Billboard Hot 100: 12/21/2019

[tanooki]

New albums from Camila Cabello and XXXTentacion, along with new Taylor, Halsey, Harry Styles


RIP Juice WRLD

[m450n]

Idk how well Taylor's new song will do this year (we will have to wait for streaming #s) but the sound fits the Christmas hit formula and could be a big song to watch in the coming years.

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Dec 6, 2019 0:48:34 GMT -5 tanooki said:

New albums from Camila Cabello and XXXTentacion, along with new Taylor, Halsey, Harry Styles,

They can't help but rob X's grave, can they? Greedy bastards.

[dovahduck]

New performance of "Heartless" on the Colbert Show will definitely help it this week: youtu.be/6Zv2xbye1W0

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Halsey’s “Finally // Beautiful Stranger” is 99 on iTunes, “SUGA’s Interlude” is number 2 (blocked by the Taylor Christmas song). Notably, Maroon 5’s “Memories” is number 3 and “Dance Monkey” is 5.

[Au$tin]

A Taylor Swift Christmas song versus BTS on a Halsey track going head-to-head on iTunes is very interesting to see. Taylor's fanbase and the BTS army are both super strong, making it a fun watch to begin with, but couple that with neither song being a traditional release for said artists and it makes it really fun.

[aussie1]

I doubt Taylor's song will have a huge impact. Her song for the cats soundtrack did next to nothing. But this christmas song is already having a much stronger start.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 6, 2019 0:57:04 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Dec 6, 2019 0:48:34 GMT -5 tanooki said:

New albums from Camila Cabello and XXXTentacion, along with new Taylor, Halsey, Harry Styles,

They can't help but rob X's grave, can they? Greedy bastards.

According to his estate, this will be his last posthumous album. Apparently, these are the last remaining songs in his vault.

[sirskimask]

Dec 6, 2019 0:57:04 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Dec 6, 2019 0:48:34 GMT -5 tanooki said:

New albums from Camila Cabello and XXXTentacion, along with new Taylor, Halsey, Harry Styles,

They can't help but rob X's grave, can they? Greedy bastards.

Thank god this is the last time (hopefully...)

[candypaint]

If anything from X’s album will chart I’d say Ex-Bitch but overall I don’t see him having an album bomb at all. And Camila’s not really an albums artists so I’d say Señorita will rise a bit but that’s it.

Taylor’s song is actually pretty good. It has a lyric video and music video so a Top 50 debut would be nice.

[Abbaschand]

Dec 6, 2019 0:57:04 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Dec 6, 2019 0:48:34 GMT -5 tanooki said:

New albums from Camila Cabello and XXXTentacion, along with new Taylor, Halsey, Harry Styles,

They can't help but rob X's grave, can they? Greedy bastards.

I never liked him when he's alive, but they have no rights to keep releasing all of his songs like that. There's a reason why those "songs" were unreleased. Why even bother releasing those songs.

[chartfreak]

There is lots of new music out today. I don't remember December being this busy in the past.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Dec 6, 2019 4:09:30 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Dec 6, 2019 0:57:04 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

They can't help but rob X's grave, can they? Greedy bastards.

According to his estate, this will be his last posthumous album. Apparently, these are the last remaining songs in his vault.

By songs of course, they mean 'less-than-a-minute long' snippets of vocals with other artists basically finishing the song.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Dec 6, 2019 3:32:28 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

A Taylor Swift Christmas song versus BTS on a Halsey track going head-to-head on iTunes is very interesting to see. Taylor's fanbase and the BTS army are both super strong, making it a fun watch to begin with, but couple that with neither song being a traditional release for said artists and it makes it really fun.

Since it's not a full-fledged BTS cut with all the members, it's just SUGA and Halsey doing the vocals, I expect this to do a long the same lines as Chicken Noodle Soup. Taylor will definitely perform better.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 6, 2019 8:51:35 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Dec 6, 2019 4:09:30 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

According to his estate, this will be his last posthumous album. Apparently, these are the last remaining songs in his vault.

By songs of course, they mean 'less-than-a-minute long' snippets of vocals with other artists basically finishing the song.

Yeah, pretty much, lol. To me, it just seems like they're trying to capitalize on the music he had in the value before he loses whatever cultural significance he has or used to have.

[dovahduck]

Dec 6, 2019 9:27:33 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Dec 6, 2019 8:51:35 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

By songs of course, they mean 'less-than-a-minute long' snippets of vocals with other artists basically finishing the song.

Yeah, pretty much, lol. To me, it just seems like they're trying to capitalize on the music he had in the value before he loses whatever cultural significance he has or used to have.

All three of the singles they released for this album severely underperformed. So it's no surprise that they're just releasing them all at once.

[spicymapping]

We've had album bombs. We've had double album bombs. We've even had a triple album bomb. But I'm not sure how we deal with a quadrouple album bomb. Even if World War Joy doesn't manage to lodge any impact on the hot 100, there's still three albums that will undoubtedly have a visible impact. What is happening.

[jenglisbe]

Dec 6, 2019 1:01:50 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

New performance of "Heartless" on the Colbert Sho will definitely help it this week: youtu.be/6Zv2xbye1W0

I doubt a Colbert performance has much impact.

[Dadude#0839]

Dance Monkey will definitely be in the top 10 this week, and the Christmas Freeze taking effect

[13]

Taylor has #2 on iTunes down to .47 according to kworb. Streaming will be more indicative of its debut position imo.

Also I have a dumb question: will it get any radio spins, maybe on AC which plays a lot of Christmas music?

[dovahduck]

Dec 6, 2019 10:22:42 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Dec 6, 2019 1:01:50 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

New performance of "Heartless" on the Colbert Sho will definitely help it this week: youtu.be/6Zv2xbye1W0

I doubt a Colbert performance has much impact.

True but promotion is promotion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I did come off as too strong though with that "definitely" so I understand where you're coming from.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 6, 2019 9:51:41 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

Dec 6, 2019 9:27:33 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Yeah, pretty much, lol. To me, it just seems like they're trying to capitalize on the music he had in the value before he loses whatever cultural significance he has or used to have.

All three of the singles they released for this album severely underperformed. So it's no surprise that they're just releasing them all at once.

Yeah, they're really just trying to make the most out of his posthumous vocals, it seems. Even if the album doesn't do numbers right out the gate, there's still a chance that fans of xxxtentacion will stream the songs as time passes and that'll drum up some revenue. He has a son that needs to be taken care of, so this might be his family's way of doing that.

[areyoureadytojump]

The Christmas freeze is more likely to start on Dec. 16th.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Billie's getting a $25 million Apple TV+ documentary deal. She'll definitely be around for a few more years.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Dec 6, 2019 9:27:33 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Dec 6, 2019 8:51:35 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

By songs of course, they mean 'less-than-a-minute long' snippets of vocals with other artists basically finishing the song.

Yeah, pretty much, lol. To me, it just seems like they're trying to capitalize on the music he had in the value before he loses whatever cultural significance he has or used to have.

Of course they because time is running out! It’s called show business and it’s certainly not cash over quality. There’s really no reason why it should stay locked away. Not all vault recording are necessarily bad. The public will reject very weak material anyway. So nobody is harmed. Whatever minimal ‘legacy’ he had will not change because of vault material is released.

[earth]

Dec 6, 2019 10:13:18 GMT -5 spicymapping said:

We've had album bombs. We've had double album bombs. We've even had a triple album bomb. But I'm not sure how we deal with a quadrouple album bomb. Even if World War Joy doesn't manage to lodge any impact on the hot 100, there's still three albums that will undoubtedly have a visible impact. What is happening.

what do you mean, quadrouple? X and Camila are the only people I could see having an impact. Blueface, The Chainsmokers, Roddy Ricch, Liam Payne, and French Montana all MIGHT score 1 song, maybe 2 or 3 for roddy, but not really an album bomb

[earth]

Dec 6, 2019 11:16:58 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

The Christmas freeze is more likely to start on Dec. 16th.

Why Dec. 16th specifically?

[jenglisbe]

Dec 6, 2019 10:28:58 GMT -5 13 said:

Taylor has #2 on iTunes down to .47 according to kworb. Streaming will be more indicative of its debut position imo.

Also I have a dumb question: will it get any radio spins, maybe on AC which plays a lot of Christmas music?

Streaming, but also how the sales hold. Is it 1 day of solid sales, or 3, 5, or 7?

[dynamac]

Roddy Ricch is the only person I can see making a real impact this week, especially if he eventually drops the surprise feature “Antisocial”

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Woah music video out