Billboard Hot 100: 5/26/2018

[fhas]

Wait... Yes Indeed is #1 and #3 on Apple Music. That's huge!

[kanfad]

Cant believe im rooting for fake love now after that performance

[Deleted]

Yes Indeed will probably do just as well if not better than Look Alive. Never underestimating Drake again.

[jayhawk1117]

I guess it literally only takes putting drake on the single to get a top 10 this year. I'm calling it now, the week Scorpion drops every song on the album is going top 25, with 5 total in the top 10 minimum (The two singles so far, the potential 3rd single and 2 top 10 debuts).

[Sherane Lamar]

May 20, 2018 13:56:05 GMT -5 Gary said:

Bieber's next album will be Christian so he may not impact this chart quite as much

So was "Purpose". 

When he says his next album will be Christian, I believe he means in the same way that Purpose was. 

[Sherane Lamar]

May 20, 2018 19:17:15 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

May 20, 2018 18:44:52 GMT -5 Gary said:

The Jewel single had two distinct chart runs totaling 28 weeks for both songs. You can tell the break point by the drop followed by a sudden gain.

Right. She’s basically robbed of a top 10 since it’s counted as 1 single. But my point was more since it was 2 hits with 2 runs, in a sense, you’d think its total weeks would be more.

Lol. That's one way to look at it. 

Seems to me more like she "cheated" her way into having one of the biggest hits of all time. 

[Sherane Lamar]

May 20, 2018 15:24:40 GMT -5 85la said:

May 20, 2018 10:28:00 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Lil Wayne did 1 million first week in 2011. It was the biggest first-week of the year, looking past the 99cent fiasco with BTW. 


2014 report on top torrented medias:
torrentfreak.com/extratorrent-reveals-most-pirated-files-of-all-time-141206/

Among the most torrented albums ever #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 were all Urban albums.

And surprise -- the most torrented album came from Drake.  

Further genre pirating breakdown:



Artists like Drake/Wayne/Kanye/etc were selling great amount of albums, considering their singles charting was much worse and their music was being pirated much more. Hence, why now in the streaming era where a non-paying/low-paying consumer now has their listening habits measured fully, they are being represented much more on today's charts.

This is actually quite interesting, and provides a whole new perspective on the supposed "genre shift" of rap now, which actually might not be a shift after all.

There's still a *huge* shift in the genre and culture that just can't be accounted for by this alone. 

It's not just how many big rap songs there were in 2010-2014 vs today. It's also about the *type* of Hip-Hop that was big at that time vs the type of Hip-Hop that is big now.

Back then, the biggest Hip-Hop artists were all very Pop-centric. And today, the biggest Pop artists are all Hip-Hop centric. 

It doesn't explain the fact that so many Pop females seem to have almost completely lost their audience. 

It doesn't explain how as radio and sales shrink, the artists that do good on those formats fail to increase their streaming. 

It doesn't explain the fact that YouTube, a huge force in the music industry in 2014, was not especially friendly to Hip-Hop artists, and is currently dominated by Hip-Hop artists. 

How big of a deal is 456,000 downloads anyway? Compared to all the legal downloads in 2014? The Pinkprint alone sold about half that many albums in just one week. 

So no, I don't think this changes much of anything. 

[annoymous1]

Will Like That have a bigger debut than Fake Love ?

[hunterquigley]

May 21, 2018 7:55:18 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Will Like That have a bigger debut than Fake Love ?

I think it depends on Youtube Views, Fake Love had 67 million views for its video but Like That had only One million. I don’t think all those views for Fake Love are from the US though

[Golden Bluebird]

kworb.net/airadio/

*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 2018/05/21
1. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (164.828) (-1.390)
2. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be The Same (154.133) (+0.558)
3. (+1) DRAKE - God's Plan (148.415) (-0.969)
4. (-1) BEBE REXHA - Meant To Be f/F.G.L. (147.401) (-3.578)
5. (=) IMAGINE DRAGONS - Whatever It Takes (128.547) (+0.317)
6. (=) THE WEEKND & KENDRICK LAMAR - Pray For Me (110.734) (-0.939)
7. (=) DRAKE - Nice For What (108.157) (+0.611)
8. (=) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (107.511) (+1.514)
9. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (99.376) (-0.635)
10. (=) MAROON 5 - Wait (96.904) (+1.089)
11. (+1) SHAWN MENDES - In My Blood (85.178) (+0.582)
12. (-1) DUA LIPA - New Rules (84.773) (-0.525)
13. (+1) MAX - Lights Down Low (79.118) (+0.265)
14. (+1) BAZZI - Mine (78.891) (+0.108)
15. (-2) BRUNO MARS & CARDI B - Finesse (77.263) (-1.971)
16. (+1) ARIANA GRANDE - No Tears Left To Cry (74.677) (+1.525)
17. (-1) KANE BROWN - Heaven (72.080) (-1.373)
18. (=) BLOCBOY JB - Look Alive f/Drake (71.250) (-0.817)
19. (=) LUKE COMBS - One Number Away (70.210) (+0.708)
20. (+1) TAYLOR SWIFT - Delicate (67.114) (+1.125)

Outside the Top 20:
32. (=) MIGOS - Walk It Talk It f/Drake (51.133) (+1.107)
64. (+6) HALSEY - Alone f/Big Sean, Stefflon Don (28.620) (+1.453) ***

[Enigma.]

Yes @ Halsey getting another hit

[hunterquigley]

With the newest radio update it looks like Camilla might get the #1 on Radio if she continues to gain. Also, Post Malone might pass Drake on radio if his gains are more than Drake.

[annoymous1]

Taylor has finally made it to the top 20 on radio with one of her best songs off reputation . I hope this song does get bigger tho it probably doesnt have a chance at #1 in any categories , but it would be nice to see this song not flopping like End Game .

[chartslovergermany]

May 21, 2018 9:26:23 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Taylor has finally made it to the top 20 on radio with one of her best songs off reputation . I hope this song does get bigger tho it probably doesnt have a chance at #1 in any categories , but it would be nice to see this song not flopping like End Game .

omg yes i hope so

[chartslovergermany]

that‘s so cool Alone from Halsey is gaining in radio,so cool :)
and i‘m fucking happy for tay tay getting top 20 with delicate,i always knew that it’s going to be a radio hit

[lugus15]

Psycho could still get #1 if they discount it on itunes.

[Gary]

If it discounts on itunes and sells a bunch

[lazer]

Did anyone notice that "I Like It" by Cardi B has a sudden increase in radio?

[Deleted]

The next #1 will be a Drake song.

[kcdawg13]

May 21, 2018 11:13:10 GMT -5 @pete said:

The next #1 will be a Drake song.

I agree, This Is America and Nice For What will flip flop until Drake releases his album in June, that's when I expect another huge single drop from him.

[tanooki]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8457047/childish-gambino-this-is-america-leads-hot-100-again
1. This is America
2. Nice For What
3. Gods Plan
4. Psycho
5. Meant to Be
6. The Middle
7. NTLTC
8. Look Alive
9. NBTS
10. Perfect
11. Boo'd Up
15. Heaven
16. Friends
20. In My Blood

[Gary]

Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Leads Hot 100, & All-Rap Top Four, For Second Week

5/21/2018 by Gary Trust


Rap songs infuse the top four in consecutive weeks for the first time since 2003.

Childish Gambino's "This Is America" crowns the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a second week. Also for a second frame, the song heads up a top four consisting entirely of rap hits, a feat that, until the past two weeks, had not occurred in consecutive frames in 15 years.

Let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated May 26), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 22).

"America," released on mcDJ/Wolf + Rothstein/RCA (as Childish Gambino's first RCA single) is the first Hot 100 leader for actor-director Donald Glover's musical alter ego, who premiered the song as the musical guest on the May 5 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live (as Glover hosted); the song and its socially-conscious video were released simultaneously around midnight ET Sunday, May 6.

Following its first seven-day tracking period of streaming and sales, "America" tops the Streaming Songs chart for a second week, up 7 percent to 69.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 17, according to Nielsen Music. It also takes over atop the subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, rising 3-1 with 26.7 million on-demand audio streams, up 27 percent, in the week ending May 17.

"America" leads the Digital Song Sales survey for a second frame, with a 36 percent decline to 50,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 17, while advancing below the Radio Songs chart, up 77 percent to 16.7 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending May 20.

Donald Glover attends the world premiere of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” in Hollywood on May 10, 2018.


"America" tops both Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a second week.

Drake's "Nice for What," which ruled the Hot 100 for its first four weeks on the chart, dating to its No. 1 debut, spends a second week at No. 2. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (42 million, down 8 percent), rebounds 4-3 on Digital Song Sales (25,000, down 8 percent) and pushes 8-6 on Radio Songs (77.1 million, up 6 percent).

Drake also holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with "God's Plan," which launched at No. 1 and spent 11 weeks at the summit prior to "Nice."

Post Malone's "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign, is additionally steady on the Hot 100, at No. 4 after reaching No. 2, while earning the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award, as it rises 9-8 on Radio Songs (75.4 million, up 12 percent).

For a second week, the Hot 100's top four consists entirely of rap hits (and mirrors the top four on both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs). Is that especially notable?

@gthot20 Hey Gary! After a few minutes of search on Billboard's website I realized that last week's top four is the first all-rap top four since Feb. 28, 2009 (1. Right Round, 2. Dead And Gone, 3. Crack A Bottle, 4. Heartless). Can you confirm it?
— Flávio Henrique (@flavio__94) May 20, 2018

You're correct!

The last two weeks mark the first frames since Feb. 28, 2009, that the Hot 100's top four have been a clean sweep for rap hits. Gambino's "America," Drake's "Nice" and "Plan" and Post Malone's "Psycho" the past two weeks have combined for the first such rap domination since, from No. 1 to No. 4 on that chart over nine years ago, Flo Rida's "Right Round"; T.I.'s "Dead and Gone," featuring Justin Timberlake; Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent's "Crack a Bottle"; and Kanye West's "Heartless."

As for rap ruling the Hot 100's top four in back-to-back weeks? The past two weeks mark the first such repeat in nearly 15 years. For four weeks in 2003, from May 31 through June 21, the top four exclusively housed in that span 50 Cent's "21 Questions," featuring Nate Dogg; Sean Paul's "Get Busy"; Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey's "I Know What You Want," featuring The Flipmode Squad; Fabolous' "Can't Let You Go," featuring Mike Shorey and Lil' Mo; and Lil' Kim's "Magic Stick," featuring 50 Cent (the lattermost of which replaced Fabolous' hit in the region on the June 21-dated chart).

The current feat further reinforces R&B/hip-hop's surge, as, in 2017, the genre ruled with 24.5 percent of all music consumption in the U.S., marking the first time that R&B/hip-hop led the category for a calendar year.

Capping the Hot 100's top five, and standing as the highest-ranking non-rap hit, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's No. 2-peaking collab "Meant to Be" is stationary at No. 5. It leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a 25th week, passing FGL's own "Cruise," in 2012-13, for the longest command by a duo or group in the chart's history and the second-longest overall; Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" reigned for a record 34 weeks in 2017.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey's "The Middle" repeats at No. 6 on the Hot 100 after hitting a No. 5 high. It tops Radio Songs for a second week (118.2 million, down 1 percent) and the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 16th week.

Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" climbs 10-7 on the Hot 100 after debuting three weeks ago at its No. 3 high; BlocBoy JB's No. 5-peaking "Look Alive," featuring Drake, drops 7-8; and Camila Cabello's "Never Be the Same" slips 8-9, down from its No. 6 peak.

Ed Sheeran's former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Perfect" rounds out the Hot 100's top 10, descending 9-10. The song logs a 27th week in the top 10, becoming just the ninth title to have tallied at least that many weeks in the region. Sheeran holds the record for the longest such run: his "Shape of You" spent 33 weeks in the top 10 in 2017.

Below the Hot 100's top 10, Ella Mai soars 17-11 with her breakthrough hit "Boo'd Up," which becomes her first No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart; Kane Brown hits the top 15 for the first time with "Heaven" (20-15); Marshmello and Anne-Marie's "Friends" flies 21-16, marking a new best rank for Marshmello, who previously reached No. 20 in December with "Wolves," with Selena Gomez; and Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood" ascends to the top 20 (27-20), passing its prior No. 22 high.

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 (May 22), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[Gary]

27 weeks in the top 10 for Perfect


This Is America
#1 Streaming 69.6
#1 Sales 50,000

[fhas]

May 21, 2018 13:06:43 GMT -5 Gary said:

Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Leads Hot 100, & All-Rap Top Four, For Second Week

5/21/2018 by Gary Trust

@gthot20 Hey Gary! After a few minutes of search on Billboard's website I realized that last week's top four is the first all-rap top four since Feb. 28, 2009 (1. Right Round, 2. Dead And Gone, 3. Crack A Bottle, 4. Heartless). Can you confirm it?
— Flávio Henrique (@flavio__94) May 20, 2018

You're correct!

Oh... bi*** I'm a celebrity!

[fhas]

This Is America's streaming numbers are ~15M higher than expected (using HDD's Streaming Charts + YouTube Insights + Pandora Top Spins Chart).

[leonagwen]

I'm happy to see Camila get another week in the top 10.

[Leo ✔]

Omg Booed Up and Heaven!

[Linnethia Monique]

THIS IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY: A SOLO FEMALE R&B song is about to creep into the Top 10!

[Harx]

Haven't made a s**tty pun in a while so

Happy that Boo'd went Up this week

[Gary]

Bebe Rexha & FGL's 'Meant to Be' Passes 'Cruise' For Longest Reign by Duo or Group in Hot Country Songs History

News

By Jim Asker | May 21, 2018 1:59 PM EDT
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line



At 25 weeks, "Meant" trails only Sam Hunt's 34-week No. 1 "Body Like a Back Road."

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" leads Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart (dated May 26) for a 25th week, rewriting FGL's personal best. "Cruise," the debut hit for the duo -- consisting of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley -- led for 24 weeks in 2012-13.

The 25-week reign for "Meant" is the longest for a song by a duo or group in the Hot Country Songs chart's 59-year history, and the second-longest overall. Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" holds the record, with 34 weeks at No. 1 in 2017.

"From day one, this song has been such a fun, unexpected surprise," Hubbard tells Billboard. "Essentially, I've got to give my wife Hayley the credit here. Before I went into write ['Meant'] with Bebe [and Josh Miller and David Garcia], Hayley said to me, 'if it's meant to be…,' and the rest is history. BK [Brian Kelley] and I get inspired by everything in our lives and we're blessed to have these amazing women in our lives."

"To think that Tyler and I first started writing songs on the back of a tailgate … to see the kind of reach these songs can have is really humbling," Kelley says. "It's something that's bigger than us, bigger than FGL and we are so grateful to be on this ride."

As it racks up its 25th frame atop Hot Country Songs, which blends airplay, sales and streaming data, "Meant" rules Country Streaming Songs for a 21st week (20.5 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music). On Country Digital Song Sales, which it led for 19 weeks, it holds at No. 2 (25,000 downloads sold).

On Country Airplay -- which "Meant" topped on April 28 -- the song ranks in the top 10 for an 11th week, descending 5-8 (28.9 million in audience).

On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, "Meant" peaked at No. 2 for three weeks (beginning March 31), becoming the highest-charting hit for a country duo or group since Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" in 2010 (and the highest-peaking for FGL; "Cruise" reached No. 4 in 2013).