Billboard Hot 100: 3/3/2018

[annoymous1]

No Number 1 for Bruno 😭 Looks like this will be Bruno's First Time Peaking at number 2 (if he even gets to number 2 ) . I Hope Psycho can take down God's Plan... Although God's Plan had a Good Video.

[rainie]

Oh my god I hope Booty charts, just for novelty sake and how much Spectrum Pulse will rip it apart. What a hilariously dumb song.

Also YES at AOTS jumping! I didn't expect it to gain that much off the video drop, and I certainly didn't expect it to stick around in the top 10, let alone gain! Get those dual kits Kendrick!

[boysilver400]

Feb 24, 2018 19:09:15 GMT -5 renaboss said:

Let's see if Meghan still has some pull.

Can we leave her in 2016?

[Gary]

So the Harlem shake record could fall?

[mako]

IGTB and Codeine Dreaming charted last week? Well, better fix the year-end prediction

[Soulsista]

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

March 2, 1963

01 03 Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ruby Baby - Dion
03 01 Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
04 05 Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades
05 04 Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
06 07 You're The Reason I'm Living - Bobby Darin
07 08 Blame It On The Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme
08 06 From a Jack To a King - Ned Miller
09 10 Wild Weekend - The Rebels
10 17 What Will Mary Say - Johnny Mathis

11 27 Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics


March 2, 1968

01 01 Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra (4th of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick
03 05 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
04 04 I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
05 06 Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
06 03 Spooky - The Classics IV
07 21 Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition
08 08 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
09 12 Bottle Of Wine - The Fireballs
10 15 Everything That Touches You - The Association


March 3, 1973

01 01 Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (2nd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 Dueling Banjos - Deliverance
03 07 Last Song - Edward Bear
04 05 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners
05 03 Crocodile Rock - Elton John
06 04 You're So Vain - Carly Simon
07 09 Love Train - The O'Jays
08 18 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
09 10 Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
10 08 Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo


March 4, 1978

01 02 (Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees
03 04 Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
04 05 Emotion - Samantha Sang
05 08 Night Fever - The Bee Gees
06 06 Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
07 09 Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
08 03 Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
09 11 I Go Crazy - Paul Davis
10 10 How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees

[Soulsista]

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

March 5, 1983

01 04 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (1st of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
03 03 Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats
04 05 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
05 06 Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
06 01 Baby, Come To Me - Patti Austin & James Ingram
07 07 You And I - Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
08 09 We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
09 11 Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
10 10 Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth


March 5, 1988

01 01 Father Figure - George Michael (2nd and final week at #1)
02 04 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
03 03 She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze feat. Wendy Frazer
04 08 I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
05 02 What Have I Done To Deserve This? - The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
06 10 Can't Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
07 12 Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
08 15 Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
09 17 Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
10 14 I Found Someone - Cher


March 6, 1993

01 02 A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
03 03 Ordinary World - Duran Duran
04 10 Informer - Snow
05 05 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
06 04 I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston
07 06 Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development
08 09 Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature
09 13 Don't Walk Away - Jade
10 14 Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi


February 28, 1998

01 NE My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Nice & Slow - Usher
03 NE Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
04 02 Together Again - Janet Jackson
05 03 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
06 04 How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
07 06 I Don't Ever Want To See You Again - Uncle Sam
08 07 A Song For Mama - Boyz II Men
09 08 No, No, No - Destiny's Child
10 05 Been Around The World - Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Seeing Whatever It Takes projected to end up at #56 and potentially getting to the Top 50 by the next chart week makes me soooo excited 

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

March 1, 2003

01 01 All I Have - Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J (4th and final week at #1)
02 02 In Da Club - 50 Cent
03 03 Mesmerize - Ja Rule feat. Ashanti
04 04 Bump, Bump, Bump - B2K feat. P. Diddy
05 08 Miss You - Aaliyah
06 05 Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
07 06 I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
08 07 Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
09 09 Gossip Folks - Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris
10 10 '03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay-Z feat. Beyonce


March 1, 2008

01 01 Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain (9th of 10 weeks at #1)
02 02 With You - Chris Brown
03 03 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
04 04 No One - Alicia Keys
05 06 Love Song - Sara Bareilles
06 05 Apologize - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
07 08 Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg
08 09 Take You There - Sean Kingston
09 10 Sorry - Buckcherry
10 13 Independent - Webbie, Lil Phat & Lil Boosie


March 2, 2013

01 NE Harlem Shake - Baauer (1st of 5 weeks at #1)
02 01 Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
03 57 Stay - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
04 03 Scream & Shout - will.i.am feat. Britney Spears
05 05 I Knew You Were Trouble. - Taylor Swift
06 04 Ho Hey - The Lumineers
07 02 Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
08 09 When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
09 08 Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z
10 63 Started From The Bottom - Drake

24 NE Mirrors - Justin Timberlake


March 4, 2017

01 01 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran (4th of 12 weeks at #1)
02 03 I Don't Wanna Live Forever - Zayn & Taylor Swift
03 02 Bad And Boujee - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
04 NE Chained To The Rhythm - Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley
05 07 Closer - The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
06 05 Bad Things - Machine Gun Kelly & Camilla Cabello
07 37 That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
08 13 Love On The Brain - Rihanna
09 16 I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
10 06 Bounce Back - Big Sean

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

^ Wow, I can't believe that last year was the chart week that Katy, Rihanna, Bruno, and The Weeknd all entered Top 10 at the same time.

[bat1990]

Feb 24, 2018 16:01:07 GMT -5 kat said:

Feb 24, 2018 15:42:18 GMT -5 Gary said:

The 52/25 recurrent rule took care of that

52/25 kicks songs off the chart but it doesn’t misrepresent their position. The UK chart is no longer a real popularity chart.

What has or has not changed about the UK chart?

[fhas]

Feb 25, 2018 19:32:23 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

^ Wow, I can't believe that last year was the chart week that Katy, Rihanna, Bruno, and The Weeknd all entered Top 10 at the same time.

That same week Closer broke the record for weeks in the top five (26) and IDWLF reached its peak of #2.

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Feb 25, 2018 20:21:50 GMT -5 fhas said:

Feb 25, 2018 19:32:23 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

^ Wow, I can't believe that last year was the chart week that Katy, Rihanna, Bruno, and The Weeknd all entered Top 10 at the same time.

That same week Closer broke the record for weeks in the top five (26) and IDWLF reached its peak of #2.

So it's like too many things happened within that week then.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I just checked and noticed Psycho was within just over 200k streams of God's Plan yesterday at Spotify. That's the closest any song has been since the latter's release.

[renaboss]

Feb 25, 2018 19:32:23 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

^ Wow, I can't believe that last year was the chart week that Katy, Rihanna, Bruno, and The Weeknd all entered Top 10 at the same time.

I remember that week so well, it was very exciting. :3

[85la]

Feb 25, 2018 18:34:26 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

March 5, 1983

01 04 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (1st of 7 weeks at #1)


February 28, 1998

01 NE My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (1st of 2 weeks at #1)

Feb 25, 2018 19:01:05 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

March 2, 2013

01 NE Harlem Shake - Baauer (1st of 5 weeks at #1)

Wow, 3 of the most interesting #1's in history first hitting the top those weeks, BJ and MHWGO arguably two of the most iconic pop songs of all time, and Harlem Shake having the largest streaming week ever (likely to be broken this week) due to an explosively popular but short-lived 30 second dance meme, and that was also the first week YouTube started to count. I remember it being so controversial when it hit #1, the Hot 100 thread for that week blew up for like 20 pages.

[iHype.]

In hindsight, the YouTube inclusion was obviously a good-choice in measuring popularity but choosing for the inclusion week to be during such a rare week was terrible.

You had people thinking Harlem Shake's week would be the new norm. A song every other week would just debut at #1 from YouTube clips, and have an insane lead.

Someone mentioned that its weird nothing has happened like that since, and I have to agree. 5 years later and no other song has reached #1 purely from the strength of user-generated YouTube clips. You had Wrecking Ball return to #1 from a viral clip (and I think that might've also been the case behind Shake It Off returning #1), but nothing where a song blasts to #1 after having 90% of its points come from user-generated videos.

[korbel16]

If YouTube was counted before 2013 do y’all think Gangnam style would have been number one and Friday by Rebecca Black lol

[Deleted]

Feb 26, 2018 5:48:52 GMT -5 korbel16 said:

If YouTube was counted before 2013 do y’all think Gangnam style would have been number one and Friday by Rebecca Black lol

Gangnam Style most likely would've been #1, it got views at what was literal godspeed at the time. It was the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views and I still remember people going apeshit about it (how quickly it got it, the fact that it coincided with the 12/21/2012 incident) like it was yesterday.

Friday would've been a funny situation but I doubt it.

[renaboss]

I will say this for "Harlem Shake", it's interesting how an instrumental (mostly) made it to #1 in this decade; it hadn't happened since 1985. Not that I care about instrumentals, but still pretty fascinating.

You know what else hasn't been #1 in a long while? A cover. Have we had a cover at #1 since "Lady Marmalade"? I don't mean a cover of another #1 song, I mean any cover.

I also like how soundtrack songs have been making a comeback since 2015.

[CF15]

I haven't commented on these in a while, it seems, so let me run down what I'm fascinated in.
I am pleasantly surprised to see that "All the Stars" is actually predicted to go up to yet a new peak this coming week. I expected it to drop after the effect of the movie wore off. I hope it can still reach the top 5...or maybe even shock us all and become a surprise #1?
Also, wow at "rockstar" still being in the top five. :O I never expected it to do this well even five months after debuting. I am very happy to see it having such longevity on the charts! Maybe it can still challenge the record for the most weeks in the top ten? I love both "Shape of You" and "rockstar" so I'm fine either way, whether it does break the record or not.
"God's Plan" is already in the top ten on airplay? Whoa, that was unexpectedly quick! Then again, I wouldn't have expected it to be a number-one hit, either, and yet here we are, lol.
It's crazy how "Meant To Be" will probably be Bebe Rexha's single highest-peaking song. That's another very unexpected hit, IMO, especially given the lack of success of country-pop hits this decade (I believe "Need You Now", "Dirt Road Anthem", "Cruise (Remix)", and "Body Like A Back Road" were the only other country-pop songs to hit the top ten since the beginning of 2010? Correct me if I am mistaken). I guess it is debatable whether or not "Meant To Be" classifies as pure pop, but I see it as a country-pop crossover. Plus, it is doing well on the country airplay charts, too.
I'm sad to see "New Rules" miss the top five. Yes, I do love the song now. I got infected by the "New Rules" bug, too.

[jebsib]

Re: Streaming. This week's Streaming chart is almost 80% Hip=Hop edged, and that is not including songs like Finesse. So it is overwhelmingly Urban and as we have seen of late, it is the clear indicator / guiding force of the Hot 100.

What I found intriguing is that looking back 4 or 5 years ago at the Year Ends, Hip-Hop only accounted for about 15% of the Streaming chart. I suppose this dispels a bit of the argument that "Hip-Hop has always been as popular as today, it just wasn't able to be measured". It seems that, as I have long suspected, there was a nadir for a few years in the early 2010s. The question I have - after the explosion in the mid to late 90s and straight through the 2000s - is why did Hip-Hop dip so dramatically as s cultural force in the early 2010s? We had Drake - we had Nicki - Was it just a sort of fatigue with the Cash Money sound? And what specifically brought it back if kids were not streaming it in such numbers just three years ago?

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 02/26/2018
1. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (181.628) (-1.040)
2. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (171.502) (+1.400)
3. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (151.376) (-1.042)
4. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (140.908) (-1.354)
5. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (119.160) (+0.184)
6. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (111.906) (+1.411)
7. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (106.382) (+0.732)
8. (=) HALSEY - Bad At Love (103.732) (-1.207)
9. (+1) DRAKE - God's Plan (103.633) (+3.186)
10. (-1) NF - Let You Down (103.118) (+1.116)
11. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (97.594) (+3.159) ***
12. (=) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (90.084) (+0.149)
13. (=) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (87.851) (-1.788)
14. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR - LOVE. (87.796) (+0.347)
15. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (84.955) (-0.222)
16. (+1) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (72.564) (+1.257)
17. (-1) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (71.403) (+0.022)
18. (=) SHAWN MENDES - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (70.946) (-0.050)
19. (=) SCOTTY MCCREERY - Five More Minutes (69.091) (-0.583)
20. (+1) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (66.333) (+2.617) ***

Outside the Top 20:
21. (-1) THOMAS RHETT - Marry Me (65.493) (+1.249)
29. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (54.218) (+1.111)
49. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (42.069) (+1.462)
57. (+5) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (35.713) (+2.358)
64. (+2) JASON ALDEAN - You Make It Easy (33.219) (+1.406)

[Gary]

Feb 26, 2018 7:28:48 GMT -5 renaboss said:

I will say this for "Harlem Shake", it's interesting how an instrumental (mostly) made it to #1 in this decade; it hadn't happened since 1985. Not that I care about instrumentals, but still pretty fascinating.

You know what else hasn't been #1 in a long while? A cover. Have we had a cover at #1 since "Lady Marmalade"? I don't mean a cover of another #1 song, I mean any cover.

I also like how soundtrack songs have been making a comeback since 2015.

A pure "cover" perhaps

However,

Parts of Blurred Lines and Uptown Funk were taken from prior hits

[Leo ✔]

CF15 you are missing "Body Like A Back Road"

[annoymous1]

Looks like Finesse will either hit number 1 this week or next week and wow God's Plan is slowly getting traction on radio and looks like it'll be in the top 5 soon . Hopefully All the Stars keeps gaining on radio it's seriously a good song and maybe shake up the top 5 this week or next week I'm tired of Perfect , Havana , And Rockstar and basically the rest of 2017s songs still in the top 10 .

[renaboss]

Feb 26, 2018 9:14:44 GMT -5 Gary said:

Feb 26, 2018 7:28:48 GMT -5 renaboss said:

I will say this for "Harlem Shake", it's interesting how an instrumental (mostly) made it to #1 in this decade; it hadn't happened since 1985. Not that I care about instrumentals, but still pretty fascinating.

You know what else hasn't been #1 in a long while? A cover. Have we had a cover at #1 since "Lady Marmalade"? I don't mean a cover of another #1 song, I mean any cover.

I also like how soundtrack songs have been making a comeback since 2015.

A pure "cover" perhaps

However,

Parts of Blurred Lines and Uptown Funk were taken from prior hits

Hehe that's right. As I wrote that, I almost said "Right Round" doesn't count, lol - it's the one I remembered the most, totally forgot about "Blurred Lines". Side note, I love "Blurred Lines", and hate "Got to Give It Up", I just don't get what that song was trying to be. I didn't know about "Uptown Funk" sampling stuff.

Also, lol at "Shape of You" apparently sampling "No Scrubs". Must take a good ear to pick up on that, never in a million years would I have drawn a connection between those two.

[renaboss]

Feb 26, 2018 9:47:07 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Looks like Finesse will either hit number 1 this week or next week and wow God's Plan is slowly getting traction on radio and looks like it'll be in the top 5 soon . Hopefully All the Stars keeps gaining on radio it's seriously a good song and maybe shake up the top 5 this week or next week I'm tired of Perfect , Havana , And Rockstar and basically the rest of 2017s songs still in the top 10 .

"All the Stars" is my favorite song right now. Don't think I've enjoyed a rap/sung collaboration this much since "Love the Way You Lie". ("The Monster" was a letdown, though it grew on me) I would be more than happy with "All the Stars" eventually becoming a #1 hit. 

That being said, what the hell does SZA sing about? xD Very weird when in a given song it's easier to understand what the rapper says than it is to make out what the singer says. I knew mumble rapping was a thing, I guess mumble singing is the next big fad.

[Golden Bluebird]

Feb 26, 2018 10:06:13 GMT -5 renaboss said:

Feb 26, 2018 9:47:07 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Looks like Finesse will either hit number 1 this week or next week and wow God's Plan is slowly getting traction on radio and looks like it'll be in the top 5 soon . Hopefully All the Stars keeps gaining on radio it's seriously a good song and maybe shake up the top 5 this week or next week I'm tired of Perfect , Havana , And Rockstar and basically the rest of 2017s songs still in the top 10 .

"All the Stars" is my favorite song right now. Don't think I've enjoyed a rap/sung collaboration this much since "Love the Way You Lie". ("The Monster" was a letdown, though it grew on me) I would be more than happy with "All the Stars" eventually becoming a #1 hit. 

That being said, what the hell does SZA sing about? xD Very weird when in a given song it's easier to understand what the rapper says than it is to make out what the singer says. I knew mumble rapping was a thing, I guess mumble singing is the next big fad.

"Mumble singing" is already kind of a thing. Look at Sia and Ariana Grande.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 25, 2018 18:34:26 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

March 5, 1988

01 01 Father Figure - George Michael (2nd and final week at #1)
02 04 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
03 03 She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze feat. Wendy Frazer
04 08 I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
05 02 What Have I Done To Deserve This? - The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
06 10 Can't Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
07 12 Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
08 15 Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
09 17 Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
10 14 I Found Someone - Cher

Perfection.