Billboard Hot 100: 02/20/2021

[iamsorare]

Feb 6, 2021 18:52:56 GMT -5 nak said:

Olivia Rodrigo playing the piano while singing exactly like she is on the track is so impressive.

I really hate covid era cause almost every performance is pre-recorded and the vocals are edited and Olivia's ''live'' performance was exactly like that.. the fact that the camera never showed her face (we only saw her for a few seconds and her mouth wasn't fully synchronize with the lyrics)..I'm not saying that she can't sing , she has some great old performances and covers but we still don't know how her voice sounds on drivers license live..when she will make a real live performance then we can talk about it

[kimberly]

Feb 6, 2021 19:10:03 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Feb 6, 2021 18:52:56 GMT -5 nak said:

Olivia Rodrigo playing the piano while singing exactly like she is on the track is so impressive.

I really hate covid era cause almost every performance is pre-recorded and the vocals are edited and Olivia's ''live'' performance was exactly like that.. the fact that the camera never showed her face (we only saw her for a few seconds and her mouth wasn't fully synchronize with the lyrics)..I'm not saying that she can't sing , she has some great old performances and covers but we still don't know how her voice sounds on drivers license live..when she will make a real live performance then we can talk about it

there's also this one from 6 months ago, way before the song was released:

[TakeMe]

Feb 6, 2021 19:10:03 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Feb 6, 2021 18:52:56 GMT -5 nak said:

Olivia Rodrigo playing the piano while singing exactly like she is on the track is so impressive.

I really hate covid era cause almost every performance is pre-recorded and the vocals are edited and Olivia's ''live'' performance was exactly like that.. the fact that the camera never showed her face (we only saw her for a few seconds and her mouth wasn't fully synchronize with the lyrics)..I'm not saying that she can't sing , she has some great old performances and covers but we still don't know how her voice sounds on drivers license live..when she will make a real live performance then we can talk about it

Would’ve been nice if she sung in the original key as well. Seems as though a lot of artist these days aren’t giving on camera what they give in the studio.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 6, 2021 18:52:56 GMT -5 nak said:

Olivia Rodrigo playing the piano while singing exactly like she is on the track is so impressive.

The arrangement on that live version was sublime.

[andrebra]

Feb 6, 2021 20:00:19 GMT -5 TakeMe said:

Feb 6, 2021 19:10:03 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

I really hate covid era cause almost every performance is pre-recorded and the vocals are edited and Olivia's ''live'' performance was exactly like that.. the fact that the camera never showed her face (we only saw her for a few seconds and her mouth wasn't fully synchronize with the lyrics)..I'm not saying that she can't sing , she has some great old performances and covers but we still don't know how her voice sounds on drivers license live..when she will make a real live performance then we can talk about it

Would’ve been nice if she sung in the original key as well. Seems as though a lot of artist these days aren’t giving on camera what they give in the studio.

I think she chose a different key so she could belt the bridge, since in the original its a combo of vocals in the lower-octave and her head voice. I actually think the new key was more impressive in that regard (though the bridge didn't nearly feel as euphoric aha).

[chebad]

Feb 6, 2021 18:38:02 GMT -5 degen said:

Feb 6, 2021 14:27:52 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Stop comparing UP to WAP .. WAP was a cultural reset-very controversial.UP Spotify debut was good for a female solo rap song ..cardi just broke her own record..

Considering where “Press” ended up, I’ll take this achievement with a grain of salt. There’s a 1 year old Doja Cat song getting the same amount of streams as “Up!”, a new single.

Because of a random Tik Tok challenge.

[chebad]

Feb 6, 2021 23:40:59 GMT -5 chebad said:

Feb 6, 2021 18:38:02 GMT -5 degen said:

Considering where “Press” ended up, I’ll take this achievement with a grain of salt. There’s a 1 year old Doja Cat song getting the same amount of streams as “Up!”, a new single.

Because of a random Tik Tok challenge.

Song was only recently released as a single though and there’s a Tik Tik challenge giving it a boost.

[waluigionascooter]

So what's the likelihood of Blinding Lights going to #1 over Drivers License?

[atg]

Feb 6, 2021 18:38:02 GMT -5 degen said:

Feb 6, 2021 14:27:52 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Stop comparing UP to WAP .. WAP was a cultural reset-very controversial.UP Spotify debut was good for a female solo rap song ..cardi just broke her own record..

Considering where “Press” ended up, I’ll take this achievement with a grain of salt. There’s a 1 year old Doja Cat song getting the same amount of streams as “Up!”, a new single.

There’s also a 1 year old weeknd song getting the same amount of streams as another 1 year old weeknd song, getting the same amount of streams as a 1 year old Doja Cat song getting the same amount of streams as “Up!”, a new single.

Ah how music is timeless..

[Limited Edition]

Feb 7, 2021 0:48:19 GMT -5 waluigionascooter said:

So what's the likelihood of Blinding Lights going to #1 over Drivers License?

Very slim but I guess it's possible

[Gary]

Feb 4, 2021 19:48:54 GMT -5 Gary said:

Could The Weeknd Score the First-Ever Super Bowl-Bumped Hot 100 No. 1?
By Andrew Unterberger
2/4/2021
Click to copy
www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9521238/the-weeknd-super-bowl-number-one-blinding-lights/

No artist has ever scored a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the weeks immediately following their Super Bowl performance. The Weeknd has two songs he could do it with.
All eyes on will be on Abel Tesfaye this weekend, as he performs at halftime of Super Bowl LV in Tampa on Sunday night (Feb. 7th). The Weeknd has not shied away from the moment of appearing on television's biggest stage, as his manager said in Billboard's recent cover story that Tesfaye put up $7 million of his own money to "make this halftime show be what he envisioned.”

The stakes may be even higher for The Weeknd than the dozens of superstars who've appeared on this stage before him, because he has the chance do something none of them ever have before: score a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the weeks after his appearance.

In fact, The Weeknd is in the incredibly rare position of having two songs that could plausibly jump to the Hot 100's top spot following his halftime performance. Of course there's "Blinding Lights," currently the No. 3 song on the chart in its 60th week, and no stranger to the No. 1 spot -- not only did it spend four weeks there last year, but it was ranked No. 1 on the year-end Hot 100 for 2020 as well. But there's also Tesfaye's new single "Save Your Tears," in just its seventh week on the listing, which has been steadily climbing for all of 2021, and moves from No. 20 to No. 14 this week (chart dated Feb. 6), hitting a new high.



In the roughly 30-year history of the Super Bowl halftime show being a showcase for star artists to play their own hits -- dating back to New Kids on the Block's 1991 appearance at Super Bowl XXV, and established in pop culture by Michael Jackson's 1993 performance at Super Bowl XXVII -- no song has ever jumped to No. 1 on the chart following a Super Bowl halftime performance.

The closest a song has came in recent years was in 2017, when Lady Gaga's mega-ballad "Million Reasons" re-entered the chart at No. 4 -- a new peak for the song -- following Gaga's acclaimed performance at Super Bowl LI. That tied the mark set by LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," which rebounded 9-4 on the chart in 2012 -- after having previously spent two weeks at No. 1 -- following the duo's performance of the song as part of the Madonna-headlined halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI. (Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'," featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj, also climbed 13-10 the same week, a new peak.)

The Black Eyed Peas also returned to the top 10 (19-9) with "The Time (Dirty Bit)" following their performance at Super Bowl XLV, while Coldplay just missed the top 10, but scored a new peak with their "Adventure of a Lifetime" single (36-13) after playing it at Super Bowl 50.

Of course, it's rare that an artist has had one current single populating the higher stretches of the Hot 100 at the time of their Super Bowl appearance, let alone two. Even though the halftime show has been a stage for music's best and biggest artists for 30 years, many of those years have featured legacy performers -- Gloria Estefan, Prince, Bruce Springsteen -- who were well removed from their days of Hot 100 dominance. It's only in the past decade that contemporary pop stars have become the default mode of halftime performer, and even then, several years (Beyoncé in 2013, Katy Perry in 2015) have featured artists who were off-cycle in their promotional schedule, without a true active hit to perform on the show.

There have been occasions where circumstances have aligned for artists to perform an active hit at the Super Bowl's halftime -- though none of them have already been as close to the Hot 100's top spot as "Blinding Lights" currently is. Travis Scott's Astroworld Hot 100-topper "Sicko Mode" was still hanging around at No. 5 on the chart in the tracking week of his featured appearance during Maroon 5's headlining set at Super Bowl LIII -- but the mutli-part song was perhaps not best showcased in snippeted sideshow form at the Super Bowl, and it merely held at No. 5 the week after. Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods single "Filthy" was also still relatively new when it kicked off his Super Bowl LII halftime set, but the poorly received song's momentum had already sagged significantly from its No. 9 debut on the chart the month before, and was down to No. 51 the tracking week of the Super Bowl -- rebounding to just No. 34 the next week.

Certainly, no song has ever been more primed for a return to the Hot 100's top spot than "Blinding Lights," which is not only still in the chart's top five, but has endured for over a year now as one of the most universally beloved pop songs of the entire 21st century -- with ads for his upcoming performance even featuring listeners of all ages and demographics singing along to it. But "Save Your Tears" shouldn't be discounted as a contender either: It has more current momentum than "Lights," and more listeners will probably be hearing the still-relatively-new (but also highly accessible) single for the first time at the show, perhaps leading to more downloads and streams from those recently introduced who've already had their "Lights" fill.



Competition for the No. 1 spot, however, will be stiff. Of course, there's the incumbent: Olivia Rodrigo's heartbreak anthem "Drivers License," which debuted atop the chart in January and has now hung on for three weeks -- possibly four by next week -- while posting some pretty historic streaming numbers. Those have abated somewhat since its gangbusters debut, but its radio performance has picked up in the meantime, with "License" becoming just the third debut entry in the history of Billboard's Pop Airplay chart to scale the top 10 in its first three weeks.

And then there's Cardi B. You won't find Cardi on the Hot 100 currently, but the rapper's new single "Up" is scheduled to be released at midnight this Friday (Feb. 5). Considering that she's topped the Hot 100 four times in the past four years -- including her first debut atop the listing last year, with the Megan Thee Stallion-assisted "WAP" -- she has to be considered a threat to bow atop the chart whenever she releases an official new single. (She'll also be getting a minor Super Bowl showcase of her own.)

Still, with two challengers of his own, and just about the entire world's ears at his attention, you'd understand The Weeknd feeling pretty good about his chances to pull off the historic feat. In a week that was originally supposed to be all about the Grammys -- and which he likely long had reserved for extended victory lapping, before he got snubbed and the awards got postponed anyway -- it would certainly be the best consolation prize he could ask for.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Gotta appreciate a three-way battle for the top spot where none of the parties are doing bundles and discounts (Up does have signed CDs but I'd say that's more fair than 50 remixes or selling burgers)

[kingvavis]

Goosebumps needs a Kendrick Lamar remix to come full circle

[Groovy]

I'm honestly hoping that Blinding Lights doesn't overtake drivers license although I still do think that BL is the best song on the charts, I think it had its run and doesn't need another one.

[phieaglesfan712]

My guess is this got a boost in anticipation of Tom Brady's 7th Super Bowl Championship. This will get an even bigger boost if Brady and the Buccaneers win the Super Bowl:

[iamsorare]

rising on Spotify on Saturday update!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

"The numbers in that tweet are deceiving. The numbers after the "+"s are the actual numbers, not change in daily streams. Up actually gained some in the US, but lost some WW.

[iamsorare]

Feb 7, 2021 12:19:32 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

"The numbers in that tweet are deceiving. The numbers after the "+"s are the actual numbers, not change in daily streams. Up actually gained some in the US, but lost some WW.

the tweet says ''UP has reached a new daily peak in streams on US Spotify. Bardi Gang, keep streaming!''
So we already knew it.also the USA updates are important in this thread cause the USA streams will count for hot 100

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 02/06/21

1(=) Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 1,806,203 (-87,454)
2(=) SZA - Good Days 1,126,351 (-39,929)
3(=) Cardi B - Up 1,109,119 (+38,840)
4(=) Doja Cat - Streets 980,676 (-28,763)
5(=) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 865,344 (+18,905)
6(=) CJ - Whoopty 830,737 (+42,135)
7(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 802,602 (+43,866)
8(=) 24kGoldn - Mood 711,667 (+34,304)
9(=) Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez - DÁKITI 692,672 (+22,325)
10(+1) Dua Lipa - Levitating 672,294 (+10,548)

Others:
11(+3) Internet Money - Lemonade 658,630 (+6,357)
12(+3) Ariana Grande - 34+35 655,852 (+5,566)
13(-1) The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 642,648 (-14,507)
14(+4) Saweetie - Best Friend 619,583 (+23,167)
15(-5) Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You 618,388 (-49,950)
16(-3) Morgan Wallen - Sand In My Boots 601,078 (-54,482)
18(+1) Ariana Grande - positions 579,859 (-6,402)
20(-3) Morgan Wallen - Somebody's Problem 559,531 (-46,791)
21(+1) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 546,696 (+20,309)
23(+6) Megan Thee Stallion - Body 514,738 (+22,973)
24(+6) Pooh Shiesty - Back in Blood 513,363 (+21,732)
25(-1) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 512,376 (-2,599)
26(-10) Polo G - GNF (OKOKOK) 506,353 (-101,556)
27(-2) Machine Gun Kelly - my ex's best friend 499,942 (-6,328)
30(-3) Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 490,737 (-11,149)
31(+1) Juice WRLD - Bad Boy 470,727 (-5,632)
32(-1) Justin Bieber - Anyone 470,294 (-17,505)
35(+3) Megan Thee Stallion - Cry Baby 453,591 (+13,266)
36(-2) Morgan Wallen - 7 Summers 427,301 (-28,922)
38(-1) Tate McRae - you broke me first 425,727 (-20,366)
44(+3) Travis Scott, HVME - Goosebumps 411,360 (+8,273)
45(-1) Jack Harlow - Tyler Herro 409,625 (-8,290)
47(-7) Morgan Wallen - 865 398,479 (-25,196)
48(+4) Lil Baby - On Me 394,068 (+578)
49(-7) Taylor Swift - willow 393,363 (-26,840)
52(-6) Pop Smoke - Hello 385,690 (-20,747)
55(-5) YBN Nahmir - Opp Stoppa 380,759 (-13,893)
56(-30) Dan + Shay - Glad You Exist 378,391 (-125,567)
59(+3) AJR - Bang! 367,057 (-3,524)
61(-5) Jack Harlow - Way Out 361,507 (-20,483)
62(-5) Morgan Wallen - Still Goin Down 351,933 (-26,256)
63(+3) Selena Gomez - Baila Conmigo 346,788 (-16,697)
70(-12) Moneybagg Yo - Time Today 323,037 (-53,530)
77(+1) Justin Bieber - Holy 318,244 (-6,319)
82(+4) Brent Faiyaz - Dead Man Walking 302,887 (-11,525)
84(+6) Erica Banks - Buss It 300,891 (-5,178)
87(+6) Lil Durk - Still Trappin' 295,076 (-8,560)
89(=) Justin Bieber - Lonely 293,933 (-17,288)
90(-23) Dream, PmBata - Roadtrip 293,631 (-63,435)
93(+21) Bad Bunny, ROSALÍA - LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE 289,101 (+9,224)
94(+18) KAROL G - BICHOTA 287,749 (+7,069)
98(-22) Brent Faiyaz, DJ Dahi - Gravity 285,292 (-40,306)
100(+20) Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean 283,901 (+13,526)

105(+16) Chris Brown, Young Thug - Go Crazy 281,282 (+11,934)
107(+21) The Weeknd - The Hills 280,856 (+14,518)
109(-21) Sabrina Carpenter - Skin 279,497 (-34,261)
113(-21) Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On 277,429 (-26,811)
114(+29) Myke Towers, Juhn - Bandido 277,364 (+18,276)
116(-7) DaBaby - Masterpiece 272,892 (-10,067)
119(-15) DDG - Moonwalking in Calabasas Remix 270,586 (-14,764)
124(+18) Tiësto - The Business 264,783 (+5,160)
125(+2) MEDUZA - Paradise 264,652 (-2,444)
130(-1) Harry Styles - Golden 256,876 (-7,482)
131(-12) Luke Combs - Better Together 256,536 (-14,363)
152(+20) Yung Gravy - oops! 244,487 (+3,223)
160(+33) The Weeknd - In Your Eyes 240,706 (+10,890)
169(re-entry) The Weeknd, Daft Punk - Starboy 235,369
191(re-entry) The Weeknd - Heartless 225,285

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Anyone knows what is that "Astronaut In The Ocean" song? Is it another "Space Legend"/"Barely Legal 2021"/"So below" scenario?

The Weeknd is killing it right now! Could "The Hills" potentially re-enter depending on the Halftime Show boost?

[starlord]

This individual really doing tiktok videos before dropping the song.

[WolfSpear]

Hey, I wouldn't be surprised if "Blinding Lights" goes back to the top. Don't be shocked if this becomes Billboard's #1 Song of All-Time down the line... sheesh...

[Enigma.]

Morgan seems to start dropping on Spotify now, as expected.

[Gary]

Longest time out of #1 between return trips

The Twist == 67 weeks
All I Want For Christmas Is You == 49 weeks


Through 2-6 Blinding Lights has been out 40 weeks
Could return 2/20 depending on how the performance is received today

[Groovy]

This compilation album that The Weeknd put out really made me think of a Drake compilation album and what would be on it. so here it is.

God's Plan
One Dance
Hotline Bling
In My Feelings
Nice for What
Toosie Slide
Laugh Now Cry Later
Nonstop
Money in the Grave
I'm Upset
Started from the Bottom
Hold On We're Going Home
Take Care
The Motto
Headlines
Marvin's Room
Find Your Love
Over
Forever
Best I Ever Had

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Eyyy look at “Up” growing on Day 2! The replay value is insane on that song

[dovahduck]

Damn HER killed that performance!

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

H.E.R. looked GORGEOUS and sounded GORGEOUS, Sullivan & Church also did well

Feb 7, 2021 12:40:54 GMT -5 Lost In Musical Reverie said:

Anyone knows what is that "Astronaut In The Ocean" song? Is it another "Space Legend"/"Barely Legal 2021"/"So below" scenario?

AITO is probably a TikTok song. I’m not sure entirely, but it’s getting traction and has been added to TTH

[gikem]

This chart nerd approves of these renditions of America the Beautiful and the national anthem. Awesome stuff.

Now for a couple hours of sportsball before Abel steals the show.

[nak]

manifesting Save Your Tears goes #1 instead of Blind*ng L*ghts