Hot 100 Year-End Predictions (2019) - Year 6

[lights]

In the absence of anyone else posting their results, I'm going to crown myself as the most successful for 2019. Thanks very much. I hope more people choose to do it for 2020.

[eidde]

Random fun fact: in the week of March 9, 2019, the top 44 songs made the YE, more than any other week this year.

[spicymapping]

Dec 7, 2019 16:43:28 GMT -5 eidde said:

Random fun fact: in the week of March 9, 2019, the top 44 songs made the YE, more than any other week this year.

In addition, 54 songs that week made the year end - which is weird considering it was an album bomb week.

[korbel16]

Dec 7, 2019 2:02:19 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

I will say this: this is the first time since probably 2015 where all the songs in the year-end Top 10 felt big. With exception of Wow., songs like bad guy, SICKO MODE, Old Town Road, even Sucker and 7 rings, they felt culturally significant. Like look in comparison to last year, it feels like no one is listening or talking about Meant to Be or I Like It or The Middle or Psycho. Whereas with this year, it still be listened to or talked about for after the year is done.

if truth hurts/thank u next was in the top 10 instead of wow it’d be the cherry on top of this statement

[candypaint]

Dec 7, 2019 2:02:19 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

I will say this: this is the first time since probably 2015 where all the songs in the year-end Top 10 felt big. With exception of Wow., songs like bad guy, SICKO MODE, Old Town Road, even Sucker and 7 rings, they felt culturally significant. Like look in comparison to last year, it feels like no one is listening or talking about Meant to Be or I Like It or The Middle or Psycho. Whereas with this year, it still be listened to or talked about for after the year is done.

Wow. didn't feel big? I didn't know one person who didn't shout the first verse lol. I agree that this year had much more artists cementing themselves (Post, Billie, Ariana, etc.)

[twelvevinylrecords]

Dec 5, 2019 19:03:56 GMT -5 twelvevinylrecords said:

Jul 12, 2019 22:47:46 GMT -5 twelvevinylrecords said:

I really want Robbery to make the year end. Rarely does a song that is so genuinely unlistenable AND laughably incompetent come around, and i would much like to see everyone roast the song getting in at the very bottom of the YE

Man being right has never felt so hollow. But alas, let the roasting begin

Wow...... this didn’t age well. RIP

[weirdo]

Apr 5, 2019 4:26:24 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Old Town Road is gonna be YE #1, quote me.

This is from April 5, 2019. This guy's a genius

[lazer]

Dec 6, 2019 13:25:49 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

I agree that it didn't feel like there were very many great or terrible songs in 2019's music year, but I'm glad not to be alone in the opinion. I'm going to guess that this is one of those transitional years that shows the music world trying to figure out what will be the next big thing.

This year felt like 2008 where music is bridged between Southern Hip Hop, contemporary R&B, post-grunge that dominated the 2000s and the upcoming electropop/EDM and indie sound that'll dominate the first half of the 2010s.

[nathanalbright]

Dec 8, 2019 12:54:19 GMT -5 lazer said:

Dec 6, 2019 13:25:49 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

I agree that it didn't feel like there were very many great or terrible songs in 2019's music year, but I'm glad not to be alone in the opinion. I'm going to guess that this is one of those transitional years that shows the music world trying to figure out what will be the next big thing.

This year felt like 2008 where music is bridged between Southern Hip Hop, contemporary R&B, post-grunge that dominated the 2000s and the upcoming electropop/EDM and indie sound that'll dominate the first half of the 2010s.

Exactly.  We will see what dominates the early 2020s soon, I suspect.

[tuna]

Dec 6, 2019 7:52:45 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

2019 is an interesting year to go over now that the list is out because while yes there are only two truly bad songs (SYL and Robbery), there are also only a couple great songs (all the Billie Eilish Songs, OTR, Mo Bamba), and even then, does anyone else feel like this year lacked color?

I think back to 2017 in while there were more bad songs as a whole, there were more interesting songs to talk about: Redbone, Sign of the Times, Slide, Praying, DNA. Even songs that aren't great but good, it's so much fun to talk about them and how they even got popular: Love Galore, Magnolia, All Time Low, goosebumps, Caroline, Rockstar, Bodak Yellow, Black Beatles, Unforgettable, XO Tour Llif3, iSpy, even Paris. They're interesting spots from artists I never would've expected to chart or like but I somehow like them.

Idk, it might just be me but I kind of have a hard time even articulating why best hit songs are the best hit songs beyond being better than the rest by proxy. The worst stuff is easy but outside of the great songs I have parenthesized. It's like: they got popular, I've liked songs from them before, end of explanation.

Looking back from today i'm probably going to leave Robbery off my worst lists.
It's bad but it's not bad or misogynistic enough to justify bullying him after his passing like everyone did with Sad!

[GPMB]

not exactly sure if anyone wanted this but this is what the year end would have looked like if it was measured by an inverse point system that went #1 = 100 pts, #2 = 99 pts, ... #100 = 1 pt

1. Sunflower (4613)
2. Without Me (4178)
3. Wow. (3767)
4. Happier (3544)
5. Dancing with a Stranger (3434)
6. Old Town Road (3291)
7. Talk (3272)
8. Sucker (3262)
9. High Hopes (3242)
10. SICKO MODE (3080)
11. bad guy (3069)
12. Eastside (2900)
13. 7 rings (2863)
14. Going Bad (2856)
15. Shallow (2852)
16. Better (2833)
17. Sweet but Psycho (2585)
18. Suge (2483)
19. Truth Hurts (2449)
20. I Don’t Care (2404)
21. Girls like You (2370)
22. thank u, next (2336)
23. MIDDLE CHILD (2234)
24. Drip Too Hard (2203)
25. No Guidance (2058)
26. Speechless (2025)
27. Senorita (1965)
28. Someone You Loved (1928)
29. If I Can’t Have You (1928)
30. Better Now (1863)
31. Youngblood (1853)
32. Ransom (1847)
33. Look Back at It (1819)
34. Money (1773)
35. Money in the Grave (1771)
36. ZEZE (1737)
37. MIA (1705)
38. a lot (1704)
39. Pop Out (1687)
40. You Need to Calm Down (1674)
41. Beautiful Crazy (1668)
42. Goodbyes (1628)
43. break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored (1623)
44. God’s Country (1620)
45. Panini (1618)
46. Whiskey Glasses (1604)
47. Pure Water (1559)
48. Beautiful People (1549)
49. Be Alright (1548)
50. Please Me (1524)
51. You Say (1514)
52. Envy Me (1498)
53. Lucid Dreams (1484)
54. Thotiana (1477)
55. Close to Me (1458)
56. Beer Never Broke My Heart (1445)
57. Taki Taki (1436)
58. The Git Up (1432)
59. The London (1429)
60. Wake Up in the Sky (1421)
61. Hey Look Ma, I Made It (1396)
62. Mo Bamba (1367)
63. Con calma (1335)
64. Act Up (1320)
65. ME! (1299)
66. I Like It (1286)
67. Leave Me Alone (1221)
68. when the party’s over (1205)
69. Baby Shark (1189)
70. My Type (1179)
71. bury a friend (1176)
72. Trampoline (1169)
73. Murder on My Mind (1168)
74. Baby (1117)
75. How Do You Sleep? (1111)
76. breathin (1075)
77. Swervin (1060)
78. Knockin’ Boots (1055)
79. Worth It (1043)
80. Only Human (1026)
81. Close Friends (982)
82. Trip (970)
83. Tequila (963)
84. One Thing Right (957)
85. Circles (956)
86. Hot Girl Summer (949)
87. Clout (944)
88. Rumor (931)
89. Love Lies (919)
90. Look What God Gave Her (911)
91. Cash s**t (903)
92. Good as You (893)
93. Beautiful (872)
94. Never Really Over (815)
95. Shotta Flow (815)
96. On Chill (811)
97. Hot (808)
98. boyfriend (789)
99. All to Myself (779)
100. Eyes on You (779)

101. Good as Hell (774)
102. Lover (773)
103. Natural (751)
104. Walk Me Home (737)
105. Uproar (729)
106. Robbery (727)
107. Here with Me (723)
108. Go Loko (713)
109. EARFQUAKE (697)
110. Backin’ It Up (696)
111. GIRL (677)
112. This Is It (676)
113. I Don’t Know About You (662)
114. Time (662)
115. Ballin’ (652)
116. Girl like You (652)
117. Callaita (651)
118. Miss Me More (637)
119. China (636)
120. Armed and Dangerous (636)
121. Who Do You Love (635)
122. Mixed Personalities (632)
123. Press (627)
124. Rearview Town (627)
125. Here Tonight (626)

[weirdo]

Dec 10, 2019 23:55:01 GMT -5 GPMB said:

not exactly sure if anyone wanted this but this is what the year end would have looked like if it was measured by an inverse point system that went #1 = 100 pts, #2 = 99 pts, ... #100 = 1 pt

1. Sunflower (4613)
2. Without Me (4178)
3. Wow. (3767)
4. Happier (3544)
5. Dancing with a Stranger (3434)
6. Old Town Road (3291)
7. Talk (3272)
8. Sucker (3262)
9. High Hopes (3242)
10. SICKO MODE (3080)
11. bad guy (3069)
12. Eastside (2900)
13. 7 rings (2863)
14. Going Bad (2856)
15. Shallow (2852)
16. Better (2833)
17. Sweet but Psycho (2585)
18. Suge (2483)
19. Truth Hurts (2449)
20. I Don’t Care (2404)
21. Girls like You (2370)
22. thank u, next (2336)
23. MIDDLE CHILD (2234)
24. Drip Too Hard (2203)
25. No Guidance (2058)
26. Speechless (2025)
27. Senorita (1965)
28. Someone You Loved (1928)
29. If I Can’t Have You (1928)
30. Better Now (1863)
31. Youngblood (1853)
32. Ransom (1847)
33. Look Back at It (1819)
34. Money (1773)
35. Money in the Grave (1771)
36. ZEZE (1737)
37. MIA (1705)
38. a lot (1704)
39. Pop Out (1687)
40. You Need to Calm Down (1674)
41. Beautiful Crazy (1668)
42. Goodbyes (1628)
43. break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored (1623)
44. God’s Country (1620)
45. Panini (1618)
46. Whiskey Glasses (1604)
47. Pure Water (1559)
48. Beautiful People (1549)
49. Be Alright (1548)
50. Please Me (1524)
51. You Say (1514)
52. Envy Me (1498)
53. Lucid Dreams (1484)
54. Thotiana (1477)
55. Close to Me (1458)
56. Beer Never Broke My Heart (1445)
57. Taki Taki (1436)
58. The Git Up (1432)
59. The London (1429)
60. Wake Up in the Sky (1421)
61. Hey Look Ma, I Made It (1396)
62. Mo Bamba (1367)
63. Con calma (1335)
64. Act Up (1320)
65. ME! (1299)
66. I Like It (1286)
67. Leave Me Alone (1221)
68. when the party’s over (1205)
69. Baby Shark (1189)
70. My Type (1179)
71. bury a friend (1176)
72. Trampoline (1169)
73. Murder on My Mind (1168)
74. Baby (1117)
75. How Do You Sleep? (1111)
76. breathin (1075)
77. Swervin (1060)
78. Knockin’ Boots (1055)
79. Worth It (1043)
80. Only Human (1026)
81. Close Friends (982)
82. Trip (970)
83. Tequila (963)
84. One Thing Right (957)
85. Circles (956)
86. Hot Girl Summer (949)
87. Clout (944)
88. Rumor (931)
89. Love Lies (919)
90. Look What God Gave Her (911)
91. Cash s**t (903)
92. Good as You (893)
93. Beautiful (872)
94. Never Really Over (815)
95. Shotta Flow (815)
96. On Chill (811)
97. Hot (808)
98. boyfriend (789)
99. All to Myself (779)
100. Eyes on You (779)

101. Good as Hell (774)
102. Lover (773)
103. Natural (751)
104. Walk Me Home (737)
105. Uproar (729)
106. Robbery (727)
107. Here with Me (723)
108. Go Loko (713)
109. EARFQUAKE (697)
110. Backin’ It Up (696)
111. GIRL (677)
112. This Is It (676)
113. I Don’t Know About You (662)
114. Time (662)
115. Ballin’ (652)
116. Girl like You (652)
117. Callaita (651)
118. Miss Me More (637)
119. China (636)
120. Armed and Dangerous (636)
121. Who Do You Love (635)
122. Mixed Personalities (632)
123. Press (627)
124. Rearview Town (627)
125. Here Tonight (626)

Wow. Im glad thats not their system!. So inacurrate compared to the real one. But a interestung way to look at it. Thanks for sharing!

[GPMB]

Dec 11, 2019 0:28:46 GMT -5 weirdo said:

Dec 10, 2019 23:55:01 GMT -5 GPMB said:

not exactly sure if anyone wanted this but this is what the year end would have looked like if it was measured by an inverse point system that went #1 = 100 pts, #2 = 99 pts, ... #100 = 1 pt

1. Sunflower (4613)
2. Without Me (4178)
3. Wow. (3767)
4. Happier (3544)
5. Dancing with a Stranger (3434)
6. Old Town Road (3291)
7. Talk (3272)
8. Sucker (3262)
9. High Hopes (3242)
10. SICKO MODE (3080)
11. bad guy (3069)
12. Eastside (2900)
13. 7 rings (2863)
14. Going Bad (2856)
15. Shallow (2852)
16. Better (2833)
17. Sweet but Psycho (2585)
18. Suge (2483)
19. Truth Hurts (2449)
20. I Don’t Care (2404)
21. Girls like You (2370)
22. thank u, next (2336)
23. MIDDLE CHILD (2234)
24. Drip Too Hard (2203)
25. No Guidance (2058)
26. Speechless (2025)
27. Senorita (1965)
28. Someone You Loved (1928)
29. If I Can’t Have You (1928)
30. Better Now (1863)
31. Youngblood (1853)
32. Ransom (1847)
33. Look Back at It (1819)
34. Money (1773)
35. Money in the Grave (1771)
36. ZEZE (1737)
37. MIA (1705)
38. a lot (1704)
39. Pop Out (1687)
40. You Need to Calm Down (1674)
41. Beautiful Crazy (1668)
42. Goodbyes (1628)
43. break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored (1623)
44. God’s Country (1620)
45. Panini (1618)
46. Whiskey Glasses (1604)
47. Pure Water (1559)
48. Beautiful People (1549)
49. Be Alright (1548)
50. Please Me (1524)
51. You Say (1514)
52. Envy Me (1498)
53. Lucid Dreams (1484)
54. Thotiana (1477)
55. Close to Me (1458)
56. Beer Never Broke My Heart (1445)
57. Taki Taki (1436)
58. The Git Up (1432)
59. The London (1429)
60. Wake Up in the Sky (1421)
61. Hey Look Ma, I Made It (1396)
62. Mo Bamba (1367)
63. Con calma (1335)
64. Act Up (1320)
65. ME! (1299)
66. I Like It (1286)
67. Leave Me Alone (1221)
68. when the party’s over (1205)
69. Baby Shark (1189)
70. My Type (1179)
71. bury a friend (1176)
72. Trampoline (1169)
73. Murder on My Mind (1168)
74. Baby (1117)
75. How Do You Sleep? (1111)
76. breathin (1075)
77. Swervin (1060)
78. Knockin’ Boots (1055)
79. Worth It (1043)
80. Only Human (1026)
81. Close Friends (982)
82. Trip (970)
83. Tequila (963)
84. One Thing Right (957)
85. Circles (956)
86. Hot Girl Summer (949)
87. Clout (944)
88. Rumor (931)
89. Love Lies (919)
90. Look What God Gave Her (911)
91. Cash s**t (903)
92. Good as You (893)
93. Beautiful (872)
94. Never Really Over (815)
95. Shotta Flow (815)
96. On Chill (811)
97. Hot (808)
98. boyfriend (789)
99. All to Myself (779)
100. Eyes on You (779)

101. Good as Hell (774)
102. Lover (773)
103. Natural (751)
104. Walk Me Home (737)
105. Uproar (729)
106. Robbery (727)
107. Here with Me (723)
108. Go Loko (713)
109. EARFQUAKE (697)
110. Backin’ It Up (696)
111. GIRL (677)
112. This Is It (676)
113. I Don’t Know About You (662)
114. Time (662)
115. Ballin’ (652)
116. Girl like You (652)
117. Callaita (651)
118. Miss Me More (637)
119. China (636)
120. Armed and Dangerous (636)
121. Who Do You Love (635)
122. Mixed Personalities (632)
123. Press (627)
124. Rearview Town (627)
125. Here Tonight (626)

Wow. Im glad thats not their system!. So inacurrate compared to the real one. But a interestung way to look at it. Thanks for sharing!

yeah... I may have been pissed that my other, more accurate inverse point system predicted Talk You Out of It at #115, but that result was far more preferable it not even making the top 125 (and probably even 140) on this one

also Old Town Road

[weirdo]

Dec 11, 2019 0:30:36 GMT -5 GPMB said:

Dec 11, 2019 0:28:46 GMT -5 weirdo said:

Wow. Im glad thats not their system!. So inacurrate compared to the real one. But a interestung way to look at it. Thanks for sharing!

yeah... I may have been pissed that my other, more accurate inverse point system predicted Talk You Out of It at #115, but that result was far more preferable it not even making the top 125 (and probably even 140) on this one

also Old Town Road

Also the fact that Wow and Dancing With A Stranger definitely were not THAT big, even if they were still big hits. Old Town Road was DEFINITELY not #6 in terms of success. Definitely can see why Billboard abandoned this system in the 90s

[GPMB]

also the only songs on the YE where all of 1. rimetm's predictions, 2. my inverse point system, and 3. the 1-100/2-99 formula predicted their final positions exactly correctly were If I Can't Have You (#29) and Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#61)

[spicymapping]

I posted my full 200 a while ago, but i've tweaked my formula for 2020 and since that formula was closer to 2019's YE, I decided my official "next 100" should use this formula instead. 

101. Maren Morris - Girl
102. Lizzo - Good As Hell
103. YG - Go Loko
104. Katy Perry - Never Really Over
105. Wale - On Chill
106. Brett Young - Here Tonight
107. Bad Bunny - Callaita 
108. Scotty McCreery - This Is It
109. Sech - Otro Trago
110. Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More
111. Young Thug - Hot
112. Yo Gotti - Put a Date On It
113. Summer Walker - Girls Need Love
114. Tyler, The Creator - Earfquake
115. Marshmello - Here With Me 
116. Chris Lane - I Don't Know About You
117. Taylor Swift - Lover
118. Pardison Fontaine - Backin It Up
119. Jason Aldean - Rearview Town
120. Mustard - Ballin
121. YNW Melly - Mixed Personalities
122. Jason Aldean - Girl Like You
123. Imagine Dragons - Natural
124. Juice WRLD - Armed And Dangerous
125. Lil Wayne - Uproar
126. Jonas Brothers - Cool
127. Cardi B - Press
128. NF - Time
129. Anuel AA - China
130. The Chainsmokers - Who Do You Love 
131. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier
132. Old Dominion - Make It Sweet
133. Anuel AA - Ella Quiere Beber
134. Y2K - Lalala
135. The Chainsmokers - This Feeling
136. Kodak Black - Calling My Spirit
137. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
138. Lil Uzi Vert - Sanguine Paradise
139. Eli Young Band - Love Aint
140. Justin Moore - The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home
141. Pedro Capo - Calma
142. Maroon 5 - Memories
143. Chris Stapleton - Millionaire
144. Matt Stell - Prayed For You
145. City Girls - Twerk
146. Meek Mill - 24/7
147. Thomas Rhett - Sixteen
148. XXXTentacion - Arms Around You
149. Travis Scott - Highest In The Room 
150. Jimmie Allen - Best Shot
151. Dierks Bentley - Burning Man
152. Lunay - Soltera
153. Dierks Bentley - Living 
154. Lil Baby - Pure Cocaine
155. DJ Khaled - Just Us
156. Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes
157. Halsey - Nightmare
158. Luke Combs - She Got The Best of Me
159. Post Malone - Take What You Want
160. Mark Ronson - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
161. Beyonce - Before I Let Go
162. Dustin Lynch - Good Girl
163. Kenny Chesney - Tip of My Tongue
164. Ella Mai - Shot Clock
165. DJ Khaled - Wish Wish
166. Jon Pardi - Night Shift
167. Ed Sheeran - Cross Me
168. Dan + Shay - 10,000 Hours
169. The Chainsmokers - Call You Mine
170. Billie Eilish - Lovely
171. Jordan Davis - Take It From Me
172. Eric Church - Some of It
173. Cole Swindell - Love You Too Late
174. Chris Brown - Undecided
175. Summer Walker - Playing Games
176. Old Dominion - One Man Band
177. XXXTentacion - Bad
178. Tory Lanez - Talk To Me
179. Ali Gatie - It's You
180. Luke Combs - Even Though I'm Leaving
181. Nipsey Hussle - Racks In The Middle
182. Chris Brown - Heat
183. Post Malone - Enemies
184. Juice WRLD - Bandit
185. Cody Johnson - On My Way To You
186. Ellie Goulding - Hate Me
187. Chris Young - Raised On Country
188. YNW Melly - 223's
189. Carrie Underwood - Southbound
190. Jhay Cortez - No Me Conoce
191. Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
192. Lil Tjay - FN
193. Jake Owen - Down To The Honkeytonk
194. DaBaby - Baby Sitter
195. Brantley Gilbert - What Happens In a Small Town
196. French Montana - No Stylist
197. Brenda Russell - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
198. NLE Choppa - Camelot 
199. Normani - Motivation
200. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

[GPMB]

i’m sorry but it just seems impossible to me that GIRL had a better chance of making the cut than Go Loko did

[lights]

Well it did.

[bloo8]

Hey check this out from DJ Earworm!
USPOP2019!!!!

youtu.be/Gutt63sZn_A

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Dec 13, 2019 2:06:41 GMT -5 bloo8 said:

Hey check this out from DJ Earworm!
USPOP2019!!!!

youtu.be/Gutt63sZn_A

Looking at the songlist, he based it mostly on the Billboard YE Hot 100 Top 21 (skipping Happier, Sicko Mode, Girls Like You, Suge, and Drip Too Hard while adding Sweet But Psycho, Middle Child, and Someone You Loved.) He also placed songs that became a hit within September-November (Circles, Lose You To Love Me, Good as Hell, and Memories).

[atg]

Dec 13, 2019 6:15:43 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

Dec 13, 2019 2:06:41 GMT -5 bloo8 said:

Hey check this out from DJ Earworm!
USPOP2019!!!!

youtu.be/Gutt63sZn_A

Looking at the songlist, he based it mostly on the Billboard YE Hot 100 Top 21 (skipping Happier, Sicko Mode, Girls Like You, Suge, and Drip Too Hard while adding Sweet But Psycho, Middle Child, and Someone You Loved.) He also placed songs that became a hit within September-November (Circles, Lose You To Love Me, Good as Hell, and Memories).

I felt like adding those songs helped better define the year as the first 3 he skipped was 2018

[bobpiecheese]

Dec 13, 2019 8:53:13 GMT -5 atg said:

Dec 13, 2019 6:15:43 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

Looking at the songlist, he based it mostly on the Billboard YE Hot 100 Top 21 (skipping Happier, Sicko Mode, Girls Like You, Suge, and Drip Too Hard while adding Sweet But Psycho, Middle Child, and Someone You Loved.) He also placed songs that became a hit within September-November (Circles, Lose You To Love Me, Good as Hell, and Memories).

I felt like adding those songs helped better define the year as the first 3 he skipped was 2018

Especially since those songs (as well as Thank U, Next) were already in his 2018 USoP.

[GPMB]

I just realized that if Youngblood's entire chart run was within one chart year, it could have been a top 20 or even a top 15 YE hit

[Deleted]

Dec 19, 2019 0:38:40 GMT -5 GPMB said:

I just realized that if Youngblood's entire chart run was within one chart year, it could have been a top 20 or even a top 15 YE hit

Tequila could have been a top 20 YE hit as well if its entire chart run was within one year. The more impressive fact is that its peak was only 21.

PS: I remember when people were sure that Speechless and Beautiful would both miss, but the former re-charted and the latter scraped by.

[nathanalbright]

Dec 20, 2019 8:22:05 GMT -5 @delphox said:

Dec 19, 2019 0:38:40 GMT -5 GPMB said:

I just realized that if Youngblood's entire chart run was within one chart year, it could have been a top 20 or even a top 15 YE hit

Tequila could have been a top 20 YE hit as well if its entire chart run was within one year. The more impressive fact is that its peak was only 21.

PS: I remember when people were sure that Speechless and Beautiful would both miss, but the former re-charted and the latter scraped by.

I think it took quite a while for anyone to realize just how low the floor was going to be for the 2019 YE Hot 100.