Billboard Hot 100- 9/1/18

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Aug 27, 2018 10:41:48 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 27, 2018 10:28:51 GMT -5 @mello said:

Drake is a beast and a legend.

He's also a beneficiary of the streaming era, and so there's some important chart/industry context to consider when it comes to comparing him to many rappers that came before him - as their number of hits were often limited to singles.

There's this, there's also the fact that Drake was putting up massive numbers on the charts and with his albums WAY before the streaming era. You put Drake's figures against the rest of his peers and the wide gap that exists between him and them is ridiculous. Drake's peers are just now doing first week numbers he was doing way back in 2010 with his debut album, before streams were ever counted. IMO, he's the artist who has transitioned the most smoothly from the digital era to the streaming era and with the numbers he keeps posting in the streaming era, I don't see any of his peers overtaking him anytime soon. There's also the part where he never takes a break and each new project breaks streaming records that the former set or broke. His run and dominance is unprecedented in rap music.

"Way before the streaming era" is quite relative when we also include rappers from the 90s and earlier 00s.  The digital era is even favorable to the physical-single-only era that preceded it - especially in terms of the Hot 100.

The point of my post(s) isn't to take away from Drake's massive success(es) or even to say he isn't the most successful of all time.  It's simply that there's often important context when comparing the success of different artists from different eras. Number of hits taken at face value without any context is misleading, and raw physical sales vs. digital/streaming-era equivalencies are also tricky to compare.  All of these things make for good conversation and debate for those who are into it.
 

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 27, 2018 11:00:07 GMT -5 @mello said:

Aug 27, 2018 10:41:48 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

There's this, there's also the fact that Drake was putting up massive numbers on the charts and with his albums WAY before the streaming era. You put Drake's figures against the rest of his peers and the wide gap that exists between him and them is ridiculous. Drake's peers are just now doing first week numbers he was doing way back in 2010 with his debut album, before streams were ever counted. IMO, he's the artist who has transitioned the most smoothly from the digital era to the streaming era and with the numbers he keeps posting in the streaming era, I don't see any of his peers overtaking him anytime soon. There's also the part where he never takes a break and each new project breaks streaming records that the former set or broke. His run and dominance is unprecedented in rap music.

"Way before the streaming era" is quite relative when we also include rappers from the 90s and earlier 00s.

The point of my post(s) isn't to take away from Drake's massive success(es) or even to say he isn't the most successful of all time.  It's simply that there's often important context when comparing the success of different artists from different eras. Number of hits taken at face value without any context is misleading, and raw physical sales vs. digital/streaming-era equivalencies are also tricky to compare.  All of these things make for good conversation and debate for those who are into it.
 

Oh yeah, of course. Even just the fact that he's scored 11 top 10 hits this year alone is something that wasn't fathomable back in JAY Z's prime. Along with the number of Billboard entries he's been able to score. Things are definitely different now than they were during the digital era and the era before that. I'm just saying since his emergence, he's been the top guy in rap music as far as charts dominance and album success is concerned - at least amongst his peers. I was trying to say he didn't just start putting up huge figures with the rise of the streaming era, even though the streaming era has seen him reach ridiculous heights.

[kierz7]

Aug 27, 2018 10:41:48 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 27, 2018 10:28:51 GMT -5 @mello said:

Drake is a beast and a legend.

He's also a beneficiary of the streaming era, and so there's some important chart/industry context to consider when it comes to comparing him to many rappers that came before him - as their number of hits were often limited to singles.

There's this, there's also the fact that Drake was putting up massive numbers on the charts and with his albums WAY before the streaming era. You put Drake's figures against the rest of his peers and the wide gap that exists between him and them is ridiculous. Drake's peers are just now doing first week numbers he was doing way back in 2010 with his debut album, before streams were ever counted. IMO, he's the artist who has transitioned the most smoothly from the digital era to the streaming era and with the numbers he keeps posting in the streaming era, I don't see any of his peers overtaking him anytime soon. There's also the part where he never takes a break and each new project breaks streaming records that the former set or broke. His run and dominance is unprecedented in rap music.

"...He's the artist who has transitioned the most smoothly from the digital era to the streaming era..."



PREACH!!!!!!

In my opinion, Rihanna is a MAJOR part of that achievement also.

Unlike Drake who has released 4 albums in the streaming era, Rihanna has released one.

With 13 years of activity, Rihanna has transitioned from being the "Best Selling Digital Artist of All-Time" with sales of 250M WW (Singles/Track Sales/Ringtones) to the "Most Streamed Female Artist of All-Time" WW with Streams of over 30B+, far ahead of her peers.

Granted her output has slowed down recently but her name and celebrity is more powerful than ever.

This is a Woman who debuted in 2005, is someone whom many deemed wouldn't be relevant past 2007 and is still generating immense hype 14 years later.

In my opinion, Rihanna is the Madonna of the new era, as critics have even highlighted, in terms of image + sonic reinvention, constant cultural significance with each passing era and overall consistency.

I could easily see Rihanna still getting hits 10 years from now, Drake and Taylor Swift also.

[thegreatdivine]

^ I definitely feel like Drake and Rihanna are the defining artists of the decade, for sure. By far the most consistent and unrelenting hitmakers of their generation. Rihanna also doesn't get enough credit for not just long she's been able to manage her celebrity and her relevane, but also for the sheer amount of success she's achieved. Of all the artists who debuted around the time she did, she's by far the most successful out of them - male or female. We really have some icons and future legends in our midst and it's exciting to see.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 26, 2018 12:29:20 GMT -5 brady47 said:

Aug 26, 2018 8:30:14 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

He does as well on radio as any major rapper would. Most rappers only have real impact on Rhythmic/Urban formats and Drake has scored 4 #1's and 5 top 10's on Rhythmic and 6 #1's on the Urban format this year alone. His dominance on the Pop format is really limited and that kind of hinders his overall reach, but considering all things, he does really well for himself. Drake songs have played on radio all year long.

Agreed - but he's had bigger radio hits like "Best I Ever Had", "One Dance" and "Hotline Bling" so there's definitely potential for more radio support

"BIEH" peaked at #9 at Top 40, so I wouldn't include it. "One Dance" and "Hotline Bling" were a bit bigger in terms of overall, but this has been the most consistent Drake era yet in terms of airplay. He usually only gets 1 hit at Top 40 per album.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 26, 2018 11:37:27 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

August 31, 1963

02 02 Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman

I had no idea this was an actual song that charted.

[kcdawg13]

Interesting thing I found, Christina Perri's A Thousand Years is close to being diamond. The song has sold 7 million copies in the US so far, which is insane given that it only peaked at #31 on the Hot 100 and #22 on Pop.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 27, 2018 12:24:36 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Interesting thing I found, Christina Perri's A Thousand Years is close to being diamond. The song has sold 7 million copies in the US so far, which is insane given that it only peaked at #31 on the Hot 100 and #22 on Pop.

That is impressive, but it's also been used in so many forms of media that I'm not actually surprised.

[woods]

This is gonna be interesting...

[badrobot]

Just a small note on Drake, one difference with him and other rappers like Diddy, Jay-Z, and Kanye West is that they are also largely known for their production/career-building for other artists as well. Drake certainly collaborates a lot but I get the impression his collaborations are mostly guest verses as opposed to him writing and producing for others (he may do this somewhat, but it doesn't seem to be a major focus). So if you look at Drake's numbers he probably has more dominance as an artist, but if you consider the broader set of artists who Diddy, Jay-Z, and Kanye had a hand in developing, they strike me as having bigger overall impact beyond just their own solo success.

[sam8432]

Aug 27, 2018 13:14:39 GMT -5 woods said:

This is gonna be interesting...

Ah, that probably explains the delay. I'll be happy whether it's God is a Woman or Love Lies.

[thegreatdivine]

Um... Billboard?

[woods]

He just confirmed there is no livestream today. We'll have to wait for the article.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

The only rap album from 2011 in the album chart? Whoa

[allow that]

Aug 27, 2018 13:34:20 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

The only rap album from 2011 in the album chart? Whoa

+ still Drake's best.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

In all seriousness though, I agree that Rihanna is one of the defining artists of the generation and am consistently impressed by how her celebrity has grown since she first emerged 13 years ago, but also that her success has been relatively consistent across nearly all of her albums in that time too. She could put out a new song tomorrow that debuts at #1 and it's not an unrealistic idea to state.

Drake's success has always seemed a bit odd to me and while you can't deny how big he's been this decade, I do feel that a lot of his popularity, at least as far as this forum is concerned, is how the Hot 100 is structured that favours his release strategy. He has the most charting songs for a solo artist of all time because Billboard suddenly started incorporating album tracks into the mix. A decision I don't disagree with at all but it's also all relative. Had Billboard figured out a way to track album tracks from album sales (no idea how this would have been done btw other than just giving X number of points per each unit sold and having album tracks debuting on the chart in a block - which would be annoying but it's a thought) - but how Billboard figured out how to do that before, we would have already had situations where Adele would have occupied the entire Top 11 of the Hot 100, Mariah would have dominated the early-to-mid 90s more than she already did, N Sync and Backstreet Boys would have had their entire albums chart.

This is all of course would haves and ifs and none of it matters. My point is is that so much of all of these chart comparisons are all relative and I can't help but feel that Drake's chart presence has been bloated. Of course it's all the name of the game. He wouldn't be able to do it without being an industry force.

[Gary]

Drake's 'In My Feelings' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Hits Top 10

8/27/2018 by Trevor Anderson



Courtesy Photo
Drake, "In My Feelings"
Drake rules for a 26th frame in 2018, matching The Black Eyed Peas for the second-best sum by any act in a calendar year.

Drake's "In My Feelings" lands a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 1).

The song’s latest term gives Drake a 26th week atop the chart in 2018, thanks to a trio of No. 1 hits this year, tying The Black Eyed Peas for the second-longest stint in any calendar year.

Let's dive into the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 28).


As it leads the Hot 100 for a seventh week, "Feelings," released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, likewise nabs a seventh frame at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 59.4 million U.S. streams, down 16 percent, in the week ending Aug. 23, according to Nielsen Music. The song set the weekly streaming record with 116.2 million clicks in the week ending July 19. It was first driven by the viral "In My Feelings" challenge, while its official video premiered Aug. 2.

After six weeks in charge of the Digital Song Sales chart, “Feelings” slips to No. 2 as it posts 30,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 23, down 21 percent. On Radio Songs, the track falls 3-4 with a 3 percent dip to 106 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 26, according to Nielsen Music.

Drake has now commanded the Hot 100 for 26 weeks in 2018, all with tracks from his Scorpion album. Prior to "Feelings," "Nice for What" notched eight weeks at No. 1 beginning April 21, directly succeeding "God's Plan" after 11 weeks on top.

Drake’s 26-week tally equals The Black Eyed Peas’ as the second-best in any calendar year. The quartet conquered the chart in 2009 with “Boom Boom Pow” (12 weeks) and “I Gotta Feeling” (14). Notably, the Peas ran the table for 26 consecutive weeks, still the longest uninterrupted stretch by any one act in Hot 100 history.

Here is an updated look at the acts to spend the most time at No. 1 in any calendar year in the Hot 100's 60-year history:

28 weeks, Usher, 2004
26 weeks, Drake, 2018
26 weeks, The Black Eyed Peas, 2009
19 weeks, Drake, 2016
19 weeks, Puff Daddy, 1997
18 weeks, Monica, 1998
18 weeks, The Beatles, 1964
17 weeks, Justin Bieber, 2017
17 weeks, Beyonce, 2003
17 weeks, Nelly, 2002
17 weeks, Boyz II Men, 1994


Usher set the mark of 28 weeks at the Hot 100's apex via four No. 1s in 2004: "Yeah!," featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (12 weeks, beginning Feb. 28); "Burn" (eight weeks, May 22); "Confessions Part II" (two, July 24); and "My Boo," with Alicia Keys (six, Oct. 30).

As Drake nears Usher’s single-year record of 28 weeks atop the Hot 100, he also moves within one week of tying his career total weeks at No. 1 on the chart: Usher has accumulated 47, while Drake now sits at 46. Only four acts have totaled more time at No. 1: Mariah Carey (79 weeks), Rihanna (60), The Beatles (59) and Boyz II Men (50).

Additionally, rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 31 consecutive weeks. Along with Drake's "Feelings," "Nice" and "Plan," the streak includes Childish Gambino's "This Is America" (for two weeks); Post Malone's "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion's "Sad!" (one); and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin's "I Like It" (one).

"Feelings" concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each. It also spends a third week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, as the contest enters the homestretch, with one tracking week remaining. The winner is scheduled to be revealed on Wed. Sept 5.

Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, ranks at its No. 2 Hot 100 high for a third week, while ruling Radio Songs for a fifth week (128 million, down 1 percent). It holds at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (30,000, down 9 percent) and climbs 6-5 on Streaming Songs (31.2 million, up 6 percent), matching its highest rank yet on the chart.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin's former No. 1 hit "I Like It" holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, while it tops the Digital Song Sales chart for the first time, in its 20th chart week. The collaboration moved 32,000 downloads in the week, a 4 percent dip.

With “Like” needing 20 weeks to top Digital Song Sales, it claims the sixth-longest wait to the summit since the chart began in 2004. Only The All-American Rejects’ “Dirty Little Secret,” (26 weeks, reaching No. 1 in 2006), Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” (25, 2010), The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” (25, 2006), Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis (24, 2009) and Adele’s “Set Fire to The Rain” (23, 2012) required more time to ascend to No. 1.

Back on the Hot 100, 6ix9ine's "FEFE," featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz stays at No. 4 after having previously hit No. 3. The collab also takes over atop the On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, which ranks the biggest on-demand audio streaming titles each week. "FEFE" clocks 24.8 million on-demand audio clicks in the week.

Post Malone's "Better Now" is steady at No. 5 on the Hot 100, while Juice WRLD's No. 3-peaking "Lucid Dreams" keeps at No. 6.

Ariana Grande doubles up in the top 10 as “No Tears Left to Cry” rebounds 12-7, after having previously reached No. 3. The single flies 32-16 on Streaming Songs (18.3 million, up 47 percent) and holds at No. 7 on Radio Songs (68 million, down 8 percent).

Directly below “Tears” on the Hot 100, Grande’s “God Is A Woman,” rockets 30-8 and secures her 10th top 10 hit. The song rallies 24-8 on Streaming Songs (22.8 million, up 68 percent) and 32-12 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, up 78 percent), helped by live televised performances of the song in the tracking week, including at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 20, and a discount $0.69 price on iTunes. “Woman” also darts 46-39 on Radio Songs in its second week on the chart (29 million, up 22 percent).

As “Woman” roars, Grande becomes only the 12th artist to have logged at least 10 Hot 100 top 10s in the 2010s decade. Among women, she ties the tallies of Kesha and Lady Gaga for the fifth-best sum. Rihanna leads all women, with 19 top 10s in the decade, followed by Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift (each with 17), and Katy Perry (11). Drake leads all acts in that time span, with 29 visits to the region.

Both “Tears” and “Woman” feature on Grande’s fourth studio LP, Sweetener, which blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” dips 7-9 after previously reaching No. 4, while Tyga’s “Taste,” featuring Offset, reverts 8-10.

Just outside the Hot 100's top 10, Khalid and Normani’s “Love Lies” posts a second week at its No. 11 high, as it advances 6-5 on Radio Songs (82 million, up 9 percent). 5 Seconds of Summer pushes into the top 15 on the Hot 100 as “Youngblood” rises 17-15, while Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid’s collaboration “Eastside” hits the top 40 for the first time, thanks to a 48-31 vault. Plus, Luke Bryan lands his 17th top 40 trip on the Hot 100 as “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” climbs 47-40.

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 (Aug. 28), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[Gary]

1. (=)In my Feelings
2. (=)Girls Like You
3. (=)I Like It
4. (=)Fefe
5. (=)Better Now
6. (=)Lucid Dreams
7. (+5)No Tears left To Cry
8. (+22)God Is A Woman
9. (-2)Sicko Mode
10. (-2)Taste
11. (=)Love Lies
15. (+2)Youngblood
31. (+17)Eastside

[Gary]

From a couple days ago


What Song Could Knock Drake's 'In My Feelings' From No. 1 on the Hot 100?

8/24/2018 by Andrew Unterberger


Lorne Thomson/Getty Images
Travis Scott performs at Wireless Festival Day 2 at Finsbury Park on July 8, 2017 in London, England.

Three weeks: That's how much longer Drake needs to be No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to tie the all-time record for most weeks spent on top in one calendar year.

The current Hot 100 single-year record, set by Usher in 2004, is 28 weeks. Between his three No. 1 singles this year -- "God's Plan" (11 weeks), "Nice For What" (eight weeks) and "In My Feelings" (six weeks and counting), Drake is up to 25 weeks total on top. Without an obvious threat charging up behind it, "Feelings" could continue its run for the foreseeable future.

But while there's no clear frontrunner for the next song to depose Drake -- and indeed, said challenger might not even have dropped yet, or might have just been released this Friday (like the new tracks on K-pop sensation BTS' Love Yourself: Answer) -- there are a handful that at least have a shot at knocking him from his perch. Here are five of the most obvious contenders:

Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, "Girls Like You" (Currently: No. 2)

Seems only right to start off the discussion with the song that's been directly underneath Drake the past two weeks. "Girls Like You" moved to No. 2 on the Hot 100 last week, largely on the back of its dominance of the airwaves: It's been No. 1 on Billboard's Radio Songs chart for four weeks now. However, it's majorly lagging behind "In My Feelings" when it comes to streaming: "Girls" is No. 6 on the Streaming Songs chart this week, but with only about 40 percent of the total streams of "Feelings" (71 million streams to 29.3 million). And while "Feelings" is starting to slip in all metrics, so is "Girls": It fell 1 percent in radio plays, 15 percent in sales, and 5 percent in streams this week, which would would make a rebound to overtake Drake difficult, though not impossible, to pull off.

Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" (Currently: No. 7)

Ironically, the song with arguably the best shot at knocking Drake off No. 1 is one on which he guest stars. Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" -- which debuted at No. 4 on the Hot 100 last week (hot off Scott's Astroworld album's fantastic first-week performance) before sliding to No. 7 this week -- includes at least one full verse from Drake as a guest rapper. But like the rest of Astroworld, the song credits no guests, meaning that should the song hit No. 1, it would not contribute to Drake's overall tally for weeks on top.

Does it have a chance of getting there? Well, it obviously moved in the wrong direction on the chart this week -- but unlike several of the other songs currently populating the top 10, which seem to have already mostly run their course as hits, "Sicko" still has time and room to grow. And some of the early signs are encouraging: The song climbed to the top of Spotify's daily U.S. chart on Monday -- replacing "In My Feelings" -- and has remained there since. It might be tough for the song to make up the difference in sales ("Feelings" stays at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales for a sixth frame this week, while "Sicko" plummets from No. 5 to No. 38) and radio ("Feelings" remains at its No. 3 peak on Radio Songs, and "Sicko" has yet to appear on the chart at all), but it should have the streaming foothold to at least compete in the weeks to come.

Post Malone, "Better Now" (Currently: No. 5)

"Better Now" has been a fixture on the Hot 100 for the last 16 weeks, debuting at No. 7 (the same week that parent album Beerbongs & Bentleys entered at No. 1 on the Billboard 200) and only reaching its current peak of No. 5 for the first time earlier this August. It's performing well in all metrics -- No. 4 on Radio Songs, No. 5 on Digital Song Sales, No. 11 on Streaming Songs -- but it's been lacking a little in the momentum needed for it to really mount a serious threat to "In My Feelings."

However, it has a card still left to play: an official music video, which it hasn't yet received, despite "Now" being the best-performing song off Beerbongs that hadn't already debuted prior to the album's April release. Videos have given late jolts to Post's previous Beerbongs hits, "Rockstar" and "Psycho" (the latter of which didn't hit No. 1 until its 15th week on the chart), so perhaps one could do the same for "Better." (Also, news of Post's recent in-flight near-death experience could inspire a surge in listener streams -- though it's too soon to tell how much of a bump, if any, he'll actually receive from that.)

Ariana Grande, "God Is a Woman" (Currently: No. 30)

Given its relatively low standing on the chart this week -- down from its No. 11 debut (and current peak) four weeks earlier -- "God Is a Woman" might seem like a particular longshot to dethrone Drake. However, more than any other song on this list, it has momentum on its side: parent album Sweetener debuted last Friday (Aug. 17) to critical acclaim and projected chart-topping sales, while Grande also gave a triumphant performance of the song at Monday's MTV Video Music Awards.

The exposure is paying off: "God" has been atop the real-time iTunes chart for much of the week following Grande's VMAs performance, while ranking at No. 6 on Spotify's daily chart for the entire week -- and although radio has been slow to shift its focus away from previous single "No Tears Left to Cry" (No. 12 on the Hot 100 this week, and No. 7 on Radio Songs), "God" does debut at No. 46 on Radio Songs this week. The song will almost certainly spike on the Hot 100 next week, but whether it'll get within striking distance of "Feelings" -- and be able to continue to accelerate from there -- remains to be seen.



DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo & Chance the Rapper, "No Brainer" (Currently: No. 10)

While "No Brainer" is currently lingering at a safe distance from the No. 1 spot -- it moves up one spot to No. 10 this week, after debuting at No. 5 two weeks ago -- you have to respect the pedigree: The four artists credited previously linked up on 2017's "I'm the One" (also with Lil Wayne) which debuted at No. 1 and became one of the defining songs of last summer. "No Brainer" isn't there yet, obviously, but in just three weeks it's bound to No. 14 on the Radio Songs chart, and is holding relatively strong on both Streaming Songs (No. 14) and Digital Song Sales (No. 21) -- meaning that even if it didn't arrive with the force of "I'm the One," it may still build up to that eventually.

[Gary]

Digital Songs #1 I Like It 32,000
Streaming#1 In My Feelings 59.4
Radio #1 Girls Like You 128

[Gary]

Longest climb to digital sales #1

1. Dirty Little Secret 26 weeks
2. Hey Soul Sister 25
3. How To Save A Life 25
4. Just Dance 24
5. Set Fire To The Rain 23
6. I Like It 20

[pnobelysk]

Aug 27, 2018 12:27:39 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Aug 27, 2018 12:24:36 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Interesting thing I found, Christina Perri's A Thousand Years is close to being diamond. The song has sold 7 million copies in the US so far, which is insane given that it only peaked at #31 on the Hot 100 and #22 on Pop.

That is impressive, but it's also been used in so many forms of media that I'm not actually surprised.

It’s also a huge wedding song

[Dylan :)]

Ariana's top ten peaks:

Problem #2

Bang Bang #3
No Tears Left To Cry #3

Break Free #4
Side To Side #4

Love Me Harder #7
Focus #7

Dangerous Woman #8
God Is A Woman #8

The Way #9

[badrobot]

Random thoughts:

- Ariana now has 10 top tens without a #1. Is there a list of the artists with the most top tens without a #1? I imagine a few rappers may make the cut (Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliot come to mind) but not sure who else.

- I just checked and the #1 radio song has not been the same as the #1 Hot 100 song since "Perfect" on Jan 20. In fact the only other radio #1 that also hit #1 on the Hot 100 is "I Like It," but it wasn't #1 on radio when it was #1 on the Hot 100.

[iHype.]

Aug 27, 2018 15:07:42 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Random thoughts:

- Ariana now has 10 top tens without a #1. Is there a list of the artists with the most top tens without a #1? I imagine a few rappers may make the cut (Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliot come to mind) but not sure who else.

- I just checked and the #1 radio song has not been the same as the #1 Hot 100 song since "Perfect" on Jan 20. In fact the only other radio #1 that also hit #1 on the Hot 100 is "I Like It," but it wasn't #1 on radio when it was #1 on the Hot 100. 

Nicki Minaj - 17 top 10s
Bruce Springsteen - 12 top 10s
Missy Elliott - 10 top 10s
Ariana Grande - 10 top 10s

Only artists with 10+ top 10s and no #1's.

[Harx]

Aug 27, 2018 15:03:15 GMT -5 Dylan :) said:

Ariana's top ten peaks:

Problem #2

Bang Bang #3
No Tears Left To Cry #3

Break Free #4
Side To Side #4

Love Me Harder #7
Focus #7

Dangerous Woman #8
God Is A Woman #8

The Way #9

justice 4 into you

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Female acts with the most Hot 100 top 10s this decade:

19 Rihanna
17 Taylor Swift* 
17 Nicki Minaj
11 Katy Perry* 
10 Lady Gaga*
10 Kesha
10 Ariana Grande*

*all hits credited as lead or co-lead

[feoba]

Aug 27, 2018 15:37:16 GMT -5 @mello said:

Female acts with the most Hot 100 top 10s this decade:

19 Rihanna
17 Taylor Swift* 
17 Nicki Minaj
11 Katy Perry* 
10 Lady Gaga*
10 Kesha
10 Ariana Grande*

*all hits credited as lead or co-lead

What Katy Perry and Lady Gaga Songs are co-lead?

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Aug 27, 2018 15:46:28 GMT -5 feoba said:

What Katy Perry and Lady Gaga Songs are co-lead?

None.

[badrobot]

Aug 27, 2018 15:29:50 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Aug 27, 2018 15:07:42 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Random thoughts:

- Ariana now has 10 top tens without a #1. Is there a list of the artists with the most top tens without a #1? I imagine a few rappers may make the cut (Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliot come to mind) but not sure who else.

- I just checked and the #1 radio song has not been the same as the #1 Hot 100 song since "Perfect" on Jan 20. In fact the only other radio #1 that also hit #1 on the Hot 100 is "I Like It," but it wasn't #1 on radio when it was #1 on the Hot 100. 

Nicki Minaj - 17 top 10s
Bruce Springsteen - 12 top 10s
Missy Elliott - 10 top 10s
Ariana Grande - 10 top 10s

Only artists with 10+ top 10s and no #1's.

Thanks!

It looks like Nicki had 6 as lead and Missy had 5 as lead, just to add an asterisk.

Just outside, Creedence Clearwater Revival also has 9 top 10s.