Billboard Hot 100 : 12/27/2014

[Dylan :)]

Big jump for Cool Kids on Spotify this week?

Thinking Out Loud and Uptown Funk have overtaken Blank Space on iTunes, and sadly Cool Kids and Chandelier have fallen to the 90s :( Ella Henderson's Yours has entered top 100 of iTunes too (?).

[Kris]

Chandelier should have gone recurrent like 85 weeks ago it's been so low on airplay/sales

[Daniel Collins]

2014/12/17

*** = dropped or added a format

1. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 173.661 (+0.864)
2. MAROON 5 - Animals: 156.547 (-2.473)
3. TOVE LO - Habits (Stay High): 133.176 (-1.551)
4. ARIANA GRANDE & THE WEEKND - Love Me Harder: 124.274 (+2.433)
5. MR PROBZ - Waves: 120.540 (+0.619)
6. SAM SMITH - I'm Not The Only One: 119.214 (+1.722)
7. ED SHEERAN - Don't: 112.532 (-2.853)
8. CALVIN HARRIS - Blame f/John Newman: 108.524 (+0.495)
9. NICK JONAS - Jealous: 102.408 (+1.802)
10. HOZIER - Take Me To Church: 99.171 (+1.890)
11. TAYLOR SWIFT - Shake It Off: 82.353 (-1.375)
12. I LOVE MAKONNEN - Tuesday f/Drake: 68.881 (+0.301) ▲
13. MEGHAN TRAINOR - All About That Bass: 67.589 (-1.612) ▼
14. TIM MCGRAW - Shotgun Rider: 66.916 (-0.521) ▲
15. JEREMIH - Don't Tell 'Em f/YG: 66.231 (-1.450) ▼
16. BIG SEAN - I Don't F**k With You f/E-40: 65.731 (+0.604)
17. BRAD PAISLEY - Perfect Storm: 64.242 (+0.287)
18. IGGY AZALEA - Beg For It f/MØ: 62.163 (+0.104) ▲
19. SAM SMITH - Stay With Me: 62.136 (-0.510) ▼
20. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 61.101 (+1.655)

21. KENNY CHESNEY - Til It's Gone: 60.001 (+0.560)
22. PARMALEE - Close Your Eyes: 57.439 (+0.357)
23. CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Something In The Water: 56.649 (-0.045)
24. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Lips Are Movin: 55.692 (+1.234)
25. ERIC CHURCH - Talladega: 55.599 (+1.265) ▲
26. CHRIS BROWN - New Flame f/Usher & Rick Ross: 53.635 (-0.763) ▼
27. SELENA GOMEZ - The Heart Wants What It Wants: 53.142 (+1.518) ▲
28. TREY SONGZ - Touchin, Lovin f/Nicki Minaj: 52.498 (-0.300) ▼
29. JESSIE J/A. GRANDE/N. MINAJ - Bang Bang: 49.741 (-1.014)
30. MADDIE & TAE - Girl In A Country Song: 47.532 (-2.231)
31. DJ KHALED - Hold You Down f/Chris Brown...: 45.682 (-0.516) ▲
32. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Sun Daze: 45.590 (+0.632) ▲
33. ALESSO - Heroes: 45.521 (+0.039***) ▲
34. DISCLOSURE - Latch f/Sam Smith: 45.388 (-1.208) ▼
35. CLEAN BANDIT - Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 44.750 (-1.145) ▼
36. FALL OUT BOY - Centuries: 44.474 (+0.379) ▲
37. NICO & VINZ - Am I Wrong: 44.420 (+0.109)
38. CHARLI XCX - Boom Clap: 44.258 (-0.068) ▼
39. MILKY CHANCE - Stolen Dance: 43.423 (-0.049) ▲
40. KEITH URBAN - Somewhere In My Car: 42.787 (-1.385) ▼

41. USHER - I Don't Mind f/Juicy J: 42.518 (+1.124) ▲
43. VANCE JOY - Riptide: 42.247 (+0.464) ▼
44. LUKE BRYAN - I See You: 41.479 (+0.822)
45. RANDY HOUSER - Like A Cowboy: 40.314 (+0.617)
47. BRETT ELDREDGE - Mean To Me: 36.637 (+0.701) ▲
48. THOMAS RHETT - Make Me Wanna: 36.459 (+0.484)
50. DARIUS RUCKER - Homegrown Honey: 36.052 (+0.435)
51. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 35.897 (+1.625***) ▲
53. DEJ LOAF - Try Me: 34.997 (+0.414) ▲
58. NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne: 32.787 (+0.774) ▲
59. JASON ALDEAN - Just Gettin' Started: 32.716 (+1.189) ▲
62. LEE BRICE - Drinking Class: 30.632 (+0.075)
63. ELLA HENDERSON - Ghost: 30.121 (+0.425)
64. BLAKE SHELTON - Lonely Tonight f/Ashley Monroe: 30.017 (+0.883) ▲
65. ONEREPUBLIC - I Lived: 29.596 (+0.305)
70. KID INK - Body Language f/Usher/Tinashe: 27.950 (+0.240) ▲
71. BEYONCE - 7/11: 27.676 (+0.411) ▲

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Dec 17, 2014 10:32:44 GMT -5 RainMan94 said:

Does Thinking Out Loud have a chance at top 10 this week? It's been top 10 on iTunes most of this week and it's high on streaming and climbing on airplay.

I suppose it does. Didn't think of that one, I guess I should edit my predictions then. Didn't realize it could be so high in streaming. I'll be really disappointed though if it ends up being his highest-peaking song. Don't is miles better IMO.

[RainMan94]

Dec 17, 2014 11:42:08 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Dec 17, 2014 10:32:44 GMT -5 RainMan94 said:

Does Thinking Out Loud have a chance at top 10 this week? It's been top 10 on iTunes most of this week and it's high on streaming and climbing on airplay.

I suppose it does. Didn't think of that one, I guess I should edit my predictions then. Didn't realize it could be so high in streaming. I'll be really disappointed though if it ends up being his highest-peaking song. Don't is miles better IMO.

I agree that Don't is my favorite song by him as well. I think this might pull an All of Me (get performed at the Grammy's, blow up, and become a massive #1 hit). The only problem right now for the song is timing. It's starting to blow up now, while All of Me blew up as a direct result of the Grammy's.

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Dec 17, 2014 11:42:08 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Dec 17, 2014 10:32:44 GMT -5 RainMan94 said:

Does Thinking Out Loud have a chance at top 10 this week? It's been top 10 on iTunes most of this week and it's high on streaming and climbing on airplay.

I suppose it does. Didn't think of that one, I guess I should edit my predictions then. Didn't realize it could be so high in streaming. I'll be really disappointed though if it ends up being his highest-peaking song. Don't is miles better IMO.

Come on man accept that it is his best hit
And it is not boring!
It is really similar to "let her go"!If you think LHG is boring TOL is boring too!

[Dylan :)]

I really dislike Thinking Out Loud.. probably since it is always on the radio here

[Au$tin]

Dec 16, 2014 8:45:30 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

Spotify Top 50 Streams:


Rest of top 200:

charts.spotify.com/?object=tracks&rank=most_streamed&country=us&windowtype=weekly&date=latest

They give the full 200 out now?! :o

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Dec 17, 2014 12:08:17 GMT -5 @smirjal said:

Dec 17, 2014 11:42:08 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I suppose it does. Didn't think of that one, I guess I should edit my predictions then. Didn't realize it could be so high in streaming. I'll be really disappointed though if it ends up being his highest-peaking song. Don't is miles better IMO.

Come on man accept that it is his best hit
And it is not boring!
It is really similar to "let her go"!If you think LHG is boring TOL is boring too!

Nah, LHG was more upbeat so I didn't find it boring like TOL

[HolidayGuy]

redsea- "Chandelier" may be out of the airplay top 50, but it's still garnering spins- in Mediabase numbers, it has 11.035m audience from top 40; 7.3m audience from Hot AC; 0.291m from AC. So, that's more than 18 million audience total.

[Dylan :)]

Jessie J's Masterpiece is up to #13 on iTunes.. any reason?

[kanimal]

Dec 17, 2014 13:23:24 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Jessie J's Masterpiece is up to #13 on iTunes.. any reason?

Performed on The Voice with contestant Chris Jamison.

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I have a feeling TMTC won't make #1 :( I think it will be passed by UF before passing Taylor :/ the next Apologize/Smack That type situation where it gets blocked by multiple songs...

[Dylan :)]

"I think we have a new billboard Hot 100 top 10 this week." Ed it is :(

[kanimal]

Dec 17, 2014 13:43:26 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

"I think we have a new billboard Hot 100 top 10 this week." Ed it is :(

Love this.  Great to see a song exploding simply for being good.

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Dec 17, 2014 13:43:26 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

"I think we have a new billboard Hot 100 top 10 this week." Ed it is :(

He just thought that out loud (I stole that from another person's tweet so I gotta give the credit where it's due lol)

[crystalphnx]

the Top 10 video's been posted

01 (01) "Blank Space" | Taylor Swift [No. 1]
02 (02) "Take Me To Church" | Hozier [No. 2]
03 (05) "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars [No. 3]
04 (08) "Lips Are Movin'" | Meghan Trainor [No. 4]
05 (07) "I'm Not The Only One" | Sam Smith [No. 5]
06 (24) "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran [No. 6]
07 (03) "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor [No. 1]
08 (04) "Animals" | Maroon 5 [No. 3]
09 (10) "Love Me Harder" | Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd [No. 7]
10 (06) "Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift [No. 1]

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can't believe TOL is so high...

[Kris]

Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez: Top 10 Moments of the Year in Ass

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Dec 17, 2014 14:06:54 GMT -5 Kris said:

Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez: Top 10 Moments of the Year in Ass

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OK, when it comes to ridiculing people, I do it in a nice way, but seriously man, what the f**k? If you think twerking and sticking your a*s in the camera is talent, then we've got a problem. 

[renfield75]

Finally, some movement on the chart! Seems like the same songs have been hovering in the top 5 for quite some time.

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Uptown Funk, Lips are movin', I'm not the only one, and Thinking Out Loud all made top 6! And Love me harder is finding its way back up! Another great top 10!

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Glad to see Uptown Funk and I'm Not The Only One going up. Though it doesn't look like Shake It Off will beat the Starships record or even tie it :(

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Dec 17, 2014 14:16:59 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Glad to see Uptown Funk and I'm Not The Only One going up. Though it doesn't look like Shake It Off will beat the Starships record or even tie it :(

Shake it off is at 17 weeks, that's pretty good for a song in the top 10. It just lost a lot of firepower in the last 3 weeks, and that's a shame, it was in a really good position to go for the record.

[crystalphnx]

Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ed Sheeran Soars to Top 10

Swift scores her longest career reign as 'Blank Space' rules for a fifth week, while Sheeran posts his best rank as 'Thinking Out Loud' leaps 24-6.

Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week, granting the superstar her longest command among her three career No. 1s. The track also takes over atop the Radio Songs chart. Plus, Swift bestie Ed Sheeran zooms to his best Hot 100 rank, as "Thinking Out Loud" surges 24-6.

We're taking a break from our holiday shopping (translation: we haven't started yet) to do what we do each Wednesday: run down the top 10 and more on the sales/airplay/streaming-based Hot 100.

With "Space," released on Big Machine Records and promoted to radio by Republic Records, at No. 1 for a fifth frame, Swift establishes her longest Hot 100 reign. Her prior single, and second No. 1, "Shake It Off" spent four weeks on top. Swift's first leader, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," ruled for three weeks in 2012.

"You are the reason why, right now, this is the No. 1 song in the country," Swift beamed to the crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden Friday night (Dec. 12) before she launched into "Space" at WHTZ (Z100)/iHeartMedia's annual Jingle Ball concert.

"Space" also caps an incredibly successful year for women atop the Hot 100, as previously chronicled when female soloists kept men out of the top five for a record seven straight weeks in September-November. With this week's charts dated Dec. 27, women end 2014 having topped the Hot 100 (in lead roles) for 28 of 52 weeks. In 2013, women held the top spot for only 17 weeks, which followed lead females controlling the chart for 23 weeks in 2012. This year marked the most dominant one for women in the No. 1 spot since 2011, when women held the apex for a hefty 37 frames (led by the likes of Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna).

"Space" stays at No. 1 on the Hot 100 powered by its coronation on Radio Songs, where it lifts 2-1 with a 4 percent gain to 137 million in all-format audience, according to Nielsen Music. It's Swift's fourth Radio Songs leader, following "Shake" (four weeks), "I Knew You Were Trouble." (four, 2013) and "You Belong With Me" (two, 2009).

Reaching the top of Radio Songs in just its sixth week, "Space" ties Pharrell Williams' "Happy" (the No. 1 Hot 100 song of the year) for the fastest flight to No. 1 in 2014. In fact, in the past 12 years, just two songs other than "Space" and "Happy" have soared to the summit in only six weeks: Eminem's "The Monster" (featuring Rihanna) (2013) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (2011).

"Space" tallies a sixth nonconsecutive week atop the Digital Songs chart with 249,000 downloads sold (down 2 percent) in the week ending Dec. 14. As on the Hot 100, Swift rewrites her longest command on Digital Songs, passing the five-week reign of "Never." "Space" also leads Streaming Songs for a fifth week, with 12.2 million U.S. streams (up 1 percent).

Helping keep "Space" atop the Hot 100: Swift sang it to open the Victoria's Secret 2014 Fashion Show, which aired on CBS on Dec. 9. She also gave 1989 track "Style" its first televised performance; the song, which had spent a week on the Hot 100 at No. 60 in the same frame that 1989 launched atop the Billboard 200 (Nov. 15), re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 76, returning to Digital Songs at No. 21 (48,000, up a whopping 261 percent). Sources tell Chart Beat that "Style" is likely to be the next radio single from 1989, after "Space" has wrapped its run.

Hozier's "Take Me to Church" holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100. The Irish singer/songwriter's debut hit tops the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart for a fifth week (5 million, up 11 percent) and rises 3-2 on Digital Songs (202,000, up 29 percent), 6-3 on Streaming Songs (9.4 million, up 14 percent) and 10-9 on Radio Songs (78 million, up 11 percent). On the Hot Rock Songs chart, "Church" rules for an eighth week.

Aiding Hozier's momentum: he sang "Church" on the Victoria's Secret special. Also keeping his profile high: "Church" is nominated for song of the year at the 57th annual Grammy Awards; Swift's "Shake" is up for record and song of the year.

(Despite Swift winning the battle for the Hot 100's top spot again this week, Hozier is a fan of hers, with Swift having even seen him in concert. "She's very cool, very nice, very encouraging," he says. "She's excited about new music, excited about other people's music. Very cool.")

Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!" (featuring Bruno Mars) pushes 5-3 on the Hot 100, adding top Airplay Gainer honors. The track bumps 4-3 on Digital Songs (170,000, up 12 percent), 22-15 on Streaming Songs (6.2 million, up 18 percent) and 31-17 on Radio Songs (49 million, up 33 percent).

Meghan Trainor lands her second top five Hot 100 hit, as "Lips Are Movin" leaps 8-4. The track holds at No. 5 on Digital Songs (116,000, up 6 percent); reaches the Streaming Songs top five (8-5; 8 million, up 2 percent); and powers 36-23 on Radio Songs (44 million, up 23 percent). Meanwhile, Trainor's breakthrough hit "All About That Bass" falls 3-7. It led the Hot 100 for eight weeks and, like "Shake," is Grammy-nominated for record and song of the year.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Sam Smith likewise notches his second top five Hot 100 hit, as "I'm Not the Only One" rises 7-5, led by its 9 percent increase to 91 million on Radio Songs, where it holds at No. 6. Smith reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 in August with "Stay With Me," another dual contender for record and song of the year; Smith could additionally take home Grammys for "One" and "Stay" parent set In the Lonely Hour, up for album of the year, and for best new artist.

Ed Sheeran shakes up the Hot 100's top 10, as "Thinking Out Loud" rockets 24-6 as the top Digital Gainer. It flies 15-4 on Digital Songs with a 124 percent increase to 137,000 after Sheeran sang the ballad on the Victoria's Secret extravaganza. "Loud" bounds 25-17 on Streaming Songs (6.1 million, up 35 percent) and debuts on Radio Songs at No. 45 (28 million, up 43 percent).

Upon the Hot 100 vault of "Loud," Sheeran scores his second top 10 and highest placement on the chart. Prior single "Don't" peaked at No. 9 last month.

Below Trainor's "Bass" at No. 7 on the Hot 100, Maroon 5's No. 3-peaking "Animals" falls 4-8 (and departs the No. 1 spot on Radio Songs after four weeks); Ariana Grande & The Weeknd's "Love Me Harder" rebounds 10-9 after reaching No. 7; and Swift's "Shake" dips 6-10 (having spent all of its 17 weeks on the Hot 100 in the top 10).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10

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Other notable moves: Style by T-Swift re-entered at #76 on the Hot 100. Oh, and a heads up for all of you who participated in a poll thread earlier that asked, "What should T-Swift's 3rd single be?" It's most likely going to be Style according to the article.

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Dec 17, 2014 14:23:13 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ed Sheeran Soars to Top 10

This year marked the most dominant one for women in the No. 1 spot since 2011, when women held the apex for a hefty 37 frames (led by the likes of Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna).

In what universe was Kelly Clarkson #1 on the Hot 100 in 2011?

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Oh shoot! Somebody beat me to it (again)! Ugh, sorry, trying to get better at this. >:(

[Kris]

^ 2012

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Yeah, you're right. February 2012. Started its 3 week reign, spent 2 straight weeks on the top, fell to #4, then back to #1. I started following the Billboard charts in late 2012, and that's pretty much how far back my knowledge of every chart position for every week was. My fault.