Billboard Hot 100: 03/19/2022

[jamatthews83]

Yeah, the problem isn't that streaming is down, it's that streaming new music is down. That won't be a problem for the older holiday songs.

[Enigma.]

Correct. Lady Gaga's The Fame is constantly getting best ever daily numbers on Spotify (which is why it's on BB200 atm without any proper "reason" behind it). People are just listening to old music more right now.

[strongerq]

Current music is getting good streams we just don't have a song that is smashing.

From the Billboard Bulletin, streams after week 8 (thanks to oldbloke from UKMix). Catolog music is older than 18 months.

.	2022	2021	diff
Current	50,100,348,000	52,847,479,000	-5.20%
Catalog	131,968,490,000	109,411,510,000	20.60%

And 2022 is a bit weaker than 2021 in new big releases (2021 wasn't something special either).

A stat that showcases the lack of new big songs is that only 1 song for a single day has reached 5M streams on Global Spotify - Sacrifice when Dawn FM was released and that's it, every other day the most streamed song on the platform is bellow 5M (no 10M+ like in 2021).

But it doesn't matter because sooner or later a big artist will release, a TikTok song will go viral and streaming records will start to fall.

[velaxti]

Mar 8, 2022 16:28:12 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

Still think that Gayle has a chance to get the #1 with her EP coming out on the 18th, I don't see anything else from it charting but things are so weak right now that extra boost could be what it needs to get to the top

I really REALLY hope Billboard lets Something In The Way chart, you don't see old songs doing THAT well on Spotify very often even with more and more old songs charting there

They've allowed Still D.R.E. to chart at #63 this week, which means clearly they've changed their rules about old songs charting (under previous rules it would have been sent to recurrent this week, but now it looks like they'll let it get its full 20 weeks if it makes it that long). So I would think Nirvana should be allowed to chart even outside the top 50 as I doubt they've made 20 weeks with this song.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 03/07/22

1(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 875,909 (-34,037)
2(+2) Nirvana - Something In The Way 793,164 (+59,341)
3(-1) Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno 779,099 (-33,887)
4(-1) Kodak Black - Super Gremlin 755,294 (-17,523)
5(=) The Kid LAROI - STAY 632,057 (-19,346),
6(=) Gunna, Future - pushin P 594,070 (-43,978)
7(=) Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY 580,763 (-22,674)
8(=) The Walters - I Love You So 563,969 (-19,997)
9(=) Imagine Dragons - Enemy 551,906 (-26,997)
10(+1) Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 545,152 (-16,169)

Others:
11(+1) Jack Harlow - Nail Tech 530,476 (-16,612)
12(+2) Drake - Knife Talk 519,855 (-3,139)
13(+3) Justin Bieber - Ghost 505,007 (-2,491)
14(-4) Labrinth, Zendaya - I'm Tired 503,535 (-58,739)
15(-2) Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure 502,405 (-22,970)
16(+2) Doja Cat - Woman 481,070 (-10,779)
17(=) Doja Cat - Need to Know 477,002 (-18,962)
18(+1) GAYLE - abcdefu 474,178 (-17,671)
19(-4) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 473,638 (-34,377)
21(=) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 462,884 (-19,096)
22(+1) Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 460,376 (-14,568)
23(-1) Frank Ocean - Lost 450,077 (-29,941)
25(-1) Arctic Monkeys - 505 437,737 (-29,343)
26(+4) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 434,149 (-6,825)
27(-1) Camila Cabello - Bam Bam 433,571 (-29,009)
28(=) lil Shordie Scott - Rocking A Cardigan in Atlanta 431,884 (-13,378)
29(=) Becky G, KAROL G - MAMIII 428,189 (-16,142)
31(=) Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug 419,538 (-17,221)
33(=) Yeat - Monëy so big 398,547 (-17,809)
34(=) Adele - Easy On Me 396,704 (-18,265)
36(=) Labrinth - Mount Everest 379,163 (-21,092)
38(+4) Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be 372,016 (-11,707)
39(+2) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal 366,599 (-19,566)
40(=) SZA - I Hate U 366,381 (-19,889)
41(-2) The Rare Occasions - Notion 362,507 (-27,040)
43(+3) Post Malone - One Right Now 354,420 (-12,850)
44(=) Tyler the Creator - See You Again 346,778 (-24,810)
45(-7) Machine Gun Kelly - ay! 346,683 (-44,412)
46(-1) Tyler the Creator - NEW MAGIC WAND 344,693 (-23,067)
47(=) Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed 340,475 (-23,178)
48(+9) Latto - Big Energy 338,373 (-4,042)
49(+1) Tyga, Doja Cat - Freaky Deaky 338,366 (-14,550)
50(-2) Labrinth, Zendaya - All For Us 332,372 (-24,598)
51(+1) Lil Durk - Broadway Girls 332,204 (-15,852)
53(+7) Gunna - P power 331,083 (-7,282)
54(-3) The Neighbourhood - Softcore 331,004 (-21,078)
55(+4) Beach House - Space Song 330,896 (-10,030)
57(+1) Dua Lipa - Levitating 325,805 (-15,940)
59(-10) Vundabar - Alien Blues 323,341 (-30,820)
61(+2) Charlie Puth - Light Switch 318,351 (-15,130)
63(+1) THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot 314,959 (-14,149)
64(-3) Juice WRLD - Cigarettes 311,849 (-22,008)
65(=) Surf Curse - Freaks 311,420 (-15,453)
66(=) Ruth B. - Dandelions 308,865 (-15,532)
67(+19) Gunna - Banking On Me 306,730 (+10,285)
69(-16) Dominic Fike, Zendaya - Elliot's Song 305,645 (-41,866)
70(+4) Elley Duhé - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 304,665 (-9,472)
73(+2) Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz - What Else Can I Do? 299,414 (-14,080)
74(-3) Playboi Carti - Sky 299,257 (-22,165)
75(+6) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 298,690 (-10,229)
77(-7) King Von, 21 Savage - Don't Play That 297,956 (-23,624)
86(DEBUT) Kevin Gates - Thinking with My Dick 285,921
87(+4) Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys - City of Gods 283,824 (-6,447)
89(-7) Lil Durk - AHHH HA 282,022 (-25,868)
92(DEBUT) Mike Dimes - Home 278,665
94(-2) Jaymes Young - Infinity 275,763 (-13,354)
98(+6) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. 271,226 (-8,943)

101(+15) Nardo Wick - Me or Sum 269,199 (-914)
108(-8) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 264,723 (-19,232)
110(-12) Khalid - Last Call 262,224 (-23,858)
114(-8) Muni Long - Hrs and Hrs 260,324 (-19,078)
126(+5) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Remix 251,482 (-8,422)
136(+10) Russ - HANDSOMER 243,579 (-7,313)
137(=) Stephanie Beatriz - Waiting on a Miracle 243,523 (-11,560)
138(-16) JVKE - this is what falling in love feels like 243,231 (-19,087)
139(+8) Morgan Wallen - Sand in My Boots 243,026 (-7,532)
149(-11) Labrinth - Formula 235,645 (-17,771)
162(-2) Yeat - Poppin 230,277 (-13,817)
163(-5) Vacations - Young 228,927 (-16,540)
164(-3) The Weeknd - Sacrifice 228,927 228,301 (-14,025)
168(+12) Tiësto, Ava Max - The Motto 226,783 (-3,559)
170(-5) Sebastian Yatra - Dos Oruguitas 226,234 (-13,171)
172(-8) Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't 224,314 (-16,653)
173(-7) Joy Again - Looking Out for You 223,777 (-14,447)
174(-1) ERNEST - Flower Shops 221,286 (-12,821)
180(+2) Rauw Alejandro, Chencho Corleone - Desesperados 217,095 (-11,655)
182(-3) Rod Wave - By Your Side 216,207 (-15,083)
190(-15) Gucci Mane - Rumors 212,012 (-21,530)
197(-13) Zach Bryan - From Austin 208,156 (-19,730)

Total Streams for Save Your Tears: 516,205

Biggest Gains (50K+): Something In The Way

[fridayteenage]

it'll be...interesting if nirvana tops spotify

[phieaglesfan712]

It’s got 2 days to do it. Come Saturday morning, Sweetest Pie is almost certainly going be the Spotify #1.

[Enigma.]

It was International Women's Day so OF COURSE Thinking with My Dick goes viral. The Earth is doomed.

[Groovy]

I'm not trying to put lofty expectations on Sweetest Pie but let's say Sweetest Pie is a long running number 1 and tops the YE, there's a few firsts that'll happen

• Dua Lipa will join The Beatles, Elvis and George Michael as the only acts to top the YE more than once
• She will join Elvis as the only ones to do it in consecutive years
• She will be the first woman to top the YE multiple times
• It will be the first time an all female collab tops the YE
• Megan thee Stallion will become the first female rapper to top the YE
• First time since Old Town Road where the YE chart topper wasn't charting in January

[Groovy]

Sorry for the double post but damn, it did not take long for Ghost to peak on radio.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2022 » / « 03 » / « 09 »

1(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 90.37(-0.32)
2(=) GAYLE - abcdefu (feat. Royal & the Serpent) 84.11(+0.38)
3(=) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 81.09(-1.16)
4(=) Justin Bieber - Ghost 80.26(-1.48)
5(=) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 77.50(-0.12)
6(=) Adele - Easy On Me 74.28(-0.76)

7(=) Doja Cat - Need To Know 59.69(-0.29)
8(=) Latto - Big Energy 58.35(+0.97)
9(+1) Doja Cat - Woman 56.89(+1.35)
10(+1) Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now 54.67(-0.64)

13(+1) Imagine Dragons - Enemy From League Of Legends 47.13(+1.03)

17(=) Sza - I Hate U 41.33(+0.79)

21(+2) Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't 38.06(+0.84)

99(+5) Tate Mcrae - she's all i wanna be 13.78(+1.05)

-(-) Camila Cabello - Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran) 13.09(+1.74)

-(-) 5 Seconds of Summer - COMPLETE MESS 10.75(+1.51)

-(-) Marc Anthony - Nada De Nada 3.62(+1.81) +

-(-) Prince Royce & Maria Becerra - Te Espero 2.54(+1.89) +

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Mar 9, 2022 10:31:40 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Sorry for the double post but damn, it did not take long for Ghost to peak on radio.

Only about five months or so.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Something in the Way up to #13 at Apple Music. I do hope it eventually manages to debut in the Hot 100.

[kindofbiased]

#13 on AM, #2 on Spotify, yea Something In The Way is definitely charting. Could even be the top debut tbh

[GW]

Mar 9, 2022 8:50:13 GMT -5 velaxti said:

Mar 8, 2022 16:28:12 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

Still think that Gayle has a chance to get the #1 with her EP coming out on the 18th, I don't see anything else from it charting but things are so weak right now that extra boost could be what it needs to get to the top

I really REALLY hope Billboard lets Something In The Way chart, you don't see old songs doing THAT well on Spotify very often even with more and more old songs charting there

They've allowed Still D.R.E. to chart at #63 this week, which means clearly they've changed their rules about old songs charting (under previous rules it would have been sent to recurrent this week, but now it looks like they'll let it get its full 20 weeks if it makes it that long). So I would think Nirvana should be allowed to chart even outside the top 50 as I doubt they've made 20 weeks with this song.

I don't think this is a rule change. Catalog songs are allowed to *re-enter* in the top 50, but what happens the next week follows standard rules. If a song has charted for less than 20 weeks and it stays the top 100 after re-entering in the top 50, then so be it.  The thing is, most songs that re-enter in the top 50 are either already at their 20 week mark or they don't have enough juice the following week to remain in the top 100, so they drop out.

If you have an example that counters this rationale, feel free to share it.

[kimberly]

sorry if this has been posted about already. 

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Pop on Top for 2021: State of the Billboard Hot 100, According to Hit Songs Deconstructed
A look at key trends in the Hot 100's top 10 throughout 2021.
www.billboard.com/pro/2021-hit-songs-deconstructed-hot-100-top-10-report/

• Pop over hip-hop: Pop was the most popular primary genre in the Hot 100’s top 10 in all of 2021, with a 39% share of all top 10 hits. Hip-hop ranked second, infusing 34% of all top 10s. Pop and hip-hop have traded top honors in the Hot 100’s top 10 in each of the past three years, after hip-hop won back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018:

2021: Pop, 39% / Hip-hop, 34%
2020: Hip-hop, 41% / Pop, 40%
2019: Pop, 48% / Hip-hop, 34%
2018: Hip-hop, 59% / Pop, 24% (a relative landslide thanks in part to Drake’s dominance that year)
2017: Hip-hop, 32% / Pop, 31%

• Pop No. 1 … at No. 1: Pop was even more prominent among No. 1 Hot 100 hits than overall top 10s in 2021, at 56% – thanks to weekly leaders from acts including BTS (three No. 1s) and Olivia Rodrigo (two) – and doubling hip-hop’s second-place 28% share.

• R&B on the rise: R&B/soul has ranked as the third-most prominent primary genre in the Hot 100’s top 10 every year from 2017 through 2021. In 2021, however, R&B/soul logged a new high share among Hot 100 top 10s over that span, at 18%. That’s up after three straight years of decline, from 15% in 2017 to 11% in 2018, 10% in 2019 and 8% in 2020.

• Major hits, minor keys: Songs in minor keys were the most prominent among Hot 100 top 10s in 2021, as they have been each year since 2017.

• Retro, rock roar: “Looking outside the hip-hop genre, the 1980s skyrocketed” as an influence among Hot 100 top 10s,” in 2021, Hit Songs Deconstructed highlights. Sonically, the ’80s impacted no Hot 100 top 10s in both 2018 and 2019, inched to 8% for 2020 and soared to 31% in 2021.

Rock has also bounded as a notable influence among Hot 100 top 10s, up from no presence in 2017 to shares of 25% in 2018 and 2019, 38% in 2020 and 46% in 2021, helped by such as hits as Rodrigo’s No. 1 “Good 4 U.”

[dovahduck]

Mar 8, 2022 19:25:54 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

^Yeah I'm betting they're going to probably do a big push for the album (with a deluxe) the week the boxsets, cassettes, and vinyls drop. I feel like they're are not gonna let that opportunity slip unless a big drop is confirmed to arrive at that week. I also suspect around that time we'll probably get a music video for "Out of Time" as (at least according to the callouts) "Sacrifice" is pretty much done and the tour is going to commence soon.

[velaxti]

Mar 9, 2022 13:13:36 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Rock has also bounded as a notable influence among Hot 100 top 10s, up from no presence in 2017 to shares of 25% in 2018 and 2019, 38% in 2020 and 46% in 2021, helped by such as hits as Rodrigo’s No. 1 “Good 4 U.”

This seems hard to believe. 46% of top 10 hits in 2021? If they're choosing to be very liberal with what they classify as rock-influenced, then maybe, but then it also wouldn't be 0% in 2017. If they're choosing to be very strict with what they classify as rock-influenced then 0% makes sense for 2017 but 46% doesn't make sense for 2021.

[velaxti]

Mar 9, 2022 12:45:02 GMT -5 GW said:

Mar 9, 2022 8:50:13 GMT -5 velaxti said:

They've allowed Still D.R.E. to chart at #63 this week, which means clearly they've changed their rules about old songs charting (under previous rules it would have been sent to recurrent this week, but now it looks like they'll let it get its full 20 weeks if it makes it that long). So I would think Nirvana should be allowed to chart even outside the top 50 as I doubt they've made 20 weeks with this song.

I don't think this is a rule change. Catalog songs are allowed to *re-enter* in the top 50, but what happens the next week follows standard rules. If a song has charted for less than 20 weeks and it stays the top 100 after re-entering in the top 50, then so be it.  The thing is, most songs that re-enter in the top 50 are either already at their 20 week mark or they don't have enough juice the following week to remain in the top 100, so they drop out.

If you have an example that counters this rationale, feel free to share it.

You might be right, I can't think of any examples, except maybe some Christmas songs because some of them were (or still are) less than 20 weeks but most years they would drop completely out anyway rather than into the bottom 50 but I think that would probably be the best way to determine if there's been a rule change. I did think of My Boo from a few years ago if anyone remembers that but that was a hit from the first time around so it probably had 20 weeks already. Same with Dreams I guess.

[rimetm]

If there was a rule change, it either came into effect this calendar year or it has an exception for holiday songs, because in the tracking week that started December 24, several holiday songs got sent to recurrency that would be in the Hot 100's point range like "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (4 weeks, BU03), Jackson 5's "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (2 weeks, BU04), "Mistletoe" (12 weeks, BU05), and "Wonderful Christmastime" (6 weeks, BU06).

[joshtheking]

wow

[Gary]

Two possibilities.

It is being allowed another twenty week run because it met some criteria we don’t know about or is charting for some other criteria we don’t know about

Or

This is
A one week error that will be corrected next week

[rimetm]

I noticed the same thing happening in Canada, but looking closer, it just leaves me even more confused: 7 songs debut, 5 survive in the top 50 in week 2, while "Family Affair" goes to #91 and "California Love" drops out (it was the lowest of the 7, so if the second-lowest is there, it's probably below the top 100), but then in week 3 2 survive in the top 50, "In da Club" goes to #53, and both "The Next Episode" and "Without Me" drop out (the latter especially has been relatively stable in streaming, only moving 46-49 in the first two weeks, so it's like it went recurrent?). Since the Canada chart is newer than the US, all of these songs were debuts on Super Bowl week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Mar 9, 2022 15:27:44 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

wow

So where exactly did you find this?

[joshtheking]

Mar 9, 2022 15:50:56 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Mar 9, 2022 15:27:44 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

wow

So where exactly did you find this?

Spotify charts today

[phieaglesfan712]

At least the ARIA chart is still straightforward and has no bullcrap rules. That’s why I value that chart over the UK, US, and Canada charts.

[andrebra]

Mar 9, 2022 16:25:29 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

At least the ARIA chart is still straightforward and has no bullcrap rules. That’s why I value that chart over the UK, US, and Canada charts.

slay chica mami queen as you should! in fact there might be some ARIA forums that you could devote your time and attention to!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Another song that seems to have gotten a boost from a remix is Handsomer. It is currently #1 at iTunes and within the top 50 of Apple Music.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

For anyone interested, you can download the RIAA 2021 Year-End Report here (it's only 3 pages long!):

2021 RIAA Year-End Revenue Report

[dovahduck]