Billboard Hot 100: 03/06/2021

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Inner Child from BTS is now #1 on iTunes.

[jthentic]

I still don't get how Spotify's TTH works, it's fishy af

[thatpolishboy]

hey all, I've been stalking this blog for about two years and finally made an account lol.
But back to the conversation - is Taylor about to have an actual hit with Willow? It's relatively stable for her on streaming and slowly growing on radio. Reminds me a bit of delicates performance.

[iamsorare]

Go Crazy remix higher on Spotify usa on the second day...talent won

[kacpi]

Feb 21, 2021 12:00:42 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Go Crazy remix higher on Spotify usa on the second day...talent won

[gikem]

Feb 21, 2021 11:57:30 GMT -5 thatpolishboy said:

hey all, I've been stalking this blog for about two years and finally made an account lol.
But back to the conversation - is Taylor about to have an actual hit with Willow? It's relatively stable for her on streaming and slowly growing on radio. Reminds me a bit of delicates performance.

It's already looking a lot more stable than Cardigan was, and it's only 3-4 weeks away from passing the 2021 YE cutoff.

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 11:57:30 GMT -5 thatpolishboy said:

hey all, I've been stalking this blog for about two years and finally made an account lol.
But back to the conversation - is Taylor about to have an actual hit with Willow? It's relatively stable for her on streaming and slowly growing on radio. Reminds me a bit of delicates performance.

I'd call it a semi hit - above average performance of her typical singles recently but it's doing pretty well tbh considering the fact that it's more of a folk song. Seems to be doing a lot better than cardigan although i will forever believe cardigan is a top 3 in her discography.

[iamsorare]

Feb 21, 2021 13:28:45 GMT -5 s9983 said:

Feb 21, 2021 11:57:30 GMT -5 thatpolishboy said:

hey all, I've been stalking this blog for about two years and finally made an account lol.
But back to the conversation - is Taylor about to have an actual hit with Willow? It's relatively stable for her on streaming and slowly growing on radio. Reminds me a bit of delicates performance.

I'd call it a semi hit - above average performance of her typical singles recently but it's doing pretty well tbh considering the fact that it's more of a folk song. Seems to be doing a lot better than cardigan although i will forever believe cardigan is a top 3 in her discography.

cardigan is boring.willow is more catchy and this is why it did better than cardigan

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 13:34:44 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Feb 21, 2021 13:28:45 GMT -5 s9983 said:

I'd call it a semi hit - above average performance of her typical singles recently but it's doing pretty well tbh considering the fact that it's more of a folk song. Seems to be doing a lot better than cardigan although i will forever believe cardigan is a top 3 in her discography.

cardigan is boring.willow is more catchy and this is why it did better than cardigan

Willow appealed more to the general public bc it was more upbeat. Cardigan is easily the better song though.

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 10:50:12 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

If drivers license drops below 265 points, then I am confident 34+35 will overtake dl for #1 on the 3/6 chart.

Highly doubt that. 34+35 sales are going to be at least 10k lower this week (especially w/o CD sales) and those video streams from the remix vid drop are basically diminished now. DL could be at 240 points and still be on top. The deluxe seems to have decent drops for all the songs on the 2nd day - including 34+35 and it's remix. She should've dropped the video this week, really not sure what her team was thinking, maybe they thought they would be able to secure 2 weeks at the top? Also bad timing for radio to start stalling for it.

[iamsorare]

Feb 21, 2021 13:44:25 GMT -5 s9983 said:

Feb 21, 2021 10:50:12 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

If drivers license drops below 265 points, then I am confident 34+35 will overtake dl for #1 on the 3/6 chart.

Highly doubt that. 34+35 sales are going to be at least 10k lower this week (especially w/o CD sales) and those video streams from the remix vid drop are basically diminished now. DL could be at 240 points and still be on top. The deluxe seems to have decent drops for all the songs on the 2nd day - including 34+35 and it's remix. She should've dropped the video this week, really not sure what her team was thinking, maybe they thought they would be able to secure 2 weeks at the top? Also bad timing for radio to start stalling for it.

the era is done.. she had two big hits so it was a decent era...I don't think that a third single will have success..rumors says that she shot a music video for POV but I don't see it being a hit..but she will probably end the era with the POV video

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 13:48:54 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Feb 21, 2021 13:44:25 GMT -5 s9983 said:

Highly doubt that. 34+35 sales are going to be at least 10k lower this week (especially w/o CD sales) and those video streams from the remix vid drop are basically diminished now. DL could be at 240 points and still be on top. The deluxe seems to have decent drops for all the songs on the 2nd day - including 34+35 and it's remix. She should've dropped the video this week, really not sure what her team was thinking, maybe they thought they would be able to secure 2 weeks at the top? Also bad timing for radio to start stalling for it.

the era is done.. she had two big hits so it was a decent era...I don't think that a third single will have success..rumors says that she shot a music video for POV but I don't see it being a hit..but she will probably end the era with the POV video

Only way i see a 3rd single being big is through tiktok. POV had some success during the initial album release, being a non single, so that's impressive. But yea i guess you're right. Don't see it hitting top 10 or prolly even top 20 w/o extensive radio (which i doubt it'll get), but then again that is difficult with a single that's been released as an album track. 

[suzcruz7]

Idk I think POV would be an easy smash hit. I mean it's Ariana it'll get radioplay. And it's already streaming well for an album track so a good music video could get that to the next level.

I mean we got two initially album track singles in the top 10 right now.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^I definitely would like to see it become a hit.

[Choco]

The deluxe was the perfect opportunity to drop a third single but these tracks ain't it.

"Pov" being streamed a lot already might work against it in the long run. It's old news for a lot of people.

[phieaglesfan712]

I think the real problem is that positions is so stable. The fact that it is still Top 10 may be preventing 34+35 from reaching its full potential. Let's be honest, if positions faded like thank u next and heartless, 34+35 would have been a major multiweek #1 hit by now, like 7 Rings and Blinding Lights.

[andrebra]

I think the obvious choice for her next single is motive. It’s the album track from the OG thats currently streaming the highest (other than POV) and I think it has a lot of potential to have good radio success and possibly a tiktok trend lol. Like Choco mentioned, POV is old news. It did great when it first came out but it’s had its streaming peak and lots of people in the general audience have already heard it (which is still pretty impressive for an album track). But, beings as she’s barely promoted this project, I could see this era being done now that the deluxe is out.

[kimberly]

this mashup was going semi viral the other week so I can totally see "motive" smashing as a single

(also this mashup is really good and if she managed to get Nelly Furtado back from hibernation for an official remix like the "Edge of Seventeen" & "Midnight Sky" mashup Miley Cyrus and Stevie Nicks dropped, it would be an iconic moment)

[phieaglesfan712]

That "Edge of Seventeen" & "Midnight Sky" mashup was awful. I just hate this new version of Miley. Her rendition of Heart of Glass was really bad, too. I loved the 2008-2010 version of Miley, but haven't liked the changes in her music since Wrecking Ball.

[Au$tin]

Feb 21, 2021 11:43:17 GMT -5 jthentic said:

I still don't get how Spotify's TTH works, it's fishy af

It's like a radio station playlist. Songs listeners like stay on, songs they don't are removed. Spotify uses a plethora of stats to determine playlist order, but the one stat that seems to be the most influential is how much of the song is being played when people are directly listening to the playlist. A song that is being skipped a lot or only be played for a small percentage of the run time are going to be further down the list or removed entirely.

Of course, just like with radio stations, labels and musicians can create a bond with Spotify, making it easier to get a song playlisted or playlisted higher. A good example of this is Dua Lipa, who has strong ties with Spotify right now, allowing her songs to place higher on the playlist for longer periods of time. (They tend to stream well anyway, too, so Spotify isn't losing out either.) Likewise, when Mariah Carey did an exclusive with Apple Music this past Christmas, Spotify lowered the playlisting of AIWFCIY in spite.

[WolfSpear]

Not sure what to make of Ariana other than this last album failed to meet the “Thank U, Next” standard she set. I think she needs to rebound on the follow up.

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 17:07:04 GMT -5 WolfSpear said:

Not sure what to make of Ariana other than this last album failed to meet the “Thank U, Next” standard she set. I think she needs to rebound on the follow up.

I mean it was definitely a lot less commercially successful than TUN but at the same time, it still did pretty well considering positions went #1 and stayed top 10 for like 10+ weeks now and 34+35 seems to have some success > clearly since its also spent multiple weeks top 10. The album is also performing somewhat decently, ofc none of this is like TUN in terms of longevity or really even close, but by no means was it a failure. Quite honestly, the album just isn't as good as TUN - lyrics are also a lot lazier in terms of quality, maybe that could be a factor. No real evidently smash hit songs could be another one

[jenglisbe]

Feb 21, 2021 17:16:38 GMT -5 s9983 said:

Feb 21, 2021 17:07:04 GMT -5 WolfSpear said:

Not sure what to make of Ariana other than this last album failed to meet the “Thank U, Next” standard she set. I think she needs to rebound on the follow up.

I mean it was definitely a lot less commercially successful than TUN but at the same time, it still did pretty well considering positions went #1 and stayed top 10 for like 10+ weeks now and 34+35 seems to have some success > clearly since its also spent multiple weeks top 10. The album is also performing somewhat decently, ofc none of this is like TUN in terms of longevity or really even close, but by no means was it a failure. Quite honestly, the album just isn't as good as TUN - lyrics are also a lot lazier in terms of quality, maybe that could be a factor. No real evidently smash hit songs could be another one

Those songs - well, "positions" anyway - have hung around due to radio. Neither song has had anywhere near the actual popularity of her hits like "thank u next," "7 Rings," or "Side to Side."

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Feb 21, 2021 14:39:12 GMT -5 Choco said:

"Pov" being streamed a lot already might work against it in the long run. It's old news for a lot of people.

Watermelon Sugar, anyone?

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Positions (album) is doing great so far, 14 weeks in the top 10 (only behind TUN with 19 weeks), two hit songs and one popular album track. and all this with ZERO promo.

It’s not on TUN level of success, but don’t forget it’s a r&b album.

[kimberly]

Feb 21, 2021 17:37:25 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Positions (album) is doing great so far, 14 weeks in the top 10 (only behind TUN with 19 weeks), two hit songs and one popular album track. and all this with ZERO promo.

It’s not on TUN level of success, but don’t forget it’s a r&b album.

adding on to this, TUN set some all-time historic records (like Ariana becoming the first solo artist and second artist ever after The Beatles to occupy the entire top three on the Hot 100; most streams in a week for a pop album; biggest global Spotify debut for a song; biggest week for any song on Spotify and so on).

I am a big fan of Ariana and I do not expect or wish her to meet TUN's success ever again—especially if that means she'll have to go through everything that led to TUN again. 

[fridayteenage]

album positions is around 100k sales iirc.

...Queen Olivia topping itunes once again, whoo!

[s9983]

Feb 21, 2021 17:20:53 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 21, 2021 17:16:38 GMT -5 s9983 said:

I mean it was definitely a lot less commercially successful than TUN but at the same time, it still did pretty well considering positions went #1 and stayed top 10 for like 10+ weeks now and 34+35 seems to have some success > clearly since its also spent multiple weeks top 10. The album is also performing somewhat decently, ofc none of this is like TUN in terms of longevity or really even close, but by no means was it a failure. Quite honestly, the album just isn't as good as TUN - lyrics are also a lot lazier in terms of quality, maybe that could be a factor. No real evidently smash hit songs could be another one

Those songs - well, "positions" anyway - have hung around due to radio. Neither song has had anywhere near the actual popularity of her hits like "thank u next," "7 Rings," or "Side to Side."

Yea exactly. But they are also doing somewhat well on streaming. Considering positions is still top 20 on spotify and top 30 on AM like 4 months later is actually really good in terms of longevity. Same with 34+35 to a lesser extent. Ofc not TUN success or longevity but still decent. 

[atg]

Feb 21, 2021 18:05:56 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

album positions is around 100k sales iirc.

...Queen Olivia topping itunes once again, whoo!

I sense a ft. DaBaby or ft. Gunna for Olivia’s next single

[kingvavis]

Feb 21, 2021 19:18:22 GMT -5 atg said:

Feb 21, 2021 18:05:56 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

album positions is around 100k sales iirc.

...Queen Olivia topping itunes once again, whoo!

I sense a ft. DaBaby or ft. Gunna for Olivia’s next single

It will be featuring Pooh Sheisty. Sheisty x License Girl