Billboard Hot 100 7/14/18 - "Scorpion" storms the chart

[Linnethia Monique]

Jul 9, 2018 13:44:52 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Jul 9, 2018 13:39:46 GMT -5 hot100predictions said:

Emotionless, In My Feelings, Summer Games, Can’t Take A Joke, That’s How You Feel, Don’t Matter To Me, Nice For What and God’s Plan are arguably the best songs off of Scorpion imo and all deserved Top 40, which they achieved.

You forgot Nonstop, I'm Upset, and Talk Up :sip2:

I'm Upset is trash.

[Choco]

I'm gonna make a bold prediction: In My Feelings will be the third and last Scorpion #1. The other tracks will not be able to sustain these numbers while radio catches up.

[chartslovergermany]

90%of the youtube comments are „drake is sooo overrated“, „he needs to get tf out“, „i‘m so tired of drake“.
9% of the youtube comments are "cardi's still in the top 5 with both songs", "yeeeesssss cardi ", "without drake girls like you would be number 2"
1% of the YouTube comments are "BTS ARMY" ,”stream FAKE LOVEEE”

[Enigma.]

Jul 9, 2018 13:56:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

I'm gonna make a bold prediction: In My Feelings will be the third and last Scorpion #1. The other tracks will not be able to sustain these numbers while radio catches up.

That's not really brave, I think likely. Only huge meme videos can give him the fourth as all songs except IMF have peaked on daily streaming already.

[Choco]

Jul 9, 2018 13:57:35 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Jul 9, 2018 13:56:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

I'm gonna make a bold prediction: In My Feelings will be the third and last Scorpion #1. The other tracks will not be able to sustain these numbers while radio catches up.

That's not really brave, I think likely

Yes, it's just a bold prediction when the rest of the thread is people discussing whether or not he'll achieve 5.

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[Deleted]

Jul 9, 2018 13:46:57 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

The 2010's belong to Drake, no doubt. Dude killed the decade and this year.

I can’t wait for the 2020s.

[Gary]

He probably will only get three.

Next week Drake will not have 7 in the top 10, many of these will fall back

Generating 4 or more #1 hits from an album in the streaming era will be tough to do as all the singles are already out there

[Glove Slap]

Jul 9, 2018 13:36:10 GMT -5 Zach said:

I'm not one to be salty about these things. Like, whatever happens just happens. Once I'm satisfied that the chart is (mostly) accurately reflecting the popularity of the songs then I'm usually okay with whatever the chart result is even if I don't like the songs/artists doing well.

BUT I AM FUMING AT ALL THE FREAKING RECORDS DRAKE IS BREAKING THIS WEEK

It's not that I don't like Drake (he's my 3rd most scrobbled artist and I'm sure in my top 5 artists in terms of number of songs I own) but come on man, we're talking about broken records held by The Beatles and Michael Jackson and the possibility of breaking records from Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson and others. The quality of one-tone Drake's music just cannot compete with the artists who previously held/current hold the records Drake is breaking/threatening. Like most of his songs are just a monotone and emotionless vocal performance over a generic percussion-led beat. Very little creativity in most of his material, no spectacular vocal performance, no innovative production, nothing. Just blandness. (We're just gonna go ahead and ignore the hypocrisy of me saying all this while Drake is my 3rd most listened artist).

-Insert 20 more lines of rant here-
-Throws a massive tantrum-
-Leaves thread and slams the door on my way out-

The Benevolent Aubrey empathizes and cries shiny tears for/with you.



These tears will also be re-purposed into a future top 10.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Jul 9, 2018 13:57:35 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Jul 9, 2018 13:56:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

I'm gonna make a bold prediction: In My Feelings will be the third and last Scorpion #1. The other tracks will not be able to sustain these numbers while radio catches up.

That's not really brave, I think likely. Only huge meme videos can give him the fourth as all songs except IMF have peaked on daily streaming already.

An album like this is likely to be frontloaded. Of course it’s possible he gets more number ones from it but streaming of it will be at its peak this week. It’ll decrease over the next few weeks but still remain strong until the release-week hype dies down. Any subsequent hits will need to rely more on traditional or additional promotion. Videos, appearances, even something viral. It’s certainly possible but more and more these days, album eras are halfway done by the time the album is released.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Records only hold meaning in proper context. We see this all the time with sports. At the end of the day, who the fuck cares?

There are elements that make Drake’s feat more impressive than the ones he broke. There are elements at play that make those who previously held those records more impressive. It’s whatever. And almost entirely meaningless.

Go outside.

[tanooki]

Using the formula from this thread (http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/144785/2010s-charts-all-time-unofficial), the top 10 alone brings Drake to a total of 8,116,758 points this decade. That's only 56,732 more points to become the #1 artist of the decade, which he most certainly achieved this week.

[Mayman]

Jul 9, 2018 13:56:40 GMT -5 Choco said:

I'm gonna make a bold prediction: In My Feelings will be the third and last Scorpion #1. The other tracks will not be able to sustain these numbers while radio catches up.

I agree. I think had Nonstop went #1, with In My Feelings going #1 soon as well, the label would have pushed another song hard to get the fifth #1. Now with an additional song needed to tie that record, they might not try for it now.

[hot100predictions]

I doubt we will ever see anyone ever break Katy Perry’s record. Drake is clearly the artist of the decade and he can’t even do it with over half the US on his side.

[Enigma.]

Jul 9, 2018 14:04:13 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Jul 9, 2018 13:57:35 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

That's not really brave, I think likely. Only huge meme videos can give him the fourth as all songs except IMF have peaked on daily streaming already.

An album like this is likely to be frontloaded. Of course it’s possible he gets more number ones from it but streaming of it will be at its peak this week. It’ll decrease over the next few weeks but still remain strong until the release-week hype dies down. Any subsequent hits will need to rely more on traditional or additional promotion. Videos, appearances, even something viral. It’s certainly possible but more and more these days, album eras are halfway done by the time the album is released.

As an evidence top 24 "most losing streams compared to last week" on Spotify are Drake songs Nonstop losing almost 2/3 of its streams week-on-week. The ONLY gainer is In My Feelings.

[Gary]

Jul 9, 2018 14:13:49 GMT -5 hot100predictions said:

I doubt we will ever see anyone ever break Katy Perry’s record. Drake is clearly the artist of the decade and he can’t even do it with over half the US on his side.

To get 6 #1's from an album you will need to no longer make all singles available from day 1 as they are now with the streaming platform.  You would have to go back to the old-school way of making consumers pay money for the album, or pay an album fee to stream.  and release singles to streaming one at a time.

[Dylan :)]

Jul 9, 2018 13:26:55 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

What are the songs that have return to #1 three times?

I'm bored and waiting to go out so I went back to 1958. Can't Feel My Face, Grenade, Whatever You Like (T.I), Live Your Life (T.I. feat. Rihanna), Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis) and Le Freak (Chic)

[fridayteenage]

Jul 9, 2018 13:16:41 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I was kind of hoping he’d get 4/5 top 5 so I could see Beatles and classic rock fans get defensive.

Has anyone besides the Beatles gotten 4 of the top 5?

[Gary]

No but 4 in the top ten has happened

[DJ General]

Weren't a lot of people initially calling out Katy because it was technically a re-promoted re-issue that restarted interest? Also, she played to the strengths of adding additional vocalists and doing remixes on her songs. I'm not saying this personally, but I just remember a lot of controversy here from people claiming her record should have an * next to it. LOL

Either way, Drake can still get 6 #1's... we will see what happens. He could also do a remix or reissue as well to help further. Who knows.

What I do know is that this was an incredible week for the charts and for Drake, congrats!

[Gary]

Katy Perry had a 6th #1 from the Teenage Dream reissue

[Deleted]

I hope most of these Drake songs don't have longevity ffs

[fhas]

Jul 9, 2018 14:21:35 GMT -5 Gary said:

No but 4 in the top ten has happened

4+ songs in the top 10:

Drake (2018): 7
The Beatles (1964): 5
50 Cent (2005): 4
T-Pain (2007): 4

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Jul 9, 2018 14:19:37 GMT -5 Gary said:

Jul 9, 2018 14:13:49 GMT -5 hot100predictions said:

I doubt we will ever see anyone ever break Katy Perry’s record. Drake is clearly the artist of the decade and he can’t even do it with over half the US on his side.

To get 6 #1's from an album you will need to no longer make all singles available from day 1 as they are now with the streaming platform.  You would have to go back to the old-school way of making consumers pay money for the album, or pay an album fee to stream.  and release singles to streaming one at a time.

And be relevant enough to be able to do that and get away with it while having people care. It’s doable though. Drake, or any big name act, can release an album the traditional way (cd and maybe digital) but limit streaming to only the singles as they come out and go back to focusing on one song every 3 months.

[Gary]

Drake records tied or broken

- Most top 10's one album - 7
-First to debut multiple songs in the top 10 simultaneously in one year
- Nice For What - 1st to top the chart 4 times
-Most Hot 100 top 10 debuts - career - passing Taylor Swift (16)
-Ties Rihanna - most top 10's Hot 100 for artists whose first hit came this century
-Drake and MJ - first male soloists with 30 top 10's in the Hot 100 era
- 27 songs on the Hot 100 at the same time
-most entries in the top 10 simultaneously

[roman1166]

all of you talking about drake while im here thinking how tf Lucid Dreams dropped from 3 to 16 (not complaining tho)

[Enigma.]

Jul 9, 2018 14:40:58 GMT -5 roman1166 said:

all of you talking about drake while im here thinking how tf Lucid Dreams dropped from 3 to 16 (not complaining tho)

Just to bounce back to #4 next week

EDIT: with the new formula probably not

[Zach]

Jul 9, 2018 14:40:58 GMT -5 roman1166 said:

all of you talking about drake while im here thinking how tf Lucid Dreams dropped from 3 to 16 (not complaining tho)

Best news I've heard all year.

Jul 9, 2018 14:43:13 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Just to bounce back to #4 next week

Shhhhh.

[Fancy]

“boo’d up” only dropped to 11. pleasantly surprised the youtube loss wasn’t as huge as expected.

[fhas]

Jul 9, 2018 14:40:58 GMT -5 roman1166 said:

all of you talking about drake while im here thinking how tf Lucid Dreams dropped from 3 to 16 (not complaining tho)

Billboard increased sales/decreased streams in their formula. Also, LD is #1 on SoundCloud so it may be the song with the most ad-supported streams on the Hot 100.