Hot 100: 04/25/2015 - See You Again Uptown Funk!

[Daniel Collins]

2015/04/09

*** = dropped or added a format

1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 214.003 (-0.823)
2. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 189.239 (-0.082)
3. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 176.318 (-1.235)
4. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 171.561 (+1.945***)
5. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 160.061 (-1.859)
6. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 148.785 (+2.802)
7. NATALIE LA ROSE - Somebody f/Jeremih: 120.362 (+1.363)
8. PITBULL - Time Of Our Lives f/Ne-Yo: 103.737 (-1.766)
9. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 94.467 (-0.932)
10. ARIANA GRANDE - One Last Time: 88.312 (+1.589)
11. ZAC BROWN BAND - Homegrown: 79.581 (+0.377)
12. SAM HUNT - Take Your Time: 78.751 (+0.222) ▲
13. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 78.334 (+2.244) ▲
14. NICKI MINAJ - Truffle Butter f/Drake...: 78.176 (-0.430) ▼
15. RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/P MCCARTNEY - FourFiveSeconds: 76.577 (-2.252) ▼
16. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 76.041 (+0.719)
17. FLO RIDA - GDFR f/Sage The Gemini: 74.482 (+1.104) ▲
18. CHRIS YOUNG - Lonely Eyes: 73.490 (-0.766) ▼
19. CHRIS BROWN & TYGA - Ayo: 70.850 (-0.452)
20. DIERKS BENTLEY - Say You Do: 69.656 (+0.584)

21. LEE BRICE - Drinking Class: 67.226 (+0.729)
22. KELLY CLARKSON - Heartbeat Song: 60.319 (-0.406)
23. KEITH URBAN - Raise 'Em Up f/Eric Church: 59.370 (+0.770) ▲
24. FETTY WAP - Trap Queen: 59.338 (+1.955) ▲
25. HOZIER - Take Me To Church: 58.276 (-1.336) ▼
26. NICK JONAS - Chains: 57.573 (+0.580) ▲
27. SAM SMITH - I'm Not The Only One: 56.812 (-0.456) ▼
28. ZEDD - I Want You To Know f/S. Gomez: 55.743 (+0.045) ▲
29. TYLER FARR - A Guy Walks Into A Bar: 54.981 (+0.647) ▲
30. CALVIN HARRIS - Outside f/Ellie Goulding: 54.107 (-2.032) ▼
31. VANCE JOY - Riptide: 53.230 (-0.140)
32. BILLY CURRINGTON - Don't It: 51.510 (+0.787) ▲
33. DARIUS RUCKER - Homegrown Honey: 49.506 (-3.216) ▼
34. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Lips Are Movin: 48.350 (-0.623)
35. RAE SREMMURD - Tho Sum Mo f/Nicki Minaj: 48.167 (-0.355)
36. COLE SWINDELL - Ain't Worth The Whiskey: 46.896 (-0.846)
37. ONE DIRECTION - Night Changes: 46.261 (-1.411)
38. SAM SMITH - Stay With Me: 45.642 (-0.374)
39. A THOUSAND HORSES - Smoke: 45.576 (+0.227)
40. NICK JONAS - Jealous: 43.989 (-0.844)

41. USHER - I Don't Mind f/Juicy J: 42.939 (-0.416)
42. IMAGINE DRAGONS - I Bet My Life: 41.866 (-0.174)
43. SAM SMITH - Lay Me Down: 41.601 (+0.235)
44. KENNY CHESNEY - Wild Child w/Grace Potter: 41.021 (+0.193) ▲
45. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Sippin' On Fire: 41.017 (+0.819) ▲
46. NICO & VINZ - Am I Wrong: 40.852 (-0.013) ▼
47. TIM MCGRAW - Diamond Rings And Old...: 40.047 (+0.511)
48. TAYLOR SWIFT - Shake It Off: 37.798 (+0.006)
49. MAROON 5 - Animals: 37.527 (+0.212)
50. TOVE LO - Talking Body: 35.892 (+0.901) ▲
51. CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Little Toy Guns: 35.613 (+0.339) ▼
52. EASTON CORBIN - Baby Be My Love Song: 33.905 (+0.167)
53. BRAD PAISLEY - Crushin' It: 33.293 (+0.335) ▲
54. LILLYWOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ - Prayer In C: 32.948 (-0.476) ▼
55. GEORGE EZRA - Budapest: 32.833 (+0.517) ▲
56. ERIC PASLAY - She Don't Love You: 32.762 (+0.216)
57. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 32.712 (+0.734) ▲
58. MIRANDA LAMBERT - Little Red Wagon: 32.624 (+0.628)
59. BIG SEAN - Blessings f/Drake: 32.607 (+0.849) ▲
60. BRETT ELDREDGE - Mean To Me: 32.182 (-0.909) ▼

61. NE-YO - She Knows f/Juicy J: 30.815 (-0.700)
62. MAGIC! - Rude: 30.769 (-0.059) ▲
63. LUKE BRYAN - I See You: 30.732 (-0.393) ▼
64. KANYE WEST F/T.LONDON - All Day f/A.Kingd./P.McCartney: 30.593 (+0.407) ▲
65. KELSEA BALLERINI - Love Me Like You Mean It: 29.995 (+0.241) ▲
66. FALL OUT BOY - Centuries: 29.850 (-0.906) ▼
67. THOMAS RHETT - Make Me Wanna: 29.441 (-0.125) ▲
68. JEREMIH - Don't Tell 'Em f/YG: 29.352 (-0.468) ▼
69. JOHN LEGEND - All Of Me: 29.209 (-0.398) ▼
70. MEGHAN TRAINOR - All About That Bass: 29.132 (-0.055)
71. DISCLOSURE - Latch f/Sam Smith: 28.948 (+0.533) ▲
72. JASON ALDEAN - Just Gettin' Started: 28.621 (-0.541) ▼
73. NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne: 27.508 (+0.156) ▲
74. ED SHEERAN - Don't: 27.411 (+0.403) ▲
75. ELLA HENDERSON - Ghost: 26.656 (-0.974) ▼

87. RIHANNA - Bitch Better Have My Money: 24.293 (+1.479)
156. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 12.880 (+2.201)
179. BLAKE SHELTON - Sangria: 10.770 (+1.026)

[ILLUSION]

Bruno should take it again

[Gary]

@markg94 20 pages is the bar. Pretty lofty goal. Time to get busy ;)

[Deleted]

Uh-oh, Sugar decreased in airplay :( I was hoping it could somehow sneak in a week at #1 on the Hot 100...

[crystalphnx]

Apr 9, 2015 8:55:13 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Uh-oh, Sugar decreased in airplay :( I was hoping it could somehow sneak in a week at #1 on the Hot 100...

:(

I knew its chances were very slim, but I was still holding onto a flicker of hope that IF it kept seeing healthy gains and IF UF kept seeing sizable drops and IF it got at least a decent sales + streaming boost from The Voice...maybe it could've pulled it off. Oh well, guess it'll end up being another multi-week No. 2 for them.

[allow that]

From the Wiz Khalifa thread:

Apr 9, 2015 6:59:02 GMT -5 musicbuff26 said:

Apr 9, 2015 3:57:28 GMT -5 Aaron said:

Outselling UF! 5:1 now.

According to kworb, it's on track to sell 477k this week.. They're usually somewhat accurate.

Wasn't it said that it needs to sell 400k to reach #1? Seems it has lots of cushion room.

[Deleted]

Apr 9, 2015 9:29:04 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

Apr 9, 2015 8:55:13 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Uh-oh, Sugar decreased in airplay :( I was hoping it could somehow sneak in a week at #1 on the Hot 100...

:(

I knew its chances were very slim, but I was still holding onto a flicker of hope that IF it kept seeing healthy gains and IF UF kept seeing sizable drops and IF it got at least a decent sales + streaming boost from The Voice...maybe it could've pulled it off. Oh well, guess it'll end up being another multi-week No. 2 for them.

This is my prediction for the next few weeks

4/25: SYA
5/2-5/9: UF/Sugar
5/16 - 5/23: SYA
5/30: GDFR? SUAD? EI? 

[KeepDeanWeird]

The SYA airplay (and fairly minimal gains) is EXACTLY what is wrong with radio. Here is an ultra hot song from a hot movie - it's part of the Pop Culture discussion, etc. and yet radio is moving at its own pace. Seriously, drop some of the Chandelier, Rude, SWM, etc. airplay and slot this in. The public is connecting with the song. Oh, and, I'm not a fan of the song at all, but I recognize that it is resonating with a lot of people on Facebook, etc.

[wavey.]

Wiz performed last night with one of the contestants from the Voice, and that video has been getting alot of attention. It's also keeping it stable at #1 on iTunes. I think the sales are going to come through. Either way, he's going up past 10 next week-either 2 or 1.

[Deleted]

This is the second time recently that a song with country airplay only was so close to being top 10 on overall airplay! Unfortunately it doesn't look like Taylor or Pitbull will fall fast enough for that to happen :/ I'm not that big of a country fan but it would be really cool to see it happen anyway!

[Green Baron]

all you people are going bonkers over See You Again, but for me as long as Shut Up and Dance reaches top 10 I'll be happy

[Deleted]

Am I the only one who fears a HUGE fight will break out here over people arguing over these 2 songs sometime these next 7 days?

[wavey.]

Apr 9, 2015 11:22:26 GMT -5 @jakelmmrs44 said:

Am I the only one who fears a HUGE fight will break out here over people arguing over these 2 songs sometime these next 7 days?

It's unavoidable.

[crystalphnx]

Eh, the only real "fight" last week involved one ridiculous troll who has since been (appropriately) banned.

The other 19ish pages were pretty much just Mark and Gary going back-and-forth (IMO private messages would be more suitable for their shameless flirting, but I'm no Mod.) ;)

[Deleted]

I was going to PM him instead but I figured that it was on topic and related to the thread so why not?

[dajross6]

Apr 9, 2015 9:43:32 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

The SYA airplay (and fairly minimal gains) is EXACTLY what is wrong with radio. Here is an ultra hot song from a hot movie - it's part of the Pop Culture discussion, etc. and yet radio is moving at its own pace. Seriously, drop some of the Chandelier, Rude, SWM, etc. airplay and slot this in. The public is connecting with the song. Oh, and, I'm not a fan of the song at all, but I recognize that it is resonating with a lot of people on Facebook, etc.

I understand the sentiment, but if radio really jumped on songs like this on a week to week basis (from zero airplay to hourly spins) it would drive listeners away pretty quickly. It's easy to say that it's a big song, but it's hard to guess if it will be adopted by the masses. Radio can't have a large percentage of listeners turning the channel if a song comes on which is why most songs spin up slowly to test/gauge audience reaction. The spin-up process can be accelerated if it tests well or is a lead single by a core artist or group, but I wouldn't consider Wiz that type of star. The song is performing to what I'd expect it to and am fine with it.

[jenglisbe]

Apr 9, 2015 9:51:48 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Wiz performed last night with one of the contestants from the Voice, and that video has been getting alot of attention. It's also keeping it stable at #1 on iTunes. I think the sales are going to come through. Either way, he's going up past 10 next week-either 2 or 1.

Do videos of live performances count toward streaming?

[Deleted]

Prediction:

1. See You Again (10% lead) (hope I'm wrong about this being #1 though)
2. Uptown Funk
3. Sugar
4. Love Me Like You Do
5. Earned It
6. Trap Queen
7. GDFR
8. Thinking Out Loud
9. Shut Up And Dance
10. Somebody (this may already be peaking...) or Style

[Daniel Collins]

Apr 9, 2015 11:01:13 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

This is the second time recently that a song with country airplay only was so close to being top 10 on overall airplay! Unfortunately it doesn't look like Taylor or Pitbull will fall fast enough for that to happen :/ I'm not that big of a country fan but it would be really cool to see it happen anyway!

Nope!


12 +2

SAM HUNT

Take Your Time

78.751 +0.222 13573 +112 19 12 78.847 13573 HAC/Country

[Deleted]

Apr 9, 2015 12:05:35 GMT -5 Daniel Collins said:

Apr 9, 2015 11:01:13 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

This is the second time recently that a song with country airplay only was so close to being top 10 on overall airplay! Unfortunately it doesn't look like Taylor or Pitbull will fall fast enough for that to happen :/ I'm not that big of a country fan but it would be really cool to see it happen anyway!

Nope!


12 +2

SAM HUNT

Take Your Time

78.751 +0.222 13573 +112 19 12 78.847 13573 HAC/Country

11 =

ZAC BROWN BAND

Homegrown

79.581 +0.377 13805 +23 30 11 79.581 13860 Country

[Daniel Collins]

Oops!

[Deleted]

It is possible though that TYT will pass Homegrown in the next few days though lol. It would be very interesting to see a country only airplay song make the top ten in airplay at some point :) maybe a panel change implementation would make that happen

[jebsib]

Last Country only airplay song in the Radio top 10?
HAS it happened?

[KeepDeanWeird]

Apr 9, 2015 11:57:15 GMT -5 dajross6 said:

Apr 9, 2015 9:43:32 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

The SYA airplay (and fairly minimal gains) is EXACTLY what is wrong with radio. Here is an ultra hot song from a hot movie - it's part of the Pop Culture discussion, etc. and yet radio is moving at its own pace. Seriously, drop some of the Chandelier, Rude, SWM, etc. airplay and slot this in. The public is connecting with the song. Oh, and, I'm not a fan of the song at all, but I recognize that it is resonating with a lot of people on Facebook, etc.

I understand the sentiment, but if radio really jumped on songs like this on a week to week basis (from zero airplay to hourly spins) it would drive listeners away pretty quickly. It's easy to say that it's a big song, but it's hard to guess if it will be adopted by the masses. Radio can't have a large percentage of listeners turning the channel if a song comes on which is why most songs spin up slowly to test/gauge audience reaction. The spin-up process can be accelerated if it tests well or is a lead single by a core artist or group, but I wouldn't consider Wiz that type of star. The song is performing to what I'd expect it to and am fine with it.

That's not what I'm suggesting, SYA is an exception and that's why I'm saying radio should respond. Good grief, with all the deals - radio 'somehow' manages to squeeze in non-hits that many don't even want to hear into hourly plays. (If that was so toxic to listeners, why does the practice continue.) So why not take a similar approach when songs like SYA emerge? And, if the song doesn't resonate with the radio audience, then drop it like anything else.

[wavey.]

Apr 9, 2015 12:03:12 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Apr 9, 2015 9:51:48 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Wiz performed last night with one of the contestants from the Voice, and that video has been getting alot of attention. It's also keeping it stable at #1 on iTunes. I think the sales are going to come through. Either way, he's going up past 10 next week-either 2 or 1.

Do videos of live performances count toward streaming?

I'm not sure. I was under the assumption it was. If it's not, the Ellen performance is going to give it a nice 3rd week sale also.

[Spidey]

Apr 9, 2015 12:41:51 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Apr 9, 2015 12:03:12 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Do videos of live performances count toward streaming?

I'm not sure. I was under the assumption it was. If it's not, the Ellen performance is going to give it a nice 3rd week sale also.

Didn't the live performance of "Dope" by Lady Gaga on YouTube count toward her streaming (leading to a Top 10 debut on the Hot 100)?

[Deleted]

Apr 9, 2015 12:51:41 GMT -5 Spidey said:

Apr 9, 2015 12:41:51 GMT -5 wavey. said:

I'm not sure. I was under the assumption it was. If it's not, the Ellen performance is going to give it a nice 3rd week sale also.

Didn't the live performance of "Dope" by Lady Gaga on YouTube count toward her streaming (leading to a Top 10 debut on the Hot 100)?

I remember there being a lot of controversy surrounding that. Didn't they end up changing their rule because of that? I don't remember. Or maybe it's only for songs without official singles idk.

[JamaicaFunk²]

Apr 9, 2015 12:41:51 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Apr 9, 2015 12:03:12 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Do videos of live performances count toward streaming?

I'm not sure. I was under the assumption it was. If it's not, the Ellen performance is going to give it a nice 3rd week sale also.

I also believe they DO count towards streaming.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

They only count when Billboard wants them to count. Otherwise they don't.

[wavey.]

Apr 9, 2015 12:51:41 GMT -5 Spidey said:

Apr 9, 2015 12:41:51 GMT -5 wavey. said:

I'm not sure. I was under the assumption it was. If it's not, the Ellen performance is going to give it a nice 3rd week sale also.

Didn't the live performance of "Dope" by Lady Gaga on YouTube count toward her streaming (leading to a Top 10 debut on the Hot 100)?

Ah, good point! It did. That performance was everywhere.