Billboard Hot 100: 12/16/2017

[deepston]

Dec 2, 2017 19:25:36 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Dec 2, 2017 19:23:27 GMT -5 deepston said:

Let's hope urban streamers don't have money for spotify premium!

Oh, hi Codex!

Apple Music is completely paid and it's ruled by urban music even more than YouTube and Spotify.

Yeah I completely forgot about Apple Music being urban dominated. And with this rule those streams will be worth even more chart points. Ugh...

[willapted33]

Dec 2, 2017 19:27:06 GMT -5 deepston said:

Dec 2, 2017 19:25:36 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Oh, hi Codex!

Apple Music is completely paid and it's ruled by urban music even more than YouTube and Spotify.

Yeah I completely forgot about Apple Music being urban dominated. And with this rule those streams will be worth even more chart points. Yes!!!!

[Golden Bluebird]

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Overall AI (Top 20) - 12/03/2017
1. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (159.928) (+0.953) ***
2. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (157.172) (+1.560)
3. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (133.852) (-1.453)
4. (+1) MAROON 5 - What Lovers Do f/SZA (124.089) (+0.983)
5. (-1) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (123.905) (+0.550)
6. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (123.067) (+3.287)
7. (=) SAM SMITH - Too Good At Goodbyes (108.627) (+1.060)
8. (=) DEMI LOVATO - Sorry Not Sorry (99.524) (-0.886)
9. (=) HALSEY - Bad At Love (95.754) (+1.582)
10. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - Attention (80.299) (-0.464)
11. (=) J BALVIN - Mi Gente f/Willy William (79.437) (-1.122)
12. (=) P!NK - What About Us (76.030) (-2.458)
13. (=) LOGIC - 1-800-273-8255 f/A.Cara/Khalid (75.554) (-1.636)
14. (=) G-EAZY - No Limit f/A$AP Rocky, Cardi B (73.912) (+0.920)
15. (+3) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (72.081) (+1.871)
16. (-1) LIAM PAYNE - Strip That Down f/Quavo (71.434) (-0.807) ***
17. (-1) TAYLOR SWIFT - Ready For It (71.419) (+0.124)
18. (-1) SHAWN MENDES - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (69.851) (-0.639)
19. (+1) GARTH BROOKS - Ask Me How I Know (67.758) (+0.807)
20. (-1) KESHA - Praying (65.372) (-3.611)

Others:
47. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (40.820) (+1.182)
48. (+1) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (40.223) (+1.480)
55. (+1) NF - Let You Down (33.535) (+1.441)
56. (+3) TAYLOR SWIFT - End Game f/Ed Sheeran/Future (33.493) (+1.802)
60. (+3) MACKLEMORE - Good Old Days f/Kesha (31.018) (+1.377)

[Au$tin]

47. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (40.820) (+1.182)

The little song that could.

[Sherane Lamar]

Dec 2, 2017 19:23:27 GMT -5 deepston said:

Let's hope urban streamers don't have money for spotify premium!

You really doubling down on this after all the crap you got for it last time?

[inverse]

Wow I only just noticed how hard What About Us is crashing. Fell below Attention?!!? That sucks but still it had a good run

[willapted33]

LOVE. +3 holy shit

[Soulsista]

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

December 15, 1962

01 01 Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons (5th and final week at #1)
02 02 Return To Sender - Elvis Presley
03 03 Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane
04 08 Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker
05 07 Telstar - The Tornadoes
06 04 Don't Hang Up - The Orlons
07 06 The Lonely Bull (El Soro Torro) - The Tijuana Brass feat. Herb Alpert
08 05 Ride - Dee Dee Sharp
09 10 Release Me - Esther Phillips
10 20 Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence


December 16, 1967

01 01 Daydream Believer - The Monkees (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 05 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
03 08 Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
04 07 I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
05 02 The Rain, The Park And Other Things - The Cowsills
06 03 Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
07 04 I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
08 13 Boogaloo Down Broadway - The Fantastic Johnny C.
09 09 In And Out Of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
10 12 You Better Sit Down Kids - Cher


December 16, 1972

01 06 Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
03 03 If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
04 05 You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green
05 07 It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
06 02 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
07 09 Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan
08 08 Ventura Highway - America
09 04 I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
10 10 I'm Stone In Love With You - The Stylistics


December 17, 1977

01 01 You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (10th and final week at #1)
02 03 How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees
03 04 Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
04 02 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
05 05 It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt
06 08 (Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love Again - LTD
07 07 We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge
08 11 Baby Come Back - Player
09 10 You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
10 12 Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

[Soulsista]

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

December 18, 1982

01 03 Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates (1st of 4 weeks at #1)
02 01 Mickey - Toni Basil
03 02 Gloria - Laura Branigan
04 05 The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
05 04 Truly - Lionel Richie
06 06 Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
07 07 Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
08 08 Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
09 09 Rock This Town - The Stray Cats
10 10 Muscles - Diana Ross


December 19, 1987

01 01 Faith - George Michael (2nd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 05 Is This Love - Whitesnake
03 07 So Emotional - Whitney Houston
04 06 Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
05 10 Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
06 09 Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley
07 02 Heaven Is a Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
08 11 Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison
09 13 Valerie - Steve Winwood
10 08 We'll Be Together - Sting


December 19, 1992

01 01 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (4th of 14 weeks at #1)
02 02 If I Ever Fall In Love - Shai
03 03 Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
04 04 In The Still Of The Nite - Boyz II Men
05 06 I'd Die Without You - P.M. Dawn
06 05 How Do You Talk To An Angel - The Heights
07 07 Rhythm Is a Dancer - Snap!
08 08 Good Enough - Bobby Brown
09 09 Real Love - Mary J. Blige
10 10 What About Your Friends - TLC


December 13, 1997

01 01 Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John (10th of 14 weeks at #1)
02 03 How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
03 02 You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
04 04 My Body - LSG
05 08 Feel So Good - Mase
06 05 My Love Is The Shhh! - Somethin' For The People feat. Trina & Tamara
07 07 Show Me Love - Robyn
08 06 Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
09 10 I Will Come To You - Hanson
10 25 Been Around The World - Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

December 14, 2002

01 01 Lose Yourself - Eminem (6th of 12 weeks at #1)
02 02 Work It - Missy Elliott
03 03 Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez feat. Jadakiss & Styles
04 04 Underneath It All - No Doubt feat. Lady Saw
05 05 The Game Of Love - Santana feat. Michelle Branch
06 08 '03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay-Z feat. Beyonce
07 10 Air Force Ones - Nelly feat. Kyjuan, Ali & Murphy Lee
08 07 Gimme The Light - Sean Paul
09 12 Don't Mess With My Man - Nivea feat. Brian & Brandon Casey
10 06 Luv U Better - LL Cool J


December 15, 2007

01 01 No One - Alicia Keys (3rd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 03 Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown feat. T-Pain
03 02 Apologize - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
04 04 Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
05 06 Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
06 07 Clumsy - Fergie
07 08 Good Life - Kanye West feat. T-Pain
08 05 Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy
09 09 Hate That I Love You - Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
10 11 Paralyzer - Finger Eleven


December 15, 2012

01 01 Diamonds - Rihanna (3rd and final week at #1)
02 04 Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
03 02 Die Young - Ke$ha
04 03 One More Night - Maroon 5
05 07 Ho Hey - The Lumineers
06 06 Some Nights - fun.
07 08 Home - Phillip Phillips
08 09 I Cry - Flo Rida
09 10 Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo
10 05 Gangnam Style - PSY

11 21 Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj
12 NE Scream & Shout - will.i.am feat. Britney Spears


December 17, 2016

01 01 Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane (4th of 7 weeks at #1)
02 03 Starboy - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
03 02 Closer - The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
04 06 Side To Side - Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj
05 04 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
06 05 Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) - Zay Hilfigerrr & Zaylon McCall
07 08 Let Me Love You - DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber
08 10 Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 feat. Kendrick Lamar
09 07 Heathens - Twenty One Pilots
10 09 Broccoli - D.R.A.M. feat. Lil' Yachty

16 39 Party Monster - The Weeknd
23 RE All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

[rfucom]

close fight next week between rockstar and perfect

[TakeMe]

Dec 3, 2017 21:22:35 GMT -5 rfucom said:

close fight next week between rockstar and perfect

Perfect Duet?

[rfucom]

Dec 3, 2017 22:02:55 GMT -5 TakeMe said:

Dec 3, 2017 21:22:35 GMT -5 rfucom said:

close fight next week between rockstar and perfect

Perfect Duet?

I think the original and the duet for perfect will be count as one both sales and airplay but i'am not sure for streaming. Anyone can clarify this?

[Au$tin]

Dec 3, 2017 23:09:05 GMT -5 rfucom said:

Dec 3, 2017 22:02:55 GMT -5 TakeMe said:

Perfect Duet?

I think the original and the duet for perfect will be count as one both sales and airplay but i'am not sure for streaming. Anyone can clarify this?

Yes, they will. It wouldn't make sense for Billboard to split them up for two components and not the third.

[jayhawk1117]

Dec 3, 2017 23:09:05 GMT -5 rfucom said:

Dec 3, 2017 22:02:55 GMT -5 TakeMe said:

Perfect Duet?

I think the original and the duet for perfect will be count as one both sales and airplay but i'am not sure for streaming. Anyone can clarify this?

everything perfect duet does is counted towards Perfect overall. So far the sales puts it at least 4x the highest selling song of the week. Spotify has it equal to Rockstar but decreasing as the days go by. So at worst Perfect makes top 2.

[House Lannister]

I presume the Total Eclipse of the Heart listed around 75 or so is a cover of the Bonnie Tyler song?

[rfucom]

Dec 4, 2017 0:48:46 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

Dec 3, 2017 23:09:05 GMT -5 rfucom said:

I think the original and the duet for perfect will be count as one both sales and airplay but i'am not sure for streaming. Anyone can clarify this?

everything perfect duet does is counted towards Perfect overall. So far the sales puts it at least 4x the highest selling song of the week. Spotify has it equal to Rockstar but decreasing as the days go by. So at worst Perfect makes top 2.

I hope rockstar will still be no.1 until it will be replace by Camilla's OMG, that will be perfect.

[imbondz]

Dec 4, 2017 1:23:31 GMT -5 House Lannister said:

I presume the Total Eclipse of the Heart listed around 75 or so is a cover of the Bonnie Tyler song?

The Voice contestant, hoping the one that wins.

[mako]

Dec 3, 2017 17:58:10 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

09 07 Heathens - Twenty One Pilots

What a remarkable year.

[Golden Bluebird]

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Overall AI (Top 20) - 12/04/2017
1. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (159.927) (-0.001)
2. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (158.276) (+1.104)
3. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (132.121) (-1.731)
4. (+2) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (128.040) (+4.973) ***
5. (-1) MAROON 5 - What Lovers Do f/SZA (125.573) (+1.484)
6. (-1) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (124.532) (+0.627)
7. (=) SAM SMITH - Too Good At Goodbyes (109.459) (+0.832)
8. (=) DEMI LOVATO - Sorry Not Sorry (98.834) (-0.690)
9. (=) HALSEY - Bad At Love (97.270) (+1.516)
10. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - Attention (79.700) (-0.599)
11. (=) J BALVIN - Mi Gente f/Willy William (78.349) (-1.088)
12. (+1) LOGIC - 1-800-273-8255 f/A.Cara/Khalid (74.161) (-1.393)
13. (+1) G-EAZY - No Limit f/A$AP Rocky, Cardi B (74.154) (+0.242)
14. (-2) P!NK - What About Us (73.633) (-2.397)
15. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (73.541) (+1.460)
16. (+1) TAYLOR SWIFT - Ready For It (71.268) (-0.151)
17. (-1) LIAM PAYNE - Strip That Down f/Quavo (71.048) (-0.386)
18. (=) SHAWN MENDES - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (69.679) (-0.172)
19. (=) GARTH BROOKS - Ask Me How I Know (67.412) (-0.346)
20. (+2) FRENCH MONTANA - Unforgettable f/Swae Lee (63.938) (-1.164)

Others:
22. (+1) LUKE BRYAN - Light It Up (63.274) (+1.053)
29. (+2) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (55.921) (+1.855) ***
45. (+3) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (41.458) (+1.235)
53. (+3) TAYLOR SWIFT - End Game f/Ed Sheeran/Future (35.541) (+2.048)
55. (=) NF - Let You Down (34.900) (+1.365)
58. (+2) MACKLEMORE - Good Old Days f/Kesha (32.445) (+1.427)

[Leo ✔]

I'm wondering if Sofi Tukker's Best Friend will finally debut.

[tiduraes]

chart data @chartdata on twitter

10. Feel It Still (-2)
9. What Lovers Do (+1)
8. No Limit (+3)
7. Bodak Yellow (-1)
6. Too Good At Goodbyes (+1)
5. Thunder (-1)
4. Gucci Gang (-1)
3. Perfect (+2)
2. Havana (=)
1. Rockstar (=)

[C.Ro]

Cardi with two songs in the top 10! I'm living!!!!!

[Golden Bluebird]

Songs outside the Top 10:

11. Halsey – "Bad at Love" (14-11)
15. Dua Lipa – "New Rules" (18-15)
19. Post Malone – "I Fall Apart" (21-19)
21. Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (RE)
28. BTS feat. Desiigner and Steve Aoki – "MIC Drop" (NEW)
40. Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line - "Meant to Be" (42-40)

Source: Facebook livestream, Billboard Top 10 article, Billboard article on BTS, and Billboard article on "Meant to Be"

[MilesW1998]

Dec 4, 2017 14:23:37 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

21. Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (RE)

Source: Facebook livestream

*insert random Mariah Carey stan comment here*

*insert Mariah Carey Christmas gif here* 

[jayhawk1117]

So what this means Halsey is finally getting her long overdue solo top ten, Dua is coming for that top spot and Mariah may FINALLY crack the top so with AIWFC

[Deleted]

So New Rules could end up making 2018 Year End List after all...

[Gary]

Post Malone's 'Rockstar' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Eighth Week, G-Eazy's 'No Limit' Lifts to Top 10

By Gary Trust | December 04, 2017 12:33 PM EST
Post Malone

Plus, Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" rises to No. 3 and is the week's top seller, sparked by early sales of its new Beyonce duet version.

Post Malone's "Rockstar," featuring 21 Savage, dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Dec. 16) for an eighth week.

Plus, Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," up 5-3 on the Hot 100, is the week's top seller, aided by early sales of its new Beyonce duet version released just before the end of the sales tracking week (ending Nov. 30), while G-Eazy earns his second Hot 100 top 10 as "No Limit," featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B, bumps 11-8.

As we do every Monday, let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 5).

"Rockstar," released on Republic Records, tallies a 10th (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 50.5 million U.S. streams (down 9 percent), in the week ending Nov. 30, according to Nielsen Music. The song is the 11th to tally double-digit weeks at No. 1, dating to the list's January 2013 launch; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, spent a record 16 weeks atop Streaming Songs beginning May 27.

"Rockstar" rises 4-3 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, although down 18 percent to with 47,000 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 30. On Radio Songs, the song dips 4-5 but with a 5 percent gain to 91 million in all-format audience in the week ending Dec. 3.

"Rockstar" concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an eighth week each.

Camila Cabello's "Havana," featuring Young Thug, spends a fifth week at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100. It rises 3-2 on Radio Songs (115 million, up 9 percent); retreats to No. 2 after two weeks atop Digital Song Sales (54,000, down 36 percent); and holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (34.4 million, down 14 percent).

"Rockstar" and "Havana" have now ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the Hot 100 for five weeks running, the longest combination since "Despacito" spent the last seven of its record-tying 16 weeks at No. 1 and DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts," featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, peaked at No. 2 for seven consecutive weeks on charts dated July 29 through Sept. 9. On the new Dec. 16-dated Hot 100, "Rockstar" decreases by 8 percent in overall activity and "Havana" declines by 14 percent.

Meanwhile, Post Malone is now "rock" solid with sole possession of a new record: With its eighth week atop the Hot 100, "Rockstar" passes Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock & Roll" (seven weeks, 1982) for the most time on top among No. 1s with "rock" in their titles.

Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" pushes to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 5, and becomes his third No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (69,000, down 1 percent). He previously led for a week in 2015 with "Thinking Out Loud" and for 10 weeks earlier this year with "Shape of You."

"Perfect" hits No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with an assist from the first few hours of tracking for its new duet version with Beyonce, released before the end of the sales (and streaming) tracking week at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 30. For the full week, the Beyonce version accounts for 18 percent of the song's sales; the duet should likely account for a greatly higher percentage of the song's total weekly sales following its first full frame of tracking (ending Dec. 7) and gain on next week's charts (dated Dec. 23), when Beyonce will be added as a credited artist on it.

"Perfect" pushes 6-4 on Radio Songs (91 million, up 14 percent, good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award), where it becomes Sheeran's fifth top five hit, and 15-11 on Streaming Songs (18.6 million, down 1 percent).

Lil Pump's "Gucci Gang" dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, again driven most heavily by its No. 2 rank on Streaming Songs (39.6 million, down 20 percent). It descends 19-22 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, down 26 percent) and nears Radio Songs (18 million, up 17 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Imagine Dragons' "Thunder" backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak and crowns Radio Songs for a third week (117 million, down 3 percent). On Hot Rock Songs, "Thunder" reigns for a fifth week.

Sam Smith's "Too Good at Goodbyes" rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, swapping spots with Cardi B's former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" (6-7). Speaking of Cardi B …

G-Eazy earns his second Hot 100 top 10 as "No Limit," featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B, jumps 11-8. G-Eazy previously hit No. 7 with "Me, Myself & I," with Bebe Rexha," in March 2016. A$AP Rocky notches his third top 10, following "F**kin Problems," featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar (No. 8, 2013), and Selena Gomez's "Good for You," on which he's featured (No. 5, 2015). Cardi B notches her second top 10, following "Bodak Yellow."

"No Limit" holds at its No. 6 high on Streaming Songs (22 million, down 11 percent) and hikes 21-13 on Radio Songs (54 million, up 9 percent) and 23-18 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, down 23 percent).

Closing out the Hot 100's top 10, Maroon 5's "What Lovers Do," featuring SZA, returns to its peak (10-9) and Portugal. The Man's "Feel It Still" dips 8-10, after hitting No. 4.

Just outside the Hot 100's top 10, Halsey ascends 14-11 with "Bad at Love," her highest-charting entry as a lead artist; she spent 12 weeks at No. 1 as featured on The Chainsmokers' "Closer" beginning in September 2016. "Bad" becomes her third top 10 on Radio Songs, rising 12-9 (71 million, up 11 percent), after "Closer" (11 weeks at No. 1) and her own "Now or Never" (No. 10 in July; it reached No. 17 on the Hot 100).

Also in the Hot 100's top 20, Dua Lipa's "New Rules" hits a new high (18-15) and Post Malone's "I Fall Apart" enters the region (21-19). Plus, at No. 21, Mariah Carey makes her annual return with her 1994 classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which hit a No. 11 peak two holiday seasons ago. (Older songs are eligible to return to the Hot 100 if ranking in the top 50 and are gaining in multiple metrics with a significant reason for their resurgences; a few holiday chestnuts re-enter each year.)

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. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 5), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Dec. 8).

[Gary]

I have not seen the "significant reason" part of the re-entry rule before

As published today:

(Older songs are eligible to return to the Hot 100 if ranking in the top 50 and are gaining in multiple metrics with a significant reason for their resurgences; a few holiday chestnuts re-enter each year.)

[rimetm]

I think it's to prevent your average recurrent songs from just coming back in the 50-41 zone afterwards. Look at the exceptions this past year:

-The Fighter got a sales boost from some award show and was peaking on radio.
-LOVE. was rapidly surging on radio to the top 30, a metric it hadn't really touched before.

Neither were close to their peaks (39 vs 47 and 18 vs 41), but unique circumstances granted them re-entry.