Billboard Hot 100: 01/23/2016 (Sorry #1)

[carreramd]

I heard today that Focus was removed from the radio, because it was flopping. It's true?

[jayhawk1117]

Jan 8, 2016 0:37:10 GMT -5 MTSChart21 said:

Everyone just think about this. It took Justin Bieber so long to get a #1 and he finally got it in 2015. Now imagine Hello never existed. Sorry would be having its 8th week at #1 and possibly 9th going into next week.

That's kind of hard to imagine. Justin Bieber - "Sorry" 9 weeks at #1. Wow

and considering love yourself is the next number one, he would also be replacing himself and be on a good track to break the MJ/Katy record

[emperortigerstar]

Jan 8, 2016 0:37:10 GMT -5 MTSChart21 said:

Everyone just think about this. It took Justin Bieber so long to get a #1 and he finally got it in 2015. Now imagine Hello never existed. Sorry would be having its 8th week at #1 and possibly 9th going into next week.

That's kind of hard to imagine. Justin Bieber - "Sorry" 9 weeks at #1. Wow

Actually its second week had it drop 2 spots. So it would be Sorry for 1 week, Hotline Bling for 2 weeks, then Sorry for another 6.

[slw84]

Jan 7, 2016 20:02:10 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

www.billboard.com/articles/news/481748/carly-rae-jepsen-still-no-1-nicki-minaj-makes-history-on-hot-100

Blame Billboard, They Started it. No one payed attention to that record until Nicki broke it.

Yeah the weird thing is Nicki benefited from a chart change midway in starships chart run.

I remember it debuted top 10 and was going to fall out of the top after a few weeks but there was some hot 100 change that kept it going long enough to achieve that record.

In any regard Maroon 5 sugar tied it and Justin will break it and Adele will clean up and claim yet another record.

[Verisimilitude]

Spotify US Top 200 Streaming Chart 1/7/2016:

TRACK STREAMS

1
Love Yourself by Justin Bieber 6,689,640

2
Sorry by Justin Bieber 6,678,490

3
What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber 4,528,391

4
Hello by Adele 4,250,807

5
Jumpman by Drake 4,096,597

6
Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy 4,011,239

7
Hotline Bling by Drake 3,984,130

8
Roses by The Chainsmokers 3,876,000

9
Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots 3,721,007

10
Don't by Bryson Tiller 3,526,437

11
White Iverson by Post Malone 3,494,785

12
Stitches by Shawn Mendes 3,281,149

13
Here by Alessia Cara 3,115,556

14
Antidote by Travi$ Scott 2,872,886

15
The Hills by The Weeknd 2,847,746

16
Hands To Myself by Selena Gomez 2,798,201

17
Same Old Love by Selena Gomez 2,792,452

18
679 (feat. Remy Boyz) by Fetty Wap 2,684,335

19
In The Night by The Weeknd 2,620,417

20
On My Mind by Ellie Goulding 2,538,775

21
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Shawn Mendes 2,538,567

22
Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd 2,483,976

23
Cake By The Ocean by DNCE 2,388,717

24
My House by Flo Rida 2,351,259

25
Exchange by Bryson Tiller 2,291,319

26
No Role Modelz by J. Cole 2,287,215

27
Hide Away by Daya 2,243,778

28
Trap Queen by Fetty Wap 2,233,024

29
Perfect by One Direction 2,127,402

30
Like I'm Gonna Lose You by Meghan Trainor 2,123,932

31
Where Are Ü Now (with Justin Bieber) by Jack Ü 2,102,779

32
Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) by Major Lazer 2,044,472

33
Again by Fetty Wap 1,968,824

34
Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran) by Rudimental 1,930,727

35
I'll Show You by Justin Bieber 1,916,981

36
Big Rings by Drake 1,865,197

37
Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates) by Robin Schulz 1,853,399

38
New Americana by Halsey 1,816,259

39
Focus by Ariana Grande 1,811,627

40
Say It by Tory Lanez 1,769,136

41
Back To Back by Drake 1,760,965

42
Stay by Kygo 1,746,452

43
One Call Away by Charlie Puth 1,718,432

44
Love Myself by Hailee Steinfeld 1,681,256

45
Where Ya At by Future 1,634,344

46
Good For You by Selena Gomez 1,596,565

47
Lush Life by Zara Larsson 1,530,306

48
Drag Me Down by One Direction 1,523,711

49
The Feeling by Justin Bieber 1,461,422

50
Confident by Demi Lovato 1,405,037

51
Adventure Of A Lifetime by Coldplay 1,389,612

52
Down In the DM by Yo Gotti 1,382,398

53
The Fix by Nelly 1,355,947

54
Often by The Weeknd 1,334,249

55
My Way (feat. Monty) by Fetty Wap 1,318,120

56
All My Friends by Snakehips 1,304,747

57
Right Hand by Drake 1,270,896

58
Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) by The Weeknd 1,247,861

59
How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris 1,218,859

60
Back Up by Dej Loaf 1,202,098

61
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran 1,200,366

62
See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) by Wiz Khalifa 1,178,302

63
Photograph by Ed Sheeran 1,168,696

64
No Pressure by Justin Bieber 1,156,848

65
Energy by Drake 1,147,179

66
Ex's & Oh's by Elle King 1,131,009

67
Company by Justin Bieber 1,126,533

68
Sorry Not Sorry by Bryson Tiller 1,125,565

69
Die A Happy Man by Thomas Rhett 1,120,902

70
Planez by Jeremih 1,113,289

71
Wet Dreamz by J. Cole 1,108,951

72
F*ck Up Some Commas by Future 1,105,082

73
Hollow by Tori Kelly 1,103,049

74
I Mean It by G-Eazy 1,082,132

75
Know Yourself by Drake 1,077,243

76
Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) by Rich Homie Quan 1,065,431

77
Bang my Head (feat. Sia & Fetty Wap) by David Guetta 1,061,503

78
Purpose by Justin Bieber 1,059,024

79
Break Up In A Small Town by Sam Hunt 1,056,366

80
Back To Sleep by Chris Brown 1,055,960

81
Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson 1,048,440

82
Renegades by X Ambassadors 1,039,366

83
Cheerleader - Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit by OMI 1,028,972

84
Irresistible by Fall Out Boy 1,024,997

85
Come Get Her by Rae Sremmurd 1,023,717

86
Locked Away by R. City 1,023,436

87
Dessert by Dawin 1,022,767

88
Mark My Words by Justin Bieber 1,003,385

89
Diamonds Dancing by Drake 999,654

90
YOUTH by Troye Sivan 993,063

91
Blasé (feat. Future & Rae Sremmurd) by Ty Dolla $ign 985,477

92
In My Room (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Tyga) by Yellow Claw 980,088

93
This Could Be Us by Rae Sremmurd 969,971

94
$ave Dat Money (feat. Fetty Wap & Rich Homie Quan) by Lil Dicky 965,266

95
Legend by Drake 961,907

96
Get Ugly by Jason Derulo 956,577

97
All Eyes On You (feat. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj) by Meek Mill 955,339

98
Shut Up and Dance by WALK THE MOON 947,849

99
No Sense by Justin Bieber 943,116

100
Sugar by Maroon 5 921,250

101
I Don't Fuck With You by Big Sean 915,495

102
Best Friend by Young Thug 912,381

103
Be Right There by Diplo 890,928

104
Watch Out by 2 Chainz 890,559

105
Middle by DJ Snake 890,462

106
Downtown (feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 889,204

107
RGF Island by Fetty Wap 888,293

108
Tear In My Heart by Twenty One Pilots 887,493

109
Bitch Better Have My Money by Rihanna 885,666

110
Want To Want Me by Jason Derulo 884,295

111
Take Me To Church by Hozier 882,924

112
Running Out by Matoma 879,710

113
Drifting by G-Eazy 876,731

114
Post To Be (feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko) by Omarion 866,964

115
Boys Like You by Who Is Fancy 859,632

116
Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) by Silentó 850,486

117
Been That Way by Bryson Tiller 827,377

118
Slow Motion by Trey Songz 825,278

119
Dark Times by The Weeknd 819,421

120
Stay With Me by Sam Smith 818,480

121
Ride by Twenty One Pilots 801,257

122
Live From The Gutter by Drake 798,571

123
Car Radio by Twenty One Pilots 791,783

124
Scholarships by Drake 787,699

125
2 Phones by Kevin Gates 787,365

126
Random by G-Eazy 786,132

127
G.O.M.D. by J. Cole 780,134

128
Love Me Like You Do - From "Fifty Shades Of Grey" by Ellie Goulding 778,058

129
Used To Love You by Gwen Stefani 766,728

130
Calm Down by G-Eazy 755,684

131
R.I.C.O. (feat. Drake) by Meek Mill 754,542

132
Truffle Butter by Nicki Minaj 752,183

133
Riptide by Vance Joy 743,721

134
Blessings by Big Sean 739,814

135
10 Bands by Drake 736,632

136
Hit the Quan - Original Version by iLoveMemphis 734,767

137
Acquainted by The Weeknd 732,204

138
F**kin' Problems by A$AP Rocky 729,813

139
FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna 726,427

140
Life Is Worth Living by Justin Bieber 723,430

141
Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time by Panic! At The Disco 719,883

142
7/11 by Beyoncé 718,398

143
Fight Song by Rachel Platten 712,897

144
Centuries by Fall Out Boy 711,135

145
7 Years by Lukas Graham 709,774

146
Digital Dash by Drake 709,072

147
Let Em' Know by Bryson Tiller 707,740

148
Marvin Gaye (feat. Meghan Trainor) by Charlie Puth 702,750

149
Electric Love by BØRNS 699,610

150
Classic Man by Jidenna 699,246

151
Stole the Show by Kygo 696,665

152
King Of Everything by Wiz Khalifa 695,182

153
Let's Get Lost by G-Eazy 694,844

154
Wrist by Chris Brown 692,524

155
Really Really by Kevin Gates 691,488

156
No Type by Rae Sremmurd 690,402

157
Make Up by R. City 681,970

158
Worth It by Fifth Harmony 681,604

159
oui by Jeremih 681,601

160
Bang Bang by Jessie J 681,092

161
Come Together - Remastered by The Beatles 680,400

162
Alright by Kendrick Lamar 677,383

163
0 To 100 / The Catch Up by Drake 677,382

164
Some Kind Of Drug by G-Eazy 677,017

165
A Tale of 2 Citiez by J. Cole 674,394

166
3005 by Childish Gambino 671,612

167
Been You by Justin Bieber 670,274

168
Ayo by Chris Brown 667,628

169
Only by Nicki Minaj 666,517

170
Ni**as In Paris by JAY Z 663,262

171
You Know You Like It by DJ Snake 660,222

172
Strip It Down by Luke Bryan 657,362

173
King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar 656,291

174
GDFR (feat. Sage The Gemini & Lookas) by Flo Rida 656,048

175
Chandelier by Sia 654,933

176
Gold by Kiiara 653,276

177
Liquor by Chris Brown 645,019

178
History by One Direction 642,958

179
WTF (Where They From) [feat. Pharrell Williams] by Missy Elliott 642,725

180
I'm The Plug by Drake 634,544

181
What Do You Mean? - Acoustic by Justin Bieber 634,385

182
Elastic Heart by Sia 626,193

183
Let It Go by James Bay 622,032

184
Apparently by J. Cole 618,228

185
Player by Tinashe 617,306

186
Crash And Burn by Thomas Rhett 613,386

187
Jordan Belfort by Wes Walker 610,212

188
Rambo by Bryson Tiller 607,166

189
All of Me by John Legend 606,821

190
Jersey by Future 606,783

191
Zero by Chris Brown 606,381

192
Gold Digger by Kanye West 603,195

193
Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato 601,310

194
Someone Like You by Adele 601,078

195
100 (feat. Drake) by The Game 598,058

196
Firestone by Kygo 597,845

197
Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy 595,379

198
Talking Body by Tove Lo 593,887

199
House Party by Sam Hunt 593,478

200
Get Used To It by Justin Bieber 593,235

[mrchartknowitall]

Any top 10 predictions yet ?

[MTSChart21]

Jan 8, 2016 5:32:43 GMT -5 emperortigerstar said:

Jan 8, 2016 0:37:10 GMT -5 MTSChart21 said:

Everyone just think about this. It took Justin Bieber so long to get a #1 and he finally got it in 2015. Now imagine Hello never existed. Sorry would be having its 8th week at #1 and possibly 9th going into next week.

That's kind of hard to imagine. Justin Bieber - "Sorry" 9 weeks at #1. Wow

Actually its second week had it drop 2 spots. So it would be Sorry for 1 week, Hotline Bling for 2 weeks, then Sorry for another 6.

I know about the weeks it was #4 and #3. It has charted for 10 weeks so far and 8 of them have been at #2.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Sorry has to be favourite for the #1 this week, especially after Today's AirPlay update.

Sorry +3.9M
Hello +1.5M

culturalmentepop.blogspot.com.br/2016/01/mediabase-08012016.html?m=1

[Deleted]

Jan 8, 2016 2:57:45 GMT -5 carreramd said:

I heard today that Focus was removed from the radio, because it was flopping. It's true?

When you say "removed from radio"... are you asking if her label requested stations to stop playing it?  or if radio just gave up on it because it wasn't testing that well?   Because I think it's the latter.  That said, it's also pretty clear that the label chose to stop spending money trying to push it and just let it die given its relatively poor reception overall.

[Daniel Collins]

2016/01/08

*** = dropped or added a format

1. ADELE - Hello: 219.234 (+1.351)
2. JUSTIN BIEBER - Sorry: 180.012 (+3.833)
3. ALESSIA CARA - Here: 149.028 (+3.382)
4. MEGHAN TRAINOR - Like I'm Gonna Lose You: 146.650 (+2.112)
5. SELENA GOMEZ - Same Old Love: 144.257 (+5.016)
6. SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 117.475 (+0.587)
7. DRAKE - Hotline Bling: 115.979 (-0.282)
8. TAYLOR SWIFT - Wildest Dreams: 108.577 (-0.042) ▲
9. ELLIE GOULDING - On My Mind: 108.284 (-0.644) ▼
10. THE WEEKND - In The Night: 101.536 (+3.596)

11. ELLE KING - Ex's and Oh's: 92.275 (-0.077)
12. TWENTY ONE PILOTS - Stressed Out: 80.805 (+4.284) ▲
13. JUSTIN BIEBER - Love Yourself: 78.611 (+5.721) ▲
14. THE WEEKND - The Hills: 78.189 (+0.430) ▼
15. JUSTIN BIEBER - What Do You Mean?: 73.800 (-0.574) ▼
16. THOMAS RHETT - Die A Happy Man: 72.461 (+0.154)
17. TRAVI$ SCOTT - Antidote: 70.358 (+1.302) ▲
18. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance: 68.651 (-1.181) ▼
19. JASON ALDEAN - Gonna Know We Were Here: 67.124 (+0.339)
20. LOCASH - I Love This Life: 65.166 (+0.626)

21. DRAKE & FUTURE - Jumpman: 63.660 (+1.857) ▲
22. BROTHERS OSBORNE - Stay A Little Longer: 62.888 (+0.308) ▼
23. DEMI LOVATO - Confident: 61.928 (+0.946)
24. JASON DERULO - Want To Want Me: 58.687 (-0.154) ▲
25. R. CITY - Locked Away f/Adam Levine: 58.141 (-0.781) ▼
26. THE CHAINSMOKERS - Roses f/Rozes: 57.668 (+2.082) ▲
27. SAM HUNT - Break Up In A Small Town: 56.532 (+0.358)
28. THE WEEKND - Can't Feel My Face: 55.101 (-1.858) ▼
29. ADELE - When We Were Young: 54.196 (+2.916) ▲
30. TIM MCGRAW - Top Of The World: 51.821 (-0.285) ▼

31. LUKE BRYAN - Home Alone Tonight: 51.384 (+0.984) ▲
32. JANA KRAMER - I Got The Boy: 50.912 (+1.077) ▲
33. X AMBASSADORS - Renegades: 50.626 (-1.013) ▼
34. POST MALONE - White Iverson: 50.348 (-0.264) ▼
35. TORY LANEZ - Say It: 50.238 (+2.433) ▲
36. ED SHEERAN - Photograph: 49.475 (-0.636) ▼
37. MAJOR LAZER - Lean On f/MØ & DJ Snake: 49.051 (-0.833) ▼
38. FETTY WAP - 679 f/Remy Boyz...: 48.079 (-1.367) ▼
39. MARK RONSON - Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars: 47.773 (-1.442) ▼
40. DAYA - Hide Away: 46.624 (+1.363) ▲

41. BLAKE SHELTON - Gonna: 46.594 (+0.250) ▼
42. ONE DIRECTION - Perfect: 45.983 (+1.192) ▲
43. GRANGER SMITH - Backroad Song: 44.339 (+0.303) ▲
44. KELSEA BALLERINI - Dibs: 44.131 (-0.078)
45. CAM - Burning House: 43.801 (-1.810) ▼
46. CHRIS YOUNG - I'm Comin' Over: 41.773 (-0.178)
47. J. COLE - No Role Modelz: 41.632 (+1.458) ▲
48. MAROON 5 - Sugar: 40.858 (-0.768) ▼
49. COLDPLAY - Adventure Of A Lifetime: 40.340 (+0.351)
50. KEITH URBAN - Break On Me: 39.042 (+0.937) ▲

51. FETTY WAP - Again: 39.000 (+1.547) ▲
52. RANDY HOUSER - We Went: 38.788 (+0.398)
53. SELENA GOMEZ - Good For You f/A$AP Rocky: 38.606 (-0.005) ▼
54. RACHEL PLATTEN - Stand By You: 38.192 (+0.813) ▲
55. BRYSON TILLER - Don't: 38.173 (+2.150) ▲
56. BRAD PAISLEY - Country Nation: 38.026 (+0.247) ▼
57. ED SHEERAN - Thinking Out Loud: 36.479 (-0.466)
58. GWEN STEFANI - Used To Love You: 36.233 (-0.093)
59. YO GOTTI - Down In The DM: 35.457 (+0.717) ▲
60. RACHEL PLATTEN - Fight Song: 35.249 (-4.232***) ▼

61. SHAWN MENDES & CAMILA CABELLO - I Know What You Did Last...: 34.910 (+1.855) ▲
62. ZAC BROWN BAND - Beautiful Drug: 33.835 (+0.206) ▲
63. TAYLOR SWIFT - Style: 33.773 (-0.559) ▼
64. DAN + SHAY - Nothin' Like You: 33.316 (-0.428) ▼
65. ERIC CHURCH - Mr. Misunderstood: 32.492 (+0.641) ▲
66. ANDY GRAMMER - Honey, I'm Good: 31.137 (-0.683) ▲
67. OMI - Cheerleader: 31.088 (-1.146) ▼
68. CHRIS BROWN - Back To Sleep: 30.392 (+1.505) ▲
69. OLD DOMINION - Break Up With Him: 29.698 (-0.630) ▼
70. CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Heartbeat: 29.572 (+0.387) ▲

71. CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Smoke Break: 29.548 (-0.076)
72. WIZ KHALIFA - See You Again f/Charlie Puth: 29.327 (-0.988) ▼
73. THE WEEKND - Earned It: 29.237 (-0.455) ▼
74. CHASE BRYANT - Little Bit Of You: 27.888 (+0.314) ▲
75. KENNY CHESNEY - Save It For A Rainy Day: 27.696 (+0.055) ▼

125. TAYLOR SWIFT - Out Of The Woods: 15.854 (+3.040)

[Au$tin]

It's going to close between "Hello" and "Sorry" this week. Next week could be even more fun when "Love Yourself" comes into the ring.

[popstop]

Jan 8, 2016 9:16:00 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Jan 7, 2016 20:02:10 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

www.billboard.com/articles/news/481748/carly-rae-jepsen-still-no-1-nicki-minaj-makes-history-on-hot-100

Blame Billboard, They Started it. No one payed attention to that record until Nicki broke it.

Yeah the weird thing is Nicki benefited from a chart change midway in starships chart run.

I remember it debuted top 10 and was going to fall out of the top after a few weeks but there was some hot 100 change that kept it going long enough to achieve that record.

In any regard Maroon 5 sugar tied it and Justin will break it and Adele will clean up and claim yet another record.

I decided to look up the week Starships debuted because it is probably the most interesting top ten chart week in recent times.

Here is that chart:

TW LW Song
01 -- Part of Me - Katy Perry
02 02 Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
03 07 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
04 01 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
05 17 Rolling in the Deep - Adele
06 03 We Are Young - fun featuring Janelle Monae
07 11 Someone Like You - Adele
08 06 We Found Love - Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
09 -- Starships - Nicki Minaj
10 -- Turn Up the Music - Chris Brown

Half the songs in the week's previous top ten fell out. (Incidentally, that previous chart would have a nice retro feel as it was the first - and last - time that Whitney Houston and Madonna were in the same top ten in something like 15 years)

It was after the Grammys the year Whitney Houston had died - so you had I Will Always Love You in the top three. Two of Adele's songs rebounded into the top ten to join Set Fire to the Rain. I think Adele became the first woman to have three songs in the top ten at once that week.

AND that week featured two debuts in addition to Starships - and I think THAT was a first - three top ten debuts in the same week, including a #1 by Katy Perry.

NOT to mention that the top 8 that week were all #1 songs, which I think could be a record.

Another interesting thing - 8 of the top 9 songs were by solo woman, and the other one - "We Are Young" featured Janelle Monae. That might be the most estrogen-friendly chart ever.

ETA: Oh, I meant to add the change you are talking about is they did start adding a streaming component a few weeks later, so Katy got her #1 just in time. At this time, the chart points were primarily tallied on sales and airplay points.

[wjr15]

I remember that week. That was the week when I first found Pulse  :'(
I came searching for info on Part Of Me to see where it would debut on the Hot 100

[popstop]

I found Pulse a similar way - searching for Pink - SO What to see if it would hit #1.

[Ravi]

With Kworb predicting smaller sales gap between Hello and Sorry than what I estimated earlier, it could be really really close this week.

[Caviar]

That was an epic week. I remember that chart vividly.

[Au$tin]

Jan 8, 2016 11:56:17 GMT -5 popstop said:

10 -- Turn Up the Music - Chris Brown

I forgot this song even existed.

[Kworb]

Sales estimates

1. Love Yourself 203,000
2. Hello 178,000
3. Sorry 162,000
4. Stressed Out 140,000
5. Stand By You 90,000
6. My House 88,000
7. I Know What You Did Last Summer 86,000
8. Roses 85,000
9. Ex's & Oh's 81,000
10. One Call Away 75,000
11. Confident 75,000
12. Stitches 73,000
13. Like I'm Gonna Lose You 72,000
14. Same Old Love 72,000
15. Perfect 72,000
16. Die A Happy Man 71,000
17. Hotline Bling 68,000
18. What Do You Mean? 67,000
19. On My Mind 66,000
20. Cake By The Ocean 65,000
21. Here 62,000
22. Hide Away 61,000
23. 679 60,000
24. In The Night 59,000

kworb.net/cc

[Deleted]

In The Night doesn't seem like it's going to quite pan out as planned for The Weeknd.  Or does it? Thoughts?

[Dylan :)]

Jan 8, 2016 14:48:56 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

In The Night doesn't seem like it's going to quite pan out as planned for The Weeknd.  Or does it? Thoughts?

Radio doesn't seem to be done with it, so maybe if they start promoting it, sales could pick up.

[carreramd]

Predictions?

[areyoureadytojump]

Jan 8, 2016 14:48:56 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

In The Night doesn't seem like it's going to quite pan out as planned for The Weeknd.  Or does it? Thoughts?

Why do you feel this way?

It's #10 on airplay. It's growing. No need for concern.

[Deleted]

Jan 8, 2016 11:19:03 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

It's going to close between "Hello" and "Sorry" this week. Next week could be even more fun when "Love Yourself" comes into the ring.

How is the streaming match-up looking like currently?

[carreramd]

Could WDYM surpass Hotline Bling this week?

[Ravi]

Jan 8, 2016 19:37:27 GMT -5 carreramd said:

Predictions?

Updated predictions:

1 - Hello - 175 - 170 - 17.0 = 50,500
2 - Sorry - 160 - 140 - 20.5 = 50,100
3 - Love Yourself - 200 - 65 - 15.5 = 40,400
4 - Hotline Bling - 70 - 85 - 12.0 = 27,700
5 - Stressed Out - 140 - 65 - 8.0 = 27,100

It seems this week can go in any direction, the gap will be very narrow. Even if Sorry doesn't make it this week, it will have a further window of 2 weeks to get there before Love Yourself overtakes it.

Stressed out has #5 locked, and might even challenge Hotline Bling for #4! I wonder how high it can go.........

[Ravi]

Jan 8, 2016 21:55:41 GMT -5 carreramd said:

Could WDYM surpass Hotline Bling this week?

No..... these two are practically tied on Sales and Streaming but Hotline Bling has 25-30M advantage on airplay.

[carreramd]

What is more important for the Hot 100? Points accumulated until now in airplay or points that grew in the week?
For example: one song was #3 on airplay last week lost many points (like 20k) and it's #6 this week. Other song was #30, gain many points (like 15k) and it's #20 this week (or one song is released this week and it's already #20).
Which song will be better on Hot 100, if both are almost tied on sales and streaming? Total points/position or new points matters most?

[WotUNeed]

Jan 8, 2016 22:26:58 GMT -5 carreramd said:

What is more important for the Hot 100? Points accumulated until now in airplay or points that grew in the week?
For example: one song was #3 on airplay last week lost many points (like 20k) and it's #6 this week. Other song was #30, gain many points (like 15k) and it's #20 this week (or one song is released this week and it's already #20).
Which song will be better on Hot 100, if both are almost tied on sales and streaming? Total points/position or new points matters most?

It's not really a total; think of it more like every song's stats reset each week. The song at #6 is the sixth-most heard song in the country by radio listeners, so it is still getting more points from airplay than all of the songs below it, including the song at #20. Any airplay either song got in previous weeks doesn't help or hurt them on the Hot 100; only what happened this week counts.

[Ravi]

Jan 8, 2016 22:26:58 GMT -5 carreramd said:

What is more important for the Hot 100? Points accumulated until now in airplay or points that grew in the week?
For example: one song was #3 on airplay last week lost many points (like 20k) and it's #6 this week. Other song was #30, gain many points (like 15k) and it's #20 this week (or one song is released this week and it's already #20).
Which song will be better on Hot 100, if both are almost tied on sales and streaming? Total points/position or new points matters most?

What the OP said.

If Song A and Song B have exactly the same points from sales/streams and if Song A falls from #1 to #10 and Song B jumps from #50 to #11 on Airplay, Song A still wins and ranks higher on BB Hot 100.

[carreramd]

Jan 8, 2016 22:35:16 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Jan 8, 2016 22:26:58 GMT -5 carreramd said:

What is more important for the Hot 100? Points accumulated until now in airplay or points that grew in the week?
For example: one song was #3 on airplay last week lost many points (like 20k) and it's #6 this week. Other song was #30, gain many points (like 15k) and it's #20 this week (or one song is released this week and it's already #20).
Which song will be better on Hot 100, if both are almost tied on sales and streaming? Total points/position or new points matters most?

It's not really a total; think of it more like every song's stats reset each week. The song at #6 is the sixth-most heard song in the country by radio listeners, so it is still getting more points from airplay than all of the songs below it, including the song at #20. Any airplay either song got in previous weeks doesn't help or hurt them on the Hot 100; only what happened this week counts.

Thanks! Let me see if I understand... So for example, if Hotline Bling is #7 on Mediabase and lost 1k each day, and WDYM is #15 and lost only 0.6k each day, WDYM will be above HB on airplay, despite the position and regardless of previous weeks?