Billboard Hot 100: 11/20/2021

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Notable Singles Releases:
Charli XCX feat. Caroline Polachek and Christine & the Queens - New Shapes
Post Malone with The Weeknd - One Right Now
yeule - Friendly Machine
Lolo Zouaï - Scooter
Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN and MAFIA
Little Mix - Between Us
Foals - Wake Me Up
Snoop Dogg and Jadakiss feat. Benny the Butcher - Murder Music
Foxes - Sky Love
Audrey Mika - Strangers
Saba feat. Daoud - Fearmonger
Spiritualized - Always Together With You
Rich Brian - New Tooth
Slipknot - The Chapeltown Rag
Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto
Slayyyter feat. Big Freedia - Stupid Boy
iann dior - Circles
U2 - Your Song Saved My Life
Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window
Omar Apollo feat. Kali Uchis - Bad Life
Latto - Soufside
Montell Fish - Fell in Love with You.
Thomas Rhett - Slow Down Summer
Dijon - The Dress
NLE Choppa with Polo G - Jumpin
alt-J - Get Better
Green Day - Holy Toledo
Madison Beer - Room for You
City Girls - Scared
Gabby Barrett - Pick Me Up
Blake Shelton - We Can Reach the Stars

Notable Albums Releases:
Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell
Snail Mail - Valentine
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Romance of Affliction
Hyd - Hyd (EP)
Lauren Jauregui - PRELUDE (EP)
Terrace Martin - DRONES
Aminé - TWOPOINTFIVE
Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin (EP)
ABBA - Voyage
Kito - Blossom
Tasha - Tell Me What You Miss The Most
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future
Roy Montgomery - Audiotherapy
Fat Nick - Gorgeous Glizzy Gordo
Summer Walker - Still Over It
Radiohead - KID A MNESIA (Re-Issue of Kid A)
James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense In The End
Diana Ross - Thank You
Bullet For My Valentine - Bullet For My Valentine
Lea Michele - Forever

[Groovy]

One Right Now is a pretty good song, definitely sounds like a smash.

[algo]

one right now is disappointing imo. its not bad but there's nothing exciting about it

[atg]

Nov 4, 2021 23:11:13 GMT -5 algo said:

one right now is disappointing imo. its not bad but there's nothing exciting about it

That’s literally what’s said with every new big release and then long term it becomes a better song. Just give it a couple listens and you’ll probably like it more.

[algo]

Nov 4, 2021 23:12:57 GMT -5 atg said:

Nov 4, 2021 23:11:13 GMT -5 algo said:

one right now is disappointing imo. its not bad but there's nothing exciting about it

That’s literally what’s said with every new big release and then long term it becomes a better song. Just give it a couple listens and you’ll probably like it more.

the issue is not that it needs to grow, its just another synth song from the weeknd but this time without any flavoring, and post doesn't add any sort of seasonings to it either

[dremolus - solarpunk]

tbh I was kind of expecting Post x Weeknd to not be good...and I was right, this is very very mediocre. Not a fan

[iggyamo]

Why does One Right Now sound like CVS music. Not what I was expecting from a collab between the two. I genuinely can’t picture this playing anywhere but a pharmacy for whatever reason.

[atg]

Nov 4, 2021 23:17:03 GMT -5 algo said:

Nov 4, 2021 23:12:57 GMT -5 atg said:

That’s literally what’s said with every new big release and then long term it becomes a better song. Just give it a couple listens and you’ll probably like it more.

the issue is not that it needs to grow, its just another synth song from the weeknd but this time without any flavoring, and post doesn't add any sort of seasonings to it either

This sounds nothing like what he’s being doing lately. Listen to this again and then listen to TMB/Moth and tell me if this new song sounds like another synth song.

[iggyamo]

Also that new Terrace Martin, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla Sign collab song came out and it’s pretty great.

[gikem]

Happy new Billboard year, everyone! And quite a busy way to start it off, too with all these big single releases.

[After Minutes]

Escape Plan sounds like an absolute smash

[algo]

Nov 4, 2021 23:25:54 GMT -5 atg said:

Nov 4, 2021 23:17:03 GMT -5 algo said:

the issue is not that it needs to grow, its just another synth song from the weeknd but this time without any flavoring, and post doesn't add any sort of seasonings to it either

This sounds nothing like what he’s being doing lately. Listen to this again and then listen to TMB/Moth and tell me if this new song sounds like another synth song.

just did exactly that and it sounds like another synth song babes idk what to tell ya

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Anyway stream New Shapes for clear skin

[fridayteenage]

could summer get #1?

her last album got 119k from streaming points.

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

"One Right Now" would be a definite grower for me just with the artists featured alone, the beat is synth-heavy

[dremolus - solarpunk]

The hidden J. Cole feature on MAFIA definitely makes me think this will be contender for #1.

[thegreatdivine]

Nov 4, 2021 23:59:46 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

The hidden J. Cole feature on MAFIA definitely makes me think this will be contender for #1.

Travis Scott 🤝 Not crediting other rappers when they appear on his songs.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Nov 5, 2021 0:01:45 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Nov 4, 2021 23:59:46 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

The hidden J. Cole feature on MAFIA definitely makes me think this will be contender for #1.

Travis Scott 🤝 Not crediting other rappers when they appear on his songs.

I kind of like it for new releases: make features a surprise but I think they should do what J. Cole did and after the first few hours, credit features.

[Amnesiac]

Nov 4, 2021 23:24:56 GMT -5 iggyamo said:

Why does One Right Now sound like CVS music. Not what I was expecting from a collab between the two. I genuinely can’t picture this playing anywhere but a pharmacy for whatever reason.

Probably for the long game. Once you get in pharmacy playlists, you're there for decades. Ask Matchbox Twenty. Having a big AC recurrent is very lucrative.

[shaz196]

Nov 4, 2021 23:43:27 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

could summer get #1?

her last album got 119k from streaming points.

Hope so, there's lots of hype around the album on social media hope it translates in streams

[dovahduck]

Abel, Post, Travis, Silk Sonic, and Summer all delivered imo. This is definitely a great Friday for music. My friends and I just checked out these songs together and so far "One Right Now" and "Escape Plan" seem to us like they're gonna be smashes. "Smokin Out the Window" and "Mafia" were a nice chill vibe. Summer tho on "Dat Right There" with Pharrell's production slayed.

[nathanalbright]

Time to review that new ABBA album .

[dremolus - solarpunk]

I would normally be bored and right MAFIA off as another boring trap song but for some reason it works. I can't really explain it well, there's just something about the beat that's really nice and I surprisingly found myself replaying it a bit

[dovahduck]

Am I only one that feels genuinely happy when listening to "One Right Now"? I don't why but my roommate and I just feel so uplifted everytime we've played this tn. The last two songs to do this to me were "Sit Next to Me" and "Heat Waves".

[nathanalbright]

I am listening to "One Right Now," and I enjoy it. That bassline sounds really familiar but I can't place it yet.

[kalmanta]

I just wanted One Right Now to end. Abel‘s features don’t do anything for me lately.

[Enigma.]

ORN is ok, but it's also a mess in the sense that it's unclear whether it's a Post Malone single or The Weeknd single, and whose upcoming album it supports. Both?

[mylo]

So I looked at a few sub-reddits for opinions about it and damn this is really love it or hate it. r/popheads seem to like it a lot and most people on r/postmalone are enjoying it (a few say that it sounds like an AH throwaway.) However everyone practically on r/TheWeeknd is s**tting all over it."too basic" and "generic radio music" From just these 3 crowds if people I get the feeling it'll be well-received. That's it. Just well-received. As for I myself, I believe it to be very much Stay mk 2 for better or for worse. It does sound a bit generic icl but once you let go of feeling that it has to be serious it becomes alright to me


And it's impacting radio on Tuesday the 9th so there's that I guess.

[kcdawg13]

Like I said in the ORN thread, this is by far the poppiest single Posty has ever released. It's nothing really new from The Weeknd.

The track doesn't quite reach the highs of Post and Abel's pop hits (Circles and Blinding Lights), but it's a fine song. I think it'll be a huge grower.

[After Minutes]

Perhaps Mafia debuts at #1, EOM returns to the top the next week, Escape Plan reaches the top after a video drops and urban radio picks up, AIWFCIY reaches the top and ORN gets to #1 with a strong radio push and streaming stability after the Christmas flood ends?