Billboard Hot 100: 05/29/2021

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[phieaglesfan712]

The thing is, Circles and I Hope were pretty much done when positions and Scary Hours 2 were released, respectively. Even if they didn't fall off that week, positions was followed by the holiday season and BE, while Scary Hours 2 was followed by the Grammys and Justice. Besides, both songs had already been outside the Top 10 for several months. There was really no opportunity for Circles or I Hope to re-enter the Top 25.

I'm just glad the BBMA's are tonight. Blinding Lights is almost certainly going to win a lot of awards and get a performance. Without this, BL would have went recurrent on the 6/5 chart. That being said, unless the BBMA's give BL a sustained 3rd wind, it will go recurrent on the next big release.

[lurker2]

@lukas How did m y. l i f e get the streaming number one if good 4 you got more streams? Is it a weighting thing (like, did g4y get more video streams make the difference or something?)

[phieaglesfan712]

Levitating's resurgence has company now. With Forever After All's 22% gain in Week 30 (and it's been rising at a rapid rate as of late), it will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a trend, or if these resurgences are just weird anomalies.

[jthentic]

May 23, 2021 8:57:58 GMT -5 lurker2 said:

@lukas How did m y. l i f e get the streaming number one if good 4 you got more streams? Is it a weighting thing (like, did g4y get more video streams make the difference or something?).

Same, I'm so confused . Just saw Rs charts my life is quite ahead of good4u, how does this work? 🤷‍♂️

[gikem]

May 23, 2021 9:27:37 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Levitating's resurgence has company now. With Forever After All's 22% gain in Week 30 (and it's been rising at a rapid rate as of late), it will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a trend, or if these resurgences are just weird anomalies.

There's a big difference here, though. FAA's resurgence was bound to happen because country radio is very slow to pick up on new songs. This happens all the time with country songs that debut high upon release. By contrast, I was not expecting Levitating to see a resurgence post-Grammy's thanks to TikTok virality and people realizing how much they like the song.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

May 23, 2021 8:57:58 GMT -5 lurker2 said:

@lukas How did m y. l i f e get the streaming number one if good 4 you got more streams? Is it a weighting thing (like, did g4y get more video streams make the difference or something?)

Yes, Good 4 You's music video on YouTube got more than twice and a half my.life's weekly views, but those count only two-thirds of what on-demand streams because they are considered ad-supported.

[phieaglesfan712]

May 23, 2021 9:44:57 GMT -5 gikem said:

May 23, 2021 9:27:37 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Levitating's resurgence has company now. With Forever After All's 22% gain in Week 30 (and it's been rising at a rapid rate as of late), it will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a trend, or if these resurgences are just weird anomalies.

There's a big difference here, though. FAA's resurgence was bound to happen because country radio is very slow to pick up on new songs. This happens all the time with country songs that debut high upon release. By contrast, I was not expecting Levitating to see a resurgence post-Grammy's thanks to TikTok virality and people realizing how much they like the song.

I've seen country resurgences, but this feels like something difference. Normally, the resurgence would be on radio and the gains in points would be 2%, 3%, 4% a week, but FAA has been gaining on all metrics and its points are increasing at a double-digit percentage rate. We'll see if it sustains, though. If the gains don't slow down in 5 weeks, then this is truly something more than a normal country resurgence.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2021/05/23

1(=) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open 109.29(+1.14)
2(=) Justin Bieber - Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) 103.90(+0.51)
3(=) The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - Save Your Tears (Remix) 84.62(+0.09)
4(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 80.49(+0.61)
5(=) The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU (Miley Cyrus Remix) 63.71(+0.64)
6(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 53.97(+0.27)
7(+1) Ariana Grande - pov 51.05 +0.82 3 51.05 226 -- 439 52
8(-1) Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear - my ex's best friend 50.45(-1.55)

9(+1) Maroon 5 & Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes 48.86(+0.39)
10(-1) Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy 47.83(-0.92)

17(+3) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) 42.32(+0.94)

23(+3) Dierks Bentley - Gone 38.16(+0.60)

32(+3) Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 34.49(+2.00)

36(=) Kali Uchis - telepatía 32.50(+0.63)

54(+2) GIVĒON - Heartbreak Anniversary 24.07(+0.83)

-(-) BTS - Butter 11.17(+3.55) +

-(-) DJ Khaled - EVERY CHANCE I GET (feat. Lil Baby & Lil Durk) 10.41(+0.61)

-(-) Old Dominion - I Was On a Boat That Day 9.22(+0.84)

-(-) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 3.85(+0.86)

-(-) Ozuna - Tiempo 3.05(+1.61) ++

-(-) Busta Rhymes - Where I Belong f/Mariah Carey 2.12(+0.96) +

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

It's ridiculous how poorly "pov" is doing on streaming, and it's all due to lack of playlisting. For instance, "34+35" is still on TTH, while the actual current single is nowhere to be seen. What is wrong with Ariana's team?

Hopefully the eventual music video release should get the song's promotion back on track. It's an amazing tune that deserves to be a hit, and not only a radio-driven one.

[phieaglesfan712]

Even 34+35's run turned out to be a disappointment. I fully expected this to buck the trend and become Ari's first 40-week song, but it looks like it is going to leave the chart with positions.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

May 22, 1961 (For the week ending May 27)

01 02 Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 Runaway - Del Shannon
03 05 Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites
04 03 One Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
05 08 Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
06 09 Mama Said - The Shirelles
07 16 Running Scared - Roy Orbison
08 11 Breakin' In a Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis
09 15 Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
10 04 I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott

17 43 I Feel So Bad - Elvis Presley


May 28, 1966

01 04 When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 05 A Groovy Kind Of Love - The Mindbenders
03 01 Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
04 19 Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
05 02 Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
06 17 I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
07 16 Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind - The Lovin' Spoonful
08 03 Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals
09 10 Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - The Supremes
10 18 It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown

18 47 Sweet Talking Guy - The Chiffons


May 29, 1971

01 03 Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
03 02 Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
04 06 Want Ads - Honey Cone
05 08 It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
06 04 Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
07 07 Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me - Aretha Franklin
08 13 Sweet And Innocent - Donny Osmond
09 05 Me And You And a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
10 10 Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop


May 29, 1976

01 02 Love Hangover - Diana Ross (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Silly Love Songs - Wings
03 03 Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
04 05 Get Up And Boogie (That's Right) - Silver Convention
05 08 Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
06 07 Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
07 06 Welcome Back - John Sebastian
08 09 Shannon - Henry Gross
09 11 Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
10 10 Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - Barry Manilow


May 30, 1981

01 01 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (3rd of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Being With You - Smokey Robinson
03 05 Stars On 45 (Medley) - Stars On 45
04 08 Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
05 06 Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
06 07 Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
07 03 Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. w/Bill Withers
08 11 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
09 09 Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
10 10 Watching The Wheels - John Lennon

[annoymous1]

Paint It, Black is such a great song.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

May 31, 1986

01 01 Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (3rd and final week at #1)
02 02 Live To Tell - Madonna
03 03 On My Own - Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
04 05 If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
05 09 I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
06 10 All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike & The Mechanics
07 12 Something About You - Level 42
08 14 Is It Love - Mr. Mister
09 13 Be Good To Yourself - Journey
10 06 What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson


June 1, 1991

01 01 I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey (2nd and final week at #1)
02 03 More Than Words - Extreme
03 08 I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
04 09 Love Is a Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton
05 13 Rush Rush - Paula Abdul
06 04 I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) - Hi-Five
07 11 Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
08 02 Touch Me (All Night Long) - Cathy Dennis
09 10 Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
10 05 Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart


June 1, 1996

01 01 Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (3rd of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
03 03 Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
04 04 Nobody Knows - The Tony Rich Project
05 06 Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
06 07 You're The One - SWV
07 05 Ironic - Alanis Morissette
08 15 Fastlove - George Michael
09 08 Count On Me - Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans
10 12 Keep On Keepin' On - MC Lyte feat. Xscape

24 54 Theme From Mission: Impossible - Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen


May 26, 2001

01 01 All For You - Janet Jackson (7th and final week at #1)
02 02 Survivor - Destiny's Child
03 03 Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & P!nk
04 04 Hanging By a Moment - Lifehouse
05 05 Ride Wit Me - Nelly feat. City Spud
06 07 Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
07 06 Thank You - Dido
08 09 What Would You Do? - City High
09 13 I'm Like a Bird - Nelly Furtado
10 14 Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott

[rainygirl]

I’m suffering from Ariana fatigue TBH . Time she takes a break

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

So sad that "Survivor" got stuck at #2 for 7 weeks behind "All For You", and the moment it left, "Lady Marmalade" took over.

All three are fantastic tunes, though - don't get me wrong.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Same can be said about Justin Bieber.

[rainygirl]

May 23, 2021 11:37:40 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^Same can be said about Justin Bieber.

I totally agree

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

May 27, 2006

01 01 SOS - Rihanna (3rd and final week at #1)
02 02 Bad Day - Daniel Powter
03 04 Ridin' - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
04 03 Temperature - Sean Paul
05 05 Where'd You Go - Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga
06 08 Dani California - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
07 13 Snap Yo Fingers - Lil Jon feat. E-40 & Sean P
08 06 What You Know - T.I.
09 07 What's Left Of Me - Nick Lachey
10 09 Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray


May 28, 2011

01 01 Rolling In The Deep - Adele (2nd of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
03 NE The Edge Of Glory - Lady Gaga
04 08 Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
05 04 Just Can't Get Enough - The Black Eyed Peas
06 03 On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
07 05 The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
08 06 Till The World Ends - Britney Spears
09 10 Look At Me Now - Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
10 12 Down On Me - Jeremih feat. 50 Cent

18 NE Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias & Usher feat. Lil Wayne
22 48 Super Bass - Nicki Minaj


May 28, 2016

01 NE Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 One Dance - Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla
03 02 Panda - Desiigner
04 03 7 Years - Lukas Graham
05 04 I Took a Pill In Ibiza - Mike Posner
06 05 Work From Home - Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign
07 07 Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers feat. Daya
08 06 Work - Rihanna feat. Drake
09 08 PILLOWTALK - Zayn
10 13 Needed Me - Rihanna


May 30, 2020

01 05 Savage - Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyonce (1st and only week at #1)
02 02 Say So - Doja Cat feat. Nicki Minaj
03 04 Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
04 08 ROCKSTAR - DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch
05 06 Toosie Slide - Drake
06 13 Life Is Good - Future feat. Drake
07 07 The Box - Roddy Ricch
08 09 Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
09 11 Intentions - Justin Bieber feat. Quavo
10 10 Circles - Post Malone

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The notable list of songs that would be going recurrent based on TOTC's prediction is extensive: 34+35, Positions, You Broke Me First, Dákiti, You're Mine Still, Therefore I Am, What's Your Country Song, Good Days, Just the Way, One Too Many and Down to One.

[annoymous1]

Savage(Remix) to me felt like a actual remix. Not adding one or multiple artists on a song that most of the times sounds forced and all over the place ,but a true remix like late 90s and early 2000s vibes .

[nathanalbright]

I suspect it's hard to create that kind of remix and so it doesn't happen a lot.

[gikem]

May 23, 2021 11:45:33 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

The notable list of songs that would be going recurrent based on TOTC's prediction is extensive: 34+35, Positions, You Broke Me First, Dákiti, You're Mine Still, Therefore I Am, What's Your Country Song, Good Days, Just the Way, One Too Many and Down to One.

One Too Many will not be going recurrent. It's still listed on TOTC's predictions at #71 thanks to continued country radio gains.

I'm aware that it's below #50 with over 20 weeks, but it's not going away until radio drops it consistently. We've seen this pattern before.

[nathanalbright]

Yes, we have, I'm curious to see how many weeks it ends up with, because it probably needs a good thirty weeks or more to make the YE.

[gikem]

May 23, 2021 12:38:08 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

Yes, we have, I'm curious to see how many weeks it ends up with, because it probably needs a good thirty weeks or more to make the YE.

Based on TOTC's YE predictions, it needs 10-11 more weeks at its current points rate to make the cutoff. That would be 32-33 weeks total.

[phieaglesfan712]

May 23, 2021 11:45:33 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

The notable list of songs that would be going recurrent based on TOTC's prediction is extensive: 34+35, Positions, You Broke Me First, Dákiti, You're Mine Still, Therefore I Am, What's Your Country Song, Good Days, Just the Way, One Too Many and Down to One.

To follow this up, songs that could go recurrent next week include Mood, What You Know Bout Love, On Me, The Good Ones, and Back In Blood. My Ex's Best Friend could even fall to recurrency if it continues its losses on radio. (Blinding Lights should be safe for Week 77 because it is likely to see a boost from winning several awards and getting a performance on tonight's BBMA's.)

[kanimal]

May 23, 2021 10:04:41 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

May 23, 2021 9:44:57 GMT -5 gikem said:

There's a big difference here, though. FAA's resurgence was bound to happen because country radio is very slow to pick up on new songs. This happens all the time with country songs that debut high upon release. By contrast, I was not expecting Levitating to see a resurgence post-Grammy's thanks to TikTok virality and people realizing how much they like the song.

I've seen country resurgences, but this feels like something difference. Normally, the resurgence would be on radio and the gains in points would be 2%, 3%, 4% a week, but FAA has been gaining on all metrics and its points are increasing at a double-digit percentage rate. We'll see if it sustains, though. If the gains don't slow down in 5 weeks, then this is truly something more than a normal country resurgence.

It's definitely on a rare trajectory, but I still wouldn't classify it as a "resurgence" since this is the song's first run as a single. When it came out last fall, it was technically just an "instant gratification track" for his deluxe album. It was not promoted to radio, but it just happened to do huge sales and streaming numbers -- numbers that actually held up for a while because people really liked the song.

This isn't one of those situations in which a superstar country artist releases a new single, it charts well due to big first week sales and iHeartMedia airplay, and then comes back down to earth before gradually rising back as it embarks on its (lengthy) country radio run. It was literally not a single at first, so its sales/streams were essentially "unsolicited**." Now, it is a single, and it's seeing metric increases befitting a song that's connecting with radio listeners.

I guess we potentially could have seen something similar with "7 Summers," had the Morgan Wallen incident not happened. But even that would have been a little different as "7 Summers" was (however half-heartedly) promoted to mainstream radio upon launch.

**In the conventional sense; Luke famously did campaign for sales in the hopes of hitting #1 on the Hot 100.

[gikem]

May 23, 2021 12:49:17 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

May 23, 2021 11:45:33 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

The notable list of songs that would be going recurrent based on TOTC's prediction is extensive: 34+35, Positions, You Broke Me First, Dákiti, You're Mine Still, Therefore I Am, What's Your Country Song, Good Days, Just the Way, One Too Many and Down to One.

To follow this up, songs that could go recurrent next week include Mood, What You Know Bout Love, On Me, The Good Ones, and Back In Blood. My Ex's Best Friend could even fall to recurrency if it continues its losses on radio. (Blinding Lights should be safe for Week 77 because it is likely to see a boost from winning several awards and getting a performance on tonight's BBMA's.)

I'm going to hold off on predicting what songs will go recurrent next week until I have a better idea of where Olivia's songs will land and where J. Cole's will fall. I don't think Olivia's album bomb will be quite as destructive as Cole's will be this week, and I expect most of Cole's songs to take steep hits. I bet there'll be a lot more recoveries than you might initially think. The only long-lasting song that I fully expect to exit is Lady, which is on its way out anyway.

[ZERO]

May 23, 2021 12:58:03 GMT -5 kanimal said:

I guess we potentially could have seen something similar with "7 Summers," had the Morgan Wallen incident not happened. But even that would have been a little different as "7 Summers" was (however half-heartedly) promoted to mainstream radio upon launch.

According to an interview with Big Loud by Billboard, they said that the format was the one who didn't want to play the song.
I don't know how much that says about the efforts they went through to make the song take off, but there was an effort

[kalmanta]

May 23, 2021 11:46:02 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Savage(Remix) to me felt like a actual remix. Not adding one or multiple artists on a song that most of the times sounds forced and all over the place ,but a true remix like late 90s and early 2000s vibes .

Bey grew up in different times, soaking in all the greatness from her peers. I‘m sure Meg would’ve been okay with an additional verse, but that’s not the way she does things, and it paid off.