Billboard Hot 100: 12/25/2021

[iHype.]

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby” descends 8-10, after a week at No. 1, as it posts a 17th week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

This really highlights how stale the chart was at the top during Q3/Q4...

No rappers had a bigger song for 4 months?

Stay/Easy On Me/Industry Baby is reminiscent of the One Sweet Day/Exhale/Hey Lover situation lol. They're all doing consistent good numbers, but not posting record huge type numbers to be hogging up top 3 so long (like Uptown Funk/Thinking Out Loud/Blank Space or No One/Low/Apologize for example). It's just moreso a dry spell for new big hits allowing them to coast.

[phieaglesfan712]

Dec 20, 2021 15:07:56 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby” descends 8-10, after a week at No. 1, as it posts a 17th week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

This really highlights how stale the chart was at the top during Q3/Q4...

No rappers had a bigger song for 4 months?

Stay/Easy On Me/Industry Baby is reminiscent of the One Sweet Day/Exhale/Hey Lover situation lol.

Although Heat Waves (a song that was released in June 2020) finally passed IB on the Hot 100 this week.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

[NeRD]

Congrats MC!

[renfield75]

One of Mariah's many chart feats is that she spent at least one week at number one in every calendar year of the 1990s (since "Hero" stayed on top the first 3 weeks of 1994). She remains the only artist to ever top the chart in each year of a decade.

If AIWFCIY maintains its ability to top the Hot 100 every year for the rest of the 20s it would be an incredible feat to once again spend time at number one in every year of a decade, especially considering there were two other decades in between those runs!

[tommy1860]

Dec 20, 2021 15:41:43 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

One of Mariah's many chart feats is that she spent at least one week at number one in every calendar year of the 1990s (since "Hero" stayed on top the first 3 weeks of 1994). She remains the only artist to ever top the chart in each year of a decade.

If AIWFCIY maintains its ability to top the Hot 100 every year for the rest of the 20s it would be an incredible feat to once again spend time at number one in every year of a decade, especially considering there were two other decades in between those runs!

Mariah has to be the artist with the most years with a number one song in it. She’s got all 10 years in the 90s, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2019, 2020, and 2021. That’s 17 years(likely 18 next week). I wonder if anyone else is even close to that.

[iHype.]

Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100
41, Beyoncé

Okay, I'm so confused because Billboard has been retroactively removing crediting for her?

Crazy In Love - 8 weeks #1
Baby Boy - 9 weeks #1
Check On It - 5 weeks #1
Irreplaceable - 10 weeks #1
Single Ladies - 4 weeks #1
Perfect - 5 weeks #1
Savage - 1 week #1

= 42 weeks #1

The issue is likely with Perfect or Savage since she got credited mid-run for the songs.


They verbatim said Perfect had 5 weeks #1 credited to her (although we know that was a mess but alas...) and Savage had its single week #1 credited to her.

“Perfect” has reverted to being billed as by Sheeran solo on almost all charts after five weeks in which Beyoncé received co-lead credit following the release of its duet version. After its first week of release, that version was the most dominant in sales and streams, while also receiving significant airplay, as it was being promoted to radio.

Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, bounds from No. 5 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The track, which previously reached a No. 2 high after the arrival of its Beyoncé remix, becomes Megan Thee Stallion’s first Hot 100 leader and Beyoncé’s seventh.

www.billboard.com/pro/ed-sheeran-beyonce-perfect-number-one-fifth-week-hot-100/
www.billboard.com/pro/megan-thee-stallion-beyonce-savage-number-one-hot-100/

I'm guessing the issue is with Savage since it's only 1 week #1 removed. It also shows on their chart pages as simply being a Megan Thee Stallion song with no Beyonce credit.

This also effected her on the All-Time Hot 100 Artists chart they updated last month. She should've moved up to #40, but is #44.

[#LisaRinna]

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

great, now it's time for Brenda

[Future Captain]

Heat Waves #3 without Christmas. Depending on how quickly Stay falls, it should hit #2 sometimes in January though I don't think it'll be able to dethrone Easy On Me. Would be cool if it did tho. Imagine it hitting #1 in its like 50th week.

[colson]

Well Brenda needs to get off her couch and start promoting it to give it an extra push. Otherwise, it's business as usual atop the charts.

[JukeboxJacob]

I hope we get to witness Brenda getting #1 next week

[renfield75]

Dec 20, 2021 15:51:13 GMT -5 tommy1860 said:

Dec 20, 2021 15:41:43 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

One of Mariah's many chart feats is that she spent at least one week at number one in every calendar year of the 1990s (since "Hero" stayed on top the first 3 weeks of 1994). She remains the only artist to ever top the chart in each year of a decade.

If AIWFCIY maintains its ability to top the Hot 100 every year for the rest of the 20s it would be an incredible feat to once again spend time at number one in every year of a decade, especially considering there were two other decades in between those runs!

Mariah has to be the artist with the most years with a number one song in it. She’s got all 10 years in the 90s, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2019, 2020, and 2021. That’s 17 years(likely 18 next week). I wonder if anyone else is even close to that.

No one else could be close to it, given that the Beatles had 20 number ones (all in a 7 year period) and the next closest competitor to Mariah is Rihanna with 14 number ones (and those only cover 9 separate calendar years).
Among artists with lots of number ones:
17 separate years
Mariah Carey

10 separate years
Michael Jackson (11 if you include the Jackson 5)
Madonna
Paul McCartney (17 if you include the Beatles)

9 separate years
Whitney Houston
Rihanna

8 separate years
Janet Jackson

7 separate years
Stevie Wonder
The Rolling Stones
Elton John
Bruno Mars

6 separate years
The Supremes
The Bee Gees
Usher
Taylor Swift

Drake, The Weekend, and Justin Bieber have 5. Elvis has 5, but 8 if you include pre-Hot 100 hits from 1956, 1957, and 1958. George Michael has 6 if you include Wham!

[chanman]

Dec 20, 2021 15:12:53 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Dec 20, 2021 15:07:56 GMT -5 iHype. said:

This really highlights how stale the chart was at the top during Q3/Q4...

No rappers had a bigger song for 4 months?

Stay/Easy On Me/Industry Baby is reminiscent of the One Sweet Day/Exhale/Hey Lover situation lol.

Although Heat Waves (a song that was released in June 2020) finally passed IB on the Hot 100 this week.

What's more interesting ..Didnt expect Heat Waves to move up by 1 position with all these Christmas songs in the mix!

[gikem]

Billboard is once again taking their sweet time to reveal this week’s debuts. Maybe they’re making sure they don’t miss anything like how they missed Merry Christmas last week.

[jenglisbe]

Further, “Christmas” is Carey’s record fifth Hot 100 No. 1 to rule for six weeks or more. She one-ups Boyz II Men, Drake and Usher, each with four such leaders.

This record, though. Some of the others mentioned are kind of random/silly (like the Dec 25 chart date thing), but this record shows she has hits. Of Mariah's 19 #1s, 17 of them had multiple weeks at #1.

[flextamcsignals]

I've seen rumors or fears that Billboard might paywall the Hot 100 like they have the other charts, could that be why they haven't tweeted out debuts like they normally do on Mondays, because that information will no longer be available to the public? I sure hope not.

[gikem]

Dec 20, 2021 20:49:34 GMT -5 flextamcsignals said:

I've seen rumors or fears that Billboard might paywall the Hot 100 like they have the other charts, could that be why they haven't tweeted out debuts like they normally do on Mondays, because that information will no longer be available to the public? I sure hope not.

I'd say this would be a huge detriment to them, losing all the stans and normal chart-watchers who frequently visit their website for free and probably make up a good chunk of their overall website visitorship, but considering this is the same company that paywalled their entire albums chart that has technically existed for longer than the Hot 100, they probably don't give a s**t either way.

To be fair, it's not like we're missing much if they paywall their terrible website when YouTube chart videos made by Billboard subscribers can recap what we couldn't see.

[chartfreak]

Surprised how close they are in streaming. Mariah 37.6 million and Brenda with 35.8 million.

Brenda doesn't need to get off her couch, radio, especially Pop needs to give the song more love.

[jenglisbe]

Dec 20, 2021 21:20:03 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Surprised how close they are in streaming. Mariah 37.6 million and Brenda with 35.8 million.

I'm not surprised, but it does tell me HITS isn't exactly accurate. "AIWFCIY" was ahead 28.5 to 27.4 in audio streams there, but "AIWFCIY" has a huge advantage in video streams so it should have increased its lead to several million once those were added in. Maybe I'm not aware of what HITS counts.

[dodgerslakers94]

It’d be nice to see a rotation of Christmas songs at #1 every December. It looks like All I Want for Christmas Is You will be on top for the next 5 years max. Hopefully we can see Underneath the Tree and Santa Tell Me at #1 some point.

[fridayteenage]

This week's top-selling songs:
1. @juiceworlddd & #SUGA: Girl Of My Dreams
2. @whoisgayle: abcdefu
3. @eltonofficial & @dualipa
: Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
4. @walkerhayes: Fancy Like
5. @edsheeran: Shivers

Hmm, I thought the credit was Juice, Suga, & BTS. Wonder where it charted.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^That's a deceptive credit. In an article Billboard Hot Trending Songs Chart mentioned "Juice WRLD‘s posthumous “Girl of My Dreams,” featuring BTS member Suga, ranked at No. 18 on the 24-hour list."

[phieaglesfan712]

The Juice Wrld songs on the Hot 100:

[flextamcsignals]

And where do they get their info if Billboard hasn't said anything?

[gikem]

Dec 20, 2021 23:20:53 GMT -5 flextamcsignals said:

And where do they get their info if Billboard hasn't said anything?

Artist History pages on Billboard’s website.

[flextamcsignals]

Dec 20, 2021 23:23:01 GMT -5 gikem said:

Dec 20, 2021 23:20:53 GMT -5 flextamcsignals said:

And where do they get their info if Billboard hasn't said anything?

Artist History pages on Billboard’s website.

Ah, I see.

[kcdawg13]

"Save Your Tears" has gone recurrent, the track spent a year on the chart and went #1 for two weeks back in May, becoming the third #1 hit from The Weeknd's 2020 album "After Hours" and his sixth #1 overall. A late remix from Ariana Grande sent the song over the top, also giving her a sixth #1 hit and she remained credited for the songs remaining run.

"Save Your Tears" is also notable for outlasting The Weeknd's follow-up single "Take My Breath." The end of SYT officially marks the end of the "After Hours" era following "Blinding Lights" exit a few months ago. I believe both songs currently sit as his most popular hits of all-time.

[gikem]

The only new entries not to come from Juice WRLD this week are Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt at #50 and Man in the Mirror by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie at #82.

Wonderful Christmastime, You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch, and Mistletoe comprise our Christmas returns at #41, #44, and #49 respectively, while Already Dead by Juice WRLD and To Be Loved By You by Parker McCollum also return at #54 and #85 respectively.

Save Your Tears, Beggin’, If I Didn’t Love You, Pepas, and Fair Trade are among our most notable dropouts, while You Should Probably Leave and Sand In My Boots both survive recurrency for another week.

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Holiday Songs Breakdown - 12/25/21

2 1 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (+1)
3 2 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (+1)
6 4 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (+2)
5 5 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas (=)
10 7 Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (+3)
13 9 Wham! - Last Christmas (+4)
14 11 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad (+3)
17 13 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (+4)
20 15 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (+5)
18 17 Dean Martin - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (+1)
24 18 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (+6)
21 19 Perry Como And The Fontane Sisters With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (+2)
27 21 Gene Autry - Rudolph The Rednose Reindeer (+6)
26 22 Andy Williams - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (+4)
30 24 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me (+6)
25 25 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (=)
28 27 Bing Crosby - White Christmas (+1)
37 28 Perry Como - (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (+9)
34 32 Chuck Berry - Run Run Rudolph (+2)
32 36 Michael Buble - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (-4)
RE 41 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
RE 44 Thurl Ravenscroft - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
RE 49 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
NEW 50 Eartha Kitt With Henri Rene And His Orchestra - Santa Baby
72 66 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (+6)
79 79 Dan & Shay - Pick Out A Christmas Tree (=)
74 81 Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version) (-7)
97 83 Camila Cabello - I’ll Be Home For Christmas (+14)

Total Songs: 28
+ 3 re-entries
+ 1 new entries

# of songs in:
Top 10: 6/10
Top 20: 12/20
Top 40: 20/40



Songs that went recurrent:
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande- Save Your Tears (Remix) (from #41, 52 weeks)
Maneskin- Beggin (from #43)
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood - If I Didn’t Love You (from #52)
Farruko - Pepas (from #60)