Billboard Hot 100: 5/19/2018

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May 8, 2018 15:27:29 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

Whatever It Takes closer to Top 10 

[thelegends]

Boo'd Up is shaping to be a healthy hit. Same applies to Powerglide and Heaven.


P.S. : This is my 500th post so yay me.

[Glove Slap]

TIA was #1 on Spotify on Tuesday with 2,270,990 streams.

[Sherane Lamar]

Biggest artists of the year so far (inv pnt): 


1 ) Post Malone 5635

2 ) Migos 4122

3 ) Cardi B 4022

4 ) Camila Cabello 3208

5 ) Imagine Dragons 2963

6 ) Ed Sheeran 2741

7 ) G-Eazy 2651

8 ) Kendrick Lamar 2500

9 ) Dua Lipa 2108

10 ) Drake 2053

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{Show 11-100}11 ) The Weeknd 1956
12 ) Bruno Mars 1903
13 ) 6ix9ine 1894
14 ) Bebe Rexha 1824
15 ) Khalid 1593
16 ) NF 1576
17 ) Rich The Kid 1511
18 ) Halsey 1453
19 ) Charlie Puth 1385
20 ) YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1374
21 ) Portugal. The Man 1358
22 ) XXXTentacion 1357
23 ) Demi Lovato 1337
24 ) Maroon 5 1336
25 ) Justin Timberlake 1331
26 ) Logic 1327
27 ) Offset 1310
28 ) Zedd 1272
29 ) Bazzi 1192
30 ) MAX 1170
31 ) Taylor Swift 1165
32 ) J. Cole 1136
33 ) BlocBoy JB 1128
34 ) Thomas Rhett 1090
35 ) Selena Gomez 1082
36 ) Marshmello 1031
37 ) Lil Pump 991
38 ) Kane Brown 963
39 ) Miguel 896
40 ) Jason Aldean 880
41 ) A$AP Ferg 870
42 ) N*E*R*D 866
43 ) Famous Dex 847
44 ) Jay Rock 827
45 ) Sam Smith 825
46 ) Eminem 798
47 ) Ozuna 789
48 ) Kodak Black 781
49 ) Lil Skies 729
50 ) Gucci Mane 699
51 ) Luis Fonsi 658
52 ) Lil Dicky 639
53 ) Luke Bryan 634
54 ) Scotty McCreery 569
55 ) Macklemore 559
56 ) Hailee Steinfeld 542
57 ) Daddy Yankee 520
58 ) Chris Stapleton 517
59 ) Rae Sremmurd 487
60 ) Old Dominion 476
61 ) Shawn Mendes 472
62 ) Russell Dickerson 463
63 ) Jordan Davis 456
64 ) Lil Uzi Vert 448
65 ) Lil Xan 429
66 ) Devin Dawson 404
67 ) J Balvin 401
68 ) Meghan Trainor 399
69 ) 21 Savage 392
70 ) Nicky Jam 377
71 ) Brett Young 348
72 ) SZA 346
73 ) Keala Settle 342
74 ) Walker Hayes 341
75 ) French Montana 323
76 ) Chris Brown 322
77 ) Nicki Minaj 321
78 ) P!nk 311
79 ) Blake Shelton 310
80 ) Brett Eldredge 288
81 ) YBN Nahmir 288
82 ) Derez De'Shon 275
83 ) Chris Young 274
84 ) Bad Wolves 255
85 ) DJ Khaled 254
86 ) LANCO 250
87 ) Dan + Shay 233
88 ) Eric Church 226
89 ) Lauv 226
90 ) Luke Combs 205
91 ) Ella Mai 201
92 ) Ariana Grande 189
93 ) Carrie Underwood 188
94 ) Mariah Carey 180
95 ) Tank 173
96 ) WALK THE MOON 168
97 ) Kelsea Ballerini 165
98 ) ScHoolboy Q 155
99 ) Calvin Harris 153
100 ) Huncho Jack 151

Genre share for 2018 so far:

Hip-Hop/Rap 46629 (46.2%)
Pop 23122 (22.9%)
Country 10037 (9.9%)
Alternative 6167 (6.1%)
R&B/Soul 5708 (5.7%)
Latino 2942 (2.9%)
Singer/Songwriter 2741 (2.7%)
Dance 2714 (2.7%)
Soundtrack 562 (.6%)
Rock 255 (.3%)
Jazz 123 (.1%)

[Sherane Lamar]

May 8, 2018 18:11:03 GMT -5 Someone said:

May 8, 2018 18:07:13 GMT -5 Naos said:

Why in the nine hells is that mediocre Kane Brown song rising to #15? "You Make It Easy", "Marry Me" and even Brown's own "What Ifs" (a far better song) couldn't get that high.

One word... Post

Post Malone is causing "Heaven" by Kane Brown to get to #15??? 

[filthy]

Just realized that Dame Tu Cosita jumped all the way to #43... why though

[Harx]

May 9, 2018 2:30:37 GMT -5 filthy said:

Just realized that Dame Tu Cosita jumped all the way to #43... why though

Because the Internet

[Enigma.]

Whoa I was sure Better Now would stay top 20. He might not get a second #1 from the album after all.

[Golden Bluebird]

May 9, 2018 2:42:13 GMT -5 Harx said:

May 9, 2018 2:30:37 GMT -5 filthy said:

Just realized that Dame Tu Cosita jumped all the way to #43... why though

Because the Internet

by Childish Gambino

[Harx]

May 9, 2018 3:58:21 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

May 9, 2018 2:42:13 GMT -5 Harx said:

Because the Internet

by Childish Gambino

well yeah that was the reference

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Can Dame Tu Cosita hit Top 40 next week? It's my candidate for "Most Surprising Hit" this year lol

[korbel16]

Dang ... this is America got 9,585,940 YouTube streams Monday.... crazy haha definitely number 1 this week. And 2,665,720 streams on Spotify yesterday

[filthy]

9 May 2018

Global Spotify
#2 This Is America 4,578,169

US Spotify
#1 This Is America 2,665,720

[Gary]

May 9, 2018 3:27:44 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Whoa I was sure Better Now would stay top 20. He might not get a second #1 from the album after all.

Second week drops after an "album bomb" are inevitable -- means nothing.  If it was meant to be a hit, it will rebound later

[Gary]

May 8, 2018 23:34:07 GMT -5 thelegends said:

Boo'd Up is shaping to be a healthy hit. Same applies to Powerglide and Heaven.


P.S. : This is my 500th post so yay me.

Congratulations

onebuffalo  should also chime in

[filthy]

May 9, 2018 5:59:04 GMT -5 Gary said:

May 9, 2018 3:27:44 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Whoa I was sure Better Now would stay top 20. He might not get a second #1 from the album after all.

Second week drops after an "album bomb" are inevitable -- means nothing.  If it was meant to be a hit, it will rebound later

Has that ever happened? Not being sassy, actually curious

[Gary]

In cases like this, the entire album comes out all at once and every single charts for a week or two. The promoted "singles" happen one at a time. All the songs this week are charting because the album was released and no other reason, if radio picks up a song later, a song will rebound from that.

[kanfad]

Recent example would be Walk it like i talk it. Debuted at 18, after 10 weeks in the middle region, peaked at 10 after being serviced to radio + video

[jenglisbe]

May 9, 2018 5:29:23 GMT -5 korbel16 said:

Dang ... this is America got 9,585,940 YouTube streams Monday.... crazy haha definitely number 1 this week. And 2,665,720 streams on Spotify yesterday

Sweet.

[fhas]

May 9, 2018 6:00:19 GMT -5 Gary said:

May 8, 2018 23:34:07 GMT -5 thelegends said:

Boo'd Up is shaping to be a healthy hit. Same applies to Powerglide and Heaven.


P.S. : This is my 500th post so yay me.

Congratulations

onebuffalo   should also chime in

Last Sunday I went Platinum (with no features). Y'all said I wouldn't be nothing! Now, I'm feelin' like a rockstar!

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May 9, 2018 7:27:57 GMT -5 fhas said:

May 9, 2018 6:00:19 GMT -5 Gary said:

Congratulations

onebuffalo   should also chime in

Last Sunday I went Platinum (with no features). Y'all said I wouldn't be nothing! Now, I'm feelin' like a rockstar!

Congratulations + rockstar 

Speaking of congratulations, congratulations fhas for getting that Platinum too  :)

[rfucom]

Is there a problem on kworb radio charts. Camilla has 22k spins though.
Edit: already fixed.

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

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Overall AI (Top 20) - 2018/05/09
1. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (178.766) (-1.781)
2. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (167.919) (-0.788)
3. (=) DRAKE - God's Plan (156.628) (-0.952)
4. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (151.122) (+0.786)
5. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (117.188) (+0.681)
6. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (114.912) (+0.001)
7. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (113.480) (+0.207)
8. (=) DUA LIPA - New Rules (93.815) (-0.812)
9. (=) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (93.789) (-0.263)
10. (=) MAROON 5 - Wait (91.132) (+0.268)
11. (=) DRAKE - Nice For What (90.630) (+2.239)
12. (=) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (88.763) (+1.545)
13. (=) BLOCBOY JB - Look Alive f/Drake (82.925) (-0.561)
14. (=) MAX - Lights Down Low (82.058) (-0.822)
15. (=) BAZZI - Mine (78.344) (+0.621)
16. (+1) SHAWN MENDES - In My Blood (75.073) (+0.839)
17. (-1) JASON ALDEAN - You Make It Easy (74.238) (-0.537)
18. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Havana f/Young Thug (72.186) (-0.689)
19. (=) KANE BROWN - Heaven (71.697) (+0.665)
20. (=) PORTUGAL. THE MAN - Feel It Still (67.428) (-0.516)

Outside the Top 20:
24. (+2) ARIANA GRANDE - No Tears Left To Cry (57.963) (+1.740)
48. (=) MIGOS - Walk It Talk It f/Drake (38.637) (+1.389)
55. (+1) DAN + SHAY - Tequila (33.042) (+1.144)

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Assuming Never Be the Same doesn't peak, it would reach #1 in Radio Songs in two weeks.

[Sherane Lamar]

May 9, 2018 6:16:43 GMT -5 filthy said:

May 9, 2018 5:59:04 GMT -5 Gary said:

Second week drops after an "album bomb" are inevitable -- means nothing.  If it was meant to be a hit, it will rebound later

Has that ever happened? Not being sassy, actually curious

Looking only at the biggest "album takeovers" in history, we've got...

"Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber, #4 during takeover, #7 week after takeover, #1 at peak

"Controlla" - Drake, #34 during takeover, #35 week after takeover, #16 at peak

"I Feel It Coming" - The Weeknd, #22 during takeover, #28 week after takeover, #4 at peak. 

"Love." - Kendrick Lamar, #18 during takeover, #27 week after takeover, #11 peak

"Walk It Talk It" - Migos, #18 during takeover, #48 week after takeover, #10 peak

[Gary]

Even before streaming, this happened with digital releases too.

[Gary]

May 9, 2018 8:30:46 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

May 9, 2018 6:16:43 GMT -5 filthy said:

Has that ever happened? Not being sassy, actually curious

Looking only at the biggest "album takeovers" in history, we've got...

"Controlla" - Drake, #34 during takeover, #35 week after takeover, #16 at peak

"I Feel It Coming" - The Weeknd, #22 during takeover, #28 week after takeover, #4 at peak. 

"Love." - Kendrick Lamar, #18 during takeover, #27 week after takeover, #11 peak

"Album bomb" seems to be the phrase that is sticking here - LOL

[Sherane Lamar]

May 9, 2018 8:41:06 GMT -5 Gary said:

May 9, 2018 8:30:46 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

Looking only at the biggest "album takeovers" in history, we've got...

"Controlla" - Drake, #34 during takeover, #35 week after takeover, #16 at peak

"I Feel It Coming" - The Weeknd, #22 during takeover, #28 week after takeover, #4 at peak. 

"Love." - Kendrick Lamar, #18 during takeover, #27 week after takeover, #11 peak

"Album bomb" seems to be the phrase that is sticking here - LOL

I dislike it because "bomb" is a synonym for "flop". 

And what we're talking about is the opposite of a flop. 

[velaxti]

May 9, 2018 6:16:43 GMT -5 filthy said:

May 9, 2018 5:59:04 GMT -5 Gary said:

Second week drops after an "album bomb" are inevitable -- means nothing.  If it was meant to be a hit, it will rebound later

Has that ever happened? Not being sassy, actually curious

It happens all the time. The most recent major example is Ed Sheeran - Perfect.

Katy Perry's songs E.T. and Last Friday Night both went top 20 on iTunes when released as a promo single/album track respectively, and they fell quickly. It didn't mean they wouldn't be hits. Honestly is just means that they're not on the radio yet lol.

The most extreme example is Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger. It wasn't after an album bomb, but it's a case of a song that had a great first week (#1 on iTunes), went into genuine free-fall by falling out of the top 50 quite quickly (which is proof that a song will flop to many people), only to go on and become a massive hit.

So after what happened with Moves Like Jagger you can never say just because a song falls quickly in week 2 and week 3 that it won't be a hit.

May 9, 2018 8:40:29 GMT -5 Gary said:

Even before streaming, this happened with digital releases too.

It was probably even more common in the digital era! Especially all the promo singles, they're not part of an "album bomb" technically, but the same principle applies that they inevitably fall because they're not getting any play on the radio, only to become a hit months later when they actually are a single. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble is a good example of that, it debuted at #3 on the Hot 100 iirc and then just fell for a while, it didn't mean it wouldn't be a hit.

[Gary]

So it happens all the time and has happened for years. Examples are numerous, too many for me to list anyway - LOL