Billboard Hot 100: 12/8/2018

[Gary]

Dec 4, 2018 11:18:05 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Gary Are they not doing a Holiday 100 this year?

I looked for one. No update.

[Gary]

Mainstream top 40 recurrents

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 2 4 #1 3 wks Back To You , Selena Gomez 1
2 2 4 17 I Like Me Better , Lauv 1
3 3 3 6 I Like It , Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 1
4 4 6 12 Psycho , Post Malone Featuring Ty Dolla $ign 1
5 5 7 21 New Rules , Dua Lipa 1
6 6 5 11 Mine , Bazzi 1
7 7 8 17 The Middle , Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 1
8 9 9 12 Delicate , Taylor Swift 2
9 12 11 18 Never Be The Same , Camila Cabello 1
10 11 12 30 Let You Down , NF 1
11 13 15 52 Attention , Charlie Puth 1
12 10 10 10 No Tears Left To Cry , Ariana Grande 1
13 8 1 3 I'm A Mess , Bebe Rexha 1
14 14 16 35 Havana , Camila Cabello Featuring Young Thug 2
15 16 17 37 Bad At Love , Halsey 1
16 19 20 31 Perfect , Ed Sheeran 1
17 17 19 45 Sorry Not Sorry , Demi Lovato 1
18 15 14 13 Friends , Marshmello & Anne-Marie 1
19 18 18 17 In My Blood , Shawn Mendes 5
20 20 – 65 Shape Of You , Ed Sheeran 1

[Gary]

AC Recurrents

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 9 99 #1 1 wks Last Christmas , Wham! 1
2 4 2 100 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 1
3 1 1 106 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 1
4 6 4 101 All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
5 2 3 105 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 1
6 5 6 106 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
7 7 5 109 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 1
8 8 8 105 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 1
9 9 10 95 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 3
10 10 11 37 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
11 11 14 8 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 11
12 12 20 105 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John Lennon & Yoko Ono 1
13 16 16 54 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 8
14 13 19 91 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 8
15 17 – 101 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 3
16 15 13 14 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 13
17 14 18 92 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 2
18 20 – 49 Sleigh Ride , Leroy Anderson 9
19 18 – 95 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 6
20 0 Re-Entry 80 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 3

[Gary]

AC

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 6 20 3 #1 1 wks Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , John Legend Featuring Esperanza Spalding 1
2 10 – 2 GG Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 2
3 1 1 37 Delicate , Taylor Swift 1
4 2 2 22 Girls Like You , Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B 1
5 4 3 38 The Middle , Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 1
6 7 6 43 Meant To Be , Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 3
7 12 22 3 What Christmas Means To Me , Pentatonix 7
8 8 7 18 I Like Me Better , Lauv 7
9 5 5 48 Lights Down Low , MAX Featuring gnash 2
10 11 26 3 Best Gift Ever , Elizabeth Chan 10
11 13 29 3 White Christmas , Eric Clapton 11
12 16 – 2 All I Want For Christmas Is You , Ingrid Michaelson Featuring Leslie Odom Jr. 12
13 18 – 2 Candy Cane Lane , Sia 13
14 15 – 2 Carol Of The Bells , Lindsey Stirling 14
15 14 28 3 Silent Night (Solo Piano Version) , Aretha Franklin 14
16 17 12 7 Shallow , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 12
17 20 15 14 Broken , lovelytheband 15
18 19 13 8 Love Someone , Lukas Graham 12
19 22 19 13 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 19
20 21 11 7 With You , Mariah Carey 11
21 23 16 15 Back To You , Selena Gomez 14
22 24 23 19 Africa , Weezer 19
23 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 That's Why We Celebrate , Straight No Chaser 23
24 0 New 1 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Ingrid Michaelson Featuring Grace VanderWaal 24
25 26 25 11 Tequila , Dan + Shay 23
26 30 – 2 Christmas Every Day , David Archuleta 26
27 0 New 1 Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas , The Rua 27
28 0 New 1 Unconditionally , Gregory Darling 28
29 27 17 20 Call Me Sir , Train Featuring Cam & Travie McCoy 13
30 0 New 1 Winter Wonderland , Hannah Kerr 30

[Gary]

Rock Streaming

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 3 95 #1 58 wks Believer , Imagine Dragons 1
2 4 4 25 High Hopes , Panic! At The Disco 2
3 12 – 13 GG Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 3
4 2 1 121 Bohemian Rhapsody , Queen 1
5 3 2 19 Natural , Imagine Dragons 1
6 5 5 83 Thunder , Imagine Dragons 1
7 0 Re-Entry 12 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 6
8 20 – 10 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John Lennon & Yoko Ono 8
9 0 Re-Entry 4 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 9
10 6 7 5 Another One Bites The Dust , Queen 6
11 10 13 55 All Star , Smash Mouth 5
12 7 8 4 Somebody To Love , Queen 7
13 0 Re-Entry 10 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 4
14 8 10 76 Feel It Still , Portugal. The Man 2
15 14 14 16 Broken , lovelytheband 6
16 9 9 4 Don't Stop Me Now , Queen 9
17 0 Re-Entry 13 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 3
18 11 6 3 Bad Liar , Imagine Dragons 6
19 15 12 5 Under Pressure , Queen & David Bowie 3
20 16 15 239 Radioactive , Imagine Dragons 1
21 13 11 4 We Will Rock You , Queen 9
22 18 16 4 Killer Queen , Queen 16
23 17 18 127 Don't Stop Believin' , Journey 7
24 0 New 1 Christmas Wrapping , The Waitresses 24
25 21 19 46 Whatever It Takes , Imagine Dragons 3

[Gary]

Mainstream Rock

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 2 16 #1 2 wks Get Up , Shinedown 1
2 2 1 16 Are You Ready , Disturbed 1
3 3 3 23 Hear Me Now , Bad Wolves Featuring DIAMANTE 3
4 4 6 12 When Legends Rise , Godsmack 4
5 5 7 19 S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) , The Glorious Sons 5
6 7 9 10 Dance Macabre , Ghost 6
7 9 10 8 GG Who Do You Trust? , Papa Roach 7
8 8 8 14 Mantra , Bring Me The Horizon 8
9 11 12 11 Mad Hatter , Avenged Sevenfold 9
10 13 13 18 Disease , Beartooth 10
11 12 11 25 Ghost , Badflower 2
12 14 14 9 When The Seasons Change , Five Finger Death Punch 12
13 6 4 20 When The Curtain Falls , Greta Van Fleet 1
14 15 15 11 Do Your Worst , Rival Sons 14
15 10 5 18 Driving Rain , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 5
16 16 16 10 Broken , From Ashes To New 16
17 17 18 6 Do Not Disturb , Halestorm 17
18 18 17 14 Ihateit , Underoath 17
19 20 20 5 All Out Life , Slipknot 19
20 23 23 6 Be Legendary , Pop Evil 20
21 19 19 15 Basic Needs , Jonathan Davis 19
22 25 27 3 Right Left Wrong , Three Days Grace 22
23 22 22 8 The Time Is Now , Atreyu 22
24 21 21 11 Made An America , The Fever 333 21
25 24 24 13 Black Holes (Solid Ground) , The Blue Stones 22
26 28 28 4 Pressure , Muse 26
27 30 30 4 Listening For The Silence , P.O.D. 27
28 27 31 5 Sleep Walking Elite , Chevelle 27
29 29 33 4 So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish , A Perfect Circle 29
30 31 36 5 Bullet , Hyro The Hero 30
31 0 New 1 You're The One , Greta Van Fleet 31
32 26 25 17 Natural , Imagine Dragons 20
33 34 35 5 That's What Heaven Feels Like , The Dirty Nil 33
34 32 37 7 Bella Donna , The Black Moods 29
35 38 38 4 Who Do You Love , DOROTHY 35
36 33 34 6 Save Myself , Messer 28
37 0 New 1 Haunted , Diamante 37
38 36 32 7 Move , Pretty Vicious 30
39 35 26 14 Never Fade , Alice In Chains 10
40 40 – 2 The Old Me , Memphis May Fire 40

[iHype.]

The last time 4/5 of the top 5 on Hot 100 was Pop-leaning songs: 

2017-03-04
1 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
2 I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) - Zayn / Taylor Swift
3 Bad And Boujee - Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert
4 Chained To The Rhythm - Katy Perry Featuring Skip Marley
5 Closer - The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey

Also pretty uncommon: a Pop song managing to be #1 on streaming (Thank U, Next) yet still not being #1 on Hot 100. 

The last time that happened was August 27, 2016 (Cold Water was #1 on Streaming, Cheap Thrills was #1 on Hot 100). The last time a Pop song was #1 on Streaming but an R&B/Hip-Hop song was #1 on Hot 100 was April 26, 2014. (Dark Horse was #1 on Streaming, Happy was #1 on Hot 100)

[rockgolf]

A lot of big songs fell off the chart this week:

• I Like Me Better
• Psycho
• Sad!!

Also, BoRhap.

[Deleted]

Year-End charts are online.

2018 Year-End Hot 100 Songs:

1  God's Plan - Drake
2  Perfect - Ed Sheeran
3  Meant To Be - Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
4  Havana - Camila Cabello Featuring Young Thug
5  Rockstar - Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
6  Psycho - Post Malone Featuring Ty Dolla $ign
7  I Like It - Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
8  The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
9  In My Feelings - Drake
10  Girls Like You - Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B

link

[rockgolf]

Dec 4, 2018 12:58:57 GMT -5 @mello said:

2018 Year-End Hot 100 Songs:

There's a separate thread for that.
But are those official or your predictions?

[Gary]

There Has Never Been a No. 1 Hit Like Travis Scott's 'Sicko Mode' (Except Maybe Once in 1974)

12/4/2018 by Andrew Unterberger

Cross Travis Scott's name off the list of the biggest stars without a Hot 100 No. 1 hit. This week, the ascendant hip-hop A-lister plugs one of the few remaining holes on his resume with his Astroworld single "Sicko Mode" climbing to No. 1.

It's a hard earned Hot 100-topper: "Sicko" reaches No. 1 in its 17th week on the chart, having debuted at No. 4 back in August and spending four non-consecutive weeks at No. 2. In the past week, Scott also released a new Skrillex-helmed remix version of the smash hit, and even pleaded with audiences during a recent sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden that they had to help get the song to pole position. (With the imminent debut of the music video for Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" -- the previous three-week-reigning No. 1 -- last Friday, Nov. 30, competition was about to get much tougher at the chart's top.)

The song's journey to No. 1 has been long-winding enough that it may have overshadowed just how unlikely it remains that it was even in range in the first place. Despite Scott's recent graduation to superstar status with the blockbuster numbers posted by Astroworld, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in August with 537,000 in equivalent album units earned -- before 2018, he'd never even scraped the Hot 100's top ten as a lead artist, coming closest with the No. 16-peaking "Antidote" in 2015, and with his sole appearance in the chart's top tier coming via a guest spot on Drake's "Portland" (No. 9, 2017). But "Sicko Mode" is one of four such hits Scott has launched to the region this year alone -- also including his own No. 8-debuting "Stargazing," and feature credits on Kodak Black's "ZEZE" (No. 2) and Lil Wayne's "Let It Fly" (No. 10).

And as big as it's gotten, there's no disguising how weird "Sicko Mode" is as a pop song. It's a five minute, three-part odyssey, one which short-circuits its own opening (courtesy of Drake, currently the most successful rapper in the world, whose name does not even appear on the song's official listing) just as it starts to gain momentum. The song's three segments are almost entirely discreet from one another, with little obvious connective tissue melodically, rhythmically or even thematically -- though both sections featuring verses from Scott do include a Jamba Juice reference, for whatever that's worth -- and the transitions between the three are jarring by design, making the song every bit the rollercoaster ride you'd expect from Astroworld's marquee attraction. It should be virtually impossible to play on radio.

Yet not only is it now topping the Hot 100 -- largely thanks to its prowess on streaming (returning to its No. 2 peak on the Streaming Songs chart this week) and sales (reaching a new peak of No. 2 on Digital Song Sales) -- it's catching on with radio, too, recently climbing into the Radio Songs top 10, and even entering the Pop Songs top 20. It says something both about Scott's influence as a trendsetter, and about the currently free-form state of mainstream hip-hop at the moment, that such an unconventional single could reach such pop omnipresence. (It should also be noted that hip-hop's trending towards shorter songs in general -- as well as rap radio's tendency to transition in and out of songs at a faster churn than other genres -- may also play a part here, since radio DJs can avoid the bumpier parts of "Sicko Mode" by playing just one of its three segments at a time.)

Regardless, as unusual as "Sicko Mode" is as a No. 1, it's not totally without precedent in Hot 100 history -- even going outside of this century, or the hip-hop world at large. In 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings scored a one-week Hot 100-topper with "Band on the Run," opening theme to their '73 album of the same name: again, a five-minute, three-part mini-epic whose sections smash into each other without much warning about the sharp turns ahead. The different segments of "Band" may be a little more thematically connected, roughly telling the story of the titular group of law-evading bandits, but listening to it provides the same sort of sidewinding rush as "Sicko Mode," an unpredictable journey that's as exhilarating as it is confusing.

Of course, 44 years after its chart peak, endless classic rock replay has normalized "Band on the Run" to the point where it's almost hard to imagine a time when the song might've been considered daring or unorthodox. But it's possible to imagine a world in which decades from now, the same becomes true of "Sicko Mode" -- where hundreds of listens into the song, neither Drake's early-song exit, nor the dramatic beat switches or mid-song dissolves feel at all extraordinary, and it just starts to feel like, well, classic rap. Even if so, following the path of longevity set out by arguably rock's greatest living legend -- and one of its most inventive architects -- would be a pretty impressive standard for Travis and "Sicko Mode" to set.

[Gary]

Kane Brown Wins With 'Lose,' Dustin Lynch and Thomas Rhett Go Top 10 On Country Airplay Chart

12/4/2018 by Jim Asker


Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Kane Brown accepts the Favorite Male Artist - Country award onstage during the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on Oct. 9, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Kane Brown's "Lose It" ascends 3-1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart (dated Dec. 8), increasing by 6 percent to 40.5 million audience impressions in the week ending Dec. 2, according to Nielsen Music.

On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart, "Lose" rebounds 5-3. It crowned Hot Country Songs two weeks earlier (Nov. 24), dethroning Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group), which dominated for a record 50 weeks.

"Lose," which Brown wrote with Chase McGill and Will Weatherly, is the first single from Brown's second full-length Experiment, which debuted atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts dated Nov. 24 with 126,000 equivalent album units.


"Lose" is the third total and consecutive Country Airplay No. 1 for the 25-year-old singer-songwriter. "Heaven" led for two weeks in May, after "What Ifs," featuring Lauren Alaina, reigned on Oct. 28, 2017.

Brown charted two prior Country Airplay songs: "Used to Love You Sober," his maiden posting, which peaked at No. 35 in May 2016, followed by "Thunder in the Rain," which reached No. 43 that November.

All five songs have been released RCA Nashville, to which Brown signed in early 2016 after building a strong social media following starting in 2014, mainly by posting covers of songs by such artists as Brantley Gilbert, Alan Jackson, George Strait and others.

"GOOD" NEWS Dustin Lynch adds his seventh top 10 on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, as "Good Girl" climbs 13-10 and 11-7 on the lists, respectively. On the latter, the song hikes by 14 percent to 25 million in audience.

Lynch first reached the top 10 with the No. 2-peaking "Cowboys and Angels" in 2012.

"SIXTEEN" IS TOP 10 Thomas Rhett rolls up his 13th top Country Airplay 10, as "Sixteen" pushes 12-8 (24.3 million, up 11 percent). The track, which Rhett co-authored, bumps 12-11 on Hot Country Songs.

Of his prior 12 Country Airplay top 10s, Rhett logged 11 as a lead artist -- all of which have hit No. 1. ("Small Town Throwdown," by Brantley Gilbert featuring Justin Moore and Rhett, reached No. 8 in 2014.) Rhett has logged 18 appearances on the tally, having first reached the upper tier in 2013 with his first No. 1, "It Goes Like This," which ruled for three weeks.

WORDS ABOUT "SPEECHLESS" Dan + Shay's "Speechless" leads Hot Country Songs for a second week, after becoming pair's first No. 1 and the chart's third leader of 2018, after Kane Brown's "Lose It" and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be."

"Speechless" holds at the Hot Country Songs apex thanks to its 7 percent gain to 32.4 million in radio reach, as it rises 6-4 on Country Airplay. It holds atop Country Digital Song Sales for a sixth week, despite falling by 30 percent to 10,000 downloads sold, and dips 6-8 on Country Streaming Songs (8.3 million U.S. streams, down 7 percent).

BROOKS ROLLS Garth Brooks notches his 89th Country Airplay appearance, a total that includes 19 leaders among 35 top 10s, as "Stronger Than Me", a tribute to wife Trisha Yearwood, debuts at No. 56 (1.2 million impressions).

Brooks ties Kenny Chesney for the second-most career Country Airplay appearances, dating to the chart's January 1990 launch. George Strait leads with 98 entries. Rounding out the top five most frequent visitors: Tim McGraw (83) and Alan Jackson (82).

Brooks premiered "Stronger" with a performance on the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards, broadcast Nov. 14 on ABC.

"Stronger" follows "All Day Long," which hit No. 11 on Country Airplay in September, and "Ask Me How I Know," which, in December 2017, became Brooks' first No. 1 on the survey since 2007. After a five-year break from the chart, he has posted nine entries since December 2013.

[Gary]

Ariana Grande Congratulates Travis Scott on 'Sicko Mode' Going No. 1 Over 'Thank U, Next': 'So F--ing Dope'

12/3/2018 by Michael Saponara

After imploring his fans to help make it happen, Travis Scott indeed notched his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Monday (Dec. 3) with "Sicko Mode." With La Flame dethroning Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next," the pop singer decided to show Scott some love for his latest accomplishment.

"So fucking dope. congratulations," she replied to the Cactus Jack frontman on Twitter with a black heart emoji. Scott then wrote back minutes later, "U know it blood gang shit."

Grande also answered one of her fan accounts who hoped that she would throw shade in the Houston native's direction. "if an artist you stanned were that close to having their first # 1 and they did all that they could in their power to get it (and they got it), you'd be celebrating. It's an exciting feeling."

Travis Scott onstage at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 28, 2018.
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Travis Scott Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Leader: 'What's More 'Sicko Mode' Than Going No. 1?!'

The 26-year-old Scott has been celebrating his first No. 1 with fans throughout the day, and he took some time to put his feelings into words for Billboard.

"I don't know how I'm writing this right now … it's so many emotions. Just super-thankful to all the fans and supporters. Me and Drake been working to make something so crazy for the kids. It's dope that one of our illest collaborations just went No. 1," he excitedly penned. "The whole idea when we made the song was to go 'sicko mode' … and what's more sicko mode than going No. 1?!"

Check out Ariana Grande and Travis Scott's exchange below.

so fucking dope. congratulations! --
— Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) December 3, 2018

if an artist you stanned were that close to having their first # 1 and they did all that they could in their power to get it (and they got it), you'd be celebrating -- it's an exciting feeling. love u.
— Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) December 3, 2018

U know it blood gang shit. t.co/W1lN6X3KFL
— TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisxx) December 3, 2018

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Finally, the Holiday 100 has been updated. Holiday Albums hasn't been yet ...

[badrobot]

That one Billboard article hints at this, but when’s the last time a #1 song didn’t have a chorus? Even Band on the Run has a chorus.

I just listened to sicko mode for the first time and it certainly is structurally unlike any other hits I can think of. Bohemian Rhapsody would be the closest oddity structurally but it missed #1.

[Xander]

Well, billboard will be doing a recount on the top 200. Dummy boy might go #1 instead of Astroworld

[Deleted]

Wow Christmas songs taking over already??? They need to be over on the Holiday 100 not the Hot 100.

[missgenericnickname]

I'm honestly pretty surprised that Billboard didn't even bother to do a top 10 video. I figured it would have been at least livestreamed on Facebook(for some odd reason) like they've done in the past or say it was some holiday delay. It's pretty odd.....

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Dec 4, 2018 19:41:49 GMT -5 Xander said:

Well, billboard will be doing a recount on the top 200. Dummy boy might go #1 instead of Astroworld

Actually all this week's charts are being audited by Nielsen:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8488663/billboard-charts-under-review-nielsen-music

[iHype.]

Dec 4, 2018 19:39:49 GMT -5 badrobot said:

That one Billboard article hints at this, but when’s the last time a #1 song didn’t have a chorus? Even Band on the Run has a chorus.

I just listened to sicko mode for the first time and it certainly is structurally unlike any other hits I can think of. Bohemian Rhapsody would be the closest oddity structurally but it missed #1.

Prince's Batdance?

It's literally the most oddest structured #1 ever in my opinion. That article snubbed it. It sounds like a medley of 5 different songs and has lines from the respective Batman movie randomly merged in. So mind-boggling it actually reached #1.

[korbel16]

Dec 5, 2018 1:16:11 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Dec 4, 2018 19:39:49 GMT -5 badrobot said:

That one Billboard article hints at this, but when’s the last time a #1 song didn’t have a chorus? Even Band on the Run has a chorus.

I just listened to sicko mode for the first time and it certainly is structurally unlike any other hits I can think of. Bohemian Rhapsody would be the closest oddity structurally but it missed #1.

Prince's Batdance?

It's literally the most oddest structured #1 ever in my opinion. That article snubbed it. It sounds like a medley of 5 different songs and has lines from the respective Batman movie randomly merged in. So mind-boggling it actually reached #1.

i don’t think baby got back has a chorus

[jebsib]

^ Paul McCartney's #1 song "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" is another oddball #1 song that is disjointed and like 3 different songs.
The article needs to be more thorough.

[Gary]

Dec 4, 2018 22:31:12 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Dec 4, 2018 19:41:49 GMT -5 Xander said:

Well, billboard will be doing a recount on the top 200. Dummy boy might go #1 instead of Astroworld

Actually all this week's charts are being audited by Nielsen:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8488663/billboard-charts-under-review-nielsen-music

The results of the Billboard 200 chart dated Dec. 8, which was announced on Sunday (Dec. 2), are being audited by Nielsen Music due to a processing discrepancy. Upon completion of the in-depth audit of data sources across streaming and retail, Billboard will announce any resulting changes that may affect chart rankings.

[Gary]

Country Airplay Chart Lacks Any Female Artists in Top 20 For First Time

12/5/2018 by Jim Asker

Carrie Underwood, "Love Wins"
Carrie Underwood ranks highest, at No. 22, with 'Love Wins.'

On Billboard's latest Country Airplay chart, dated Dec. 8, the top 20 is a boys club, and a historic one at that: for the first time since the radio-based survey launched in January 1990, the top 20 does not feature any female acts.

The highest position held by a woman on Country Airplay this week belongs to Carrie Underwood's "Love Wins," which climbs 25-22 (up 13 percent to 8.2 million audience impressions in the week ending Dec. 2, according to Nielsen Music).


Looking at the entire 60 positions on Country Airplay, seven female acts appear beyond Underwood: Mindy Smith (as featured on Kenny Chesney's "Better Boat," at No. 27); Kelsea Ballerini ("Miss Me More," No. 32); Hillary Lindsey (as featured on Randy Houser's "What Whiskey Does," No. 40); duo Maddie & Tae ("Friends Don't," No. 41); trio Runaway June ("Buy My Own Drinks," No. 44); Lauren Alaina ("Ladies of the '90s," No. 47); and Carly Pearce ("Closer to You," No. 53).

Notably, Alaina's song recalls a bountiful era for women on the charts (country, pop and beyond). "I was raised on radio waves, where the ladies dominated," she sings, as she shouts out "Britney" (Spears) and smashes by Shania Twain, Destiny's Child, Dixie Chicks and more.

How does this week's Country Airplay top 20 compare historically? Let's look back to this time in 1990 and every five years after to see how songs by women fared.

As recently as three years ago, women were far better represented in the chart's upper reaches. (Totals below include women in solo roles, both as leads and featured artists, and duos/groups with female members.)

Dec. 1, 1990: five
No. 1, K.T. Oslin, "Come Next Monday"
No. 11, Holly Dunn, "You Really Had Me Going"
No. 15, Reba McEntire, "You Lie"
No. 16, Highway 101, "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
No. 19, Baillie and the Boys, "Fool Such as I"

Dec. 2, 1995: three
No. 4, Lorrie Morgan, "Back in Your Arms Again"
No. 10, Pam Tillis, "Deep Down"
No. 19, Dolly Parton & Vince Gill, "I Will Always Love You"

Dec. 2, 2000: seven
No. 5, Dixie Chicks, "Without You"
No. 6, Sara Evans, "Born to Fly"
No. 13, Patty Loveless, "That's the Kind of Mood I'm In"
No. 14, Jo Dee Messina, "Burn"
No. 15, Terri Clark, "A Little Gasoline"
No. 17, Lee Ann Womack, "Ashes by Now"
No. 20, Reba McEntire, "We're So Good Together"

Dec. 3, 2005: six
No. 12, Faith Hill, "Like We Never Loved Before"
No. 13, Little Big Town, "Boondocks"
No. 14, Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
No. 18, Martina McBride, "(I Never Promised You) A Rose Garden"
No. 19, Sugarland, "Just Might (Make Me Believe)"
No. 20, Brad Paisley feat. Dolly Parton, "When I Get Where I'm Going"

Dec. 4, 2010: six
No. 3, The Band Perry, "If I Die Young"
No. 6, Reba McEntire, "Turn On the Radio"
No. 8, Sugarland, "Stuck Like Glue"
No. 9, Carrie Underwood, "Mama's Song"
No. 14, Miranda Lambert, "Only Prettier"
No. 19, Lady Antebellum, "Hello World"

Dec. 5, 2015: four
No. 2, Carrie Underwood, "Smoke Break"
No. 8, Cam, "Burning House"
No. 13, Jana Kramer, "I Got the Boy"
No. 16, Kelsea Ballerini, "Dibs"

Threading 2015 to today, four women (Underwood, Maren Morris, Rhiannon Giddens and Alaina) ranked in the top 20 on the Dec. 3, 2016 chart, and three (Pearce, Morris and Ballerini) did on Dec. 2, 2017.

"Unfortunately, I wish I could say I'm shocked by this statistic, but I'm not," says Johnny Chiang, director of operations, Cox Media Group Houston, which includes Country Airplay reporter KKBQ. "It's sad, really. In all other aspects of life, we're seeing women thrive by becoming CEOs, film directors, best-selling authors, etc. In country music, we really don't have the female talent to compete? That's just ridiculous."

"Even if we narrowed the focus to modern music," Chiang muses, "we have the likes of Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello, Lady Gaga, Adele and many more dominating the charts. And, in our own country world, we have powerful women like Cindy Mabe [president, UMG Nashville], Kristen Williams [senior vp, radio and streaming, Warner Music Nashville], Lesly Simon [general manager, Pearl Records], Kerri Edwards [owner/president, KP Entertainment], Virginia Davis [president, G-Major Management], Donna Jean Kissauer [vp, radio and tour marketing, Borman Entertainment] and many more shaping our business.

"The disparity on the country charts just doesn't make sense and doesn't reflect the female talent we have in our midst," Chiang says. "I don't know whose fault it is, but everyone needs to look at themselves in the mirror and ask if they're contributing to this issue."

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Dec 5, 2018 1:16:11 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Dec 4, 2018 19:39:49 GMT -5 badrobot said:

That one Billboard article hints at this, but when’s the last time a #1 song didn’t have a chorus? Even Band on the Run has a chorus.

I just listened to sicko mode for the first time and it certainly is structurally unlike any other hits I can think of. Bohemian Rhapsody would be the closest oddity structurally but it missed #1.

Prince's Batdance?

It's literally the most oddest structured #1 ever in my opinion. That article snubbed it. It sounds like a medley of 5 different songs and has lines from the respective Batman movie randomly merged in. So mind-boggling it actually reached #1.

Agree with your analysis of the song itself.  But... its success is not as mind-boggling if you were alive in 1989 and experienced the Batman phenomenon.  Easily one of the biggest movie hype/events in my lifetime, even to this day.

And then you have the enormousness of Prince at the time, too. 

I specifically remember Toy Soldiers by Martika was #1 and Madonna's Express Yourself was #2, and Batdance swooped in just when I thought Express Yourself was gonna hit #1.

[Gary]

My favorite #1 medley is

Medley - Stars on 45 from 1981

[jenglisbe]

Dec 4, 2018 22:31:12 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Dec 4, 2018 19:41:49 GMT -5 Xander said:

Well, billboard will be doing a recount on the top 200. Dummy boy might go #1 instead of Astroworld

Actually all this week's charts are being audited by Nielsen:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8488663/billboard-charts-under-review-nielsen-music

How were they able to do R&B Albums and other component charts then?

Dec 4, 2018 16:32:48 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Finally, the Holiday 100 has been updated. Holiday Albums hasn't been yet ...

It's weird that Holiday Streaming Songs is only a 25 position chart, yet Holiday Digital Songs is 50 positions. Get with it, Billboard!

[kierz7]

Dec 5, 2018 1:16:11 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Dec 4, 2018 19:39:49 GMT -5 badrobot said:

That one Billboard article hints at this, but when’s the last time a #1 song didn’t have a chorus? Even Band on the Run has a chorus.

I just listened to sicko mode for the first time and it certainly is structurally unlike any other hits I can think of. Bohemian Rhapsody would be the closest oddity structurally but it missed #1.

Prince's Batdance?

It's literally the most oddest structured #1 ever in my opinion. That article snubbed it. It sounds like a medley of 5 different songs and has lines from the respective Batman movie randomly merged in. So mind-boggling it actually reached #1.

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You've stated this many times before and I still fail to see your point.

What's "mind-boggling" about the fact that it reached number one?

How old are you? In your early-to-mid 20's perhaps? You had to be alive then and of mature mind to know how successful it was.

This was 1989, not 2009. The "Batman" movie was a phenomenon then (I was 9 years old at the time), a collosal Pop culture event thus mostly everything tied to it received just as much fame and exposure. Prince was also still a massive musical name, in spite of how eccentric he was becoming, image-wise, and how less commercialised his music was becoming also. The Batman OST was inescapable especially "Batdance". If social media were around then it would have been a viral sensation; everybody was wearing Batman related iconography (shirts, make-up), everybody was making up their own choreography to the songs and everybody had Batman-related bumper stickers on their car.

Also, as experimental as "Batdance" is, musically, it still had followed a very distinct New-Jack-Swing syncopated beat which was common at the time.

Overall, the only other music related phenomenons of 1989 was Madonna's "Like A Prayer (video especially) and Janet Jackson's highly anticipated "Rhythm Nation" release.

[iHype.]

Dec 5, 2018 21:22:23 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

Dec 5, 2018 1:16:11 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Prince's Batdance?

It's literally the most oddest structured #1 ever in my opinion. That article snubbed it. It sounds like a medley of 5 different songs and has lines from the respective Batman movie randomly merged in. So mind-boggling it actually reached #1.

.

You've stated this many times before and I still fail to see your point.

What's "mind-boggling" about the fact that it reached number one?

How old are you? In your early-to-mid 20's perhaps? You had to be alive then and of mature mind to know how successful it was.

This was 1989, not 2009. The "Batman" movie was a phenomenon then (I was 9 years old at the time), a collosal Pop culture event thus mostly everything tied to it received just as much fame and exposure. Prince was also still a massive musical name, in spite of how eccentric he was becoming, image-wise, and how less commercialised his music was becoming also. The Batman OST was inescapable especially "Batdance". If social media were around then it would have been a viral sensation; everybody was wearing Batman related iconography (shirts, make-up), everybody was making up their own choreography to the songs and everybody had Batman-related bumper stickers on their car.

Also, as experimental as "Batdance" is, musically, it still had followed a very distinct New-Jack-Swing syncopated beat which was common at the time.

Overall, the only other music related phenomenons of 1989 was Madonna's "Like A Prayer (video especially) and Janet Jackson's highly anticipated "Rhythm Nation" release.

I I just said it sounded extremely left field for a hit lmao chill out. Which makes it pretty commendable it managed to reach #1. Never discredited its success nor said it wasn’t a phenomenon.

[jenglisbe]

Dec 5, 2018 21:57:54 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Dec 5, 2018 21:22:23 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

.

You've stated this many times before and I still fail to see your point.

What's "mind-boggling" about the fact that it reached number one?

How old are you? In your early-to-mid 20's perhaps? You had to be alive then and of mature mind to know how successful it was.

This was 1989, not 2009. The "Batman" movie was a phenomenon then (I was 9 years old at the time), a collosal Pop culture event thus mostly everything tied to it received just as much fame and exposure. Prince was also still a massive musical name, in spite of how eccentric he was becoming, image-wise, and how less commercialised his music was becoming also. The Batman OST was inescapable especially "Batdance". If social media were around then it would have been a viral sensation; everybody was wearing Batman related iconography (shirts, make-up), everybody was making up their own choreography to the songs and everybody had Batman-related bumper stickers on their car.

Also, as experimental as "Batdance" is, musically, it still had followed a very distinct New-Jack-Swing syncopated beat which was common at the time.

Overall, the only other music related phenomenons of 1989 was Madonna's "Like A Prayer (video especially) and Janet Jackson's highly anticipated "Rhythm Nation" release.

I I just said it sounded extremely left field for a hit lmao chill out. Which makes it pretty commendable it managed to reach #1. Never discredited its success nor said it wasn’t a phenomenon.

You wrote that it was "mind-boggling" that it reached #1, so it was appropriate for someone to explain it to you.