Billboard Hot 100: 09/18/2021

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Notable Single Releases:
Charli XCX - Good Ones
Little Mix - Love (Sweet Love)
LOONA - Not Friends
ABBA - I Still Have Faith in You/Don't Shut Me Down
Tokischa x ROSALÍA - Linda
Bobby Shmurda - No Time For Sleep (Freestyle)
Sasha Keable & Jorja Smith - Killing Me
CORPSE feat. Night Lovell - HOT DEMON BITCHES NEAR U ! ! !
Duckwrth - Mask Off
Bachelor - I See It Now
Meek Mill feat. Lil Uzi Vert - Blue Notes 2
Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay - Only Us
Kota the Friend - '96 Bulls
FINNEAS - The 90s
Tate McRae with Jeremy Zucker - that way
Camila Cabello - Million to One
Sofia Carson - Glowin' Up   
Daddy Yankee - MÉTELE AL PERREO
MOD SUN feat. Travis Barker - Down
Oliver Tree and Little Big feat. Tommy Cash - Turn It Up

Notable Album Releases:
Drake - Certified Lover Boy
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Lauren Alaina - Sitting Pretty on Top of the World
LANY - gg bb xx
Imagine Dragons - Mercury: Act 1
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
Various Artists - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album (Curated by 88rising)
Lady Gaga - Dawn of Chromatica
Maty Notes - The Feeling's Mutual
The Wild Hearts - 21st Century Love Songs

[Groovy]

And then Drake waits until 2 to drop CLB

[earth]

What is the point of waiting til 2 lmao

[dynamac]

The return

[Groovy]

The Little Mix song is great and will be fun to see it beat out Drake for that number 1.

[Caviar]

Nothing notable this week. Drake is going to demolish Spotify this weekend.

[atg]

On a normal week maybe Gaga or Little Mix would’ve been nice to root for but Drake is the biggest news of this week no doubt. At least he’s still dropping today for a full week but i don’t think 2 hours or even 2 days matter for how big this album is going to be.

[firefox]

Drake giving the spotlight to the other artists for 2 hours. What a kind man. 😊

[nathanalbright]

Go ABBA! Obviously Drake is going to smash, but I'm curious to see if anything else will catch on, even in the Bubbling Under.

[Abbaschand]

Sept 2, 2021 23:01:21 GMT -5 Groovy said:

And then Drake waits until 2 to drop CLB

Nothing happens after two, it's true, it's true

[Groovy]

Saturday's Spotify is gonna be a whole lot of Kanye and Drake.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Sept 2, 2021 23:22:29 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Saturday's Spotify is gonna be a whole lot of Kanye and Drake.

[nathanalbright]

The more I think about it, the more I wonder if "In The Bible" is going to take more shots at Kanye to keep their beef going strong.

[Au$tin]

Imagine Dragons released their album this week as well. Probably not going to make much of an impact on the Hot 100, but neither will any of the other albums not by Drake mentioned in the thread so far. :kii:

[monkeydluffy]

88rising helped produce the album for “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, with the album mostly comprising of Asian artists. You should all check it out, some good songs on there.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Sept 2, 2021 23:42:48 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Imagine Dragons released their album this week as well. Probably not going to make much of an impact on the Hot 100, but neither will any of the other albums not by Drake mentioned in the thread so far.

Part of the reason I started doing the Notable Releases every week was to encourage people listen to other artists and not be boxed in with just what's charting. I'm well aware Charli, Little Simz, Little Mix, etc., none of them are going to make as big a splash as Drake. That said, I still think you should seek them out and give them a chance, perhaps even more so since they're likely to get overshadowed.

[Caviar]

I look forward to your posts listing new releases. Saves me time having to deal with new music Friday playlists.

[thegreatdivine]

Certified Lover Boy out now.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

An hour and 26 mins...

Sometimes we laugh and sometimes we cry  :'(

[nathanalbright]

Well, it wasn't released on a Sunday, so it only misses out on 86 minutes of its streaming numbers.

[earth]

Whole ass 21 songs, scorpion 2 incoming

[Caviar]

No obvious pop hits from CLB going by a quick scan. But “No Friends In The Industry” was a standout.

[nathanalbright]

I'm curious about that one, and even if I am reluctant to contribute to Drake's streaming numbers, that did sound like an interesting one to me.

Edit:  After all, the "No New Friends" meme needs to be updated with another song that shows a spectacular lack of self-awareness.

[Enigma.]

LNCL isn't on the album after all then.

Dawn of Chromatica is full of bangers. Her best remix album by far.

[higilo]

Girls want Girls is embarrassingly bad

[nathanalbright]

Are we talking "Some Girls Dance With Women" levels of bad? Or, "Les be honest?" levels of bad?

[jayhawk1117]

Well after listening to most of CLB, I cannot think of one of these songs as singles 💀. The sub 4 minute songs are.... Bad and the good ones are damn near 5 minutes but it's only good for like 20%.

Whatever creative energy he had in 2018 with God's Plan, Nice For What (His magnum Opus) and In My Feelings is very much dead

It's definitely gonna pull heavy numbers but the longevity might not be there

[Enigma.]

Sept 3, 2021 0:59:45 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

Are we talking "Some Girls Dance With Women" levels of bad?

Oh that was iconic lmao

[Deleted]

way 2 sexy slaps. also if girls want girls really is getting a push i’m for it as long as baby finally gets a #1

[jthentic]

CLB Quick review:

Champagne poetry: great intro - 8
Papis home - is dat nicki? - 7
Girls want girls: jst awful. Both sucked, Lil baby sucked more - 2
In da bible: nice - 7
Love all : liked Jay-Z verse - 6.5
Fair trade : they're right to promote this as a single (I can see this blowin up) Travis x Drake's undefeated 😄- 8
Way 2 sexy : The Hype song ( samples I'm too sexy by right said Fred) prolly da 2nd single down da line (has potential for big debut) - 7
TSU : okay-ish (great beat tho) - 5.5
N 2 Deep : 2nd half is 🔥- 7.5
Pipe down : liked it - 7.5
Yebbas heartbreak - sweet piece, no drake here 🤷 - 7
No friends in da industry : popstar 2.0 + a little no recover 😄 - 7.0
Knife talk : another potential big track, 21 is da game 🔥😅, this my track for foreseeable future - 7+ 2 ( bonus for makin my jam lol)
7am on bridle path : prolly the strongest track lyrically (+ Kanye diss) - 8.5
Race my mind : loved it, plz promote this (sounds like a big hit sitting) - 9
Fountains ft tems : meh - 4
Get along better : not feeling this one - 5
YOLT : stopped half-way ( then came back to hear Wayne, his verse is great but no way enough to save this)- 3
IMY2 : trippie song you can even imagine him singing instead of Cudi😅😅 - 7
Fin fans : good one - 7.5
The remorse : 50/50 - 5

Final - 6.6 (would've been way better if it's ~14 tracks max instead of filling hay into da mix)

Chart destruction inevitable, can see atleast 5 tracks having longer run too