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Post by Dylan :) on Feb 12, 2017 11:19:58 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised to see Ariana there! Great work  |
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Post by 85la on Feb 12, 2017 16:05:05 GMT -5
Where's Uptown Special at? It'd be interesting to know what a single era powered by just one song would look like. Probably not much, since the list is determined by an inverse point system and not actual weekly chart points, which tends to dampen the impact any one song can have. Even if we were to look at the most extreme example, Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997, that album wouldn't even rank too highly, because even though the single sold millions of copies in just its first few weeks at #1, because of the inverse point system, those few weeks would be equal to any other song's weeks at #1 around that time. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 2:41:38 GMT -5
The Beatles' not on this list? Is it due to the fact that their album release was so frequent that none of their eras of a single album spawned big enough collection of hits?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 2:46:58 GMT -5
2 things:
1. I would highly recommend you to stick to the 70/30 rule or whatever in calculation of songs with featured artists rather than the lead taking it all.
2. Is it a "single era" list? Did you include promo singles or album cuts that chart too? If not, it would be even more interesting to take those into account too! (:
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Post by Au$tin on Feb 27, 2017 3:31:11 GMT -5
2 things: 1. I would highly recommend you to stick to the 70/30 rule or whatever in calculation of songs with featured artists rather than the lead taking it all That wouldn't affect this list. This list isn't about the artist, it's about the album a single is attached to. |
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Feb 27, 2017 8:17:30 GMT -5
The Beatles' not on this list? Is it due to the fact that their album release was so frequent that none of their eras of a single album spawned big enough collection of hits? A couple of things that I noticed about their hits is that their songs tended to have very short chart runs which harms them when using the inverse points method, since it favors longevity. Hey Jude charted for the 19 weeks, a couple others 16 and then it goes down from there. Another thing that happened, is that they were so dominant at some points in time that their songs tended to compete against each other, which is how they managed to have the record of having all the songs in the Top 5. Finally what you mention about albums releases is true. They released 1-2 albums per year from 1963 to 1970. |
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