Billboard Hot 100: 08/29/2020

[Crimsonio]

WAP stomping on Drake on all streaming platforms, the power women have

[ddlz]

Aug 14, 2020 17:32:24 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Aug 14, 2020 16:21:20 GMT -5 ddlz said:

Drake has definitely oversaturated himself. He needs to stop dropping random s**t (loosies, mixtapes, features, etc.) every 5 minutes.

Why tho? Drake shits hits like no tomorrow, he has never taken a formal break before and people still stream the f**k out of his songs no matter what. Obviously his audience doesn't care whether he's over saturated or not.

It's not about the numbers, it's about giving new album the rollout it deserves. 

[nathanalbright]

Alright, so we're going to have twenty pages of discussion on Post Malone and Drake on this one, I see.

[failstoner]

I think drake focusing on his next studio album is more important than releasing random mixtapes here and there and confusing singles. It's better for him, his fans and the general music listner in general

[lazer]

Looking at Kworb Youtube stats and so far Miley Cyrus new song has more views than Drake lmao.

[kingvavis]

Afterlife by Flatbush Zombies needs to become a hit asap

[shaz196]

Laugh Now is #1 on AM now

[kimberly]

Aug 14, 2020 22:04:20 GMT -5 shaz196 said:

Laugh Now is #1 on AM now

lemme go stream WAP

[Linnethia Monique]

Aug 14, 2020 22:05:44 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Aug 14, 2020 22:04:20 GMT -5 shaz196 said:

Laugh Now is #1 on AM now

lemme go stream WAP

Periodt 💅

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[dovahduck]

Aug 14, 2020 23:41:41 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

I like how they didn't upload the "In Your Eyes" remix, lmao.

[85la]

Aug 14, 2020 15:53:40 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 14, 2020 12:21:35 GMT -5 85la said:

Haha, it's alright but he seems to just keep releasing the same generic version of the same song over and over again now with diminishing quality and the shtick is getting kind of annoying. I think this could be the start of the decline of Drake, but idk if you'd go that far. This would be reflected though by it's early showings on the charts, with a slow rise to #2 on AM now (yes it's only been less than 24 hours, but that doesn't seem great for someone like Drake), and only #14 on iTunes (whatever that means nowadays).

He's actually #4 on iTunes, not that it matters. As for the slow rise on Apple Music, when you consider the fact that he's released 21 songs already this year, all to varying degrees of success, it shouldn't be all that surprising, no?

In 2018, he kicked off his year with God's Plan, the lead single off his album. This year, the lead single off his album is coming 21 songs later. I never expected a #1 debut or some historic chart slayage. He's pretty much exhausted all the hype he built up going into the year at this point. The best he can hope for with his latest single is that it's somewhat stable in the top 10 after it's debut.

As for him releasing the same song over and over again, I vehemently disagree and I don't know why people like saying that when it's so blatantly false.

His lastest song sounds nothing like Popstar, which sounds nothing like Greece, which sounds nothing like Twist & Turn, which sounds nothing like All I Need, which sounds nothing like Only You Freestyle. I could keep going, but I'm sure you get the point.

Well, so much for trying to (semi) agree with you, and I see you're back to your regularly scheduled Drake stanning anyway, but you make an interesting point that because he has released so much music (not just this calendar year, or whatever variations of time segments or spacing), it has been a very large and consistent output very steadily for the past 11 years, hundreds of tracks in fact, so regardless of whether the songs are even good or not or whether they sound similar (I still disagree with you a bit on that, but it's subjective), people are going to get tired of him after a while and it seems like that's starting to happen now and that the decline will come soon. It happens to all artists, hearing the same flow, the same sound of voice, etc. I mean, what is your expectation, that he will just stay hot for decades and decades on end?

[85la]

Aug 14, 2020 17:56:11 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

Post Malone doing Rock music is as hilarious as Travis Scott doing Contemporary R&B.

💀

Good luck to those ‘Rock’ songs that’ll have a sharper beat than any Hip-Hop song and a well-placed Guitar riff for good measure.

#TheKingOfRock

Given the enormous success he's had with the rock-leaning Circles and the fan favorite Take What You Want, it wouldn't be too surprising if he were to attempt a complete genre shift and indeed declare himself the next King of Rock.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 15, 2020 1:29:58 GMT -5 85la said:

Aug 14, 2020 15:53:40 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

He's actually #4 on iTunes, not that it matters. As for the slow rise on Apple Music, when you consider the fact that he's released 21 songs already this year, all to varying degrees of success, it shouldn't be all that surprising, no?

In 2018, he kicked off his year with God's Plan, the lead single off his album. This year, the lead single off his album is coming 21 songs later. I never expected a #1 debut or some historic chart slayage. He's pretty much exhausted all the hype he built up going into the year at this point. The best he can hope for with his latest single is that it's somewhat stable in the top 10 after it's debut.

As for him releasing the same song over and over again, I vehemently disagree and I don't know why people like saying that when it's so blatantly false.

His lastest song sounds nothing like Popstar, which sounds nothing like Greece, which sounds nothing like Twist & Turn, which sounds nothing like All I Need, which sounds nothing like Only You Freestyle. I could keep going, but I'm sure you get the point.

Well, so much for trying to (semi) agree with you, and I see you're back to your regularly scheduled Drake stanning anyway, but you make an interesting point that because he has released so much music (not just this calendar year, or whatever variations of time segments or spacing), it has been a very large and consistent output very steadily for the past 11 years, hundreds of tracks in fact, so regardless of whether the songs are even good or not or whether they sound similar (I still disagree with you a bit on that, but it's subjective), people are going to get tired of him after a while and it seems like that's starting to happen now and that the decline will come soon. It happens to all artists, hearing the same flow, the same sound of voice, etc. I mean, what is your expectation, that he will just stay hot for decades and decades on end?

People have been saying Drake will fall off commercially for years now. That will never happen as abruptly as some of you believe.

His method of constant releases has worked for him because he's seen more success than all his peers and he's established a streak of dominance that not a lot of artists can claim. He has more success than his peers who take breaks and return a few years later so is it that hard to understand why he doesn't "take a break"?

There are artists in the past who maintained a longer streak of even more music releases so nothing he's doing is new.

I agree with you on the point that there's definitely a limit to these things and oversaturation is definitely a real thing, but acts like Drake don't need to take years off to build up hype and anticipation for new music from both fans and casual listeners. He had the Views era in 2016 and released More Life less than a year later. About 9 months after, he returned with God's Plan and dominated the entire year in 2018 with his singles and his album like he didn't just drop 2 projects in the previous years.

I personally don't need an album from him this year, but that's the opinion of 1 person. It's his art and he can release as much music as he wants whenever he wants.

Sometimes, I think people forget just how gargantuan and borderline insatiable Drake's fanbase is. They're always down to consume more of his music. I believe that's been established over the last 11 years and for those who don't care for his seemingly unending music-release streak, a perfect and simple solution exists: don't listen.

[Ratatouille]

For me he will have the career sales decline of Eminem. So another 3/4 years of dominance.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 15, 2020 1:48:48 GMT -5 Ratatouille said:

For me he will have the career sales decline of Eminem. So another 3/4 years of dominance.

Eminem is 24 years in and is still scoring #1 albums, top 10 hits and is still pulling massive streams. Drake is only 11 years in and to be honest, there's no telling. He might be done next year or the year after that or might still be dominating 7 years from now. No one knows. Every career is different.

[iHype.]

People said Drake was over saturated since like 2014. He was over saturated before Views and had officially peaked commercially with Take Care, he was over saturated after Views, he was over saturated after Scorpion. Yet he’s gotten a #1, #2, #3, #7, and #8 peaking song this year with probably another top 10 next week. It’s as if he peaked at #25, #47, #74, and #96 or something with official singles this year with the way y’all act lol.

Some of you want his ride at the top to end so bad you just call it over at every angle that isn’t an absolutely incredible new level of smash success for him.

[Enigma.]

I'm not even fan of his recent output but to say that he is done commercially is some reach.

[Xander]

For someone as so lazy creativity wise, drake doesn’t deserve his success. He’s showing no growth whatsoever

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 15, 2020 4:54:03 GMT -5 Xander said:

For someone as so lazy creativity wise, drake doesn’t deserve his success. He’s showing no growth whatsoever

You're a hater, we get it.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Lmao, even when we like a new Drake song, we still have to satisfy divine by saying how much we hate Drake.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

I really don't mind new Drake every month, just as long it's good and catchy...but his 2019-2020 music is a huge meh. :streaming Take Care :

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 15, 2020 5:32:17 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Lmao, even when we like a new Drake song, we still have to satisfy divine by saying how much we hate Drake.

It's not even that. That person has just been bitching about Drake all through this thread. I'm just saying it's enough. It's obvious they don't like Drake. They don't have to complain about something everytime they post about him.

[Enigma.]

Aug 15, 2020 5:34:32 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

I really don't mind new Drake every month twice a week, just as long it's good and catchy.

Fixed

[Au$tin]

Aug 15, 2020 5:41:13 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Aug 15, 2020 5:32:17 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Lmao, even when we like a new Drake song, we still have to satisfy divine by saying how much we hate Drake.

It's not even that. That person has just been bitching about Drake all through this thread. I'm just saying it's enough. It's obvious they don't like Drake. They don't have to complain about something everytime they post about him.

This coming from the guy that finds a way to shoehorn in Drake to every conversation 🤡

[kacpi]

WAP still at #1 with 3.03 million streams on Spotify. Laugh Now Cry Later is #2 with 2.6 million. The biggest surprise has to be this new Morgan Wallen song - it garnered almost 2.3 million WTF

[kingvavis]

On Spotify

WAP rises up to 3m

Laugh Now Cry Later debuts at 2.6m

7 Summers debuts at 2.2m

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 15, 2020 5:45:21 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Aug 15, 2020 5:41:13 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

It's not even that. That person has just been bitching about Drake all through this thread. I'm just saying it's enough. It's obvious they don't like Drake. They don't have to complain about something everytime they post about him.

This coming from the guy that finds a way to shoehorn in Drake to every conversation 🤡

I'm not a guy and I don't do that. Drake is one the biggest artists in the world. You don't need me for him to be the topic of conversation on here.

[Enigma.]

Aug 15, 2020 6:11:31 GMT -5 kingvavis said:

On Spotify

WAP rises up to 3m

Laugh Now Cry Later debuts at 2.6m

7 Summers debuts at 2.2m

Brilliant numbers!!! So glad to see WAP doing amazingly day after day

Miley debuts with 1.16m too which is great for her!

[lights]

Insane streaming numbers for Morgan so far. Feels like a landmark moment for country music on streaming.