Billboard Hot 100: 02/15/2020

[brady47]

Feb 10, 2020 12:36:29 GMT -5 tuna said:

it's crazy how ahead of the curve they were.

I remember in Let's Get It Started they have a wig joke and they mention "going stupid", both things that have made a comeback very recently. If Drake had made that song two years ago it would have charted just the same if not better.

Right? It's like they got bigger with every album

Elephunk - put them on the map with "Where Is the Love?" and "Let's Get It Started" would probably be a #1 hit in the digital era (crazy how a 2004 single sold 3 million)
Monkey Business - "Don't Phunk with My Heart" became their first top 3 hit and served longevity, but "My Humps" served longevity and even made the decade chart
The E.N.D. - No one was ready for this. 26 consecutive weeks at #1 is crazy, they owned 2009

[Leo ✔]

Y'all need to chill. Billboard will publish the article when they want.

[tuna]

Feb 10, 2020 14:33:55 GMT -5 brady47 said:

Feb 10, 2020 12:36:29 GMT -5 tuna said:

it's crazy how ahead of the curve they were.

I remember in Let's Get It Started they have a wig joke and they mention "going stupid", both things that have made a comeback very recently. If Drake had made that song two years ago it would have charted just the same if not better.

Right? It's like they got bigger with every album

Elephunk - put them on the map with "Where Is the Love?" and "Let's Get It Started" would probably be a #1 hit in the digital era (crazy how a 2004 single sold 3 million)
Monkey Business - "Don't Phunk with My Heart" became their first top 3 hit and served longevity, but "My Humps" served longevity and even made the decade chart
The E.N.D. - No one was ready for this. 26 consecutive weeks at #1 is crazy, they owned 2009

do they have the longest consecutive time at #1? The Wikipedia page on Billboard achievements doesn't mention that specific milestone

[wavey.]

Feb 10, 2020 11:08:59 GMT -5 Gary said:

Nothing wrong with Circles

Nice to have you back.

[Lukas]

Feb 10, 2020 14:39:58 GMT -5 tuna said:

Feb 10, 2020 14:33:55 GMT -5 brady47 said:

Right? It's like they got bigger with every album

Elephunk - put them on the map with "Where Is the Love?" and "Let's Get It Started" would probably be a #1 hit in the digital era (crazy how a 2004 single sold 3 million)
Monkey Business - "Don't Phunk with My Heart" became their first top 3 hit and served longevity, but "My Humps" served longevity and even made the decade chart
The E.N.D. - No one was ready for this. 26 consecutive weeks at #1 is crazy, they owned 2009

do they have the longest consecutive time at #1? The Wikipedia page on Billboard achievements doesn't mention that specific milestone

Yes, they have the record.

Also, the Wikipedia page does have that specific achievement here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_milestones#Selected_additional_Hot_100_achievements

"The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at #1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009."

[gregtwinner]

Feb 10, 2020 14:39:58 GMT -5 tuna said:

Feb 10, 2020 14:33:55 GMT -5 brady47 said:

Right? It's like they got bigger with every album

Elephunk - put them on the map with "Where Is the Love?" and "Let's Get It Started" would probably be a #1 hit in the digital era (crazy how a 2004 single sold 3 million)
Monkey Business - "Don't Phunk with My Heart" became their first top 3 hit and served longevity, but "My Humps" served longevity and even made the decade chart
The E.N.D. - No one was ready for this. 26 consecutive weeks at #1 is crazy, they owned 2009

do they have the longest consecutive time at #1? The Wikipedia page on Billboard achievements doesn't mention that specific milestone

They do for consecutively although Usher in 2004 and Drake in 2018 have them beat for weeks at #1 in a year

[tuna]

Feb 10, 2020 14:41:33 GMT -5 Lukas said:

Feb 10, 2020 14:39:58 GMT -5 tuna said:

do they have the longest consecutive time at #1? The Wikipedia page on Billboard achievements doesn't mention that specific milestone

Yes, they have the record.

Also, the Wikipedia page does have that specific achievement here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_milestones#Selected_additional_Hot_100_achievements

"The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at #1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009."

cool. must have ctrl-f'd it wrong.

[iHype.]

Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Rules Billboard Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Tones and I's 'Dance Monkey' Swings Into Top Five
www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8550620/roddy-ricch-the-box-number-one-fifth-week

"The Box," released on Bird Vision/Atlantic Records, notches a sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, despite a 6% drop to 63.2 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

The track rebounds 16-9 on Digital Song Sales, up 7% to 12,000 sold in the week ending Feb. 6, and surges 25-15 on Radio Songs, gaining by 34% to 46.1 million all-format airplay audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 9, as it wins the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a third consecutive week.

Notably, "The Box" is the 14th song released on Atlantic to lead the Hot 100 for at least five weeks in the chart's six-decade history, a figure that has swelled by four since just the start of 2017. The label's other such leaders in that recent stretch: Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" (seven weeks, 2019) and Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," with Beyoncé (six weeks, 2017-18), and "Shape of You" (12 weeks, 2017).

"The Box" concurrently crowns the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a sixth week each.

Future's "Life Is Good," featuring Drake, spends its fourth consecutive week at No. 2 on the Hot 100, encompassing its entire run on the chart so far. It also keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (37.6 million, down 13%).

The song is the second ever to log its first four weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 2, after Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" became the first entry (of 32 to-date) to launch in the runner-up spot, on the chart dated April 6, 1996. "Baby" waited patiently for four frames as Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" ran up its No. 1 run to six weeks before ascending for a two-week reign of its own.

Post Malone's "Circles" is steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, and returns to No. 1 on Radio Songs, from No. 2, for a seventh week at the summit (103.6 million, up 2%).

Maroon 5's "Memories" holds at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It dips to No. 2 on Radio Songs (although with a less than 1% increase to 102.3 million), after it interrupted the reign of "Circles" on the ranking a week earlier, when it became the band's seventh leader, the most among groups.

Tones and I's "Dance Monkey" climbs 7-5 on the Hot 100, reaching the top five for the first time, as it rises 5-3 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, down 2%), 5-4 on Streaming Songs (22.8 million, up 2%) and 12-11 on Radio Songs (54.6 million, up 2%).

Meanwhile, Watson solely wrote "Dance Monkey," and longtime chart fan Mark Blankenship recently tweeted about the rarity of a song written by one woman rising to the Hot 100's upper reaches. Research reveals that the track is the first top five Hot 100 hit penned solely by a woman in nearly eight years, since Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," which Parton wrote by herself, reached No. 3 in March 2012 after Houston's passing; the cover originally ruled for 14 weeks in 1992-93. Before that, Taylor Swift sent two songs that she solely wrote into the top five in 2010: "Mine" (No. 3 that August) and "Today Was a Fairytale" (No. 2 that February).

Solo-written top five Hot 100 hits in recent years by men are uncommon, too. The late Johnny Marks boasted two over the holidays (classics "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives), while, before that, J. Cole notched one in 2019, "Middle Child."

The last Hot 100 No. 1 written by just one person? Sheeran's "Perfect." And, the last such leader by a woman? Alicia Keys' self-authored "Fallin'," back in 2001. (Of the 247 songs to spend time at No. 1 since the start of 2000, only 11, or 4%, have been penned by a single writer.)

More "Monkey" business: "Dance Monkey" is the second top five Hot 100 hit with the word "monkey" in its title, after George Michael's "Monkey," which ruled for two weeks in 1988. (Hey, hey, an honorable mention: The Monkees earned six top five hits, in 1966-68; all reached the top three, with three hitting No. 1.)

Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved" slips 5-6 on the Hot 100, after it spent three weeks at No. 1; Arizona Zervas' "Roxanne" rises 8-7, after reaching No. 4; and Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber's No. 4-peaking "10,000 Hours" drops 6-8, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart for an 18th week. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" holds at its No. 9 high, while claiming top Streaming Gainer honors (16.1 million, up 12%), and Billie Eilish's "Everything I Wanted" is steady at No. 10, after it hit a No. 8 peak to-date in November.

[eidde]

1. The Box
2. Life Is Good
3. Circles
4. Memories
5. Dance Monkey
6. Someone You Loved
7. Roxanne
8. 10000 Hours
9. Don't Start Now
10. Everything I Wanted

[brandon]

How stagnant is the top 8...

[Leo ✔]

Nice to see "Dance Monkey" finally hitting the top 5!!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Feb 10, 2020 14:51:00 GMT -5 brandon said:

How stagnant is the top 8...

Make that the whole top 10.

[Lukas]

Chart runs for songs inside the top 10 (so far):

The Box: 47 - 18 - 13 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -

Life Is Good: 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 -

Circles: 7 - 4 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 -

Memories: 22 - 23 - 20 - 12 - 11 - 11 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 4 -

Dance Monkey: 96 - 75 - 51 - 41 - 23 - 23 - 19 - 11 - 13 - 9 - 11 - 14 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 5 -

Someone You Loved: 85 - 80 - 70 - 58 - 55 - 54 - 53 - 46 - 36 - 26 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 14 - 11 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 5 - 6 -

Roxanne: 34 - 27 - 12 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 5 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 7 -

10,000 Hours: 4 - 11 - 10 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 10 - 14 - 13 - 17 - 9 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 8 -

Don't Start Now: 30 - 46 - 42 - 37 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 52 - 21 - 14 - 14 - 15 - 9 - 9 -

Everything I Wanted: 74 - 8 - 26 - 25 - 30 - 34 - 41 - 23 - 19 - 22 - 23 - 10 - 10 -

[lostinhavana]

Feb 10, 2020 14:51:00 GMT -5 brandon said:

How stagnant is the top 8...

thanks radio

[brandon]

Feb 10, 2020 14:54:07 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Feb 10, 2020 14:51:00 GMT -5 brandon said:

How stagnant is the top 8...

Make that the whole top 10.

I was half thinking 9 and 10, but it's only their second week there, even though they didn't move at all...

[lazer]

This is getting ridiculous. Radio has to have less power in the charts. There is no way 10,000 Hours is more popular than Blinding Lights right now.

[nathanalbright]

Feb 10, 2020 14:59:10 GMT -5 lazer said:

This is getting ridiculous. Radio has to have less power in the charts. There is no way 10,000 Hours is more popular than Blinding Lights right now.

I agree that a chart of songs that people seek out deliberately would be a very different chart than the one we have, but there are plenty of reasons why on-demand streaming + sales are not the only things that are looked at in chart positions.

[Lukas]

Yes, that chart is called Rolling Stones. Which is the alternative, but they also like to think that video streaming doesn't matter, so it's a straight no for me.

And completely removing radio is a no from me as well.

[Leo ✔]

Pulse: Radio has to have less power into the charts!!

Also Pulse: Yay another wind for Circles on radio.

Ridiculous.

[twelvevinylrecords]

Feb 10, 2020 14:55:00 GMT -5 Lukas said:

Chart runs for songs inside the top 10 (so far):

The Box: 47 - 18 - 13 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -

Life Is Good: 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 -

Circles: 7 - 4 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 -

Memories: 22 - 23 - 20 - 12 - 11 - 11 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 4 -

Dance Monkey: 96 - 75 - 51 - 41 - 23 - 23 - 19 - 11 - 13 - 9 - 11 - 14 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 5 -

Someone You Loved: 85 - 80 - 70 - 58 - 55 - 54 - 53 - 46 - 36 - 26 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 14 - 11 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 5 - 6 -

Roxanne: 34 - 27 - 12 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 5 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 7 -

10,000 Hours: 4 - 11 - 10 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 10 - 14 - 13 - 17 - 9 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 8 -

Don't Start Now: 30 - 46 - 42 - 37 - 42 - 42 - 42 - 52 - 21 - 14 - 14 - 15 - 9 - 9 -

Everything I Wanted: 74 - 8 - 26 - 25 - 30 - 34 - 41 - 23 - 19 - 22 - 23 - 10 - 10 -

Wild that everything I wanted was at 41 just a few weeks ago and is now top 10 again

[mikeymonster]

I'm sorry, but it gets on my nerves when people think radio shouldn't influence the charts.

I hate to break it to you, but there are clear statistics which show that at least 90% of people still get their new music from radio. Which also helps with song familiarity.

www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/audio-today-2019.pdf

If you want a chart entirely based on streaming (cuz let's be real, digital sales barely do anything now-a-days) you can look to the weekly streaming songs chart as your "Hot 100."

[annoymous1]

Billboard isn't changing it's ways we are all yelling a brick wall at this point plus we all know it doesn't benefit a certain genre because if it did they would've changed it already.

[Choco]

People: omg the charts are so slow

Also people: omg why did they remove "sunflower" from the charts so unfair!

[nathanalbright]

People celebrate the radio strength/longevity of the songs that they like and grumble about it when it's a song they don't appreciate. This should not surprise us.

[Leo ✔]

Feb 10, 2020 15:15:21 GMT -5 Choco said:

People: omg the charts are so slow

Also people: omg why did they remove "sunflower" from the charts so unfair!

Also Pulse: they finally remove "Perfect" from the charts!!!

[Choco]

Feb 10, 2020 15:19:14 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

People celebrate the radio strength/longevity of the songs that they like and grumble about it when it's a song they don't appreciate. This should not surprise us.

It's not a surprise, it's just straight up boring.

The RS chart is so flawed, I don't know why you'd want to remove radio. Not to mention the UK Singles Chart needing different weighing for songs after 10 weeks or so because the chart moved at a glacial pace.

[lazer]

I didn’t say Billboard should remove radio altogether, I said that Billboard should lower the influence of radio and give more power to a more relevant and popular music consumption, streaming.

[Enigma.]

The streaming chart is also very stale this week. Just a quiet week, that's all.

[annoymous1]

Is anything going to dethrone The Box at this point? I see it being #1 for 8-10 weeks.

[Naos]

Feb 10, 2020 15:29:31 GMT -5 lazer said:

I didn’t say Billboard should remove radio altogether, I said that Billboard should lower the influence of radio and give more power to a more relevant and popular music consumption, streaming.

A lot of people still listen to the radio.