – Holy Grail f/Justin Timberlake: 164.111 (- 0.842)
4. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 159.475 (+ 1.770) ▲
5. DRAKE – Hold On We’re Going Home: 159.256 (+ 0.247) ▼
6. ROBIN THICKE – Blurred Lines f/Pharrell & T.I: 152.666 (- 3.302) ▼
7. CAPITAL CITIES – Safe And Sound: 128.086 (- 1.686)
8. LANA DEL REY – Summertime Sadness: 123.565 (- 1.158)
9. LADY GAGA – Applause: 109.012 (+ 1.579)
10. MILEY CYRUS – Wrecking Ball: 79.219 (+ 2.687) ▲
11. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Mirrors: 77.323 (- 0.259) ▼
12. MAROON 5 – Love Somebody: 76.396 (- 0.537)
13. J. COLE – Crooked Smile f/TLC: 76.379 (- 0.078)
14. ZEDD – Clarity f/Foxes: 70.377 (- 1.349)
15. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Radioactive: 70.167 (- 1.276)
16. BILLY CURRINGTON – Hey Girl: 65.728 (+ 0.364)
17. PARAMORE – Still Into You: 65.079 (+ 1.187) ▲
18. JASON ALDEAN – Night Train: 62.922 (- 0.998) ▼
19. THOMAS RHETT – It Goes Like This: 62.223 (- 0.355) ▲
20. LUKE BRYAN – That’s My Kind Of Night: 62.056 (+ 0.375)
OTHERS:
TYLER FARR – Redneck Crazy: 61.879 (- 1.584)
TAYLOR SWIFT – Everything Has …f/Ed Sheeran: 59.717 (+ 0.434)
ROBIN THICKE – Give It 2 U f/Kendrick Lamar: 56.483 (+ 0.487)
BRUNO MARS – Gorilla: 55.949 (+ 0.960)
CHRIS BROWN – Love More f/Nicki Minaj: 52.985 (- 0.061)
BLAKE SHELTON – Mine Would Be You: 52.252 (+ 0.506)
PINK – True Love f/Lily Allen: 51.978 (+ 0.689)
IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 45.647 (+ 0.676)
SARA BAREILLES – Brave: 44.512
SELENA GOMEZ – Slow Down: 42.701 (+ 0.880)
AUGUST ALSINA – I Luv This Sh*t: 42.251 (+ 0.466)
EMINEM – Berzerk: 39.104 (- 0.400)
KEITH URBAN & MIRANDA LAMBERT – We Were Us: 37.298 (+ 0.626)
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – TKO: 36.377 (+ 1.704)
BRITNEY SPEARS – Work Bitch: 35.199 (+ 0.265)
PARMALEE – Carolina: 32.317 (+ 0.043)
ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 32.265 (+ 0.488)
PASSENGER – Let Her Go: 27.925 (+ 0.191)
TAYLOR SWIFT – Red: 37.925
JAY Z – Tom Ford: 26.398
FUTURE – Honest: 25.205 (+ 0.108)
TEGAN & SARA – Closer: 22.823 (+ 0.116)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – White Walls f/ScHoolboy Q: 22.003 (+ 0.479)
NEIGHBOURHOOD – Sweater Weather: 20.776
ARIANA GRANDE – Right There f/Big Sean: 17.204 (- 0.041)
TRAVIE MCCOY – Rough Water f/Jason Mraz: 13.726
FIFTH HARMONY – Miss Movin’ On: 13.304
BASTILLE – Pompeii: 11.880 (+ 0.267)
RIHANNA – What Now: 10.575 (+ 0.469)
MIKE WILL MADE-IT – 23 f/Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa: 8.834 (+ 0.322)
FALL OUT BOY – Alone Together: 6.678
PEARL JAM – Sirens: 6.315
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS – Heart Attack: 6.025
ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 5.033
DAUGHTRY – Waiting For Superman: 5.022
PITBULL – Timber f/Ke$ha: 2.401 (+ 1.187)
ZENDAYA – Replay: 1.740 (+ 0.169)
CHRISTINA AGUILERA – We Remain: 0.680 (+ 0.025)
JUSTIN BIEBER – Heartbreaker: 0.649 (+ 0.255)
IGGY AZALEA – Change Your Life f/T.I.: 0.326
AVRIL LAVIGNE – Let Me Go f/Chad Kroeger: 0.224 (+ 0.171)

Is this the airplay info that should start the new Billboard 100 thread. Not trying to be smart, just not sure if the airplay posting on Wed. morning, belongs to the following week. Thanks.

[Glove Slap]

Yaaaaaaaas @ The Fox! Stay slaying the doubters!

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

The Fox rises...

the anger from some people will continue.

I wish I liked popcorn.

[HolidayGuy]

chartfreak- that airplay info is for this chart week, as the airplay period for audience-based charts is Wednesday-Tuesday. :)

"The Fox" nearing that top 5.

[SPRΞΞ]

No Top 10 for Work Bitch.

[andrea55]

Roar has been very unlucky on the hot 100. It deserved 5 weeks atop the hot 100. This is the third time that it missed number 1.
One week it was very close to blurred lines
One week it was very close to wrecking ball (wrecking ball didn't deserve number 1, she only got it because she went naked in a video)
And last week it lost to royals by less then 1%

[Push The Button]

Oct 9, 2013 11:44:46 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

Oct 9, 2013 11:15:24 GMT -5 Xedretinz Lododnz said:

 Maybe next week ROAR will get 3 million if she would sell around 200k.... her previous sales were 557K, 392K, 448K, 377K, 331K, 301K, 239K, and 218K..... so probably she already get 2,863,000 downloads already so she already need 137K more.... :) and for applause I think it is around 1.1 to 1.3 million downloads already.

I hope it gets to 4 million at least. seven 4 million sellers have to be a breaking record.

Ugh for "Applause", its total sales will probably be lower than BTW, TEOG and Y&I.

Nope. Here is where "Applause" stands with her other singles (all sales are through August 2013):

Poker Face - 7
Just Dance - 6.8
Bad Romance - 5.5
Born This Way - 3.9
Paparazzi - 3.4
Telephone - 3.2
The Edge of Glory - 2.8
LoveGame - 2.5
Alejandro - 2.4
U and I - 2.1
Applause - 1.3
Judas - 942k
Marry the Night - 676k

It will certainly pass "U & I," especially with the holidays approaching.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Oct 9, 2013 13:09:05 GMT -5 andrea55 said:

One week it was very close to wrecking ball (wrecking ball didn't deserve number 1, she only got it because she went naked in a video)

You forgot the part about that video being watched by millions of people and being the talk of social media the week of its release.

Miley is clearly the undisputed top pop singer right now. The VMAs were how long ago? And people are still talking about her. The Huffington Post entertainment section may as well rename itself Miley Talk.

Also, I definitely feel that Royals is currently bigger than Roar.

[Push The Button]

Oct 9, 2013 13:09:05 GMT -5 andrea55 said:

Roar has been very unlucky on the hot 100. It deserved 5 weeks atop the hot 100. This is the third time that it missed number 1.
One week it was very close to blurred lines
One week it was very close to wrecking ball (wrecking ball didn't deserve number 1, she only got it because she went naked in a video)
And last week it lost to royals by less then 1%

"Roar" is the only song that should ever top the Hot 100 then, I guess.

[andrea55]

Oct 9, 2013 13:12:51 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Oct 9, 2013 13:09:05 GMT -5 andrea55 said:

One week it was very close to wrecking ball (wrecking ball didn't deserve number 1, she only got it because she went naked in a video)

You forgot the part about that video being watched by millions of people and being the talk of social media the week of its release.

Miley is clearly the undisputed top pop singer right now. The VMAs were how long ago? And people are still talking about her. The Huffington Post entertainment section may as well rename itself Miley Talk.

Also, I definitely feel that Royals is currently bigger than Roar.

the vma performance shouldn't be the cause of wrecking ball going no.1 besides that she is not the top pop star. Also her vma performance was dumb tbh....there is no talent. All she did was twerk. Also wrecking ball only went number one because of the video (Miley put herself naked so everyone would watch it)
But I do agree that royals is bigger then roar right now...although it wasn't last week.

[Deleted]

Oct 9, 2013 13:09:05 GMT -5 andrea55 said:

Roar has been very unlucky on the hot 100. It deserved 5 weeks atop the hot 100. This is the third time that it missed number 1.
One week it was very close to blurred lines
One week it was very close to wrecking ball (wrecking ball didn't deserve number 1, she only got it because she went naked in a video)
And last week it lost to royals by less then 1%

It "deserved?"

The song with the most overall chart points for that week deserves #1. It has nothing to do with quality or personal taste, it has to do with quantity.

The rest of it is just pure luck.

[chartfreak]

I just can't believe that Miley is being talked about more than the other attention seeker...Gaga!!

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Wait so WB didnt hit top 10?

[Rocky]

Oct 9, 2013 13:41:06 GMT -5 Adonis the DemiGod! said:

Wait so WB didnt hit top 10?

No. :'( #13.

[RadioBeatz]

"Work Bitch"'s peak will be #12.

"Roar" is a MEGA-smash, wow re-writing radio records left and right every week. :'(

Despite some shake up (The Fox #6 :o) the top 10 was boring this week. What should enter next week tho? "Heartbreaker" is crashing down (yay) "Counting Stars" is not big enough, so it'll be most likely the same.

[Au$tin]

Wow. I expected a lot more streams for "Work Bitch"'s music video.

[icefire9]

Oct 9, 2013 14:13:51 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

"Work Bitch"'s peak will be #12.

"Roar" is a MEGA-smash, wow re-writing radio records left and right every week. :'(

Despite some shake up (The Fox #6 :o) the top 10 was boring this week. What should enter next week tho? "Heartbreaker" is crashing down (yay) "Counting Stars" is not big enough, so it'll be most likely the same.

Heartbreaker should be top 10 next week. Work Bitch debuted at #12 without hitting number 1 on iTunes, and Heartbreaker should be able to outsell it significantly.

[leonagwen]

The billboard hot 100 is a godamn joke.How can a song "Roar" thats setting airplay records not be number one but yet a song with virtually zero airplay be number6 ? In my opinion airplay and sales should carry the most weight in the hot 100 formula.Whats happening is songs are peaking on the hot 100 before their peaking on airplay."Wrecking ball" peaked on the hot 100 2 weeks ago but wont peak on airplay till december.

[Deleted]

Oct 9, 2013 16:30:33 GMT -5 leonagwen said:

The billboard hot 100 is a godamn joke.How can a song thats setting airplay records not be number one but yet a song with virtually zero airplay be number6 ? In my opinion airplay and sales should carry the most weight in the hot 100 formula.Whats happening is songs are peaking on the hot 100 before their peaking on airplay.Wrecking peaked on the hot 100 2 weeks ago but wont peak on airplay till december.

Airplay is only one component of the Hot 100 formula. Why would it directly align with the Hot 100? Billboard has been behind the curve with accurately tracking consumer behavior for years, but they acted swiftly and appropriately with the inclusion of streaming. Of course streaming isn't going to align exactly with airplay and sales. If they all aligned, there would be no reason to combine them in the first place.

[when the pawn...]

I guess I'm in the minority but I think the Hot 100 is working out nicely. I have no problem with Royals or Wrecking Ball going #1. Not sure about The Fox but it's a fluke. No formula is perfect. I don't really know why airplay should be so much more important than streaming, youtube views, etc.

[icefire9]

I'm about as big of a Katy Perry fan as they get, but I'm completely fine with how Billboard works right now. Its not perfect, but nothing is. Overall I think Billboard gives us a good representation of what's popular right now (Yes, even the Fox).

[Deleted]

Airplay is no longer the most important thing and certainly not the same power as even a few years ago

With streaming, youtube and other services, I am willing to bet fewer people on turning on their local radio station for current music and even if they are, they are likely doing it less

[SPRΞΞ]

Oct 9, 2013 16:43:23 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

I guess I'm in the minority but I think the Hot 100 is working out nicely. I have no problem with Royals or Wrecking Ball going #1. Not sure about The Fox but it's a fluke. No formula is perfect. I don't really know why airplay should be so much more important than streaming, youtube views, etc.

I think the formula is great right now. Best it's been in probably forever. But it would be even better if airplay went down and sales went up. I like that video views count. It inspires (hopefully/potentially) artists to strive for better videos.

[SPRΞΞ]

Oct 9, 2013 16:48:23 GMT -5 icefire9 said:

I'm about as big of a Katy Perry fan as they get