Billboard Hot 100: 5/26/2018

[annoymous1]

May 20, 2018 9:50:54 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

May 20, 2018 9:48:46 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

The Radio eats up every song Camila has put out for some reason she could just have a song about taking a 💩 and the radio would play that song it's kinda baffling at this point to say the least.

That's the case with Maroon 5 or Shawn Mendes...Camila only had like 2 singles

I know she had 2 single but those two singles prove that she is a radio darling because even though Havana was released last year they still play Havana on radio and other songs she had that were non singles were played on radio also.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Taking a look at simmnfierzig's predictions for tomorrow, this week's Hot 100 will be another one to normalize the chart after the album bombs. Even some older songs that appeared to be on their way down are continuing to rebound as a consequence.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

May 25, 1963

01 01 If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul (2nd and final week at #1)
02 02 I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
03 04 Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
04 05 Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles
05 10 I Love You Because - Al Martino
06 07 Losing You - Brenda Lee
07 11 Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
08 12 Take These Chains From My Heart - Ray Charles
09 26 It's My Party - Lesley Gore
10 14 Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke


May 25, 1968

01 01 Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells (2nd and final week at #1)
02 02 Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
03 05 A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
04 04 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
05 03 Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
06 06 Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
07 08 The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
08 14 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
09 11 Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
10 10 Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick

16 67 Think - Aretha Franklin


May 26, 1973

01 04 Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group (1st and only week at #1)
02 06 My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings
03 05 Daniel - Elton John
04 02 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando
05 01 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
06 09 Pillow Talk - Sylvia
07 03 Little Willy - The Sweet
08 07 Drift Away - Dobie Gray
09 10 Wildflower - Skylark
10 13 Hocus Pocus - Focus


May 27, 1978

01 01 With a Little Luck - Wings (2nd and final week at #1)
02 03 Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
03 04 You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
04 06 Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
05 02 The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
06 07 Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
07 05 If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
08 09 Imaginary Lover - The Atlanta Rhythm Section
09 08 Count On Me - Jefferson Starship
10 11 On Broadway - George Benson

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

May 20, 2018 10:04:11 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

May 20, 2018 9:50:54 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

That's the case with Maroon 5 or Shawn Mendes...Camila only had like 2 singles

I know she had 2 single but those two singles prove that she is a radio darling because even though Havana was released last year they still play Havana on radio and other songs she had that were non singles were played on radio also.

but Havana is still popular, it's one of the biggest songs of the decade. Also, summer is upon us and this song is perfect for it.

[iHype.]

May 20, 2018 2:01:28 GMT -5 Codex said:

May 19, 2018 20:38:07 GMT -5 iHype. said:

The 2008-2013 digital era also overwhelmingly helped Pop. Artists like Drake who are just breaking every record today, and who's old albums are still charting amazingly show their popularity was never being measured in the best way with their audience (teen-young adult, 16-30 demo, male leaning) being the biggest illegal downloaders/streamers.

It was even obvious then their popularity wasn't being fully showcased. I thought it was absurd when artists like Lil Wayne were doing 1 million first week (also Kanye, Drake, Nicki, etc were doing huge numbers 2010-2011), and were struggling to get 1 top 5 hit on Hot 100. Clearly they had a very huge fanbase, and their singles were connecting very hard for them to be outdoing goliath Pop names (Rihanna, Katy, etc) with their album sales.[br

If their demographic downloaded their songs illegally, then why did they buy their albums legally? That doesn’t make much sense.

Rap’s album sales weren’t that big either. Loud/Teenage Dreamhad small debuts, but they ended up selling more than Thank Me Later, due to widespread appeal and longevity.

When Lil Wayne sold 1 million, he was #1 with Lollipop. He wasn’t selling much in 2010. Eminem had high album sales, but he was also debuting at #1 with every song on the H100.

Is there any statistic to back up that hip hop fans downloaded illegally more than other genres? Spotify and Youtube were both dominated by pop at the time, up until ~2015.

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:

"ExtraTorrent, one of the most visited torrent sites on the Internet, has revealed which files have been downloaded the most over recent years. Drake's album "Nothing Was The Same" tops the list with more than 10 million downloads. Iron Man 3 and The Expendables 3 are the most pirated movies in fourth and fifth place."

1. Drake – Nothing Was The Same (Mp3 Album)
2. Maroon 5 – Payphone (feat.WizKhalifa Explicit) (Mp3 Track)
3. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail (Mp3 Album)
4. Iron Man 3
5. The Expendables 3
6. Fast And Furious 6
7. The Hunger Games
9. The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. The Amazing Spider-Man
11. Beyonce – 4 Deluxe Edition (Mp3 Album)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street
13. Rihanna – Unapologetic (Mp3 Album)
14. Lil Wayne – No Ceilings (Mp3 Album)
15. Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience (Mp3 Album)
16. Daft Punk – Get Lucky
17. Kick (Bollywood movie)
18. Ariana Grande – Problem (ft. Iggy Azalea) (Mp3 Track)
19. Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides
20. Avengers XXX – (XXX)

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.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

May 28, 1983

01 03 Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara (1st of 6 weeks at #1)
02 01 Let's Dance - David Bowie
03 02 Beat It - Michael Jackson
04 04 Overkill - Men At Work
05 05 She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
06 06 Little Red Corvette - Prince
07 07 Solitaire - Laura Branigan
08 10 Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
09 09 My Love - Lionel Richie
10 13 Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams


May 28, 1988

01 02 One More Try - George Michael (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 03 Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
03 01 Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
04 05 Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox
05 06 I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
06 04 Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys
07 09 Everything Your Heart Desires - Daryl Hall & John Oates
08 14 Together Forever - Rick Astley
09 08 Wait - White Lion
10 11 Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell feat. Joe Esposito


May 29, 1993

01 01 That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson (3rd of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Freak Me - Silk
03 03 Knockin' Da Boots - H-Town
04 08 Weak - SWV
05 04 Love Is - Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight
06 07 Looking Through Patient Eyes - P.M. Dawn
07 06 I'm So Into You - SWV
08 05 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
09 09 I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
10 11 Don't Walk Away - Jade

All-black Top 10.


May 23, 1998

01 02 My All - Mariah Carey (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 Too Close - Next
03 NE I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson feat. Blackstreet
04 03 You're Still The One - Shania Twain
05 04 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - The Backstreet Boys
06 06 It's All About Me - Mya feat. Sisqo
07 07 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
08 08 The Arms Of The One Who Loves You - Xscape
09 09 All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo
10 11 Body Bumpin' Yippie-Yi-Yo - Public Announcement

[jebsib]

Sorry, what's a torrent site?

[iHype.]

May 20, 2018 10:51:07 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Sorry, what's a torrent site?

Torrenting began to overshadow normal illegal downloading in the early 2010s. Similar to Napster, where you download a program and then you download files from a server that comes directly from other users/computers. It's harder to crack down than a normal site that just has illegal downloading links that can be taken down.

Now it's sort of dying to... streaming piracy, lol. Where people use illegal streams to consume media. Sites post illegal streams to watch new movies, shows, and hear new music. Although I don't think music has as big of a share these days in the illegal game. Spotify/Apple Music numbers are just huge, its way more convenient. I think cable/movies are taking a much bigger share of the hit with streaming piracy today, especially since Netflix's selection is limited in comparison to Spotify/Apple Music.


I haven't illegally downloaded an album since basically 2013, due to Spotify. 

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

May 24, 2003

01 01 Get Busy - Sean Paul (3rd and final week at #1)
02 02 21 Questions - 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg
03 03 Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
04 06 I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey feat. The Flipmode Squad
05 05 Can't Let You Go - Fabolous feat. Mike Shorey & Lil Mo
06 04 In Da Club - 50 Cent
07 07 Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
08 08 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence feat. Paul McCoy
09 09 When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
10 10 Picture - Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crow or Allison Moorer


May 24, 2008

01 53 Take a Bow - Rihanna (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
03 02 Lollipop - Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
04 03 No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
05 04 Love In This Club - Usher feat. Young Jeezy
06 05 Sexy Can I - Ray J & Yung Berg
07 06 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake
08 07 Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
09 08 Pocketful Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
10 11 Damaged - Danity Kane

15 NE Viva La Vida - Coldplay


May 25, 2013

01 01 Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (2nd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 Just Give Me a Reason - P!nk feat. Nate Ruess
03 03 Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
04 05 When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
05 04 Stay - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
06 14 Come & Get It - Selena Gomez
07 06 Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
08 08 Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
09 07 I Love It - Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX
10 09 Cruise - Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly

24 NE #Beautiful - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel


May 27, 2017

01 03 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (1st of 16 weeks at #1)
02 02 That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
03 01 I'm The One - DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne
04 05 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
05 04 HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar
06 07 Mask Off - Future
07 06 Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
08 09 XO TOUR Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert
09 11 Stay - Zedd & Alessia Cara
10 08 iSpy - Kyle feat. Lil Yachty

[Harx]

The top 10 is so much better now than it was at this point last year imo. And there weren't even any songs that I really disliked in it

[pnobelysk]

May 20, 2018 10:04:11 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

May 20, 2018 9:50:54 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

That's the case with Maroon 5 or Shawn Mendes...Camila only had like 2 singles

I know she had 2 single but those two singles prove that she is a radio darling because even though Havana was released last year they still play Havana on radio and other songs she had that were non singles were played on radio also.

Radio darling? Did you follow crying in the club ?

[jayhawk1117]

Yasss at Delicate and One kiss making top 40, Dua about to get here second hit. Also Boo'd Up and Whatever It takes soon getting those deserved top 10 peaks.

[Groovy]

Does anyone think Nice for What is going to rebound soon? And will Whatever It Takes have a chance at number 1?

[owenlovesmusic]

May 20, 2018 11:28:53 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Does anyone think Nice for What is going to rebound soon? And will Whatever It Takes have a chance at number 1?

This is America still has a pretty large lead over Nice for What. I think it could rebound after Drake’s album release in June. I highly doubt Whatever It Takes will ever take #1. At best, Top 10 for a few weeks.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

May 20, 2018 10:04:11 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

May 20, 2018 9:50:54 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

That's the case with Maroon 5 or Shawn Mendes...Camila only had like 2 singles

I know she had 2 single but those two singles prove that she is a radio darling because even though Havana was released last year they still play Havana on radio and other songs she had that were non singles were played on radio also.

Like how FUN were a radio darling

[Groovy]

May 20, 2018 11:32:41 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

May 20, 2018 11:28:53 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Does anyone think Nice for What is going to rebound soon? And will Whatever It Takes have a chance at number 1?

This is America still has a pretty large lead over Nice for What. I think it could rebound after Drake’s album release in June. I highly doubt Whatever It Takes will ever take #1. At best, Top 10 for a few weeks.

Nice for What might get a rebound like you said but I think Whatever It Takes might get a spot in the top 5 just based off of sales and potential radio.

[jenglisbe]

May 20, 2018 10:34:37 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 28, 1988

01 02 One More Try - George Michael (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 03 Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
03 01 Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
04 05 Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox
05 06 I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
06 04 Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys
07 09 Everything Your Heart Desires - Daryl Hall & John Oates
08 14 Together Forever - Rick Astley
09 08 Wait - White Lion
10 11 Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell feat. Joe Esposito

1988 continues to own! The great “Piano in the Dark” joins now; I’ve liked every song in the 1988 top 10 for weeks now.

[jenglisbe]

May 20, 2018 10:59:08 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 25, 2013

24 NE #Beautiful - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel

Yes Mariah being top 10 in 1998, 2003, and 2008, and mentioned in 2013. Sigh at the terrific “#Beautiful” making that great debut yet stalling and missing the top 10. It was a mid-level hit but should have been bigger.

[fhas]

May 20, 2018 11:41:21 GMT -5 Groovy said:

May 20, 2018 11:32:41 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

This is America still has a pretty large lead over Nice for What. I think it could rebound after Drake’s album release in June. I highly doubt Whatever It Takes will ever take #1. At best, Top 10 for a few weeks.

Nice for What might get a rebound like you said but I think Whatever It Takes might get a spot in the top 5 just based off of sales and potential radio.

This Is America is falling harder than I expected, it's already down to #2 on Spotify and #5 on Apple Music, but Nice For What is not strong enough to challenge for #1 right now. Maybe, we might see a new #1 before Drake's super album bomb.

Whatever It Takes has around 10M weekly streams. Looking at its radio/sales peak potential, there's no way for it to reach #1 with less than 30M streams.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Regarding Whatever It Takes, I don't think it has a chance at #1 in this streaming heavy era, given it is probably doing worse in streaming than Believer and Thunder did. I mean, it isn't even in Streaming Songs, which is probably why it hasn't reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 yet. Also, the highest peak that the Imagine Dragons have had with a song has been #3.

That said, I think it has a good chance to add to their record of songs with 52+ weeks in the Hot 100 thanks mostly to its radio airplay and steady digital sales.

[jenglisbe]

May 20, 2018 11:55:23 GMT -5 fhas said:

This Is America is falling harder than I expected, it's already down to #2 on Spotify and #5 on Apple Music

I’m happily the opposite. I didn’t think it would sustain the streaming it had when people were checking out the video and giving analysis. I’m excited it looks like it will get another week at #1 and hang on decently in general.

[crazyb]

May 20, 2018 10:59:08 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 27, 2017

01 03 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (1st of 16 weeks at #1)
02 02 That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
03 01 I'm The One - DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne
04 05 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
05 04 HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar
06 07 Mask Off - Future
07 06 Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
08 09 XO TOUR Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert
09 11 Stay - Zedd & Alessia Cara
10 08 iSpy - Kyle feat. Lil Yachty

*Gets flashbacks to the "Despacito" Threads*

[lazer]

May 20, 2018 11:28:53 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Does anyone think Nice for What is going to rebound soon? And will Whatever It Takes have a chance at number 1?

Possibly for Nice For What, especially when Drake's new album is gonna be release in June. Whatever It Takes has no chance at number 1, but at least it has a possibility to hit the top 10.

[fhas]

After looking at the numbers for the first two days of the new tracking week (Hot 100 dated as June 2), This Is America might stop at two weeks at #1. It's falling pretty hard, -28.9% on Spotify (comparing May 11-12 with May 18-19) and -41.8% on YouTube (comparing May 11 with May 18). On iTunes it's already below Whatever It Takes, a song that's selling 30k per week. Nice For What (#1 Spotify by 25k streams, #2 Apple Music, #2 Pandora, #6 YouTube, #7 radio, #12 iTunes) is weak but it seems like it's gonna have enough points to challenge "TIA" next week.

[Mayman]

What is the record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10 after it has debuted there? I think God's Plan could challenge it.

[Lux ◢ ◤]

May 20, 2018 13:24:16 GMT -5 Mayman said:

What is the record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10 after it has debuted there? I think God's Plan could challenge it.

Didn't Shape of You (which holds the record for most weeks in the top 10) debut there as well?

[Mayman]

May 20, 2018 13:25:42 GMT -5 Lux ◢ ◤ said:

May 20, 2018 13:24:16 GMT -5 Mayman said:

What is the record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10 after it has debuted there? I think God's Plan could challenge it.

Didn't Shape of You (which holds the record for most weeks in the top 10) debut there as well?

Yeah, I feel like that broke the record and it even came back for a few weeks after it left the top 10, correct?

[Gary]

yes

[Deleted]

May 20, 2018 13:24:16 GMT -5 Mayman said:

What is the record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10 after it has debuted there? I think God's Plan could challenge it.

Shape of You with 33 weeks

[NeRD]

01 03 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (1st of 16 weeks at #1)

This nightmare.