Billboard Hot 100 : 08/22/15

[Mikel Echarri]

From kworb.net/airadio

2015/08/06
*** = dropped or added a format

1. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 178.112 (+0.833) ▲
2. TAYLOR SWIFT - Bad Blood: 176.247 (-2.037) ▼
3. OMI - Cheerleader: 172.535 (+0.568)
4. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 132.636 (-1.184)
5. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 118.992 (-1.626)
6. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 115.458 (+0.724)
7. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 112.491 (+2.137)
8. FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 97.710 (+0.790) ▲
9. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/Nicki Minaj: 95.528 (-3.123) ▼
10. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 94.058 (-0.533)
11. ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 93.172 (+0.499)
12. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 91.209 (-0.952)
13. SKRILLEX & DIPLO - Where Are U Now f/J. Bieber: 86.887 (+0.781)
14. FALL OUT BOY - Uma Thurman: 71.914 (+1.514) ▲
15. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 70.721 (-0.264***) ▼
16. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 70.130 (-0.833) ▼
17. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 69.455 (-0.362)
18. DEMI LOVATO - Cool For The Summer: 69.269 (+0.552)
19. SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 68.860 (+0.977***)
20. MICHAEL RAY - Kiss You In The Morning: 65.355 (+0.399)
21. SILENTO - Watch Me: 62.711 (-0.107) ▲
22. LUKE BRYAN - Kick The Dust Up: 62.205 (-1.862) ▼
23. ZAC BROWN BAND - Loving You Easy: 59.940 (+0.628) ▲
24. FRANKIE BALLARD - Young & Crazy: 59.909 (+0.410) ▼
25. ELLIE GOULDING - Love Me Like You Do: 56.905 (-1.156***)
26. FETTY WAP - My Way f/Monty: 54.471 (+0.904) ▲
27. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 54.442 (-0.073)
28. JIDENNA - Classic Man: 54.280 (+0.177) ▲
29. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 54.104 (-0.251) ▼
30. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 53.137 (-0.531)
31. SAM HUNT - House Party: 52.949 (+1.096) ▲
32. BRANTLEY GILBERT - One Hell Of An Amen: 52.837 (-2.041) ▼
33. TOVE LO - Talking Body: 52.615 (-0.073) ▼
34. DUSTIN LYNCH - Hell Of A Night: 51.352 (+0.466)
35. JASON ALDEAN - Tonight Looks Good On You: 48.086 (-1.568)
36. RICH HOMIE QUAN - Flex: 46.806 (+0.455)
37. THOMAS RHETT - Crash And Burn: 45.245 (+1.114)
38. FETTY WAP - Trap Queen: 42.925 (-0.406)
39. CHRIS JANSON - Buy Me A Boat: 42.459 (+1.109)
40. BRETT ELDREDGE - Lose My Mind: 40.168 (+0.697) ▲
41. TAYLOR SWIFT - Blank Space: 39.943 (+0.278)
42. KEITH URBAN - John Cougar, John Deere...: 39.885 (+0.219) ▼
43. RIHANNA - Bitch Better Have My Money: 39.669 (+0.193)
44. SAM HUNT - Take Your Time: 39.307 (-0.339) ▼
45. ERIC CHURCH - Like A Wrecking Ball: 36.643 (+0.049) ▲
46. KID INK - Be Real f/Dej Loaf: 36.343 (-1.353) ▼
47. DJ SNAKE & ALUNAGEORGE - You Know You Like It: 35.200 (-0.305)
48. NATALIE LA ROSE - Somebody f/Jeremih: 34.627 (-0.832)
49. R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 34.146 (+1.522) ▲
50. KENNY CHESNEY - Save It For A Rainy Day: 33.767 (+0.781) ▼
51. MADDIE & TAE - Fly: 31.764 (-0.078)
52. JEREMIH - Planes f/J. Cole: 30.797 (+0.359) ▲
53. TREY SONGZ - Slow Motion: 30.063 (-0.182) ▲
54. BLAKE SHELTON - Sangria: 29.742 (-0.866) ▼
55. CANAAN SMITH - Love You Like That: 29.701 (-0.820) ▼
56. BRAD PAISLEY - Crushin' It: 28.381 (-1.116)
57. JAKE OWEN - Real Life: 28.334 (-0.022)
58. X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 28.288 (+0.321) ▲
59. TORI KELLY - Should've Been Us: 28.253 (+0.126) ▼
60. MEEK MILL - All Eyes On You f/Minaj/Brown: 28.179 (+0.651)
61. CHARLIE PUTH - Marvin Gaye f/Meghan Trainor: 27.735 (+0.454)
62. LADY ANTEBELLUM - Long Stretch Of Love: 26.272 (+0.647) ▲
63. DAN + SHAY - Nothin' Like You: 26.126 (+0.245) ▼
64. FLO RIDA - I Don't Like It, I Love It: 25.537 (+0.465) ▲
65. FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Anything Goes: 25.314 (+0.388) ▲
66. ZEDD - Beautiful Now f/Jon Bellion: 24.974 (+0.296) ▲
67. CHASE RICE - Gonna Wanna Tonight: 24.942 (+0.439) ▲
68. KIP MOORE - I'm To Blame: 24.852 (+0.108) ▲
69. JASON DERULO - Cheyenne: 24.822 (+0.058) ▼
70. DJ KHALED F/C. BROWN/BIG SEAN - How Many Times f/Lil Wayne: 24.762 (-0.064) ▼
71. ADAM LAMBERT - Ghost Town: 24.446 (+0.014) ▲
72. LITTLE BIG TOWN - Girl Crush: 24.009 (-1.190) ▼
73. 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - She's Kinda Hot: 23.914 (+0.221) ▲
74. KELSEA BALLERINI - Love Me Like You Mean It: 23.436 (-0.172) ▲
75. COLE SWINDELL - Let Me See Ya Girl: 23.258 (+0.360) ▲

[Deleted]

I still think Can't Feel My Face will be #1 this week. Sure it may have a smaller lead than it would have if not for the glitch but I highly doubt that it had enough of an impact to prevent it from having more points this week than Cheerleader/Drag Me Down. Plus I'm pretty sure this tracking week (7/31 - 8/6) for streaming was the one for the debut of the video so it should see a sizable streaming gain. It's also getting consistent dark greens on iTunes pop bars right now and has combined Cheerleader at 85% and is still ahead of it in airplay of course.

[Ravi]

Aug 6, 2015 11:05:33 GMT -5 Gary said:

Wiz Khalifa's smash has led Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart through the first 10 weeks of the season. But can OMI's debut finish at No. 1?


Never mind back-to-school sales. Displays in stores are already up for Halloween (or, depending on the early levels of holly-jolliness in your specific locale, Christmas).

So, here's some food for thought as you buy candy corns (or candy canes): what hit will win the race for Billboard's No. 1 song of the summer of 2015?


So far, through the first 10 weeks since our annual Songs of the Summer chart returned after Memorial Day, Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again," featuring Charlie Puth, has led the list each week. With five more weeks of tabulation to go, we're two-thirds of the way through the Songs of the Summer tracking period.

As a reminder, the 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally (up from 10 in previous years) tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day. At the end of the season, the top song of the summer is crowned.

Below "Again" on Songs of the Summer, Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," featuring Kendrick Lamar, ranks at No. 2, having held the runner-up spot behind "Again" each week this summer.


It's the song at No. 3 on the Songs of the Summer chart, however, that could have the best chance of dethroning "Again" as the season's top title. OMI's "Cheerleader" has climbed from No. 16 on the season's first tally thanks to its ascent to No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated July 25, replacing "Again" after 12 weeks at No. 1 (beginning April 25). For now, "Again" boasts a fairly comfortable lead in overall Songs of the Summer chart points over "Blood" and "Cheerleader," but, in recent weeks, "Again" and "Blood" have been tallying similar points totals on the Hot 100, leaving Swift's former Hot 100 No. 1 unlikely to catch Khalifa's on Songs of the Summer.

More key to this year's top honoree: with "Cheerleader" at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for four weeks running and "Again" at No. 5 and descending, the breakthrough hit from OMI (born Omar Samuel Pasley) should make the race close for the winner on Songs of the Summer over the next five weeks.

Rounding out the Songs of the Summer's top five, Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" ranks at No. 4, followed by Walk the Moon's "Shut Up and Dance" at No. 5.

What will ultimately wind up as the hottest season's hottest song? Keep checking out the Songs of the Summer chart, week-by-week, on Billboard.com.

Predictions

1. Cheerleader
2. See You Again
3. Bad Blood
4-5 Can't Feel My Face
4-5 Trap Queen
6. Watch Me
7. Shut Up + Dance
8. Lean On
9. Fight Song
10-11 Uptown Funk
10-13 Honey, I'm Good
11-13 Where Are U Now
11-13 Hey Mama
14-16 Want To Want Me
14-16 Worth It
14-16 The Hills
17-18 Earned It
17-19 Post to be
18-19 Sugar
20. Good For You

[jayhawk1117]

Has a rapper ever had 3 songs in the top 10 at the same time? Because Fetty is very much on his way to it happening.

[velaxti]

Aug 7, 2015 5:27:47 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

Has a rapper ever had 3 songs in the top 10 at the same time? Because Fetty is very much on his way to it happening.

I think 50 Cent once had 4 songs in the top 10 at the same time.

[Daniel Collins]

Mediabase 08/07/15

1. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 178.821 (+ 0.260)
2. TAYLOR SWIFT - Bad Blood f/Kendrick Lamar: 173.839 (- 2.436)
3. OMI - Cheerleader: 170.866 (+ 0.412)
4. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 133.242 (- 0.783)
5. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 117.329 (+ 0.697) ▲
6. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 115.685 (- 1.708) ▼
7. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 110.760 (+ 1.929)
8. FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 97.396 (+ 0.377)
9. ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 94.650 (+ 0.465) ▲
10. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 94.419 (- 0.754)
11. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/N. Minaj & Afrojack: 92.725 (- 2.770) ▼
12. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 89.986 (- 0.426)
13. SKRILLEX & DIPLO - Where Are U Now w/J. Bieber: 86.214 (+ 0.507)
14. FALL OUT BOY - Uma Thurman: 73.672 (+ 1.556)
15. DEMI LOVATO - Cool For The Summer: 70.840 (+ 1.553) ▲
16. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 70.523 (- 0.656) ▼
17. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 70.503 (+ 0.321) ▼
18. SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 70.160 (+ 1.290) ▲
19. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 69.752 (- 0.118) ▼
20. MICHAEL RAY - Kiss You In The Morning: 65.881 (+ 0.513)

SILENTO - Watch Me: 63.053 (+ 0.217)
ZAC BROWN BAND - Loving You Easy: 60.791 (+ 0.839)
FRANKIE BALLARD - Young & Crazy: 60.384 (+ 0.417)
FETTY WAP - My Way f/Monty: 56.584 (+ 1.041)
SAM HUNT - House Party: 54.054 (+ 1.029)
THOMAS RHETT - Crash And Burn: 45.635 (+ 0.318)
R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 35.606 (+ 1.431)
X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 32.234 (+ 0.155)
CHARLIE PUTH - Marvin Gaye f/Meghan Trainor: 28.991 (+ 0.568)
MEEK MILL - All Eyes On You f/Minaj/Brown: 28.702 (+ 0.359)
ZEDD - Beautiful Now f/Jon Bellion: 26.621 (+ 0.191)
ONE DIRECTION - Drag Me Down: 26.270 (+ 2.709)
FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Anything Goes: 25.882 (+ 0.518)
JASON DERULO - Cheyenne: 25.598 (+ 0.487)
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - She's Kinda Hot: 25.158 (+ 0.241)
THE WEEKND - The Hills: 23.831 (+ 1.180)
JANET JACKSON - No Sleeep: 17.785 (+ 0.593)
KELLY CLARKSON - Invincible: 16.858 (- 0.044)
CALVIN HARRIS + DISCIPLES - How Deep Is Your Love: 12.595 (+ 0.484)
SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 11.550 (- 0.053)
MEGHAN TRAINOR - Like I'm Gonna Lose You: 11.408 (+ 0.208)
DRAKE - Back To Back: 10.417 (+ 0.047)
ALESSIA CARA - Here: 8.801 (+ 0.117)
DISCLOSURE - Omen f/Sam Smith: 8.392 (+ 0.311)
A GREAT BIG WORLD - Hold Each Other f/Futuristic: 8.063 (+ 0.618)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - Growing Up f/Ed Sheeran: 5.881 (+ 2.580)
ROBIN THICKE - Back Together f/Nicki Minaj: 0.827
TAYLOR SWIFT - Wildest Dreams: 0.158
RITA ORA - Body On Me f/Chris Brown: 0.536

[Mikel Echarri]

Aug 7, 2015 8:19:15 GMT -5 Daniel Collins said:

TAYLOR SWIFT - Wildest Dreams: 0.158

Yes!!!

[Kworb]

Sales estimates

1. Drag Me Down 343,000
2. Can't Feel My Face 149,000
3. Cheerleader 130,000
4. Back To Back 117,000
5. Fight Song 102,000
6. Watch Me 95,000
7. The Hills 77,000
8. Good For You 74,000
9. My Way 71,000
10. Marvin Gaye 70,000
11. Lean On 70,000
12. Bad Blood 66,000
13. 679 64,000
14. Cool For The Summer 63,000
15. Kick The Dust Up 63,000
16. Honey, I'm Good. 55,000
17. Photograph 53,000
18. Uma Thurman 52,000
19. Locked Away 50,000
20. Shut Up And Dance 50,000

kworb.net/cc

[rimetm]

Updated Predictions

Using sales/12 + airplay/10000 + streams/900:

"Can't Feel My Face": 149k/12 + 147M/10000 + 16.5M/900 = 45450

"Cheerleader": 130k/12 + 144M/10000 + 15.3M/900 = 42233

"Drag Me Down": 343k/12 + 28M/10000 + 6.0M/900 = 38050

"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)": 95k/12 + 54M/10000 + 18.0M/900 = 33317

(Obviously the sales estimates are kworb)

(I recalculated the radio change by measuring the change so far, accounting for the remaining days, then applying that change to the numbers for official Billboard Radio)

(Credit to Mark G. for streaming predictions because I don't know squat about those)

I'd say we have a very good chance for Can't Feel My Face to lead, especially if it does in fact beat Cheerleader in streaming!

[imbondz]

Aug 7, 2015 9:33:17 GMT -5 Kworb said:

Sales estimates

1. Drag Me Down 343,000
2. Can't Feel My Face 149,000
3. Cheerleader 130,000
4. Back To Back 117,000
5. Fight Song 102,000
6. Watch Me 95,000
7. The Hills 77,000
8. Good For You 74,000
9. My Way 71,000
10. Marvin Gaye 70,000
11. Lean On 70,000
12. Bad Blood 66,000
13. 679 64,000
14. Cool For The Summer 63,000
15. Kick The Dust Up 63,000
16. Honey, I'm Good. 55,000
17. Photograph 53,000
18. Uma Thurman 52,000
19. Locked Away 50,000
20. Shut Up And Dance 50,000

kworb.net/cc

With how big the U.S. is, 70,000 copies for the #10 selling song isn't that much at all. Guess I haven't been paying attention to sales lately.

[Kris]

TOP 10

1. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 179.354 (+ 0.533)
2. TAYLOR SWIFT - Bad Blood f/Kendrick Lamar: 171.206 (- 2.633)
3. OMI - Cheerleader: 171.086 (+ 0.220)
4. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 132.642 (- 0.600)
5. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 118.033 (+ 0.704)
6. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 114.328 (- 1.357)
7. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 112.916 (+ 2.156)
8. FIFTH HARMONY - Worth It f/Kid Ink: 97.541 (+ 0.145)
9. ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 95.520 (+ 0.870)
10. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 93.480 (- 0.939)
11. DAVID GUETTA - Hey Mama f/N. Minaj & Afrojack: 90.140 (- 2.585)
12. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 89.592 (- 0.394)
13. SKRILLEX & DIPLO - Where Are U Now w/J. Bieber: 87.020 (+ 0.806)
14. FALL OUT BOY - Uma Thurman: 74.972 (+ 1.300)
15. DEMI LOVATO - Cool For The Summer: 72.077 (+ 1.237)
16. SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 71.743 (+ 1.583) ▲
17. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 70.512 (- 0.011) ▼
18. OMARION - Post To Be f/Chris Brown&Jhene: 69.520 (- 0.232) ▲
19. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 69.038 (- 1.465) ▼
20. MICHAEL RAY - Kiss You In The Morning: 66.594 (+ 0.713)

CURIOSIDADES

SILENTO - Watch Me: 62.891 (- 0.162)
ZAC BROWN BAND - Loving You Easy: 61.708 (+ 0.917)
FRANKIE BALLARD - Young & Crazy: 60.478 (+ 0.094)
FETTY WAP - My Way f/Monty: 56.996 (+ 0.412)
SAM HUNT - House Party: 55.084 (+ 1.030)
THOMAS RHETT - Crash And Burn: 46.422 (+ 0.787)
R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 37.579 (+ 1.973)
X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 32.799 (+ 0.565)
CHARLIE PUTH - Marvin Gaye f/Meghan Trainor: 29.802 (+ 0.811)
MEEK MILL - All Eyes On You f/Minaj/Brown: 28.967 (+ 0.265)
ZEDD - Beautiful Now f/Jon Bellion: 26.957 (+ 0.336)
FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - Anything Goes: 26.485 (+ 0.603)
JASON DERULO - Cheyenne: 26.464 (+ 0.866)
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - She's Kinda Hot: 25.843 (+ 0.685)
THE WEEKND - The Hills: 25.185 (+ 1.354)
JANET JACKSON - No Sleeep: 17.494 (- 0.291)
ONE DIRECTION - Drag Me Down: 17.328 (- 8.942)
KELLY CLARKSON - Invincible: 16.915 (+ 0.057)
CALVIN HARRIS + DISCIPLES - How Deep Is Your Love: 13.110 (+ 0.515)
SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 12.014 (+ 0.464)
MEGHAN TRAINOR - Like I'm Gonna Lose You: 11.852 (+ 0.444)
DRAKE - Back To Back: 10.171 (- 0.246)
ALESSIA CARA - Here: 8.880 (+ 0.079)
DISCLOSURE - Omen f/Sam Smith: 8.861 (+ 0.469)
A GREAT BIG WORLD - Hold Each Other f/Futuristic: 8.601 (+ 0.538)
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - Growing Up f/Ed Sheeran: 7.451 (+ 1.570)
ROBIN THICKE - Back Together f/Nicki Minaj: 1.095 (+ 0.268)
RITA ORA - Body On Me f/Chris Brown: 0.635 (+ 0.099)

[felipe]

Aug 7, 2015 15:34:22 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Aug 7, 2015 9:33:17 GMT -5 Kworb said:

Sales estimates

1. Drag Me Down 343,000


kworb.net/cc

With how big the U.S. is, 70,000 copies for the #10 selling song isn't that much at all. Guess I haven't been paying attention to sales lately.

With how big the U.S. is, 350k copies for the #1 selling song isn't that much at all. What does it represent? 0.1% of the population? Maybe such small sales shouldn't have such a big relevance on popularity charts.

[Dylan :)]

Aug 8, 2015 8:12:26 GMT -5 felipe said:

Aug 7, 2015 15:34:22 GMT -5 imbondz said:

With how big the U.S. is, 70,000 copies for the #10 selling song isn't that much at all. Guess I haven't been paying attention to sales lately.

With how big the U.S. is, 350k copies for the #1 selling song isn't that much at all. What does it represent? 0.1% of the population? Maybe such small sales shouldn't have such a big relevance on popularity charts.

Is this figure only for iTunes? If so, it was probably affected by iTunes music. There are many factors you have to think of when looking at this figure: how many people like music, how many people like pop music, how many people like this specific song, how many people plan on buying this song legally, how many people plan on buying this song this week on this service, etc. 

[KeepDeanWeird]

Aug 8, 2015 8:12:26 GMT -5 felipe said:

Aug 7, 2015 15:34:22 GMT -5 imbondz said:

With how big the U.S. is, 70,000 copies for the #10 selling song isn't that much at all. Guess I haven't been paying attention to sales lately.

With how big the U.S. is, 350k copies for the #1 selling song isn't that much at all. What does it represent? 0.1% of the population? Maybe such small sales shouldn't have such a big relevance on popularity charts.

That's why streaming and radio are components of the chart. Streaming, especially, has proven that people still consume music - it's just in a different way. And considering prior to iTunes and the downfall of the singles market (by labels) in the 1990s, I doubt many singles were selling 350K in a week. Just look at the certifications prior to iTunes. 2x platinum with rare exception defined massive hit. Now, look how many singles are certified at 2x - 7x.

[Gary]

350,000 may be 0.1% of the population or something like that, but it represents a much bigger portion of the music buying population. I would guess many more people than not, do not download songs from iTunes regularly

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Aug 8, 2015 10:37:44 GMT -5 Gary said:

350,000 may be 0.1% of the population or something like that, but it represents a much bigger portion of the music buying population. I would guess many more people than not, do not download songs from iTunes regularly

But have you considered even if they do that regularly like I do, what if they couldn't care less about acts like one direction? Similarly different people possess so varieties interests.. There's about 10 millions of songs downloaded per week I guess (anyone has statistics for that?), which makes almost 5 percent of the whole population. I would assume that if every single soul does download songs and does that legally, then the average frequency they do that per person is like 20 weeks per song or less than that..

[Gary]

You start with a population of 350 million.

In that 350 million, you have to split out those that listen to music regularly from those that don't

Now you take the population that listens to music regularly and you split out those that buy music from those that don't

Now in the population of people that buy music, you have to split out those that will buy pop music from those that don't

From the population that buys pop music, you separate out those that care about up to the minute current hits from those that will buy pop music on a casual basis.

Now your 0.1% becomes a much bigger number

[Kris]

Paying for music is like teaching kids to use complicated math equations in real life.

Why bother?

[ry4n]

Top 10 flashbacks for this week


1 year ago (8/23/2014)

1 1 Rude - MAGIC! (5th week of 6 @ #1)
2 2 Stay With Me - Sam Smith
3 3 Fancy - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
4 8 All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
5 4 Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz
6 5 Problem - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
7 7 Maps - Maroon 5
8 9 Chandelier - Sia
9 6 Bang Bang - Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
10 11 Boom Clap - Charli XCX


5 years ago (8/21/2010)

1 1 Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna (4th week of 7 @ #1)
2 3 Dynamite - Taio Cruz
3 NE Mine - Taylor Swift
4 2 California Gurls - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
5 5 I Like It - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
6 4 Airplanes - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
7 6 Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
8 9 DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher feat. Pitbull
9 7 Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
10 11 Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo


10 years ago (8/20/2005)

1 1 We Belong Together - Mariah Carey (11th week of 14 @ #1)
2 3 Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes
3 2 Pon De Replay - Rihanna
4 4 Let Me Hold You - Bow Wow feat. Omarion
5 5 Lose Control - Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop
6 8 You & Me - Lifehouse
7 7 Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
8 10 Listen To Your Heart - DHT
9 6 Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
10 11 Pimpin' All Over The World - Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino


15 years ago (8/19/2000)

1 1 Incomplete - Sisqo (2nd and final week @ #1)
2 2 Bent - Matchbox 20
3 4 Jumpin', Jumpin' - Destiny's Child
4 3 It's Gonna Be Me - *NSYNC
5 10 Doesn't Really Matter - Janet Jackson
6 5 Try Again - Aaliyah
7 8 Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) - Nine Days
8 6 I Wanna Know - Joe
9 7 Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
10 12 No More - Ruff Endz

[felipe]

Aug 8, 2015 22:58:53 GMT -5 Gary said:

You start with a population of 350 million.

In that 350 million, you have to split out those that listen to music regularly from those that don't

Now you take the population that listens to music regularly and you split out those that buy music from those that don't

Now in the population of people that buy music, you have to split out those that will buy pop music from those that don't

From the population that buys pop music, you separate out those that care about up to the minute current hits from those that will buy pop music on a casual basis.

Now your 0.1% becomes a much bigger number

What exactly do you mean with "listen to music regularly"? I'd assume most Americans do listen to music regularly, mostly through radio or TV though. I just think very few people actually bother to download music, much less legally.

Aug 8, 2015 22:58:53 GMT -5 Gary said:

Now your 0.1% becomes a much bigger number

I can see that when you apply all those filters, 0.1% becomes a much bigger number. But after such filtering and specifying, does 0.1% still reflect what's popular in the country among the whole population that listened to music during that week?

[Gary]

What about those whose passion is reading or playing video games? They may not listen to music regularly.

Is 0.1% the right number? No. In addition to those who do not listen to music regularly, there are those, that do not listen to music at all during a seven day period. I think it is a bad assumption to say everyone alive listens to music during a seven day period.

What is the number? Don't know? As I stated above, when you look at those buying pop music, it is much higher

[felipe]

Well, I certainly don't have that number, and I'm not sure who'd have it, but I do believe that most Americans listen to more than a couple of songs during a seven day period. It depends on what you call "regularly". A lot of people listen to music while driving to work. A lot of people listen to music while watching The Voice. Or watching a viral video someone from work sent them. A lot of people listen to music while eating at McDonald's. I believe that's how most Americans (and not just teenagers) usually listen to music. And yet, Drag me Down will be considered one of the 3 most popular songs of the week because a group of young girls (who represent a very small portion of US total population) bought the song during its first week.

This has certainly happened many times before, and I know that's how the Hot 100 formula works, but I still find it a little odd.

[Future Captain]

I don't think sales is a good standard for popularity. I'm actually very happy when Billboard added Youtube views to the equation since IMO Radio and Streaming is a better standard for popularity. Not to mention illegal downloads, for all we know, Madonna songs might be downloaded over 5 million times this week while Cheerleader only get 2 million download. Who knows?

[velaxti]

I don't think sales measures popularity well, just based off the fact that I've never legally downloaded a song in real life, and 99% of the people I know haven't either. My parents actually bought music. I also had a friend in college who used iTunes a lot, but he was the kind of guy who was scared to break any rules in life (always did his homework, never skipped a lesson, would never try drugs, etc.) He was also very rich, if he was as poor as everybody else he probably wouldn't have used it lol. I know a few people who bought albums when I was younger though.

Another example of someone I know who legally downloaded that I remember was a few years ago when I started university, someone mentioned downloading a song off iTunes and some of the other people in the room laughed at him, and one person said something like "Why would you do that?", as if buying a song was the most ridiculous thing you could do. I think that's the general attitude people have had to buying music in the past 10 years at least. I can't speak for before that because I was too young, but I heard Napster used to be a big thing back in the day.

[felipe]

Aug 9, 2015 10:11:10 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

I don't think sales is a good standard for popularity. I'm actually very happy when Billboard added Youtube views to the equation since IMO Radio and Streaming is a better standard for popularity. Not to mention illegal downloads, for all we know, Madonna songs might be downloaded over 5 million times this week while Cheerleader only get 2 million download. Who knows?

It's always odd when a song goes to #1 on the Hot 100 on its first week of sales and then drops drastically on its second week. Was it really less popular on its second week than on its first? It was likely getting more airplay and views on its second week than on its first, and it was most likely heard by a bigger number of people. But just because sales diminished (as the rabid fans had already bought it), the Hot 100 formula understands the song is not as popular anymore.

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Aug 9, 2015 10:21:59 GMT -5 velaxti said:

I don't think sales measures popularity well, just based off the fact that I've never legally downloaded a song in real life, and 99% of the people I know haven't either (well, only my parents actually bought music!). I know a few people who bought albums when I was younger though.

I remember a few years ago when I started university someone mentioned downloading a song off iTunes and some of the other people in the room laughed at him, and one person said something like "Why would you do that?". I think that's the general attitude people have had to buying music in the past 10 years at least. I can't speak for before that because I was too young, but I heard Napster used to be a big thing back in the day.

99%?? Well, statistically it's definitely less intimidating than that.. I always buy music from iTunes and I indeed don't know anyone either that's obsessed to iTunes Store like this, spotify may be a widely favored choice, and I am not sure about the rampancy of online piracy.. but I assume it won't be high in the states like 99%

[Soulsista]

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

August 23, 1980

01 01 Magic - Olivia Newton-John (4th and final week at #1)
02 02 Sailing - Christopher Cross
03 03 Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band
04 04 Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones
05 05 Upside Down - Diana Ross
06 06 It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel
07 13 Fame - Irene Cara
08 21 All Out Of Love - Air Supply
09 09 Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
10 10 More Love - Kim Carnes


August 24, 1985

01 02 The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Shout - Tears For Fears
03 03 Never Surrender - Corey Hart
04 07 St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
05 05 Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
06 10 We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
07 09 Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
08 04 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting
09 06 Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
10 12 What About Love - Heart


August 25, 1990

01 01 Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey (4th and final week at #1)
02 02 Come Back To Me - Janet Jackson
03 03 If Wishes Came True - Sweet Sensation
04 05 Unskinny Bop - Poison
05 06 Blaze Of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi
06 12 Release Me - Wilson Phillips
07 07 Do Me! - Bell Biv DeVoe
08 08 Have You Seen Her - M.C. Hammer
09 11 Jerk Out - The Time
10 13 Epic - Faith No More


August 19, 1995

01 01 Waterfalls - TLC (7th and final week at #1)
02 02 Kiss From a Rose - Seal
03 04 Boombastic - Shaggy
04 05 One More Chance / Stay With Me - The Notorious B.I.G.
05 07 Colors Of The Wind - Vanessa Williams
06 06 I Can Love You Like That - All-4-One
07 03 Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) - Monica
08 08 Run-Around - Blues Traveler
09 10 He's Mine - MoKenStef
10 09 Water Runs Dry - Boyz II Men

[crystalphnx]

Wait...did we just go from saying "only young girls downloaded 'Drag Me Down' so it shouldn't be so high on the Hot 100" to "only old people buy music legally so sales shouldn't count as much"?

The whole "X component should be weighted less" argument comes up every so often, but I'm honestly surprised to see it directed at sales. Streaming comes under fire when videos help a song rocket up the chart, but people believe the song itself had little/nothing to do with that video's popularity. Airplay comes under fire because it's the one over which consumers have the least direct control - you can choose to change the station, but you can't choose what song you hear next (occasional caller requests aside, and even then they won't play just anything you want.) Not to mention most official Top Songs charts around the world don't incorporate airplay at all.

[Soulsista]

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

August 15, 1960 (for the week ending August 20)

01 03 It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (1st of 5 weeks at #1)
02 01 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
03 02 I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
04 04 Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
05 07 Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
06 10 Walking To New Orleans - Fats Domino
07 15 Finger Poppin' Time - Hank Ballard
08 11 The Twist - Chubby Checker
09 08 Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
10 06 Image Of a Girl - The Safaris


August 21, 1965

01 01 I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher (2nd of 3 weeks at #1)
02 03 Save Your Heart For Me - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
03 14 Help! - The Beatles
04 09 California Girls - The Beach Boys
05 06 Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
06 02 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
07 07 It's The Same Old Song - The Four Tops
08 08 Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke
09 04 I'm Henry The VIII, I Am - Herman's Hermits
10 10 Down In The Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal


August 22, 1970

01 02 Make It With You - Bread (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
03 04 Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
04 06 War - Edwin Starr
05 05 In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
06 03 Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
07 16 Patches - Clarence Carter
08 07 Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
09 12 I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas
10 09 Tighter Tighter - Alive And Kicking


August 23, 1975

01 05 Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1st and only week at #1)
02 02 One Of These Nights - The Eagles
03 12 Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
04 01 Jive Talkin' - The Bee Gees
05 06 Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
06 07 Why Can't We Be Friends - War
07 08 How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
08 04 Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
09 16 At Seventeen - Janis Ian
10 03 Please Mr. Please - Olivia Newton-John

[wjr15]

My Hot 100 Prediction:

1. Can't Feel My Face
2. Cheerleader
3. Drag Me Down
4. Watch Me
5. Lean On
6. Bad Blood
7. Fight Song
8. See You Again
9. Trap Queen
10. The Hills or Good For You