Billboard Hot 100: 10/09/2021

[edward]

Happier Than Ever really is a Billboard Hot 100 hit that got away. I don't understand why Billie's team just won't send it to the radio. Also, I'm sorry if this sounds dumb, but why wouldn't radio stations play some hottest tracks now automatically, like is the "labels sending songs to the radios" thing really necessary?

[Az Paynter]

Tell me you don't visit the pop forum without telling me you don't visit the pop forum.

[edward]

Also it looks like Don't Go Yet still has the potential to become a hit, it's rising and hitting new peaks in Europe and it also re-entered the US Spotify chart today.

[edward]

Sept 26, 2021 9:28:42 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Tell me you don't visit the pop forum without telling me you don't visit the pop forum.

I'm sorry. I've been on several music forums for like 2 or 3 years but I've never actually thought about the question :(

[Groovy]

Sept 26, 2021 9:26:21 GMT -5 edward said:

Happier Than Ever really is a Billboard Hot 100 hit that got away. I don't understand why Billie's team just won't send it to the radio. Also, I'm sorry if this sounds dumb, but why wouldn't radio stations play some hottest tracks now automatically, like is the "labels sending songs to the radios" thing really necessary?

They did send it to radio, in fact, they dropped NDA in favor of Happier Than Ever.

[Gary]

Sept 26, 2021 7:08:03 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Stay has peaked in streaming, and you can see that on the RS 100, where it hasn’t been #1 (or even #2) in a month. The iTunes discount, as well as its radio (I have no idea how it’s still gaining there at this point) is what is keeping it at #1. Once the discount is removed and/or it peaks on radio (and these things will happen at some point), Stay’s run at #1 on the Hot 100 will be done for good.

I think Fancy Like will eventually catch up to Stay. FL has more cards to play. It’s been more than doubling the sales of Stay, despite not being discounted while Stay has been discounted weeks on end. When the discount is removed, and I’ve got to think Stay is going to peak on radio soon, it’s going to lose a lot of points in a short period of time (see what happened with Levitating after the discount was removed post-DaBaby incident). Unless BTS stans decide to mass buy My Universe for weeks on end, when Stay inevitably falls, no song is in a better position right now to slide into #1 than FL.

I don’t get the point of keeping Stay and Bad Habits on iTunes discount at this point. These songs had a great run, but it’s time to let them fall off naturally. The thought of BH being the #3 song this week is just laughable. Fancy Like and Knife Talk we’re clearly bigger than BH this week, and I could argue IB was bigger than BH.

The fact that over a quarter of the people don’t really care is a bigger problem than the #1 not aligning what the GP thinks most weeks.

For the record, I felt W2S was the biggest song of this charting week. The over 40M streams is proof enough. Stay only got the #1 for this week because it was iTunes discounted for a 7th straight week.

Digital Songs

48 - 45 89 Blinding Lights, The Weeknd 1

Not surprised it scraped in here due to the iTunes discount. What I'm more surprised by is the fact that it didn't make it back on the Streaming Songs chart. I thought it would be there for sure, and challenge Sunflower's 115 weeks, but I guess not. Makes me wonder if radio didn't count, Sunflower would have been just as big as BL.

Curious about your current obsession with the itunes discount

Why do you think it is a factor at all?  Most will believe that other than BTS songs discounted or not don't move enough to do anything at all.

[Enigma.]

Sept 26, 2021 9:30:49 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Sept 26, 2021 9:26:21 GMT -5 edward said:

Happier Than Ever really is a Billboard Hot 100 hit that got away. I don't understand why Billie's team just won't send it to the radio. Also, I'm sorry if this sounds dumb, but why wouldn't radio stations play some hottest tracks now automatically, like is the "labels sending songs to the radios" thing really necessary?

They did send it to radio, in fact, they dropped NDA in favor of Happier Than Ever.

Yep, they've done a lot, even released another version of it. It's just too good for radio.

[fridayteenage]

Well the HTE era has 3 quick little weeks on the h100 top 10; let's say they used up the time the title track could have been allotted.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

An unusual update that accentuated the losses by some songs that were already on the way down or that pressumably haven't peaked yet at radio. I would assume it is a one day blip for them.

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2021/09/26

1(=) The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY 99.43(-1.21)
2(=) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 95.41(-0.95)
3(=) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 85.53(-1.40)

4(=) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) 76.97(-1.90)
5(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 67.04(-1.40)
6(=) Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY 58.78(-0.48)
7(=) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 57.41(-0.65)
8(=) Wizkid - Essence (feat. Tems) 55.88(+0.65)
9(=) Doja Cat & The Weeknd - You Right 54.16(-0.54)
10(=) The Weeknd - Take My Breath 53.70(-0.95)

15(+2) Walker Hayes - Fancy Like 43.77(+2.20)

22(+2) Drake - Way 2 Sexy (feat. Future & Young Thug) 36.98(+1.10)

25(=) Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood - If I Didn't Love You 34.32(+0.76)

27(+1) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 33.59(+1.01)

80(+5) Elle King & Miranda Lambert - Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) 16.35(+0.88) +

95(+7) Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 13.62(+0.70)

-(-) Enrique Iglesias - Me Pase f/Farruko 10.97(+0.71) +

-(-) Justin Bieber - Ghost 9.48(+0.78) +

-(-) Drake - Girls Want Girls (feat. Lil Baby) 7.54(+0.74)

-(-) Chlöe - Have Mercy 5.93(+0.75)

-(-) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 4.29(+1.06)

[phieaglesfan712]

These negative updates are long overdue. Stay and Bad Habits peaking on radio is long overdue, and there’s no good reason why G4u is still within striking distance of its radio peak. It’s time to move on from these old songs and let the newer songs shine.

[Groovy]

They’re all going to get big increases tomorrow.

[Groovy]

Sept 26, 2021 10:15:27 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

These negative updates are long overdue. Stay and Bad Habits peaking on radio is long overdue, and there’s no good reason why G4u is still within striking distance of its radio peak. It’s time to move on from these old songs and let the newer songs shine.

Like what, Fancy Like? Which is actually older than both Bad Habits and Stay. 

[rosalina4812]

I can’t believe the Blinding Lights fan wants old songs to leave radio now.

[Clode]

Sept 26, 2021 10:39:03 GMT -5 rosalina4812 said:

I can’t believe the Blinding Lights fan wants old songs to leave radio now.

Yeah I know right, phieaglesfan712 is such a hypocrite   .

[Gary]

it's not radio - it is th itunes discount - or maybe its both - don't know

so sales and radio are the problem

Interesting to note - Blinding Lights chart run was stretched out because of radio

Streaming alone would have given it 87 weeks without recurrency and would have exited at 72 weeks with recurrency

[joshtheking]

Sept 26, 2021 9:29:22 GMT -5 edward said:

Also it looks like Don't Go Yet still has the potential to become a hit, it's rising and hitting new peaks in Europe and it also re-entered the US Spotify chart today.

I doubt it, it's tanking on radio

[kindofbiased]

Happier Than Ever debuted at maybe the worst position it could’ve debuted at. We were so so close…. and yet so far

[fridayteenage]

Based on my research, looks like if my universe goes #1, bts would be the first artist in the soundscan era with 6 lead #1s in a 2-year time frame (2020-2021).

That core fanbase sure is very very dedicated...

[gikem]

Apparently some iHeart Pop stations chose to broadcast the Global Citizen music festival that's part of the UN General Assembly in New York instead of their regular programming, which explains a lot of the dips for big songs. Assuming that was the only day affected (similar to the iHeartRadio Festival last weekend), all those songs should see big recoveries tomorrow. (And from what I can tell, this event didn't directly affect any other formats besides Pop.)

Speaking of which, has iHeart or any of the other big radio corporations done anything like this in the past? I don't recall these broadcasts of festivals being a thing back when I started following the radio charts in 2019, though maybe they were in the past.

[Ryan]

A Coldplay x BTS remix is coming.

[Enigma.]

What have we done to deserve this

[wyckyd]

Sept 26, 2021 15:00:59 GMT -5 Ryan said:

A Coldplay x BTS remix is coming.

of course it is...

[iHype.]

Sept 26, 2021 13:45:47 GMT -5 gikem said:

Apparently some iHeart Pop stations chose to broadcast the Global Citizen music festival that's part of the UN General Assembly in New York instead of their regular programming, which explains a lot of the dips for big songs. Assuming that was the only day affected (similar to the iHeartRadio Festival last weekend), all those songs should see big recoveries tomorrow. (And from what I can tell, this event didn't directly affect any other formats besides Pop.)

Speaking of which, has iHeart or any of the other big radio corporations done anything like this in the past? I don't recall these broadcasts of festivals being a thing back when I started following the radio charts in 2019, though maybe they were in the past.

This has been a thing for years. I heard the Global Citizen fest broadcasted on my city’s iHeart Pop station last night, and I remember as far back as 2015 this was a thing.

[kimberly]

Sept 26, 2021 15:00:59 GMT -5 Ryan said:

A Coldplay x BTS remix is coming.

I– they couldn't even wait for Week 2? does this possibly mean they aren't selling enough singles to guarantee #1 yet? 👀 if so, I bet this remix will seal the deal.

so embarrassing for c*ldplay to stoop this low for... one week of clout and relevance.

[divasummer]

Sept 26, 2021 16:39:23 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Sept 26, 2021 15:00:59 GMT -5 Ryan said:

A Coldplay x BTS remix is coming.

I– they couldn't even wait for Week 2? does this possibly mean they aren't selling enough singles to guarantee #1 yet? 👀 if so, I bet this remix will seal the deal.

so embarrassing for c*ldplay to stoop this low for... one week of clout and relevance.

Their just trying to make their coins.
Good for Coldplay making some bucks off of BTSfans. Lol

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Sept 26, 2021 16:39:23 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Sept 26, 2021 15:00:59 GMT -5 Ryan said:

A Coldplay x BTS remix is coming.

I– they couldn't even wait for Week 2? does this possibly mean they aren't selling enough singles to guarantee #1 yet? 👀 if so, I bet this remix will seal the deal.

so embarrassing for c*ldplay to stoop this low for... one week of clout and relevance.

tbh, it's more embarrassing for Megan The Stallion, that Butter remix was really something else.

at this point, Coldplay is just like Beyonce, 20+ years in the industry, getting Hot 100 hits with more relevant artists.

[kimberly]

Sept 26, 2021 17:17:42 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Sept 26, 2021 16:39:23 GMT -5 kimberly said:

I– they couldn't even wait for Week 2? does this possibly mean they aren't selling enough singles to guarantee #1 yet? 👀 if so, I bet this remix will seal the deal.

so embarrassing for c*ldplay to stoop this low for... one week of clout and relevance.

tbh, it's more embarrassing for Megan The Stallion, that Butter remix was really something else.

at this point, Coldplay is just like Beyonce, 20+ years in the industry, getting Hot 100 hits with more relevant artists.

lol Megan is the best part of any version of "Butter" at least.

Coldplay is NOT like Beyoncé...

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Sept 26, 2021 17:25:26 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Sept 26, 2021 17:17:42 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

tbh, it's more embarrassing for Megan The Stallion, that Butter remix was really something else.

at this point, Coldplay is just like Beyonce, 20+ years in the industry, getting Hot 100 hits with more relevant artists.

lol Megan is the best part of any version of "Butter" at least.

Coldplay is NOT like Beyoncé...

and Coldplay made BTS sound decent.

ofc, I don't compare their music or anything, just their way of getting Hot 100 hits in the last 5 years.

[kimberly]

Sept 26, 2021 17:30:12 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Sept 26, 2021 17:25:26 GMT -5 kimberly said:

lol Megan is the best part of any version of "Butter" at least.

Coldplay is NOT like Beyoncé...

and Coldplay made BTS sound decent.

oh yes I agree, already said that. whether it was Coldplay or Max Martin idk but whoever got rid of the chipmunk pitch-correction they usually use on BTS (in all their singles since "Dynamite" especially), props to them.

[spiritboy]

I guess they need that remix to dehtrone the King of UK from the top cause MU is #2 on midweeks. :kii: