Billboard Hot 100 : 09/26/2015

[Deleted]

Do you guys think there's a good chance The Hills will replace CFMF at #1 next week? That would be phenomenal if he did! As long as that happens I don't care if Bieber returns to #1 after that. Though it may not happen since, surprisingly enough, The Hills has been out gaining WDYM? in airplay and could close in on sales and streaming as well...

[Kurt]

"really close race" between top three

DNC. Dooo It!
DNC. Same Old Love
71. Smoke Break
24. Drag Me Down
12. Wildest Dreams
11. Cool For The Summer
10. Photograph
9. Locked Away
8. 679 (up at radio and streaming)
7. Good For You (#1 Pop Songs)
6. Lean On (#1 Dance/Electronic Songs)
5. Cheerleader
4. Watch Me
3. What Do You Mean? (down 53%)
2. The Hills
1. Can't Feel My Face

[wavey.]

I think TH can sneak one week at #1 or so. The airplay is gaining, and sales are rising.

[handydandy]

Just curious when does the 11-20 spots get reported? Looking to see where Stitches is now.

[Deleted]

Sept 14, 2015 13:52:14 GMT -5 handydandy said:

Just curious when does the 11-20 spots get reported? Looking to see where Stitches is now.

When the article comes out they mention notable movements within/into the top 20. The rest is visible when the chart comes out on Tuesday. 

Also, yay for Ed getting another top 10 with Photograph

[Leaf]

11. Cool for the Summer
12. Wildest Dreams
24. Drag Me Down
71. Smoke Break

[yuh yuh]

Thank God, at least Demi didn't fall and held her spot. And even though I wanted CFTS to top 10 more, I'm happy for Photograph, as it's really good song!

[Dylan :)]

I guess it wasn't meant to be for Demi :'( Oh well, at least it got this high!

[Deleted]

Please not the dreaded #11 peak for CFTS :( first Carry Out, then Same Love, then Best Day Of My Life, now CFTS...hoping for a miracle!

[rimetm]

The article

The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" rebounds 2-1 for a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It replaces Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?," which falls 1-3 after debuting atop the chart last week. Meanwhile, The Weeknd claims the Hot 100's top two spots, as "The Hills" rises 3-2, making him the first act to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously, as a lead act on both songs, since 2009.

Plus, Ed Sheeran scores his third Hot 100 top 10, as "Photograph" rises 12-10.

As The Weeknd's "Face," released on XO/Republic, returns to the Hot 100's pole position, it remains the most-heard song on radio. It spends a sixth week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart (149 million in audience, down less than 1 percent, according to Nielsen Music). It drops 2-3 on Digital Songs (101,000 downloads sold, down 19 percent, in the week ending Sept. 10) and holds at No. 4 on Streaming Songs (17.5 million U.S. streams, down 3 percent). "Face" also leads Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a ninth week.

"Face" rebounds to the top of the Hot 100 after first leading the Aug. 15 chart and returning to reign on Aug. 29 (and remaining in the lead on the Sept. 5 survey). It's the first song to yo-yo for three separate runs at the apex since Bruno Mars' "Grenade" in January-February 2011.

Meanwhile, The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) doubles up at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100, as "The Hills" lifts 3-2. He's the first artist to boast the top two ranks simultaneously since Iggy Azalea on the July 5, 2014 chart. That week, Azalea's "Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX) held at No. 1 and Ariana Grande's "Problem," featuring Azalea, stayed at No. 2.

The Weeknd is the 16th act in the Hot 100's history (which dates to Aug. 4, 1958) to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously. Even more impressively, he's just the 10th act to hold the Hot 100's top two with two tracks as a lead artist on both, and the first since the Black Eyed Peas, with "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow," in 2009. He's the first solo male to achieve the feat, as a lead with both hits, since T.I. in 2008 ("Live Your Life," featuring Rihanna, and "Whatever You Like"). The other seven acts to earn the honor as leads at Nos. 1 and 2 in the same week: Akon (2006), Mariah Carey (2005), Usher (2004), OutKast (2004), Nelly (2002), Bee Gees (1978) and the Beatles (1964). (The Fab Four controlled the top two for a record 10 weeks that year; on the April 4, 1964 chart, they ranked at Nos. 1-5, a top five dominance that no act has equaled.)

"The Hills" pushes 5-2 on Digital Songs (108,000 downloads sold, up 23 percent); 3-2 on Streaming Songs (21.1 million, up 1 percent); and 10-7 on Radio Songs (94 million, up 19 percent.

One more sign that pretty much everything is working for The Weeknd: he tops the Billboard 200 for a second week with his album Beauty Behind the Madness (featuring "Face" and "The Hills"). He's the first artist to lead the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously since Taylor Swift, who did so for seven weeks late last year and early this year with both "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space," from 1989.

The last male with the top Billboard 200 album and Hot 100 song at the same time? Robin Thicke, with his Blurred Lines set and title track, respectively, on Aug. 17, 2013. (Honorable mention for Wiz Khalifa's' "See You Again," featuring Charlie Puth; when it led the April 25, 2015 Hot 100, parent album the Furious 7 soundtrack rose 2-1 on the Billboard 200.)

Despite a close race for No. 1 among the Hot 100's top three, Bieber's "Mean" dips to No. 3 after its No. 1 arrival last week (down by 30 percent in overall activity). Still, "Mean" is the best-selling song in the U.S. for a second week, holding atop Digital Songs (159,000 downloads sold, down 53 percent; such a steep second-week drop is typical for songs by star acts that begin with extremely lofty sales). "Mean" slips 2-3 on Streaming Songs (19.6 million, down 15 percent), but blasts 28-15 on Radio Songs (56 million, up 32 percent).

"Mean," from Bieber's Nov. 13 studio album, also leads the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart for a second week (9.5 million, down 7 percent).

(Canadian content: As noted in yesterday's "Ask Billboard" mailbag, Canadian acts control the Hot 100's top three, now for a second week. Both artists are from Ontario: Bieber, from London, and The Weeknd, from Scarborough.)

The Nos. 4-9 songs on the Hot 100 all maintain their ranks from last week, led by Silento's "Watch Me," at No. 4 for a second week after reaching No. 3. Still, "Watch Me" tops Streaming Songs (23.5 million, down 10 percent) and Hot Rap Songs for an eighth week each.

Capping the Hot 100's top five, OMI's' former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Cheerleader" keeps at No. 5. Last week, the pop/reggae smash was crowned Billboard's top song of the summer.

Major Lazer and DJ Snake's No. 4-peaking "Lean On," featuring MO, holds at No. 6 on the Hot 100, while leading Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a ninth week; Selena Gomez's "Good for You," featuring A$AP Rocky, stays at No. 7 and, as previously reported, takes over atop the Pop Songs airplay chart; Fetty Wap's "679," featuring Remy Boyz, is static at No. 8 (down from its No. 7 high); and, R. City's "Locked Away," featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine, remains at No. 9 (beneath its No. 8 peak).

Wrapping the Hot 100's top 10, Sheeran scores his third top 10 with "Photograph" (12-10). All three of his top 10s are from his album x; his latest follows "Thinking Out Loud," which peaked at No. 2 for eight weeks earlier this year, and "Don't" (No. 9, last November). Sheeran is the first solo male with three top 10s from an album since… well, The Weeknd, as "Face," The Hills" and "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" (which hit No. 3 in May) are all on Beauty Behind the Madness.

Then again, "Earned It" was first released from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. The last male with three Hot 100 top 10s from a set other than The Weeknd? Sam Smith, who sent "Stay With Me," "I'm Not the Only One" and "Lay Me Down" to Nos. 2, 5 and 8, respectively (2014-15). Those songs are from Smith's debut full-length In the Lonely Hour.

"Photograph" develops into a Hot 100 top 10 by climbing 4-2 on Radio Songs (119 million, up 6 percent) and 35-33 on Streaming Songs (5.3 million, up 3 percent). On Digital Songs, it rebounds 22-21, despite a 9 percent drop to 42,000. It also leads the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart for a third week.

Among jumps just outside the Hot 100's top 10, Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" rises 15-12; Shawn Mendes' "Stitches" sews up a 19-14 surge; and Drake's "Hotline Bling" bounds 22-16 with dual top Digital and Streaming Gainer honors.

[Deleted]

Glad Photograph got the top 10! Sad CFTS didn't. :(

[Deleted]

When was the last time a song had 3 weeks at #1 where no two of them were consecutive?
More generally, when was the last time a song's reign was split up into 3 or more "pieces"?

[Ravi]

Approximate points for Top-3:

1. CFMF = 101-149-17.5 = 42,750
2. TH = 108-94-21.1 = 41,850
3. WDYM = 159-56-19.6 = 40,600

Next week, TH has a very good chance at claiming #1.

[Deleted]

Sept 14, 2015 14:40:48 GMT -5 Ravi said:

Approximate points for Top-3:

1. CFMF = 101-149-17.5 = 42,750
2. TH = 108-94-21.1 = 41,850
3. WDYM = 159-56-19.6 = 40,600

Next week, TH has a very good chance at claiming #1.

TH see she to be outpacing WDYM? on streaming and airplay while slowly but surely gaining traction in sales. Given that, it is possible that TH will prevent WDYM? from returning to #1...things could change though.

[Ravi]

Sept 14, 2015 14:44:54 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Sept 14, 2015 14:40:48 GMT -5 Ravi said:

Approximate points for Top-3:

1. CFMF = 101-149-17.5 = 42,750
2. TH = 108-94-21.1 = 41,850
3. WDYM = 159-56-19.6 = 40,600

Next week, TH has a very good chance at claiming #1.

TH see she to be outpacing WDYM? on streaming and airplay while slowly but surely gaining traction in sales. Given that, it is possible that TH will prevent WDYM? from returning to #1...things could change though.

Whether TH blocks WDYM or the other way around, both songs are going to be neck-to-neck for the next few weeks (less than 5% difference). But for the next 2-3 weeks, TH definitely has the advantage and should stay ahead, as long as it is ahead on streaming.

[ry4n]

Sept 14, 2015 14:36:16 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

When was the last time a song had 3 weeks at #1 where no two of them were consecutive?
More generally, when was the last time a song's reign was split up into 3 or more "pieces"?

Grenade

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1. Can't Feel My Face (+1)
2. The Hills (+1)
3. What Do You Mean? (-2)
4. Watch Me (=)
5. Cheerleader (=)
6. Lean On (=)
7. Good For You (=)
8. 679 ("soda" song) (=)
9. Locked Away (=)
10. Photograph (+2)
11. Cool For The Summer (=)
12. Wildest Dreams (+3)
13. Where Are U Now (I'm guessing...) (-3)
14. Stitches (+5)
16. Hotline Bling (+6)
24. Drag Me Down (-1)
71. Smoke Break (+5)

Glad to see Hotline Bling in the top 20! Hope it makes the top 10!

[velaxti]

Sept 14, 2015 15:00:52 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Glad to see Hotline Bling in the top 20! Hope it makes the top 10!

Hotline Bling is definitely going top 10.

Think about it this way. It's nowhere to be seen on mainstream radio, it has no music video, no live performances, and it's selling more than Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift and Downtown by Macklemore. Think about that. It's DEFINITELY going top 10, probably a lot higher than #10.

Charlie Puth has done a cover of Hotline Bling. So has Alessia Cara. And the song isn't even that famous yet.

[The Upper Hand]

Sept 14, 2015 10:16:10 GMT -5 allow that said:

The top 3 of iTunes right now is completely solo male Canadians. Canada is killin' it!

4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me

:'(

#kidding

[emperortigerstar]

Sept 14, 2015 13:47:33 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

Do you guys think there's a good chance The Hills will replace CFMF at #1 next week? That would be phenomenal if he did! As long as that happens I don't care if Bieber returns to #1 after that. Though it may not happen since, surprisingly enough, The Hills has been out gaining WDYM? in airplay and could close in on sales and streaming as well...

I really hope the Hills reaches number 1.

[85la]

"Face" rebounds to the top of the Hot 100 after first leading the Aug. 15 chart and returning to reign on Aug. 29 (and remaining in the lead on the Sept. 5 survey). It's the first song to yo-yo for three separate runs at the apex since Bruno Mars' "Grenade" in January-February 2011.


Oh my goodness. How the hell did they come up with these dates...Not only are the dates off, the total number of weeks are wrong, and they even stated before it's at its third week at #1, when by the logic of the above dates, it would be at 4. For the record, these are the dates for the charts CFMC has led so far: Aug 22, Sep 12, and Sep 26.

[prenatt1166]

Sept 14, 2015 14:55:58 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Sept 14, 2015 14:36:16 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

When was the last time a song had 3 weeks at #1 where no two of them were consecutive?
More generally, when was the last time a song's reign was split up into 3 or more "pieces"?

Grenade

I think the first song to have three nonconsecutive runs at number one was "Le Freak" by Chic.

It's chart run began on October 28, 1978: 83-70-54-37-6-4-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-3-7-7-7-11-15-24-41-69-99

Notes: "Le Freak" initially displaced "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond from the top spot only to be replaced in return when YDBMF reclaimed number one for another week.

"Le Freak" spend it's third week at number one when the chart was frozen on December 31, 1978.

The second time Chic fell from the top, they were replaced by the Bee Gees and "Too Much Heaven".

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Is "Live Your Life" by T.I. and Rihanna the only other song to do this?

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Sept 14, 2015 20:55:01 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Sept 14, 2015 14:55:58 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Grenade

I think the first song to have three nonconsecutive runs at number one was "Le Freak" by Chic.

It's chart run began on October 28, 1978: 83-70-54-37-6-4-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-3-7-7-7-11-15-24-41-69-99

Notes: "Le Freak" initially displaced "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond from the top spot only to be replaced in return when YDBMF reclaimed number one for another week.

"Le Freak" spend it's third week at number one when the chart was frozen on December 31, 1978.

The second time Chic fell from the top, they were replaced by the Bee Gees and "Too Much Heaven".

I'm assuming back in '78, the dropout at 50 rule didn't exist?
If so, when did that rule come into effect for the Hot 100?

[lyhom]

late 1991, the same time soundscan was introduced to the hot 100

[renfield75]

Sept 14, 2015 21:20:30 GMT -5 lyhom said:

late 1991, the same time soundscan was introduced to the hot 100

The "below #50" rule didn't actually happen until December 5, 1992. When the Hot 100 went to Soundscan in November of 1991, the initial recurrent rule was any song that had charted for 20 weeks and fell below the top TWENTY. That's why Salt-N-Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex" dropped off the Hot 100 from #25. On January 25, 1992, the rule is changed to 20 weeks and below the Top 40. That rule stood for most of 1992, finally moving to the 20/50 rule in December of '92 (the beginning if the 1993 chart year). It's been in effect ever since.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Of the acts to have the top 2, how many of them had the top 2 without featured artists? BEP did it, Bee Gees and the Beatles. Did all of the others have a featured act?

[Daniel Collins]

Sept 14, 2015 20:55:01 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Sept 14, 2015 14:55:58 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Grenade

I think the first song to have three nonconsecutive runs at number one was "Le Freak" by Chic.

It's chart run began on October 28, 1978: 83-70-54-37-6-4-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-3-7-7-7-11-15-24-41-69-99

Notes: "Le Freak" initially displaced "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond from the top spot only to be replaced in return when YDBMF reclaimed number one for another week.

"Le Freak" spend it's third week at number one when the chart was frozen on December 31, 1978.

The second time Chic fell from the top, they were replaced by the Bee Gees and "Too Much Heaven".

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Is "Live Your Life" by T.I. and Rihanna the only other song to do this?

Bleeding Love

[Daniel Collins]

Sept 15, 2015 0:56:19 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Of the acts to have the top 2, how many of them had the top 2 without featured artists? BEP did it, Bee Gees and the Beatles. Did all of the others have a featured act?

The artists you mentioned + Mariah

[Deleted]

Sept 15, 2015 0:56:19 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Of the acts to have the top 2, how many of them had the top 2 without featured artists? BEP did it, Bee Gees and the Beatles. Did all of the others have a featured act?

The Weeknd did it 
also Taylor Swift was really close to doing it but not quite...:( 

[Daniel Collins]

M0 and Selena are the only female artists in the top 10.