Billboard Hot 100 : 02/15/2014

[Verisimilitude]

For some weird reason, someone classified Lorde's "Team" as EDM on Wikipedia.

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Feb 5, 2014 23:00:13 GMT -5 RainMan94 said:

Does anyone have a prediction for when "Happy" could hit #1 on the Hot 100? At the rate it's gaining on radio and digital sales, it looks to be the next #1 after "Dark Horse." (I'm really hoping it could hold out until the March 15th chart since that's my birthday.)

With continued across-the-board increases in all three chart components and especially with *hint hint* a music video coming out for it, Dark Horse seems like it will be #1 for a while (6 or 7 more weeks) so, I hate to break it to you bud, but unfortunately Happy might not ever hit #1 :/ it will probably end up spending 3-5 weeks at #2 starting from the 3/8/2014 issue. It might hit #1 though. It's certainly a possibility. Although it will be tough considering the competition with DH! That's why it isn't always really accurate to refer to a song's popularity based on its peak on the Hot 100. A song could be huge and only reach #4 (*ahem* Wake Me Up) and likewise months later/earlier a song could have reached #1 with potentially less points than that #4-peaking song months earlier/later.

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Feb 5, 2014 23:08:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

For some weird reason, someone classified Lorde's "Team" as EDM on Wikipedia.

It's even less of an EDM song than Let Her Go is a rap song lol...

[imbondz]

Feb 5, 2014 20:43:34 GMT -5 @peigan68 said:

Feb 5, 2014 20:34:16 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

I actually didn't know this. Did single sales (in the US) ever pick up from that in the '90s or just remain low until digital?

Single sales started dying in the 80's because the vinyl 45 RPM single was starting to be phased out.

After it was gone, cassingles and later CD singles tried to pick up the slack, but neither format really ever matched the sales of the vinyl 45 RPM

single.


Single sales didn't see a "rebirth" until downloaded digital singles took off in the mid to late 2000's.


There was a period between Dec 1984 and Jun 1991 when NO #1 song stayed on top of the Hot 100 for more than 4 weeks. Probably largely due to the low number of singles being sold during that time period.

Until 'Rush, Rush' spent 5 weeks at #1.

[Agent Yoncé]

Feb 5, 2014 23:01:28 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Let's take a moment to acknowledge the fact that Wake Me Up is #1 for 20 weeks on EDM songs lol...and it will still get a few more weeks as it's way ahead of STN and I don't see any EDM songs blowing up in the near future (probably enough weeks for it to beat Radioactive's record of 23 weeks for the most weeks at #1 on any genre-based chart!)

This (well 2013) is the inaurgural year for that chart, correct?

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Feb 5, 2014 23:15:20 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Feb 5, 2014 20:43:34 GMT -5 @peigan68 said:

Single sales started dying in the 80's because the vinyl 45 RPM single was starting to be phased out.

After it was gone, cassingles and later CD singles tried to pick up the slack, but neither format really ever matched the sales of the vinyl 45 RPM

single.


Single sales didn't see a "rebirth" until downloaded digital singles took off in the mid to late 2000's.


There was a period between Dec 1984 and Jun 1991 when NO #1 song stayed on top of the Hot 100 for more than 4 weeks. Probably largely due to the low number of singles being sold during that time period.

Until 'Rush, Rush' spent 5 weeks at #1.

That was indeed the song lol.

And just for the record, Madonna's "Like A Virgin" was the last song before that one to stay on top of the Hot 100 for over 4 weeks (6 weeks) back in Dec 1984-Jan 1985.

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Feb 5, 2014 23:08:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

For some weird reason, someone classified Lorde's "Team" as EDM on Wikipedia.

Hey soul sister, I'm yours, somebody that I used to know, and many other songs like this are classified as rock.
Cruise is classified as pop. (Country + Rap = Pop.... What the heck?)
The Fox is not classified as children's music.
Harlem shake is classified as music. (Speechless)
People buying Kidz Bop. (WHY????)

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Feb 5, 2014 23:44:58 GMT -5 @icantthinkofaname said:

Feb 5, 2014 23:08:12 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

For some weird reason, someone classified Lorde's "Team" as EDM on Wikipedia.

Hey soul sister, I'm yours, somebody that I used to know, and many other songs like this are classified as rock.
Cruise is classified as pop. (Country + Rap = Pop.... What the heck?)
The Fox is not classified as children's music.
Harlem shake is classified as music. (Speechless)
People buying Kidz Bop. (WHY????)

I agree with the last two
However, the first one yes those are alt rock, which is a form of rock. Rock music doesn't necessarily have to be loud in order to be rock music lol.
The second one was mostly played on pop radio (the remix, not the original) hence why it was considered a pop crossover
The Fox is a song that I know for a fact many adults (including myself) enjoyed (for like a month). It's a funny song that was really catchy but had poor longevity.

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Feb 5, 2014 23:32:35 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Feb 5, 2014 23:01:28 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Let's take a moment to acknowledge the fact that Wake Me Up is #1 for 20 weeks on EDM songs lol...and it will still get a few more weeks as it's way ahead of STN and I don't see any EDM songs blowing up in the near future (probably enough weeks for it to beat Radioactive's record of 23 weeks for the most weeks at #1 on any genre-based chart!)

This (well 2013) is the inaurgural year for that chart, correct?

yes

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Feb 5, 2014 23:09:02 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Feb 5, 2014 23:00:13 GMT -5 RainMan94 said:

Does anyone have a prediction for when "Happy" could hit #1 on the Hot 100? At the rate it's gaining on radio and digital sales, it looks to be the next #1 after "Dark Horse." (I'm really hoping it could hold out until the March 15th chart since that's my birthday.)

With continued across-the-board increases in all three chart components and especially with *hint hint* a music video coming out for it, Dark Horse seems like it will be #1 for a while (6 or 7 more weeks) so, I hate to break it to you bud, but unfortunately Happy might not ever hit #1 :/ it will probably end up spending 3-5 weeks at #2 starting from the 3/8/2014 issue. It might hit #1 though. It's certainly a possibility. Although it will be tough considering the competition with DH! That's why it isn't always really accurate to refer to a song's popularity based on its peak on the Hot 100. A song could be huge and only reach #4 (*ahem* Wake Me Up) and likewise months later/earlier a song could have reached #1 with potentially less points than that #4-peaking song months earlier/later.

Oscars is certainly a good chance for it. Plus, Happy is gaining 5mm a day in audience on 6 formats hmmm it will close the airplay sales gap significantly as we get close to the oscars and oscars night will send sales and streams through the roof.... Making it almost impossible for Katy to remain #1. If I were Katy Id probably not try to compete with the oscars... As no one will watch her video and she wont recover from that. Id wait until a week after or just run up the score now.

[Gary]

Hot 100

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 2 20 #1 2 wks Dark Horse, Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J 1
2 13 12 7 SG Drunk In Love, Beyonce Featuring Jay Z 2
3 2 1 17 Timber, Pitbull Featuring Ke$ha 1
4 6 15 7 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo Featuring 2 Chainz 4
5 3 3 33 Counting Stars, OneRepublic 2
6 7 6 27 Let Her Go, Passenger 6
7 4 4 13 Say Something, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera 4
8 11 25 5 AG Happy, Pharrell Williams 8
9 9 7 31 Royals, Lorde 1
10 8 8 19 Team, Lorde 8
11 10 10 25 Pompeii, Bastille 10
12 5 5 14 The Monster, Eminem Featuring Rihanna 1
13 33 41 75 DG Radioactive, Imagine Dragons 3
14 12 9 14 Story Of My Life, One Direction 6
15 61 28 3 Can't Remember To Forget You, Shakira Featuring Rihanna 15
16 14 14 22 Burn, Ellie Goulding 13
17 27 49 17 All Of Me, John Legend 17
18 15 13 41 Demons, Imagine Dragons 6
19 17 11 32 Wake Me Up!, Avicii 4
20 18 16 26 Roar, Katy Perry 1
21 16 17 6 The Man, Aloe Blacc 16
22 19 24 13 Show Me, Kid Ink Featuring Chris Brown 19
23 26 31 34 Brave, Sara Bareilles 23
24 21 26 10 Let It Go, Idina Menzel 21
25 30 30 8 Adore You, Miley Cyrus 22
26 29 27 18 My Hitta, YG Featuring Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan 19
27 20 18 24 Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus 1
28 24 20 26 Hold On, We're Going Home, Drake Featuring Majid Jordan 4
29 28 23 20 White Walls, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring ScHoolboy Q & Hollis 15
30 22 22 20 Stay The Night, Zedd Featuring Hayley Williams 18
31 31 33 42 Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell 1
32 23 21 34 Sweater Weather, The Neighbourhood 14
33 32 35 11 Love Me Again, John Newman 32
34 34 32 12 Best Day Of My Life, American Authors 32
35 35 34 13 Drink A Beer, Luke Bryan 33
36 25 19 15 Do What U Want, Lady Gaga Featuring R. Kelly 13
37 36 37 9 Hey Brother, Avicii 36
38 54 68 5 Young Girls, Bruno Mars 38
39 38 39 18 Whatever She's Got, David Nail 38
40 39 36 40 Safe And Sound, Capital Cities 8
41 40 38 16 Chillin' It, Cole Swindell 38
42 37 29 20 23, Mike WiLL Made-It Featuring Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J 11
43 41 42 6 Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon 37
44 88 – 2 Invisible, Hunter Hayes 44
45 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Odio, Romeo Santos Featuring Drake 45
46 43 52 10 When She Says Baby, Jason Aldean 43
47 42 47 74 Sail, AWOLNATION 17
48 50 53 20 Animals, Martin Garrix 48
49 48 50 18 It Won't Stop, Sevyn Streeter Featuring Chris Brown 30
50 46 45 7 XO, Beyonce 45
51 52 65 7 Paranoid, Ty Dolla $ign Featuring B.o.B 51
52 47 59 16 Friday Night, Eric Paslay 47
53 44 44 19 All Me, Drake Featuring 2 Chainz & Big Sean 20
54 51 57 10 Let It Go, Demi Lovato 38
55 53 51 16 Rap God, Eminem 7
56 56 62 13 Compass, Lady Antebellum 56
57 45 40 16 Stay, Florida Georgia Line 28
58 59 67 7 Bottoms Up, Brantley Gilbert 58
59 55 61 6 Do You Want To Build A Snowman?, Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez 55
60 0 New 1 Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves 60
61 67 55 4 Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church 55
62 49 43 15 Unconditionally, Katy Perry 14
63 66 84 3 Doin' What She Likes, Blake Shelton 63
64 64 70 6 Neon Lights, Demi Lovato 64
65 71 77 7 I Hold On, Dierks Bentley 65
66 57 64 6 For The First Time In Forever, Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel 57
67 65 66 11 Up Down (Do This All Day), T-Pain Featuring B.o.B 65
68 0 Re-Entry 2 Midnight Memories, One Direction 12
69 0 Re-Entry 2 Confident, Justin Bieber Featuring Chance The Rapper 41
70 73 86 4 Partition, Beyonce 70
71 75 75 10 See You Tonight, Scotty McCreery 71
72 77 76 9 Helluva Life, Frankie Ballard 70
73 68 69 15 The Language, Drake 51
74 0 New 1 Cop Car, Keith Urban 74
75 0 Re-Entry 3 m.A.A.d City, Kendrick Lamar Featuring MC Eiht 75
76 74 78 5 Drink To That All Night, Jerrod Niemann 74
77 63 56 12 Up All Night, Jon Pardi 56
78 76 79 9 Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys 76
79 86 94 3 Take Me Home, Cash Cash Featuring Bebe Rexha 79
80 84 82 3 Loyal, Chris Brown Featuring Lil Wayne & French Montana Or & Too $hort 80
81 69 72 5 Love Don't Die, The Fray 69
82 79 90 4 Get Me Some Of That, Thomas Rhett 79
83 83 91 4 Goodnight Kiss, Randy Houser 83
84 72 74 12 Waiting For Superman, Daughtry 66
85 78 81 5 19 You + Me, Dan + Shay 78
86 58 83 3 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 58
87 62 54 16 Sweet Annie, Zac Brown Band 47
88 89 95 3 Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About, Thompson Square 88
89 0 New 1 A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young, Eric Church 89
90 80 89 4 Ride, SoMo 80
91 82 87 9 The Heart Of Dixie, Danielle Bradbery 58
92 60 – 2 Mmm Yeah, Austin Mahone Featuring Pitbull 60
93 87 93 3 Thinking About You, Calvin Harris Featuring Ayah Marar 87
94 0 New 1 Can't Raise A Man, K. Michelle 94
95 91 – 2 Na Na, Trey Songz 91
96 90 92 4 She Knows, J. Cole Featuring Amber Coffman & The Cults 90
97 100 – 2 They Don't Know, Rico Love 97
98 70 60 16 Don't Let Me Be Lonely, The Band Perry 59
99 93 98 8 Worst Behavior, Drake 89
100 0 New 1 On Top Of The World, Imagine Dragons 100

[Gary]

Radio Songs

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 21 #1 3 wks Counting Stars, OneRepublic 1
2 2 3 16 Timber, Pitbull Feat. Ke$ha 2
3 4 9 8 Dark Horse, Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J 3
4 3 2 14 The Monster, Eminem Feat. Rihanna 1
5 7 12 9 Team, Lorde 5
6 5 8 11 Burn, Ellie Goulding 5
7 10 10 11 Story Of My Life, One Direction 7
8 6 7 19 Let Her Go, Passenger 6
9 11 11 9 Say Something, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera 9
10 9 4 26 Wake Me Up!, Avicii 1
11 8 5 27 Royals, Lorde 1
12 14 16 13 Pompeii, Bastille 12
13 12 6 21 Demons, Imagine Dragons 3
14 16 19 6 Drunk In Love, Beyonce Featuring Jay Z 14
15 41 – 2 GG Happy, Pharrell 15
16 15 13 26 Hold On, We're Going Home, Drake Feat. Majid Jordan 3
17 13 14 16 Stay The Night, Zedd Feat. Hayley Williams 9
18 18 20 8 Show Me, Kid Ink Featuring Chris Brown 18
19 26 48 3 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo Feat. 2 Chainz 19
20 20 24 11 Drink A Beer, Luke Bryan 20
21 19 17 26 Roar, Katy Perry 1
22 24 29 18 Friday Night, Eric Paslay 22
23 23 27 15 Chillin' It, Cole Swindell 23
24 22 25 16 Whatever She's Got, David Nail 22
25 25 26 29 Brave, Sara Bareilles 21
26 28 35 8 When She Says Baby, Jason Aldean 26
27 27 34 7 My Hitta, YG Featuring Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan 27
28 29 33 10 Best Day Of My Life, American Authors 28
29 21 18 21 Sweater Weather, The Neighbourhood 14
30 17 15 14 Do What U Want, Lady Gaga Feat. R. Kelly 12
31 35 42 7 Compass, Lady Antebellum 31
32 30 31 36 Safe And Sound, Capital Cities 3
33 33 45 4 Young Girls, Bruno Mars 33
34 37 44 4 Love Me Again, John Newman 34
35 31 30 38 Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. + Pharrell 1
36 48 – 2 All Of Me, John Legend 36
37 44 49 3 Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About, Thompson Square 37
38 40 41 18 It Won't Stop, Sevyn Streeter Feat. Chris Brown 34
39 45 – 2 Doin' What She Likes, Blake Shelton 39
40 34 28 15 Stay, Florida Georgia Line 20
41 46 50 4 Helluva Life, Frankie Ballard 41
42 32 22 17 White Walls, Macklemoore & Ryan Lewis Feat. ScHoolboy & Hollis 15
43 39 39 16 All Me, Drake Feat. 2 Chainz & Big Sean 39
44 49 – 2 I Hold On, Dierks Bentley 44
45 50 – 2 Paranoid, Ty Dolla $ign Feat. B.o.B 45
46 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Goodnight Kiss, Randy Houser 46
47 47 – 2 The Heart Of Dixie, Danielle Bradbery 47
48 0 New 1 See You Tonight, Scotty McCreery 48
49 0 New 1 The Man, Aloe Blacc 49
50 36 21 17 Sweet Annie, Zac Brown Band 21

[Gary]

Digital Songs

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 19 #1 4 wks Dark Horse, Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J 1
2 2 6 4 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo Featuring 2 Chainz 2
3 3 11 4 Happy, Pharrell Williams 3
4 29 46 65 GG Radioactive, Imagine Dragons Feat. Kendrick Lamar 2
5 11 9 27 Let Her Go, Passenger 5
6 7 2 13 Say Something, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera 1
7 18 22 7 Drunk In Love, Beyonce Featuring Jay Z 7
8 5 3 17 Timber, Pitbull Featuring Ke$ha 1
9 6 10 18 Pompeii, Bastille 6
10 13 14 31 Royals, Lorde 1
11 15 44 8 All Of Me, John Legend 11
12 8 8 16 Team, Lorde 8
13 4 4 5 The Man, Aloe Blacc 4
14 9 5 34 Counting Stars, OneRepublic 2
15 36 – 27 Get Lucky, Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams 4
16 10 12 10 Let It Go, Idina Menzel 10
17 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Invisible, Hunter Hayes 17
18 20 33 31 Brave, Sara Bareilles 18
19 12 7 14 The Monster, Eminem Featuring Rihanna 1
20 23 25 7 Adore You, Miley Cyrus 13
21 16 13 13 Story Of My Life, One Direction 2
22 21 19 39 Demons, Imagine Dragons 5
23 17 18 25 Roar, Katy Perry 1
24 19 17 7 Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon 17
25 14 15 20 Burn, Ellie Goulding 9
26 26 20 17 White Walls, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring ScHoolboy Q & Hollis 11
27 22 24 7 Hey Brother, Avicii 22
28 27 23 8 Best Day Of My Life, American Authors 21
29 0 Re-Entry 2 Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves 29
30 28 28 6 Do You Want To Build A Snowman?, Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez 27
31 0 New 1 Odio, Romeo Santos Featuring Drake 31
32 0 Re-Entry 34 Locked Out Of Heaven, Bruno Mars 1
33 25 31 4 Love Me Again, John Newman 25
34 42 – 35 Just Give Me A Reason, P!nk Featuring Nate Ruess 1
35 0 Re-Entry 25 Same Love, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert 8
36 0 New 1 A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young, Eric Church 36
37 32 30 10 Show Me, Kid Ink Featuring Chris Brown 30
38 0 Re-Entry 2 Can't Remember To Forget You, Shakira Featuring Rihanna 16
39 30 21 32 Wake Me Up!, Avicii 2
40 37 49 42 Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell 1
41 0 Re-Entry 3 Young Girls, Bruno Mars 36
42 31 32 13 Drink A Beer, Luke Bryan 23
43 45 41 18 My Hitta, YG Featuring Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan 20
44 41 50 4 Bottoms Up, Brantley Gilbert 20
45 24 – 2 Mmm Yeah, Austin Mahone Featuring Pitbull 24
46 50 27 3 Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church 27
47 0 Re-Entry 49 Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars 1
48 0 Re-Entry 36 Can't Hold Us, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton 1
49 39 37 15 Replay, Zendaya 27
50 38 40 5 For The First Time In Forever, Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel 38

[slw84]

Feb 5, 2014 19:34:56 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Feb 5, 2014 19:23:28 GMT -5 TylerG11 said:

How many weeks does Dark horse have left at #1 before Happy takes over?

Three or four weeks, maybe? Uneducated guess on my part, but DH is just now hitting its sales peak and still has room to grow on airplay. Happy is gaining so fast that Pharrell will probably pass Katy's airplay in the next two-three weeks, but then the sales and streaming would also have to catch up and that might not happen until after the Oscars air (3/2).

I feel as though pharrel might sneak in a week or two but Katy's video will most likely give it a strong boost in its 4th week at #1 and beyond.
Already dark horse has blocked drunk in love and another #2 peak song.

I wonder how many dark horse will block in its totals run.
I just hope happy s one or two weeks at #1 wont stop katy from a 10week achievement.

[badrobot]

I'm still amazed at how Happy is behaving like a brand new song from a mega pop star, despite having been available since last summer and considering pharell, while successful! has never had this kind of immediate reception. Good for him. And I'm surprised it took so long for the song to be noticed.

[HolidayGuy]

"Get Lucky didn't have enough points to be in the top 50, with ranks of No. 15 Digital Songs and 18 Streaming? Oy. It was No. 1 on Recurrents last week- and with this week's gains... I'm on the case.

[Gary]

That fits my theory that songs can not bounce in and out during the same chart run

[trackmaster13]

Wouldn't it be something if Radioactive outlives Demons?

[ListenToItTwice]

Feb 6, 2014 8:58:26 GMT -5 Gary said:

That fits my theory that songs can not bounce in and out during the same chart run

It fits my theory that Billboard is lazy and Holiday Guy is not.

[Gary]

He will probably come back with something from the email that he is sending them. I am thinking there might be a reason why we haven't seen songs drop off to recurrent then bounce back in so quickly before now.

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Feb 6, 2014 8:53:38 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

"Get Lucky didn't have enough points to be in the top 50, with ranks of No. 15 Digital Songs and 18 Streaming? Oy. It was No. 1 on Recurrents last week- and with this week's gains... I'm on the case.

Actually it did have enough points. It's #2 on EDM songs behind WMU (#19 on the Hot 100) and STN is #3 on EDM songs (#30 on the Hot 100) therefore Get Lucky clearly would've been #20-#30 if it hadn't been recurrent.

[HolidayGuy]

Yep, as Gary posted, it's "recent recurrents" that don't get treated in the same manner as older tracks. Not sure of the time frame, though. Only if they have enough points to have a major ranking (I'm guessing top 10?) would it be allowed to re-enter.

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Feb 6, 2014 13:08:39 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Yep, as Gary posted, it's "recent recurrents" that don't get treated in the same manner as older tracks. Not sure of the time frame, though. Only if they have enough points to have a major ranking (I'm guessing top 10?) would it be allowed to re-enter.

that was what happened with Cruise. I think if Get Lucky were allowed to return this week, it would be out next week or 3/1/2014 for sure. No point for them to let it re-enter for 1 or 2 weeks.

[HolidayGuy]

Older tracks have re-entered for a single week and dropped back off. But, I hear what you're saying.

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Feb 6, 2014 14:14:36 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Older tracks have re-entered for a single week and dropped back off. But, I hear what you're saying.

I guess it's at Billboard's discretion and they didn't anticipate for those songs to drop so soon or something lol. They believed in those songs more than they believe in Get Lucky I guess lol

[Gary]

Running your original 20 weeks to recurrent status puts you in one category. Getting 5 weeks falling off and getting 2 more later might put you in another.

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Feb 6, 2014 7:56:15 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Feb 5, 2014 19:34:56 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Three or four weeks, maybe? Uneducated guess on my part, but DH is just now hitting its sales peak and still has room to grow on airplay. Happy is gaining so fast that Pharrell will probably pass Katy's airplay in the next two-three weeks, but then the sales and streaming would also have to catch up and that might not happen until after the Oscars air (3/2).

I feel as though pharrel might sneak in a week or two but Katy's video will most likely give it a strong boost in its 4th week at #1 and beyond.
Already dark horse has blocked drunk in love and another #2 peak song.

I wonder how many dark horse will block in its totals run.
I just hope happy s one or two weeks at #1 wont stop katy from a 10week achievement.

You think she'll sit on the video for another month? I would think if she holds on to the video for that long it might actually have no effect b/c the anticipation will be mostly gone. It really comes down to whether Happy will be more of a dark horse itself (multi-week sales monster which keeps it lodged at #1 for a while) or a Get Lucky (consistent but not enough to beat out the monster in front of it). When Katy releases the video isn't going to make a difference in how DH affects that.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Feb 6, 2014 13:08:39 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Yep, as Gary posted, it's "recent recurrents" that don't get treated in the same manner as older tracks. Not sure of the time frame, though. Only if they have enough points to have a major ranking (I'm guessing top 10?) would it be allowed to re-enter.

Perhaps, it's tied to a "new peak" - so if a recent recurrent peaked at, say, 35, but it surged back and had enough point to hit 27, Billboard might let it re-enter. Otherwise, if a recent recurrent is below Top 20 and already achieved a higher peak, it not that big of a deal. However, anything that would qualify as Top 20 should be let it.

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If Katy Perry will be naked in the music video for Dark Horse I assure you the video will be the most watched for a long time and it will certainly boost DH's # of weeks at number 1. If Miley could do it, then, considering that Katy Perry is generally considered MUCH more attractive than Miley, Katy can do it too.
I wouldn't count on that happening though lol

[Gary]

There is clearly a time factor involved with the whole re-entering thing. Not clear though what that is.

In the above example, a song peaks at #35 then drops out. If it gains popularity to crack the top 50 point=wise at #49, say next year, then it would be charting regardless of where it peaked before