Biggest drops from the top 10 by position - Hot 100

[Gary]

A lot of volatility recently - so thought this would be fun to look at.  

8 songs in chart history have fallen completely off the chart from the top 10 and will be reflected below
Only one was not due to the death of the artist or the end of Christmas

We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow, Soko


Biggest drops by each position in the top 10


From #1  --- Position next week is listed

*All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey OUT
Like Crazy, Jimin 45
Willow, Taylor Swift 38
Trollz, 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj 34
Life Goes On, BTS,28
Franchise, Travis Scott 25
Try That In A Small Town, JAson Aldean 21
Butter, BTS 17
Heartless, The Weeknd 17
Nothing From Nothing, Billy Preston 15
Then Came You, Dionne Warwick,Spinners 15
Stuck With U, Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 13
Hiss, Megan Thee Stallion 13
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe, Barry White 12
Rock Me Gently, Andy Kim 12
The Sounds Of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel 12
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, Bachman-Turner Overdrive 12
You Haven't Done Nothin, Stevie Wonder 12
THE SCOTTS, THE SCOTTS, Travis Scott & Kid Cudi 12
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, John Lennon 12
My Universe, Coldplay x BTS 12


*Christmas '19-'20

[Gary]

From #2
*Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee OUT
Do We Have A Problem?, Nicki Minaj X Lil Baby 32
Mona Lisa, Lil Wayne Featuring Kendrick Lamar 23
Today Was A Fairytale, Taylor Swift 22
Lift Me Up, Rihanna 22
Forever After All, Luke Combs
18
Float On, The Floaters 19
Mr. Blue, The Fleetwoods 17
The Letter, The Box Tops 17
Best Song Ever, One Direction 15
Crush, David Archuleta 15
Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave), Roxette 15
Don't Talk To Strangers, Rick Springfield 14
New Kid In Town, Eagles 14

*Christmas '19-'20

[Gary]

From #3
*Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms OUT
***All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey OUT
Slut! (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault], Taylor Swift 31


Lemmon Pepper FreeStyle, Drake Featuring Rick Ross 31
**I Will Always Love You (From "The Bodyguard"), Whitney Houston 30


Drag Me Down, One Direction 26
I Knew You Were Trouble., Taylor Swift 23
Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye 23
Love So Right, Bee Gees 21
Live While We're Young, One Direction 21
N95, Kendrick Lamar 20
It Ain't Over Til It's Over, Lenny Kravitz 19
The Edge Of Glory, Lady Gaga 19
Annie's Song, John Denver 18
How Long, Ace 18
Lost In Love, Air Supply 18
Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck 18

*Christmas '19-20
** 2012 chart run - death 
*** Christmas '18-'19

[Gary]

From #4
*Purple Rain, Prince And The Revolution OUT
**A Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives OUT
ON, BTS 68
Princess Diana, Ice Spice & Nicki Minal 29
Don't Stop Believin', Glee Cast 29
Not Ready To Make Nice, Dixie Chicks 28
Solitaire, Clay Aiken 27
Beach Baby, First Class 26
Lowdown, Boz Scaggs 25
Tin Man, America 25
Fight The Power Part 1, The Isley Brothers 24
Heat Of The Moment, Asia 24
No No Song/Snookeroo, Ringo Starr 24
***The Twist, Chubby Checker 24
The 1, Taylor Swift 23

*2016 chart run-death
**Christmas '19-'20
***1960 chart run

[Gary]

From #5
Don't Cry, Lil Wayne Featuring XXXTENTACION 60
Standing Next To You, Jung Kook 50
Futsal Shuffle 2020, Lil Uzi Vert 48
Die Hard, Kendrick Lamar, Blxst & Amanda Reifer 41
Oh My God, Adele 37
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!, Napoleon XIV 37
Killshot, Eminem 34
I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault), Taylor Swift 33
I Need A Doctor, Dr. Dre Featuring Eminem & Skylar Grey 32
Stupid Love, Lady Gaga 30
Some Kind Of Wonderful, Grand Funk Railroad 30
it's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Andy Williams 28 ** Christmas '20
Gentleman, PSY 26
Still The One, Orleans 26
With You I'm Born Again, Billy Preston & Syreeta 26
Baby, Justin Bieber Featuring Ludacris 25
Poetry Man, Phoebe Snow 25
Dynamite, BTS 25

[Gary]

From #6
Red, Taylor Swift 54
Loser Like Me, Glee Cast 53
ATM, J. Cole 42
Even The Nights Are Better, Air Supply 42
New Divide, Linkin Park 39
My Future, Billie Eilish 39
Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano 39 ** Christmas '20
7 Summers, Morgan Wallen 38
Exile, Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver 36
For The Night, Pop Smoke Featuring Lil Baby & DaBaby
32
We Are The World 25: For Haiti, Artists For Haiti 36
Yes, I'm Ready, Barbara Mason 31
Wild Thing, The Troggs 31
Back To December, Taylor Swift 30
Castle On The Hill, Ed Sheeran 28
Baby Pluto, Lil Uzi Vert 27
My Heart Belongs To Me, Barbra Streisand 27

[Gary]

From #7
*It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Andy Williams OUT
Now & Then, Beatles 76
Falling Back, Drake 64
Diplomatic Immunity, Drake 55
Begin Again, Taylor Swift 52
Pain 1993, Drake Featuring Playboi Carti 51
Jolene, Beyonce 51
Silent Hill, Kendrick Lamar & Kodak Black 49
Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight), Tony Orlando & Dawn 48
New Soul, Yael Naim 42
Convesrations, Juice WRLD 38
Follow God, Kanye West 37
Deja Vu, J. Cole 35
Kiss You All Over, Exile 33
Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players 33
Never My Love, Blue Swede 33
Dirty Laundry, Don Henley 32
Hold Me, Fleetwood Mac 32


*Christmas '19-'20

[Gary]

From #8
*When Doves Cry, Prince And The Revolution OUT
**Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms OUT
United In Grief, Kendrick Lamar 79
Tonight, Jonas Brothers 74
Dope, Lady Gaga 71
Auld Lang Syne, Kenny G 66
Every Beat Of My Heart, Gladys Knight & The Pips 60
Greece, DJ Khaled Featuring Drake 55
Kevin's Heart, J. Cole 48
Speak Now, Taylor Swift 45
Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd 44
Lo Mein, Lil Uzi Vert 42
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Dean Martin ** Christmas '20
Boy With Luv, BTS Featuring Halsey 40
Yikes, Kanye West 40
The Ringer, Eminem 39

*2016 chart run - death

**Christmas '18-'19

[Gary]

From #9
We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow, Soko OUT
*Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brends Lee OUT (2019 season)
*All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey OUT (2020 season)
Silly Watch, Lil Uzi Vert 52
Dynamite, BTS 44
Life's A Mess, Juice WRLD X Halsey 42
Fearless, Taylor Swift 38
Groovin', The Rascals 38
The Time (Dirty Bit), The Black Eyed Peas 36
Waiting For A Girl Like You, Foreigner 36
Runnin', 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 36
Back Stabbers, The O'Jays 35
I Can't Help Myself, Four Tops 35
Whenever I Call You "Friend", Kenny Loggins 35
Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney 34
Ballroom Blitz, Sweet 33
Glamorous, Fergie Featuring Ludacris 33
The Best Of Times, Styx 33

*Christmas '18-19

[Gary]

From #10

*A Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives OUT
"I'm Dat ***I'M RACIST***", Future 79
Let It Fly, Lil Wayne Featuring Travis Scott 67
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger), Donna Summer 59
If This Was A Movie, Taylor Swift 53
Fake Love, BTS 51
Skyscraper, Demi Lovato 51
Abracadabra, Steve Miller Band 48
Chun-Li, Nicki Minaj 48
Get Down On It, Kool & The Gang 47
KOD, J. Cole 44
Landslide, Dixie Chicks 43
Carefree Highway, Gordon Lightfoot 42

*Christmas '18-'19

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I don't know about the rest for #11 but One Direction, Diana OUT

[Gary]

From #11


*The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole OUT
**Last Christmas, Wham! OUT
A Little Bit Longer, Jonas Brothers OUT
Diana, One Direction OUT
IDOL, BTS Featuring Nicki Minaj 81
Mistletoe, Justin Bieber 75
Take It Away, Paul McCartney 66
Rumour Has It / Someone Like You, Glee Cast 62
Immortal, J. Cole 59
Vacation, Go-Go's 57
ME!, Taylor Swift Featuring Brendon Urie 54
Blinding Lights, The Weeknd 52
Michael, The Highwaymen 44
You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It), Ral Donner 44



*Christmas '18-'19
**Christmas '19-'20

[Gary]

May 20, 2020 20:26:37 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

I don't know about the rest for #11 but One Direction, Diana OUT

yes - correct

Filled in the rest

Probably will stop there though unless there are requests

[monkeydluffy]

I don't know if anything on here will be as iconic as Soko's 9 to OUT

[higilo]

May 20, 2020 21:46:32 GMT -5 monkeydluffy said:

I don't know if anything on here will be as iconic as Soko's 9 to OUT

Never heard of it, what happened?

[Mayman]

Why are all these songs that dropped out on here? The title is ON the Hot 100, not OUT. Gary keeps trying to push this propaganda that is FALSE!!

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

May 20, 2020 22:26:18 GMT -5 higilo said:

May 20, 2020 21:46:32 GMT -5 monkeydluffy said:

I don't know if anything on here will be as iconic as Soko's 9 to OUT

Never heard of it, what happened?

”We Might Be Dead Tomorrow” by Soko debuted at 9 on the Hot 100 due to this viral video - youtu.be/IpbDHxCV29A

It’s debut was fueled ~95% by streams, so when the video plummeted in views the next week, it went 9-X on the H100 and 1-42 on Streaming Songs. It barely missed a second week on the Hot 100, as it was within striking distance of #100 (Disclosure & Sam Smith’s “Latch”).

YouTube made the Hot 100 circa early 2010s super volatile.

Edit: just found the old H100 thread for it, no one saw it coming. It’s kinda hilarious lol pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/138727/billboard-hot-100-03-2014?page=1

[Deleted]

So much Taylor Swift in all of these, I am surprised to see.

Figured One Direction would be though with their often high debuts..

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Promotional singles, album bombs songs, highly frontloaded singles (hyped up), songs re-entering due to the artist performing it, songs performed in competitions or reality shows and holiday songs cover a fair amount of the songs listed.

[GP]

Pain 1993 almost coming for Diplomatic Immunity I-

[Gary]

Update to #1's list

Stuck With U, Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 13

[Gary]

Update


As noted above, 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj's "Trollz" free falls from No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it debuted a week ago, to No. 34. It slides 1-7 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, down 92%) and 3-18 on Streaming Songs (13.8 million, down 62%), although it gains by 97% to 2.3 million in radio reach. The song sets the record for the steepest drop from No. 1 to another rank in the Hot 100's nearly 62-year history, with its 1-34 tumble doubling that of the prior record-holder, The Weeknd's "Heartless," which fell 1-17 on the Dec. 21, 2019-chart.

As for the biggest overall drop from No. 1, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" disappeared from the chart entirely after it logged its third week on top on Jan. 4, 2020; of course, the departure was essentially owed to the end of the holiday season, as all 25 Yuletide titles on the chart that week were no longer on the Jan. 11 ranking. ("Worth it haaa another record!" Carey joked on Twitter in response to Billboard.)



www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9411108/dababy-rockstar-number-one-hot-100-third-week

[Gary]

Aside from Mariah's 1-OUT

The record for biggest drop from #1 2 weeks later - while still holding a Hot 100 ranking

2 weeks after being #1 is #39

Nothing From Nothing, Billy Preston
Then Came You, Dionne Warwick,Spinners

Trollz only has to fall 5 spots to tie

[jebsib]

Big difference of course: the Billy Preston and Dionne songs were mainstream hits that everyone knew and were played everywhere back then. TROLLZ had enormous numbers for - what - 3 days?

[Gary]

Simon has Trollz at 64 next week - Second only to falling all the way off - that will be the biggest two week drop from #1

[leoapp]

May 20, 2020 19:20:41 GMT -5 Gary said:

From #9
We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow, Soko OUT
*Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brends Lee OUT
Silly Watch, Lil Uzi Vert 52
Fearless, Taylor Swift 38
Groovin', The Rascals 38
The Time (Dirty Bit), The Black Eyed Peas 36
Waiting For A Girl Like You, Foreigner 36
Back Stabbers, The O'Jays 35
I Can't Help Myself, Four Tops 35
Whenever I Call You "Friend", Kenny Loggins 35
Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney 34
Ballroom Blitz, Sweet 33
Glamorous, Fergie Featuring Ludacris 33
The Best Of Times, Styx 33

*Christmas '18-19

Glamorous? Did they remove the song from iTunes or something?

[Gary]

yes - this was before it went to #1, obviously bounced back

9-33-55-8-1

[renfield75]

So TROLLZ ties Linkin Park's "New Divide" for the biggest drop ever within the top 40 (33 positions). Casey Kasem would have had a field day with that. I'm pretty sure the biggest jump is (and may always be) "Boom Boom Pow", when it shot 39-1.

[leoapp]

Jul 1, 2020 18:39:42 GMT -5 Gary said:

yes - this was before it went to #1, obviously bounced back

9-33-55-8-1

Thanks. I remember it now.
Someone must make a thread for songs with the weirdest chart run on Hot 100!!!

[85la]

Jul 2, 2020 7:51:53 GMT -5 leoapp said:

Jul 1, 2020 18:39:42 GMT -5 Gary said:

yes - this was before it went to #1, obviously bounced back

9-33-55-8-1

Thanks. I remember it now.
Someone must make a thread for songs with the weirdest chart run on Hot 100!!!

Yeah I remember when that happened, it was a strange occurrence indeed. I don't remember exactly why they removed it from iTunes, but my guess is they tried to increase album sales, and either it didn't work, or it served its purpose so they brought it back.