Billboard Hot 100: 09/12/2020

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Sept 6, 2020 1:07:31 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

All If the World Was Ending needs is a viral video, maybe a montage of doctors working hard, to get a sales boost and to shoot it straight into the Top 10. I feel it's the new How to Save a Life and even if I don't like the song, it'll be destined to be used in a ton of medical dramas, montages, talent shows, and karaoke nights to come.

The Fray baby I'm so sorry

[Mathgeek]

Dynamite sold 182k copies in week 2. I have no idea what any of this means but wow, this is crazy!

[iHype.]

Sept 7, 2020 16:38:51 GMT -5 Mathgeek said:

Dynamite sold 182k copies in week 2. I have no idea what any of this means but wow, this is crazy!

Wow. So it probably did around 500 points. 

It could possibly spend a 2nd week #1 this week...

[strongerq]

Already the best selling single in pure sales(2020), surpassing 'Blinding Lights'.

[Linnethia Monique]

Sept 7, 2020 16:43:58 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Sept 7, 2020 16:38:51 GMT -5 Mathgeek said:

Dynamite sold 182k copies in week 2. I have no idea what any of this means but wow, this is crazy!

Wow. So it probably did around 500 points. 

It could possibly spend a 2nd week #1 this week...

It's going to come down to WAP's total streams vs Dynamites total sales. Regardless these two songs have actually made the last month interesting.

[fhas]

Updated with 182k sales for Dynamite, 23k for Ice Cream and full week of radio and streams.

[bigolefreak]

BTS still threatening for #1 oh I truly hate it here.

[wavey.]

Please its beyond Pulse lol. Did you think they were gonna drop from the Top 10 or something with full promotion?

[jaydoesnotknow]

Sept 7, 2020 17:11:05 GMT -5 bigolefreak said:

BTS still threatening for #1 oh I truly hate it here.

People have been wishing on that record free fall ... you can’t expect the fans not to feel motivated by that alone to keep the streak going.

[ddlz]

The most popular song in the US by a mile, the one that is still pulling in around 60M streams per week, is once again being denied the top spot because idiots that run Billboard are trying to create an alternate reality where it's still 2011.

[jeiboy]

TOTC has WAP at #1 (ahead by 5-10%)





Prayer circle!!! 

[fhas]

Sept 7, 2020 18:57:24 GMT -5 ddlz said:

The most popular song in the US by a mile, the one that is still pulling in around 60M streams per week, is once again being denied the top spot because idiots that run Billboard are trying to create an alternate reality where it's still 2011.

Last week was the first time ever that a song was #1 despite being outstreamed by more than 30M.

This week, WAP is ahead by ~41M streams...

[Mathgeek]

Sept 7, 2020 19:00:17 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

TOTC has WAP at #1 (ahead by 5-10%)





Prayer circle!!! 

Did they update? Because they said either WAP was 5% ahead or 10% below Dynanite.

[rainygirl]

Sept 7, 2020 19:09:27 GMT -5 Mathgeek said:

Sept 7, 2020 19:00:17 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

TOTC has WAP at #1 (ahead by 5-10%)





Prayer circle!!! 

Did they update? Because they said either WAP was 5% ahead or 10% below Dynanite.

I think it’s obvious at this point BTS is number 1 . Hard to overcome 182k sales figure

[gs]

Sept 7, 2020 19:09:27 GMT -5 Mathgeek said:

Sept 7, 2020 19:00:17 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

TOTC has WAP at #1 (ahead by 5-10%)





Prayer circle!!! 

Did they update? Because they said either WAP was 5% ahead or 10% below Dynanite.

The tweet said 5% behind WAP, or 10% ahead of WAP, but it was kind of easy to misread.

TOTC updated predictions have it at #1 by 3%, still possible for WAP to be #1 but Dynamite appears more likely based on these sales.

Also presuming no rule changes are implemented without being announced... like discounted sales being weighed less.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Sept 7, 2020 19:09:27 GMT -5 Mathgeek said:

Sept 7, 2020 19:00:17 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

Did they update? Because they said either WAP was 5% ahead or 10% below Dynanite.

[ddlz]

Sept 7, 2020 19:05:48 GMT -5 fhas said:

Sept 7, 2020 18:57:24 GMT -5 ddlz said:

The most popular song in the US by a mile, the one that is still pulling in around 60M streams per week, is once again being denied the top spot because idiots that run Billboard are trying to create an alternate reality where it's still 2011.

Last week was the first time ever that a song was #1 despite being outstreamed by more than 30M.

This week, WAP is ahead by ~41M streams...

Only Billboard can come up with a chart that is so massively divorced from reality. 

[KeepDeanWeird]

No one is losing out on a #1 - honestly except for 'fans' obsessed with things like year-end charts - it doesn't matter. (Kidding.)

In terms of inclusiveness and equality, one could argue Asian artists have been disproportionately underrepresented on the H100 - so holding at #1 rather than a GOOBA crash is a good thing.

As long as 'Circles' is Drake 'bomb'-proof until week 60, everything else is just details.

[Mathgeek]

Don’t they change the formula to reflect the song that is most popular? I’m pretty sure that BTS fans will be proud even if the song is #2 and if BB really does this, it may very well be.

All of this complaining would then be for nothing.

[forg]

Impressive to get a second week at #1.

[fridayteenage]

Well watermelon sugar was #1 without ever cracking the streaming t10 which was a first. And his one week of being in the top 7 in sales was at a much lower level than BTS. So.

[highho]

Like both songs but with so many rooting against BTS, I want it to repeat.

Within top 10 of streaming,
Sales is x8 its closest competitor, still one of the biggest sales week for quite some time.

Hate them or not, I think it's deserved.

[Enigma.]

Also, WAP will be #1 for loooong time.

[livelightning]

Sept 7, 2020 19:05:48 GMT -5 fhas said:

Sept 7, 2020 18:57:24 GMT -5 ddlz said:

The most popular song in the US by a mile, the one that is still pulling in around 60M streams per week, is once again being denied the top spot because idiots that run Billboard are trying to create an alternate reality where it's still 2011.

Last week was the first time ever that a song was #1 despite being outstreamed by more than 30M.

This week, WAP is ahead by ~41M streams...

Didn't it have a lot youtube views? Surprised that even with that, it didn't come close to wap

[failstoner]

I'm calling 6 total weeks for WAP, really strong streaming numbers like how "The Box" was in Jan 2020, but it will struggle in radio just because of the nature of the song lyrics. Also Drake's album is on the way soon

[smallbubble]

Is it right to say that billboard is blantantly chasing clout by allowing those stan-driven bundled songs (One person buying 4 copies of multiple versions...) to be NO.1s?

[strongerq]

Sept 8, 2020 3:16:27 GMT -5 smallbubble said:

Is it right to say that billboard is blantantly chasing clout by allowing those stan-driven bundled songs (One person buying 4 copies of multiple versions...) to be NO.1s?

I wouldn't say they are allowing it on purpose. It was first abused with Say So i believe(having multiple versions on iTunes (clean/explicit/instrumental/without singing lmao).

But it needs to be addressed by BB.

Also, this:

paid streaming(which is like 80%) vs sales

Billboard 250 paid streams = 1 sale

RIAA 150 paid streams = 1 sale

Rolling stones 120 paid streams = 1 sale

UK chart 100 paid streams = 1 sale

You see what is standing out? Billboard needs to nerf sales by 2. 125 paid streams should be 1 sale, and that would mean 187.5 free streams = 1 sale.

[Mathgeek]

Versions: There are 5 versions of Cardigan on iTunes right now. You can also buy multiple copies of those versions on Taylor’s store.


The last 2 versions of Dynamite were only added for week 2. Is it more of a problem that there are multiple versions or that fans are buying them because I feel like if this strategy was ineffective, this wouldn’t even be a discussion.

[Myth X]

Sept 8, 2020 4:42:04 GMT -5 strongerq said:

Sept 8, 2020 3:16:27 GMT -5 smallbubble said:

Is it right to say that billboard is blantantly chasing clout by allowing those stan-driven bundled songs (One person buying 4 copies of multiple versions...) to be NO.1s?

I wouldn't say they are allowing it on purpose. It was first abused with Say So i believe(having multiple versions on iTunes (clean/explicit/instrumental/without singing lmao).

But it needs to be addressed by BB.

Also, this:

paid streaming(which is like 80%) vs sales

Billboard 250 paid streams = 1 sale

RIAA 150 paid streams = 1 sale

Rolling stones 120 paid streams = 1 sale

UK chart 100 paid streams = 1 sale

You see what is standing out? Billboard needs to nerf sales by 2. 125 paid streams should be 1 sale, and that would mean 187.5 free streams = 1 sale.

Exactly. Billboard just needs to add more weight to paid streaming

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