Billboard Hot 100: 07/17/2021

[kalmanta]

In my mind Jealousy, Jealousy is already a 8 week #1 smash, top 10 year-end song in several countries.
Jokes aside, Traitor is the next obvious choice for the fall, and I‘m sure there’ll be a 5th single, ready for her big Grammy night next year.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Traitor is definitely the fan favorite though happier, brutal, favorite crime, and jealousy jealousy arent doing too bad either.

Personally I'd like if brutal, favorite crime, and enough for you were singles but I understand not everyone is for a long album cycle so I'm fine with them ending with traitor

[Mayman]

Traitor is a huge smash waiting to happen. Considering the fact that it's still top 10 on US Spotify and has been charting on pop radio for a few weeks now, it seems like the GP agrees.

[Deleted]

traitor is sooo good. I don't listen to pop radio but i could see how people love it. also, i love Brutal but i don't know that i see it as a radio song.

I hope we get a video for traitor though.

[Groovy]

Jul 5, 2021 8:52:13 GMT -5 gikem said:

lol @ Born In The USA being the most-streamed song on US Spotify on the 4th of July this year. I love that song, but a song that’s mistakenly said to be “celebrating America” when it’s actually openly opposing the Vietnam War that America foolishly got involved in is the anthem for this holiday that the country deserves.

I laugh when people play that song and don’t know what it’s about along with Fortunate Son and Independence Day. Even American Pie gets its streams and it has nothing to do with America.

[Normi]

We've had this conversation already but here I go
So traitor wouldn't make for a good single, its longevity on Spotify will actually hurt its performance if it will be released as a single and pushed to radio, it is also already receiving some airplay all of which will work against it in the long run, I wouldn't cross it smashing out but I wouldn't count on it either
brutal would sound like the next logical song to be pushed but again, it has been streaming really well for some time and it doesn't really scream Pop smash to me
happier and favorite crime are wild cards I guess, both could do well but both could be too well known already as well
So of course jealousy, jealousy makes perfect sense as the next single, it streams well but not as well as the aforementioned songs, it's a change of pace, it's just so good (yep, I'm biased, I haven't stanned a song so much in a long time)
Yeah, so, jealousy jealousy next please

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 07/04/21

1(=) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 1,757,611 (-188,537)
2(=) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More 1,310,804 (-32,266)
3(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating 985,526 (-75,054)
4(+1) Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 918,632 (-88,651)
5(-1) Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu 887,061 (-136,730)
6(=) Polo G - RAPSTAR 866,748 (-109,189)
7(+2) Måneskin - Beggin' 819,295 (-64,909)
8(-1) Doja Cat, The Weeknd - You Right 818,433 (-120,041)
9(-1) Olivia Rodrigo - traitor 805,694 (-125,894)
10(=) Megan Thee Stallion - Thot Shit 796,539 (-82,867)

Others:
11(=) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 772,957 (-103,710)
12(=) Tyler The Creator, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign - WUSYANAME 765,709 (-109,005)
13(+2) Justin Bieber - Peaches 765,518 (-10,373)
14(-1) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 752,742 (-56,077)
15(+1) Bad Bunny - Yonaguni 719,758 (-55,877)
16(-2) Drake - Wants and Needs 700,699 (-92,144)
18(=) Rauw Alejandro - Todo De Ti 644,533 (-62,172)
19(=) Doja Cat - Ain't Shit 636,562 (-69,125)
20(+2) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open 628,168 (-15,597)
22(-5) Olivia Rodrigo - favorite crime 597,850 (-113,600)
24(-4) Olivia Rodrigo - happier 566,971 (-102,050)
25(-4) Olivia Rodrigo - brutal 563,236 (-84,012)
26(-1) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Remix 560,182 (-53,747)
27(-3) Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean 557,475 (-66,931)
30(-4) WILLOW - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l 521,486 (-59,712)
31(-1) BTS - Butter 511,349 (-32,756)
32(-5) Olivia Rodrigo - jealousy, jealousy 494,739 (-76,986)
33(-2) DaBaby - Ball If I Want To 485,061 (-57,978)
34(-6) DJ Khaled - EVERY CHANCE I GET 483,060 (-62,578)
36(-7) Doja Cat - Need to Know 477,213 (-67,388)
39(-7) DaBaby - Red Light Green Light 438,845 (-56,947)
40(-3) Saweetie - Best Friend 435,612 (-45,663)
41(+10) Nelly, Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit 434,764 (+32,128)
42(-7) Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary 434,416 (-53,632)
43(-4) Trippie Redd - Miss the Rage 424,921 (-44,623)
45(-12) Tyler the Creator - JUGGERNAUT 418,345 (-72,323)
46(-8) Maroon 5 - Beautiful Mistakes 417,577 (-52,044)
49(-8) Roddy Ricch - Late At Night 405,489 (-43,824)
50(-8) Cochise, $NOT - Tell Em 402,386 (-42,669)
53(+24) Walker Hayes - Fancy Like 376,203 (+59,504)
54(-10) Olivia Rodrigo - enough for you 371,787 (-67,807)
55(-6) Nio Garcia, J Balvin, Bad Bunny - AM Remix 368,782 (-34,541)
57(-7) Bella Poarch - Build a Bitch 363,054 (-39,708)
58(-11) Marshmello - Leave Before You Love Me 362,434 (-46,780)
59(-4) Kali Uchis - telepatía 359,285 (-35,116)
62(-5) Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 349,946 (-32,499)
63(-7) Surf Curse - Freaks 348,571 (-37,240)
67(-31) Brent Faiyaz - Wasting Time 346,011 (-138,539)
69(-17) Bo Burnham - All Eyes On Me 342,651 (-55,742)
71(-28) Luke Combs - Forever After All 341,540 (-99,604)
72(-26) Tyler the Creator - LUMBERJACK 341,350 (-71,455)
74(-26) Tyler the Creator - LEMONHEAD 339,169 (-69,613)
75(re-entry) Katy Perry - Firework 337,541
77(-16) J. Cole - m y . l i f e 330,141 (-44,332)
81(-19) Doja Cat - I Don't Do Drugs 317,729 (-56,179)
82(-6) Bo Burnham - Welcome to the Internet 313,996 (-28,062)
85(-8) J Balvin, Maria Becerra - Qué Más Pues? 311,821 (-30,176)
89(-23) Tyler the Creator - SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE 310,412 (-51,626)
92(-19) J. Cole - p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l 303,307 (-46,486)
93(-18) Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) 301,673 (-46,423)
94(-26) Tyler the Creator - HOT WIND BLOWS 299,377 (-58,593)
96(-17) MoneyBagg Yo - Wockesha 297,503 (-30,644)
100(-15) Interney Money - His & Hers 283,822 (-36,032)

101(+63) Little Big Town - Wine, Beer, Whiskey 281,951 (+48,830)
102(-44) Big Red Machine - Renegade 281,932 (-99,706)
104(-20) Migos - Having Our Way 281,342 (-40,109)
105(-19) Polo G - GANG GANG 279,663 (-40,187)
109(-17) Tai Verdes - A-O-K 276,444 (-30,680)
115(-27) The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 272,827 (-37,803)
120(-27) Billie Eilish - Lost Cause 268,946 (-34,235)
125(-15) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 264,403 (-24,369)
127(-18) Lil Baby, Lil Durk - Hats Off 261,338 (-29,316)
129(+61) Chris Young, Kane Brown - Famous Friends 259,611 (+43,905)
131(-29) BIA - WHOLE LOTTA MONEY 259,012 (-37,158)
133(re-entry) Blake Shelton - God's Country 255,713
145(-17) Sleepy Hallow - 2055 243,205 (-21,589)
149(-29) Migos - Straightenin 240,845 (-31,856)
152(-20) Trinidad Cardona - Dinero 235,791 (-24,430)
158(-27) Lorde - Solar Power 229,138 (-34,049)
161(-24) Young Stoner Life, Young Thug, Gunna - Ski 227,157 (-25,553)
164(-30) Polo G - No Return 223,697 (-33,950)
168(-23) Dan + Shay - Glad You Exist 222,423 (-25,996)
169(-15) Madison Beer - Reckless 221,674 (-18,038)
174(-59) G Herbo, Polo G, Lil Tjay - Cry No More 220,111 (-60,872)
175(re-entry) Elle King, Miranda Lambert - Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) 219,761
177(-25) Bo Burnham - Look Who's Inside Again 218,784 (-22,497)
191(-28) Galantis - Heartbreak Anthem 210,325 (-22,868)
198(-38) Sarah Cothran - As the World Caves In 207,926 (-27,088)
200(-25) Riton, Nightcrawlers - Friday 206,058 (-20,780)

Total Streams for Save Your Tears: 824,585

Biggest Gains (50K+): Take It Easy, Wagon Wheel, Brown Eyed Girl, Fancy Like, Sweet Home Alabama, Fortunate Son, Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American), Party in the U.S.A., Chicken Fried

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Also, Born in the USA at #21, Party in the USA up to #23 and Firework at #75. There are other July 4th boosted songs, some thematically, others probably got performed yesterday somewhere.

[Groovy]

Jul 5, 2021 9:30:47 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Jul 5, 2021 8:52:13 GMT -5 gikem said:

lol @ Born In The USA being the most-streamed song on US Spotify on the 4th of July this year. I love that song, but a song that’s mistakenly said to be “celebrating America” when it’s actually openly opposing the Vietnam War that America foolishly got involved in is the anthem for this holiday that the country deserves.

I laugh when people play that song and don’t know what it’s about along with Fortunate Son and Independence Day. Even American Pie gets its streams and it has nothing to do with America.

To add on to this, it's kinda like how people play Let It Snow during Christmas time despite the fact it makes no mention of the holiday and it wasn't even created for that purpose, it's just people who associate certain words with holidays and just run with it. 

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Other songs I suspect got boosts because of July 4th's association with Summer. Among them, the most obvious ones are Summer of '69 and All Summer Long.

[jred]

The irony of Born in the USA and Fortunate Son being among the most streamed songs/greatest gainers yesterday. Lmao.

[Groovy]

It seems like Lil Nas X is dropping a song called Industry Baby soon with Jack Harlow on it.

[slw84]

Jul 4, 2021 21:53:19 GMT -5 Clode said:

Jul 4, 2021 21:20:29 GMT -5 atg said:

If there was one person that deserved a break it was definitely Post. He went 3 eras back to back without leaving the charts once from Congratulations-Circles, with all of them overlapping and flowing into each other. I’m glad he technically did a 1.5 year break even though some songs that he was featured on were released during the time.

Yeah and it was a well earned break at that, As a matter of fact I think that with A-Listers such as Post Malone taking a break after multiple consecutive years of hits may actually benefit them in the long run at least in my opinion.

It's the way of the 80s artists who had smashes for that long and then took 9 months to a year off and recreated a new demand. Cardi did that last year with WAP.

More artists should take that route.

[kcdawg13]

Jul 5, 2021 11:02:43 GMT -5 jred said:

The irony of Born in the USA and Fortunate Son being among the most streamed songs/greatest gainers yesterday. Lmao.

It's like when Republican Paul Ryan said Rage Against The Machine was his favorite band

[jodakyellow]

Jul 5, 2021 14:52:21 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Jul 5, 2021 11:02:43 GMT -5 jred said:

The irony of Born in the USA and Fortunate Son being among the most streamed songs/greatest gainers yesterday. Lmao.

It's like when Republican Paul Ryan said Rage Against The Machine was his favorite band

lolol that one tweet about this that's like, "who the f**k did you think they were raging against?"


I'd like to think at least some of the streams for "Born in the USA" and "Fortunate Son" were from playlists called "Protest" or "Anti-July 4th," but I somehow doubt it.

[jaffery]

Early prediction about a song that's not really hyped on twitter. Kid laroi and Justin Bieber stay. out this Friday will eventually go #2 or #1 on the hot 100.

[phieaglesfan712]

I just realized that Butter has totally collapsed on Apple Music. It's not even ranked there anymore, lol. I guess this might be the week that Good 4 u returns to #1 on the Hot 100, or maybe even Kiss Me More.

[kcdawg13]

Jul 5, 2021 18:55:23 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

I just realized that Butter has totally collapsed on Apple Music. It's not even ranked there anymore, lol. I guess this might be the week that Good 4 u returns to #1 on the Hot 100, or maybe even Kiss Me More.

Doesn't matter how much Butter collapses like the Soviet Union on streaming, those 200 BTS fans buying 90k copies of the song will keep it on top over real hits like good 4 u or the new Post Malone single.

[nathanalbright]

Sad but true.

[85la]

Jul 5, 2021 9:32:56 GMT -5 Normi said:

We've had this conversation already but here I go
So traitor wouldn't make for a good single, its longevity on Spotify will actually hurt its performance if it will be released as a single and pushed to radio, it is also already receiving some airplay all of which will work against it in the long run, I wouldn't cross it smashing out but I wouldn't count on it either
brutal would sound like the next logical song to be pushed but again, it has been streaming really well for some time and it doesn't really scream Pop smash to me
happier and favorite crime are wild cards I guess, both could do well but both could be too well known already as well
So of course jealousy, jealousy makes perfect sense as the next single, it streams well but not as well as the aforementioned songs, it's a change of pace, it's just so good (yep, I'm biased, I haven't stanned a song so much in a long time)
Yeah, so, jealousy jealousy next please

And herein lies the problem of the streaming age and why it's so difficult to get post-album hits: so many people can already listen to the best songs very heavily from the get-go, which is why if they are going to release more single(s), they should probably do so relatively quickly. They could release a song like jealousy, jealousy, but if it hasn't been streamed or liked as much and the public isn't jumping to it right away, statistically it might have not as much of a chance of being a big hit.

[jeiboy]

Butter is out of the Apple Music Chart Top 200!

[wavey.]

Those sales aren't tho skskss. Probably will be once PTD is released lol.

[jayhawk1117]

Ugh gotta Stan our number one song during the streaming age being outta the top 30 on the biggest streaming platform and outta the top 200 on the second most relevant 😩. Iconic behavior truly

[gikem]

Jul 5, 2021 21:12:24 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Those sales aren't tho skskss. Probably will be once PTD is released lol.

I’d wait to see what Army does the week of 7/31. I have a hunch they’ll want to occupy the top 2 for at least 7/24, given they did so last October with the Savage Love remix and Dynamite, as well as to prevent a Top 2 debut for Post. After that, I think Army (and by extension Columbia) will collectively let it go as PTD squats at the top for another month or so.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 5, 2021 21:10:09 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

Butter is out of the Apple Music Chart Top 200!

It's not even ranked on AM. The lowest ranked song I can find on kWorb radio is Follow You, which is ranked 1373. Butter is ranked below that, lol.

[kcdawg13]

Billboard created the 52 week rule because songs were surpassing 52 weeks and clogging up the charts more often as the years went on, I wonder if they'll make a new rule and push the placement under #25 after Blinding Lights is gone.

[Groovy]

There’s a rumor going around that Lorde is collaborating with Travis Scott and all I’m thinking is, what the actually fuck is this?

[gikem]

Jul 5, 2021 22:43:39 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Billboard created the 52 week rule because songs were surpassing 52 weeks and clogging up the charts more often as the years went on, I wonder if they'll make a new rule and push the placement under #25 after Blinding Lights is gone.

I could see it being a hard "52 weeks and you're done no matter where you're placing" rule. It would certainly make things easier since there's virtually no situation where a currently-charting song could reach a new peak after it's been charting for over a year (Blinding Lights notwithstanding). The only question is how it would affect the Christmas songs when those eventually hit 52 weeks - maybe Billboard could keep the current #25 threshold just for that (although I'd still prefer a separate holiday chart like there used to be).

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 5, 2021 22:50:45 GMT -5 gikem said:

Jul 5, 2021 22:43:39 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Billboard created the 52 week rule because songs were surpassing 52 weeks and clogging up the charts more often as the years went on, I wonder if they'll make a new rule and push the placement under #25 after Blinding Lights is gone.

I could see it being a hard "52 weeks and you're done no matter where you're placing" rule. It would certainly make things easier since there's virtually no situation where a currently-charting song could reach a new peak after it's been charting for over a year (Blinding Lights notwithstanding). The only question is how it would affect the Christmas songs when those eventually hit 52 weeks - maybe Billboard could keep the current #25 threshold just for that (although I'd still prefer a separate holiday chart like there used to be).

I doubt that Billboard will ever implement a hard 52-and-done rule. What I can see happening is a tweak in the 25/52 rule. They could lower the number of weeks for Top 25 recurrency to 39 (3/4 of a year) or 40 (nice round number). They could also add a year recurrency rule, say 15/52, but even then, you may get a song that falls out of the Top 10 - and that would put a huge asterisk on the largest falls list.

(But in any case, don't expect any change until at least 2023. Radioactive and Sail ended their chart runs in mid-2014, and Billboard didn't implement the 25/52 rule until the beginning of 2016.)

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Hopefully this gives the song a boost in streams