Billboard Hot 100: 06/12/2021

[KeepDeanWeird]

Why has radio been so quick to jump on 'Butter'? When did BTS become an instant add? Where the callouts for 'Dynamite' that solid?

Why did radio pump 'Butter' ASAP, but waited weeks to significantly spin 'M(CMBYN)' - even though it was an unquestionable hit?

[nathanalbright]

P-A-Y-O-L-A

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

It looks like once again no songs 20 weeks or older in the Hot 100 is predicted to go recurrent this week.

[kimberly]

Olivia Rodrigo's entire album in the Top 50 for a second week. That's gotta be a first, right?

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Jun 6, 2021 20:20:09 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

Why has radio been so quick to jump on 'Butter'? When did BTS become an instant add?

There are a few reasons, but the top 2 factors are heavy promotion and fan interaction (imo). There was a bus tour across the US before the track’s release, in which promo teams would play the track for different stations. Several of these stations tweeted about the track pre-release, and fans blew those tweets up in popularity. Stations realized that tweeting about spinning BTS tracks would drive up their popularity online, so they (of course) gave it a massive first week. That’s also why songs like LOONA’s “Star” have gotten so far on Pop without streaming or sales support; heavy fan interaction online motivated stations to spin it more. K-Pop itself is famous for its incredibly passionate and voracious fans, after all.

“Dynamite” had pretty negative callouts, but it was doing ok on other metrics (callouts don’t always tell the whole story, as we know) and was rising alongside 2 other future pop Top 10s with shit callouts, “Supalonely” & “death bed”.

[gikem]

Jun 6, 2021 20:48:42 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

It looks like once again no songs 20 weeks or older in the Hot 100 is predicted to go recurrent this week.

Actually, Streets will be going recurrent this week as it hits the end of its run. On Me will be close to the threshold, but I think next week's album bomb will finally knock it away, possibly along with What You Know Bout Love, Hell of a View, and The Good Ones (as well as Goosebumps and Pick Up Your Feelings, which are expected to exit naturally that week anyway).

[Groovy]

Six new entries predicted this week and none of them in the top 50, hell the highest is barely in the top 60 so it looks like another one of those weeks.

[phieaglesfan712]

Hopefully, Wasted On You drops out as well, but if it doesn't, then Polo G should take care of that the following week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Oh yeah. I forgot to look further down. I assume this pattern of few song going recurrent will continue to go on for at least a couple more weeks, unless a song actually hit 20 weeks the week before.

[algo]

Jun 6, 2021 20:08:08 GMT -5 whales10268 said:

Jun 6, 2021 14:47:20 GMT -5 Groovy said:

I truly wonder when or even if good 4 u will back to 1, it managed to close the gap with Butter a little bit on airplay1 but Butter's sales are just so much better than good 4 u. It'll come down to me when the sales start to drop.

Also, quite unfortunate that Sun Goes Down will be dropping this week, it's an amazing and LNX's best song to date. 

The gap shrunk a lot this week, I can’t imagine it won’t be soon unless there is another big release.

i expect good 4 u will overtake the margin between itself and butter by next week, sparing the chance of a major release like you said or another promotional tactic to keep it strong in points

[fridayteenage]

sales rounded to the nearest 100k so far:
taylor 1.4 mil
weeknd 0.5 mil
pop smoke 0.1 mil
dua 0.1 mil

[Darkest Hour]

The pretty much non-event Dierks Bentley single is about to be #2 on Hot Country Songs lmao.

Hell of a View is most likely locked in year-end chart at this point, right? Of course if it can survive one more week then it's better, I can see 3 Olivia Rodrigo songs falling below it, but there are some debuts (Bad Bunny, Roddy Ricch and maybe a few Lil Baby/Lil Durk songs) and songs (Chris Young/Kane Brown) surging through it. Hope it doesn't fall too much on country radio this week.

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Delighted to see "pov" and "telepatia" predicted to achieve new peaks this week! Also, "Wants and Needs" is holding up impressively well, and I do hope Drake is planning to take advantage of this momentum to release a music video.

Sadly, there isn't much hope for Billie's "Your Power". It's a shame - despite its dark subject matter, I thought the soft acoustic production would be radio friendly enough. I know people have been mixed on her output this era, but this has become one of my favorite songs from her.

[phieaglesfan712]

The Boy is Mine was the first song to ever spend the entire summer (June, July, and August) at #1:

The only other song to spend an entire summer at #1 was Despacito in 2017.

[gikem]

Jun 6, 2021 23:45:51 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

The pretty much non-event Dierks Bentley single is about to be #2 on Hot Country Songs lmao.

Hell of a View is most likely locked in year-end chart at this point, right? Of course if it can survive one more week then it's better, I can see 3 Olivia Rodrigo songs falling below it, but there are some debuts (Bad Bunny, Roddy Ricch and maybe a few Lil Baby/Lil Durk songs) and songs (Chris Young/Kane Brown) surging through it. Hope it doesn't fall too much on country radio this week.

HOAV will pass TOTC’s projected YE cutoff this week. However, it could still miss the YE entirely if it leaves next week and the cutoff increases to around 1650 instead of the projected 1600, which is very possible with the major release schedule getting increasingly hectic and unpredictable.

[iHype.]

Jun 7, 2021 5:50:22 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

The Boy is Mine was the first song to ever spend the entire summer (June, July, and August) at #1:

The only other song to spend an entire summer at #1 was Despacito in 2017.

We Belong Together stopped by Carrie Underwood for a week. :/

[phieaglesfan712]

We could have had a 15-week #1 if not for that interruption.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2021/06/07

1(=) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open 112.06(+1.63)
2(=) Justin Bieber - Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) 109.57(+0.64)
3(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 91.48(+1.41)
4(=) The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - Save Your Tears (Remix) 78.62(+0.28)
5(=) The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU (Miley Cyrus Remix) 69.73(+0.54)
6(=) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) 58.63(+1.01)
7(=) Ariana Grande - pov 57.62(+0.70)
8(=) Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 55.46(+1.23)
9(=) Maroon 5 & Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes 53.32(+0.60) +
10(=) Luke Combs - Forever After All 51.40(+0.57)

11(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 50.56(+0.70)

16(+3) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 39.32(+0.74)

29(+1) Jason Aldean - Blame It on You 32.84(+0.75)

33(+1) Cole Swindell - Single Saturday Night 32.11(+0.78)

35(+1) GIVĒON - Heartbreak Anniversary 30.82(+0.84)

44(+1) BTS - Butter (Cooler Remix) 27.53(+0.99)

49(+4) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 25.72(+1.80)

87(+3) Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me 17.44(+1.48)

-(-) Los Legendarios, Wisin & Jhay Cortez - Fiel 8.86(+0.70)

-(-) Anitta - Girl From Rio 7.24(+0.96)

-(-) Roddy Ricch - Late At Night 6.01(+2.19) +

-(-) Migos - Straightenin 4.96(+0.78) +

-(-) Daddy Yankee - El Pony 2.44(+0.81) +

-(-) Justin Quiles - Loco 2.31(+1.03) +

[thegreatdivine]

[thegreatdivine]

Weeks in the top 10.
22 Levitating
18 Save Your Tears
13 Leave the Door Open
11 Peaches
8 Kiss Me More
8 Astronaut in the Ocean
7 Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
3 good 4 u
3 deja vu
2 Butter

[wavey.]

"deja vu" is really good. Heard it on my Columbus trip this past weekend.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

BTS' 'Butter' on a Roll, Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

By Gary Trust
6/7/2021

Olivia Rodrigo's former leader "Good 4 U" holds at No. 2.

BTS' "Butter" adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, a week after it soared in at the summit, becoming the South Korean superstar group's fourth leader on the list.

The song again fends off Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U," which holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it launched at No. 1.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 12) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 8). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

"Butter," released May 21 on HYBE/BigHit Entertainment/Columbia Records, drew 19.1 million U.S. streams, down 41%, and sold 140,200 downloads, down 42%, in the week ending June 3, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 22.4 million radio airplay audience impressions, up 24%, in the week ending June 6.

The track logs a second week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, drops 4-10 on Streaming Songs and rises 39-32 on Radio Songs.

First two weeks at No. 1: "Butter" is the 23rd title to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and post a second consecutive week on top, among 54 total No. 1 arrivals, making for a 43% second-week success rate. It's the third among seven such songs this year, after Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" spent its first eight weeks at No. 1 (encompassing its entire reign) and Polo G's "Rapstar" ruled in its first two frames (also covering its total time on top).

Of BTS' three No. 1 Hot 100 debuts, two have now led for multiple weeks from the start (and overall): Its first, "Dynamite," spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 in September 2020 (among three total weeks in command). "Life Goes On" led in its debut frame in December.

Extra 'Butter': Sales for "Butter" in its second week reflect availability for its original and instrumental versions released May 21, and a "Hotter" remix released May 28, all discounted to 69 cents in both frames. Those versions, plus "Cooler" and "Sweeter" remixes released June 4, also priced at 69 cents, will impact the song on next week's Hot 100, dated June 19 and reflecting sales in the June 4-10 tracking week.

(Two other versions of "Butter" on sale via BTS' U.S. webstore, a 7-inch vinyl single, for $7.98, and a cassette single, for $6.98, will count for chart tabulation only once they are shipped to consumers, expected to be on June 18.)

Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It notches a third week atop Streaming Songs (49.5 million, down 21%) and enters Radio Songs at No. 35 with 20.2 million impressions, up 75%, good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award.

Dua Lipa's "Levitating," featuring DaBaby, rebounds 4-3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, and "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, rises 5-4, after two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The latter adds an eighth week atop Radio Songs (91.2 million, up 3%), while ruling Hot R&B Songs for an 11th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a sixth frame; both multi-metric charts use the same methodology as the Hot 100.

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande's "Save Your Tears" climbs 7-5 on the Hot 100, after two weeks at No. 1. After the pair performed it on the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards, broadcast live on Fox, May 27, the song claims top Streaming and Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100, up 10% to 21.2 million streams and 33% to 10,600 sold in the week ending June 3. (The Weeknd also won for male artist of the year during the iHeart festivities.)

The Weeknd, Dua Lipa & Other Record-Setters at 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Justin Bieber's former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Peaches," featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, keeps at No. 6; Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More," featuring SZA, ascends 8-7, after reaching No. 5; Rodrigo's "Deja Vu" drops to No. 8 from its No. 3 high; and Masked Wolf's "Astronaut in the Ocean" floats 10-9, after hitting No. 6, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a third week.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Lil Nas X's former one-week leader "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" returns to the region, pushing 13-10. It also hits the Radio Songs top 10 (11-8; 44.1 million, up 17%), becoming his second such hit, after "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, reached No. 2 in June 2019 (and ruled the Hot 100 for a record 19 weeks).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated June 12), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 8).

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jun 3, 2021 10:54:30 GMT -5 violentdreams said:

There's nothing I dislike more than people who get everything they want and still find ways to play the victim. BTS will be getting #1's until the day they retire and all the positive press anyone could ever ask for and we'll still have to deal with stans portraying them as the underdogs because one music journalist thinks their popularity in the US might be just a little bit inflated. It's like getting the stats isn't enough, if they can't win over the hearts and minds of everyone on the planet then they feel like they've failed.

It's worth repeating

[85la]

Jun 6, 2021 18:04:20 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Jun 6, 2021 14:40:19 GMT -5 85la said:

Hmm, not sure if it's because of Memorial Day Weekend (not saying I think it's NOT the reason, I just don't know how that would work)

What do you mean? It's a pretty simple idea. On Memorial Day Weekend, American radio stations will often flip to themed playlists, usually to the exclusion of their currents. For example, my local Active Rock played all 70s and 80s, while the AC played all 90s. As those days fall out of the 7-day period in favor of the most recent days, when stations have changed back to their normal playlists, currents across the board rise as a result. It's basically like a miniature Christmas freeze.

I see, it's just that I was never aware of any special Memorial Day Weekend playlisting, nor how it would significantly affect audience numbers, especially for Pop/Top 40 stations and songs. Like, what type of songs do they play on Pop stations during Memorial Day Weekend that significantly takes away from more "current" songs?

[Deleted]

boring chart

[Gary]

Too bad...was looking forward to a 50 page thread

[fridayteenage]

"drops 4-10 on Streaming Songs"

very similar to dynamite

[phieaglesfan712]

Jun 7, 2021 13:11:43 GMT -5 @sigur said:

boring chart

It would be more exciting if people would let Levitating go, and started streaming newer songs like KMM instead.

[Choco]

Boring week. It's gonna be a while before the annoyance army stops buying that song. It's their 8 year anniversary or whatever next week and I have already seen whispers of a mass buying campaign again.

[Groovy]

Or just dropped Kiss Me More and would stream more interesting songs.