Billboard Hot 100: 3/31/2018

[rimetm]

Why are we talking a top 10 debut for Shawn when the song’s gonna debut on this week’s chart off the Thursday sales and weekend radio?

[Gary]

Because it is Shawn Mendes - LOL

ITunes sales doesn't carry the same impact it used to though

[85la]

The sole reason Shawn probably won't debut at #1, maybe not even the top 5, is because he released on a Thursday instead of a Friday. The iTunes ranking is indicative that it could have been possible, and I already caught it on the radio a couple times today. Don't know what streaming will be like though.

[renfield75]

Mar 21, 2018 19:34:58 GMT -5 Caviar said:

Mess it didn't peak higher. I still hear it on radio today. What blocked it?

It's entire 7 week stay at number three was blocked by only three songs: Janet's "That's The Way Love Goes" at number one and then Silk's former #1 "Freak Me" and SWV's future #1 "Weak" taking the runner-up spot. It was a highly competitive time!

[fhas]

Mar 22, 2018 17:49:44 GMT -5 Gary said:

Shawn Mendes is not the 70M streams type of artist. That is what the current #1 is getting.

#1 debut not likely

I'll be very surprised if this song reaches 30M streams.

[imbondz]

Can someone explain how and why rap took over Spotify? Makes no sense to me.

[annoymous1]

Post Malone finally has the video for Psycho .

[Sherane Lamar]

Lol. Wasn't Lin Manuel Miranda #1 on iTunes a day or two ago?

[renfield75]

Being number one on iTunes in 2018 is only slightly better than being number one on Singles Sales in 2003.

[mako]

Mar 22, 2018 23:40:39 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Post Malone finally has the video for Psycho .

Damn, Post really likes the desert lol

[willapted33]

Mar 22, 2018 21:11:32 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Can someone explain how and why rap took over Spotify? Makes no sense to me.

Because that's what the majority of people want to listen to these days. Don't know what concept here is difficult to comprehend.

[CF15]

The video for "Psycho" just dropped, apparently. Post Malone is coming for that second number-one. It won't be number-one this week, of course, but it may have a good shot at dethroning "God's Plan" the following week. Drake might not even get to ten weeks at #1, this time. As far as I'm concerned, that's fine by me. Even "One Dance" was a better song than "God's Plan", IMO, and I thought that one was somewhat weak. It's not a bad song, but it's had its time. I'm rooting for "Psycho"!
EDIT: I did not realize that someone had already beaten me to it. :(

[jebsib]

I'll be politer.
Hip-Hop seems to have taken over Spotify in 2015, while building in 2013 and 2014.

Why? I don't know. I don't know what is different between today's Hip-Hop scene and 5 years ago and why the current massive popularity did not manifest in the other metrics of the early 2010s. If Hip-Hop has been the monster of choice of everyone for 20 years (like some have contended), where were those sales or consumption figures in 2011 or 2013? We had Drake, Nicki, Lil Wayne… but there wasn't this overwhelming monopoly.

So to your greater point, what happened?

[fhas]

Mar 23, 2018 6:32:08 GMT -5 CF15 said:

The video for "Psycho" just dropped, apparently. Post Malone is coming for that second number-one. It won't be number-one this week, of course, but it may have a good shot at dethroning "God's Plan" the following week. Drake might not even get to ten weeks at #1, this time. As far as I'm concerned, that's fine by me. Even "One Dance" was a better song than "God's Plan", IMO, and I thought that one was somewhat weak. It's not a bad song, but it's had its time. I'm rooting for "Psycho"!
EDIT: I did not realize that someone had already beaten me to it.

There is a ~34k points difference between GP and Psycho and the latter is falling harder despite being only four weeks old. God's Plan's 10th week at #1 (tracking week started today) is almost locked, only an Adele surprise release would dethrone Drake this week.

And... I really hope Psycho reaches #1, but I don't see it happening before the album release.

[Leo ✔]

I wont mind to see Drake 20 weeks on top as long he Blocks trash Malone

[Gary]

Yes, Drake will be 10 weeks at #1

The first song to do so since Despacito

[renaboss]

Mar 23, 2018 7:22:06 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I wont mind to see Drake 20 weeks on top as long he Blocks trash Malone

The power of Christ compels that. 

[chartslovergermany]

Mar 23, 2018 7:22:06 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I wont mind to see Drake 20 weeks on top as long he Blocks trash Malone

same as long as it blockes perfect and psycho from #1 it would be great.
But the song is boring,but still better than perfect and psycho.

[Groovy]

Mar 23, 2018 6:32:08 GMT -5 CF15 said:

The video for "Psycho" just dropped, apparently. Post Malone is coming for that second number-one. It won't be number-one this week, of course, but it may have a good shot at dethroning "God's Plan" the following week. Drake might not even get to ten weeks at #1, this time. As far as I'm concerned, that's fine by me. Even "One Dance" was a better song than "God's Plan", IMO, and I thought that one was somewhat weak. It's not a bad song, but it's had its time. I'm rooting for "Psycho"!
EDIT: I did not realize that someone had already beaten me to it.

It's a shame that Candy Paint never got a music video or the same success as rockstar

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 03/23/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (197.732) (+1.292)
2. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (159.030) (-1.718)
3. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (152.981) (+2.148)
4. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (147.093) (+1.201) ***
5. (+2) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (120.667) (+2.933)
6. (-1) MAX - Lights Down Low (119.401) (+0.458) ***
7. (-1) DUA LIPA - New Rules (117.589) (-0.548)
8. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (112.002) (-1.332)
9. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (108.208) (-0.894) ***
10. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (106.863) (-1.383)
11. (=) NF - Let You Down (102.813) (-1.928)
12. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (79.350) (+0.437)
13. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (79.292) (+1.509)
14. (=) CHARLIE PUTH - How Long (75.369) (-1.683)
15. (+1) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (70.902) (-0.178)
16. (-1) SELENA GOMEZ X MARSHMELLO - Wolves (70.545) (-2.582)
17. (=) HALSEY - Bad At Love (69.504) (-0.036)
18. (=) LUKE BRYAN - Most People Are Good (68.781) (+0.714)
19. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (66.848) (-0.460)
20. (+3) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (63.326) (+0.686)

Outside the Top 20:
22. (+2) DEVIN DAWSON - All On Me (63.186) (+1.857)
34. (+2) JASON ALDEAN - You Make It Easy (48.351) (+1.022)
45. (=) BLOCBOY JB - Look Alive f/Drake (40.534) (+1.278)
46. (+2) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (40.129) (+1.434)
54. (+6) BAZZI - Mine (33.938) (+1.159)

Oh, and also, while I don't usually bring up songs outside the Top 75, I think this is worth bringing up.

126. (--) SHAWN MENDES - In My Blood (16.289)

[renaboss]

Am I the only one who'd rather have more #1 songs than the same old boring #1? I don't want or care about "Psycho" getting to #1, cos ugh, another bore, but "God's Plan" spending two weeks at #1 was two weeks more than it deserved, let alone twenty. At least let's keep our fingers crossed for renovation, soon.

[kanfad]

No one wants a song spending 10 weeks at no 1 unless its their fav

[renaboss]

Mar 23, 2018 10:37:02 GMT -5 kanfad said:

No one wants a song spending 10 weeks at no 1 unless its their fav

Even that... Heck, I rooted so hard for "Havana" to get #1, and the second it got there I was like ok thanks bye. I don't care much about the amount of weeks a song spends at #1, just that it got there. So when a song takes forever to get out of the summit, it's such a bore.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Mar 23, 2018 6:34:48 GMT -5 jebsib said:

I'll be politer.
Hip-Hop seems to taken over Spotify in 2015, while building in 2013 and 2014.

Why? I don't know. I don't know what is different between today's Hip-Hop scene and 5 years ago and why the current massive popularity did not manifest in the other metrics of the early 2010s. If Hip-Hop has been the monster of choice of everyone for 20 years (like some have contended), where were those sales or consumption figures in 2011 or 2013? W had Drake, Nicki, Lil Wayne… but there wasn't this overwhelming monopoly.

So to your greater point, what happened?

I'd add where are the album sales/radio play now? The pure sales have not happened - and CHR radio hasn't really responded to the streaming popularity of the genre - since we know radio always chases trends. Even if Pop ignored, you'd think Rhythmic/Urban formats would dominate radio ratings if the audience was seeking that genre. The dominance on one platform is pretty amazing - and if it weren't for Billboard's H100 ratio + album consumption inclusion, it would largely be ignored.

[atg]

Mar 23, 2018 10:37:02 GMT -5 kanfad said:

No one wants a song spending 10 weeks at no 1 unless its their fav

But even if it was their fav before they start calling the song overrated after it gets closer and closer to the record

[badrobot]

^Regarding hip-hop/rap streaming dominance, I doubt that it's the majority of people (although it may be the majority of teenagers), more likely is that it's by far the most intense crowd of listeners. Likely most of the hip-hop/rap listeners are streaming music for several hours a day, while the mythical "general public" streams music much less often. Which is why radio is probably not fully on board, because that has to play to a very broad audience. I think this always happens with whatever music is popular among younger people.

Also, as many people have pointed out, it's cyclical. In my chart-watching life (since the early/mid-90s), hip-hop has been the dominant genre more often than not on the charts (the biggest surprise to me was the late 00s/early 10s dominance of pop and EDM — that felt much more like an outlier than hip-hop does).

[Sherane Lamar]

OT:

Can somebody who is a staff member PM me if they see this? I have a question that is important to me, and I'm not sure how to get into contact with a random staff member.

[Sherane Lamar]

Mar 23, 2018 7:22:06 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I wont mind to see Drake 20 weeks on top as long he Blocks trash Malone

I got a question for you Leo. 

You been on here for a year or two it looks like. You've made 13,000 posts. 

Do you get a message in your mail that says "Warning Level Increased" every single time you make a post that calls an artist trash? Or says something vaguely negative about an artist? 

I think there's something wrong with their automatic mod system right now. I keep getting this "Warning Level Increased" message for making relatively mundane statements. And I can't imagine people getting these messages every time they say something negative about a random artist the way you just did now. 

I think I probably get the message automatically because multiple accounts are abusing the "report" button. But I don't really know. 

But I see posts like yours every day. I don't have to go out of my way to look for them. So it's hard for me to imagine that your 3 more "Trash Malone" posts away from being blocked, since you've been active for so long. 

[Au$tin]

Mar 23, 2018 1:29:40 GMT -5 willapted33 said:

Mar 22, 2018 21:11:32 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Can someone explain how and why rap took over Spotify? Makes no sense to me.

Because that's what the majority of people want to listen to these days. Don't know what concept here is difficult to comprehend.

Wait, hit the brakes here! You're on the right track, just wrong wording. "Majority" means over 50%, and I seriously doubt over 50% of people in the US purposely seek out rap/hip-hop music as their core music taste. Instead, what you mean is that rap/hip-hop is the genre with the highest amount of people seeking it out, which is probably true, given the numbers we have. There's just so many genres out there that I find it incredibly hard to believe any one of them has the majority of people as fans. It's just that everyone's music tastes are so dramatically different from each other than when trends begin to change, whichever genre has the most followers gets to be ruler of the industry for a bit.

So, generally, I agree with you even to the point where it's not a hard concept to grasp. (People just like what they like and right now more people like rap/hip-hop than any other genre. Next year it could be polka!) Just wanted to clarify the meaning of "majority" here and clean up the wording on the matter.

[jenglisbe]

I have no "receipts" to back me up, but in general it seems younger audiences like hip-hop music more than older audiences. Along with that, younger people traditionally embrace new technology such as streaming so hi-hop doing well in streaming makes sense to me.