Billboard Hot 100: 01/15/2022

[JukeboxJacob]

Dec 31, 2021 22:15:39 GMT -5 forg said:

It's amazing to me how we can be nostalgic for that era, it doesn't feel that long go

2011 feels like a lifetime ago to me

[dremolus - solarpunk]

SM put on one hell of a show

[thegreatdivine]

I could have told you Abel wouldn't do a drawn out rollout for his next album without him making that IG post lol. Even After Hours didn't have like some huge, elaborate rollout before it dropped. He released Heartless on November 27 and then Blinding Lights on November 29 (a move that many people didn't understand at the time). The music video for Blinding Lights dropped almost 2 months later. On February 19, he announced his forthcoming album title as After Hours, released a promo single with the same name and said the album would be dropping on March 20. On March 7, he performed on SNL and about 2 weeks later, the album dropped.

He knows he's oversaturated himself with the bulk of features he's appeared on over the last few months, COVID cases are doing record numbers around the world and properly promoting/rolling out the album would be impossible anyways (this is someone who still hasn't announced new tour dates for his cancelled tour probably because he hasn't been able to book any new dates).

Most albums that dropped in 2021 didn't exactly have elaborate rollouts. You drop maybe a single, announce your album and it's release date and drop it on said date and whoever will show up to support the album will.

I'm looking forward to Abel's album and how he performs in a post-bundle marketplace.

[awkwardowl]

Hello pulse & happy new year everyone.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Heat Waves is number one on US Spotify...

this year is gonna suck

[Enigma.]

A bit too early to say

[spiritboy]

Happy New Year everyone. A big thanks to dremolus and everybody who provide us with chart info, stats, etc.

[phieaglesfan712]

Blinding Lights in the Top 20 of Apple Music in a 4th different calendar year (2019, 2020, 2021, and now 2022):

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 12/31/21

1(+1) Heat Waves by Glass Animals 959,539 (+111,389)
2(-1) Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY 945,159 (+61,210)
3(+1) The Kid LAROI - STAY 924,812 (+90,126)
4(-1) Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno 879,070 (+34,285)
5(+1) GAYLE - abcdefu 817,972 (+56,050)
6(-1) Kodak Black - Super Gremlin 804,370 (+34,571)
7(=) Adele - Easy On Me 742,095 (+12,122)
8(+2) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 703,500 (+81,905)
9(-1) Lil Durk - Broadway Girls 690,359 (+31,602)
10(+5) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More 687,812 (+113,939)

Others:
11(=) Doja Cat - Need to Know 653,780 (+44,064)
12(-3) Imagine Dragons - Enemy 636,083 (+11,352)
13(+4) Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 635,948 (+103,300)
14(-2) Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure 605,634 (+11,831)
15(-1) SZA - I Hate U 597,291 (+11,689)
16(-3) Drake - Knife Talk 594,981 (+4,442)
17(+1) Doja Cat - Woman 569,268 (+58,097)
18(-2) Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) 530,423 (-12,889)
19(+1) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window 528,901 (+34,298)
20(-1) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 522,707 (+25,894)
21(+2) NEIKED - Better Days 511,970 (+49,068)
22(-1) Baby Keem - family ties 490,960 (+14,065)
23(-1) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 470,710 (+1,425)
24(+3) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 469,628 (+47,730)
25(+1) THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot 466,996 (+22,406)
26(-1) The Walters - I Love You So 462,431 (+4,249)
27(+9) Dua Lipa - Levitating 459,799 (+69,664)
31(+12) Farruko - Pepas 444,344 (+88,031)
32(+20) ACRAZE, Cherish - Do It To It 433,358 (+95,192)
33(+1) Post Malone - One Right Now 423,632 (+26,179)
34(debut) ERNEST - Flower Shops 420,148
36(-7) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 416,938 (+3,995)
37(-5) Playboi Carti - Sky 412,183 (+9,180)
41(+12) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 381,972 (+50,335)
43(-5) Nardo Wick - Who Want Smoke?? 374,497 (+5,581)
46(-2) Justin Bieber - Ghost 369,944 (+17,606)
47(-5) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 369,713 (+11,693)
49(-4) Rod Wave - By You Side 355,885 (+3,964)
51(+24) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Remix 348,923 (+75,267)
52(-4) Adele - Oh My God 347,444 (-374)
53(+19) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open 343,437 (+50,222)
54(+11) CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) 338,095 (+35,395)
55(+26) The Killers - Mr. Brightside 337,456 (+57,998)
56(-7) Juice WRLD - Already Dead 336,629 (-9,719)
57(-7) Juice WRLD - Burn 334,987 (-8,814)
61(-10) Juice WRLD - Wandered To LA 323,935 (-14,441)
62(-3) Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz - What Else Can I Do? 323,205 (+13,247)
63(-1) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal 322,148 (+17,395)
64(-4) Drake - Fair Trade 321,748 (+12,394)
65(-8) Surf Curse - Freaks 319,065 (-486)
69(+2) Emmy Meli - I AM WOMAN 309,015 (+14,064)
72(-6) Jaymes Young - Infinity 306,088 (+7,642)
77(-16) Vundabar - Alien Blues 288,769 (-17,674)
78(-5) Beach House - Space Song 288,058 (-3,604)
81(-7) Jordan Davis, Luke Bryan - Buy Dirt 286,838 (-4,512)
90(-7) BoyWithUke - Toxic 275,795 (-243)
92(+2) Sebastian Yatra - Dos Oruguitas 273,682 (+11,656)
97(-9) A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Man in the Mirror 268,022 (-2,834)
100(-5) Oliver Tree - Life Goes On 266,036 (+4,426)

102(+6) Amaarae - SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY Remix 264,346 (+13,927)
108(-5) Kodak Black - Love & War 258,784 (+3,220)
112(+6) Stephanie Beatriz - Waiting on a Miracle 252,974 (+9,958)
114(+1) Summer Walker - No Love 249,496 (+6,128)
118(-13) Rainbow Kitten Surprise - It's Called: Freefall 247,107 (-8,075)
121(+1) The Rare Occasions - Notion 243,540 (+1,925)
123(+3) Morgan Wallen - Sand in My 242,723 (+5,756)
125(debut) Alesso - When I’m Gone 241,518
129(+25) Latto - Big Energy 238,778 (+22,271)
130(-5) Joy Again - Looking Out For You 237,056 (-1,543)
142(-15) SALES - Pope Is a Rockstar 226,520 (-9,321)
147(+38) Megan Thee Stallion - Megan's Piano 224,590 (+20,895)
149(+35) Tiësto, Ava Max - The Motto 223,199 (+18,709)
154(re-entry) Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. 219,271
171(-9) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 213,684 (+730)
177(+17) Roddy Ricch - thailand 211,424 (+10,731)
181(re-entry) Roddy Ricch - 25 million 210,365
186(-11) Giveon - For Tonight 207,895 (-1,334)
200(re-entry) Fireboy DML, Ed Sheeran - Peru 201,539

Biggest Gains (50K+): Mr. Brightside, Leave the Door Open, Save Your Tears, Do It To It, Pepas, Levitating, Woman, Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), Kiss Me More, good 4 u, abcdefu, STAY, INDUSTRY BABY, Heat Waves

[Groovy]

Why did all these country songs get a huge gain in radio today?

[jenglisbe]

Jan 1, 2022 11:22:34 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Why did all these country songs get a huge gain in radio today?

Holiday music dropping off?

[Envoirment]

Jan 1, 2022 11:22:34 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Why did all these country songs get a huge gain in radio today?

Christmas eve/Christmas day a lot of stations play a lot of Christmas songs. So today/tomorrow will see songs get big gains on country radio as they are put back into normal rotations.

[thegreatdivine]

Christmas songs/albums falling back out of the charts at the start of a new year always feels like a breath of fresh air.

[thegreatdivine]

Jan 1, 2022 6:06:33 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Heat Waves is number one on US Spotify...

this year is gonna suck

When Heat Waves spends 12 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 >>>

[phieaglesfan712]

Jan 1, 2022 11:43:03 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Jan 1, 2022 6:06:33 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Heat Waves is number one on US Spotify...

this year is gonna suck

When Heat Waves spends 12 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 >>>

If that happens, then you know 2022 is a boring year with no notable releases. I love Heat Waves, but it was released in June 2020 and has been on the charts for a year now. By the end of that run, HW will be #1 with below 200 points.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 1, 2022 11:43:03 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Jan 1, 2022 6:06:33 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Heat Waves is number one on US Spotify...

this year is gonna suck

When Heat Waves spends 12 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 >>>

please god no

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Seems the holiday freeze is over for Country stations.

Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2022 » / « 01 » / « 01 »

1(=) Adele - Easy On Me 114.16(+2.52)
2(=) The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY 94.96(+0.69)
3(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 77.83(+0.33)
4(=) Doja Cat - Need To Know 73.18(-0.54)
5(=) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 72.00(+0.74) -
6(=) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 64.53(+2.07)
7(+1) Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 61.73(+1.51)
8(-1) Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY 61.11(-0.34)
9(=) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window 60.10(+0.40)
10(=) Lil Nas X - Thats What I Want 52.91(+0.27)

14(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 45.99(+2.80)

15(+2) Dustin Lynch - Thinking 'Bout You (feat. MacKenzie Porter) 41.46(+2.24)

18(+4) Michael Ray - Whiskey And Rain 38.59(+2.66)

20(+4) Chris Stapleton - You Should Probably Leave 37.13(+2.60)

26(+1) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 34.87(+2.54)

28(+1) Jordan Davis - Buy Dirt (feat. Luke Bryan) 33.77(+2.24)

37(+1) Zac Brown Band - Same Boat 29.19(+2.12)

38(+1) Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley - Freedom Was A Highway 28.92(+1.91)

40(+2) Morgan Wallen - Sand In My Boots 27.31(+1.75)

43(+1) Kane Brown - One Mississippi 25.70(+1.64)

45(+1) Walker Hayes - Fancy Like 24.71(+1.66)

56(+1) Parker Mccollum - To Be Loved By You 21.26(+1.60)

[thegreatdivine]

dremolus - solarpunk I find it funny that you don't like Heat Waves. I'm not some huge fan of the song but I get it's appeal. I'm moreso indifferent to how it performs.

[thegreatdivine]

phieaglesfan712 I'd like to see a brand new song be the #1 song on the Hot 100 but we all know how the charts work. Sometimes, an older song suddenly builds up enough momentum to top the Hot 100. We've seen this many times over the last couple of years so I'm never surprised when it happens.

[atg]

Jan 1, 2022 11:41:40 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Christmas songs/albums falling back out of the charts at the start of a new year always feels like a breath of fresh air.

Not putting Wants and Needs on CLB was the biggest mistake of his career. This song is way bigger than most people think it is, it even was the most streamed song of 2021 on AM in the US.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 1, 2022 11:55:26 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

dremolus - solarpunk I find it funny that you don't like Heat Waves. I'm not some huge fan of the song but I get it's appeal. I'm moreso indifferent to how it performs.

It's just so Imagine Dragonsy with the monogenre. It's not the worst of mainstream alt (there's way too shit in there) but this is still far from good. It's just not a kind of music I want to here, let alone if I had to listen to the radio.

[thegreatdivine]

atg I wouldn't go as far as calling it the biggest mistake of his career (Drake has made many bigger miscalculations/mistakes — since the start of his career, he's given away some of his biggest hits to other artists), but it showed me his mindset going into the release of CLB. Laugh Now Cry Later/What's Next/Wants and Needs/Lemon Pepper Freestyle could have all been easily tacked on to CLB. I remember saying none of them would make it on to CLB and people on here questioning why he would do that as it made no sense.

I may be reaching, but the general vibe I've gotten from him with this era is CLB is like an overcooked meal. He started working on it in 2019, was ready to drop it in 2020 but delayed it when the pandemic hit and released Dark Lane Demo Tapes as a placeholder and CLB ended up dropping in late 2021. 2+ years is the longest time he's ever spent working on an album/mixtape. I feel like he got tired of working on it and just wanted it out so he could be done with it. Knowing him, he's probably started work on another project already.

I'm glad he's even pushed some songs off it on radio because he's done the least in terms of promoting the album and it feels like he couldn't care less about the era.

dremolus - solarpunk I agree with you. It's definitely more generic than standout but then again, isn't that what most of the songs on the charts these days are? We've just gotta take the good with the not-so-good when it comes to songs that perform well on the charts.

[dovahduck]

Honestly I'm all for "Heat Waves" going #1. At first I didn't really pay much attention to it but when it clicked, I mean it CLICKED. Its personally my favorite hit single of 2021 and seeing it make a resurgence was a delight to see.

[musicbuff26]

Yesss @ that Cold Heart update! I feel like it’s a perfect song for a new year. Hope it’s top 10 this coming week!

[NeRD]

17(+1) Doja Cat - Woman 569,268 (+58,097)

Second biggest gain in the Top 20 excluding the recurrent songs getting a New Year/countdown boost. It's really impressive how stable this has been in gaining even though it went viral months ago.

[JukeboxJacob]

Heat Waves just keeps going

[JukeboxJacob]

Jan 1, 2022 15:27:01 GMT -5 NeRD said:

17(+1) Doja Cat - Woman 569,268 (+58,097)

Second biggest gain in the Top 20 excluding the recurrent songs getting a New Year/countdown boost. It's really impressive how stable this has been in gaining even though it went viral months ago.

A lot of the GP still has yet to hear it, I think it's actually getting a second wind. May even end up going top 10 IMO

[mms82]

Jan 1, 2022 12:56:57 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

(Drake has made many bigger miscalculations/mistakes — since the start of his career, he's given away some of his biggest hits to other artists),         


What are these?

[kindofbiased]

Calling it now: Woman is gonna end up being Doja's longest charting single. Maybe not her biggest hit ever, but it's already over 20 weeks in and it feels like it's just about to get started

[NeRD]

A Levitating tea...

Also, I think for the most part Drake's eras have been handled pretty well. One exception I can point out right away would be their failure to give Too Good a video. That should have been an easy Top 10 hit.