Billboard Hot 100 : 01/18/2014

[Au$tin]

"Counting Stars" is definitely getting to number two. Possibly next week. This week, it looks like "Timber" will dethrone "The Monster," with "Counting Stats" getting stuck at number three again. However, next week, "Counting Stars" looks to be taking the number one spot on airplay from "The Monster" and if trends continue, will be ahead in digital sales as well, and both songs are close together in streaming, so "The Monster" should slip to number three next week with "Timber" remaining at number one and "Counting Stars" shifting up to its likely peak of number two. "Say Something" should move up to number three the following week as "Dark Horse" looks to enter the top five on that same week. "Demons" will likely not peak higher than what it has already gotten. "Royals" is ahead digitally and really is refusing to die in streaming and airplay. By the time it does fall below "Demons," I feel "Dark Horse" will have already surpassed it.

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Jan 7, 2014 1:58:02 GMT -5 @icantthinkofaname said:

Jan 7, 2014 1:46:15 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I feel like since last week was gift card redemption and all top 10 sales were above 200k if I'm not mistaken, sales will have a pretty big impact this week too so I think it will be DH at #9, Roar at #10 and WMU at #11, I could be wrong though

they will be higher than normal for sure. Not as high as last week though. But it will have a big impact. I'd say Roar is maybe about
5,000-10,000 copies ahead of wake me up.

yes, that was what I meant...the top 5 digital songs will probably all have 200k+ sales, compared to last week's 300k+ and the "normal" 150k+

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Jan 7, 2014 2:07:51 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

"Counting Stars" is definitely getting to number two. Possibly next week. This week, it looks like "Timber" will dethrone "The Monster," with "Counting Stats" getting stuck at number three again. However, next week, "Counting Stars" looks to be taking the number one spot on airplay from "The Monster" and if trends continue, will be ahead in digital sales as well, and both songs are close together in streaming, so "The Monster" should slip to number three next week with "Timber" remaining at number one and "Counting Stars" shifting up to its likely peak of number two. "Say Something" should move up to number three the following week as "Dark Horse" looks to enter the top five on that same week. "Demons" will likely not peak higher than what it has already gotten. "Royals" is ahead digitally and really is refusing to die in streaming and airplay. By the time it does fall below "Demons," I feel "Dark Horse" will have already surpassed it.

SS is probably nearing its peak in radio, being quite far behind TM, and the Voice performance's impact is slowly but surely fading out so it will probably not hold on to a high position in sales for very long so I think it's unlikely for it to pass TM into the top 3. As for Demons, there is a chance that Royals will drop out of the top 5 just in time for Demons to get a week in the top 5 before DH passes it, and since DH has a lot of momentum in all three of sales, radio and streaming, it will probably get to the top 5 in 3-5 weeks' time. I hope Demons will crack the top 5...there is a chance because Demons currently has a huge advantage over DH in radio.

[Au$tin]

Jan 7, 2014 2:28:43 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Jan 7, 2014 2:07:51 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

"Counting Stars" is definitely getting to number two. Possibly next week. This week, it looks like "Timber" will dethrone "The Monster," with "Counting Stats" getting stuck at number three again. However, next week, "Counting Stars" looks to be taking the number one spot on airplay from "The Monster" and if trends continue, will be ahead in digital sales as well, and both songs are close together in streaming, so "The Monster" should slip to number three next week with "Timber" remaining at number one and "Counting Stars" shifting up to its likely peak of number two. "Say Something" should move up to number three the following week as "Dark Horse" looks to enter the top five on that same week. "Demons" will likely not peak higher than what it has already gotten. "Royals" is ahead digitally and really is refusing to die in streaming and airplay. By the time it does fall below "Demons," I feel "Dark Horse" will have already surpassed it.

SS is probably nearing its peak in radio, being quite far behind TM, and the Voice performance's impact is slowly but surely fading out so it will probably not hold on to a high position in sales for very long so I think it's unlikely for it to pass TM into the top 3. As for Demons, there is a chance that Royals will drop out of the top 5 just in time for Demons to get a week in the top 5 before DH passes it, and since DH has a lot of momentum in all three of sales, radio and streaming, it will probably get to the top 5 in 3-5 weeks' time. I hope Demons will crack the top 5...there is a chance because Demons currently has a huge advantage over DH in radio.

What makes you think "Say Something" is peaking in radio? It's only number 17 on pop with a very healthy bullet for this time of the year. It has so much room to grow there. It's going at least top 10, if not top 5 on that format, which is an additional 20-40 million AI minimum from that format alone. It's also only number 6 on hot AC, heading straight for at least the top 3, another 10 million in AI there, and it's going straight to the top 5 on AC, where it is currently number 20, so that's another 15 million in AI there too, though that will likely come after it peaks on pop and hot AC. Any impact from its performance on The Voice is long, long gone. Performances only tend to have an effect on sales for 1-3 weeks, and it's been months since that performance. With all that room to grow, it's going to make the top 3 on the Hot 100 fairly easily and could even have a future shot at number one, though, I predict it will peak at number two behind "Dark Horse," but that's a much farther out prediction that shouldn't be debated. "Say Something" is far from peaking, though. "Dark Horse" is also a monster in all three components. It's likely going to take the second position in digital sales this week in between "Timber" and "Say Something," its streaming continues to grow quickly and its already sitting at number six there, and its airplay is increasing at an incredible pace. It will be going top five possibly as early as next week. This week, probably not, but next week is looking very good for it to be top five, knocking out "Royals" and keeping "Demons" from the top five. Also remember "Demons" had peaked as well and will continue to lose points in all three components of the chart just like "Royals." "Royals" is likely to remain ahead of it this week, and next week "Demons" will likely pass up "Royals" by a few points, but "Dark Horse" will be ahead of it, because it already will be ahead of it this week in two components, and next week the airplay gap will be much smaller, allowing it to surpass "Demons" on the Hot 100.

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Jan 7, 2014 2:55:09 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Jan 7, 2014 2:28:43 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

SS is probably nearing its peak in radio, being quite far behind TM, and the Voice performance's impact is slowly but surely fading out so it will probably not hold on to a high position in sales for very long so I think it's unlikely for it to pass TM into the top 3. As for Demons, there is a chance that Royals will drop out of the top 5 just in time for Demons to get a week in the top 5 before DH passes it, and since DH has a lot of momentum in all three of sales, radio and streaming, it will probably get to the top 5 in 3-5 weeks' time. I hope Demons will crack the top 5...there is a chance because Demons currently has a huge advantage over DH in radio.

What makes you think "Say Something" is peaking in radio? It's only number 17 on pop with a very healthy bullet for this time of the year. It has so much room to grow there. It's going at least top 10, if not top 5 on that format, which is an additional 20-40 million AI minimum from that format alone. It's also only number 6 on hot AC, heading straight for at least the top 3, another 10 million in AI there, and it's going straight to the top 5 on AC, where it is currently number 20, so that's another 15 million in AI there too, though that will likely come after it peaks on pop and hot AC. Any impact from its performance on The Voice is long, long gone. Performances only tend to have an effect on sales for 1-3 weeks, and it's been months since that performance. With all that room to grow, it's going to make the top 3 on the Hot 100 fairly easily and could even have a future shot at number one, though, I predict it will peak at number two behind "Dark Horse," but that's a much farther out prediction that shouldn't be debated. "Say Something" is far from peaking, though. "Dark Horse" is also a monster in all three components. It's likely going to take the second position in digital sales this week in between "Timber" and "Say Something," its streaming continues to grow quickly and its already sitting at number six there, and its airplay is increasing at an incredible pace. It will be going top five possibly as early as next week. This week, probably not, but next week is looking very good for it to be top five, knocking out "Royals" and keeping "Demons" from the top five. Also remember "Demons" had peaked as well and will continue to lose points in all three components of the chart just like "Royals." "Royals" is likely to remain ahead of it this week, and next week "Demons" will likely pass up "Royals" by a few points, but "Dark Horse" will be ahead of it, because it already will be ahead of it this week in two components, and next week the airplay gap will be much smaller, allowing it to surpass "Demons" on the Hot 100.

First off, DH is not #6 on streaming, it's #14. I don't think DH will make the top 5 before February.  It's too far behind in radio (for now), number twenty-something as of today, and the official audio on YouTube (the most popular DH video) has less than 19 million views over the last three months so CS, Royals, TM, and Timber are way ahead of it in streaming and Demons isn't too far behind it...DH is currently only strong in sales, it will take a few weeks for it to climb high enough on the other two components in order for it to reach the top 5 and I'm saying there's a chance that Demons will jump Royals before then. And SS hasn't had very high radio updates recently, it had none over 2M and maybe a few over 1M, mostly 0.5M-1M...I don't see it reaching the top 10 on radio songs...also, it's #11 on streaming and it is not really gaining any momentum on YouTube (about 3 million worldwide views on YouTube for the official music video) too so I think it will stay maybe a couple more weeks in the top 5 due to sales and steady radio at around #13-#16 and then go down on the Hot 100.

[#Joseph.T]

Jan 7, 2014 3:09:55 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Jan 7, 2014 2:55:09 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

What makes you think "Say Something" is peaking in radio? It's only number 17 on pop with a very healthy bullet for this time of the year. It has so much room to grow there. It's going at least top 10, if not top 5 on that format, which is an additional 20-40 million AI minimum from that format alone. It's also only number 6 on hot AC, heading straight for at least the top 3, another 10 million in AI there, and it's going straight to the top 5 on AC, where it is currently number 20, so that's another 15 million in AI there too, though that will likely come after it peaks on pop and hot AC. Any impact from its performance on The Voice is long, long gone. Performances only tend to have an effect on sales for 1-3 weeks, and it's been months since that performance. With all that room to grow, it's going to make the top 3 on the Hot 100 fairly easily and could even have a future shot at number one, though, I predict it will peak at number two behind "Dark Horse," but that's a much farther out prediction that shouldn't be debated. "Say Something" is far from peaking, though. "Dark Horse" is also a monster in all three components. It's likely going to take the second position in digital sales this week in between "Timber" and "Say Something," its streaming continues to grow quickly and its already sitting at number six there, and its airplay is increasing at an incredible pace. It will be going top five possibly as early as next week. This week, probably not, but next week is looking very good for it to be top five, knocking out "Royals" and keeping "Demons" from the top five. Also remember "Demons" had peaked as well and will continue to lose points in all three components of the chart just like "Royals." "Royals" is likely to remain ahead of it this week, and next week "Demons" will likely pass up "Royals" by a few points, but "Dark Horse" will be ahead of it, because it already will be ahead of it this week in two components, and next week the airplay gap will be much smaller, allowing it to surpass "Demons" on the Hot 100.

First off, DH is not #6 on streaming, it's #14. I don't think DH will make the top 5 before February.  It's too far behind in radio (for now), number twenty-something as of today, and the official audio on YouTube (the most popular DH video) has less than 19 million views over the last three months so CS, Royals, TM, and Timber are way ahead of it in streaming and Demons isn't too far behind it...DH is currently only strong in sales, it will take a few weeks for it to climb high enough on the other two components in order for it to reach the top 5 and I'm saying there's a chance that Demons will jump Royals before then. And SS hasn't had very high radio updates recently, it had none over 2M and maybe a few over 1M, mostly 0.5M-1M...I don't see it reaching the top 10 on radio songs...also, it's #11 on streaming and it is not really gaining any momentum on YouTube (about 3 million worldwide views on YouTube for the official music video) too so I think it will stay maybe a couple more weeks in the top 5 due to sales and steady radio at around #13-#16 and then go down on the Hot 100.

I think he's talking about #6 on Spotify which also include into streaming chart

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Jan 7, 2014 5:37:14 GMT -5 #Joseph.T said:

Jan 7, 2014 3:09:55 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

First off, DH is not #6 on streaming, it's #14. I don't think DH will make the top 5 before February.  It's too far behind in radio (for now), number twenty-something as of today, and the official audio on YouTube (the most popular DH video) has less than 19 million views over the last three months so CS, Royals, TM, and Timber are way ahead of it in streaming and Demons isn't too far behind it...DH is currently only strong in sales, it will take a few weeks for it to climb high enough on the other two components in order for it to reach the top 5 and I'm saying there's a chance that Demons will jump Royals before then. And SS hasn't had very high radio updates recently, it had none over 2M and maybe a few over 1M, mostly 0.5M-1M...I don't see it reaching the top 10 on radio songs...also, it's #11 on streaming and it is not really gaining any momentum on YouTube (about 3 million worldwide views on YouTube for the official music video) too so I think it will stay maybe a couple more weeks in the top 5 due to sales and steady radio at around #13-#16 and then go down on the Hot 100.

I think he's talking about #6 on Spotify which also include into streaming chart

yes but it's #14 on the overall streaming chart that includes Spotify (I was unaware of this until a couple months ago, I used to think On-Demand was separate from streaming, I thought streaming was just video streaming like YouTube), so basically we can ignore the On-Demand chart now because the Streaming chart covers it lol.

[Rocky]

1. EMINEM – The Monster f/Rihanna: 180.179 (+ 0.581)
2. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 175.983 (+ 0.607)
3. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 150.032 (- 1.204)
4. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 145.223 (- 1.438)
5. LORDE – Royals: 140.500 (- 0.135)
6. PITBULL – Timber f/Ke$ha: 135.192 (+ 1.037)
7. DRAKE – Hold On We’re, Going Home: 111.994 (- 0.552)
8. PASSENGER – Let Her Go: 101.847 (+ 0.407)
9. KATY PERRY – Roar: 89.494 (- 0.573)
10. ZEDD – Stay The Night f/H. Williams: 87.929 (+ 0.324)
11. ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 82.687 (+ 1.017)
12. LADY GAGA – Do What U Want f/R. Kelly: 81.809 (+ 0.690)
13. A GREAT BIG WORLD – Say Something w/C. Aguilera: 77.031 (+ 0.701)
14. LORDE – Team: 75.356 (+ 0.817)
15. NEIGHBOURHOOD – Sweater Weather: 73.685 (- 0.167) ▲
16. MILEY CYRUS – Wrecking Ball: 73.479 (- 0.739) ▼
17. ONE DIRECTION – Story Of My Life: 70.618 (+ 0.814)
18. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – White Walls f/ScHoolboy Q: 67.496 (- 0.140)
19. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE – Stay: 66.846 (+ 0.619) ▲
20. ROBIN THICKE – Blurred Lines f/Pharrell/T.I.: 66.733 (- 0.759) ▼

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Mirrors: 64.455 (- 0.422)
ELI YOUNG BAND – Drunk Last Night: 64.166 (- 0.218)
BASTILLE – Pompeii: 63.255 (+ 0.453)
ZAC BROWN BAND – Sweet Annie: 61.555 (+ 0.269)
KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 60.381 (+ 1.715)
THE BAND PERRY – Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: 58.708 (+ 0.338)
DARIUS RUCKER – Radio: 56.882 (- 0.287)
ERIC PASLAY – Friday Night: 53.759 (+ 0.279)
COLE SWINDELL – Chillin’ It: 52.646 (+ 0.028)
LUKE BRYAN – Drink A Beer: 51.822 (+ 0.188)
KID INK – Show Me f/Chris Brown: 46.681 (+ 0.447)
CASSADEE POPE – Wasting All These Tears: 45.443 (+ 0.265)
JASON ALDEAN – When She Says Baby: 43.498 (+ 0.094)
LADY ANTEBELLUM – Compass: 38.159 (+ 0.224)
BEYONCÉ – Drunk In Love f/Jay Z: 37.352 (+ 0.829)
BRUNO MARS – Young Girls: 27.986 (+ 1.104)
BEYONCE – XO: 27.429 (+ 1.191)
DRAKE – The Language: 27.389 (+ 0.242)
DEMI LOVATO – Neon Lights: 13.730 (+ 0.045)
AVICII – Hey Brother: 13.515 (- 0.108)
MILEY CYRUS – Adore You: 10.340 (+ 0.221)
IMAGINE DRAGONS – On Top Of The World: 4.306 (=)

pretty weak updates. "Dark Horse" remains unbothered, "Wake Me Up" and "Hold On, We're Going Home" are still overplayed.

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Top 10 flashbacks for this week

1 year ago (1/19/13)

1 1 Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (5th week of 6 @ #1)
2 3 Diamonds - Rihanna
3 2 I Knew You Were Trouble. - Taylor Swift
4 4 Ho Hey - Lumineers
5 10 Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz
6 9 Home - Phillip Phillips
7 5 Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj
8 12 Scream & Shout - will.i.am ft. Britney Spears
9 8 One More Night - Maroon 5
10 11 I Cry - Flo Rida


5 years ago (1/17/09)

1 2 Just Dance - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis (1st week of 3 @ #1)
2 1 Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce
3 3 Live Your Life - T.I. ft. Rihanna
4 5 Love Story - Taylor Swift
5 4 Heartless - Kanye West
6 6 Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
7 12 I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
8 7 Womanizer - Britney Spears
9 15 Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne
10 8 Love Lockdown - Kanye West


10 years ago (1/17/04)

1 1 Hey Ya! - Outkast (6th week of 9 @ #1)
2 2 The Way You Move - Outkast ft. Sleepy Brown
3 3 Milkshake - Kelis
4 4 You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
5 5 Stand Up - Ludacris ft. Shawna
6 6 Walked Outta Heaven - Jagged Edge
7 8 Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
8 9 Slow Jamz - Twist ft. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
9 7 Suga Suga - Baby Bash ft. Frankie J
10 10 Me, Myself And I - Beyonce


15 years ago (1/16/99)

1 3 Have You Ever? - Brandy (1st week of 2 @ #1)
2 2 Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
3 1 I'm Your Angel - R Kelly & Celine Dion
4 4 ... Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
5 5 Lately - Divine
6 6 Because Of You - 98 Degrees
7 12 Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
8 13 Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
9 8 Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
10 7 Trippin' - Total ft. Missy Elliott

[Linnethia Monique]

Britney's in the Top 10 on 3 out of the 4 Flashbacks. Longeviney.

[Rocky]

Jan 7, 2014 8:27:24 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

1 year ago (1/19/13)

5 years ago (1/17/09)
1 2 Just Dance - Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis (1st week of 3 @ #1)

slay.

[Caviar]

Poor Deborah Cox being jumped all over but YASSSSSSS at "Have You Ever" slaying.

[kingofpain]

I love Stay The Night by Zedd (I even think it's better than Clarity), but I feel like this is another Krewella that CHR is trying to force into a hit that just isn't happening. For some reasons the general public isn't that interested in buying this which is why its digital sales are lousy. It has been given a lot of generous support from radio for the past month but it just isn't translating into public interest for some reason... this one and Krewella baffles me (and I love both songs!).

[Kris]

Calling Wake Me Up overplayed is like calling Somebody That I Used to Know underplayed.

[Rocky]

Jan 7, 2014 9:09:14 GMT -5 Kris said:

Calling Wake Me Up overplayed is like calling Somebody That I Used to Know underplayed.

One sold 7M and the other is at 3M something. I don't see the similarities. Also it entered the overall top 10 on 09/03/2013, four months ago and is over 140M AI since early October.

[bat1990]

Jan 7, 2014 8:53:44 GMT -5 Caviar said:

Poor Deborah Cox being jumped all over but YASSSSSSS at "Have You Ever" slaying.

I've always thought "I'm Your Angel" was boring and awful. NSTBH should've blocked it from #1 instead of vice versa.

[Verisimilitude]

If only the dancier remix of Deborah's song was more popular on pop radio instead of just going top 30 on that format.

[Caviar]

What kept it at #2? It's sales must have been very consistent but not high enough for #1. Surprised the label didn't do anything about that.

[Verisimilitude]

Jan 7, 2014 9:54:18 GMT -5 Caviar said:

What kept it at #2? It's sales must have been very consistent but not high enough for #1. Surprised the label didn't do anything about that.

It did hit #1 on the single sales chart for a week, but it never had more airplay than the songs ahead of it at #1.

Radio format peaks:

#06 Hot 100 Airplay

#01 Urban AC (12 [!!!] weeks)
#01 Urban (2 weeks)
#05 CHR/Rhythmic
#30 CHR/Pop

Which is a shame, as that song is iconic imo.

[Caviar]

The video was MASSIVE. I saw it all the time on MTV and Planet Groove on BET.

[badrobot]

It may be hard to believe to people today since EDM is all over the place, but during the mid-late 90s, actual dance music was like poison on pop radio -- I remember being SHOCKED that Whitney's "It's Not Right" ended up being a hit in the remix format.

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Jan 7, 2014 8:27:24 GMT -5 @gagalicious said:

15 years ago (1/16/99)

1 3 Have You Ever? - Brandy (1st week of 2 @ #1)

:'( :'( :'(

[velaxti]

Jan 7, 2014 10:30:51 GMT -5 badrobot said:

It may be hard to believe to people today since EDM is all over the place, but during the mid-late 90s, actual dance music was like poison on pop radio -- I remember being SHOCKED that Whitney's "It's Not Right" ended up being a hit in the remix format.

Really? It was the opposite in the UK (and most of Europe). The late 90's were the peak of that kind of music (both in the underground and the mainstream). Today it's nowhere near as popular as it was in the late 90's anymore.

But I can imagine those songs like Believe by Cher which were really huge would have probably made electronic dance music become extremely uncool, at least with most young males... Dance music probably regained a bit of credibility with that audience, especially thanks to songs like Sexy Bitch, Low and I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho), but it's rapidly losing it again as I'm sure we've all been noticing the past year.

[surreallife]

"yes but it's #14 on the overall streaming chart that includes Spotify (I was unaware of this until a couple months ago, I used to think On-Demand was separate from streaming, I thought streaming was just video streaming like YouTube), so basically we can ignore the On-Demand chart now because the Streaming chart covers it lol."

Since on-demand streams count 2x other streams, in a close race on-demand streaming can make a difference (it helped "Royals" stay at #1 late in its' #1 run). I noticed that "Timber" was #1 on Spotify for the week ending January 5th, with about a 180,000 stream lead over "Counting Stars" and 192,000 over "The Monster". This should help "Timber" ascend to the #1 spot on the HOT 100 this week.

[velaxti]

Jan 7, 2014 12:04:27 GMT -5 surreallife said:

"yes but it's #14 on the overall streaming chart that includes Spotify (I was unaware of this until a couple months ago, I used to think On-Demand was separate from streaming, I thought streaming was just video streaming like YouTube), so basically we can ignore the On-Demand chart now because the Streaming chart covers it lol."

Since on-demand streams count 2x other streams, in a close race on-demand streaming can make a difference (it helped "Royals" stay at #1 late in its' #1 run). I noticed that "Timber" was #1 on Spotify for the week ending January 5th, with about a 180,000 stream lead over "Counting Stars" and 192,000 over "The Monster". This should help "Timber" ascend to the #1 spot on the HOT 100 this week.

I think they should perhaps change the Streaming chart to account for the different weighting that the different types of streaming get?

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Jan 7, 2014 10:30:51 GMT -5 badrobot said:

It may be hard to believe to people today since EDM is all over the place, but during the mid-late 90s, actual dance music was like poison on pop radio -- I remember being SHOCKED that Whitney's "It's Not Right" ended up being a hit in the remix format.

There were still plenty of dance hits on the radio in the mid-to late-90s. Radio didn't really start giving dance music the shaft until after the turn of the millennium. Outside of major cities like NYC and Miami, most pop stations avoided dance music like the plague.

[allow that]

I feel like by 1999 established/buzzed pop acts could still get away with dance hits (Enrique's "Be With You," Jennifer's "Waiting For The Night," Whitney's remix) but being a core dance act was already taboo. There weren't acts like Real McCoy or La Bouche on the pop charts any longer, but in NYC we did have songs by Vengaboys, Alice DeeJay, and Amber that were massive on a local level.

[HolidayGuy]

"It's Not Right..." only got so far at pop radio, though, much like "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here." Because of the ubiquity of the remixes, those tracks seem bigger than those peaks suggest.

[Deleted]

Now that I think about it, the dance music drought at radio in the US basically perfectly aligned with the GWB presidency. Conspiracy.

[allow that]

Jan 7, 2014 12:35:10 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Now that I think about it, the dance music drought at radio in the US basically perfectly aligned with the GWB presidency. Conspiracy.

It's funny you say that because I've been thinking for YEARS that the active rock/cock rock domination of Alternative radio perfectly aligned with his presidency, as did the Nickelback & spinoff plague at pop.