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Post by hot100predictions on May 17, 2018 12:54:57 GMT -5
Sangria Wine is going to be the song of the summer along with a new Drake song. Rihanna will also have one. Kanye will also be big in early June. Kanye West has not had a hit since Clique, so he is surely not about to have one now. The song of the summer is either going to be a new Drake song, This Is America, I Like It or Boo'd Up. Anything else will surely surprise me. Your actually kidding me. I purposely made a whole new thread discussing if pop can make comeback. Camila will probably have the song of the summer with Sangria Wine it's already #1 in it's release locations across the world. I have susppicions that Camila (with a boost from Pharrell) it can pull a quick week or two at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, especially on the digital songs chart for next week. Similiar to 2016 with Can't Stop The Feeling and One Dance. Yes, Camila probably won't have staying power like a new Drake song could, but it can stick top 10. Also TIA is not a summer song, at all. I Like It won't ever get back to the top 5, even though I wish it could. And Boo'd Up is too slow and will fall after reaching a week or two in the Top 10, it's like Ghost Town DJs with, "My Boo". |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 13:14:08 GMT -5
Whatever the new Rihanna song will be the song of summer
Kind of hoping it's with drake so he keeps his dominance over the year
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Post by annoymous1 on May 17, 2018 13:21:32 GMT -5
If Sangria Wine sounds anything like Havana I can see it being #1 for a week or 2 but if it's not then I (In My Opinion) at least see Sangria Wine debuting at the Top 10 or 20.
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Post by mysterybolts on May 17, 2018 13:49:26 GMT -5
Kanye West has not had a hit since Clique, so he is surely not about to have one now. The song of the summer is either going to be a new Drake song, This Is America, I Like It or Boo'd Up. Anything else will surely surprise me. Your actually kidding me. I purposely made a whole new thread discussing if pop can make comeback. Camila will probably have the song of the summer with Sangria Wine it's already #1 in it's release locations across the world. I have susppicions that Camila (with a boost from Pharrell) it can pull a quick week or two at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, especially on the digital songs chart for next week. Similiar to 2016 with Can't Stop The Feeling and One Dance. Yes, Camila probably won't have staying power like a new Drake song could, but it can stick top 10. Also TIA is not a summer song, at all. I Like It won't ever get back to the top 5, even though I wish it could. And Boo'd Up is too slow and will fall after reaching a week or two in the Top 10, it's like Ghost Town DJs with, "My Boo". I will bookmark your post so that I remember to quote you when I am right. |
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Post by renaboss on May 17, 2018 14:15:56 GMT -5
Is it me or is soooooo much music coming out right now, from artists both new and old? Has it always been like this before summer? Was I just too detached in the previous years?
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Post by shoocoochoocoo on May 17, 2018 15:03:36 GMT -5
I must say that this is their best work ever: Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart! Already number one on itunes!!
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Post by Au$tin on May 17, 2018 15:06:17 GMT -5
I must say that this is their best work ever: Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart! Already number one on itunes!! Is that what posts would have looked like if both Pulse and iTunes existed in 1998? |
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 15:11:17 GMT -5
Wow - never thought I would see that again
Backstreet Boys at #1
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Post by lazer on May 17, 2018 15:12:09 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys and 2018 don't go together yet here we are.
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 15:15:01 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys' 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart': How Maroon 5's 'Wait' & Meeting Steve Aoki Led to the New Single
'Don't Go Breaking My Heart,' released May 17, is the group's first release in five years.
A quarter century into their career, the Backstreet Boys have a legacy that includes a Las Vegas residency, 17 Billboard Hot 100 hits, and millions of albums sold worldwide.
Does that mean they’re done making hits? Absolutely not -- and they’ve made that very clear with their first single in five years, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart," which surged to No. 1 on the real-time iTunes chart hours after its release on Thursday morning (May 17).
The funky, densely produced jam shows the evolution the Backstreet Boys (Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson) have made from ‘90s staple to pop mainstays more than two decades into their career. Yet, it stays true to their harmony-driven beginnings, all of which they kept in mind while on the hunt for the perfect comeback track.
Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, and AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys arrive at the 2017 CMT Artists Of The Year on Oct. 18, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Backstreet Boys Announce New Single 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'
“We’re always trying to stay on the cutting edge, but also at the same time do something that’s real,” Dorough tells Billboard. “We’re never going to do something that’s not us.”
L.A.-based Scottish producer Stuart Crichton (Kesha, Kygo) presented BSB with the song just after they finished the first leg of their Vegas run, when the guys had a couple contenders for a lead single, but nothing that felt like a frontrunner. They were close with one option, but Maroon 5 got in the way.
“One, believe it or not, is the recent single from Maroon 5, ‘Wait,’” Dorough shares. “At the same time that was presented to us, we were told that [Adam Levine] had heard it and there was a possible chance that he might want it for [their] single. That’s just kind of how the nature of the game goes -- but we don’t get too caught up about it. We just move on knowing that there’s always gonna be great songs coming around the corner.”
Before “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Crichton had pitched another song the guys were so excited about that they even recorded their own version of it. But for whatever reason, their five-part harmonies didn’t present the same thrill that the demo did, something Dorough says isn’t uncommon for any artist in search of the right song.
But they didn’t lose faith in Crichton, and all of the letdowns they’d faced disappeared upon hearing “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”
“There’s that feeling that you just go, ‘This is undeniable. A smash.’ This one had that feeling,” Dorough recalls. “I remember hearing the tracking and going, ‘Wow, this song has such a cool, unique sense of throwback.’ To me it sounded like something different, very fresh, not following something that’s already on the radio.”
The electronic vibe of the track was another pull for Backstreet, as they’ve formed relationships with some of the dance world’s biggest names in recent years. The guys have hung out with Zedd at his own residency shows, played with The Chainsmokers at one of their biggest shows to date, and listened to some new cuts at Steve Aoki’s place in Vegas.
The BSB/Aoki friendship was perhaps the most organic, as Dorough, Richardson and Carter ran into him on a flight from Vegas to LA and kept in touch. That’s the kind of comradery they’ve felt with dance artists and beyond, which Dorough suggests definitely played into the sound they achieved with “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”
“It’s so cool to hear these DJs and younger artists that are coming around be like, 'Wow, we love your music,'” he says. “Even with Florida Georgia Line [with whom BSB collaborated on last year’s country hit “God, Your Mama, and Me”] -- you start relationships with these people, and it’s cool because they’re current and relevant, and paying homage to us and keeping us hip with those associations. I can definitely say that the dance movement has influenced us when it comes to uptempo stuff.”
Even without those relationships, though, the Backstreet Boys weren’t too concerned about how “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” would be received. In Dorough’s eyes, a great song is a great song no matter who is singing it -- and that’s what they had with their new single.
“As long as you get it done right, you can fit in anywhere,” he asserts. “It’s a matter of people closing their eyes and opening their ears. If people are able to do that, then music is ageless.”
He adds, “Something we’re really known for is our signature harmonies, our great melodies -- stuff that just makes you feel something and moves you. Hopefully with the right team around us and producers, we’re able to do that and stay relevant.”
Considering their record-breaking Vegas run has been extended more than once, and the guys just completed their sixth sold-out BSB Cruise, the Backstreet Boys have clearly remained relevant even without new music. But now that Backstreet’s back on the music scene once more, Dorough and his bandmates are even more excited about what the future holds.
“The love that we have received these past couple years, it definitely makes you feel good that people haven’t forgotten about you,” he says. “Hopefully along with that and putting out good music, we’ll be able to be back on the charts again.”
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 15:15:33 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys and 2018 don't go together yet here we are. A 90s boy band and a 70s song title - at #1 in 2018 - LOL |
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Post by renaboss on May 17, 2018 15:29:03 GMT -5
I like what they said about people closing their eyes and opening their ears. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" IS pretty good - if it were performed by some hot young artist, it'd be a surefire hit, so here's hoping it still can be even though it's performed by an aged boyband.
What if THAT were the new thing about to surge: rather than any given musical genre, it'd be the return of older, established artists. Would be awesome if all of a sudden the likes of the Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera could be on top with their new songs.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 17, 2018 15:30:55 GMT -5
What if THAT were the new thing about to surge: rather than any given musical genre, it'd be the return of older, established artists. Would be awesome if all of a sudden the likes of the Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera could be on top with their new songs. Considering the successful reboots of 90s TV shows and even films, I don't see why 90s music artists can't have successful comebacks. |
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 15:35:30 GMT -5
For those in the 'pop music is dying' thread, the current itunes charts shoud look appealing
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on May 17, 2018 16:01:47 GMT -5
^Outside of topic, I'd expect the BBMAs to have a greater impact this year if the performers do new songs or currently charting ones instead of songs that have already dropped out as sometimes has happened in past award shows.
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Post by jebsib on May 17, 2018 16:12:41 GMT -5
The problem is that iTunes means almost nothing now.
I was all psyched when Celine Dion (via Deadpool 2 no less) was in the iTunes top 10 last week, and all she did was bubble under.
Rightly or wrongly, this Streaming Monopoly will frustrate me until it diversifies its genres a bit.
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 16:17:52 GMT -5
Yes I get it but....But this shows pop music is still around
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Post by jebsib on May 17, 2018 16:27:22 GMT -5
… which is a lot better than we had in the mid 90s and early 00s, I'll grant you.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 17, 2018 16:27:42 GMT -5
Yes I get it but....But this shows pop music is still around Around for 10-20k people (i.e. stans)? |
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 16:34:30 GMT -5
Which is the same as 'not dead'
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Post by jenglisbe on May 17, 2018 17:00:11 GMT -5
Which is the same as 'not dead' Well, if you want to get technical, in the past 60 years pop music has never been dead or not around. I thought the point was more people saying it's making a comeback of sorts, so my point was to say some acts selling well for a day or two on iTunes is not necessarily a big indication of that. |
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Post by garrettlen on May 17, 2018 17:41:32 GMT -5
I must say that this is their best work ever: Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart! Already number one on itunes!! What kind of legend Sir Elton John tribute is this? Oh wait... |
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Post by rfucom on May 17, 2018 17:51:05 GMT -5
So are we expecting Nsync will comeback anytime now?
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Post by renaboss on May 17, 2018 17:57:23 GMT -5
Oh wow, I just checked the iTunes chart like Gary said and it's like the polar opposite of the streaming charts lol, the vast majority is pop with a little hip-hop thrown in there, while with streaming it's the other way around. I still don't fully understand why streaming is now so much more important than sales, but whatcha gonna do.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 17, 2018 17:59:05 GMT -5
Oh wow, I just checked the iTunes chart like Gary said and it's like the polar opposite of the streaming charts lol, the vast majority is pop with a little hip-hop thrown in there, while with streaming it's the other way around. I still don't fully understand why streaming is now so much more important than sales, but whatcha gonna do.You don't understand why it's more important in what sense? |
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Post by Sherane Lamar on May 17, 2018 18:01:09 GMT -5
Sangria Wine is going to be the song of the summer along with a new Drake song. Rihanna will also have one. Kanye will also be big in early June. Kanye West has not had a hit since Clique, so he is surely not about to have one now. The song of the summer is either going to be a new Drake song, This Is America, I Like It or Boo'd Up. Anything else will surely surprise me. I wouldn't count Kanye out too fast. His success in 2016 was pretty multilayered. None of the songs were quite "hits", but "Famous", "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1", and "Fade" all succeeded on their own individual merits, rather than being carried solely by the album debut. Which is a good sign. With the help of streaming growth, and hopefully TIDAL, we should be seeing a big boost from the opening week of 2016's TLOP. Plus, his antics only seem to be helping drive attention towards him. As we see "Watch" debut in the Top 20. As well as seeing "Ye vs The People" debut, (unpromoted, made and released in a day, didn't even have vocal mixing done). IDK about a song in the year end Top 100, but I wouldn't guarantee he won't have one. But I am almost certain he will have a bigger first week, assuming nothing bad happens before then. |
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Post by Sherane Lamar on May 17, 2018 18:03:32 GMT -5
Why would Pharrell help streams? All older artists regardless of genre are doing terrible on streaming, even people like Nicki and Eminem. Pharrell will probably make it stream less than if it was just Camila. Drake is older than Nicki Minaj, if we're talking about when their music first became popular. |
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Post by Sherane Lamar on May 17, 2018 18:06:14 GMT -5
Oh wow, I just checked the iTunes chart like Gary said and it's like the polar opposite of the streaming charts lol, the vast majority is pop with a little hip-hop thrown in there, while with streaming it's the other way around. I still don't fully understand why streaming is now so much more important than sales, but whatcha gonna do. Because the amount of people who use streaming vastly outnumbers the amount of people who use sales. |
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Post by Gary on May 17, 2018 18:19:41 GMT -5
Which is the same as 'not dead' Well, if you want to get technical, in the past 60 years pop music has never been dead or not around. I thought the point was more people saying it's making a comeback of sorts, so my point was to say some acts selling well for a day or two on iTunes is not necessarily a big indication of that. The post you initially quoted 'pop music is still around' your reply for 10K-20K people My reply same as 'not dead' FYI - people are wondering WHEN it would make a comeback 'not dead' and 'still around' is not implying a rebound of any sort - was trying to make a positive observation for those that miss pop music that it is still here and using your numbers of 10K-20K, people still listen Let me know if I need to clarify further |
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Post by hot100predictions on May 17, 2018 18:56:14 GMT -5
Kanye West has not had a hit since Clique, so he is surely not about to have one now. The song of the summer is either going to be a new Drake song, This Is America, I Like It or Boo'd Up. Anything else will surely surprise me. I wouldn't count Kanye out too fast. His success in 2016 was pretty multilayered. None of the songs were quite "hits", but "Famous", "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1", and "Fade" all succeeded on their own individual merits, rather than being carried solely by the album debut. Which is a good sign. With the help of streaming growth, and hopefully TIDAL, we should be seeing a big boost from the opening week of 2016's TLOP. Plus, his antics only seem to be helping drive attention towards him. As we see "Watch" debut in the Top 20. As well as seeing "Ye vs The People" debut, (unpromoted, made and released in a day, didn't even have vocal mixing done). IDK about a song in the year end Top 100, but I wouldn't guarantee he won't have one. But I am almost certain he will have a bigger first week, assuming nothing bad happens before then. If Kanye doesn't say anything stupid for another two weeks, he could have a similar impact as J. Cole had with, KOD. At least with his regular album, but I feel like pop and rap will rule the summer, it should be Camila, Rihanna vs. Drake this summer. Who has the bigger impact? Since Drake ruled the first half of the year, I have doubts of him ruling the whole year though. |
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