Billboard Hot 100: 7/25/15 (11-day tracking period)

[Daniel Collins]

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[Kworb]

Sales estimates from 6/29 to 7/9

1. Cheerleader 288,000
2. Can't Feel My Face 209,000
3. Fight Song 204,000
4. Bad Blood 189,000
5. Watch Me 186,000
6. 679 141,000
7. Honey, I'm Good. 137,000
8. The Hills 135,000
9. Good For You 135,000
10. Lean On 124,000
11. Shut Up And Dance 124,000
12. Where Are Ü Now 118,000
13. See You Again 115,000
14. Trap Queen 114,000
15. Cool For The Summer 113,000
16. Worth It 101,000
17. Girl Crush 93,000
18. Hey Mama 92,000
19. Kick The Dust Up 91,000
20. Photograph 90,000

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[rimetm]

I've got my facepalm images ready if they dare post an article that says anything along the lines of "Cheerleader tops Digital songs for a second week with 290,000 downloads (up 71 percent)".

[House Lannister]

Jul 9, 2015 16:36:01 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Jul 9, 2015 12:14:14 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

No wonder she hates America. :) She was blessed with great material this era - will be interesting to see what she does next.

Wonder if there will be any radio backlash for her idiot comments.

Considering she doesn't have any songs in the Hot 100, I doubt it.

Although this doesn't help her reputation as a spoiled diva any.

[Ravi]

Jul 10, 2015 2:03:26 GMT -5 Libra said:

I'm thinking 7/18 is it for See You Again. I ran the numbers using our current estimated formula, and it was indeed close - somewhere around just a 1000-point difference. With Cheerleader continuing to gain, that should be able to move atop unless either SYA can stop the bleeding for a few days, or Cheerleader slows down. I can't say I'm optimistic that SYA will eke it out yet again.

ETA:

SYA - 81000 sales, 152M airplay, 14.8M streams.
6750 + 15200 + 16444 = 38394

Cheerleader - 170000 sales, 94M airplay, 12.6M streams.
14167 + 9400 + 14000 = 37567


So, a little over 800 points. I can see the sales gap shrinking some, but Cheerleader will continue to gain on airplay, and probably also streams. So unless something crazy happens*, I'm thinking we'll be looking at a new #1 for this chart.

*Feel free to speculate on if Watch Me were to pass them both and take it instead; that came up to just over 35000 points. But considering that's gone the wrong way in sales this week, I don't think it'll pass by just yet - not unless it sees a crazy stream surge.

Well, if we will be adding 4-days of sales/airplay and streams, then the points would be

See You Again - 40 - 83 - 5.7 = 18,000 points
Cheerleader - 120 - 58 - 5.4 = 21,800 points

So adding the points from previous week, Cheerleader will be ahead by 3,000 points.

[Ravi]

Jul 10, 2015 17:57:20 GMT -5 rimetm said:

I've got my facepalm images ready if they dare post an article that says anything along the lines of "Cheerleader tops Digital songs for a second week with 290,000 downloads (up 71 percent)".

And don't forget "Bad Blood breaks the Airplay record with 245 million audience impressions". :)

[Ravi]

Double post.

[#LisaRinna]

Can we get a new #1?

[Daniel Collins]

Mediabase 07/11/15

1. TAYLOR SWIFT - Bad Blood f/Kendrick Lamar: 191.843 (+ 1.264)
2. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 181.840 (- 1.611)
3. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 167.406 (+ 0.008)
4. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/N. Minaj & Afrojack: 134.653 (+ 0.170)
5. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 127.588 (+ 3.366) ▲
6. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 125.579 (- 1.446) ▼
7. OMI - Cheerleader: 121.598 (+ 2.841)
8. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 107.652 (- 0.355)
9. TOVE LO - Talking Body: 89.867 (- 1.702)
10. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 87.507 (+ 0.558)
11. FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 84.882 (+ 0.786)
12. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 80.624 (+ 1.680) ▲
13. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 79.177 (+ 0.186) ▼
14. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 77.096 (- 0.905)
15. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 74.553 (- 0.605)
16. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 71.472 (- 0.340)
17. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 68.994 (+ 0.719) ▲
18. JASON ALDEAN - Tonight Looks Good On You: 68.784 (+ 0.791) ▲
19. SKRILLEX & DIPLO - Where Are U Now w/J. Bieber: 68.742 (- 0.146) ▼
20. BLAKE SHELTON - Sangria: 68.266 (- 0.997) ▼

CANAAN SMITH - Love You Like That: 65.826 (+ 1.640)
LITTLE BIG TOWN - Girl Crush: 64.090 (+ 0.361)
ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 60.421 (+ 1.119)
JIDENNA - Classic Man: 54.128 (+ 0.305)
LUKE BRYAN - Kick The Dust Up: 48.036 (+ 1.036)
SILENTO - Watch Me: 47.804 (+ 1.370)
FALL OUT BOY - Uma Thurman: 42.243 (+ 0.688)
SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 38.777 (+ 1.056)
DEMI LOVATO - Cool For The Summer: 37.338 (+ 1.737)
THOMAS RHETT - Crash And Burn: 34.128 (+ 0.475)
SAGE THE GEMINI - Good Thing f/Nick Jonas: 23.496 (+ 0.136)
X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 20.431 (+ 0.486)
MEEK MILL - All Eyes On You f/Minaj/Brown: 15.434 (+ 0.680)
ZEDD - Beautiful Now f/Jon Bellion: 14.106 (- 0.062)
KELLY CLARKSON - Invincible: 13.558 (+ 0.008)
JASON DERULO - Cheyenne: 12.739 (+ 0.564)
CHARLIE PUTH - Marvin Gaye f/Meghan Trainor: 12.578 (+ 0.053)
JANET JACKSON - No Sleeep: 12.253 (- 0.134)
BECK - Dreams: 9.768 (+ 0.273)
MEGHAN TRAINOR - Like I'm Gonna Lose You: 5.321 (+ 0.098)
R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 4.202 (+ 0.611)
AUSTIN MAHONE - Dirty Work: 2.694 (+ 0.214)
TOVE LO - Timebomb: 2.185 (- 0.086)

[imbondz]

Can't Feel My Face > Cheerleader

[Mikel Echarri]

Could Bad Blood outpeak Shake It Off and Blank Space in AI?

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Jul 10, 2015 22:09:51 GMT -5 Ravi said:

Jul 10, 2015 17:57:20 GMT -5 rimetm said:

I've got my facepalm images ready if they dare post an article that says anything along the lines of "Cheerleader tops Digital songs for a second week with 290,000 downloads (up 71 percent)".

And don't forget "Bad Blood breaks the Airplay record with 245 million audience impressions". :)

Will this really happen? That seems unfair to Blurred Lines

[lyhom]

pretty sure it's been broken approximately 5,246 times after "blurred lines" so nothing really to worry about

[crystalphnx]

Jul 11, 2015 16:40:31 GMT -5 lyhom said:

pretty sure it's been broken approximately 5,246 times after "blurred lines" so nothing really to worry about

Of course, people are obviously free to track whatever records they find interesting, but the AI ones just seem so meaningless to me considering how often they recalibrate/readjust, add stations, etc. It seems like it happens at least a few times every year, but maybe it's just exaggerated in my memory? It's great that they try to be as accurate, inclusive as possible, but that makes comparing numbers across even a couple years kind of...moot?

[Gary]

Songs of the Summer 7/18

1. See You Again
2. Bad Blood
3. Trap Queen
4. Shut Up And Dance
5. Cheerleader
6. Uptown Funk! (+1)
7. Want To Want Me (-1)
8. Hey Mama
9. Watch Me (+2)
10. Earned It (-1)

[Josh Spicer]

I'm getting tired of seeing "See You Again" at the top. In comparison, I loved every week of "Uptown Funk" and loved when "Bad Blood" topped the chart.

[Deleted]

Jul 11, 2015 23:47:24 GMT -5 Josh Spicer said:

I'm getting tired of seeing "See You Again" at the top. In comparison, I loved every week of "Uptown Funk" and loved when "Bad Blood" topped the chart.

Agreed. I really hope and pray that with its continued decline and Cheerleader's continued gains SYA doesn't somehow manage to clog up the top spot for a 13th week. Especially considering that Lose Yourself is one of my favorite songs of all time. And I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up when Bad Blood reached #1 :(

[Josh Spicer]

Jul 11, 2015 23:53:41 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Jul 11, 2015 23:47:24 GMT -5 Josh Spicer said:

I'm getting tired of seeing "See You Again" at the top. In comparison, I loved every week of "Uptown Funk" and loved when "Bad Blood" topped the chart.

Agreed. I really hope and pray that with its continued decline and Cheerleader's continued gains SYA doesn't somehow manage to clog up the top spot for a 13th week. Especially considering that Lose Yourself is one of my favorite songs of all time. And I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up when Bad Blood reached #1 :(

I wouldn't even have a problem with it if it wasn't Wiz frickin Khalifa doing it. At least get somebody respectable like Wale or hell, I'd take Young Thug, but Wiz Khalifa? They might as well had brought in Rick Ross or Kevin McCall.

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Jul 11, 2015 16:40:31 GMT -5 lyhom said:

pretty sure it's been broken approximately 5,246 times after "blurred lines" so nothing really to worry about

I'm not sure what are you talking about. Actually there has been no record breaker since Blurred Lines which made an impressive 229 Million audience impressions and Happy later on got close to that (225 Million as I remember) but not enough to dethrone "Lines".

I'm sure Blurred Lines is still the record holder for the single tracking week highest impressions, it just seems unfair now because there's no such time in history where any tracking week extends to 11 days and whichever song's high point lands upon that it's gonna be breaking the record!

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Too bad songs like Shake It Off, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together somehow cannot luckily manage their first tracking week of digital sales to happen to be this very week... It's like a shame.. Or I'm sure Taylor Swift can make a single week of 1,000,000 singles sold and fuck Right Round off who made a week of about 640,000 sold..

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Jul 11, 2015 18:20:38 GMT -5 crystalphnx said:

Jul 11, 2015 16:40:31 GMT -5 lyhom said:

pretty sure it's been broken approximately 5,246 times after "blurred lines" so nothing really to worry about

Of course, people are obviously free to track whatever records they find interesting, but the AI ones just seem so meaningless to me considering how often they recalibrate/readjust, add stations, etc. It seems like it happens at least a few times every year, but maybe it's just exaggerated in my memory? It's great that they try to be as accurate, inclusive as possible, but that makes comparing numbers across even a couple years kind of...moot?

It did not refresh every year okay??
Mariah's We Belong Together held the record for nearly 10 years after leaving a landmark of 212 Million impressions in a single week in 2005..
It remained unchallenged until Blurred lines came along with the forementioned 229 Millions in 2013 and this record is broken literally 0 times as of now..

You people are all exaggerating blindly, saying that it's been broken for like... 5,000 times???? OMG, they do not add stations or something that often ...

[crystalphnx]

I mean...yes, that 5,000+ number was indeed an exaggeration, but there were panel changes or recalibrations mentioned on the following weeks (in recent years):

05/30/15
10/25/14
08/09/14
11/16/13
03/30/13
12/01/12
03/31/12

I might be confusing Mediabase VS BDS here, though - I believe it's just Mediabase that does these frequent recalibrations. Also, some of these may not have been "major" recalibrations...but regardless, they've supposedly taken place more than a handful of times over the past few years, so I don't think it's bizarre or incorrect for that to seem frequent to some of us.

Any rate, I don't mean to offend anyone who loves tracking AI records. In the not-too-distant past, I was keeping tabs on the "Riptide" "record" on the Hot 100, which I'm sure was totally uninteresting/pointless to many others. Different stuff within the realm of popular-music-charts is bound to attract our individual attention, so whatever brings out your passion, just keep on enjoying it. :)

[ry4n]

Mediabase #1's in 2009 reached 110-ish, and they've since soared as high as 300+. So... lol.

---

I guess I'll need to post these on Sundays from now on

Top 10 flashbacks for this week


1 year ago (7/26/2014)

1 2 Rude - MAGIC! (1st week of 6 @ #1)
2 1 Fancy - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
3 3 Problem - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
4 4 Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz
5 5 Stay With Me - Sam Smith
6 6 Wiggle - Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg
7 8 All Of Me - John Legend
8 9 Maps - Maroon 5
9 7 Summer - Calvin Harris
10 11 Latch - Disclosure feat. Sam Smith


5 years ago (7/24/2010)

1 1 California Gurls - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg (6th and final week @ #1)
2 2 Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
3 4 Airplanes - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
4 3 OMG - Usher feat. will.i.am
5 5 Billionaire - Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
6 7 Dynamite - Taio Cruz
7 6 Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
8 18 I Like It - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
9 8 Find Your Love - Drake
10 9 Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo


10 years ago (7/23/2005)

1 1 We Belong Together - Mariah Carey (7th week of 14 @ #1)
2 2 Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
3 3 Don't Phunk With My Heart - Black Eyed Peas
4 7 Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes
5 9 Pon De Replay - Rihanna
6 10 Lose Control - Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop
7 8 Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
8 6 Just A Lil Bit - 50 Cent
9 11 Grind With Me - Pretty Ricky
10 4 Inside Your Heaven - Carrie Underwood


15 years ago (7/22/2000)

1 6 Bent - Matchbox 20 (1st and only week @ #1)
2 1 Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
3 2 Try Again - Aaliyah
4 5 It's Gonna Be Me - *NSYNC
5 4 I Wanna Know - Joe
6 11 Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) - Nine Days
7 9 Higher - Creed
8 10 There You Go - P!nk
9 8 The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
10 7 I Turn To You - Christina Aguilera

[Daniel Collins]

Mediabase 07/12/15

1. TAYLOR SWIFT - Bad Blood f/Kendrick Lamar: 193.715 (+ 1.872)
2. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 182.035 (+ 0.195)
3. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 167.099 (- 0.307)
4. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/N. Minaj & Afrojack: 136.237 (+ 1.584)
5. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 131.817 (+ 4.229)
6. OMI - Cheerleader: 126.086 (+ 4.488) ▲
7. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 124.825 (- 0.759) ▼
8. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 107.458 (- 0.194)
9. TOVE LO - Talking Body: 87.711 (- 2.156)
10. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 87.257 (- 0.250)
11. FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 85.765 (+ 0.883)
12. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 82.552 (+ 1.928)
13. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 80.285 (+ 1.108)
14. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 79.687 (+ 2.591)
15. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 74.411 (- 0.142)
16. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 71.975 (+ 0.503)
17. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 69.584 (+ 0.590)
18. JASON ALDEAN - Tonight Looks Good On You: 69.451 (+ 0.667)
19. SKRILLEX & DIPLO - Where Are U Now w/J. Bieber: 69.023 (+ 0.281)
20. CANAAN SMITH - Love You Like That: 67.591 (+ 1.765) ▲

LITTLE BIG TOWN - Girl Crush: 64.999 (+ 0.909)
ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 61.984 (+ 1.563)
JIDENNA - Classic Man: 54.610 (+ 0.482)
SILENTO - Watch Me: 50.180 (+ 2.376)
LUKE BRYAN - Kick The Dust Up: 48.558 (+ 0.522)
FALL OUT BOY - Uma Thurman: 43.179 (+ 0.936)
SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 40.117 (+ 1.340)
DEMI LOVATO - Cool For The Summer: 39.881 (+ 2.543)
THOMAS RHETT - Crash And Burn: 34.509 (+ 0.381)
SAGE THE GEMINI - Good Thing f/Nick Jonas: 23.763 (+ 0.267)
X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 21.325 (+ 0.894)
MEEK MILL - All Eyes On You f/Minaj/Brown: 16.363 (+ 0.929)
ZEDD - Beautiful Now f/Jon Bellion: 14.645 (+ 0.539)
JASON DERULO - Cheyenne: 14.275 (+ 1.536)
KELLY CLARKSON - Invincible: 14.089 (+ 0.531)
JANET JACKSON - No Sleeep: 13.108 (+ 0.855)
CHARLIE PUTH - Marvin Gaye f/Meghan Trainor: 12.962 (+ 0.384)
BECK - Dreams: 10.079 (+ 0.311)
MEGHAN TRAINOR - Like I'm Gonna Lose You: 5.620 (+ 0.299)
R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 4.903 (+ 0.701)
AUSTIN MAHONE - Dirty Work: 3.056 (+ 0.362)
TOVE LO - Timebomb: 2.136 (- 0.049)

[Soulsista]

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

July 26, 1980

01 01 It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel (2nd and final week at #1)
02 07 Magic - Olivia Newton-John
03 03 Little Jeannie - Elton John
04 04 Cupid - The Spinners
05 05 Shining Star - The Manhattans
06 02 Coming Up - Paul McCartney
07 06 Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
08 12 Tired Of Toein' The Line - Rocky Burnette
09 11 Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band
10 08 The Rose - Bette Midler


July 27, 1985

01 03 Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (1st and only week at #1)
02 09 Shout - Tears For Fears
03 04 You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
04 01 A View To a Kill - Duran Duran
05 07 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting
06 08 Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
07 02 Raspberry Beret - Prince & The Revolution
08 12 Sentimental Street - Night Ranger
09 13 Never Surrender - Corey Hart
10 14 Get It On (Bang a Gong) - The Power Station


July 28, 1990

01 01 She Ain't Worth It - Glenn Medeiros feat. Bobby Brown (2nd and final week at #1)
02 05 Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
03 03 Cradle Of Love - Billy Idol
04 04 Rub You The Right Way - Johnny Gill
05 02 Hold On - En Vogue
06 07 The Power - Snap!
07 08 Girls Nite Out - Tyler Collins
08 10 When I'm Back On My Feet Again - Michael Bolton
09 09 Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
10 17 Hanky Panky - Madonna


July 22, 1995

01 01 Waterfalls - TLC (3rd of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 One More Chance / Stay With Me - The Notorious B.I.G.
03 03 Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) - Monica
04 04 Water Runs Dry - Boyz II Men
05 05 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Nicki French
06 07 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman - Bryan Adams
07 08 I Can Love You Like That - All-4-One
08 09 Boombastic - Shaggy
09 06 Scream / Childhood - Michael & Janet Jackson
10 10 Run-Around - Blues Traveler

[Dylan :)]

Fifth Harmony is so close :'( What is the new radio tracking week, again? If it ends tomorrow, it'll be extremely close, and more than likely won't make it next week </3

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

July 18, 1960 (for the week ending July 23)

01 02 I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
03 03 Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis
04 06 Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
05 04 Because They're Young - Duane Eddy
06 07 That's All You Gotta Do - Brenda Lee
07 05 Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen
08 10 When Will I Be Loved - The Everly Brothers
09 12 Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
10 20 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland


July 24, 1965

01 01 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 03 I'm Henry The VIII, I Am - Herman's Hermits
03 02 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
04 10 What's New, Pussycat? - Tom Jones
05 05 Cara Mia - Jay & The Americans
06 06 Yes I'm Ready - Barbara Mason
07 09 What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
08 07 Seventh Son - Johnny Rivers
09 04 Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
10 08 You Turn Me On - Ian Whitcomb


July 25, 1970

01 03 (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters (1st of 4 weeks at #1)
02 01 Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
03 04 Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
04 02 The Love You Save - The Jackson Five
05 10 Make It With You - Bread
06 05 Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations
07 06 Ride Captain Ride - The Blues Image
08 08 O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
09 18 Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
10 07 Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie w/The Edwin Hawkins Singers


July 26, 1975

01 02 The Hustle - Van McCoy (1st and only week at #1)
02 03 I'm Not In Love - 10cc
03 04 One Of These Nights - The Eagles
04 05 Please Mr. Please - Olivia Newton-John
05 01 Listen To What The Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings
06 07 Swearin' To God - Frankie Valli
07 09 Jive Talkin' - The Bee Gees
08 15 Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
09 11 Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester
10 10 Rockin' Chair - Gwen McCrae

[Enigma.]

Did Bent have nice sales or how it jumped 6->1?

Try Again was the first #1 without any points from sales IIRC

[ry4n]

Bent jumped 6-1 because the physical single was released that week (it's the same reason why Vertical Horizon went #1 the previous week, and why *NSYNC will go #1 the week after). A lot of songs in 1999/2000 still had their single release dates held back (a practice carried over from the late 90's which caused all those high debuts when airplay-only singles weren't allowed to chart), so there was a lot of weird chart movement because of that.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Jul 12, 2015 10:57:07 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Bent jumped 6-1 because the physical single was released that week (it's the same reason why Vertical Horizon went #1 the previous week, and why *NSYNC will go #1 the week after). A lot of songs in 1999/2000 still had their single release dates held back (a practice carried over from the late 90's which caused all those high debuts when airplay-only singles weren't allowed to chart), so there was a lot of weird chart movement because of that.

And then adopted again during the early digital era - I'm glad the days of repressed tracks are behind us. It will be interesting to see how Billboard recalibrates the formula as single sales are bound to slump - especially after Apple Music.