Billboard Hot 100: 05/28/2016 (Justin Timberlake #1!)

[Deleted]

Wow, even with the massive 8th-day effect JT is still top ten

[thabb]

can someone explain to me what the eighth-day effect is?

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May 14, 2016 12:37:25 GMT -5 thabb said:

can someone explain to me what the eighth-day effect is?

so when a big new song is first released to radio a very large number of stations begin to play it on day 1. That day will easily be its biggest increase in total plays/audience. since the updates we get are based on a 7-day tracking period, the 8th day update will no longer include that first day of plays/audience, hence why there's normally a big drop on the 8th day for songs like this which are heavily promoted. It's because it gets a huge amount of adds on that first day compared to the days after that. I hope that made sense

[The Upper Hand]

MEDIABASE 05/14 

1. LUKAS GRAHAM - 7 Years: 174.036 (+1.340)  
2. MIKE POSNER - I Took A Pill In Ibiza: 155.713 (+0.459) 
3. JUSTIN BIEBER - Love Yourself: 141.509 (-0.870)
4. ZAYN - Pillowtalk: 138.736 (-0.560) 
5. DRAKE - One Dance F/Wizkid & Kyla: 119.450 (+3.210) 
6. FIFTH HARMONY - Work From Home: 117.056 (+1.154)
7. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean: 109.286 (-0.061) ▲1
8. TWENTY ONE PILOTS - Stressed Out: 100.777 (-0.020) ▲1
9. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Can't Stop The Feeling: 95.197 (-16.141) ▼2 | 2º ROLLING: 31.739
10. THE CHAINSMOKERS – Don’t Let Me Down f/Daya: 90.132 (+2.218) ▲1

11. FLO RIDA - My House: 88.366 (-0.305) ▼1
12. G-EAZY - Me Myself & I f/Bebe Rexha: 86.061 (-0.563) 
13. ZARA LARSSON & MNEK - Never Forget You: 82.619 (+1.399) ▲1
14. RIHANNA - Work f/Drake: 80.232 (-1.127) ▼1
15. DESIIGNER - Panda: 78.984 (+1.685) 
16. SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 76.562 (-0.424)
17. ARIANA GRANDE - Dangerous Woman: 73.667 (+1.676) ▲1
18. DIERKS BENTLEY – Somewhere On A Beach: 73.546 (-0.432) ▼1
19. JAMES BAY - Let It Go: 72.206 (+0.820)
20. OLD DOMINION - Snapback: 66.697 (-0.090) 

21. DUSTIN LYNCH – Mind Reader: 65.941 (+0.831)
22. BLAKE SHELTON – Came Here To Forget: 58.696 (+0.616)  
23. THOMAS RHETT - T-Shirt: 57.031 (+0.846)  ▲1
24. TIM MCGRAW – Humble And Kind: 56.203 (+0.011) ▼1
25. LUKE BRYAN - Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin' Every Day: 54.601 (+0.337)   
26. P!NK – Just Like Fire: 52.321 (+0.825)
27. BRYSON TILLER – Exchange: 50.643 (-0.249) 
28. CALVIN HARRIS – This Is What You Came For F/Rihanna: 44.164 (+2.453)  ▲1
29. KEITH URBAN – Wasted Time: 42.330 (-0.488) ▼1
30. KENNY CHESNEY – Noise: 41.424 (-0.222)
31. NICK JONAS - Close f/Tove Lo: 41.057 (+0.811)
32. JASON ALDEAN – Lights Come On: 36.940 (+0.347) ▲1
33. BELLY – Might Not f/The Weeknd: 36.729 (-0.771) ▼1
34. FAT JOE & REMY MA – All The Way Up: 36.496 (+0.690) ▲2
35. JON PARDI – Head Over Boots: 36.026 (+0.077) ▼1
36. KELLY CLARKSON - Piece By Piece: 35.962 (+0.046) ▼1
37. KENT JONES - Don't Mind: 35.648 (+0.833) ▲1
38. JASON DERULO – If It Ain’t Love: 35.327 (+0.405) ▼1
39. RIHANNA - Needed Me: 34.562 (+0.881)
40. RUTH B – Lost Boy: 33.882 (+0.812)

O. T. GENASIS – Cut It: 32.688 (+0.860)
ALESSIA CARA – Wild Things: 32.494 (+0.626)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Church Bells: 32.125 (+0.866)
ERIC CHURCH - Record Year: 31.990 (-0.033)
BEYONCÉ - Sorry: 31.569 (+0.970)
TWENTY ONE PILOTS - Ride: 29.931 (+0.363) 
DREEZY – Body f/Jeremih: 22.460 (+0.311)
FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE - H.O.L.Y: 19.982 (+0.583)
RIHANNA – Kiss It Better: 16.814 (-0.265)
GRACE - You Don't Own Me F/G-Eazy: 16.247 (+0.389)
SIA - Cheap Thrills: 15.955 (+0.537)
FLUME – Never Be Like You F/Kai: 15.542 (-0.003)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Dark Necessities: 14.497 (+0.429)
PITBULL F/ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Messin' Around: 14.412 (+0.318)
IGGY AZALEA - Team: 11.957 (-0.478)
KANYE WEST – Famous: 11.874 (+0.254)
ADELE – Send My Love (To Your New Lover): 11.031 (+0.184)
SELENA GOMEZ - Kill'Em With Kindness: 10.462 (+0.768)

BRAD PAISLEY - Without A Fight F/Demi Lovato: 9.674 NEW
BLINK 182 - Bored To Death: 9.438 (+0.064)
ALICIA KEYS - In Common:8.253 (+0.494)
ONEREPUBLIC - Wherever I Go: 6.795 (+3.781)
ELLIE GOULDING – Army: 5.837 (-0.074)
MEGHAN TRAINOR - Me Too: 5.391 (+0.627)
BEBE REXHA – No Broken Hearts f/Nicki Minaj: 4.387 (+0.073)
ZAYN - Like I Would: 0.962 (-0.001)
CHARLIE PUTH - We Don't Talk Anymore f/Selena Gomez: 0.859 (+0.319)
SIMPLE PLAN – Singing In The Rain: 0.706 (+0.006)
JENNIFER LOPEZ - Ain't Your Mama: 0.420 (+0.036)
ARIANA GRANDE - Into You: 0.234 (+0.139)
ZAYN - Wrong f/Kehlani: 0.032 (+0.012)

[thabb]

May 14, 2016 12:41:10 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

May 14, 2016 12:37:25 GMT -5 thabb said:

can someone explain to me what the eighth-day effect is?

so when a big new song is first released to radio a very large number of stations begin to play it on day 1. That day will easily be its biggest increase in total plays/audience. since the updates we get are based on a 7-day tracking period, the 8th day update will no longer include that first day of plays/audience, hence why there's normally a big drop on the 8th day for songs like this which are heavily promoted. It's because it gets a huge amount of adds on that first day compared to the days after that. I hope that made sense

yes, it did make sense! ty

[Az Paynter]

Adds? You mean airplay.

Whenever a song has a MASSIVE first full day of airplay, it will invariably drop off the following week, because that first day of airplay is grossly inflated. When that same day the following week rolls around, it gets a level of airplay a lot more relative to its age, so all that extra audience and extra spins all fall off.

The 8th Day Effect is a recent phenomenon for the last few years because it isn't until recently that labels and radio started pushing these incredibly frontloaded radio premieres.

[The Upper Hand]

16. SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 76.562 (-0.424)

Impressive, isn't it? :)

[Deleted]

May 14, 2016 13:08:02 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Adds? You mean airplay.

Whenever a song has a MASSIVE first full day of airplay, it will invariably drop off the following week, because that first day of airplay is grossly inflated. When that same day the following week rolls around, it gets a level of airplay a lot more relative to its age, so all that extra audience and extra spins all fall off.

The 8th Day Effect is a recent phenomenon for the last few years because it isn't until recently that labels and radio started pushing these incredibly frontloaded radio premieres.

well that first day of airplay is a result of adds and the 8th-day effect applies to individual formats too, which rank songs based on plays instead of AI. that's what I meant

[Az Paynter]

First day airplay isn't a product of stations adding a song though, in fact adds have nothing to do with it. Literally all that's happening in these first-day deals is that stations are playing the s**t out of them. Adds don't come into it until the following X-day (dependent on format). And an out-the-gate airplay blast doesn't necessarily mean stations will add the song either. When we see these massive first-week adds things, it looks impressive, but how many of those stations consciously decided to add X song to their playlist, and how many stations have just had it automatically added to their playlist due to hitting a certain spin threshold in a single day? Stations that auto-add songs aren't necessarily going to immediately put a highly-premiered song into rotation.

[NeRD]

So the next #1 contenders after One Dance: Can't Stop The Feeling and This Is What You Came For..

Looking at the pretty amazing rolling CSTF had today, it's not going to slow down. It's possibly the fastest airplay climb I've ever seen. Meanwhile TIWYCF is experiencing a more traditional airplay trajectory reminiscent of a smash.

One can only hope CSTF makes it to #1 this week, he releases the video this week, and it peaks in airplay by the middle of June because of its meteoric rise.

As for TIWYCF...in a perfect world it will regain its lead over Justin in streaming within the next week or so, and continue to have nice gains on radio with the video coming in early-mid June.

Bam... #1 for both :)

[Deleted]

May 14, 2016 11:13:41 GMT -5 Duca said:

May 14, 2016 10:32:08 GMT -5 @jakelmmrs44 said:

Yikes at that 16.2 drop for JT due to the 8 day effect...

It's a great hold, though? A week ago:

39. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Can't Stop The Feeling: 33.191 (+31.749)

Yeah, don't most songs with hourly deals** end up losing like 2/3 or more of their first day after the rolling effect? Or am I imagining that? I'd have to look back at some old threads to fact-check that. Regardless, if I am not mistaken the way one has to view the rolling effect is to subtract the 8th day 'loss' from the first day's AI gain, and that is the actual amount of AI the song got on the 8th day. So in this case 33-16=17 - just under half of the first-day AI, still huge, and still in line with his updates for the second through 8th days.

Also, the fact that even with a 33m 'loss,' it only lost two positions and is still in the top 10 is pretty much an indicator of how big CSTF is shaping up to be, or already is.

May 14, 2016 14:02:23 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Looking at the pretty amazing rolling CSTF had today, it's not going to slow down. It's possibly the fastest airplay climb I've ever seen.

I'm now curious about what the fastest airplay climb is; I also cannot recall ever seeing a song climb in airplay this fast - more specifically, I cannot recall ever seeing a song climb in airplay this fast and not fall out of the top 10 for at least a brief moment b/c of the 8th day effect.

To put it in perspective, if the gains continued at this same pace for the next 7 days he would overtake 7 Years by Friday and be over 200m AI by next Saturday. And there's no reason to think he's about to slow down in the next week. One of the DJs here was raving about it as he got ready to play it yesterday; radio is legit excited to spin this.

Re: TIWYCF I do have a mild concern that it might become the Get Lucky to CSTF's Blurred Lines. I just have this feeling that CSTF is going to be oppressively massive for the next three-four months.

[Deleted]

I honestly don't see CSTF being #1 for as long as Uptown Funk. It just doesn't feel to me like the type of song to spend 14 weeks at #1. Maybe it'll be about as big as Love The Way You Lie.

And I don't see TIWYCF peaking higher than #5 tbh

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May 14, 2016 15:04:33 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I honestly don't see CSTF being #1 for as long as Uptown Funk. It just doesn't feel to me like the type of song to spend 14 weeks at #1. Maybe it'll be about as big as Love The Way You Lie.

And I don't see TIWYCF peaking higher than #5 tbh

I think it's exactly the type of song that could pull it off... given past examples.  It's way more Uptown Funk or Happy than Love The Way You Lie.  It's a feel good, danceable song with big cross-generational (and cross format) appeal.  That's exactly the kind of song that can dominate for long periods of time.

It's still very new.  6 months from now after its 10-15 week reign, it might "feel" more appropriate to be that massive than it does now.  I don't ever think after one week, "this song is going to be #1 for 14 weeks."  It just happens.

None of this is to say that I think it's going to reign for 10-15 weeks, I just think i has all the makings of that type of song and is therefore entirely possible.

[Deleted]

May 14, 2016 15:10:39 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

May 14, 2016 15:04:33 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I honestly don't see CSTF being #1 for as long as Uptown Funk. It just doesn't feel to me like the type of song to spend 14 weeks at #1. Maybe it'll be about as big as Love The Way You Lie.

And I don't see TIWYCF peaking higher than #5 tbh

I think it's exactly the type of song that could pull it off... given past examples.  It's way more Uptown Funk or Happy than Love The Way You Lie.  It's a feel good, danceable song with big cross-generational (and cross format) appeal.  That's exactly the kind of song that can dominate for long periods of time.

It's still very new.  6 months from now after its 10-15 week reign, it might "feel" more appropriate to be that massive than it does now.  I don't ever think after one week, "this song is going to be #1 for 14 weeks."  It just happens.

None of this is to say that I think it's going to reign for 10-15 weeks, I just think i has all the makings of that type of song and is therefore entirely possible.

I guess that makes sense. For now I don't want it to be #1 for that long because it's not yet one of my favorite songs this year lol. I am enjoying it a lot atm though and I'm rooting for it to debut at #1 this week!

I wouldn't mind if Drake returned to #1 next week since that song feels really big right now too

[Deleted]

It might also burn faster - like Hello did - and be more front-loaded if it keeps this crazy momentum up. That's another possibility. It's just not nearly AS huge as Hello was initially, or as downbeat.  Impossible to predict at this point.  

[NeRD]

May 14, 2016 14:47:36 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

May 14, 2016 11:13:41 GMT -5 Duca said:

It's a great hold, though? A week ago:

39. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Can't Stop The Feeling: 33.191 (+31.749)

Yeah, don't most songs with hourly deals** end up losing like 2/3 or more of their first day after the rolling effect? Or am I imagining that? I'd have to look back at some old threads to fact-check that. Regardless, if I am not mistaken the way one has to view the rolling effect is to subtract the 8th day 'loss' from the first day's AI gain, and that is the actual amount of AI the song got on the 8th day. So in this case 33-16=17 - just under half of the first-day AI, still huge, and still in line with his updates for the second through 8th days.

Also, the fact that even with a 33m 'loss,' it only lost two positions and is still in the top 10 is pretty much an indicator of how big CSTF is shaping up to be, or already is.

May 14, 2016 14:02:23 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Looking at the pretty amazing rolling CSTF had today, it's not going to slow down. It's possibly the fastest airplay climb I've ever seen.

I'm now curious about what the fastest airplay climb is; I also cannot recall ever seeing a song climb in airplay this fast - more specifically, I cannot recall ever seeing a song climb in airplay this fast and not fall out of the top 10 for at least a brief moment b/c of the 8th day effect.

To put it in perspective, if the gains continued at this same pace for the next 7 days he would overtake 7 Years by Friday and be over 200m AI by next Saturday. And there's no reason to think he's about to slow down in the next week. One of the DJs here was raving about it as he got ready to play it yesterday; radio is legit excited to spin this.

Re: TIWYCF I do have a mild concern that it might become the Get Lucky to CSTF's Blurred Lines. I just have this feeling that CSTF is going to be oppressively massive for the next three-four months.

Interesting.

I believe TIWYCF will have the streaming advantage which will increase its chances to overtake it.

We shall see though

[Ravi]

May 14, 2016 15:21:05 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

May 14, 2016 15:10:39 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

I think it's exactly the type of song that could pull it off... given past examples.  It's way more Uptown Funk or Happy than Love The Way You Lie.  It's a feel good, danceable song with big cross-generational (and cross format) appeal.  That's exactly the kind of song that can dominate for long periods of time.

It's still very new.  6 months from now after its 10-15 week reign, it might "feel" more appropriate to be that massive than it does now.  I don't ever think after one week, "this song is going to be #1 for 14 weeks."  It just happens.

None of this is to say that I think it's going to reign for 10-15 weeks, I just think i has all the makings of that type of song and is therefore entirely possible.

I guess that makes sense. For now I don't want it to be #1 for that long because it's not yet one of my favorite songs this year lol. I am enjoying it a lot atm though and I'm rooting for it to debut at #1 this week!

I wouldn't mind if Drake returned to #1 next week since that song feels really big right now too

Drake will easily be #1 next week due to huge fall in CSTF sales..... CSTF will be #2 or #3 depending on how many views the music video gets.

Early projections:

1. One Dance - 130-115-36.0 = 56,000
2. Can't Stop the Feeling = 200-95-20.0 = 48,400 (would have got ~13-14M streams and around 43k points, if there was no video)
3. Panda - 90-70-36.0 = 47,000

[Mike is BAD]

Ravi, CSTF will still end up as a big hit, right?

[atg]

May 14, 2016 15:04:33 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

I honestly don't see CSTF being #1 for as long as Uptown Funk. It just doesn't feel to me like the type of song to spend 14 weeks at #1. Maybe it'll be about as big as Love The Way You Lie.

And I don't see TIWYCF peaking higher than #5 tbh

Well CSTF might stay there for a long time due to all the categories it's in massively growing fast. And for TIWYCF, streaming is growing pretty fast and sales only slipped a bit which usually happens to songs after there first weeks on the chart. Airplay it's alright. It's at least climbing

[areyoureadytojump]

May 14, 2016 13:18:22 GMT -5 The Upper Hand said:

16. SHAWN MENDES - Stitches: 76.562 (-0.424)

Impressive, isn't it? :)

The slow moving AC chart is helping Stitches. It's #2 at AC radio.

[SPRΞΞ]

What did BTW's 2nd week of airplay look like?

The fastest airplay climber I can remember is The Rembrandt's "I'll Be There For You" which hit #1 on Pop in 4 weeks. In terms of overall, it's probably BTW.

[Glove Slap]

I Will Always Love You hit #1 in its 3rd week on CHR.

[ry4n]

TONIGHT YEAH BABY


1 year ago (5/30/2015)

1 1 See You Again - Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth (6th week of 12)
2 2 Trap Queen - Fetty Wap
3 3 Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - The Weeknd
4 5 Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
5 4 Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
6 8 Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
7 6 Sugar - Maroon 5
8 7 Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
9 11 Nasty Freestyle - T-Wayne
10 9 Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran


5 years ago (5/28/2011)

1 1 Rolling In The Deep - Adele (2nd week of 7)
2 2 E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
3 NE The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga
4 8 Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
5 4 Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas
6 3 On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
7 5 The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
8 6 Till The World Ends - Britney Spears
9 10 Look At Me Now - Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
10 12 Down On Me - Jeremih feat. 50 Cent


10 years ago (5/27/2006)

1 1 SOS - Rihanna (3rd and final week)
2 2 Bad Day - Daniel Powter
3 4 Ridin' - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
4 3 Temperature - Sean Paul
5 5 Where'd You Go - Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga
6 8 Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7 13 Snap Yo Fingers - Lil Jon feat. E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ
8 6 What You Know - T.I.
9 7 What's Left On Me - Nick Lachey
10 9 Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray


15 years ago (5/26/2001)

1 1 All For You - Janet Jackson (7th and final week)
2 2 Survivor - Destiny's Child
3 3 Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & P!nk
4 4 Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
5 5 Ride Wit Me - Nelly feat. City Spud
6 7 Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
7 6 Thank You - Dido
8 9 What Would You Do? - City High
9 13 I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado
10 14 Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Another thing Justin's song has going for it, and this is just from what I've seen myself, is that people aren't really talking about it the way they do for big singles from Gaga, or Beyoncé, or Britney, or whoever. Maybe it's still too new to be in the general scope but I haven't seen any mention of it on Facebook or Twitter (outside of expected chart-related accounts). Why is that good? People might not get sick of it as easily. Even constantly hearing about or reading about a song or artist increases the burn rate. Justin's song is flying to the top but not really the centre of attention while doing it.

[BlueSwan]

Well, about time that Max Martin has another number one hit. It's been almost a year since the last one!

[MTSChart21]

Credit to: www.kworb.net/airadio

*** indicates that the song dropped or added a format

[Deleted]

May 15, 2016 7:26:09 GMT -5 ry4n said:

3 NE The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga

1 1 SOS - Rihanna (3rd and final week)

ah, some of the best content from Ri and Gaga! I wish SOS had gotten some of Work's weeks at #1 and Edge Of Glory some of Born This Way's (not that I didn't like BTW, but it burned out on me pretty fast and I never loved it to begin with, and especially that it blocked Cee-Lo from #1)

May 15, 2016 7:26:09 GMT -5 ry4n said:

15 years ago (5/19/2001) 

10 14 Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott

I never knew until now that Get Your Freak On peaked before Work It :O

[Soulsista]

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

May 30, 1981

01 01 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (3rd of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Being With You - Smokey Robinson
03 05 Stars On 45 (Medley) - Stars On 45
04 08 Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
05 06 Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
06 07 Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
07 03 Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. w/Bill Withers
08 11 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
09 09 Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
10 10 Watching The Wheels - John Lennon


May 31, 1986

01 01 Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (3rd and final week at #1)
02 02 Live To Tell - Madonna
03 03 On My Own - Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
04 05 If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
05 09 I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
06 10 All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike & The Mechanics
07 12 Something About You - Level 42
08 14 Is It Love - Mr. Mister
09 13 Be Good To Yourself - Journey
10 06 What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson


June 1, 1991

01 01 I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey (2nd and final week at #1)
02 03 More Than Words - Extreme
03 08 I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
04 09 Love Is a Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton
05 13 Rush Rush - Paula Abdul
06 04 I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) - Hi-Five
07 11 Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
08 02 Touch Me (All Night Long) - Cathy Dennis
09 10 Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
10 05 Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart


May 25, 1996

01 01 Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (2nd of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
03 03 Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
04 05 Nobody Knows - The Tony Rich Project
05 04 Ironic - Alanis Morissette
06 08 Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
07 06 You're The One - SWV
08 09 Count On Me - Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans
09 07 1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) - Coolio
10 11 Follow You Down / 'Til I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms

[Soulsista]

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

May 22, 1961 (For the week ending May 27)

01 02 Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 Runaway - Del Shannon
03 05 Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites
04 03 One Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
05 08 Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
06 09 Mama Said - The Shirelles
07 16 Running Scared - Roy Orbison
08 11 Breakin' In a Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis
09 15 Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
10 04 I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott


May 28, 1966

01 04 When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 05 A Groovy Kind Of Love - The Mindbenders
03 01 Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
04 19 Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
05 02 Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
06 17 I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
07 16 Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind - The Lovin' Spoonful
08 03 Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals
09 10 Love Is Like An Itching Of My Heart - The Supremes
10 18 It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown


May 29, 1971

01 03 Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
03 02 Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
04 06 Want Ads - Honey Cone
05 08 It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
06 04 Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
07 07 Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me - Aretha Franklin
08 13 Sweet And Innocent - Donny Osmond
09 05 Me And You And a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
10 10 Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop


May 29, 1976

01 02 Love Hangover - Diana Ross (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Silly Love Songs - Wings
03 03 Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
04 05 Get Up And Boogie - The Silver Convention
05 08 Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
06 07 Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
07 06 Welcome Back - John Sebastian
08 09 Shannon - Henry Gross
09 11 Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
10 10 Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - Barry Manilow

[Juanca]

May 15, 2016 8:47:28 GMT -5 @markg94 said:

May 15, 2016 7:26:09 GMT -5 ry4n said:

3 NE The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga

1 1 SOS - Rihanna (3rd and final week)

ah, some of the best content from Ri and Gaga! I wish SOS had gotten some of Work's weeks at #1 and Edge Of Glory some of Born This Way's (not that I didn't like BTW, but it burned out on me pretty fast and I never loved it to begin with, and especially that it blocked Cee-Lo from #1)

SOS was one of the first songs that helped dance music make a comeback in radio. I think Rihanna and Gaga were the artifices of that dance comeback.
Regarding EOG, some of us thought that she missed an opportunity to reach #1 after she released such an underwhelming video. It's not a bad video but it paled in comparison to her latest, Judas, and to most of her videography in general. I still love it and think it's one of LG's finest :)