Billboard Hot 100: 4/7/2018

[Gary]

Exactly - the points level is irrelevant beyond how far it is from #2

The next #1 is likely something not released yet or something just released that has not caught fire yet.

Not something that has been out for a while

[garrettlen]

Apr 1, 2018 10:30:45 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

April 6, 1968

01 01 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (4th and final week at #1)
02 07 Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
03 03 Valeri - The Monkees
04 06 La-La-Means I Love You - The Delfonics
05 05 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
06 15 Cry Like a Baby - The Box Tops
07 09 Lady Madonna - The Beatles
08 08 The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame
09 02 Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
10 23 Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

The week ending April 6, 1968 was "(Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay"s 4th and last week in the top spot.  On Thursday, April 4th, 1968, while in Memphis, Tennessee giving his support to a black sanitation worker's strike, Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded while standing on the second floor balcony of his motel room by a white man, James Earl Ray.

As riots broke out all over the country in the wake of this shocking and violent assassination, some of Otis Redding's words from the last song he ever recorded somehow seemed more poignant than ever, 'Looks like nothing's gonna change, everything still remains the same."

And so the struggle continues.

[fhas]

Apr 1, 2018 20:18:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Apr 1, 2018 18:02:44 GMT -5 fhas said:

I doubt that God's Plan will get close to 16 weeks. Despacito's 14th week at #1 was as strong as GP's 10th and even then it "only" got to 16. God's Plan has a big lead because Meant To Be is a pretty weak #2. For its 12th week (April 21) GP will be already below 50k points.

It’s also about whether there is something to overtake it, though. “Despacito” fell after week 16 because of a new lead single from Swift, not because it was decreasing and fell below other songs. What do you see passing “GP” before it hits 16 weeks?

If both songs continue to gain/lose points in the same rate of the past 2-3 weeks, Meant To Be will be #1 after GP's 14th week.

Despacito: even if LWYMMD didn't exist, Despacito probably would've got only one more week at #1.

[fhas]

Projection if God's Plan continues to lose 6.8% (% that I've in my predictions) per week and Meant To Be continues to gain 6.1%:

11th week: GP 52,500 vs. 35,500 MTB
12th week: GP 48,900 vs. 37,600 MTB
13th week: GP 45,600 vs. 39,900 MTB
14th week: GP 42,500 vs. 42,300 MTB
15th week: GP 39,600 vs. 44,900 MTB

I don't think MTB will hit #1, some new song should overtake it in the next few weeks.

[atg]

I feel like call out my name will just be another psycho where it just misses #1 cause of GP

[therealstan123]

Where will Call Out My Name debut at? I know #1 is impossible but what about #2?

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 04/02/2018
1. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (187.965) (-1.635)
2. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (175.006) (+1.946)
3. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (153.120) (+0.956)
4. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (151.222) (-0.102)
5. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (144.957) (+2.716)
6. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (117.908) (+0.202)
7. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (114.744) (-0.523)
8. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (109.251) (-0.369)
9. (=) G-EAZY & HALSEY - Him & I (97.431) (-0.995)
10. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (96.495) (-0.229)
11. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (95.178) (+1.625)
12. (=) NF - Let You Down (89.539) (-0.595)
13. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (89.453) (+1.015)
14. (=) LUKE BRYAN - Most People Are Good (73.170) (+0.190)
15. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (72.541) (+0.696)
18. (=) KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA - All The Stars (66.945) (+0.150)
17. (+2) MAROON 5 - Wait (66.356) (+0.709)
18. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Thunder (65.322) (-0.701)
19. (-2) HALSEY - Bad At Love (64.974) (-1.077)
20. (=) JORDAN DAVIS - Singles You Up (63.617) (+0.910)

Outside the Top 20:
29. (=) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (55.089) (+2.205)
42. (+1) MEGHAN TRAINOR - No Excuses (44.005) (+1.367)
50. (+7) SHAWN MENDES - In My Blood (34.425) (+3.317)
58. (-8) P!NK - Beautiful Trauma (34.376) (-3.237) ***
67. (+2) TAYLOR SWIFT - Delicate (29.955) (+1.067)
68. (+4) FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Sit Next To Me (29.796) (+1.249)

[chartslovergermany]

^finally Delicate
and camila will replace herself in the top 10

[Gary]

Apr 1, 2018 20:43:16 GMT -5 fhas said:

Projection if God's Plan continues to lose 6.8% (% that I've in my predictions) per week and Meant To Be continues to gain 6.1%:

11th week: GP 52,500 vs. 35,500 MTB
12th week: GP 48,900 vs. 37,600 MTB
13th week: GP 45,600 vs. 39,900 MTB
14th week: GP 42,500 vs. 42,300 MTB
15th week: GP 39,600 vs. 44,900 MTB

I don't think MTB will hit #1, some new song should overtake it in the next few weeks.

Meant to Be has been out 22 weeks, more than twice as long as God's Plan, the gains it is seeing will not be forever as the song is leaning on the "old" side even now.

[garrettlen]

Apr 1, 2018 20:35:45 GMT -5 fhas said:

Apr 1, 2018 20:18:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

It’s also about whether there is something to overtake it, though. “Despacito” fell after week 16 because of a new lead single from Swift, not because it was decreasing and fell below other songs. What do you see passing “GP” before it hits 16 weeks?

If both songs continue to gain/lose points in the same rate of the past 2-3 weeks, Meant To Be will be #1 after GP's 14th week.

Despacito: even if LWYMMD didn't exist, Despacito probably would've got only one more week at #1.

Perhaps, but that would have been enough to break "One Sweet Day"s record and set a new one of 17 weeks.

It was soclose.

Oh well.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Apr 2, 2018 9:08:47 GMT -5 Gary said:

Apr 1, 2018 20:43:16 GMT -5 fhas said:

Projection if God's Plan continues to lose 6.8% (% that I've in my predictions) per week and Meant To Be continues to gain 6.1%:

11th week: GP 52,500 vs. 35,500 MTB
12th week: GP 48,900 vs. 37,600 MTB
13th week: GP 45,600 vs. 39,900 MTB
14th week: GP 42,500 vs. 42,300 MTB
15th week: GP 39,600 vs. 44,900 MTB

I don't think MTB will hit #1, some new song should overtake it in the next few weeks.

Meant to Be has been out 22 weeks, more than twice as long as God's Plan, the gains it is seeing will not be forever as the song is leaning on the "old" side even now.

Not to mention that MTB will likely peak at Country in a two weeks - the typical post-#1 next week slide is 30%+, that's a lot of points that won't be made up fully at other formats.

[Dylan :)]

[Enigma.]

Wonder what the "history" is in this case. The smallest week to week decrease for a song at #1 by Drake?

[85la]

Hmm, I wonder what the record is. Nothing besides GP could possibly be #1 can it? So maybe it's something obscure, like first 10+ week run from debut by a rap soloist where they receive sole credit?

[tanooki]

It's probably just because God's Plan hit ten weeks, I doubt they're gonna make some huge strech about it

[Dylan :)]

No Kevin He is really nice but it always feels like the Kevin Show feat. Trevor & Gary when it is the other way around

#22 Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
#15 Migos feat. Drake - Walk It, Talk It
#14 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (#10 on Radio Songs)
#11 Bazzi - Mine

#10 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana
#9 XXXtentacion - Sad! (#3 on Streaming Songs)
#8 Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown - Freaky Friday (25% increase in streams at 33 million, sales have fallen a lot, top 25 on Rhyhtmic, top 40 on R&B(?))
#7 Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (Third week at Airplay Gainer, #1 on Pop Songs, sixth act to top Pop Songs and County Songs)
#6 Blockboy JB feat. Drake - Look Alive (#28 on Radio Songs)
#5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
#4 Post Malone - (#2 on Streaming songs with 40 million streams -10% increase)
#3 Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B - Finesse (Sales Gainer due to sale, #1 Radio Songs)
#2 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (tight race for #2 with Finesse on the Hot 100)
#1 Drake - God's Plan (first male artist ever with two 10 week #1s as a lead, Boys II Men the only ones with 3 ten week #1s, Pharell has two but not as lead in both)

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Apr 2, 2018 12:49:26 GMT -5 Codex said:

Maybe first person in the 2010s with two 10 week #1s?

... other than Pharrel, but he was a feature on Blurred Lines. so first lead.

I thought that too.

[Leo ✔]

I don't really believe "Meant To Be" will be a 1 week #1 on country. It can keep the top spot for two or three weeks.
Also, her airplay keeps growing. I don't see it possible to knock Drake but I can see it keeping at #2 for some weeks until it really peaks or something big appears.

[Gary]

Apr 2, 2018 12:44:42 GMT -5 85la said:

Hmm, I wonder what the record is. Nothing besides GP could possibly be #1 can it? So maybe it's something obscure, like first 10+ week run from debut by a rap soloist where they receive sole credit?

5th song to spend the first ten weeks at #1

Drake joins Pharrell as only male solo acts with multiple 10+ week songs

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Apr 2, 2018 13:07:38 GMT -5 Gary said:

Apr 2, 2018 12:44:42 GMT -5 85la said:

Hmm, I wonder what the record is. Nothing besides GP could possibly be #1 can it? So maybe it's something obscure, like first 10+ week run from debut by a rap soloist where they receive sole credit?

5th song to spend the first ten weeks at #1

Drake joins Pharrell as only male solo acts with multiple 10+ week songs

He's the first lead male ever with at least two 10+week songs, Mariah is the only woman.

[Deleted]

Finesse is finally ahead of Perfect.

[tanooki]

Mine is almost certainly gonna hit the top 10 next week, nice.

[Gary]

Apr 2, 2018 13:22:58 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Apr 2, 2018 13:07:38 GMT -5 Gary said:

5th song to spend the first ten weeks at #1

Drake joins Pharrell as only male solo acts with multiple 10+ week songs

He's the first lead male ever with at least two 10+week songs, Mariah is the only woman.

LOL - I didn't put enough "qualifiers" in.  Forgot the word "lead"

A record for the history books indeed.

[Gary]

Digital sales continue to "thrive"

God's Plan is again #1 -- this time with 42K

[noober]

Look alive f**k up the prediction

[kanfad]

Apr 2, 2018 13:30:46 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Mine is almost certainly gonna hit the top 10 next week, nice.

Not if the weeknd can help it

[Gary]

Drake Becomes First Lead Solo Male With Two 10-Week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, as 'God's Plan' Stays at the Summit


"Plan" joins "One Dance," which led for 10 weeks in 2016.

Drake becomes the first male soloist to have tallied two 10-week No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in a lead role, as "God's Plan" reigns for a 10th week (encompassing its entire run on the survey so far). The star's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, ruled for 10 weeks in 2016.

"God's Plan," meanwhile, is just the 36th No. 1, of 1,071 total in the Hot 100's 59-year history, to have led for at least 10 weeks, and the fifth to have spent at least its first 10 weeks on top.

Let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated April 7), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 3).


As on the Hot 100, "Plan," released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its 10th week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 11 percent to 61.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 29, according to Nielsen Music. While the streaming sum is the lowest for "Plan" to date, the song now sports 10 of the top 23 streaming weeks all-time.

"Plan" rebounds 2-1 for a seventh total week atop Digital Song Sales, despite a 5 percent drop to 42,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 29. On the Radio Songs chart, "Plan" holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 3, up 3 percent to 107 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending April 1.

"Plan," which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the fifth hit to spend at least its first 10 weeks on the list at No. 1. It's the first by a solo male since Elton John and Puff Daddy each achieved the feat in 1997:

Hits to Spend at Least Their First 10 Weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1
16 weeks, "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, "God's Plan," Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
10 weeks, "Hello," Adele, Nov. 14, 2015

As for acts with multiple Hot 100 No. 1s that have each reigned for double-digit weeks, Drake is the sixth act overall and the first male to earn the honor twice in a lead role. Boyz II Men lead with three such No. 1s ("One Sweet Day," with Mariah Carey, 16 weeks at No. 1, 1995-96; "I'll Make Love to You," 14 weeks, 1994; and "End of the Road," 13 weeks, 1992). Carey, The Black Eyed Peas, Santana and Pharrell Williams also boast two No. 1s apiece that each led for at least 10 weeks, with Williams having joined the elite club as featured (with T.I.) on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (12 weeks, 2013) and his own "Happy" (10 weeks, 2014).

"Plan" concurrently notches a 10th week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. As noted last week, the track is the highest-charting for a country duo or group since Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," which peaked at No. 2 in 2010.

"Meant" likewise keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (122 million, up 10 percent) and tops Hot Country Songs for an 18th week, tying FGL's own "H.O.L.Y.," in 2016, for the fourth-longest command in the latter chart's history. The duo also boasts the second-longest Hot Country Songs rule, 24 weeks for its debut hit, "Cruise," in 2012-13, which trails only the all-time leader, Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" (34 weeks, 2017).

Still, while "Meant" challenges for the Hot 100's top spot, "God's Plan" remains comfortably in control, with a roughly 1.7-to-1 lead in chart points (although down from its 1.9-to-1 margin a week ago).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B's "Finesse" returns to its Hot 100 peak (4-3). It rules Radio Songs for a fourth week (131 million, down 6 percent) and surges 22-2 on Digital Song Sales, up 122 percent to 40,000 sold, good for the Hot 100's top digital sales gain, aided by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store. The collab leads Hot R&B Songs for a 12th week.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Post Malone's "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign, rebounds 5-4, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart, and Ed Sheeran's former No. 1 "Perfect" descends 3-5, after leading for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive," featuring Drake, returns to the Hot 100's top 10, jumping 11-6, after reaching a No. 5 high on March 3. It climbs 6-4 on Streaming Songs (35.9 million, up 30 percent).

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey's "The Middle" dips to No. 7 after reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100, while leading Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a ninth week. It wins the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a third week, as it holds at No. 5 on Radio Songs (103 million, up 13 percent). As previously reported, the track takes over at No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart.

Two songs driven most heavily by streaming that each reached the Hot 100's top 10 a week ago spend a second week in the region: Lil Dicky's "Freaky Friday," featuring Chris Brown, lifts 9-8 (after debuting on the Hot 100 last week) and controversial rapper/singer XXXTentacion's "Sad!" drops 7-9. The former ranks at No. 5 on Streaming Songs, up 24 percent to 33 million clicks.

Capping the Hot 100's top 10, Camila Cabello's "Havana," featuring Young Thug, slides 8-10, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

Just beyond the Hot 100's top 10, Bazzi bumps 15-11 with his debut hit, "Mine," and Cabello's "Never Be the Same" reaches the top 15 for the first time (19-14, while also ascending to the Radio Songs top 10, 13-10), as does Migos' "Walk It, Talk It," featuring Drake (20-15). Plus, Rich the Kid's "Plug Walk" enters the top 20 (23-18) and Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood," released March 22, bounds 72-22 following its first full week of tracking.

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 (April 3), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[fhas]

Now it's proven that YouTube didn't report the correct numbers for Look Alive in the past two weeks. LA was robbed of one more week at its #5 peak and another at #6 or #7. What a joke!

Finesse selling 40k when Kworb was predicting 27k is a big surprise. 8th week at #3.

[Golden Bluebird]

Apr 2, 2018 14:31:06 GMT -5 fhas said:

Now it's proven that YouTube didn't report the correct numbers for Look Alive in the past two weeks. LA was robbed of one more week at its #5 peak and another at #6 or #7. What a joke!

Finesse selling 40k when Kworb was predicting 27k is a big surprise. 8th week at #3.

So I guess considering it fell pretty hard two weeks ago despite being predicted to still be in the Top 40, "Gummo" will go back up too, right?

[Gary]

Streaming for God's Plan at 61.1 23rd highest of all time