Hot 100: 05/02/2015 - "See You Again" (2nd week)

[Future Captain]

Apr 20, 2015 18:01:20 GMT -5 Mikel Echarri said:

I'm not a country fan (most of country songs bore me) but Girl Crush is awesome, I hope it can be the "Need You Now" of 2015. Still needs more airplay and good sales (is #2 on iTunes because the ACM)

Right now, Sam Hunt's Take Your Time is more poised for that title :) . I agree that Girl Crush is an amazing song though.

[Future Captain]

Oh, and look, UF is #11 in iTunes. How the mighty has fallen :kii:

[rimetm]

In actuality, that's due to instant grat/singles released today/yesterday:

3. Make it Rain (The Voice)
5. Hallelujah
6. Iris (The Voice)
(10. Uptown Funk at the moment)
(11. She Bad at the moment)

So really, it's more like #7, and #6 if you account for Girl Crush being inflated beyond its usual top 15 by the ACM. Personally, I start considering rankings as they're depicted by Saturday since if there are any of said grat/new/inflated songs still in the top 10, then they have legs to have a normal run.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

I don't get the apparent crossover appeal of Girl Crush. I know it got a big boon from its ACM performance, but of all the songs performed, for that to have caught on with a wider audience is really weird to me.

[Future Captain]

Apr 21, 2015 6:36:57 GMT -5 rimetm said:

In actuality, that's due to instant grat/singles released today/yesterday:

3. Make it Rain (The Voice)
5. Hallelujah
6. Iris (The Voice)
(10. Uptown Funk at the moment)
(11. She Bad at the moment)

So really, it's more like #7, and #6 if you account for Girl Crush being inflated beyond its usual top 15 by the ACM. Personally, I start considering rankings as they're depicted by Saturday since if there are any of said grat/new/inflated songs still in the top 10, then they have legs to have a normal run.

C'mon, don't rain on the parade :(

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Apr 20, 2015 17:56:39 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Anyone have any idea why Honey I'm Good is so high in sales? It's just an ok song and no way near as good as a couple on his debut album. Is it getting a lot of AirPlay? Is there a cool video for it? What's causing such high sales?

According to HDD, he's been posting sales increases for 7 straight weeks with it (last week he was up 10% to 68k). He's been doing some TV promo. He did Meredith Veira on 4/7 and the Late Late Show on 4/14. Neither are huge viewer draws, but it's something. Plus he's top 10 on HAC

[imbondz]

Apr 21, 2015 7:06:47 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

I don't get the apparent crossover appeal of Girl Crush. I know it got a big boon from its ACM performance, but of all the songs performed, for that to have caught on with a wider audience is really weird to me.

I think it has to do with the lyrics. It's a very creative, well written song imo.

[jjose712]

Well, i love Girl crush (but i loved other LBT songs before). Curiously the whole controversy ended in their benefit

[Future Captain]

Apr 21, 2015 8:38:57 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Well, i love Girl crush (but i loved other LBT songs before). Curiously the whole controversy ended in their benefit

It's because the controversy is pretty mild by today's standard. Even though I'm only 14, pretty sure the backlash will be much bigger if this kind of song came out (No pun intended) 20 years ago.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Apr 21, 2015 8:38:57 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Well, i love Girl crush (but i loved other LBT songs before). Curiously the whole controversy ended in their benefit

The irony is that it is a FALSE controversy - the writers and LBT have gone on record that it's about jealousy, not lesbians. Weird. (As far back as December in Rolling Stone interview where they discuss the writing process. "I'd never heard a jealousy song written like this" - Karen Fairchild.

[jjose712]

Apr 21, 2015 8:56:15 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

Apr 21, 2015 8:38:57 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Well, i love Girl crush (but i loved other LBT songs before). Curiously the whole controversy ended in their benefit

The irony is that it is a FALSE controversy - the writers and LBT have gone on record that it's about jealousy, not lesbians. Weird. (As far back as December in Rolling Stone interview where they discuss the writing process. "I'd never heard a jealousy song written like this" - Karen Fairchild.

No the controversy was real, because there were calls to the stations to stop playing the song. The problem is people with lack of basic comprehension unable to understand the lyrics. It seems the controversy was a little exagerated, but it was real
And the singer said it better, it's a song about jealousy, but if it was a lesbian song, it shouldn't be a problem either

[Gary]

Whatever you think of the song, controversy ends up being free publicity

[Future Captain]

Apr 21, 2015 9:09:12 GMT -5 Gary said:

Whatever you think of the song, controversy ends up being free publicity

Like they say, no such thing as bad publicity!

[Daniel Collins]

2015/04/21

*** = dropped or added a format
1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 187.482 (-3.648)
2. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 186.599 (-0.271)
3. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 184.613 (+3.774) ▲
4. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 183.544 (+0.555) ▼
5. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 156.487 (-2.308)
6. NATALIE LA ROSE - Somebody f/Jeremih: 135.836 (+1.471)
7. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 130.047 (-2.342)
8. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 106.683 (+2.284)
9. ARIANA GRANDE - One Last Time: 105.400 (+1.480)
10. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 94.162 (+1.702)
11. FLO RIDA - GDFR f/Sage The Gemini: 88.767 (+1.153)
12. PITBULL - Time Of Our Lives f/Ne-Yo: 83.380 (-1.536)
13. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 82.210 (-0.659)
14. SAM HUNT - Take Your Time: 76.169 (-1.099)
15. FETTY WAP - Trap Queen: 72.593 (+1.275) ▲
16. NICKI MINAJ - Truffle Butter f/Drake...: 72.354 (-0.572) ▼
17. DIERKS BENTLEY - Say You Do: 72.351 (+0.392) ▼
18. LEE BRICE - Drinking Class: 68.892 (+0.083)
19. KEITH URBAN - Raise 'Em Up f/Eric Church: 65.848 (+0.292)
20. ZAC BROWN BAND - Homegrown: 63.594 (-1.943)

21. NICK JONAS - Chains: 62.368 (+0.684)
22. TYLER FARR - A Guy Walks Into A Bar: 62.115 (+0.721)
23. ZEDD - I Want You To Know f/S. Gomez: 59.947 (+0.201)
24. BILLY CURRINGTON - Don't It: 59.026 (+0.510)
25. CHRIS BROWN & TYGA - Ayo: 56.283 (-2.141)
26. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 55.284 (+4.721) ▲
27. KELLY CLARKSON - Heartbeat Song: 53.698 (-0.173) ▼
28. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Sippin' On Fire: 51.215 (+1.890) ▲
29. A THOUSAND HORSES - Smoke: 50.958 (+0.708) ▲
30. SAM SMITH - I'm Not The Only One: 50.832 (-0.975) ▼
31. RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/P MCCARTNEY - FourFiveSeconds: 50.489 (-3.054***) ▼
32. SAM SMITH - Lay Me Down: 49.498 (+0.506) ▲
33. RAE SREMMURD - Tho Sum Mo f/Nicki Minaj: 48.499 (-0.268) ▲
34. TOVE LO - Talking Body: 47.924 (+1.407) ▲
35. CHRIS YOUNG - Lonely Eyes: 47.099 (-2.783) ▼
36. HOZIER - Take Me To Church: 46.544 (-0.794) ▼
37. KENNY CHESNEY - Wild Child w/Grace Potter: 45.788 (+0.983) ▲
38. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 44.846 (+1.048) ▲
39. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Lips Are Movin: 43.714 (-0.194)
40. TIM MCGRAW - Diamond Rings And Old...: 43.303 (+0.242) ▲

41. VANCE JOY - Riptide: 43.180 (-1.672) ▼
42. BIG SEAN - Blessings f/Drake: 42.917 (+0.643)
43. SAM SMITH - Stay With Me: 39.734 (-0.889)
44. CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Little Toy Guns: 39.676 (+0.609)
45. COLE SWINDELL - Ain't Worth The Whiskey: 38.295 (-0.498)
46. EASTON CORBIN - Baby Be My Love Song: 38.009 (+0.405) ▲
47. NICK JONAS - Jealous: 37.488 (-0.529)
48. NICO & VINZ - Am I Wrong: 37.279 (-0.311) ▲
49. IMAGINE DRAGONS - I Bet My Life: 37.067 (-0.174) ▲
50. CALVIN HARRIS - Outside f/Ellie Goulding: 36.923 (-1.336) ▼
51. USHER - I Don't Mind f/Juicy J: 36.627 (-0.742) ▼
52. TAYLOR SWIFT - Shake It Off: 36.342 (-0.057)
53. GEORGE EZRA - Budapest: 36.235 (+0.322)
54. BRAD PAISLEY - Crushin' It: 34.694 (-0.092)
55. KELSEA BALLERINI - Love Me Like You Mean It: 34.295 (+0.910) ▲
56. MAROON 5 - Animals: 33.753 (-0.274) ▼
57. KANYE WEST F/T.LONDON - All Day f/A.Kingd./P.McCartney: 33.699 (-0.025) ▼
58. ERIC PASLAY - She Don't Love You: 32.478 (-0.319)
59. DJ SNAKE & ALUNAGEORGE - You Know You Like It: 32.039 (+0.391)
60. RIHANNA - Bitch Better Have My Money: 31.731 (+0.263)

61. MIRANDA LAMBERT - Little Red Wagon: 31.233 (-0.231)
62. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Dear Future Husband: 31.011 (+0.893) ▲
63. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 30.748 (+0.443) ▼
64. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/Nicki Minaj: 30.502 (+0.921) ▲
65. DARIUS RUCKER - Homegrown Honey: 29.695 (-0.597) ▼
66. TORI KELLY - Nobody Love: 29.464 (-0.162)
67. LUKE BRYAN - I See You: 28.881 (-0.229) ▲
68. MAGIC! - Rude: 28.866 (+0.162) ▲
69. ONE DIRECTION - Night Changes: 28.685 (-1.289) ▼
70. ECHOSMITH - Bright: 28.653 (+0.771) ▲
71. TREY SONGZ - Slow Motion: 28.265 (+0.539) ▲
72. MEGHAN TRAINOR - All About That Bass: 28.247 (-0.142) ▼
73. JOHN LEGEND - All Of Me: 27.965 (-0.399) ▼
74. FRANKIE BALLARD - Young & Crazy: 27.894 (+0.287)
75. THOMAS RHETT - Make Me Wanna: 26.970 (-0.280)

[ry4n]

Top 10 flashbacks for this week

1 year ago (5/3/2014)

1 1 Happy - Pharrell Williams (9th week of 10 @ #1)
2 2 All Of Me - John Legend
3 4 Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
4 3 Dark Horse - Katy Perry feat. Juicy J
5 5 Let It Go - Idina Menzel
6 6 Pompeii - Bastille
7 8 Turn Down For What - DJ Snake & Lil Jon
8 12 Not A Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake
9 11 Loyal - Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & others...
10 7 Team - Lorde


5 years ago (5/1/2010)

1 2 Nothin' On You - B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars (1st week of 2 @ #1)
2 1 Rude Boy - Rihanna
3 3 Hey, Soul Sister - Train
4 4 Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
5 6 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
6 5 In My Head - Jason Derulo
7 7 Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
8 10 OMG - Usher feat. will.i.am
9 19 Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha
10 23 Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert

+
23 NE Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera


10 years ago (4/30/2005)

1 1 Candy Shop - 50 Cent feat. Olivia (9th and FINAL week @ #1)
2 2 Hate It Or Love It - The Game feat. 50 Cent
3 10 Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
4 4 Lonely - Akon
5 3 Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
6 5 Obsession - Frankie J feat. Baby Bash
7 6 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
8 17 Oh - Ciara feat. Ludacris
9 7 Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
10 8 1 Thing - Amerie


15 years ago (4/29/2000)

1 1 Maria Maria - Santana feat. The Product G&B (4th week of 10 @ #1)
2 2 Breathe - Faith Hill
3 24 He Wasn't Man Enough - Toni Braxton
4 5 Thong Song - Sisqo
5 3 Say My Name - Destiny's Child
6 4 Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
7 7 I Try - Macy Gray
8 6 Amazed - Lonestar
9 9 Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
10 8 It Feels So Good – Sonique

[wavey.]

Toni's jump though!

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Apr 21, 2015 9:07:04 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Apr 21, 2015 8:56:15 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

The irony is that it is a FALSE controversy - the writers and LBT have gone on record that it's about jealousy, not lesbians. Weird. (As far back as December in Rolling Stone interview where they discuss the writing process. "I'd never heard a jealousy song written like this" - Karen Fairchild.

No the controversy was real, because there were calls to the stations to stop playing the song. The problem is people with lack of basic comprehension unable to understand the lyrics. It seems the controversy was a little exagerated, but it was real
And the singer said it better, it's a song about jealousy, but if it was a lesbian song, it shouldn't be a problem either

I mean she's explicitly saying she wishes she had all the things this other had so the guy would be interested in her again...not that she has a thing for the girl. But whatever, its country radio. They've had campaigns to yank songs over less controversial topics.

[wjr15]

Anyone know where to access call out scores?

[allow that]

Apr 21, 2015 9:18:25 GMT -5 Daniel Collins said:

1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 187.482 (-3.648)
2. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 186.599 (-0.271)
3. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 184.613 (+3.774) ▲
4. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 183.544 (+0.555) ▼

Last day at #1 for "Uptown Funk." FINALLY!

From the looks of things it's very likely it'll fall all the way down to #4 overnight.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

May 3, 1980

01 01 Call Me - Blondie (3rd of 6 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
03 06 Lost In Love - Air Supply
04 04 With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
05 03 Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
06 07 Fire Lake - Bob Seger
07 09 You May Be Right - Billy Joel
08 08 I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles
09 10 Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook
10 12 Hold On To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin


May 4, 1985

01 01 We Are The World - USA For Africa (4th and final week at #1)
02 02 Crazy For You - Madonna
03 03 Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
04 05 Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
05 06 One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
06 07 Obsession - Animotion
07 08 Some Like It Hot - The Power Station
08 04 Nightshift - The Commodores
09 10 All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley
10 12 Smooth Operator - Sade


May 5, 1990

01 01 Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 03 I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway
03 05 How Can We Be Lovers - Michael Bolton
04 12 Vogue - Madonna
05 10 All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You - Heart
06 02 Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child
07 06 Whip Appeal - Babyface
08 04 All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield
09 11 What It Takes - Aerosmith
10 17 Alright - Janet Jackson


April 29, 1995

01 01 This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan (3rd of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 Red Light Special - TLC
03 04 Freak Like Me - Adina Howard
04 03 Candy Rain - Soul For Real
05 05 Run Away - The Real McCoy
06 08 I Know - Dionne Farris
07 07 Big Poppa / Warning - The Notorious B.I.G.
08 09 Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
09 13 Dear Mama / Old School - 2Pac
10 14 I Believe - Blessed Union Of Souls

[allow that]

Apr 21, 2015 9:24:05 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Toni's jump though!

That's the week she went from being airplay only to having a commercial single available.

[Kris]

Apr 21, 2015 4:24:59 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

If it gets 10 weeks, we would have a situation where 3 songs have occupied the #1 spot for half a year.

black eyed peas did it with 2

[wavey.]

Apr 21, 2015 10:37:17 GMT -5 allow that said:

Apr 21, 2015 9:24:05 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Toni's jump though!

That's the week she went from being airplay only to having a commercial single available.

That effect was Hella strong.

[allow that]

Apr 21, 2015 11:08:47 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Apr 21, 2015 10:37:17 GMT -5 allow that said:

That's the week she went from being airplay only to having a commercial single available.

That effect was Hella strong.

At the time it was considered a slight disappointment because her lead single was expected to be a #1.

Remains her last appearance in the top 10 :'( :'( :'(

[KeepDeanWeird]

Apr 21, 2015 9:07:04 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Apr 21, 2015 8:56:15 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

The irony is that it is a FALSE controversy - the writers and LBT have gone on record that it's about jealousy, not lesbians. Weird. (As far back as December in Rolling Stone interview where they discuss the writing process. "I'd never heard a jealousy song written like this" - Karen Fairchild.

No the controversy was real, because there were calls to the stations to stop playing the song. The problem is people with lack of basic comprehension unable to understand the lyrics. It seems the controversy was a little exagerated, but it was real
And the singer said it better, it's a song about jealousy, but if it was a lesbian song, it shouldn't be a problem either

Yep, I remember they released the lyric video in response to the fact that listeners weren't getting it. It's probably because country music fans so rarely hear female singers that it was a shock in itself. And, yeah, as Fairchild noted in an interview - even if it was a lesbian or bi or IKAG type song, it shouldn't matter. I'm all down for controversy, even if it's false!

[cjay]

Apr 21, 2015 11:15:07 GMT -5 allow that said:

Apr 21, 2015 11:08:47 GMT -5 wavey. said:

That effect was Hella strong.

At the time it was considered a slight disappointment because her lead single was expected to be a #1.

Remains her last appearance in the top 10 :'( :'( :'(

Oh. Wasn't HWME stuck at #2 for like a month? I remember it staying in the top 10 for like 3 months due to it crossing over top pop.

[divasummer]

Apr 20, 2015 22:00:58 GMT -5 felipe said:

Apr 20, 2015 14:45:48 GMT -5 Kworb said:

Sales estimates

23. Worth It 49,000

kworb.net/cc

The song has been holding steadily for like a month now, but it seems airplay will never catch up in time.

How is it doing on radio right now?

Right now it's Num.25 at CHR.
I think it's Rythmic that's holding it back right now.
I believe it's been said that it's kind of flopping at this format unless it picked up in the last 2 weeks.

[jjose712]

Apr 21, 2015 10:43:06 GMT -5 Kris said:

Apr 21, 2015 4:24:59 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

If it gets 10 weeks, we would have a situation where 3 songs have occupied the #1 spot for half a year.

black eyed peas did it with 2

And both awful, which probably have more merit that if both were great

[Dylan :)]

Apr 20, 2015 22:47:55 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I just don't see SYA maintaining big enough sales and streaming for the next 8-9 weeks to stay at #1 the whole time...

I thought the same for Uptown Funk lol. I think it's a waste of time predicting more than a week (or two at max) bc of how quick stuff can change

[Deleted]

Apr 21, 2015 9:18:25 GMT -5 Daniel Collins said:

2015/04/21

*** = dropped or added a format
1. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 187.482 (-3.648)
2. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 186.599 (-0.271)
3. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 184.613 (+3.774) ▲
4. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 183.544 (+0.555) ▼

Closest top 4 ever?