Billboard Hot 100: 3/24/2018

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I love the 2008 top 10. To me, it still feels like yesterday that those were hits

[Golden Bluebird]

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Overall AI (Top 20) - 03/19/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (194.192) (+0.768)
2. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (164.792) (-0.688)
3. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (145.437) (+1.857)
4. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (142.722) (+3.075) ***
5. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (119.849) (+1.012)
6. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (117.969) (-0.282)
7. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (117.350) (-0.549)
8. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (112.947) (-0.878)
9. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (110.817) (+3.109)
10. (=) NF - Let You Down (107.537) (-0.002)
11. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (104.613) (+1.563)
12. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (80.689) (-1.049)
13. (=) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (79.771) (-1.560)
14. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (75.266) (+1.113)
15. (+2) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (72.301) (+2.014)
16. (-1) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (71.937) (-0.253)
17. (-1) HALSEY - Bad At Love (70.446) (-0.104)
18. (=) CHRIS STAPLETON - Broken Halos (69.354) (-0.078)
19. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (68.636) (+0.017)
20. (+1) POST MALONE - Rockstar f/21 Savage (66.480) (+0.182)

Outside the Top 20:
22. (=) LUKE BRYAN - Most People Are Good (65.841) (+1.035)
24. (+1) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (60.027) (+1.118)
49. (+3) BLOCBOY JB - Look Alive f/Drake (36.321) (+1.233)
56. (+3) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (34.002) (+1.082)
62. (+6) MEGHAN TRAINOR - No Excuses (30.775) (+1.565)
63. (+3) BAZZI - Mine (30.516) (+1.212)

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Mar 18, 2018 13:13:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Mar 18, 2018 11:17:47 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

March 26, 1988

01 04 Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 05 Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
03 01 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
04 07 Out Of The Blue - Debbie Gibson
05 10 Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
06 02 I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
07 09 I Want Her - Keith Sweat
08 03 Father Figure - George Michael
09 12 Rocket 2 U - The Jets
10 11 Hysteria - Def Leppard

I look for the 1988 top 10 every week as of late, and it gets better and better. I love The Jets! “Hysteria” is my favorite Def Leppard song. I love every song in that top 10.

March 27, 1993

01 01 Informer - Snow (3rd of 7 weeks at #1)
02 03 Freak Me - Silk
03 02 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
04 07 Don't Walk Away - Jade
05 06 Ordinary World - Duran Duran
06 09 I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
07 05 I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston
08 04 A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
09 08 Mr. Wendal - Arrested Development
10 10 Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi

Wow. Silk, Dre/Snoop, and Arrested Development in the same top 10! I love that Jade song. Nicely diverse top 10 in 1993.

The 1988 chart is right around when I got super geeked out on all this chart watching nonsense.

And Don't Walk Away by Jade came on random shuffle yesterday and I was thinking how it's never gotten old for me.  Total classic - it has a specific, dated sound to it that has never sounded dated, if that makes sense. Transcendent.  Do you hear it on the radio at all?  I haven't, but I don't listen to radio much anymore, and rarely ever to a more urban-leaning gold station.  I suspect it gets that kind of airplay.  At least i'd hope so!  Anyway, super memorable time for me right before high school graduation.

[jenglisbe]

Mar 19, 2018 9:24:37 GMT -5 @mello said:

And Don't Walk Away by Jade came on random shuffle yesterday and I was thinking how it's never gotten old for me.  Total classic - it has a specific, dated sound to it that has never sounded dated, if that makes sense. Transcendent.  Do you hear it on the radio at all?  I haven't, but I don't listen to radio much anymore, and rarely ever to a more urban-leaning gold station.  I suspect it gets that kind of airplay.  At least i'd hope so!  Anyway, super memorable time for me right before high school graduation.

I hear "Don't Walk Away" a lot on satellite radio between the 90s station and one of the R&B stations.

[Caviar]

"Don't Walk Away" is classic. I hear it all the time and it's on a lot of Spotify 90s playlists as well.

[Golden Bluebird]

[fhas]

This week is so boring that All The Stars returning to the top 10 (even though it's losing points) is a big deal...

[Golden Bluebird]

The Top 10:
1. Drake – "God's Plan" (1-1; 8th week at #1)
2. Ed Sheeran – "Perfect" (2-2)
3. Bruno Mars and Cardi B – "Finesse" (3-3)
4. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – "Meant to Be" (5-4)
5. Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign – "Psycho" (4-5)
6. Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey – "The Middle" (8-6)
7. Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – "Havana" (6-7)
8. The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar – "Pray for Me" (9-8)
9. BlocBoy JB featuring Drake – "Look Alive" (7-9)
10. Kendrick Lamar and SZA – "All the Stars" (11-10)

Outside the Top 10:
13. NF – "Let You Down" (13-13)
16. Camila Cabello – "Never Be the Same" (19-16)
18. G-Eazy and Halsey – "Him & I" (15-18)
24. Imagine Dragons – "Whatever It Takes" (34-24)
25. Rich the Kid – "Plug Walk" (48-25)
26. Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton – "Say Something" (32-26)
29. Logic and Marshmello – "Everyday" (43-29)
32. Maroon 5 – "Wait" (39-32)
41. Marshmello and Anne-Marie – "Friends" (52-41)
58. Khalid and Normani – "Love Lies" (66-58)
64. Dua Lipa – "IDGAF"
67. Meghan Trainor – "No Excuses" (46-67)
84. Taylor Swift – "Delicate" (NEW)

Source: Facebook livestream, Billboard Top 10 article, and Gary Trust's tweets

[jenglisbe]

Crazy that "Perfect" would be at 14 weeks at #1 without "God's Plan" and more so would have had a longer run there than "SOY."

[fhas]

WTF... Look Alive is down 25% in streams. This week's predictions are destroyed.

[jebsib]

Nah, you can never really tell if a song like Perfect would've been #1 all these weeks without GP.

[Gary]

yes, market mix, song availability, consumer behavior changes without Drake and other factors

That said, ANY song at #2 would have been #1 without the song the beat it

[jenglisbe]

Mar 19, 2018 13:39:18 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Nah, you can never really tell if a song like Perfect would've been #1 all these weeks without GP.

Sure. My general point was that I don't know if anyone really predicted "Perfect" to be hanging around so long. Even without "GP" people were predicting it to fall because of "Finesse" and other songs, yet here it is still at #2.

[lazer]

When will Perfect leave the #2 spot?

[fhas]

Mar 19, 2018 13:48:21 GMT -5 lazer said:

When will Perfect leave the #2 spot?

Next week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I, for one, don't mind if Look Alive continues dropping ... That said, the top 10 sorely needs new songs song. Havana is longest charting song by a female lead (21 thus far) in the top 10 since Shake It Off's 24 weeks.

[Harx]

The only thing I was looking forward to this week was Kings Dead going top 20, guess that didn't happen

[renfield75]

Mar 19, 2018 10:07:59 GMT -5 Caviar said:

"Don't Walk Away" is classic. I hear it all the time and it's on a lot of Spotify 90s playlists as well.

It has a very 90s production feel to it, but that kettle drum still THUMPS. I've never gotten tired of that song 25 years later.

[Leo ✔]

Boring week. At least Imagine Dragons will get another top 20 hit soon.

[jebsib]

Not necessarily Gary.
If God's Plan never existed, logic dictates that Perfect - at #2 - would be the #1 song.

But all those millions of people that are into GP would then be putting their money, streaming time and programming attention into something else… maybe Perfect, but maybe something else that just below Perfect, but close in points… which would throw that up the charts, possibly past Perfect to #1. All theory, but possible.

[Gary]

Mar 19, 2018 14:00:13 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Not necessarily Gary.
If God's Plan never existed, logic dictates that Perfect - at #2 - would be the #1 song.

But all those millions of people that are into GP would then be putting their money, streaming time and programming attention into something else… maybe Perfect, but maybe something else that just below Perfect, but close in points… which would throw that up the charts, possibly past Perfect to #1. All theory, but possible.

I think we agree but the words are getting crossed a bit.

In any given week, the #2 song is THE MOST POPULAR SONG in the country if you ignore the one above it. (Definition of being #2)

If the one above it never existed then economics and consumer behavior takes over.

[Dylan :)]

God's Plan is obviously huge but I haven't really heard about it anywhere.. Hotline Bling and One Dance were inescapable, the only time I have heard God's Plan is when I chose (forced myself) to listen to it

[Gary]

Look What You Made Me Do
Bodak Yellow
Rockstar
Havanna
Perfect


God's Plan could be the 6th


It has been a couple years since we had longer than a five song gap between 10 week+ number one hits

We are due.

[jayhawk1117]

With Perfect's 14 (I think) weeks in the top two, Ed is cementing himself as the second biggest male artist of the 2010s

[Choco]

Don't expect Ed's smash hits to continue after Perfect, at least for a while. His next and probably last single from this album is either "Happier" or "Galway Girl". The first one doesn't scream smash hit, and the second one was already a single everywhere else but the US so a lot of people already know it and are burned on it.

After that, he claims that his next album isn't going to be mainstream.

tldr; enjoy "Perfect" while it lasts.

[chartslovergermany]

Mar 19, 2018 14:48:55 GMT -5 Choco said:

Don't expect Ed's smash hits to continue after Perfect, at least for a while. His next and probably last single from this album is either "Happier" or "Galway Girl". The first one doesn't scream smash hit, and the second one was already a single everywhere else but the US so a lot of people already know it and are burned on it.

After that, he claims that his next album isn't going to be mainstream.

tldr; enjoy "Perfect" while it lasts.

i think his last single will be supermarket flowers,he performed it at the Brit Awards 2018

[Gary]

Whether it is this album or other projects, sounds like he will be around a while.

[Gary]

Drake's 'God's Plan' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Eighth Week


Plus, Florida Georgia Line matches its best career rank at No. 4.

Drake's "God's Plan" leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an eighth week, a run that encompasses the song's entire time on the survey, dating to its debut at No. 1.

Plus, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" rises 5-4 on the Hot 100, marking a new career-best rank for Rexha, while FGL matches its highest placement, first set by the duo's debut hit "Cruise" in 2013.

Let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 24), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 20).

Notably, "Plan," which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the sixth song in the chart's 59-year history to spend at least its first eight weeks on the list at No. 1. It's halfway to the record of 16 weeks at No. 1 from the start of a song's Hot 100 run:

16 weeks at No. 1 from its debut at No. 1, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
14 weeks, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
11 weeks, "I'll Be Missing You," Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112, June 14, 1997
10 weeks, "Hello," Adele, Nov. 14, 2015
8 weeks, "God's Plan," Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
8 weeks, "Fantasy," Mariah Carey, Sept. 30, 1995

As on the Hot 100, "Plan," released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 11 percent to 72.9 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music.

While the streaming sum is the lowest for "Plan" so far, the song, whose official video arrived Feb. 16, now boasts eight of the top 11 streaming weeks all-time. It reached a high of 101.7 million U.S. clicks on the chart dated March 3. Only Baauer's "Harlem Shake" has drawn more streams in a week: 103.1 million (March 2, 2013; driven by viral videos incorporating the song's official audio).


"Plan" leads the Digital Song Sales chart for a sixth week (49,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 15, down 15 percent). On the Radio Songs chart, "Plan" dips 3-4, but gains by 6 percent to 100 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 18.

"Plan" concurrently posts an eighth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran's former Hot 100 No. 1 "Perfect" holds at No. 2. It led the list for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

Bruno Mars and Cardi B's "Finesse" is steady at its No. 3 Hot 100 peak and crowns Radio Songs for a second week (136 million, up 2 percent). It leads Hot R&B Songs for a 10th week.

Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" advances 5-4 on the Hot 100. Rexha earns another new career-best rank, while FGL ties its top-charting hit. The twosome's debut smash "Cruise," featuring Nelly, reached No. 4 in July 2013.

"Meant" gains in all metrics, as it lifts 4-3 on Radio Songs (103 million, up 12 percent); keeps at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales (35,000, up 3 percent); and jumps 18-11 on Streaming Songs (22.8 million, up 3 percent). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 16th week. On Country Airplay, it rises 9-7 with Greatest Gainer honors for a second consecutive week (30 million, up 14 percent). The crossover hit concurrently elevates 8-5 on Adult Pop Songs and 9-6 on Pop Songs.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Post Malone's "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign, slips 4-5. It debuted at No. 2 on the March 10-dated chart. The collab holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (37.4 million, down 4 percent); rises 14-13 on Digital Song Sales (22,000, down 9 percent); and debuts on Radio Songs at No. 42 (23 million, up 42 percent).

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey's "The Middle" ascends 8-6 on the Hot 100 and enters the Radio Songs top 10 (11-9; 78 million, up 18 percent, good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award). Zedd scores his sixth Radio Songs top 10; Grey tallies its second, and second with Zedd: "Starving," by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd, reached the region in January 2017; and Morris collects her first. "The Middle" tops Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a seventh week.

Camila Cabello's "Havana," featuring Young Thug, slides 6-7 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar's "Pray for Me" climbs 9-8 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 7 peak.

BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive," featuring Drake, falls 7-9 after reaching No. 5.

And, capping the Hot 100's top 10, Lamar and SZA's "All the Stars" returns to the tier (11-10), after hitting a No. 7 high. "Pray," at No. 8, and "Stars" are both from the soundtrack to Black Panther, which this weekend became the first film since Avatar eight years ago to rank at No. 1 at the domestic box office for five consecutive weekends. It has also become only the seventh film ever to cross the $600 million mark in receipts in North America.

Beyond the Hot 100's top 10, songs making notable surges include Cabello's "Never Be the Same," which pushes 19-16 following the March 8 premiere of its proper video; Imagine Dragons' "Whatever It Takes" (34-24); Rich the Kid's "Plug Walk" (48-25, marking the rapper's first top 40 Hot 100 hit); and, Logic and Marshmello's "Everyday" (43-29), as parent album Bobby Tarantino II by Logic debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

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. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 20), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (March 23).

[Gary]

God's Plan is #1 on both Streaming and Digital Songs this week, at numbers that are lows for this song and in the case of Digital a low for any #1 period since 2005


72.9 million streaming
49,000 downloads

[renaboss]

Mar 19, 2018 14:48:55 GMT -5 Choco said:

Don't expect Ed's smash hits to continue after Perfect, at least for a while. His next and probably last single from this album is either "Happier" or "Galway Girl". The first one doesn't scream smash hit, and the second one was already a single everywhere else but the US so a lot of people already know it and are burned on it.

After that, he claims that his next album isn't going to be mainstream.

tldr; enjoy "Perfect" while it lasts.

How does an artist decide whether or not their album will be mainstream? Is it really up to them? He can decide to work with other genres that are customarily less radio-friendly but still put out a hit album simply because the fans are eagerly awaiting it, no? 

But maybe that does matter. Beyoncé has a huge following and impact still, but Lemonade, despite its success and reception, wasn't what you'd call mainstream. Its sole top 10 hit was a debut at #10. I guess the genre and the lack of promotion do matter, maybe that's what he means when he says the next one won't be "mainstream".