Billboard Hot 100: 12/26/2020

[jthentic]

Dec 17, 2020 0:05:32 GMT -5 shayonce said:

- Willow 4 versions are discounted again to $0.48.
- 3 extra bundle versions are released, limited till chart week end.
- Albums are discounted for both Evermore($6.89)/Folklore deluxe($5.51).
- All discounts are last till chart week end.

@ times, Machine gun Kelly's $20 stickers, candles & tapes , Miley's $20 condom bundle, Tyler the creator's
$40 t-shirt pin + digital bundle. DJ khalid $52 dollar shorts & hats, $70 dollar energy drink bundles were considered chart manipulation.
Also I've newfound respect to kpop bands like superM who were selling bundles @ $25-70 🤣🤣.
These rookies need to be schooled in how to manipulate within rules & look clean

[shayonce]

btw, I just realized that.. all that digital single.. is gone after those mass buying is over.. lol
you don't see rain on me on gaga store, no cardigan(+remix) on taylor store.
same goes to ari/bieber, 69, doja cat, megan.

[fengyu]

Dec 17, 2020 1:10:51 GMT -5 shayonce said:

btw, I just realized that.. all that digital single.. is gone after those mass buying is over.. lol
you don't see rain on me on gaga store, no cardigan(+remix) on taylor store.
same goes to ari/bieber, 69, doja cat, megan.

ironically, they do become limited edition...

[jthentic]

Just heard juice Wrld x Benny blanco-Real s**t, this song justifies the title, its absolute S-H-I-T. I really hope it gets out of the chart soon 😬. Btw his posthumous releases (incl creepy animation) are cringy & don't even start abt the quality & essence of the records, sounds like cheap knock-offs. Hope his management put some time, real effort & work instead of rushing releases just to milk his death. We don't want his legacy fkd up like that of X

[GP]

Dec 16, 2020 21:42:50 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Really hope willow hits #1 so this thread can have a meltdown.

well it's at less than 50 cents for an unit, so there isn't any cheaper single out there...

[Au$tin]

Dec 17, 2020 5:15:43 GMT -5 Codex said:

Dec 17, 2020 0:04:34 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

I don’t get why some of y’all have a problem with artists wanting chart achievements and #1s. Hell, y’all know Mariah loves and lives for her records and #1s. When you are great and you’re used to greatness, it is validation that you’re doing your job well according to public perception and response. It’s like an athlete wanting to win a championship and/or get into the record books. Some artists want to make their mark on the industry. Why does this bother some of y’all so much... she’s not killing kittens, she’s trying to cement her legacy.

Exactly, and no shade to Mariah but she isn't exactly the role model for not using tactics to further chart success.

www.nytimes.com/1996/01/25/arts/are-pop-charts-manipulated.html

Last week, record stores around the country received this fax from Columbia Records, the label for which Ms. Carey records, and Round the Globe Music, a marketing company: "Attention all Soundscan R&B singles panelists. Your product is on the way. Mariah Carey, "One Sweet Day." We're going for No. 1 this week. Thanks for the support!"
...
The fax is not the only way Columbia helped push "One Sweet Day" to No. 1, where it has remained for nine weeks. The label also encouraged a rush of sales in the early weeks by giving out free copies to stores reporting to Soundscan or by offering them four singles for the price of one. Stores could then put "One Sweet Day" on sale for 49 to 99 cents, more than $2 below the average price of a single.
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"Record companies have realized that you can get a record up the charts real high by giving it a sort of running start." One way in which labels accomplish this, Mr. Shalett said, is to release a single to radio and wait until it receives heavy airplay before making it available commercially. Because a single is not eligible for the charts until it goes on sale, this insures that it enters the singles charts, calculated by a combination of sales and radio play, at a high spot.

In the end, no one will care if Willow was discounted to 40 cents for the #1. Does anyone remember the Missy remix of Last Friday Night, or the fact that she discounted it to 69 cents? No, the only thing that remains in history books is that Katy tied Michael Jackson. And life goes on.

IIRC Last Friday Night actually miraculously managed to hit #1 the week before the remix/discount. Your point still stands, I just wanted to point that out.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Dec 16, 2020 23:44:42 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

f**k, Blinding Lights down to #23. It has a chance of being gone during the week of Christmas.

I would be DEVASTATED. We will be streaming Abel tonight, folks

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

I'm just going to leave my opinion on this: I love Taylor Swift, but she's going too far this time, to the point it reeks of desperation (either from her or from her team). The song would have debuted at #2 without all the remixes, which is already a testament to the genuine hype she gets. I don't see why they feel the need to push it so hard for #1. Yeah, I know the song is not super radio-friendly and this week is her best shot, but still, wouldn't it be better to not throw your cards all at once and instead gradually introduce the new remixes to regain interest in the song over the course of its chart run?

I'm a firm believer that longevity >>>> peaks, and it's disappointing so many artists seem to think otherwise, fueled by what stans believe as well. "Blinding Lights" debuted at #11 and free-fell in the following weeks, but it gradually rose to become one of the biggest charting hits of all time. "Circles" and "Sunflower" had pretty subpar debuts too (#8 and #9), but their increasingly strong performance on radio and streaming made them eventually reach #1.

While I understand artists want their craft to be recognized, I still think it must be more rewarding when such recognition and success comes organically, because you have faith in the track. When Justin Bieber acted desperate to push "Yummy" to #1, it came across less as wanting a good song to do well, but more as completely lack of faith that the public would resonate with it, if you get what I mean.

That's just my take on it, of course. My apologies for my stream of consciousness-esque writing.

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

#1 debuts should feel massive - "thank u, next", "Born This Way", "Shake It Off", and "WAP" were all pop culture moments that caught the attention of both passionate music listeners/stans and the general public.

The majority of #1 debuts this year felt like fabricating this type of hype and momentum by taking advantage of stans' endless devotion. Of course, there are exceptions - "cardigan", "Dynamite", and "THE SCOTTS" were moments in their own right, even if mostly due to the context surrounding them than the songs themselves (Taylor's surprise release and change in direction, an all-English release from kpop's most popular group, Travis' Fortnite concert + Kid Cudi).

[Myth X]

Dec 16, 2020 23:44:42 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

f**k, Blinding Lights down to #23. It has a chance of being gone during the week of Christmas.

The Weeknd should have saved that Rosalia remix for Christmas week. Last week it was useless

[Myth X]

I guess Drake isn't as chart hungry as Swift. Laugh Now is one of the biggest hits of the year and he missed the #1 for 20 points. It was really close to WAP.

[Au$tin]

Dec 17, 2020 7:14:23 GMT -5 Myth X said:

I guess Drake isn't as chart hungry as Swift.

This has been evidenced time and time again by his team making very strange decisions that hinder him from peaking higher over and over again. The biggest example being "Hotline Bling" where the video was an Apple exclusive or something bizarre like that when if it were just released normally, it easily would have been #1 that week lol.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Because Drake knows he could sneeze on a baby on a track and it would debut at number one regardless

[Myth X]

Dec 17, 2020 7:17:31 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Dec 17, 2020 7:14:23 GMT -5 Myth X said:

I guess Drake isn't as chart hungry as Swift.

This has been evidenced time and time again by his team making very strange decisions that hinder him from peaking higher over and over again. The biggest example being "Hotline Bling" where the video was an Apple exclusive or something bizarre like that when if it were just released normally, it easily would have been #1 that week lol.

Yeah and because of that an iconic hit like Hotline Bling had to peak at #2 when in reality it was easily the biggest song of the week. He really sabotaged himself that time.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 17, 2020 7:14:23 GMT -5 Myth X said:

I guess Drake isn't as chart hungry as Swift. Laugh Now is one of the biggest hits of the year and he missed the #1 for 20 points. It was really close to WAP.

I think on some level, every mainstream artist cares about success. I'm not going to sit here and say Drake doesn't care at all. I just think he isn't willing to go to certain lengths to achieve certain chart milestones. His mentality when it comes to his music has always been "release the music and let it do what it'll do." Since the week Laugh Now Cry Later dropped, he hasn't posted about it or referenced it in any way. It's almost like he forgot the song exists and he does that for all his singles. He believes a lot in the fans themselves choosing how successful his songs and albums are by leaving it all in their hands. I think that's one of the best ways to guide a career, especially for someone like him who has achieved so much in so little time.

Rest in Peace to Mac Miller's gentle soul, but he explains it best. 

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 12/16/2020

Taylor Swift - evermore
1(=) - willow 1,380,866 (-150,294)
3(-1) - champagne problems 1,199,870 (-118,803)
7(-3) - 'tis the damn season 1,016,243 (-127,904)
10(-5) - gold rush 994,286 (-123,650)
11(-4) - no body, no count 971,136 (-140,859)
13(-3) - tolerate it 871,539 (-116,894)
16(-3) - happiness 794,543 (-118,274)
20(-5) - ivy 774,112 (-114,544)
25(-8) - long story short 709,763 (-109,377)
26(-7) - coney island 705,626 (-103,327)
28(-7) - dorothea 695,661 (-108,531)
32(-9) - evermore 673,452 (-96,342)
34(-8) - cowboy like me 653,306 (-96,033)
38(-9) - marjorie 642,439 (-77,145)
47(-12) - closure 574,352 (-86,244)
Total Streams: 12,657,194

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon III: The Chosen
14(=) - Tequila Shots 806,398 (-106,252)
36(-8) - She Knows This 647,556 (-86,234)
41(-12) - Show Out 603,459 (-82,408)
62(-13) - Another Day 479,249 (-76,153)
76(-17) - Mr. Solo Dolo III 408,360 (-75,601)
78(-18) - Dive 405,174 (-76,189)
82(-13) - Sad People 386,048 (-69,889)
84(-13) - Heaven on Earth 381,366 (-69,047)

Other:
17(+1) Ariana Grande - 34+35 790,130 (-27,059)
18(+2) Bad Bunny, Jay Cortez - DÁKITI 788,547 (-16,205)
19(+3) Ariana Grande - positions 777,150 (-24,735)
21(+3) 24kGoldn - Mood 762,253 (-770)
22(+3) Internet Money - Lemonade 750,882 (-10,935)
30(+3) The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 688,735 (+8,535)
33(+1) CJ - Whoopty 658,040 (-10,692)
37(=) Lil Nas X - Holiday 643,890 (-8,137)
39(-3) Megan Thee Stallion - Body 636,878 (-19,388)
43(-3) Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 594,819 (-17,953)
46(-3) Jack Harlow - Tyler Herro 576,873 (-24,661)
48(-4) Juice WRLD - Reminds Me of You 570,487 (-30,600)
54(-1) Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later 518,184 (-6,366)
63(-9) Jack Harlow - Way Out 469,111 (-49,919)
64(-2) Dua Lipa - Levitating 463,155 (-10,318)
71(+1) Shawn Mendes - Monster 427,490 (-20,413)
72(+2) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN Remix 424,210 (-15,887)
74(+6) The Kid LAROI - SO DONE 414,506 (+2,663)
77(+2) Tate McRae - you broke me first 405,769 (-7,886)
83(+2) Justin Bieber - Lonely 383,345 (-8,768)
91(-4) Miley Cyrus - Prisoner 369,284 (-16,624)
93(-2) Pop Smoke - Hello 366,120 (-6,118)

104(-4) Luke Combs - Forever After All 345,177 (-4,677)
106(-14) Jack Harlow - Face of My City 343,887 (-26,251)
120(-31) Wilbur Soot - Your New Boyfriend 326,403 (-57,629)
125(+3) Brent Faiyaz - Dead Man Walking 317,623 (-1,244)
127(-2) DDG - Moonwalking in Calabasas 316,991 (-7,359)
131(-4) CORPSE, Savage Ga$p- E-GIRLS ARE RUINING MY LIFE! 312,112 (-7,387)
143(+3) Ashnikko - Daisy 293,018 (-5,232)
146(+4) James Arthur - Train Wreck 290,712 (-3,053)

[jthentic]

Dec 17, 2020 7:06:50 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Dec 16, 2020 23:44:42 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

f**k, Blinding Lights down to #23. It has a chance of being gone during the week of Christmas.

The Weeknd should have saved that Rosalia remix for Christmas week. Last week it was useless

That crap of a remix wouldn't have helped. Twt & YT audience were pissed @ abel for ruining such gem of a song

[jenglisbe]

Dec 16, 2020 22:38:04 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

An artist releasing multiple versions/mixes of a song is hardly "manipulation." Fans are buying the main product (in this case, digital tracks/singles) and getting it instantly.

It's manipulating fans.

[jthentic]

Dec 17, 2020 7:17:31 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Dec 17, 2020 7:14:23 GMT -5 Myth X said:

I guess Drake isn't as chart hungry as Swift.

This has been evidenced time and time again by his team making very strange decisions that hinder him from peaking higher over and over again. The biggest example being "Hotline Bling" where the video was an Apple exclusive or something bizarre like that when if it were just released normally, it easily would have been #1 that week lol.

It might not be a #1 hit but its still a much bigger & memorable hit than most of #1s which no one listens to / remember anymore

[jenglisbe]

Dec 17, 2020 1:10:51 GMT -5 shayonce said:

btw, I just realized that.. all that digital single.. is gone after those mass buying is over.. lol
you don't see rain on me on gaga store, no cardigan(+remix) on taylor store.
same goes to ari/bieber, 69, doja cat, megan.

Right, because they're only there for chart purposes. They release them and make them available to max out a chart peak.

[strongerq]

Dec 16, 2020 22:23:34 GMT -5 colson said:

Did they forget to count all of the numerous remixes? Anyway, still one more day left to count but it is an "early" projection.

Dec 16, 2020 22:35:59 GMT -5 colson said:

Why isn't Amazon streaming data not been made public by now? Do the labels only get the information privately? How do people who do projections on the net estimate streaming numbers if they don't have the Amazon streaming stats?

For On-Demand Audio Streams you have the Rolling Stone Chart, which updates numbers every day with projections.

Also you have the Alpha Data (former Buzzangle) which gives you only positions for the top 50 on: Audio streaming, Video streaming, programed, and Song Sales (only from DSPs - so without website sales). atm Fri-Mon Audio streaming only (AM+Spotify+Amazon+..) AIWFCIY is #1, while willow is #3. It should update through the day to Fri-Tue.

*A lot of predictors say that the early position numbers aren't that accurate, but the final week positions are*

**btw Alpha Data powers HITS Daily Double & Rolling Stone Chart**

ofc you can get Video streaming/programed streaming from YouTube charts/Pandora.

The website sales are estimates. In other cases like BTS, there is order numbers, so they just estimate how many copies each order had (based on previous cases). And there isn't such number on the TS website, or there is but it also includes albums so it is meaningless. idk

Anyways i saw on Discord that the person used 6k website sales for his prediction.

I don't know much about predictions and stuff, but this is how they do it.

P.S: Apple Music also doesn't publish data and is bigger than Amazon Music 50/52 weeks in the year. Amazon shines these 2 weeks

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Spotify Christmas Songs Update - 12/16/20:

2(+1) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 1,245,487 (+96,730)
4(+2) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You 1,186,146 (+74,073)
5(+3) Bobby Helm - Jingle Bell Rock 1,129,269 (+86,360)
6(+3) Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 1,076,008 (+74,537)
8(+3) Wham! - Last Christmas 1,011,015 (+63,582)
9(+3) Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 1,002,368 (+64,724)
12(+4) Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 900,518 (+67,982)
15(+12) Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree 794,663 (+47,033)
23(+7) Burl Ives - A Holly Holly Christmas 748,369 (+50,913)
24(+8) Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 738,627 (+55,221)
27(+11) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 703,149 (+52,696)
29(+10) José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 689,446 (+46,120)
31(+10) Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 674,901 (+63,320)
35(+7) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 648,565 (+40,163)
40(+7) Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 630,896 (+42,262)
42(+8) Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas 598,734 (+44,511)
50(+2) Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 564,931 (+39,205)
51(+4) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 546,732 (+34,329)
53(+5) Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra - White Christmas 534,008 (+39,142)
55(+9) Perry Como, The Fontane Sisters - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 500,426 (+29,056)
58(+12) Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run 485,935 (+33,630)
59(+8) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 482,986 (+23,536)
61(+7) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 481,364 (+25,415)
65(+10) The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 459,409 (+31,159)
70(+13) John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 433,674 (+30,223)
81(+15) Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, John Williams - Carol of the Bells 386,139 (+26,398)
86(+38) Sia - Snowman 378,422 (+50,747)
88(+18) Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside 375,299 (+30,004)
89(+16) Nat King Cole - Joy to the World 375,080 (+28,198)
90(+22) Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum 370,108 (+31,951)
92(+21) Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear? 368,304 (+30,246)
95(+26) Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland 360,459 (+29,101)
98(+17) Eartha Kitt, Henri Rene & His Orchestra - Santa Baby 357,358 (+20,599)
100(+19) The Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 354,742 (+21,561)

107(+23) Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe and Holly 340,432 (+26,013)
114(+24) Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 336,143 (+29,316)
115(+16) Donny Hathaway - This Christmas 335,057 (+24,373)
118(+16) Dean Martin - Silver Bells 329,254 (+19,456)
124(+23) The Beach Boys, Mark Linett, Sweet, Larry Walsh - Little Saint Nick 320,298 (+22,774)
129(+16) Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 314,454 (+14,834)
132(+23) Brett Eldredge - Baby, It's Cold Outside 310,215 (+20,951)
142(+32) Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time is Here 293,691 (+24,251)
145(+18) Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus 291,198 (+12,399)
152(+29) Burl Ives - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 284,473 (+22,168)
156(+21) *NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays 279,351 (+13,051)
158(+32) Carpenters - Sleigh Ride 278,937 (+23,363)
163(+33) Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters - Mele Kalikimaka 276,875 (+23,260)
169(+31) Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby 270,895 (+21,842)
175(+22) Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas 267,188 (+13,708)
182(re-entry) Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas 261,689
184(re-entry) Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch 260,489
189(re-entry) Idina Menzel - Baby, It's Cold Outside 257,878

Biggest Gains (50K+): Snowman, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [Dean Martin] The Christmas Song, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [Frank Sinatra], Holly Jolly Christmas [Burl Ives], It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas [Michael Bublé], Santa Tell Me, Last Christmas, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Jingle Bell Rock, All I Want for Christmas is You, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

[smiley22]

Dec 17, 2020 5:50:06 GMT -5 Lost In Musical Reverie said:

I'm just going to leave my opinion on this: I love Taylor Swift, but she's going too far this time, to the point it reeks of desperation (either from her or from her team). The song would have debuted at #2 without all the remixes, which is already a testament to the genuine hype she gets. I don't see why they feel the need to push it so hard for #1. Yeah, I know the song is not super radio-friendly and this week is her best shot, but still, wouldn't it be better to not throw your cards all at once and instead gradually introduce the new remixes to regain interest in the song over the course of its chart run?

I'm a firm believer that longevity >> peaks, and it's disappointing so many artists seem to think otherwise, fueled by what stans believe as well. "Blinding Lights" debuted at #11 and free-fell in the following weeks, but it gradually rose to become one of the biggest charting hits of all time. "Circles" and "Sunflower" had pretty subpar debuts too (#8 and #9), but their increasingly strong performance on radio and streaming made them eventually reach #1.

While I understand artists want their craft to be recognized, I still think it must be more rewarding when such recognition and success comes organically, because you have faith in the track. When Justin Bieber acted desperate to push "Yummy" to #1, it came across less as wanting a good song to do well, but more as completely lack of faith that the public would resonate with it, if you get what I mean.

That's just my take on it, of course. My apologies for my stream of consciousness-esque writing.

I thought the same thing. It seems a little desperate but very cunning to be making this push against Mariah. Taylor knew how to get peak exposure with these tactics. Let’s face it. Mariah gave the girls a blueprint on how to work the charts 😩😭☺️ If Mariah were somehow able to stay number one next week, this forum will explode. Lol

[phieaglesfan712]

Dec 17, 2020 5:43:47 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

Dec 16, 2020 23:44:42 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

f**k, Blinding Lights down to #23. It has a chance of being gone during the week of Christmas.

I would be DEVASTATED. We will be streaming Abel tonight, folks

I'll believe it when I see it. Blinding Lights was predicted to be #13/14 the two weeks prior, and it ended up at 9 and 11.

Besides, BL is probably going to be #1 on the 2/20/2021 chart, after its performance in Super Bowl LV.

[HolidayGuy]

Could be, jeng- but that would be nothing new in the chart game, would it?

I've mentioned Sony's widespread trends of deep discounted singles in the past- a number just happened to occur with many Mariah C. singles. The label was more invested in playing the chart game than others- nothing wrong in that, really. That continued with "Loverboy" when she moved to Virgin (which Sony countered by selling "Bootylicious" for 49 cents, as well). On Island, recall the week free downloads of the "We Belong Together" remix accidentally counted for the first week of the single's No. 1 reign (only affecting the first week of said run). My personal favorite was the show-your-download-receipt, win-a-chance-to-have-dinner-with-Mariah promotion for "Shake It Off." :)

Just some examples of marketing, and playing the chart game. What we're seeing with BTS, Taylor, etc. is just the latest examples in the current chart cliamte.

[Eqbk]

Doesn't Taylor currently tie with Madonna for most #2 songs? I wonder if potentially breaking that tie is part of the reason she and her team are pulling these stunts.

As for whether it's right. This is one of those cases of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". Sure what's she's doing is not technically wrong but it feels like she's crossed some sort of line or broken some sort of unspoken rule.

Personally, I don't mind if an artist/label discounts a song or throws out a remix (or two) during a week where the song has a real shot at #1. Giving a song a nudge isn't a big deal to me. But what she is doing is well past that point. Although at this point, even if I don't agree with what she's doing, I sort of understand why she keeps going. If she had just released one remix, discounted at $0.69 and was blocked from #1 by the biggest Christmas song in modern times, she could of still held her head high. But again, she's past that point and she/her team are probably just trying to save face at this point.

I haven't followed Taylor in a while, but I have to say her wanting this #1 so badly is quite surprising. Sure, every mainstream artist cares about the charts up to a certain extent but I always got the impression that her/her team's focus was more about maximizing profit than song peaks. Back then, they seemed to care more about selling as many albums as possible rather than whether her singles hit #1. For example, I believe "I Knew You Were Trouble" missed out on any chance at #1 because the album (and thus the song) wasn't immediately available on streaming. In that instance, they cared more about selling albums than getting more streams because the former garnered more profit. But currently, as a poster had pointed out earlier, she's "discounting her discount". It's not something I'd thought Taylor would ever do, but again, haven't followed her closely in a while. Wonder what caused this change in mentality?

[firefox]

Is #1 locked for willow? It's on top of Spotify & Apple Music the whole week and huge on radio right now. Its sales has huge advantage on the remixes...

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2020/12/17

1(=) 24kGoldn - Mood (feat. iann dior) 136.14(+0.28)
2(=) Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy 118.68(+1.16)
3(=) Justin Bieber - Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper) 110.15(+1.17)
4(=) Ava Max - Kings & Queens 105.92(-0.37)
5(+1) Ariana Grande - positions 103.57(+1.20)
6(-1) Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk) 102.61(-0.41)

7(=) Gabby Barrett - I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth) 95.14(-1.24)
8(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 74.67(-0.40)
9(=) AJR - Bang! 71.08(+0.77)
10(+1) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 63.65(+0.64)

17(+1) Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 53.22(+0.90)

19(+2) Justin Bieber & benny blanco - Lonely 51.21(+2.00)

22(=) Parker McCollum - Pretty Heart 48.86(+0.87)

44(+2) Ariana Grande - 34+35 30.52(+1.11)

47(+2) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 30.04(+0.96)

48(+3) Megan Thee Stallion - Body 29.63(+1.17)

54(+1) Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez - DÁKITI 26.28(+1.28)

62(=) Thomas Rhett - What's Your Country Song 23.01(+0.74)

84(+15) Taylor Swift - willow 16.91(+2.78)

-(-) CJ - Whoopty 11.44(+0.74)

-(-) Daddy Yankee & Marc Anthony - De Vuelta Pa' La Vuelta 5.52(+1.40) +

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

"positions" reaching the top 5 on radio and "Levitating" reaching the top 10. That's great news 🥰

[Verisimilitude]

Dec 17, 2020 9:44:34 GMT -5 firefox said:

Is #1 locked for willow? It's on top of Spotify & Apple Music the whole week and huge on radio right now. Its sales has huge advantage on the remixes...

Mariah is still outstreaming her according to Rolling Stone:

www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/

Amazon Music is more relevant than Spotify and Apple Music this time of year.