Billboard Hot 100: 02/06/2021

[mzumii]

Save Your Tears is decent but it does kinda feel like The Weeknd heard Circles once and was like "yeah, let's do that but make it 80s"

[mzumii]

Jan 26, 2021 23:57:03 GMT -5 jthentic said:

Machine gun Kelly x BB- My ex's best friend is projected to reach #28 (same as its earlier peak) this week. Also his SNL performance this weekend might get it to top 20 nxt week 🤔
(currently: radio- #52, sales- #28, Spotify- #33, AM- #86 sm- #28)

Really want My Ex's Best Friend to smash... feels like it's on the verge of taking off 

[GP]

Jan 27, 2021 13:21:11 GMT -5 nak said:

Save Your Tears is a snoozefest

give it a few more days and it will be in your head 24/7

[nak]

Jan 27, 2021 18:01:56 GMT -5 GP said:

Jan 27, 2021 13:21:11 GMT -5 nak said:

Save Your Tears is a snoozefest

give it a few more days and it will be in your head 24/7

Honestly this will happen i said the same thing about Positions being boring and now i acknowledge it as the bop it is. 

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Jan 27, 2021 17:16:36 GMT -5 lurker2 said:

I don't understand how you guys think they sound similar lol, could y'all reason this one for me cause I think I'm being slow

I'm not trained in music theory, so I couldn't say exactly why they sound so similar, but here's a mashup of the two songs that may highlight some similarities.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Taking a quick look at the Wikipedia entries for both songs, they are both written in the key of C major. Circles has a tempo of 120 of beats per minute, while Save Your Tears 118.

[Limited Edition]

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

[waluigionascooter]

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

Does "I Hope You're Happy Now" count?
"WAP" had like 3-4 verses between choruses.

[Limited Edition]

Jan 27, 2021 20:12:59 GMT -5 waluigionascooter said:

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

Does "I Hope You're Happy Now" count?
"WAP" had like 3-4 verses between choruses.

I Hope You're Happy Now has one verse before the first chorus. WAP is a rap song

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

drivers license? lmao

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Shawn is threatening to release Teach Me How to Love as a single, but turning it into a duet with Canola

[jenglisbe]

Jan 27, 2021 21:03:39 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

drivers license? lmao

Right.

Does "You Should Be Sad" count? The 1st verse is twice as long as the 2nd verse, at a minimum. You could say the first part is 2 verses.

[fridayteenage]

Wow Streets now #3 on Youtube to go along with its Spotify position.

[Enyasurvivor]

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

Green Light and Till the World Ends

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Jan 28, 2021 0:08:30 GMT -5 Enyasurvivor said:

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

Green Light and Till the World Ends

On The Floor by J-Lo also had two verses before the chorus (I bring this up because I just wrote about that song for my upcoming Worst of 2011 list on my blog).

[degen]

Jan 27, 2021 23:28:33 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Wow Streets now #3 on Youtube to go along with its Spotify position.

I can’t believe it got 0 adds on radio this week. Radio should be playing this already.

[jthentic]

The title suits well, she's literally tricking her fans into streaming the same tracks for the 10000th time. Even BTS look like saints in front of these stan baits 😬😅

[Au$tin]

Jan 28, 2021 1:49:49 GMT -5 jthentic said:

she's literally tricking her fans into buying the same tracks for the 100th time

No she's not. It's a streaming only EP so there isn't any purchasing involved, and she's not the first artist to do this. Justin Bieber, Sam Smith, Bea Miller, and the Jonas Brothers all have EPs like this on their streaming pages as well, and there's probably more than that. All it is is the label putting out these little playlist EPs because it helps boost streaming to those specific songs for a short period of time with basically no cost to the label. Nobody is tricked into anything, fans are going to recognize it's all previously released material before hitting play, all it does is give a little renewed interest in a few songs to bring in a few more streams, which isn't any different than getting playlisted. There isn't any con here.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

forever is the sweetest corn

[jthentic]

Jan 28, 2021 1:55:46 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Jan 28, 2021 1:49:49 GMT -5 jthentic said:

she's literally tricking her fans into buying the same tracks for the 100th time

No she's not. It's a streaming only EP so there isn't any purchasing involved, and she's not the first artist to do this. Justin Bieber, Sam Smith, Bea Miller, and the Jonas Brothers all have EPs like this on their streaming pages as well, and there's probably more than that. All it is is the label putting out these little playlist EPs because it helps boost streaming to those specific songs for a short period of time with basically no cost to the label. Nobody is tricked into anything, fans are going to recognize it's all previously released material before hitting play, all it does is give a little renewed interest in a few songs to bring in a few more streams, which isn't any different than getting playlisted. There isn't any con here.

You know she dropped deluxe with 2 extras like 2 weeks ago right?

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Jan 27, 2021 21:47:19 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Shawn is threatening to release Teach Me How to Love as a single...

I don't think that's a threat - it's a pretty catchy tune and I can see it being the saving grace for this era.

Jan 27, 2021 21:47:19 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

...but turning it into a duet with Canola

No, please no 😭

[Au$tin]

Jan 28, 2021 2:25:27 GMT -5 jthentic said:

Jan 28, 2021 1:55:46 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

No she's not. It's a streaming only EP so there isn't any purchasing involved, and she's not the first artist to do this. Justin Bieber, Sam Smith, Bea Miller, and the Jonas Brothers all have EPs like this on their streaming pages as well, and there's probably more than that. All it is is the label putting out these little playlist EPs because it helps boost streaming to those specific songs for a short period of time with basically no cost to the label. Nobody is tricked into anything, fans are going to recognize it's all previously released material before hitting play, all it does is give a little renewed interest in a few songs to bring in a few more streams, which isn't any different than getting playlisted. There isn't any con here.

You know she dropped deluxe with 2 extras like 2 weeks ago right?

Me trying to figure out why that is at all relevant to what I said:

[kacpi]

Jan 28, 2021 1:49:49 GMT -5 jthentic said:

The title suits well, she's literally tricking her fans into streaming the same tracks for the 10000th time. Even BTS look like saints in front of these stan baits 😬😅

Not you comparing kings of website sales to Taylor-
Fans already know that these chapters include the songs only off folklore and evermore, and I think 'locals' already learned it too since it's not the first chapter she released in this era. No one is going to check this out thinking it's a completely new project. Besides, Taylor chooses the songs herself and they really fit thematically - every single compilation like this feels complete. If she really cared about the current performance of this album, she would promote the shit out of it in other ways than that (though she doesn't really need promotion at this point but that's another matter).

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[Limited Edition]

Jan 27, 2021 21:03:39 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jan 27, 2021 20:01:13 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Speaking of Save Your Tears, what was the last time a popular pop song had two verses before the first chorus? The only song I can think of is Somebody That I Used To Know

drivers license? lmao

That's actually right lol

[kcdawg13]

I honestly think Streets will be Top 20 this week, probably firmly planted at #20.

Label needs to act fast cuz with Drake gone the only competition for #1 is drivers license and The Weeknd during the Super Bowl week, Doja could really get another #1 single now. If she waits too long Adele or somebody will drop something and kill off all it's chances.

[iamsorare]

Streets #2 on apple music.and the song has a new tik tok challenge so a huge boost is coming..the unexpected smash of the year

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 28, 2021 5:22:31 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Jan 27, 2021 21:03:39 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

drivers license? lmao

That's actually right lol

I actually just thought of two more recent hits had a similar structure. bad guy has two verses before every chorus, and Shallow had Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga each deliver a verse before the chorus

Jan 28, 2021 5:37:53 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

I honestly think Streets will be Top 20 this week, probably firmly planted at #20.

Label needs to act fast cuz with Drake gone the only competition for #1 is drivers license and The Weeknd during the Super Bowl week, Doja could really get another #1 single now. If she waits too long Adele or somebody will drop something and kill off all it's chances.

I think any tactic they do now would be mute, regardless of Drake being gone and The Weeknd's performance. drivers license might be losing streams but it's still number one on streaming by a large margin and with radio rapidly increasing, it's got longevity on top as well. I do agree success-wise, it's best if they send it to radio and have a music video for it (though considering Doja was planning a new era, they might've not been planning to shoot one and so they might release a music video until it's far too late to do anything) but for now, Save Your Tears and Blinding Lights are bigger threats at knocking drivers license off than Streets

[kalmanta]

Jan 28, 2021 5:46:05 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Streets #2 on apple music.and the song has a new tik tok challenge so a huge boost is coming..the unexpected smash of the year

Makes sense since Drivers License has yet to escape niche status.

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[GP]

Jan 27, 2021 21:47:19 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Shawn is threatening to release Teach Me How to Love as a single, but turning it into a duet with Canola

another pandemic