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

[#LisaRinna]

Finally. Don't really like the song though

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Jan 11, 2016 13:32:12 GMT -5 wjr15 said:

I did not see that coming. I was pretty sure that Hello was gonna hold off Sorry. But congrats Justin!!! He is on fire this era. Love Yourself definitely is a contender for #1 so this album could easily end up yielding 3 number one singles. Talk about a comeback!!

And it wasn't even THAT close.  They said it was close, but points-wise, not really.  I agree about LY being a contender in the very near future.  He's on a roll.

[Leaf]

...at least Stressed Out has made the top 5.

[badrobot]

The Justin thing is definitely not a "comeback." If anything it is more analogous to when the other Justin (Timberlake) released his solo album and established himself as more than just a boy band singer. Justin Bieber seems to have established himself as a grown-up pop star and not just a teen/tween star with this album.

If you want to talk about comebacks, look at people like Britney or Mariah who legitimately had both commercial failures and personal drama for several years before reclaiming success on the charts.

[ry4n]

Bieber did have personal drama though. Didn't most people think his antics would end his career a year ago?

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People have been calling Bieber a passing phase since he first came out, yet he's gotten bigger and bigger with each album. That's not really a "comeback," at least in terms of commercial success.

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Jan 11, 2016 14:21:24 GMT -5 lyhom said:

Jan 11, 2016 14:09:08 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

I've been wondering that, too. His last proper album yielded 3 top 10 hits, right?

yes, but let's not forget that his reputation went into the toilet in between Believe and Purpose.

What does that have to do with this right now? The past is in the past.

[lyhom]

Jan 11, 2016 16:46:19 GMT -5 @jakelmmrs44 said:

Jan 11, 2016 14:21:24 GMT -5 lyhom said:

yes, but let's not forget that his reputation went into the toilet in between Believe and Purpose.

What does that have to do with this right now? The past is in the past.

sorry for pointing out a possible reason for why Purpose could be considered a "comeback"?

like he thankfully has a much better reputation now so

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Jan 11, 2016 16:37:39 GMT -5 badrobot said:

The Justin thing is definitely not a "comeback." If anything it is more analogous to when the other Justin (Timberlake) released his solo album and established himself as more than just a boy band singer. Justin Bieber seems to have established himself as a grown-up pop star and not just a teen/tween star with this album.

If you want to talk about comebacks, look at people like Britney or Mariah who legitimately had both commercial failures and personal drama for several years before reclaiming success on the charts.

yes, it is a comeback. Little known fact, that Justin released some singles between the "Believe" and "Purpose" eras (Confident and All That Matters) that went nowhere. Even if they weren't promoted, with the new streaming rules put in place, Bieber fans would have been able to make these songs hits if they really cared about these songs, which they didn't. Also, his reputation had taken such a big hit to the point where people thought he was going to become irrelevant and his career might be over. Of course, that didn't happen, and instead bounced back nicely, and is now having the biggest success of his career, not to mention people are finally starting to take him seriously as an artist (he still has his haters, but that's always going to happen) and he's gotten even more fans in the process, so in that sense (even taking out those songs in between those eras), it's pretty much a comeback.

[Nyte]

Jan 11, 2016 16:42:14 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

People have been calling Bieber a passing phase since he first came out, yet he's gotten bigger and bigger with each album. That's not really a "comeback," at least in terms of commercial success.

Didn't his prior album sell so poorly that his label withheld the numbers, thus not charting on the Billboard 200?

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I knew the Journals thing would become the caveat in this. If anything, that was like a personal side project... or a vanity project... clearly no intention of it being a hit to begin with.  Little to no money was put into promoting it. IMO, it shouldn't be included in his "commercial successes or failures" category, period, despite the tracks that charted all on their own with no push.  But to each their own.

[Colton]

well sorry is better than WDYM in terms of quality

[lyhom]

yeah I kind of wanted to mention journals but I always took that as a fan-centered thing, considering the promo it got

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Jan 11, 2016 17:03:03 GMT -5 Colton said:

well sorry is better than WDYM in terms of quality

For the first time ever, I agree with you.

[THINKIN BOUT YOU]

Jan 11, 2016 17:08:24 GMT -5 @jakelmmrs44 said:

Jan 11, 2016 17:03:03 GMT -5 Colton said:

well sorry is better than WDYM in terms of quality

For the first time ever, I agree with you.

And as usual, I don't! Haha, punch me!

[popstop]

It's interesting that the top five was American free for 10 straight weeks and it was all the weeks that Adele was #1.

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Jan 11, 2016 17:28:07 GMT -5 THINKIN BOUT YOU said:

Jan 11, 2016 17:08:24 GMT -5 @jakelmmrs44 said:

For the first time ever, I agree with you.

And as usual, I don't! Haha, report me!

Fixed. Uncalled for btw.

[ddlz]

Jan 11, 2016 13:30:40 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

HOT 100 HIGHLIGHTS

1. Sorry
2. Hello

Whoa.

[SPRΞΞ]

It's absolutely is a comeback, in the same vein as Mariah actually. He was the laughing stock of society not too long ago. Now he has, what it seems to be, the entire GP on his side. Complete 180. Like remember when it was cool to like Lady Gaga? That's what this feels like.

[Envoirment]

Jan 11, 2016 19:08:10 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

It's absolutely is a comeback, in the same vein as Mariah actually. He was the laughing stock of society not too long ago. Now he has, what it seems to be, the entire GP on his side. Complete 180. Like remember when it was cool to like Lady Gaga? That's what this feels like.

No. Despite his antics and bad publicity, he still had a solid fanbase and hasn't flopped yet or done badly commercially at all. His last album went to #1 in many countries, sold really well and spawned multiple hit singles.

What he's done with this album is appeal to a wider audience with his music. That's the main reason he's doing so well.

[jerz]

OOTW already peaked at #18 in 2014 and it became a Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit already.

[jerz]

Any news regards David Bowie (who recently died at the age of 69) on iTunes?

Do his one or two songs will be make it to Billboard Hot 100 next week?

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Jan 11, 2016 19:23:17 GMT -5 Envoirment said:

Jan 11, 2016 19:08:10 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

It's absolutely is a comeback, in the same vein as Mariah actually. He was the laughing stock of society not too long ago. Now he has, what it seems to be, the entire GP on his side. Complete 180. Like remember when it was cool to like Lady Gaga? That's what this feels like.

No. Despite his antics and bad publicity, he still had a solid fanbase and hasn't flopped yet or done badly commercially at all. His last album went to #1 in many countries, sold really well and spawned multiple hit singles.

What he's done with this album is appeal to a wider audience with his music. That's the main reason he's doing so well.

No, he had an album prior to this one with singles that went nowhere (and I'm not talking about "Believe"). And the bad publicity had caused him to lose a big portion of his old fanbase, so it was assumed that he would not last much longer. It is indeed a comeback considering the circumstances.

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That album was a digital-only compilation of one-off tracks that he was putting out on a weekly basis for his fans. It was never meant to be a regular release, and his label refused to even issue a physical edition. To attempt to compare that to his standard albums is to be deliberately obtuse.

[Spidey]

I'm happy to see "Sorry" at #1 on the Hot 100. I was getting worried it no longer had a shot.

[badrobot]

I am an old person I guess. I don't even know what Justin's antics were and never got the impression he was in some horrible position. All I know is as a chart follower he never appeared to falter commercially. Every album hit #1 and he's had a string of top tens. This is the first year I've had any interest in his music, and it sounds like a lot of people are in that boat, so to me this is an artist growing into a more mature fan base.

[forg]

Impressive for Sorry to buck the trend of songs stuck at #2 for a long time not reaching #1. It will be Sorry vs Hello for the Billboard Year End #1 most likely

Stressed Out top 5!

[forg]

I would also consider this a comeback for Bieber, the guy was a tabloid news magnet with all his wild antics, getting arrested and all that. People wrote him off as a train wreck.
I still don't like his personality but the music is really good IMO so aside from his loyal fanbase he earned new fans and I guess all his "wild antics" kinda helped his image, because he is no longer seen as the girly looking boy singing teenybopper songs.

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Jan 11, 2016 19:37:43 GMT -5 jerz said:

Any news regards David Bowie (who recently died at the age of 69) on iTunes?

Do his one or two songs will be make it to Billboard Hot 100 next week?

Assuming there is decent streaming and sales don't die off too soon, I think Space Oddity has a shot at the Hot 100.  Maybe another as well?  It's hard to predict, but he's got a very handsome showing on iTunes. It's wonderful to see.

[Gary]

One would have to leave first in order to "comeback" from something