Billboard Hot 100: 8/11/2018

[Golden Bluebird]

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*** = Dropped or added a format

Overall AI (Top 20) - 2018/08/01
1. (=) MAROON 5 - Girls Like You f/Cardi B (154.219) (+2.323)
2. (=) CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN - I Like It (147.074) (+0.968)
3. (=) TAYLOR SWIFT - Delicate (127.951) (-2.118)
4. (=) ARIANA GRANDE - No Tears Left to Cry (108.164) (-1.325)
5. (=) DRAKE - In My Feelings (106.251) (+3.026) ***
6. (=) ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY - The Middle (98.241) (-1.484)
7. (+1) POST MALONE - Better Now (97.816) (+2.097)
8. (-1) MARSHMELLO/ANNE-MARIE - Friends (96.629) (-0.875)
9. (+1) POST MALONE - Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign (90.160) (-0.150)
10. (-1) ELLA MAI - Boo'd Up (89.829) (-0.969)
11. (=) DRAKE - Nice for What (86.238) (-1.055)
12. (=) KHALID X NORMANI - Love Lies (80.811) (+0.873)
13. (=) SHAWN MENDES - In My Blood (75.705) (-1.609)
14. (=) BAZZI - Mine (73.038) (-0.404)
15. (=) BEBE REXHA - Meant to Be f/Florida Georgia Line (72.696) (-0.205)
16. (=) CAMILA CABELLO - Never Be the Same (69.446) (-0.575)
17. (=) ED SHEERAN - Perfect (69.038) (+0.205)
18. (=) LAUV - I Like Me Better (66.767) (-0.303)
19. (=) CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA - One Kiss (61.040) (+0.100)
20. (=) KENNY CHESNEY - Get Along (59.113) (-0.495)

Others:
35. (+5) TYGA - Taste f/Offset (41.556) (+1.970) ***
54. (+7) DJ KHALED/BIEBER/CHANCE/QUAVO - No Brainer (33.834) (+5.055)

[kanfad]

Do you think IMF will get played on HAC or will it get the same treatment as Gods Plan and NFW?
Honestly, I don't think it will and they need to give up on a Drake rap(or semi rap) song being played there and start pushing Don't Matter To Me to AC and HAC

[owenlovesmusic]

I wish they pushed Dont Matter to Me instead of In My Feelings. IMF is really bad now tbh.

[Choco]

That was the original plan but IMF took off on it's own.

[thegreatdivine]

In My Feelings reaches #1 on Urban tomorrow and #1 on Rhythmic next tomorrow. Surpasses No Tears Left to Cry on overall radio tomorrow and surpasses Delicate on overall radio earliest this Sunday, latest by Tuesday.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 1, 2018 8:23:02 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

I wish they pushed Dont Matter to Me instead of In My Feelings. IMF is really bad now tbh.

How is it really bad now? It would have been foolish to push any other song at the time and the song has proven to be a huge success, so the decision to push it was the smart one to make. Don't Matter to Me can still be pushed at anytime in the next couple of months, so?

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 1, 2018 8:21:14 GMT -5 kanfad said:

Do you think IMF will get played on HAC or will it get the same treatment as Gods Plan and NFW?
Honestly, I don't think it will and they need to give up on a Drake rap(or semi rap) song being played there and start pushing Don't Matter To Me to AC and HAC

Feel like they're just trying their hand at other formats apart from pop, rhythmic and urban. HAC and Urban AC won't touch In My Feelings. Don't Matter to Me is the best bet for those formats, especially HAC. Although, I don't see Drake's label pushing Don't Matter to Me on radio anytime soon.

[owenlovesmusic]

Aug 1, 2018 8:28:11 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 1, 2018 8:23:02 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

I wish they pushed Dont Matter to Me instead of In My Feelings. IMF is really bad now tbh.

How is it really bad now? It would have been foolish to push any other song at the time and the song has proven to be a huge success, so the decision to push it was the smart one to make. Don't Matter to Me can still be pushed at anytime in the next couple of months, so?

It’s definitely smart that they pushed it due to the success of the viral challenge but i’m saying that I wish they had pushed a different song instead because it’s gotten boring and repetitive.

[Deleted]

I like In My Feelings and I've never watched any of the viral challenge stuff - I didn't even know what it was until yesterday in a news article because someone got hurt.

Even the slightest notion that it wouldn't be a huge hit without the challenge is faulty at best.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 1, 2018 8:51:20 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

Aug 1, 2018 8:28:11 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

How is it really bad now? It would have been foolish to push any other song at the time and the song has proven to be a huge success, so the decision to push it was the smart one to make. Don't Matter to Me can still be pushed at anytime in the next couple of months, so?

It’s definitely smart that they pushed it due to the success of the viral challenge but i’m saying that I wish they had pushed a different song instead because it’s gotten boring and repetitive.

You just agreed that it was smart that they pushed the In My Feelings, but you wish they pushed another song instead? Why would they push another song, thereby granting you your wish, if In My Feelings was the smart song to push at the time? All hit songs get boring and repetitive overtime, that's something we all have to deal with. Again, like I said, In My Feelings being pushed now doesn't mean Don't Matter to Me can't or won't be pushed in the future. You might still get your wish. Just won't happen anytime soon.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 1, 2018 8:57:40 GMT -5 @mello said:

I like In My Feelings and I've never watched any of the viral challenge stuff - I didn't even know what it was until yesterday in a news article because someone got hurt.

Even the slightest notion that it wouldn't be a huge hit without the challenge is faulty.

I don't get the logic that it would never have become a hit without the challenge taking off. It was a fan favorite as soon as Scorpion dropped. Even critics who reviewed the album listed it as a standout track. Aside from Nice for What, it's the only other song with a summer vibe and seeing as it's like a sister song to Nice for What, a song everyone loved, it's not surprising that people would love it even more, seeing as it came out right in the thick of the summer. The label saw this and already planned to push it as a single, along with Don't Matter to Me, as early as the 3rd of July. Don't Matter to Me got dropped as a single because In My Feelings was taking off really quickly, but people are acting like Drake, who scored two of the years biggest hits before In My Feelings and is a gargantuan force when it comes to streaming, needed the challenge to score another hit and it's beyond ridiculous. Virality always wears off (see This is America) and when that happens, if you don't have the clout to carry a single beyond it's virality, it'll dip right out of the charts. In My Feelings is smashing on all fronts (radio/sales/streaming), much like Drake's other two #1's this year did. It might very well remain #1 till the end of September at this rate.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 1, 2018 9:12:24 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 1, 2018 8:51:20 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

It’s definitely smart that they pushed it due to the success of the viral challenge but i’m saying that I wish they had pushed a different song instead because it’s gotten boring and repetitive.

You just agreed that it was smart that they pushed the In My Feelings, but you wish they pushed another song instead? Why would they push another song, thereby granting you your wish, if In My Feelings was the smart song to push at the time? All hit songs get boring and repetitive overtime, that's something we all have to deal with. Again, like I said, In My Feelings being pushed now doesn't mean Don't Matter to Me can't or won't be pushed in the future. You might still get your wish. Just won't happen anytime soon.

The poster is saying he personally wishes they pushed something else because he's tired of the song. That is a separate point from whether or not it would have been smart to push a different song.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 1, 2018 8:57:40 GMT -5 @mello said:

Even the slightest notion that it wouldn't be a huge hit without the challenge is faulty at best.

Not really. The challenge clearly led to the song exploding. Might it have been a hit without the challenge? Of course. But we can't really know that, and more so it surely wouldn't have been this big. Do you think its streaming total would be this big without the challenge?

The reality is nearly anything Drake released now would be some kind of hit. But "IMF" is a monster hit, and the challenge is definitely a large element of it.

[badrobot]

Maroon 5's continued success is really pretty amazing. I just realized they've had a top ten single every year since 2011, and to still be scoring hits like this 16 years into their career is quite a feat. I'm indifferent to them musically but they have found some kind of magic formula to keep themselves relevant.

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 9:34:40 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Maroon 5's continued success is really pretty amazing. I just realized they've had a top ten single every year since 2011, and to still be scoring hits like this 16 years into their career is quite a feat. I'm indifferent to them musically but they have found some kind of magic formula to keep themselves relevant.

Truly.  They get a lot of crap but they just keep plugging away and making music that is clearly working, and for the most part, consistently.  I get that they're not what they were initially, but that is exactly why they've outlasted and certainly outperformed all of their contemporaries.  Evolve or dissolve.

I've been riding their wave, and while I don't love every song, they keep me interested on a casual level at the very least.

[Deleted]

Youngblood is a certified bop! I'm glad it's doing so well.

And about IMF vs. DMTM: They can push Don't Matter To Me whenever they want, it's guaranteed to be a hit based on the Michael Jackson feature alone. 

[kierz7]

Rihanna will easily be the 'Hot 100 Airplay Artist of the Decade'.

She currently has the most number-one Airplay songs (#10 overall), the most weeks at number-one (#54 Weeks) and tied for one of the three longest-running number one Airplay songs of the decade (We Found Love) as well as the most top tens.

Unless massive changes occur before late-2019, I believe the top five will be as follows:

1) Rihanna
2) Bruno Mars
3) Maroon 5
4) Katy Perry
5) Taylor Swift/Adele

If Rihanna secures the title of 'Hot 100 Artist of the Decade' from Drake she will tie Mariah Carey as being the artist to be both the 'Hot 100 Artist' and 'Airplay Artist' in the same decade. Usher came close in the 2000's but he was the #2 airplay artist of the decade behind Beyoncé.

1990's - Mariah Carey.

Hot 100 Artist: #1
Hot 100 Airplay Artist: #1
Hot 100 Singles Sales Artist: #2 (behind Janet Jackson).

2000's - Usher.

Hot 100 Artist: #1
Hot 100 Airplay Artist: #2
Hot 100 Singles Sales Artist: #11

2010's - Rihanna.

Hot 100 Artist: #1/#2
Hot 100 Airplay Artist: #1
Streaming Songs Artist: #2
Digital Songs Artist: Top Five.

[owenlovesmusic]

Aug 1, 2018 9:12:24 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 1, 2018 8:51:20 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

It’s definitely smart that they pushed it due to the success of the viral challenge but i’m saying that I wish they had pushed a different song instead because it’s gotten boring and repetitive.

You just agreed that it was smart that they pushed the In My Feelings, but you wish they pushed another song instead? Why would they push another song, thereby granting you your wish, if In My Feelings was the smart song to push at the time? All hit songs get boring and repetitive overtime, that's something we all have to deal with. Again, like I said, In My Feelings being pushed now doesn't mean Don't Matter to Me can't or won't be pushed in the future. You might still get your wish. Just won't happen anytime soon.

Idk if you can’t understand what I’m saying or what but I will clarify. My personal wish is that DMTM was pushed instead of IMF because I like DMTM more.

[Deleted]

How do people feel about the nonstop push? I wish he waited but the song should make the year end chart at least with it

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 9:27:51 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Aug 1, 2018 8:57:40 GMT -5 @mello said:

Even the slightest notion that it wouldn't be a huge hit without the challenge is faulty at best.

Not really. The challenge clearly led to the song exploding. Might it have been a hit without the challenge? Of course. But we can't really know that, and more so it surely wouldn't have been this big. Do you think its streaming total would be this big without the challenge?

The reality is nearly anything Drake released now would be some kind of hit. But "IMF" is a monster hit, and the challenge is definitely a large element of it.

I think you're reading too much into what I said.  I chose my words carefully.  I didn't say "as huge", I said "huge".   And I didn't say "wrong", I said "faulty".  

So, to answer your question, no, of course not.  But given that this song was far and away one of the most popular new tracks on an album of over 2 dozen songs during release week, it seems to me that the writing was on the wall before the challenge.  The only new song to chart higher was Nonstop, and that was the first full song on the album, which gives it an edge, at least during release week.  In My Feelings is buried in the second half of the second "disc", yet debuted right behind Nonstop, so people were clearly drawn to the song itself, at least that's how I interpret its performance prior to the viral challenge.

[ur local neighborhood dbender]

I'm surprised Don't Matter To Me has fell this much.

[owenlovesmusic]

Aug 1, 2018 11:09:07 GMT -5 @drakeisskinny said:

How do people feel about the nonstop push? I wish he waited but the song should make the year end chart at least with it

if he had released it the week Scorpion dropped, he’d have another #1 😐

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 11:14:49 GMT -5 @mello said:

Aug 1, 2018 9:27:51 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Not really. The challenge clearly led to the song exploding. Might it have been a hit without the challenge? Of course. But we can't really know that, and more so it surely wouldn't have been this big. Do you think its streaming total would be this big without the challenge?

The reality is nearly anything Drake released now would be some kind of hit. But "IMF" is a monster hit, and the challenge is definitely a large element of it.

I think you're reading too much into what I said.  I chose my words carefully.  I didn't say "as huge", I said "huge".   And I didn't say "wrong", I said "faulty".  

So, to answer your question, no, of course not.  But given that this song was far and away one of the most popular new tracks on an album of over 2 dozen songs during release week, it seems to me that the writing was on the wall before the challenge.  The only new song to chart higher was Nonstop, and that was the first full song on the album, which gives it an edge, at least during release week.  In My Feelings is buried in the second half of the second "disc", yet debuted right behind Nonstop, so people were clearly drawn to the song itself, at least that's what I take from its performance prior to the viral challenge.

The challenge started near the end of the tracking week which helped bumbed the song up to six

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 11:27:39 GMT -5 @drakeisskinny said:

The challenge started near the end of the tracking week which helped bumbed the song up to six

Ok, but I do remember Apple Music's streaming chart on release day and In My Feelings was near the top of the heap immediately.  And I believe on iTunes as well, no?

I'm not denying its impact on the song's success, at all, but to imply that the song wouldn't have been a big hit without it seems presumptuous to me.  People were actively streaming and buying the SONG itself, alongside some people watching a video that exploded into a viral challenge in the weeks that followed, giving it crazy video streams.  

But look, if some believe IMF's success is truly THIS rooted in one guy's viral challenge that exploded, fair enough.   I'm just my own example that the viral stuff isn't the reason for everyone liking the song.  It's a likable song all on its own.

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 11:42:06 GMT -5 @mello said:

Aug 1, 2018 11:27:39 GMT -5 @drakeisskinny said:

The challenge started near the end of the tracking week which helped bumbed the song up to six

Ok, but I do remember Apple Music's streaming chart on release day and In My Feelings was near the top of the heap immediately.  And I believe on iTunes as well, no?

I'm not denying its impact on the song's success, at all, but to imply that the song wouldn't have been a big hit without it seems presumptuous to me.  People were actively streaming and buying the SONG itself, alongside some people watching a video that exploded into a viral challenge in the weeks that followed, giving it crazy video streams.  

But look, if some believe IMF's success is truly THIS rooted in one guy's viral challenge that exploded, fair enough.  

I do still think it would of debuted in the top ten I was just pointing out that the challenge definitely helped it in its first week 

[Deleted]

Aug 1, 2018 10:26:35 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

2000's - Usher.

Hot 100 Artist: #1
Hot 100 Airplay Artist: #2
Hot 100 Singles Sales Artist: #11

A few receipts of a legendary icon.

[jenglisbe]

Looking at the Spotify thread "IMF" was #15 from the album on Spotify after day 1:

1. Nonstop by Drake 5,749,019
2. Survival by Drake 5,219,711
3. Emotionless by Drake 4,842,941
4. Elevate by Drake 4,686,139
5. 8 Out Of 10 by Drake 4,170,547
6. I'm Upset by Drake 3,945,109
7. Mob Ties by Drake 3,859,100
8. Talk Up by Drake 3,823,354
9. Can’t Take A Joke by Drake 3,642,782
10. Don’t Matter To Me by Drake 3,466,023
11. God's Plan by Drake 3,386,616
12. Sandra’s Rose by Drake 3,210,108
13. Nice For What by Drake 2,901,725
14. Is There More by Drake 2,807,246
15. In My Feelings by Drake 2,752,535

It had moved to #1 by July 9. Shiggy actually posted the video that was the initial 'challenge' on June 30. By July 9 it was trending, and that's when "IMF" had moved to #1.

But yes, it would be a hit regardless.

[Enigma.]

Funny IMF is now doing same numbers than on the release day of Scorpion.

[brady47]

Usher KILLED it in the 2000s.

#2 Album of the Decade - Confessions
#2 Song of the Decade - Yeah!
#2 Hot 100 Airplay Song of the Decade - Yeah!

Owning the top 2 positions on the 2004 year end chart with Yeah! and Burn

And U Got It Bad (#15), Burn (#21) and My Boo (#36) were all top 40 on the decade-end chart.

[brady47]

I'm actually surprised Beyonce bested Usher on Hot 100 Airplay Artist of the Decade.

Usher had 6 #1s & 43 weeks at #1; Beyonce had 5 #1s & 36 weeks at #1

But I guess Beyonce had more top 5 airplay hits as well - Halo, Naughty Girl, Me, Myself & I, Sweet Dreams were also big airplay hits for her that didn't hit #1.