Billboard Hot 100 : 09/19/2015

[lyhom]

they already said that the charts would be delayed for labour day so...

[Enigma.]

Ah ok! Thanks for clarifying

[areyoureadytojump]

Sam Smith's new song, "The Writings On The Wall," from the new James Bond movie, will be out Sept. 25:

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sam-smiths-spectre-theme-song-813820

With the Grammy deadline in 3 weeks, maybe we will get Adele's first single?

[House Lannister]

Top 10 Predictions, plus a few others:

1. What Do You Mean?
2. Can't Feel My Face
3. The Hills
4. Cheerleader
5. Lean On
6. Locked Away
7. Watch Me
8. Good for You
9. 679
10. Cool for the Summer (Surprised? I am too)
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11. Photograph
14. Hit the Quan
15. Hotline Bling
17. Uma Thurman
20. Downtown
21. Stitches
23. Drag Me Down
24. Wildest Dreams

[Tea-why]

Sept 6, 2015 11:15:42 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Top 10 flashbacks for this week

10 years ago (9/17/2005)

1 19 Gold Digger - Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx (1st week of 10 @ #1)
2 2 Shake It Off - Mariah Carey

I wasn't on this board at the time that this happened. I'm afraid to look at the thread for this Hot 100 in the archives lol

[Mikel Echarri]

Justin Bieber Scores First Hot 100 No. 1 With Debut of 'What Do You Mean?'

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685975/justin-bieber-what-do-you-mean-first-hot-100-number-one
By Gary Trust | September 08, 2015 11:00 AM EDT

It's official, after a week of high anticipation: Justin Bieber celebrates his first No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as new single "What Do You Mean?" rockets in at the summit.
The song is just the 23rd ever to begin at No. 1 in the Hot 100's 57-year history. Bieber, 21, had previously ranked as high as No. 2 on the Hot 100 with "Boyfriend" in 2012.

"Mean" dethrones The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" after two nonconsecutive weeks atop the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 (dated Sept 19). (All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Sept. 9, instead of the usual Tuesday, due to the Labor Day holiday this week.)

"Mean," released on SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Def Jam, launches not only atop the Hot 100, but also the Digital Songs chart, where it's Bieber's second No. 1. "Mean" begins with 337,000 downloads sold in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Bieber first led the list with "Boyfriend," which roared in atop Digital Songs (and at No. 2 on the Hot 100) on the chart dated April 14, 2012 with 521,000 sold. (Despite the higher sales of "Boyfriend" that week than "Mean" this week, "Boyfriend" was denied the Hot 100's summit that frame by fun.'s "We Are Young" [featuring Janelle Monae], which sold a hefty 364,000 that week while also holding a wide airplay lead.)

"Mean" additionally opens at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart with 23.2 million U.S. streams. It debuts at No. 1 on the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (10.1 million). The song's official lyric video premiered Aug. 28, the first day of the latest Hot 100's streaming tracking week, while its official proper clip arrived late on Aug. 30, the same night that Bieber performed the song on the MTV Video Music Awards.

Also aiding the high profile of "Mean," beyond the VMAs, helping lead to its No. 1 Hot 100 bow: his Sept. 2 performance of it on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, among other national promotional appearances. And, of course, he performed Aug. 23 at the inaugural Hot 100 Music Festival on the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater stage in Wantagh, N.Y.

Another key piece of the shining start for "Mean": with more than 67 million Twitter followers, Bieber counted down the song's arrival with the help of celeb friends including Ellen DeGeneres, Ariana Grande and Shaquille O'Neal.

Whereas sales and streaming totals for songs can explode out-of-the-gate, radio is generally more steady, although "Mean" is already building strongly on-air. It debuts on the Radio Songs chart at No. 28 with 42 million in audience.

More fun facts related to the Hot 100's new leader:
"Mean," the 1,046th No. 1 in the Hot 100's history, is just the 23rd to arrive on top. It's the first since Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" on the Sept. 6, 2014 chart and the first by a male since the previous such leader, Baauer's "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013). At least one song has launched at No. 1 each year since 2009, continuing the chart's longest streak (seven years) of years with at least one No. 1 debut. The first song to soar in at the summit: Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone," just more than 20 years ago.

Bieber is the youngest male artist ever to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. (He passes Baauer, who was just two months shy of his 24th birthday at the time of his No. 1 entrance.) Among all acts, Bieber is the youngest to start atop the chart in more than a decade, since Fantasia, then 20, with her American Idol coronation song "I Believe" (July 10, 2004).

Bieber also lands his first No. 1 Hot 100 credits as a producer and writer. He co-produced "Mean" with Mason "MdL" Levy and co-wrote it with Levy and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd. Levy previously co-wrote "Boyfriend" (with Bieber and two others), as well as Maroon 5's "Daylight" (No. 7, 2013); he also co-produced those hits. Boyd likewise boasts two prior Hot 100 top 10s as a writer (back before Bieber had entered his teens): 112's "Peaches & Cream" (No. 4, 2001), and "Caught Up" by Bieber mentor Usher (No. 8, 2005).

Bieber notches his first Hot 100 No. 1 with his 47th entry on the chart. That's the longest a Hot 100-topping artist had to wait for a first No. 1, just passing Swift, who finally first reigned in 2012 with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," her 46th charted title. (Of course, both Bieber and Swift are tallying entries in an era where album cuts are eligible to hit the Hot 100, a rule not invoked until 1998, or 40 years after the Hot 100 originated. Viewed another way, Swift waited only less than six years and Bieber slightly more than six before hitting No. 1 at last. And, this stat covers only artists that have led the Hot 100; the cast of Fox's Glee, with a record 207 appearances, James Brown, Nicki Minaj, Jackie Wilson, Tim McGraw, Brook Benton and Kenny Chesney have all tallied at least 47 Hot 100 entries, but no No. 1s.)

In addition to his landmark first Hot 100 No. 1, Bieber collects his seventh top 10. He also posts his first set of back-to-back top 10s, as prior entry "Where Are U Now," by Skrillex and Diplo with Bieber, rose to No. 8 in July. With Bieber having performed that song and "Mean" in a medley on the VMAs, "Where Are U Now" rebounds 13-10 on the Hot 100, giving him concurrent top 10s for the first time; the collab rebounds 21-14 on Digital Songs (60,000, up 58 percent) and 13-10 on Streaming Songs (10.3 million, up 24 percent). On Radio Songs, "Where" retreats 11-13 (60 million, down 18 percent), having reached No. 9 last month.

Keep checking Billboard.com for much more Bieber coverage, as well as the full weekly rundown of this week's Hot 100 top 10. And, again, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 9), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (11).

[rimetm]

Sept 4, 2015 13:47:36 GMT -5 rimetm said:

Sept 1, 2015 17:41:32 GMT -5 rimetm said:

What Do You Mean
I'm gonna guess around 325,000 sales this week.
So, my estimate is...26.6 million streams?
I'm predicting around 40 million in radio audience by Billboard metrics.

So, let's update the forecast. 

What Do You Mean
337,000 sales (Guess I was too conservatively influenced by Billboard's forecast)
38,300,000 streams (8.33 million streams on Spotify are way more than I predicted. Now that we are at the end of the streaming week, here's how the global YouTube views ended up: 26 and 24 million for the lyric and music video. I am willing to assume about 60% are from the US since a great proportion of global Spotify plays were similar)
50,000,000 impressions (radio is surging faster than expected; 8 day effect barely fazed/is going to faze it!)

Congrats to Kworb to being wizardly accurate on sales! (337,000)
I should've stuck to my first streaming estimate though...got a bit cocky in my second extrapolation. (23.2 million)
I also should've stuck with my first radio estimate, because it was closer (42 million)

[Dylan :)]

WAUN Top 10 again.. Demi :'(

[Enigma.]

So...what are the other 7 songs in top ten?

[yuh yuh]

Sept 8, 2015 11:04:32 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

WAUN Top 10 again.. Demi :'(

This place was meant to be for Demi :( So, she just barely misses top 10, being #11.

[yuh yuh]

This week's top 10:

1. What Do You Mean (new)
2. Can't Feel My Face (-1)
3. The Hills (+1)
4. Watch Me (-1)
5. Cheerleader (-3)
6. Lean On (-1)
7. Good For You (-1)
8. 679 (-1)
9. Locked Away (-1)
10. Where Are You Now (+3)

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11. Cool For The Summer (+6)
15. Wildest Dreams (re-entry)
17. Shut Up and Dance (-1)
18. Downtown (+76)

[Mikel Echarri]

YAS Wildest Dreams re-entering on the Top 20

[Dylan :)]

So sad for Demi :'( So close.

I wonder where Should've Been Is jumped this week. Hopefully Top 50

[Deleted]

Yay for The Weeknd having two songs in the top 3! :)

Hopefully WDYM has enough of a second-week fall for The Weeknd to have both of the top two next week! (Kworb predicts 155k sales for WDYM this week - just 41k ahead of both CFMF and The Hills)

[Mikel Echarri]

The Weeknd Doubles Up in Hot 100's Top Three

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685989/the-weeknd-hot-100-top-three
By Gary Trust | September 08, 2015 12:00 PM EDT

As Justin Bieber launches at No. 1, The Weeknd holds down Nos. 2 and 3. Plus, VMAs-fueled moves for Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
As previously reported, Justin Bieber celebrates his first No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as new single "What Do You Mean?" debuts at the summit. The track is just the 23rd song ever to start at No. 1, launching with sales of 337,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Music.
Bieber also re-enters the top 10 with "Where Are U Now," by Skrillex and Diplo with Bieber. The song rises 13-10 (after peaking at No. 8 in July) following his performance of it, in a medley with "Mean," on the MTV Video Music Awards (Aug. 30).

The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, although it surges following his performance of the song at the VMAs. It rises 4-2 on the Digital Songs chart (126,000 downloads sold) and 6-4 on Streaming Songs (18 million U.S. streams, up 32 percent). "Face" also rules Radio Songs for a fifth week (150 million in radio audience, essentially even with last week's sum). The track additionally tops Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for an eighth week.

Meanwhile, The Weeknd's "The Hills" rises 4-3 on the Hot 100, hitting a new high. It slips 2-3 on Streaming Songs but with a 33 percent gain to 21 million; returns to its peak on Digital Songs (11-5; 87,000); and ascends to the Radio Songs top 10 (15-10; 79 million, up 23 percent).
With two songs in the top three, The Weeknd is the first act to earn the honor since Taylor Swift; On Nov. 29, 2014, her "Blank Space" bounded 13-1, as "Shake It Off" slipped 1-3. He's the first solo male with two of the Hot 100 top three songs simultaneously since Pharrell Williams (six weeks in June-July 2013, as featured on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"). The Weeknd is the first male with two of the Hot 100's top three in the same week, both as a lead act, in nearly seven years; T.I. doubled up for seven weeks in October-November 2008 with "Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna).
The Weeknd also headlines the Billboard 200, where his new album, Beauty Behind the Madness (featuring "Face" and "The Hills"), debuts at No. 1. It starts with 412,000 equivalent album units earned (with 326,000 from traditional album sales).
Below The Weeknd's two top fives on the Hot 100, Silento's "Watch Me" falls to No. 4 from its No. 3 peak, while leading Streaming Songs (26.2 million, up 18 percent) and Hot Rap Songs for a seventh week each.
Capping the Hot 100's top 10, OMI's' former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Cheerleader" drops 2-5, while the songs at Nos. 6-9 (above "Where Are U Now") each descend a notch: Major Lazer and DJ Snake's No. 4-peaking "Lean On," featuring MO, (5-6, while leading Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for an eighth week and taking over atop the Pop Songs airplay chart); Selena Gomez's "Good for You," featuring A$AP Rocky (6-7); Fetty Wap's "679," featuring Remy Boyz (7-8); and, R. City's "Locked Away," featuring Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine (8-9). The latter three songs all drop a spot from their respective Hot 100 peaks.
Just outside the Hot 100's top 10, three songs in the top 20 skyrocket, fueled heavily by the VMAs. Demi Lovato's "Cool for the Summer" sizzles 17-11, reaching a new peak following her performance of the song on the show. Most notably, the seasonal anthem hits the Digital Songs top 10 for the first time, leaping 14-10 with a 44 percent gain to 72,000. ("Summer" previously rose as high as No. 11 on Digital Songs.)

Swift's new single "Wildest Dreams" re-enters the Hot 100 at a new high of No. 15 after she premiered the ballad's official video to close the VMAs pre-show. It re-enters Digital Songs at No. 7 (83,000, up 981 percent) and debuts on Streaming Songs at No. 15 (7.8 million, up 3,584 percent) and Radio Songs at No. 26 (43 million, up 114 percent).
"Dreams" is the fifth radio single from Swift's album 1989 (and first spent a week on the Hot 100, dated Nov. 15, 2014, at No. 76, the week that 1989 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200). Lead single "Shake" (four weeks), follow-up "Blank Space" (seven) and fourth single "Bad Blood" (one), featuring Kendrick Lamar, all ruled the Hot 100, with third single "Style" reaching No. 6. "Out of the Woods" also hit the top 20 (No. 18), as a 1989 preview track (Nov. 1).
And, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis vault 94-18 on the Hot 100 with "Downtown," featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz, after the song's first full tracking week and the duo's VMAs performance of the throwback hip-hop track. It enters Digital Songs at No. 4 (95,000), Streaming Songs at No. 30 (5.7 million) and Radio Songs at No. 44 (29 million).

[Deleted]

Why didn't they mention that the jump for Downtown is the biggest since Roar more than two years ago?

[Mikel Echarri]

Sept 8, 2015 11:58:49 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Why didn't they mention that the jump for Downtown is the biggest since Roar more than two years ago?

Because that's wrong, is the biggest since Fetty Wap's "My Way" (87-7)

[jebsib]

Is the radio remix of Wildest Dreams available on iTunes?
And is it really that different from the album version?

[Gary]

In my opinion, the biggest jump on the chart since whenever stat is not that interesting. The jumps have more to do with the timing of the release of videos or singles, than they do with the actual song.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Canada represent!

[badrobot]

Sept 8, 2015 12:54:38 GMT -5 Gary said:

In my opinion, the biggest jump on the chart since whenever stat is not that interesting. The jumps have more to do with the timing of the release of videos or singles, than they do with the actual song.

Generally I agree -- but when a song has a big jump WITHOUT it being due to a video/single being made available, I think that's pretty interesting. For example, when Adele jumped something like 19-1 with "Someone Like You" -- I think that was pushed strongly by a live performance (VMAs?), which often helps songs but rarely to that extent.

[rimetm]

Shut Up and Dance's position revealed!

It falls 16-17 this week.

[Deleted]

Sept 8, 2015 12:19:56 GMT -5 Mikel Echarri said:

Sept 8, 2015 11:58:49 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Why didn't they mention that the jump for Downtown is the biggest since Roar more than two years ago?

Because that's wrong, is the biggest since Fetty Wap's "My Way" (87-7)

Oops

[Leaf]

Even if it's Justin Bieber, it's pretty cool to see two consecutive Canadian #1s and a Canadian top 3.

[velaxti]

^ I was thinking this, lots of Canada songs in the top 10 (more than usual anyway, maybe the most ever?).

Hotline Bling by Drake is one that looks like it could join them in the top 10 soon.

[anafan]

Good for Justin to score his first #1.

Wish Demi went top 10.

[rimetm]

Levels is #70 this week, up from #87. Shame, I thought it would surge from the VMAs, but I guess the weaker sales killed it.

[imbondz]

Levels isn't a great song. He could be huge but he needs a better follow up song or he'll go back to pre-Jealous days quick.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Sept 8, 2015 12:26:28 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Is the radio remix of Wildest Dreams available on iTunes?
And is it really that different from the album version?

No and not really. Slightly different production, nothing earth shattering.

[Mikel Echarri]

Songs by The Weeknd on the Hot 100:

2. Can't Feel My Face
3. The Hills
37. Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
47. Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey)
54. Tell Your Friends
60. Acquainted
62. Real Life
79. Shameless
85. Losers (feat. Labrinth)
93. Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran)
100. In The Night

Is kinda funny how "Real Life" by The Weeknd (album track) has outpeaked "Real Life" by Jake Owen (lead single)