Billboard Hot 100: 02/16/2019

[Mauricio]

Feb 6, 2019 18:34:47 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

Feb 6, 2019 18:11:45 GMT -5 mako said:

Yep. I only listen to country songs by accident. I just give them a low ranking. (I do listen to country songs that have cracked the top 20)

You're blocked from participating in future Year-End Rankdowns. Thanks for your confession.

NO JODAAAAAAAAASS, ME MEO DE RISAAAA AJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJ. (Omg that's so sad for those who don't know spanish)

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Feb 6, 2019 18:11:45 GMT -5 mako said:

Feb 6, 2019 17:54:54 GMT -5 MoD said:

so you didn't listen to all the songs?

Yep. I only listen to country songs by accident. I just give them a low ranking. (I do listen to country songs that have cracked the top 20)

If you cannot devote the time to participate in a rankdown properly, then you shouldn't participate at all. Everyone else is taking the time to actually listen to all those songs and fairly rank them. Some might even be listening to some or even all of the songs multiple times. Several individuals in the WTM tournament detailed their process for listening to all 60 songs and they actually do that.

Tanking a specific genre as a whole and being like, "Oh, I don't listen to that genre unless by accident or if they are top 20" shits on and disrespects those who take the time to listen to all the songs. Sometimes we do have to suffer through some truly awful songs, but that's part of the process. You don't have to love each and every genre. No one can, will or should, but it doesn't hurt if that somehow happens.

If you feel you are better than everyone else and just too important to have to subject yourself to, oh the horror of having to listen to all of the songs of a genre that you don't normally listen to, then you just shouldn't participate in rankdowns anymore.

[mako]

Feb 6, 2019 22:53:45 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

Feb 6, 2019 18:11:45 GMT -5 mako said:

Yep. I only listen to country songs by accident. I just give them a low ranking. (I do listen to country songs that have cracked the top 20)

If you cannot devote the time to participate in a rankdown properly, then you shouldn't participate at all. Everyone else is taking the time to actually listen to all those songs and fairly rank them. Some might even be listening to some or even all of the songs multiple times. Several individuals in the WTM tournament detailed their process for listening to all 60 songs and they actually do that.

Tanking a specific genre as a whole and being like, "Oh, I don't listen to that genre unless by accident or if they are top 20" shits on and disrespects those who take the time to listen to all the songs. Sometimes we do have to suffer through some truly awful songs, but that's part of the process. You don't have to love each and every genre. No one can, will or should, but it doesn't hurt if that somehow happens.

If you feel you are better than everyone else and just too important to have to subject yourself to, oh the horror of having to listen to all of the songs of a genre that you don't normally listen to, then you just shouldn't participate in rankdowns anymore.

Sure, I'm too invested in other shit anyway

[renaboss]

Lmao at everyone pressed about the phony rankdown.

Also lmao at the person ranking songs without listening to them.

Lmaos all around, y'all are a quirky bunch.

[mako]

Feb 7, 2019 6:14:29 GMT -5 renaboss said:

Lmao at everyone pressed about the phony rankdown.

Also lmao at the person ranking songs without listening to them.

Lmaos all around, y'all are a quirky bunch.

Lmao

[Abbaschand]

Oh, Pulse. You'll never ceases to amaze me.

[Choco]

Feb 6, 2019 18:34:47 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

Feb 6, 2019 18:11:45 GMT -5 mako said:

Yep. I only listen to country songs by accident. I just give them a low ranking. (I do listen to country songs that have cracked the top 20)

You're blocked from participating in future Year-End Rankdowns. Thanks for your confession.

[tanooki]

so uhhh y'all know anything about the charts?

[Choco]

Feb 6, 2019 21:16:40 GMT -5 Mauricio said:

Feb 6, 2019 18:34:47 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

You're blocked from participating in future Year-End Rankdowns. Thanks for your confession.

NO JODAAAAAAAAASS, ME MEO DE RISAAAA AJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJ. (Omg that's so sad for those who don't know spanish)

[lazer]

Feb 7, 2019 11:57:53 GMT -5 tanooki said:

so uhhh y'all know anything about the charts?

Ariana Grande's new album will probably make an impact. Maybe an album bomb.

[Enigma.]

That's next week obviously.

[chartfreak]

Feb 7, 2019 12:13:22 GMT -5 lazer said:

Feb 7, 2019 11:57:53 GMT -5 tanooki said:

so uhhh y'all know anything about the charts?

Ariana Grande's new album will probably make an impact. Maybe an album bomb.

My local top 40 is promoting today that they will playing songs off the new album tomorrow.

[thegreatdivine]

The video for Going Bad just dropped.

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

And just like that, Going Bad is gonna rise in the Top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100.

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Feb 7, 2019 18:06:02 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

And just like that, Going Bad is gonna rise in the Top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100.

Not with Ariana coming next week.

[tanooki]

Feb 7, 2019 18:51:08 GMT -5 jtd Thee Stallion said:

Feb 7, 2019 18:06:02 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

And just like that, Going Bad is gonna rise in the Top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100.

Not with Ariana coming next week.

If the video holds up and the Ari bomb doesn't, it could do so in the second week. Although releasing the same tracking week as TUN is a goofy move, I'd love to see the song reach a new peak eventually.

[Choco]

Seems kinda dumb to release it the day before the tracking week ends... but it's Drake so it will stream well anyways.

[Naos]

Ugh, I thought Meek Mill was over.

[tanooki]

Feb 7, 2019 19:06:25 GMT -5 Naos said:

Ugh, I thought Meek Mill was over.

everyone is over until the drake feature pulls up

[areyoureadytojump]

Repost!

www.billboard.com/articles/business/7897127/thursday-new-music-releases-explained

Why Thursday Is the New Friday for New Tunes
8/10/2017 by Steve Knopper

Why some artists are breaking the industry's Friday-release rule: "It's a little bit less about the chart game, a little bit more about the global reach game."

Major Lazer's single "Know No Better" has racked up over 119 ­million streams on Spotify since the six-song EP of the same name was released June 1. But the EP sold only 1,000 ­copies in its first week, ­according to Nielsen Music.

The reason for the tepid start: It was released on a Thursday, an increasingly popular yet risky tactic that artists and their labels are using to maximize exposure and stand out from the Friday pack.

"It's a little bit less about the chart game, a little bit more about the global reach game," says Zack Gershen, executive vp at mTheory, a management services firm that advises Major Lazer and advocates violating the Friday-release rule.

Though Friday has been the global industry's official day for new music for the past two years, star acts are jumping the gun with increasing frequency. The strategy can help cut through the noise while ­giving the Australian, Asian and European markets more time to drive music up the global streaming charts and through social media, since Australia's Friday is well ­underway by the time New York's ­officially begins. The year's biggest hit, the Justin Bieber-assisted remix of "Despacito," arrived on a Monday.

Going early is a gamble for several reasons. First-week sales of a Thursday release appear puny (because the music has been on the market for only a sliver of the Friday-to-Friday week), while an early release that might have been No. 1 could start ­slipping on the charts by the time Friday ­competitors enter the race. Early releasers also risk ­getting overlooked by fans who are used to searching for new tunes on Fridays.

Tom Corson, president/COO of RCA Records, which recently put out Kesha's "Praying" and Miley Cyrus' "Malibu" on separate Thursdays, ­supports the ­strategy but notes that it requires a lot of extra work, and "the ­streaming services and platforms don't always like it either."

But for stars such as Sam Hunt, who released "Drinkin' Too Much" on a Sunday and "Body Like a Back Road" on a Wednesday, breaking the rule appears to be ­paying off.

"You're ­separating ­yourself from ­everything else that's ­coming out on Friday," says Hunt's manager, Brad Belanger. "Anybody can pop up big sales for one or two weeks. It's where are you at week 16 -- that's what I'm ­interested in."

[jayhawk1117]

So apparently a lot of stations are playing a new Thank U next track every hour. .. So literally payola

[fhas]

Feb 7, 2019 22:00:28 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

So apparently a lot of stations are playing a new Thank U next track every hour. .. So literally payola

Album bomb + radio payola... Scooter is on another level haha.

[jayhawk1117]

Imagine the meltdown that happens when Ed Sheeran does something like this lmao

[owenlovesmusic]

Anyone know if any rap albums are dropping tonight?

[Au$tin]

Feb 7, 2019 23:25:45 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

Anyone know if any rap albums are dropping tonight?

Not at all noteworthy to the charts, but Qveen Herby is dropping EP 5 tonight.

Yup, I'm shamelessly promoting her music because no one else does.

[owenlovesmusic]

I actually like Break Up With Your Girlfriend

[owenlovesmusic]

also new Wiz Khalifa/Curren$y album out now

[85la]

Feb 7, 2019 22:17:40 GMT -5 fhas said:

Feb 7, 2019 22:00:28 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

So apparently a lot of stations are playing a new Thank U next track every hour. .. So literally payola

Album bomb + radio payola... Scooter is on another level haha.

You guys clearly haven't been following radio for too long or very closely. This has been standard practice for many years: the day a single comes out there is an upfront deal between the labels and radio station owners (Clear Channel, iHeart Radio, etc.) to play the song every hour. It's not payola because it's a limited-time promotional deal and the parties are upfront about it. I'm not even sure if money is exchanged.

[Deleted]

Feb 6, 2019 20:23:08 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

I still don't understand how Shallow is selling so well.

Gaga buying copies of her own song

[Deleted]

Feb 6, 2019 22:53:45 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

Feb 6, 2019 18:11:45 GMT -5 mako said:

Yep. I only listen to country songs by accident. I just give them a low ranking. (I do listen to country songs that have cracked the top 20)

If you cannot devote the time to participate in a rankdown properly, then you shouldn't participate at all. Everyone else is taking the time to actually listen to all those songs and fairly rank them. Some might even be listening to some or even all of the songs multiple times. Several individuals in the WTM tournament detailed their process for listening to all 60 songs and they actually do that.

Tanking a specific genre as a whole and being like, "Oh, I don't listen to that genre unless by accident or if they are top 20" shits on and disrespects those who take the time to listen to all the songs. Sometimes we do have to suffer through some truly awful songs, but that's part of the process. You don't have to love each and every genre. No one can, will or should, but it doesn't hurt if that somehow happens.

If you feel you are better than everyone else and just too important to have to subject yourself to, oh the horror of having to listen to all of the songs of a genre that you don't normally listen to, then you just shouldn't participate in rankdowns anymore.

Can u make ur avi hotter