Billboard Hot 100 : 04/26/2014

[imbondz]

Anyone think Summer will be a big hit?

[kingofpain]

For some reason EDM digital sales are never as strong as AirPlay, which is why Calvin's last single "I Need Your Love" and Zedd's "Stay The Night" (and possibly Aviici's "Hey Brother" and Martin Garrix's "Animals") stall out in the top 20. So on Hot 100 placement, I think Summer will fair the same. I don't think it will be a digital smash, but top 20 is probably more likely.

[ListenToItTwice]

Apr 11, 2014 14:24:17 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

For some reason EDM digital sales are never as strong as AirPlay, which is why Calvin's last single "I Need Your Love" and Zedd's "Stay The Night" (and possibly Aviici's "Hey Brother" and Martin Garrix's "Animals") stall out in the top 20. So on Hot 100 placement, I think Summer will fair the same. I don't think it will be a digital smash, but top 20 is probably more likely.

I'm noticing that even as its "newness" starts to fade, this song's AI is significantly higher than that of the songs that immediately surround it in terms of spins CHR chart. Is that typical of EDM?

[Az Paynter]

Apr 11, 2014 11:52:38 GMT -5 wjr15 said:

If we wanna talk hit after hit, we should be talking about Katy ;)

No, we should be talking about Chris Brown. Guy can't keep his fists to himself.

[musik...]

It's looking more and more like "Ain't It Fun" will become Paramore's highest charting song. They have had such a huge year since the album's release and I'm loving, loving, LOVING every minute of it. Okay, I'll stop gushing and move on with my life.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Apr 11, 2014 18:27:42 GMT -5 musik... said:

It's looking more and more like "Ain't It Fun" will become Paramore's highest charting song. They have had such a huge year since the album's release and I'm loving, loving, LOVING every minute of it. Okay, I'll stop gushing and move on with my life.

Its a good song...

[surfy]

Yeah my favorite song by them will most likely always be Misery Business, but this comes in a close second! It's just such a great song! :)

[Kris]

1. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 295.437 (- 0.5714)  <---- omg 4 decimals 
2. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 248.035 (+ 1.034)
3. KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 208.716 (- 1.195)
4. LORDE – Team: 168.218 (- 2.240)
5. JASON DERULO – Talk Dirty f/2 Chainz: 165.767 (+ 1.522)
6. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 142.355 (- 2.431)
7. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 114.106 (- 1.547)
8. AMERICAN AUTHORS – Best Day Of My Life: 108.158 (- 0.457)
9. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Not A Bad Thing: 90.562 (+ 1.622)
10. ONE DIRECTION – Story Of My Life: 82.934 (+ 0.180)
11. ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 79.740 (- 0.596)
12. ALOE BLACC – The Man: 79.538 (- 0.554)
13. KID INK – Show Me f/Chris Brown: 72.955 (- 0.925) ▲
14. RANDY HOUSER – Goodnight Kiss: 71.521 (+ 0.659) ▲
15. BEYONCÉ – Drunk In Love f/Jay Z: 71.403 (- 2.652) ▼
16. JERROD NIEMANN – Drink To That All Night: 70.880 (+ 0.275)
17. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 69.689 (- 0.344)
18. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 69.281 (- 0.043)
19. DEMI LOVATO – Neon Lights: 66.463 (+ 0.801)
20. BRANTLEY GILBERT – Bottoms Up: 63.928 (+ 0.829) ▲

AVICII – Hey Brother: 62.434 (+ 0.438)
BLAKE SHELTON – Doin’ What She Likes: 61.669 (- 2.086)
ERIC CHURCH – Give Me Back My Hometown: 61.231 (+ 0.230)
CHRIS BROWN – Loyal f/Lil’ Wayne: 59.983 (+ 0.981)
RASCAL FLATTS – Rewind: 56.487 (+ 0.206)
PARAMORE – Ain’t It Fun: 55.905 (+ 0.863)
FLORIDA – GEORGIA LINE – This Is How We Roll f/L. Bryan: 54.683 (+ 1.344)
BEYONCE – Partition: 53.557 (- 0.085)
MARTIN GARRIX – Animals: 53.190 (- 0.187)
TREY SONGZ – Na Na: 52.966 (+ 0.381)
JHENE AIKO – The Worst: 50.295 (+ 0.649)
MIRANDA LAMBERT – Automatic: 49.155 (+ 0.212)
NAUGHTY BOY – La La La f/Sam Smith: 46.487 (+ 0.927)
LUKE BRYAN – Play It Again: 46.117
DJ SNAKE & LIL JON – Turn Down For What: 44.266 (+ 0.576)
NEON TREES – Sleeping With A Friend: 41.194 (+ 0.240)
PITBULL – Wild Wild Love f/GRL: 34.646 (+ 1.004)
TIESTO – Red Lights: 30.367 (+ 0.101)
IGGY AZALEA – Fancy: 29.041 (+ 0.636)
HUNTER HAYES – Invisible: 26.000 (+ 0.282)
ED SHEERAN – Sing: 24.602 (+ 5.347)
PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Raging Fire: 23.595 (+ 0.486)
CALVIN HARRIS – Summer: 23.574 (+ 0.502)
CHRISTINA PERRI – Human: 22.896 (+ 0.218)
AUSTIN MAHONE – Mmm Yeah f/Pitbull: 20.674 (+ 0.150)
EMINEM – Headlights: 18.339 (- 0.329)
IDINA MENZEL – Let It Go: 15.793 (+ 0.051)
BLACK KEYS – Fever: 14.966 (+ 0.131)
BASTILLE – Bad Blood: 11.974 (+ 0.091)
COLDPLAY – Magic: 11.401 (+ 0.211)
DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 11.308 (+ 0.061)
IMAGINE DRAGONS – On Top Of The World: 10.794 (- 0.361)
SHAKIRA – Empire: 7.662 (+ 0.077)
KATY PERRY – Birthday: 7.623 (+ 0.336)
LADY GAGA – G.U.Y.: 7.517 (+ 0.665)
FAR EAST MOVEMENT – The Illest f/Riff Raff: 3.635
LORDE – Glory And Gore: 2.839 (+ 0.068)
RITA ORA – I Will Never Let You Down: 0.004

[Duca]

6. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 142.355 (-2.431)
7. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 114.106 (-1.547)

these need to die

[Rocky]

Apr 11, 2014 15:11:17 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Apr 11, 2014 14:24:17 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

For some reason EDM digital sales are never as strong as AirPlay, which is why Calvin's last single "I Need Your Love" and Zedd's "Stay The Night" (and possibly Aviici's "Hey Brother" and Martin Garrix's "Animals") stall out in the top 20. So on Hot 100 placement, I think Summer will fair the same. I don't think it will be a digital smash, but top 20 is probably more likely.

I'm noticing that even as its "newness" starts to fade, this song's AI is significantly higher than that of the songs that immediately surround it in terms of spins CHR chart. Is that typical of EDM?

Maybe it relies more on big stations suppor, like Z100?

[Deleted]

Apr 12, 2014 7:03:52 GMT -5 Duca said:

7. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 114.106 (-1.547)
these need to die

There's no need to die man ;)

[Glove Slap]

Apr 12, 2014 7:17:31 GMT -5 Rocky said:

Apr 11, 2014 15:11:17 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

I'm noticing that even as its "newness" starts to fade, this song's AI is significantly higher than that of the songs that immediately surround it in terms of spins CHR chart. Is that typical of EDM?

Maybe it relies more on big stations suppor, like Z100?

Stations that give more spins to EDM tracks are those based in cities (NYC, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc.) because there is a club environment there. Even before dance music took off in major popularity the dance songs that made the airplay charts largely received their spins from big cities where there is a larger audience.

[Linnethia Monique]

ED SHEERAN – Sing: 24.602 (+ 5.347)

If All of Me doesn't dethrone Happy this may just be the one.

[HolidayGuy]

The Sheeran track is showing that the first day of airplay promo was no fluke.

[areyoureadytojump]

I love Shakira's Empire.

Katy Perry's Birthday is a guilty pleasure.

[imbondz]

Apr 12, 2014 10:41:30 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

I love Shakira's Empire.

Katy Perry's Birthday is a guilty pleasure.

For me, all Katy Perrys singles are a guilty pleasure

[Gary]

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By Gary Trust | April 11, 2014 3:55 PM EDT

Ed Sheeran photographed by Jason Bell on March 26th at Madam Jojo's in London.
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The singer's new song, co-written and -produced with Pharrell, should make an impressive entrance on next week's Hot 100 due to strong early sales and airplay




Ed Sheeran's new single "Sing," which Pharrell Williams co-wrote and co-produced, should make a noteworthy debut on next week's Billboard Hot 100. Highlights of the chart, which blends songs' sales data, via Nielsen SoundScan, and airplay and streaming figures, according to Nielsen BDS, will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (April 16), while the survey will update in full the following day.

With his segue from folk/rock to R&B-flavored pop on "Sing," Sheeran appears headed for a debut perhaps in the Hot 100's top 40.



The track was released to radio this past Monday (7) and has since garnered 9 million all-format audience impressions through yesterday, according to BDS. It ranks just outside the top 50 on the building Radio Songs chart. Aided by first-day plays on Clear Channel -owned radio stations, "Sing" is set to arrive as the highest debut on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart (highlights of which will post on Billboard.com on Monday [14]). It will likewise storm the Adult Pop Songs chart, with a chance to launch in the list's top 30.

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Consumers are echoing radio's acceptance of "Sing," with the song having been a staple of the iTunes Store's top 10 since it was made available for purchase on Monday at 3 p.m. ET. Industry sources tell Billboard that the song could sell approximately 120,000-130,000 downloads in its first week (likely good for a top 10 start on the Digital Songs chart), although that figure could rise given that Sheeran is the musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" tomorrow (12). The song's complete first-week sales sum, according to SoundScan, will be revealed on Wednesday on Billboard.com.

Along with opening-week as-yet-determined streaming activity for "Sing," its projected first-week airplay and sales could help Sheeran challenge for his best rank on the Hot 100 so far. The British singer/songwriter broke through in the U.S. in 2012 with the folky "The A Team," which reached No. 16. The track, which had first reached No. 3 on the Official U.K. Singles chart in 2011, has sold 2.1 million downloads to date. Follow-up "Lego House" peaked at No. 42 last year and reached No. 10 on Adult Pop Songs. Taylor Swift's "Everything Has Changed," featuring Sheeran, further grew his profile, reaching No. 32 on the Hot 100 in October.



As noted on Tuesday, radio has eagerly responded to Sheeran's shift from acoustic-based folk to highly-polished pop on "Sing," which Sheeran says was inspired by Justin Timberlake. The song previews Sheeran's second Atlantic Records album, "x," due June 23.

Pop Songs reporter KIIS Los Angeles (home to Ryan Seacrest's syndicated morning show "On Air") has played the cut 29 times through yesterday (10), amounting to an audience of 1.1 million, according to BDS. Clear Channel senior VP of programming and KIIS program director John Ivey says that the track is "the song to bring Ed all the way home.

"His first record ['+,' which has sold 796,000 copies in the U.S.] was really just him, a guitar and sampling. The sound was adult ... but when you went to see Ed live, it was a lot of young girls going crazy," Ivey says. "Now, with 'Sing' [co-]produced [and co-written] by Pharrell, it's like Justin Timberlake's metamorphosis from 'N Sync to solo. Or, even the way that John Mayer slowly pulled layers back revealing more and more of who he was as an artist with each project.

"We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with Ed," Ivey muses. "I'm not sure he even knows what all he has in him. But, he has [pop/R&B writer/producer] Benny Blanco, Pharrell and others helping to pull different twists and turns out of him.

"'Sing' is such an obvious smash."

[imbondz]

the first big red head singer?

[imbondz]

nope. dude from Simply Red

[imbondz]

who else?

[popstop]

Rick Astley

[Deleted]

Apr 12, 2014 16:49:10 GMT -5 popstop said:

Rick Astley

Bonnie Raitt
David Bowie
Willie Nelson
Geri Halliwell
Judy Garland
Axl Rose
Shirley Manson
Tori Amos

[Duca]

1. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 293.653 (-1.784)
2. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 250.765 (+2.730)
3. KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 207.755 (-0.961)
4. JASON DERULO – Talk Dirty f/2 Chainz: 166.488 (+0.721) ▲
5. LORDE – Team: 164.961 (-3.257) ▼
6. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 140.159 (-2.196)
7. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 112.680 (-1.426)
8. AMERICAN AUTHORS – Best Day Of My Life: 107.309 (-0.849)
9. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Not A Bad Thing: 92.517 (+1.955)
10. ONE DIRECTION – Story Of My Life: 81.995 (-0.939)
11. ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 78.828 (-0.912)
12. ALOE BLACC – The Man: 77.837 (-1.701)
13. KID INK – Show Me f/Chris Brown: 71.892 (-1.063)
14. RANDY HOUSER – Goodnight Kiss: 71.671 (+0.150)
15. JERROD NIEMANN – Drink To That All Night: 71.209 (+0.329) ▲
16. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 69.011 (-0.678) ▲
17. BEYONCÉ – Drunk In Love f/Jay Z: 68.966 (-2.437) ▼
18. DEMI LOVATO – Neon Lights: 67.974 (+1.511) ▲
19. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 67.853 (-1.428) ▼
20. BRANTLEY GILBERT – Bottoms Up: 64.591 (+0.663)

AVICII – Hey Brother: 62.704 (+0.270)
ERIC CHURCH – Give Me Back My Hometown: 61.634 (+0.403)
CHRIS BROWN – Loyal f/Lil’ Wayne: 60.726 (+0.743)
PARAMORE – Ain’t It Fun: 57.368 (+1.463)
RASCAL FLATTS – Rewind: 56.632 (+0.145)
FLORIDA – GEORGIA LINE – This Is How We Roll f/L. Bryan: 55.453 (+0.770)
BEYONCE – Partition: 53.897 (+0.340)
TREY SONGZ – Na Na: 53.381 (+0.415)
MARTIN GARRIX – Animals: 53.073 (-0.117)
JHENE AIKO – The Worst: 50.789 (+0.494)
MIRANDA LAMBERT – Automatic: 49.901 (+0.746)
NAUGHTY BOY – La La La f/Sam Smith: 46.762 (+0.275)
LUKE BRYAN – Play It Again: 46.679 (+0.562)
DJ SNAKE & LIL JON – Turn Down For What: 45.048 (+0.782)
NEON TREES – Sleeping With A Friend: 41.502 (+0.308)
PITBULL – Wild Wild Love f/GRL: 35.414 (+0.768)
TIESTO – Red Lights: 31.066 (+0.699)
ED SHEERAN – Sing: 30.250 (+5.648)
IGGY AZALEA – Fancy: 29.975 (+0.934)
HUNTER HAYES – Invisible: 25.775 (-0.225)
CALVIN HARRIS – Summer: 24.728 (+1.154)
PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Raging Fire: 23.815 (+0.220)
CHRISTINA PERRI – Human: 22.947 (+0.051)
AUSTIN MAHONE – Mmm Yeah f/Pitbull: 21.238 (+0.564)
EMINEM – Headlights: 18.111 (-0.228)
IDINA MENZEL – Let It Go: 16.062 (+0.269)
BLACK KEYS – Fever: 15.226 (+0.260)
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER – She Looks So Perfect: 12.505
BASTILLE – Bad Blood: 12.002 (+0.028)
DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 11.821 (+0.513)
COLDPLAY – Magic: 11.547 (+0.146)
IMAGINE DRAGONS – On Top Of The World: 10.364 (-0.430)
KATY PERRY – Birthday: 8.082 (+0.459)
SHAKIRA – Empire: 7.875 (+0.213)
LADY GAGA – G.U.Y.: 7.845 (+0.328)
SAM SMITH – Stay With Me: 3.885
LORDE – Glory And Gore: 2.954 (+0.115)

[Deleted]

Apr 13, 2014 8:09:34 GMT -5 Duca said:

1. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 293.653 (-1.784)

:( there goes any chance of it ever beating Blurred Lines' record :( not so "happy" anymore...

[surfy]

Yes @ ED SMASHING HARD!!!!

[Enigma.]

IMAGINE DRAGONS – On Top Of The World: 10.364 (-0.430)

Weird that this hasn't taken off yet.

[Gary]

The song coming up by Ed Sheeran, produced and co-written by Pharrell, so those not 'Happy' about the song not setting an all time record...Pharrell is not going away

[Duca]

Apr 12, 2014 10:39:13 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

The Sheeran track is showing that the first day of airplay promo was no fluke.

There is no way his deal is over.

[josh]

Apr 13, 2014 10:47:30 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

IMAGINE DRAGONS – On Top Of The World: 10.364 (-0.430)

Weird that this hasn't taken off yet.

It peaked at #6 AAA and #17 Alternative. Doesn't really scream crossover smash, especially when it's not being pushed at all.

[HolidayGuy]

It made sense for something like "Give Me All Your Luvin'" to have a nearly three-day airplay promo, as it was tied to a big event, Madge's Super Bowl show. Since these CC promos have become publicly discussed over the last few years, I believe that's the only one that had a multi-day one?

Has anyone been hearing "Sing" every hour on the hour after the first day? (or even every other hour)