Billboard Hot 100: 07/31/2021

[phieaglesfan712]

Stay is going to be #1 for sure on the Hot 100 next week. With Kid Laroi, Kanye, and Yung Bleu dropping albums tonight, along with the Folklore vinyls, the top of the Billboard 200 all of a sudden looks competitive. Not to mention, we should see some recurrent. For sure, Mood and MEBF are going recurrent, and even songs like Telepatia and BL are not 100% safe.

[jthentic]

Everything depends on whether Kanye's hype holds up & if it does there'll be a bloodbath + one of kid laroi's album track is creating some buzz might get a higher debut, #Stay might go #1 but I doubt army will let it 😬, rest will be mid chart bomb fs.
We'll finally see the end of 3 big hits which currently have ~100 points (MOOD, DL, MEBF)

[algo]

question that's a tad off-topic, but when do we think the streaming era will end? we've seen how spotify records are being broken this year, could it happen within the decade? is it one of those inventions that are never replaced? surely eventually something else could come along? its a very broad and open question that's really interesting to think about

[Choco]

Ugh "good 4 u" is really gonna get a single week at #1... mess.

[Choco]

Jul 21, 2021 23:14:16 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

Honestly, maybe he is, how are we gonna trust any Army after that

Why can’t you like a musician/s without baggage? You like Taylor Swift, well, swifties will doxx and threaten employees of Big Machine & P4K. You like Nicki Minaj or pretty much any female rapper, they’ll cyberbully everyone they perceive to be against them, even other rappers like Chika, because they can’t have more than one woman (their fave) be successful.

It’s frustrating, it’s toxic, it’s dangerous.

Edit: you know what, I’m not done. People treat being a stan like it’s intrinsic to their identity. Think - without BTS, where would you be? Without Taylor or Bieber, where would you be? Would you know who you are? I ADORED Melanie Martinez as a kid, I was making stop motion videos to her songs & s**t, and when accusations came out, I was floored and didn’t know what to do w myself.

Having names for people who aren’t stans of your fave is weird. This ‘us VS them’ mentality is so infuriating because we’re all just people and whether you stan someone or not is so inconsequential. It REALLY DOESNT MATTER. I thought I was angry, but really im just so sad. We’re all hurting each other over BS that doesn’t matter. You see how negative and cruel comments are under music posts on Twitter? It’s heartbreaking

Also - If there are actually BTS anti accounts out there, that’s even more concerning because you’re dedicating your time to something so full of hate. It’s creepy af.

Pheebs spilling tea as usual. I stan.

I lurked a few Twitter threads yesterday from the BTS fans. The fact that the entirety of the accounts is dedicated to a single act... especially a band, where like 85% of them will eventually disband... where will that leave you?

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jul 22, 2021 10:13:19 GMT -5 algo said:

question that's a tad off-topic, but when do we think the streaming era will end? we've seen how spotify records are being broken this year, could it happen within the decade? is it one of those inventions that are never replaced? surely eventually something else could come along? its a very broad and open question that's really interesting to think about

Something will inevitably replace the way we consume music however one of the things that makes streaming so appealing is that it's easy, instant access to songs and most platforms are easy to navigate. So if streaming is replaced, the medium would have to have benefits that streaming doesn't already provide. What's more likely to change is that the technology gets better rather than streaming being replaced as a whole but who knows

[Choco]

Jul 22, 2021 10:24:59 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jul 22, 2021 10:13:19 GMT -5 algo said:

question that's a tad off-topic, but when do we think the streaming era will end? we've seen how spotify records are being broken this year, could it happen within the decade? is it one of those inventions that are never replaced? surely eventually something else could come along? its a very broad and open question that's really interesting to think about

Something will inevitably replace the way we consume music however one of the things that makes streaming so appealing is that it's easy, instant access to songs and most platforms are easy to navigate. So if streaming is replaced, the medium would have to have benefits that streaming doesn't already provide. What's more likely to change is that the technology gets better rather than streaming being replaced as a whole but who knows

And it's cheap. I usually have a "main" playlist of about 40 songs in rotation. Spotify is $9.99. The same playlist would take $51.60 out of my bank account (a bit less if discounts and the like but still). I don't see a cheaper legal alternative coming out anytime soon, especially since there's a lot of complains in the industry about royalties being too low already.

[jeiboy]

PANIC BUYING!!

[jeiboy]

Jul 22, 2021 9:44:28 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Stay is going to be #1 for sure on the Hot 100 next week. With Kid Laroi, Kanye, and Yung Bleu dropping albums tonight, along with the Folklore vinyls, the top of the Billboard 200 all of a sudden looks competitive. Not to mention, we should see some recurrent. For sure, Mood and MEBF are going recurrent, and even songs like Telepatia and BL are not 100% safe.

Not so fast, BTS just released another PTD remix

[Choco]

Jul 22, 2021 10:33:26 GMT -5 jeiboy said:

PANIC BUYING!!

[wavey.]

An R&B remix. Hmmm, might've peaked my intrest.

SN: it's always going to be SHINee>>>>>> for me.

[algo]

Jul 22, 2021 10:24:59 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jul 22, 2021 10:13:19 GMT -5 algo said:

question that's a tad off-topic, but when do we think the streaming era will end? we've seen how spotify records are being broken this year, could it happen within the decade? is it one of those inventions that are never replaced? surely eventually something else could come along? its a very broad and open question that's really interesting to think about

Something will inevitably replace the way we consume music however one of the things that makes streaming so appealing is that it's easy, instant access to songs and most platforms are easy to navigate. So if streaming is replaced, the medium would have to have benefits that streaming doesn't already provide. What's more likely to change is that the technology gets better rather than streaming being replaced as a whole but who knows

i imagine by the time something does come around to take an edge over streaming, the musical trends will have shifted as well. i just hope that we can go back to a time where music is more than 3 minutes long rather than going backwards and songs getting increasingly shorter

[jeiboy]

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[KeepDeanWeird]

Reposting and quoting these desperate tweets/Insta is only adding legitimacy to their cause. The best way to stop a fire - remove oxygen. STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS.

Any chance OTM will crack Top 50? It's gotten a bit a of push at Country radio - probably because it's close to Top 10. Will the label push harder? It's probably not that many additional airplay points from Top 40.

So will G4U and DV rise and fall concurrently? Will the label to try sneak DV to #1 on Pop Radio?

[Gary]

Do country labels really push for higher Hot 100 positioning?

One Too Many has actually been out 43 weeks on country radio which seems to be in line with all the other songs in the top 10

[Choco]

Pushing for higher airplay indirectly pushes the song for a Hot 100 jump. And country labels do care about peaks on the format's airplay chart enough to push songs to #1 whenever they get close even if the bullet will nosedive the second it gets it's official #1 peak.

They'd be wise to discount it or something. Country audiences still buy songs from time to time. It feels wrong that a song that has charted for so long isn't top 40 so a sales bump could get it there.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 07/21/21

1(=) The Kid LAROI - Stay 1,786,909 (-62,333)
2(=) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 1,584,343 (-33,229)
3(=) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More 1,163,439 (-8,298)
4(=) Doja Cat - Ain't Shit 978,259 (-21,527)
5(=) Måneskin - Beggin' 946,087 (-27,502)
6(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating 866,799 (-20,326)
7(=) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 864,479 (-22,406)
8(=) Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu 862,495 (-10,381)
9(+1) Olivia Rodrigo - traitor 855,968 (-6,579)
10(-1) Post Malone - Motley Crew 828,277 (-36,860)

Others:
11(+2) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 814,567 (+13,701)
12(-1) Polo G - RAPSTAR 814,234 (-21,050)
13(-1) Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 809,634 (-12,640)
14(=) Doja Cat - Need to Know 762,028 (+6,173)
15(=) Megan Thee Stallion - Thot Shit 654,107 (-13,330)
16(+1) Olivia Rodrigo - favorite crime 639,293 (-5,563)
17(-1) Drake - Wants and Needs 636,364 (-12,385)
18(=) Justin Bieber - Peaches 616,256 (-12,941)
19(=) Doja Cat, The Weeknd - You Right 582,915 (-7,056)
20(=) Bad Bunny - Yonaguni 570,622 (-8,145)
22(=) Sleepy Hallow - 2055 567,795 (-1,628)
23(=) Olivia Rodrigo - happier 561,578 (-5,639)
24(=) Rauw Alejandro - Todo De Ti 534,850 (-11,403)
25(+1) Olivia Rodrigo - brutal 524,251 (-8,952)
26(-1) WILLOW - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l 515,200 (-20,711)
27(=) Olivia Rodrigo - jealousy, jealousy 514,812 (-7,575)
28(=) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Remix 511,761 (-4,119)
30(+1) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open 506,872 (-1,062)
31(+1) BTS - Butter 498,359 (-6,150)
32(-2) BTS - Permission to Dance 487,772 (-24,453)
33(+2) Walker Hayes - Fancy Like 480,010 (+10,195)
34(-1) DaBaby - Ball If I Want To 466,762 (-7,184)
35(+1) Tyler The Creator, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign - WUSYANAME 455,277 (-10,185)
36(-2) Trippie Redd, Lil Uzi Vert - Holy Smoke 453,059 (-17,411)
37(=) Trippie Redd - Miss the Rage 450,073 (-13,948)
38(+3) Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary 440,227 (-4,513)
39(-1) Surf Curse - Freaks 438,780 (-13,075)
40(=) Cochise, $NOT - Tell Em 434,300 (-10,753)
42(-3) DaBaby - Red Light Green Light 431,444 (-19,679)
43(=) DJ Khaled - EVERY CHANCE I GET 423,429 (-11,145)
44(=) Billie Eilish - NDA 409,727 (-19,576)
45(+1) Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 404,707 (-5,401)
47(+3) Bo Burnham - Bezos I 395,586 (+10,621)
48(=) Marshmello - Leave Before You Love Me 388,195 (-2,823)
49(-4) Pop Smoke - Bout a Million 383,217 (-43,269)
50(-1) Roddy Ricch - Late At Night 382,690 (-7,249)
53(=) Kali Uchis - telepatía 365,478 (-5,146)
61(=) The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 338,951 (-5,449)
62(+6) Luke Combs - Forever After All 338,797 (+6,789)
67(debut) Lorde - Stoned at the Nail Salon 333,786
68(-11) Normani - Wild Side 331,748 (-21,538)
70(-1) J. Cole - m y . l i f e 323,106 (-6,770)
71(-7) Lil Baby, Lil Durk - Hats Off 322,488 (-15,309)
72(-1) Nelly, Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit 316,087 (-2,053)
75(-1) BIA - WHOLE LOTTA MONEY Remix 309,374 (-5,696)
76(+27) Childish Gambino, Brittany Howard - Stay High 308,698 (+41,117)
77(-2) Bella Poarch - Build a Bitch 308,586 (-4,972)
79(-3) Interney Money - His & Hers 302,239 (-9,011)
81(-1) Nio Garcia, J Balvin, Bad Bunny - AM Remix 299,891 (-2,652)
85(=) Bo Burnham - Welcome to the Internet 296,719 (-504)
89(=) J Balvin, Maria Becerra - Qué Más Pues? 289,015 (+3,221)
90(-2) MoneyBagg Yo - Wockesha 281,004 (-7,744)
96(-18) Pop Smoke - Tell the Vision 275,561 (-32,601)
97(-1) Bo Burnham - All Eyes On Me 273,949 (-4,568)
100(-6) Polo G - GANG GANG 266,226 (-13,474)

101(-2) Conan Gray - People Watching 266,095 (-4,907)
105(+10) PinkPantheress - Pain 262,901 (+7,509)
107(+7) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 258,300 (+1,731)
108(+4) Tai Verdes - A-O-K 258,065 (+862)
109(+66) Blueface, Og Bobby Billions - Outside (Better Days) 257,580 (+44,008)
112(-2) Mora, Bad Bunny, Sech - Volando Remix 255,278 (-2,822)
115(-6) Kane Brown, blackbear - Memory 253,518 (-4,743)
116(-25) Pop Smoke - Demeanor 253,244 (-29,878)
122(re-entry) Lorde - Solar Power 244,061
132(-4) Beach House - Space Song 239,801 (-2,134)
134(-33) John Mayer - Shot in the Dark 237,002 (-33,475)
140(-3) Madison Beer - Reckless 232,961 (-4,079)
145(-1) Sarah Cothran - As the World Caves In 227,712 (-3,083)
151(+3) Dan + Shay - Glad You Exist 224,650 (-1,016)
153(-5) Galantis - Heartbreak Anthem 224,239 (-5,483)
166(+7) Ryan Hurd - Chasing After You 215,487 (+1,672)
170(-39) John Mayer - Last Train Home 214,233 (-24,360)
183(-15) Migos - Straightenin 208,513 (-7,510)
191(-12) Bas - The Jackie 203,781 (-8,867)
198(-9) $uicideboy$ - Materialism as a Means to an End 200,053 (-6,930)
200(re-entry) Kelsea Ballerini, LANY - I Quit Drinking 199,177

Total Streams for Save Your Tears: 770,061

[Choco]

Jul 22, 2021 7:42:11 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

!!!

if it's such a big hit then why is it always stuck at #2 lmao flop.

[Az Paynter]

IKR it can't even overcome a mild-mid grade hit for #1 song of the year what a colossal failure!!

[Choco]

Jul 22, 2021 11:15:28 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

IKR it can't even overcome a mild-mid grade hit for #1 song of the year what a colossal failure!!

omg the Levitating mild mid grade hit post lives rent free in my mind.

[nathanalbright]

At least we can laugh about it.

[thegreatdivine]

HDD's Mid-Year US Top 50 Most Streamed Artists of 2021




30/50 artists on this list being black >>>

[kindofbiased]

It’ll be for absolutely bullshit reasons but imagine if Olivia Rodrigo got to add another record to her name and Good 4 U broke the record for most weeks at #2, or at least most consecutive weeks at #2

[nathanalbright]

^ 3 billion streams for Morgan Wallen? That's unexpected. I expected some of these artists and more catalog acts to be higher, though.

[thegreatdivine]

Jul 22, 2021 11:50:44 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

^ 3 billion streams for Morgan Wallen? That's unexpected. I expected some of these artists and more catalog acts to be higher, though.

He released a 30-track album in January and got a boost in streams in the weeks following his controversy but more importantly, his debut album has also been performing well on streaming. He's been really stable on streaming throughout the year.

[nathanalbright]

Yeah, that stability really matters for a lot.

[Clode]

I'm very surprised that Olivia isn't one of the Top 10 most Streamed artists of the first half of 2021, Her debut album "Sour" has been streaming like crazy so it really does surprise me to not see her Rank higher on this list.

[nathanalbright]

To be fair, though, she only has a single album to her name and it has only been out for a couple of months. I expect that her place will rise considerably through the rest of the year given the stability the album has, though.

[thegreatdivine]

Jul 22, 2021 12:17:28 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

Yeah, that stability really matters for a lot.

It's everything. I've been tracking weekly streaming numbers in the US since the start of the year and Drake and Taylor Swift have been the most stable artists. Other artists get a boost following the release of an album but in a week or two, they pretty much lose 60-80% of the streams they gained as a result. 

The numbers are from Rolling Stone's Artist 500 chart, are audio-only and don't include streams from features, only streams as lead artist. 


DRAKE                                        TAYLOR SWIFT

Week 1: 93.6M                          Week 1: 122.3M
Week 2: 97.5M                          Week 2: 120.9M
Week 3: 98.9M                          Week 3: 108.4M
Week 4: 99.8M                          Week 4: 106.9M
Week 5: 98.3M                          Week 5: 101.4M
Week 6: 100M                           Week 6: 100.9M
Week 7: 98.6M                          Week 7: 127.2M
Week 8: 103.9M                       Week 8: 109.8M
Week 9: 110.7M                           Week 9: 103M
Week 10: 219.8M                     Week 10: 97.1M
Week 11: 160M                         Week 11: 103M
Week 12: 150.5M                   Week 12: 101.1M
Week 13: 140.6M                   Week 13: 107.9M
Week 14: 136.6M                   Week 14: 111.6M
Week 15: 131.6M                   Week 15: 228.1M
Week 16: 132.4M                   Week 16: 138.4M
Week 17: 133.1M                   Week 17: 119.8M
Week 18: 130.3M                   Week 18: 108.5M
Week 19: 128.1M                      Week 19: 106M
Week 20: 130.8M                   Week 20: 100.2M
Week 21: 129.4M                     Week 21: 89.9M
Week 22: 125.7M                     Week 22: 88.6M
Week 23: 123.9M                     Week 23: 88.8M
Week 24: 121.7M                     Week 24: 87.3M
Week 25: 122.8M                     Week 25: 97.5M
Week 26: 119.2M                     Week 26: 88.7M
Week 27: 117.4M                     Week 27: 85.2M
Week 28: 117.9M                     Week 28: 84.8M

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jul 22, 2021 12:32:25 GMT -5 Clode said:

I'm very surprised that Olivia isn't one of the Top 10 most Streamed artists of the first half of 2021, Her debut album "Sour" has been streaming like crazy so it really does surprise me to not see her Rank higher on this list.

SOUR dropped at the end of May/start of June which is perhaps why she isn't in the Top 10. If she had dropped in March, I think we would be looking at a much different list