Billboard Hot 100: 03/12/2022

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

The thing that puzzles me is that week after week people here comment/complain that there are no big releases, therefore no shakeup in the charts, it’s likely they’re refusing to acknowledge that newer names or rising stars could be doing just that. Coupled with the suggestion that music fans in general just aren’t embracing new music as much leads me to believe it’s all going to get worse. It’s like while we wait week after week for the biggest of the big to drop new music, we’re ignoring everything else and there is arguably a lot of good music out right now - just not a lot of it by big names.

[Groovy]

With how huge Euphoria is, I'm a little shocked Labrinth hasn't had at least one moderate hit in the US yet.

[Enigma.]

The soundtrack is doing well as a whole though. To reach top 50 on album chart without ANY support from mainstream platform is pretty good. All it has is the series.

Btw it was great to see Drink Before the War TRIPLE its overall streams in a week thanks to Euphoria. WHAT A SCENE!

[thegreatdivine]

Anyone know why the Billboard 200 top 10 wasn't revealed yesterday?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^No. But it does happen from time to time. I would assume it should be revealed later today.

[phieaglesfan712]

3 (+1) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 82.68 (-0.13)
4 (-1) Adele - Easy On Me 82.06 (-2.55)

This, for sure, will add more fuel to fire about Stay being a radio driven hit, and I hate that because Stay was really big in streaming early in its run. If you want to know how big Stay was in its streaming prime, take a look at WDTAB's numbers the last week and double that.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2022 » / « 02 » / « 28 »

1(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 91.63(-0.19)
2(=) Justin Bieber - Ghost 84.97(-0.36)
3(+1) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 82.68(-0.13)
4(-1) Adele - Easy On Me 82.06(-2.55) -
5(=) GAYLE - abcdefu (feat. Royal & the Serpent) 80.74(+0.61)
6(=) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 74.59(+0.20)
7(=) Doja Cat - Need To Know 63.58(-0.40)
8(=) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 61.99(-0.35)
9(=) Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now 57.22(+0.21)
10(=) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 56.02(+0.07)

11(=) Latto - Big Energy 52.78(+0.85) +

15(=) Kelsea Ballerini - Half Of My Hometown f/KChesney 44.74(+0.79)

25(+1) The Weeknd - Sacrifice 36.07(+0.71) +

28(+4) Imagine Dragons - Enemy From League Of Legends 34.59(+1.35)

64(+6) Saweetie - Closer f/H.E.R. 20.46(+1.21)

-(-) Queen Naija & Big Sean - Hate Our Love 5.24(+1.09) +

-(-) B-lovee - My Everything 5.00(+1.41) +

-(-) Myke Towers - Experimento 4.35(+1.50) +

-(-) Ozuna - Deprimida 2.90(+1.42) +

[Gary]

Feb 28, 2022 10:37:48 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

3 (+1) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 82.68 (-0.13)
4 (-1) Adele - Easy On Me 82.06 (-2.55)

This, for sure, will add more fuel to fire about Stay being a radio driven hit, and I hate that because Stay was really big in streaming early in its run. If you want to know how big Stay was in its streaming prime, take a look at WDTAB's numbers the last week and double that.

Whether it is radio driven or not - it is still a hit - seems like there isn't that many people pouring fuel onto this fire

Stay's reported numbers while at #1 and Bruno's reported numbers while at #1 are nearly identical

[Groovy]

On a serious note, can this finally be the year where Kelsea Ballerini gets a YE hit? I feel we were robbed of Peter Pan, Homecoming Queen and Hole in a Bottle from being hits.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 02/27/22

1(=) Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno 949,598 (-104,095)
2(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 880,261 (-82,016)
3(=) Kodak Black - Super Gremlin 771,218 (-112,359)
4(=) Gunna, Future - pushin P 682,276 (-85,275)
5(=) The Kid LAROI - STAY 662,780 (-71,979),
6(=) Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY 652,063 (-71,526)
7(+1) Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure 605,039 (-67,865)
8(-1) Jack Harlow - Nail Tech 599,114 (-109,248)
9(=) Imagine Dragons - Enemy 588,003 (-38,018)
10(+3) The Walters - I Love You So 529,294 (-18,386)

Others:
11(-1) GAYLE - abcdefu 527,805 (-59,460)
12(+3) Doja Cat - Need to Know 496,842 (-46,906)
13(-1) Drake - Knife Talk 493,774 (-57,522)
14(-3) Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 493,747 (-69,190)
15(-1) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 491,418 (-53,290)
16(+3) Doja Cat - Woman 482,916 (-45,441)
17(+1) Justin Bieber - Ghost 476,816 (-58,075)
18(+3) Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 472,714 (-32,760)
20(-3) Becky G, KAROL G - MAMIII 468,120 (-72,010)
21(+4) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 467,257 (-32,760)
22(=) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal 457,516 (-45,970)
23(+1) Frank Ocean - Lost 445,254 (-28,788)
24(+3) Adele - Easy On Me 413,822 (-40,711)
25(+1) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 411,627 (-57,266)
29(+8) Arctic Monkeys - 505 401,168 (+143)
30(+1) Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be 393,033 (-30,027)
32(-9) Lil Durk - AHHH HA 391,036 (-88,042)
33(-17) Tyga, Doja Cat - Freaky Deaky 384,696 (-156,281)
35(=) SZA - I Hate U 375,586 (-29,336)
36(-3) Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz - What Else Can I Do? 374,843 (-42,778)
37(-1) Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug 374,266 (-29,443)
38(+1) Yeat - Monëy so big 372,546 (-18,208)
39(+6) The Rare Occasions - Notion 365,930 (-12,727)
40(=) Juice WRLD - Cigarettes 362,353 (-27,717)
42(-1) Post Malone - One Right Now 350,899 (-37,015)
44(-6) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. 343,824 (-51,243)
47(-3) Lil Durk - Broadway Girls 333,775 (-46,308)
48(-5) Latto - Big Energy 327,201 (-54,284)
49(+2) Labrinth - Mount Everest 325,573 (-21,659)
51(-3) Dua Lipa - Levitating 323,482 (-42,055)
53(+14) Vundabar - Alien Blues 319,275 (-5,771)
55(-6) Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys - City of Gods 315,811 (-43,963)
56(+15) The Neighbourhood - Softcore 315,744 (-4,102)
58(-6) Charlie Puth - Light Switch 313,593 (-32,407)
59(+10) Tyler the Creator - NEW MAGIC WAND 311,939 (-11,055)
62(-2) THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot 310,595 (-22,403)
65(+13) Surf Curse - Freaks 306,095 (-5,112)
66(-7) Playboi Carti - Sky 305,993 (-28,018)
68(-10) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 300,748 (-36,353)
69(+10) Labrinth, Zendaya - All For Us 299,681 (-10,649)
71(+18) Beach House - Space Song 296,973 (+872)
72(-7) Jaymes Young - Infinity 296,473 (-30,104)
73(-7) Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) 295,536 (-30,943)
74(-10) Stephanie Beatriz - Waiting on a Miracle 295,434 (-31,580)
77(-2) Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed 291,260 (-24,620)
80(-7) Gunna - P power 287,843 (-30,500)
82(+5) Ruth B. - Dandelions 286,553 (-13,210)
85(-2) Muni Long - Hrs and Hrs 282,448 (-24,676)
86(-16) Eminem - Lose Yourself 280,528 (-41,879)
89(-5) Sebastian Yatra - Dos Oruguitas 273,992 (-29,551)
90(-9) Nardo Wick - Me or Sum 273,322 (-35,040)
99(-4) lil Shordie Scott - Rocking A Cardigan in Atlanta 262,343 (-24,979)

103(+1) Gunna - Banking On Me 256,857 (-25,977)
105(+10) BoyWithUke - Toxic 255,324 (-16,916)
108(-6) King Von, 21 Savage - Don't Play That 252,945 (-30,926)
110(-11) Nicki Minaj, Lil Baby - Do We Have A Problem? 252,294 (-31,586)
113(+5) Elley Duhé - Middle of the Night 249,094 (-18,427)
119(-19) Kodak Black - Love & War 245,349 (-39,728)
124(-47) Zach Bryan - From Austin 241,224 (-72,638)
127(-10) Rauw Alejandro, Chencho Corleone - Desesperados 238,261 (-29,438)
128(+11) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 237,373 (-10,825)
132(+8) Tame Impala - Eventually 236,282 (-10,038)
145(-7) Morgan Wallen - Sand in My Boots 224,863 (-23,372)
146(-2) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Remix 224,284 (-20,557)
147(-17) Gucci Mane - Rumors 223,933 (-33,282)
152(+36) Vacations - Young 221,957 (-717)
153(+18) Labrinth - Formula 221,899 (-8,630)
154(+2) Rod Wave - By Your Side 221,867 (-17,175)
157(+4) The Weeknd - Sacrifice 219,798 (-17,774)
162(-3) Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't 218,887 (-19,171)
165(-13) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, John Leguizamo, Adassa, Maluma, Encanto Cast - All of You 216,102 (-23,617)
172(+28) Joy Again - Looking Out for You 214,908 (-1,340)
178(-28) Tiësto, Ava Max - The Motto 212,865 (-28,194)
181(-21) Russ - HANDSOMER 211,533 (-26,112)
185(-36) ACRAZE, Cherish - Do It To It 210,149 (-31,002)
183(DEBUT) JVKE - this is what falling in love feels like 210,748
199(-45) YG - Scared Money 204,515 (-34,721)

Total Streams for Save Your Tears: 461,657

[jenglisbe]

Feb 28, 2022 10:37:48 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

3 (+1) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 82.68 (-0.13)
4 (-1) Adele - Easy On Me 82.06 (-2.55)

This, for sure, will add more fuel to fire about Stay being a radio driven hit, and I hate that because Stay was really big in streaming early in its run. If you want to know how big Stay was in its streaming prime, take a look at WDTAB's numbers the last week and double that.

Multiple things can be true at the same time. It is fact that, at this point, "Stay" is radio-driven. It isn't even top 10 in streaming, but it's top 5 on the Hot 100. That's due to radio. That doesn't mean its streaming wasn't big at its peak. It also doesn't mean it still isn't hold up well in streaming; it is holding up well for a song that has been out for like 8 months. But if you removed radio from the equation, it wouldn't be top 10. That's just a fact.

[pnobelysk]

Feb 28, 2022 8:52:08 GMT -5 Groovy said:

With how huge Euphoria is, I'm a little shocked Labrinth hasn't had at least one moderate hit in the US yet.

He had a low key one in 2012! Beneath your beautiful was a top 40 hot 100 hit and peaked at 26 on pop radio with 17 weeks on the chart

[phieaglesfan712]

These radio numbers are dreadful, at this rate, Enemy is probably going to be next radio #1.

[joshtheking]

Feb 28, 2022 10:55:27 GMT -5 Groovy said:

On a serious note, can this finally be the year where Kelsea Ballerini gets a YE hit? I feel we were robbed of Peter Pan, Homecoming Queen and Hole in a Bottle from being hits.

And also Miss Me More

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Feb 28, 2022 10:55:27 GMT -5 Groovy said:

On a serious note, can this finally be the year where Kelsea Ballerini gets a YE hit? I feel we were robbed of Peter Pan, Homecoming Queen and Hole in a Bottle from being hits.

Half of My Hometown still has a bit more work to do to get there. It appears to be about halfway of the points it would need to appear this year. Given that it is probably close to peaking at radio, a lot will depend on how quickly it drops there after getting there. It definitely looks like it will need to chart past 20 weeks in the Hot 100 to have a real chance.

[Choco]

STAY did not break multiple streaming records for it to be a "radio fueled hit" make the bad takes make sense at the very least.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Feel like "if you take out radio, it wouldn't be in the Top 10" would be true of every song in the Top 10 except for Bruno

[nathanalbright]

I think people are way too quick to judge a song on how it looks after it has been on the charts forever without looking at things in a life-cycle perspective. We tend to see sales and streams contribute way more to a song's success at the front-end of a chart run and radio contribute a lot more at the tail-end of a chart run, and if a song has a lot of all three at different parts of its run, then there's no need to criticize it because has the radio strength to stay on the chart a long time while other songs that one might prefer did not get that radio and had a shorter chart run.

[Gary]

On the 2/26 chart

Stay

#13 Streaming
#3 radio
(both metrics - peaked at #1)

as mentioned been charting for a while.

I guess I don't understand the controversy

[jenglisbe]

Feb 28, 2022 12:31:52 GMT -5 Choco said:

STAY did not break multiple streaming records for it to be a "radio fueled hit" make the bad takes make sense at the very least.

It's been radio fueled as of late; that doesn't mean it was always radio-driven.

Where is the post that said it never had good streaming? I haven't seen it but could have missed it.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

If you hate radio’s influence on the Hot 100, make a weekly streaming chart thread and talk about that instead.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 28, 2022 12:59:27 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

If you hate radio’s influence on the Hot 100, make a weekly streaming chart thread and talk about that instead.

Who said they hated radio's influence?

I think some of you read way too much into posts. Saying something is currently radio-driven has nothing to do with its streams 4 months ago, nor is it necessarily a criticism (it might be a criticism for some, but it isn't necessarily).

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Yall need to fucking go outside

[nathanalbright]

Is it time for a grass touching moment?

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Adele is again the biggest loser with EOM (-2.55) and OMG (-1.30), I really don't know what's happening there.

Radio is slow af, and mostly with certain artists (Bieber, Dua Lipa, Weeknd, Ed...). At this rate in 2 months, Easy On Me (released: october '21) a song that was #1 5 weeks ago, will be below Levitating (october '20) a song that peaked in May last year.
Also the fact that 50% of songs in the top 50 spent at least 20 weeks on the chart (14 songs 30+ weeks) really speaks volumes.

Since we know that radio won't change, Billboard should do something. Reduce the % of radio in the formula, and I think most people would be happy with that.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 28, 2022 13:02:50 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 28, 2022 12:59:27 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

If you hate radio’s influence on the Hot 100, make a weekly streaming chart thread and talk about that instead.

Who said they hated radio's influence?

I think some of you read way too much into posts. Saying something is currently radio-driven has nothing to do with its streams 4 months ago, nor is it necessarily a criticism (it might be a criticism for some, but it isn't necessarily).

You’re not one for reading between the lines I’m guessing?

[Mayman]

The Kid Laroi has been teasing a new single on his Instagram for a while now, I could see that being big if it's good. It'll be interesting to see if radio will take to it like they did with Stay.

[85la]

Feb 28, 2022 13:42:45 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Adele is again the biggest loser with EOM (-2.55) and OMG (-1.30), I really don't know what's happening there.

Radio is slow af, and mostly with certain artists (Bieber, Dua Lipa, Weeknd, Ed...). At this rate in 2 months, Easy On Me (released: october '21) a song that was #1 5 weeks ago, will be below Levitating (october '20) a song that peaked in May last year.
Also the fact that 50% of songs in the top 50 spent at least 20 weeks on the chart (14 songs 30+ weeks) really speaks volumes.

Since we know that radio won't change, Billboard should do something. Reduce the % of radio in the formula, and I think most people would be happy with that.

EOM's losses aren't surprising and are to be expected, given that it's already been out over 4 months like you said, but more so because it peaked very quickly right away on all its 3 major formats, pop, AC, and Hot AC. People were very recently saying that it was sticking around too long and wasn't declining fast enough, lol. It's OMG however that is a bit more puzzling and kind of disappointing, since it's the second single that came out after EOM.

[Groovy]

The unlikely and random duo are dropping soon. 

[JukeboxJacob]

Stay is still top 10 on Spotify how is it just radio fueled?