Billboard Hot 100: 06/03/2017

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

A circular discussion that goes nowhere is still more interesting than predictions.

[Future Captain]

May 22, 2017 7:16:30 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

A circular discussion that goes nowhere is still more interesting than predictions.

I mean, it's entertaining (kinda) for a page or two, especially if meltdowns are involved (I'm perched for those one of these days tbh), but it just get really annoying beyond that.

Besides, the lack of discussion itself mostly stems from that there's no female pop star making any splash whatsoever in the uppper rung of the chart so...

[Gary]

All songs are special

[imbondz]

May 22, 2017 7:16:30 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

A circular discussion that goes nowhere is still more interesting than predictions.

lol. totally true.

[inverse]

May 22, 2017 7:38:31 GMT -5 Gary said:

All songs are special

All #1 hits are special. But there's other songs that didn't hit number 1 like How Do I Live that can be too!

[inverse]

May 22, 2017 7:22:55 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

May 22, 2017 7:16:30 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

A circular discussion that goes nowhere is still more interesting than predictions.

I mean, it's entertaining (kinda) for a page or two, especially if meltdowns are involved (I'm perched for those one of these days tbh), but it just get really annoying beyond that.

Besides, the lack of discussion itself mostly stems from that there's no female pop star making any splash whatsoever in the uppper rung of the chart so...

Is Stay expected to be in the top 10 next week? Because if Stay falls out then it will be another no-female top 10

[Gary]

May 22, 2017 11:29:12 GMT -5 inverse said:

May 22, 2017 7:38:31 GMT -5 Gary said:

All songs are special

All #1 hits are special. But there's other songs that didn't hit number 1 like How Do I Live that can be too!

OK All #1's are special and some #2's, what about #3's?  4's?  Is there a special threshold that a song needs to reach, like #2 peak is special and #3 is not?

For those who took my original post seriously, it was intended as joke.

"Special" clearly means different things to different people.  Everyone is right in their use of the definition because that is what it means to them.  We are on page whatever of trying to convince each other their definition is better.

Just for fun, how many more definitions can we come up with?  ;)

[rimetm]

1 new top 10 this week according to the announcement...probably Malibu, but maybe Congratulations could have displaced it barely? Turned out it was Malibu indeed.

95. No Promises (NEW)
80. Bad Liar (NEW)
62. Rollin' (NEW)
59. Bon Appetit (RE-ENTRY)
Castle on the Hill [Top 40 Hot 100, Top 10 Adult Pop]
20. Believer (=)
11. Say You Won't Let Go (+2) [#1 on Adult Pop Airplay]
10. Malibu (+54)
9. Stay (=) [#6 radio, 40m; Highest charting song with a woman credited]
8. XO Tour Llif3 (=) [#4 streams, 40m]
7. Mask Off (-1)
6. Something Just Like This (+1) [55th straight week in top 10 for Chainsmokers; #1 on Pop Songs Airplay]
5. HUMBLE. (=) [#3 streams, 45m]
4. Shape of You (=) [19 weeks in top 5, all of its weeks]
3. I'm the One (=) [#2 streams, #3 sales, top 10 on radio, possibly SotS contender?]
2. That's What I Like (=) [#1 radio, 173m]
1. Despacito (=) [#1 streams, missed the number; #1 sales, 115k; top 10 on radio, front-runner for SotS atm]

[Harx]

"Malibu" is at #10!!! Yes!!!

Actual solo song by a female artist in the top 10!

[fhas]

SOY at #4 is just terrible, HUMBLE. deserves that spot.

[Harx]

Wait did he say there will be no stream next week? Why? What holiday is on May 29th....?

[YotamTS]

SYWLG is so close to the Top 10 finally :)
Hopefully it'll get a spot there next week.
Also great to see Malibu on the Top 10.
Was hoping for Post Malone to get Top 10 this week, oh well :/

[Leaf]

YES Miley block that Script retread!

[rimetm]

May 22, 2017 13:23:44 GMT -5 Harx said:

Wait did he say there will be no stream next week? Why? What holiday is on May 29th....?

Monday is Memorial Day in the US, which is traditionally a business holiday that Billboard abides by.

[Leo ✔]

Cool to see Malibu on top 10!!!

[Harx]

May 22, 2017 13:30:02 GMT -5 rimetm said:

May 22, 2017 13:23:44 GMT -5 Harx said:

Wait did he say there will be no stream next week? Why? What holiday is on May 29th....?

Monday is Memorial Day in the US, which is traditionally a business holiday that Billboard abides by.

Oh ok.

It's a shame though, next week is an interesting one. That's the "Bad Liar", "Strip That Down" and "Crying In The Club" debut week.

[Golden Bluebird]

As much as I don't like "Say You Won't Let Go", it would be interesting to see it finally enter the Top 10 after so long being on the Hot 100. If it accomplishes that, it would be this year's "i hate u, i love u" in terms of chart performance.

[Deleted]

May 22, 2017 13:03:06 GMT -5 rimetm said:

1 new top 10 this week according to the announcement...probably Malibu, but maybe Congratulations could have displaced it barely? Turned out it was Malibu indeed.

Bad Liar [Debuts somewhere low, Gary needs to check and will confirm where on Twitter]
Castle on the Hill [Top 40 Hot 100, Top 10 Adult Pop]
11. Say You Won't Let Go (+2) [#1 on Adult Pop Airplay]
10. Malibu (+54)
9. Stay (=) [#6 radio, 40m; Highest charting song with a woman credited]
8. XO Tour Llif3 (=) [#4 streams, 40m]
7. Mask Off (-1)
6. Something Just Like This (+1) [55th straight week in top 10 for Chainsmokers; #1 on Pop Songs Airplay]
5. HUMBLE. (=) [#3 streams, 45m]
4. Shape of You (=) [19 weeks in top 5, all of its weeks]
3. I'm the One (=) [#2 streams, #3 sales, top 10 on radio, possibly SotS contender?]
2. That's What I Like (=) [#1 radio, 173m]
1. Despacito (=) [#1 streams, missed the number; #1 sales, 115k; top 10 on radio, front-runner for SotS atm]

Congratulations?

[Golden Bluebird]

[rimetm]

For a bit, I thought Katy would get a decent chart run of at least two hits for Witness. Looks like that's not happening, as Bon Appetit only re-enters at #59 and is set to crash next week.

[Leo ✔]

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Hold Atop Hot 100, Miley Cyrus Soars to Top 10

"Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, reigns for a second week, while "Malibu" marks Cyrus' first top 10 since 2013.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated June 3) for a second week. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus' "Malibu" cruises from No. 64 to No. 10 following its first full week of tracking, becoming her first top 10 since "Wrecking Ball" in 2013.

As we do every Monday, let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 23.

"Despacito" (released on Universal Music Latino / Raymond Braun / SchoolBoy / Def Jam / UMLE / Republic Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a second week, with 59.4 million U.S. streams (up 9 percent) in the week ending May 18, according to Nielsen Music. It also rules the Digital Song Sales chart for a third week, with 115,000 downloads sold (up 11 percent) in the week ending May 18; for a second consecutive week, the remix with Bieber, released April 17, accounts for 73 percent of the song's sales.

On Radio Songs, "Despacito" bounds 11-7 with 72 million in all-format airplay audience (up 27 percent) in the week ending May 21. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee each earn their first Radio Songs top 10; more on Bieber's count in a bit...

"Despacito" (which translates to "slowly" in English) additionally tops the Hot Latin Songs chart for a 16th week. A week ago, on the May 27-dated Hot 100, the track became the first mostly-Spanish language Hot 100 No. 1 in 21 years, since Los Del Rio's 14-week No. 1 "Macarena" in 1996.

Bruno Mars' "That's What I Like" ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a third week after topping the May 13 chart. Still, it leads the Radio Songs chart for a third frame, with 173 million in audience (down 1 percent), and tops Hot R&B Songs for a 14th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a seventh frame.

Back to Bieber: Not only did "Despacito" mark a milestone for Latin music with its Hot 100 coronation a week ago, but it also made history for Bieber, who became the first artist ever to notch new Hot 100 No. 1s in back-to-back weeks, as a week earlier (on the May 20-dated chart) he debuted at the summit as featured on DJ Khaled's "I'm the One," also featuring Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne. After descending to No. 3 last week (in its second frame), the collab holds at No. 3. "One" rebounds 3-2 on Streaming Songs (45.7 million, essentially even week-over-week), while slipping 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (77,000, down 4 percent).

On Radio Songs, "One" jumps 14-8 (69 million, up 28 percent). Thanks to the climbs of "Despacito" and "One," Bieber ups his count to 10 Radio Songs top 10s. With "One," Lil Wayne lands his 20th Radio Songs top 10, Khaled collects his second and Quavo and Chance the Rapper each tally their first. Lil Wayne extends his mark for the most top 10s among male artists on Radio Songs (which began in 1990), pushing further ahead of runner-up Drake (18). Among all acts, Lil Wayne ranks third, after Rihanna (28 top 10s) and Mariah Carey (23).

"One" adds a third week at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Ed Sheeran's former 12-week No. 1 "Shape of You" and Kendrick Lamar's "Humble.," which topped May 6-dated chart, are steady at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay's No. 3-peaking "Something Just Like This" rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, as The Chainsmokers spend a 55th consecutive week in the top 10, a streak second only to Katy Perry's 69-week run in 2010-11. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, "Something" logs a 10th week at No. 1. "Something" swaps spots with Future's No. 5-peaking "Mask Off" on the Hot 100 (6-7), while Lil Uzi Vert's "XO TOUR Llif3" keeps at its No. 8 high and Zedd and Alessia Cara's "Stay" does just that, remaining at No. 9 after reaching No. 7.

Wrapping the Hot 100's top 10, Miley Cyrus' "Malibu" vaults 64-10 following its first full week of activity. Released May 11, the song rockets 22-2 on Digital Song Sales with 77,000 sold in the tracking week of May 12-18 (after selling 29,000 on May 11). It concurrently enters Streaming Songs at No. 11 (21.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 18), while drawing 13.5 million in airplay audience in the week ending May 21.

"Malibu," which Cyrus performed live on national TV for the first time last night (May 21) on the Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on ABC, marks Cyrus' ninth Hot 100 top 10 and first since "Wrecking Ball," which became her first No. 1 (for three weeks) in fall 2013. She's earned eight of her nine top 10s under that billing; her former Disney Channel alter ego Hannah Montana was credited as the artist on 2009's No. 10-peaking "He Could Be the One."

And, from Montana to California: "Malibu" (one of two songs by that title to hit the Hot 100: Hole's different composition reached No. 81 in 1999) is the latest California location name-checked in a Hot 100 top 10, joining hits ranging from "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" by Jan & Dean (No. 3, 1964) to "Beverly Hills" by Weezer (No. 10, 2005), along with nine top 10s that feature "California" in their titles, including No. 1s by the Eagles, 2Pac and Katy Perry.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly "Hot 100 Chart Moves" column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (May 26).

Source: www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7801324/luis-fonsi-daddy-yankee-despacito-hot-100-number-one-miley-cyrus-malibu

[fhas]

Final Results:

Despacito 60,458 points (+6,321)
I'm The One 46,496 (+1,079)
Malibu 25,204

[fhas]

May 22, 2017 14:16:24 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Hold Atop Hot 100, Miley Cyrus Soars to Top 10

"Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, reigns for a second week, while "Malibu" marks Cyrus' first top 10 since 2013.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated June 3) for a second week. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus' "Malibu" cruises from No. 64 to No. 10 following its first full week of tracking, becoming her first top 10 since "Wrecking Ball" in 2013.

As we do every Monday, let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 23.

"Despacito" (released on Universal Music Latino / Raymond Braun / SchoolBoy / Def Jam / UMLE / Republic Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a second week, with 59.4 million U.S. streams (up 9 percent) in the week ending May 18, according to Nielsen Music. It also rules the Digital Song Sales chart for a third week, with 115,000 downloads sold (up 11 percent) in the week ending May 18; for a second consecutive week, the remix with Bieber, released April 17, accounts for 73 percent of the song's sales.

On Radio Songs, "Despacito" bounds 11-7 with 72 million in all-format airplay audience (up 27 percent) in the week ending May 21. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee each earn their first Radio Songs top 10; more on Bieber's count in a bit...

"Despacito" (which translates to "slowly" in English) additionally tops the Hot Latin Songs chart for a 16th week. A week ago, on the May 27-dated Hot 100, the track became the first mostly-Spanish language Hot 100 No. 1 in 21 years, since Los Del Rio's 14-week No. 1 "Macarena" in 1996.

Bruno Mars' "That's What I Like" ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a third week after topping the May 13 chart. Still, it leads the Radio Songs chart for a third frame, with 173 million in audience (down 1 percent), and tops Hot R&B Songs for a 14th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a seventh frame.

Back to Bieber: Not only did "Despacito" mark a milestone for Latin music with its Hot 100 coronation a week ago, but it also made history for Bieber, who became the first artist ever to notch new Hot 100 No. 1s in back-to-back weeks, as a week earlier (on the May 20-dated chart) he debuted at the summit as featured on DJ Khaled's "I'm the One," also featuring Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne. After descending to No. 3 last week (in its second frame), the collab holds at No. 3. "One" rebounds 3-2 on Streaming Songs (45.7 million, essentially even week-over-week), while slipping 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (77,000, down 4 percent).

On Radio Songs, "One" jumps 14-8 (69 million, up 28 percent). Thanks to the climbs of "Despacito" and "One," Bieber ups his count to 10 Radio Songs top 10s. With "One," Lil Wayne lands his 20th Radio Songs top 10, Khaled collects his second and Quavo and Chance the Rapper each tally their first. Lil Wayne extends his mark for the most top 10s among male artists on Radio Songs (which began in 1990), pushing further ahead of runner-up Drake (18). Among all acts, Lil Wayne ranks third, after Rihanna (28 top 10s) and Mariah Carey (23).

"One" adds a third week at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Ed Sheeran's former 12-week No. 1 "Shape of You" and Kendrick Lamar's "Humble.," which topped May 6-dated chart, are steady at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay's No. 3-peaking "Something Just Like This" rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, as The Chainsmokers spend a 55th consecutive week in the top 10, a streak second only to Katy Perry's 69-week run in 2010-11. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, "Something" logs a 10th week at No. 1. "Something" swaps spots with Future's No. 5-peaking "Mask Off" on the Hot 100 (6-7), while Lil Uzi Vert's "XO TOUR Llif3" keeps at its No. 8 high and Zedd and Alessia Cara's "Stay" does just that, remaining at No. 9 after reaching No. 7.

Wrapping the Hot 100's top 10, Miley Cyrus' "Malibu" vaults 64-10 following its first full week of activity. Released May 11, the song rockets 22-2 on Digital Song Sales with 77,000 sold in the tracking week of May 12-18 (after selling 29,000 on May 11). It concurrently enters Streaming Songs at No. 11 (21.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 18), while drawing 13.5 million in airplay audience in the week ending May 21.

"Malibu," which Cyrus performed live on national TV for the first time last night (May 21) on the Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on ABC, marks Cyrus' ninth Hot 100 top 10 and first since "Wrecking Ball," which became her first No. 1 (for three weeks) in fall 2013. She's earned eight of her nine top 10s under that billing; her former Disney Channel alter ego Hannah Montana was credited as the artist on 2009's No. 10-peaking "He Could Be the One."

And, from Montana to California: "Malibu" (one of two songs by that title to hit the Hot 100: Hole's different composition reached No. 81 in 1999) is the latest California location name-checked in a Hot 100 top 10, joining hits ranging from "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" by Jan & Dean (No. 3, 1964) to "Beverly Hills" by Weezer (No. 10, 2005), along with nine top 10s that feature "California" in their titles, including No. 1s by the Eagles, 2Pac and Katy Perry.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly "Hot 100 Chart Moves" column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (May 26).

Source: www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7801324/luis-fonsi-daddy-yankee-despacito-hot-100-number-one-miley-cyrus-malibu

They completely forgot to mention Stay at #9. After being warned on Twitter, Gary updated the article.

[areyoureadytojump]

"warned"? Is Gary going to be fined? Or written up?

[fhas]

May 22, 2017 14:41:54 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

"warned"? Is Gary going to be fined? Or written up?

Oh, sorry. In Brazil we say "alertado/chamado a atenção" that's the same as "warned/alerted" in English. Well, some users said that he forgot to mention Zedd's song.

[Deleted]

Never have, never will hear Malibu.

[Sambalada]

May 22, 2017 15:35:36 GMT -5 @pjscott11 said:

Never have, never will hear Malibu.

[Au$tin]

May 22, 2017 15:35:36 GMT -5 @pjscott11 said:

Never have, never will hear Malibu.

Okay?

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

She'll get hers!!

[areyoureadytojump]

Interesting article about the 25% increase of songs going for adds at Pop radio:

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=306386

Thursday, May 11, 2017

A&R, RADIO AND THE POST-1D BOOMLET

The last several weeks have seen a flood of new music from Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Katy Perry, DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Hunt, Imagine Dragons, Zedd f/Alessia Cara, Kygo f/Selena Gomez, Luis Fonsi f/Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Halsey and more, with Miley Cyrus dropping a track this week and Liam Payne, Calvin Harris, Selena Gomez and others said to be on the way. Meanwhile, as a result of the A&R investment that followed the streaming windfall of 2016, a boatload of new artists are also hitting the marketplace.

Singles going to Pop radio this year have increased by nearly 25%, according to Mediabase.

One downside of this glut is that labels still generally depend on radio to break artists, and the “automatics” (whether they’re worthy or not) are edging out new acts, given the logjam at Pop, where everyone contends for the 20-25 slots reserved for currents.

Even on the top streaming playlists, the volume of big records frequently eats up the most coveted real estate. It’s harder than ever to get traction with most new acts, what with radio and digital promo working records for political reasons. This includes accommodating their stars, of course. But it also often means working a major signing that a top exec considers vital because he/she signed it and committed tens of millions of dollars to inking and breaking it. Labels are thus forced to kill their young due to a lack of bandwidth, as promising new artists get shoved off or down the priority list—sometimes even if they’re researching and selling.

These acts become sacrificial lambs so that more politically opportune records get massive hype and appear successful (sometimes just for the near term). This has become more pervasive lately at certain labels, where songs are traded out of rotation at radio for other, “more important” ones, thus killing the artists whose spins are traded away. Some managers are complaining loudly about these magical disappearing spins on their acts when the practice is most blatant.

No fans are more intensely invested in new music than One Direction fans, who are now experiencing a solo-release boomlet unseen since KISS unleashed their simultaneous Casablanca solo sets in September of 1978. Riding the crest of this wave is Columbia’s Harry Styles, whose ambitious, self-titled solo bow hits on 5/12, with projections for its first week now hovering just north of 200k. Harry’s anthemic lead single, “Sign of the Times,” moved #16-12 at Pop radio last week and has earned a song SPS of 403k+. The song got a boost at retail from its video, released on 5/8, but its nearly six-minute length has created some issues at both radio and streaming. While the song’s sprawl naturally limits the number of times it will go on the air, it also means that it takes about twice as long to rack up as many streams as most competing tracks—just as a long movie screens fewer times and this affects its box office. “Sign” is #38 on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 and #26 on the Global chart; it’s #67 on the more urban-skewing Apple Music’s Top Songs.

The competition between the former 1D members is mirrored by competition between the labels that threw down for them. Rob Stringer, in his final major signing before assuming the top job at Sony Music, made a big-money deal for Harry. ZAYN, who left the group before its official “hiatus” and was inked by Peter Edge and Tom Corson at RCA in 2015, has made the biggest mark as a solo act so far, with two big hits—initial single “PILLOWTALK” (3.1m song SPS) and his monster Fifty Shades duet with Taylor Swift (2.3m song SPS). His latest, featuring the Drake-affiliated PARTYNEXTDOOR, has hit about a 648k song SPS. One issue confronting ZAYN is his well-chronicled reluctance to perform, which many in the biz believe has hurt him immeasurably in the marketplace.

Capitol’s Niall Horan earned a 1.28m song SPS on lead single “This Town,” which peaked at #12 at Top 40 radio, and dropped a new track, “Slow Hands,” this week, which instantly hit #1 at iTunes. Horan inked to a big-money deal with Steve Barnett, whose relationship with 1D/Niall manager Richard Griffiths goes way back. The pair’s recent success with 5 Seconds of Summer followed their triumph, during Barnett’s Columbia days—in conjunction with SYCO—on the 1D juggernaut. The lads’ five-plus-year run sold tens of millions of albums, tickets and merch items.

Since the ex-1D lads naturally insist on being on different labels, the signing of Niall at Capitol also interrupted the international Nick Raphael-Barnett nexus that collaborated so successfully on Sam Smith and 5SOS, giving Monte Lipman’s hit-making machine Republic a chance to scoop Liam Payne for the U.S. last October, after Capitol U.K. chief Raphael signed him in Blighty. That deal didn’t go to Barnett, naturally, because of Niall. Liam’s upcoming first salvo, a rhythmic jam featuring Quavo of the volcanically hot Migos, is said to have some radio folk slobbering. Could this be the first U.K. signing broken stateside by Republic since the days of Florence and Amy?

Going for adds this week:

Interscope’s Selena Gomez
Epic’s Camila Cabello
Republic’s Liam Payne f/Quavo
Capitol’s Katy Perry f/Nicki Minaj

Plus 2nd week adds for:

Miley Cyrus
Niall Horan