Billboard Hot 100: 04/23/2022

[Abbaschand]

It's been 2 hours and no thread.

Guess I'll do it myself.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Notable Singles:
Arca - Cayó
Jack Harlow - First Class
Chloë - Treat Me
Allison Ponthier - Autopilot
Interpol - Toni
Quelle Chris - Alive Ain’t Always Living
Porridge Radio - The Rip
Pink Floyd - Hey, Hey, Rise Up
Rammstein - Zick Zack
ScHoolboy Q - Soccer Dad
Maggie Rogers - Where I Am
Lil Baby - Right On / In a Minute
Ethel Cain - Strangers
Action Bronson - Subzero
Deca & Blu - Shelter
Alice Merton - Blindside
Miranda Lambert - Actin' Up
Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Work Out
Sasha Alex Sloan - I Blame the World
bbno$ - mathematics
Meander - Restless Glow
Alicia Keys - City of Gods Part 2
CORPSE feat. OmenXIII - POLTERGEIST!
Carrie Underwood - Denim & Rhinestones
NO1-NOAH feat. Summer Walker - Bonjour
SONIKKU - Geopolitics
Empress Of - Save Me
Maude Lator - Lola
ericdoa - lifeine
24kGoldn - SCAR
R3HAB - My Pony
IDK - Taco
Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Girl Talk, Smoke DZA - Ain't No Fun
Imanbek feat. salem ilese - Married to Your Melody
Kelsea Ballerini - HEARTFIRST
Gracie Abrams - Block me out
John Legend - FREE
Kate Stewart - Numb
Peach Tree Rascals - Good Advice
KAIA - Blah Blah
Rowdy Rebel - Rowdy vs. Rebel
BIA feat. J. Cole - LONDON
Oh Wonder - Fuck It I Love You
Charlie Puth - That's Hilarious
Royal & the Serpent - Happier in Hell
Noah Cyrus - I Burned LA Down
Skylar Grey - Show Me Where It Hurts
Lauv - All 4 Nothing (I'm So In Love)
Bullet For My Valentine - Omen
David Guetta, Becky Hill, and Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
Vance Joy - Clarity

Notable Albums:
Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century
Let's Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
Kae Tempest - The Line is a Curve
Lizzy McAlpine - five seconds flat
Orville Peck - Bronco
Ravenna Golden - Ms. Genius EP
HEALTH - DISCO4 :: PART II
Billy Woods - Aethiopes
Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather
Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
Syd - Broken Hearts Club
Lucius - Second Nature
Crake - Humans' Worst Habits
Caitlyn Smith - High
Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
Yung Lean - Stardust
Omar Apollo - Ivory
The Regrettes - Further Joy
Renata Zeiguer - Picnic In The Dark
River Whyless - Monoflora
Arre! Arre! - We Ride the Universe
Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
Calexico - El Mirador
Chloe Moriondo - puppy luv EP
caroledaughters - lease put me in a medically induced coma EP
The Linda Lindas - Growing Up
Depp Gibbs - PM
Jack J - Opening the Door
Good Looks - Bummer Year
Romero - Turn It On!
Overmono - Cash Romantic EP
Josh Ramsay - The Josh Ramsay Show
Marigold - A Better Place
Pendant - Harp
Joe Satriani - The Elephants of Mars
John Mark Nelson - Hideaway EP
Annie Blackman - All of It
42 Dugg & EST Gee - Last Ones Left
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Billow Observatory - Stareside
Destruction - Diabolical EP
Chairman Maf - King Cook
Cody Simpson - CODY SIMPSON
Golden Brown - Luminous
BANKS - Serpentina
Camila Cabello - Familia
Fivio Foreign - B.I.B.L.E.
Coi Leray - TRENDSETTER
Cole Swindell - Stereotype
ROLE MODEL - RX
Papa Roach - Ego Trip

[Enigma.]

Pretty busy week in terms of singles.

[gikem]

Jack Harlow’s new song is already at #2 on AM.

Also wasn’t aware until now that Lil Baby released 2 new singles. I expect one or both of them to take off in some capacity, at least on AM where he tends to dominate.

[Darkest Hour]

Apr 8, 2022 5:44:10 GMT -5 gikem said:

Jack Harlow’s new song is already at #2 on AM.

Also wasn’t aware until now that Lil Baby released 2 new singles. I expect one or both of them to take off in some capacity, at least on AM where he tends to dominate.

And it's #1 already. As It Was should still be pretty big on AM, so this would be even bigger?

[loveless]

Harry’s always done better on Spotify than AM. IIRC As it Was is the first song of his to reach #1 on AM at all? So idk if this says anything about Jack’s new song yet.

[atg]

The Lil Baby tracks will probably be #2 and #3 on AM in a couple more hours. It would be both funny and unfortunate if one of these tracks gives him yet another #2 on the charts as if he can’t already catch a break with getting a #1 for once. Jack might have his first solo top 10 if First Class debuts well on Spotify and keeps up during the week.

[Enigma.]

Love to see Jack doing well. Another big song debuting which is nice

[iHype.]

Obviously a single by a rapper will have more advantage at Apple Music, but Harry is still pulling healthy numbers and the fact Jack dethroned him in barely 8 hours means the numbers will be pretty nice.

He is likely debuting top 10.

[phieaglesfan712]

We could get 3 Top 10 debuts for the first time since CLB week. Hopefully, this will push at least one of Levitating or Save Your Tears to recurrency.

[Groovy]

I didn't expect Big Energy to jump into the top 2 on radio, at this point, it's gonna overtake Heat Waves at the top.

[livelightning]

I will never understand why the radio loves big energy so much

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Apr 8, 2022 10:48:56 GMT -5 livelightning said:

I will never understand why the radio loves big energy so much

Because the radio loves Say So and Doja's sound and this is just a Doja song minus Doja (and also minus it being good)

[irice22]

Apr 8, 2022 10:48:56 GMT -5 livelightning said:

I will never understand why the radio loves big energy so much

Because it's so fun and summer is just around the corner! Song immediately makes me think of a spiked lemonade.

[annoymous1]

The sample is doing the work for big energy because let's say fantasy(which is a good song btw) wasn't sampled would it honestly be a hit rn? Latto isn't Doja (who can actually sing) and she's not saying anything lyrically.

[nathanalbright]

Yes, the sample is what makes this song accessible to pop radio. Without that sample, it wouldn't be a radio hit.

[enwhy]

I love Big Energy, it was my most played song last month. I just really like the vibe, and Latto has a nice voice.

I definitely get all the Doja Cat comparisons, but I don't really mind. IMO, Doja's the best breakout star of the past 5 years (aside from maybe lil nas x).

[thegreatdivine]

How about we all just be happy that one more female artist is seeing success on the charts?

[thegreatdivine]

Another potential hit off Latto's album is Sunshine featuring Lil Wayne & Childish Gambino. She sings the hook and she holds a good-enough tune. I hope that's the next single off the album.

[kindofbiased]

I hope First Class ends up being a big hit for Jack Harlow (which it seems to be shaping up to be), I think Nail Tech is probably my favorite song from him at this point but this is ridiculously smooth and the sample works really well. Plus if it catches on that'll hopefully help Nail Tech rebound as well lol

[iHype.]

All the new standalone songs are the best performers so far (Jack Harlow, Lil Baby, and 42 Dugg).

The new albums are flopping. Fivio’s highest album track is #144 and Camila has no album tracks top 200.

Encanto vs. Morgan Wallen is about to happen on the album charts lol.

[nathanalbright]

That's pretty crazy. Dangerous has been a real longevity king there.

[whales10268]

Bam Bam is my favorite song of 2022 so far, hopefully the album release can give it a little boost.

[kindofbiased]

I'm hoping the album plus the inevitable SNL performance really helps out Bam Bam this week, especially if she brings out Ed Sheeran on SNL

[phieaglesfan712]

Apr 8, 2022 12:40:57 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

That's pretty crazy. Dangerous has been a real longevity king there.

It sucks that 30 didn’t give 21 the bounce to get that 85th week in the Top 10 to break the tie with Born In the USA. I like Springsteen, but would have liked to seen 21 hold the modern albums Top 10 weeks record all to itself before Dangerous inevitably surpassed both of them in September.

[nathanalbright]

I'm pretty sure that most of the people who would want to own 21 already do. Why would a new debut cause a ten year old record to jump that far in the charts?

[Enigma.]

Lil Baby's top ten debut is all down to Spotify numbers - the higher of the two (In a Minute) is below 'Virgil' on AM which is not even top 20 on Hot 100.

[Gary]

I post the alltime top 10 weeks a certain way for a reason.

Because Billboard 200 used to also have its own version of recurrency rules, older albums were not able to chart once they went recurrent (in album terms this is the catalog chart)
So from 1991 to 2009 Billboard 200 had quirky rules in place


'Thiller' in its inital chart run logged 78 weeks in the top 10
In 2008 and 2009 it logged another 13 weeks on the Comprehensive chart (This is essentially what the Top Album Sales chart is today)
This makes it a total of 91 weeks for Thriller

I post both for completeness

[nathanalbright]

Indeed

[Gary]

Apr 8, 2022 13:44:36 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

I'm pretty sure that most of the people who would want to own 21 already do. Why would a new debut cause a ten year old record to jump that far in the charts?

Old albums do get a boost for major artists when new releases come out

21 for instance climbed back up to #26 and is currently at #144

The 84 weeks vs 85 thing won't likely get major writeups if that happens

(when would that happen? anniversary release, the release of another album that sparks interest in this one or death)
Billboard seems to like to write about the beginning of the charts as the starting point in 1956