Billboard Hot 100: 05/02/2020

[moonlite]

Apr 17, 2020 21:37:00 GMT -5 violentdreams said:

Toosie Slide seems to have fallen below Blinding Lights on AM. Doubt it'll last, but it shows it isn't overwhelmingly dominant on there (not that anything really can be in this climate).

Toosie Slide is ahead of BL at 11

#11 Toosie Slide
#14 @meh
#16 The Box
#17 Blinding Lights

Also Morgan Wallen's new song is at #7 on AM outside of the DaBaby tracks which is kinda crazy for a country song on Apple Music lol

[daysintheeast]

Apr 17, 2020 22:15:11 GMT -5 moonlite said:

Apr 17, 2020 21:37:00 GMT -5 violentdreams said:

Toosie Slide seems to have fallen below Blinding Lights on AM. Doubt it'll last, but it shows it isn't overwhelmingly dominant on there (not that anything really can be in this climate).

Toosie Slide is ahead of BL at 11

#11 Toosie Slide
#14 @meh
#16 The Box
#17 Blinding Lights

Also Morgan Wallen's new song is at #7 on AM outside of the DaBaby tracks which is kinda crazy for a country song on Apple Music lol

that's crazy. just shows how weak everything is right now

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The big surprise in Apple Music is Morgan Whallen's new song at #21. Also, I didn't know there was a new 21 Savage song out today.

[shaz196]

Apr 17, 2020 22:15:11 GMT -5 moonlite said:

Apr 17, 2020 21:37:00 GMT -5 violentdreams said:

Toosie Slide seems to have fallen below Blinding Lights on AM. Doubt it'll last, but it shows it isn't overwhelmingly dominant on there (not that anything really can be in this climate).

Toosie Slide is ahead of BL at 11

#11 Toosie Slide
#14 @meh
#16 The Box
#17 Blinding Lights

Also Morgan Wallen's new song is at #7 on AM outside of the DaBaby tracks which is kinda crazy for a country song on Apple Music lol

Country music is the most popular genre on AM outside of hip hop and r&b, country albums routinely chart in the top 5 there, so not too shocking.

[iHype.]

DaBaby has the entire top 10 on Apple Music now. Let's see how he holds up these next days

[spoons]

Apr 17, 2020 12:46:56 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Apr 17, 2020 10:19:16 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Not you considering Spectrum Pulse on the same level as Pitchfork

With all respect to Pitchfork and their history, but they do come across as rather elitist and biased every now and then.

I mean, even if one is not a fan of Ed Sheeran, no way in hell is "Divide" worthy of a 2.8/10. It's at worst a safe album not exploring the full potential of its artist, and I think Spectrum Pulse's 6/10 is a much more valid and reasonable score. More infamously, Pitchfork was quite critical of Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die", giving it a 5.5/10. Now, Mark wasn't too fond of Lana either, but his reviews of her early work are much more straightforward, clearly explaining his issues with the albums and providing good basis for his arguments (not to mention he acknowledges its appeal to certain demographics). Meanwhile, I feel like the Pitchfork reviewers tend to rely on style and imagery over substance. Just my opinion, of course.

Also, the website published a review of MIKA's 2007 album "Life In Cartoon Motion" and gave it a 1.5/10. His music might not be everyone's cup of tea, but to claim 'there's virtually zero worth to this album' is frankly ignorant and shallow-minded. Not to mention Sam Hunt's "Southside", which was bashed by both Spectrum Pulse and The Needle Drop, getting a 7.5/10, a higher rating than Ariana Grande's "Yours Truly", Taylor Swift's "Lover", and Bruno Mars' "24K Magic".

Oh, and while doing research for this reply, I also found this totally not biased review of Panic! At The Disco's classic "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out", where the album also got a 1.5/10 and was described as a 'steaming pile of garbage'. pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6586-a-fever-you-cant-sweat-out/
Yeah, even if this was an early review, the fact they allowed this (and the MIKA review) to stay on their website says a lot. 

I just want to stress once again that I respect your opinion, but just because reviews are published by a renowned company doesn't mean they are automatically more credible than those from independent reviewers. After all, there are humans behind Pitchfork, and if Mark or Anthony started writing for them, some folks would definitely feel less skeptical of what they have to say.

wow. I knew pitchfork was bad but GODDAM. These culture vultures showing fake love to hip hop for no reason.

[Enigma.]

Highest charting pop song besides BL on AM is Intentions at #32, Roses is #33.

It's just one of those weeks again when rap albums come and go.

[singingrulebritannia]

Apr 17, 2020 12:46:56 GMT -5 @aprettyoddmusicbox said:

Pitchfork established its rep by holding up artists like Elliott Smith and The Dismemberment Plan as the gold standard, no reason to expect them to cushion the egos of LCD pablum like Sheeran and Panic. No denying though that post-Conde Nast acquisition, their inconsistency and 'poptimist' overcorrecting has become crippling (the hilarious Sam Hunt review being one instance obviously), but everyone knew it was headed that way back in 2015.

[Enigma.]

Also, I think it's pretty much pointless to write another boring 4.2/10 review about Ed Sheeran album, full HD hammering is always more entertaining.

[kimberly]

yeah I agree. there's no "fair" review, it's all subjective at the end of the day. although they sound snobbish every now and then, a lot of the time they present arguments as to why they gave an album the score they ended up giving.

also remember when Halsey called for the collapse of One World Trade Center LMAO:

[Enigma.]

Manic got its lowest score from Pitchfork, didn't it?

Gaga has never got over 8 there either, even The Fame Monster fell short. I've learned that for an established pop star, anything over 7 is actually very good.

[Deleted]

“F**k Pitchfork they gave my favourite artist a 6.5/10, music is objective and I say this album is a 10/10”

[Enigma.]

Seems that DaBaby has ok numbers on Spotify, over 3M plays for Rockstar globally.

EDIT: It's #1 in the US with 1.94M streams

[strongerq]

Spotify US:

DaBaby - BLAME IT ON BABY

Total: 13,355,435

Kirk had: 13,368,067

both are 13 track albums

1 ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch) by DaBaby 1,943,164
7 PICK UP (feat. Quavo) by DaBaby 1,277,267
8 FIND MY WAY by DaBaby 1,255,345
9 CAN'T STOP by DaBaby 1,129,304
10 LIGHTSKIN SH*T (feat. Future & jetsonmade) by DaBaby 1,052,963
11 JUMP (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again) by DaBaby 1,043,644
12 BLAME IT ON BABY by DaBaby 938,295
14 TALK ABOUT IT by DaBaby 913,288
16 SAD SH*T by DaBaby 872,789
18 DROP (feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie & London On Da Track) by DaBaby 840,858
23 CHAMPION by DaBaby 759,211
25 NASTY (feat. Ashanti & Megan Thee Stallion) by DaBaby 725,036
35 AMAZING GRACE by DaBaby 604,271

[Enigma.]

Those album stats makes me think that why we don't have the habit to start the album thread as quickly as the H100 thread?

[kierz7]

Are Da Baby’s numbers good?

Who else is releasing albums within the next week or two?

[mako]

JUMP should have a boost as well because it has a video

[owenlovesmusic]

i think Rockstar will debut top 5

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Spotify - 04/15/20

1(debut) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR 1,943,164
2(-1) Drake - Toosie Slide 1,649,603 (-31,117)
3(+2) Playboi Carti - @ MEH 1,484,642 (+326,666)
4(-2) Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo 1,359,116 (-49,419)
5(-1) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 1,317,216 (-5,832)
6(-3) Roddy Ricch - The Box 1,300,719 (-25,359)
7(debut) DaBaby - PICK UP 1,277,267
8(+13) DaBaby - FIND MY WAY 1,255,345 (+651,379)
9(debut) DaBaby - CAN'T STOP 1,129,304
10(debut) DaBaby - LIGHTSKIN SH*T 1,052,963 

Others:
11(debut) DaBaby - JUMP 1,043,644
12(debut) DaBaby - BLAME IT ON BABY 938,295
14(debut) DaBaby - TALK ABOUT IT 913,288
16(debut) DaBaby - SAD SH*T 872,789
18(debut) DaBaby - DROP 840,858
19(debut) Sam Smith - I'm Ready 838,037
23(debut) DaBaby - CHAMPION 759,211
24(-1) Joji - Gimme Love 742,312 (+160,552)
25(debut) DaBaby - NASTY 725,036
35(debut) DaBaby - AMAZING GRACE 604,271
39(debut) Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown 561,616
52(debut) 21 Savage - Secret 463,725
58(debut) Lil Tecca - Out of Love 437,262
65(debut) Fiona Apple - I Want You to Love Me 403,876
66(debut) Kygo - Freedom 397,034
67(re-entry) Kid Cudi - Leader of the Delinquents 392,229
73(debut) Fiona Apple - Shameika 364,419
86(debut) iann dior - Sick and Tired 333,396

Obviously the big story is DaBaby, debuting with a total number of 13,355,435 M but holy s**t, Fiona Apple managed to get two songs onto the Top 100! I don't even care neither are likely gonna debut, I had no expectations she'd get good streaming number but the fact that she had enough fanfare is amazing.

[owenlovesmusic]

the Fiona Apple album has a 100 on Metacritic with 17 reviews

[shaz196]

Hope this proves Twitter jokes are irrelevant when it comes to how an artist performs.

[nathanalbright]

That does appear to be the case. I wonder if any of those Fiona Apple tracks will make noise on the Bubbling Under charts. It's been a long while since she had anything close to a hit.

[Crimsonio]

Hope Fiona Apple can sneak into the Hot 100, would love to see her back on there again. Also idk if anyone else has said this, but DaBaby, Ashanti and Megan's Nasty was sent to Urban.

[Mayman]

Apr 18, 2020 11:55:22 GMT -5 Crimsonio said:

Hope Fiona Apple can sneak into the Hot 100, would love to see her back on there again. Also idk if anyone else has said this, but DaBaby, Ashanti and Megan's Nasty was sent to Urban.

I haven't seen this anywhere, can you provide a source?

[kindofbiased]

omg... when I Want You To Love Me by Fiona Apple becomes the biggest sleeper hit of 2020 ahh thats history

(jk obviously but considering one of the biggest new rappers out there dropped an album the same day the fact that she has two songs in the top 100 is crazy)

[Crimsonio]

Apr 18, 2020 11:57:05 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Apr 18, 2020 11:55:22 GMT -5 Crimsonio said:

Hope Fiona Apple can sneak into the Hot 100, would love to see her back on there again. Also idk if anyone else has said this, but DaBaby, Ashanti and Megan's Nasty was sent to Urban.

I haven't seen this anywhere, can you provide a source?

I'm just going off of what the OP said in the thread for the song.

[Mayman]

Apr 18, 2020 12:01:20 GMT -5 Crimsonio said:

Apr 18, 2020 11:57:05 GMT -5 Mayman said:

I haven't seen this anywhere, can you provide a source?

I'm just going off of what the OP said in the thread for the song.

I think they meant that they think it will go to Urban. We would have more information if it was actually being serviced there.

[Crimsonio]

Apr 18, 2020 12:04:37 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Apr 18, 2020 12:01:20 GMT -5 Crimsonio said:

I'm just going off of what the OP said in the thread for the song.

I think they meant that they think it will go to Urban. We would have more information if it was actually being serviced there.

Oh my bad then, disregard! 

[billboardtopten]

Apr 18, 2020 5:37:56 GMT -5 @johnathanthegod said:

“F**k Pitchfork they gave my favourite artist a 6.5/10, music is objective and I say this album is a 10/10”

did u just use this kind of image unironically

[shaz196]

Apr 18, 2020 12:04:37 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Apr 18, 2020 12:01:20 GMT -5 Crimsonio said:

I'm just going off of what the OP said in the thread for the song.

I think they meant that they think it will go to Urban. We would have more information if it was actually being serviced there.

Not sure about that, but this site says Rockstar impacts radio on the 24th.

radiodate.it/radio-date/dababy-feat-roddy-ricch-rockstar-200440-24-04-2020-radiodate/