Billboard Hot 100: 12/26/2020

[gikem]

Taylor round 2, Jack Harlow, and Kid Cudi. Let’s go.

(Also last chart week dated in 2020, woo)

[Groovy]

Will we actually remember these albums in a few months?

[jodakyellow]

Dec 11, 2020 0:15:18 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Will we actually remember these albums in a few months?

Once the water wars start music will be a distant memory

[shayonce]

Taylor Willow $0.69 on her website.
no physical singles.

[jthentic]

BTS- life goes on is projected to leave hot100 this week(2w), stole that shortest run title from Trollz (4w).

[fridayteenage]

Lots of Christmas, lots of Taylor, I presume.

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Dec 11, 2020 1:33:51 GMT -5 jthentic said:

BTS- life goes on is projected to leave hot100 this week(2w), stole that shortest run title from Trollz (4w).

Because Christmas songs is about to bulldoze their way to the top and some album bombs may occur, after Christmas season and the Christmas songs leave again it may return, so I don't think it takes "TROLLZ"'s record

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 11, 2020 1:48:53 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

Dec 11, 2020 1:33:51 GMT -5 jthentic said:

BTS- life goes on is projected to leave hot100 this week(2w), stole that shortest run title from Trollz (4w).

Because Christmas songs is about to bulldoze their way to the top and some album bombs may occur, after Christmas season and the Christmas songs leave again it may return, so I don't think it takes "TROLLZ"'s record

I don't see it returning, lol. Only thing keeping it afloat now is sales. Once it leaves, what incentive would BTS fans have to keep buying? They'll just save their money to support a new song.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

^ yeah, it’s not like “ON” re-entered

It’s wayyyy too early to tell about the chances “willow” has to go #1, but it’s interesting. It could go either way. People may care less because folklore just dropped, but it also made a lot of new fans that wouldn’t typically listen to her (like my mother, who didn’t care about Taylor Swift until she heard “mad woman” & “the last great american dynasty”). Gaaahh this is exciting

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 11, 2020 2:08:12 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

^ yeah, it’s not like “ON” re-entered

It’s wayyyy too early to tell about the chances “willow” has to go #1, but it’s interesting. It could go either way. People may care less because folklore just dropped, but it also made a lot of new fans that wouldn’t typically listen to her (like my mother, who didn’t care about Taylor Swift until she heard “mad woman” & “the last great american dynasty”). Gaaahh this is exciting

My early prediction is that evermore does a lot less than folklore did in streams and sales.

[saltnpeppa]

Cudi's grand return has me curious what his streaming numbers are gonna look like by the end of the week, is it naive to think that he's challenging for number on ? Its against a Taylor record and will suffer from the pandemic effect but its also a consistently streamed hip hop Apple Music darling and a Cudi hiatus comeback at that so idk if I can rule it out yet.

Hopefully pretty Jack Harlow can see some traction with Way Out this week, its a genuinely fire collab, and hopefully the album is in line with this and not Tyler Herro which is fine imo but doesn't seem to have gone anywhere besides being dragged by p4k. Gonna assume a 5 debut which would be a win for him at this stage of his career.

As for Taylor Alison Swift I'm curious if she has any tricks up her sleeve like she always does to boost willow and evermore's numbers since no physical copies sounds like it'll need the help. Its a fantastic album I've heard one and a half times already and willow is a better, catchier single choice compared to cardigan so I think multiple radio formats will be receptive to it. Good reviews will help hopefully it gets that and stans asking for an advance on their Christmas money.

Still confused on if Cudi and are Taylor gonna album bomb or if the Christmas songs are put up a fight on the upper half of the chart but I'm laughing the idea of the hot 100 being songs from these three albums Christmas songs and like Mood.

[fridayteenage]

Dec 11, 2020 2:14:22 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Dec 11, 2020 2:08:12 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

^ yeah, it’s not like “ON” re-entered

It’s wayyyy too early to tell about the chances “willow” has to go #1, but it’s interesting. It could go either way. People may care less because folklore just dropped, but it also made a lot of new fans that wouldn’t typically listen to her (like my mother, who didn’t care about Taylor Swift until she heard “mad woman” & “the last great american dynasty”). Gaaahh this is exciting

My early prediction is that evermore does a lot less than folklore did in streams and sales.

Looks like opening week sales are purely digital. No physicals.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 11, 2020 2:42:42 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Dec 11, 2020 2:14:22 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

My early prediction is that evermore does a lot less than folklore did in streams and sales.

Looks like opening week sales are purely digital. No physicals.

That's interesting. Streams will go a long way in determining how well the album does by the end of it's debut tracking week.

[Enigma.]

On the one hand, Evermore will have a great debut. On the other hand, it will have her smallest debut numbers since her first album.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Dec 11, 2020 2:42:42 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Dec 11, 2020 2:14:22 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

My early prediction is that evermore does a lot less than folklore did in streams and sales.

Looks like opening week sales are purely digital. No physicals.

Nope, physicals dropped at midnight. There aren’t 600 versions, though

[dremolus - solarpunk]

With the lack of bundles, I don't think willow will hit number one

[firefox]

I think it has a chance, especially it's the first song on the album

[Choco]

"Life Goes On's" run is such a joke.

Brb gonna sit tight until BB changes some rules.

[shayonce]

Dec 11, 2020 4:01:44 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

Dec 11, 2020 2:42:42 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Looks like opening week sales are purely digital. No physicals.

Nope, physicals dropped at midnight. There aren’t 600 versions, though

Taylor's webstore - "ships in 3-4 weeks"

Target - Release Date: Dec 18, 2020

[dremolus - solarpunk]

It seems like the BTS stans only come out a day before the Top 10 is announced so let's prepare them a nice welcome mat when Life Goes On does drop out :)

[Choco]

For an album that they finished recording last week it kinda makes sense that the physical is taking some time to ship.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Dynamite Holiday remix ... ugh. It's currently #4 in iTunes, while the original is only #47. I wouldn't mind if willow debuted at #1 which would further cement 2020 as the year of the #1 debut.

[Harx]

So... besides Dynamite, do BTS have any actual legit hits in the US at this point?

[firefox]

Dec 11, 2020 8:50:54 GMT -5 Harx said:

So... besides Dynamite, do BTS have any actual legit hits in the US at this point?

for me, Boy With Luv is decent.

[wavey.]

I was gonna say Boy With Luv and Mic Drop went Top 30

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Yeah I would say Boy with Luv deserved better longevity.

[Groovy]

Thank god Army aren't on this website, they would drag the hell out of us.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Hopefully, they have enough space elsewhere to take their rabid energy.

[Taylor.]

Dec 11, 2020 7:46:01 GMT -5 shayonce said:

Dec 11, 2020 4:01:44 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

Nope, physicals dropped at midnight. There aren’t 600 versions, though

Taylor's webstore - "ships in 3-4 weeks"

Target - Release Date: Dec 18, 2020

It says that on her international stores but not the US store. It just says "not expected to arrive by December 25th," which could mean "ships on December 17, the last day of tracking."

They're probably prioritizing US orders to get those first week sales.

[Groovy]

So what are the odds that willow will have some longevity.