Billboard Hot 100: 07/16/2022

[kimberly]

Jul 7, 2022 20:47:10 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

I guess the 2022 has been a slow year for certifications of recent songs and maybe some haven't bothered to pay RIAA for it yet:

yeah I mean Harry's House literally debuted with 521,000 Billboard SPS units (which roughly translates to 506,000 RIAA units), and that's without including all the sales and streams "As It Was" racked up before the album came out. yet it's not on there at all. pretty sure it's been eligible for Platinum for over a month now.

RIAA needs to be automated already. it's such a useless system waiting for people to apply and pay fees. kinda like how filing taxes is a pain in the ass here when the IRS already knows what you owe or are owed. 

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jul 7, 2022 19:41:00 GMT -5 JukeboxJacob said:

Jul 7, 2022 8:21:46 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

difference is that Master of Puppets is actually a good song

Heat Waves is a good song, just overplayed into oblivion

No it's not. It was a shit song when it first debuted and it's a shit song with overplay

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jul 7, 2022 16:33:40 GMT -5 degen said:

Jul 7, 2022 7:14:29 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

I don't know if it's telling of me or how miserable this year is that outside of RUTH (which is also the only hit this year I've actually found myself dancing to), the only other hits worth I've cared about have been an upbeat sounding song that's actually about how numbing it is to cope with depression and suicide, a indie country song about a relationship that may or may not even be worth fighting for, and another depressing piano ballad. I'm don't usually think like "the politics of the day directly influences what's popular" because the past 6 years have also been s**t but there've still been upbeat songs I've found fun and dance worthy, it's still ironic to think about.

But then again when the "upbeat" hits this year include Bam Bam, Sunroof, Get Into It (Yuh), Late Night Talking, I Like You, Big Energy, any of the Encanto songs that were hits, maybe it is fine just listening to the sad songs than forcing myself to pretend to be happy and listen to any of those songs again.

I would def say the charts were boring the first few months of 2021. But if you are still complaining even though we now have Drake, Beyonce, Lizzo , Jack Harlow and a dominant Harry being thrown into the mix, along with an unprecedented revival of “Running up that Hill” then I’m afraid nothing is going to satisfy you. The charts have not been this vibrant in a long time.


On top of that, this is the most efficient I’ve seen radio in a very long time. They are reacting quickly to everything hot and trending. All the streaming hits are huge radio hits and Vice versa, at a much more rapid pace. Even “Running up that hill” is now a huge radio hit. If anything, I am really happy with how all fronts are moving at this point.

Yes “Heat Waves” is there and it’s annoying, but I’m not surprised. The song is stream bait for weather moods, which for whatever reason have longevity (I call it the “Sweater Weather” effect).

I wasn't talking about chart movement. I was talking about the quality of the songs on the charts. 

[kcdawg13]

It'd be awesome if Kate or Lizzo were #1 or #2, I don't care. As long as Harold is #3, I'm sick of As It Was.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 07/07/22

1(=) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 1,706,315 (-16,751)
2(=) Joji - Glimpse of Us 1,357,099 (-52,391)
3(=) Harry Styles - As It Was 1,201,020 (+1,880)
4(=) Drake, 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks 1,189,021 (-2,379)
5(=) Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone - Me Porto Bonito 1,044,126 (+26,520)
6(+1) Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó 891,887 (+17,214)
7(-1) Metallica - Master of Puppets 876,379 (-21,630)
8(=) Doja Cat - Vegas 821,586 (-876)
9(=) Post Malone, Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) 778,065 (+9,170)
10(=) Jack Harlow - First Class 724,260 (+1,699)

Others:
11(=) Lizzo - About Damn Time 708,990 (+9,273)
12(+1) Future, Drake, Tems - WAIT FOR U 695,976 (+9,224)
13(-1) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 692,371 (+2,103)
14(=) Harry Styles - Late Night Talking 669,598 (+4,063)
15(=) OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 617,251 (+7,050)
16(=) Bad Bunny - Efecto 612,673 (+13,386)
17(+5) Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 598,444 (+70,170)
18(=) Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule 588,013 (+12,040)
19(+1) Bad Bunny, Bomba Estéreo - Ojitos Lindos 578,874 (+6,879)
20(-1) Charlie Puth, Jung Kook - Left and Right 561,740 (-11,545)
21(=) Morgan Wallen - You Proof 552,176 (+12,147)
22(-5) Cardi B, Kanye West, Lil Durk - Hot Shit 545,449 (-52,775)
23(+6) Yung Gravy - Betty (Get Money) 509,202 (+51,831)
24(=) Nicky Youre, dazy - Sunroof 509,166 (+5,890)
25(=) Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro - Party 506,144 (+9,751)
26(-3) Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL 499,781 (-10,143)
27(-1) Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage, Tyler, The Creator - Cash In Cash Out 494,419 (+13,257)
28(=) Bad Bunny - Después de la Playa 470,681 (+285)
30(+2) J. Cole - No Role Modelz 456,408 (+18,055)
31(-1) Drake - Sticky 449,760 (-1,270)
32(-1) Future - PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ 447,196 (+3,628)
34(+1) Post Malone, Roddy Ricch - Cooped Up 437,576 (+4,015)
35(-1) The Weeknd - Die For You 437,158 (+1,762)
36(+2) KAROL G - PROVENZA 433,947-422,321 (+11,626)
37(-1) Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make 430,956 (+3,675)
39(+4) Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You 426,261 (+15,174)
41(+1) Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez - Tarot 419,375 (+7,424)
43(+2) Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 417,154 (+8,285)
44(-3) Drake - Massive 413,586 (-3,330)
45(+2) Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 408,504 (+3,748)
46(=) Sleepy Hallow, 347aidan - Die Young 406,192 (-226)
48(-4) Yeat - Rich Minion 387,773 (-21,295)
49(+5) Bailey Zimmerman - Rock and A Hard Place 383,376 (+15,025)
51(-1) Harry Styles - Music for a Sushi Restaurant 379,403 (+3,835)
52(-3) Joji - SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK 375,889 (-2,109)
53(-2) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 375,009 (+275)
56(-1) Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 357,643 (-6,088)
59(=) Imagine Dragons, JID - Enemy 351,994 (+4,041)
62(-1) Bad Bunny - Un Ratito 333,621 (+3,872)
64(+2) Bad Bunny, Tony Dize - La Corriente 330,707 (+8,805)
67(-2) Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie 320,434 (-5,347)
67(+2) WILLOW - Wait a Minute! 320,790 (-1,084)
77(+2) Latto - Big Energy 311,147 (+5,389)
86(-1) Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 302,941 (+3,645)
92(+1) Bad Bunny - Neverita 294,671 (+3,059)
93(+6) Cole Swindell - She Had Me At Heads Carolina 291,963 (+10,636)
95(-1) Quavo, Takeoff - HOTEL LOBBY (Unc & Phew) 288,035 (+451)
96(-1) Bad Bunny - Yo No Soy Celoso 287,728 (+2,904)
97(+5) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 285,011 (+8,378)
99(-11) Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix) 282,859 (-14,473)

101(+8) Morgan Wallen - Thought You Should Know 281,940 (+15,106)
102(-6) The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey - Stargirl Interlude 281,663 (-2,980)
105(-2) Elley Duhé - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 275,215 (+615)
107(-2) Ruth B. - Dandelions 272,636 (+2,769)
110(+17) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 268,889 (+18,576)
115(-4) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 264,102 (+2,039)
116(+4) Bailey Zimmerman - Fall in Love 263,050 (+7,563)
118(-10) Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. 261,774 (-6,586)
126(+11) ERNEST, Morgan Wallen - Flower Shops 255,890 (+10,502)
132(-7) Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey 251,266 (+257)
135(+4) The Kid LAROI - Thousand Miles 249,410 (+5,040)
136(+49) AJR - World's Smallest Violin 249,351 (+25,552)
137(+3) Nate Smith - Whiskey On You 248,873 (+5,937)
144(+3) Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 246,810 (+7,185)
148(+2) Mr.Kitty - After Dark 244,455 (+5,921)
153(-1) Metallica - Enter Sandman 240,063 (+4,235)
156(+21) Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse 238,630 (+12,284)
161(-8) Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) 237,309 (+2,369)
162(+4) Tyler Hubbard - 5 Foot 9 235,759 (+4,459)
164(+11) $uicideboy$ - Antarctica 234,901 (+7,510)
173(-1) Kendrick Lamar, Kodak Black - Silent Hill 230,102 (+1,693)
176(-20) Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried 229,776 (-4,413)
177(-1) Polo G - Distraction 229,742 (+2,746)
183(+6) Marshmello, Khalid - Numb 227,392 (+6,160)
184(-1) Shakira, Rauw Alejandro - Te Felicito 227,350 (+2,720)
189(+7) Lil Baby - Right On 223,957 (+6,653)
191(-1) Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 223,622 (+2,759)
193(-1) SleazyWorld Go, Lil Baby - Sleazy Flow 222,576 (+3,874)
194(-1) Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug 222,317 (+4,589)
195(-7) Cafuné - Tek It 222,313 (-643)
196(re-entry) Kendrick Lamar - Rich Spirit 221,580

Biggest Gains (50K+): Betty (Get Money), Bad Habit

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - Week 06/07/22

1(+1) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 11,613,102
2(-1) Joji - Glimpse of Us 9,610,732
3(+1) Harry Styles - Harry Styles - As It Was 8,573,851
4(-1) Drake, 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks 8,398,808
5(=) Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone - Me Porto Bonito 7,517,772
6(=) Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó 6,526,093
7(+3) Doja Cat - Vegas 5,757,735
8(=) Post Malone, Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) 5,356,269
9(=) Jack Harlow - First Class 5,231,487
10(+2) Lizzo - About Damn Time 5,223,748

11(+3) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 5,092,802
12(-1) Future, Tems, Drake - WAIT FOR U 4,889,906
13(DEBUT) Metallica - Master of Puppets  4,880,060
14(DEBUT) Cardi B, Kanye West, Lil Durk - Hot Shit 4,821,963
15(-2) Harry Styles - Late Night Talking 4,681,765
16(+2) Bad Bunny - Efecto 4,346,579
17(+2) Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule 4,200,118
18(-1) Bad Bunny, Bomba Estéreo - Ojitos Lindos 4,154,326
19(-3) Charlie Puth, Jung Kook - Left and Right 4,089,371
20(+9) Morgan Wallen - You Proof 4,007,604
21(-14) Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL 4,003,914
22(+13) OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 3,928,709
23(-1) Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro - Party 3,691,124
24(+4) Nicky Youre, dazy - Sunroof 3,599,657
25(-2) Bad Bunny - Después de la Playa 8 3,494,533
26(-1) Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage, Tyler, The Creator - Cash In Cash Out 3,318,081
27(DEBUT) Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 3,272,795
28(-8) Drake - Sticky 3,259,162
29(DEBUT) Yeat - Rich Minion 3,216,881
30(-15) Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make 3,203,992
31(-7) Future - PUFFIN ON ZOOTIES 3,124,928
34(-3) KAROL G - PROVENZA 3,037,273
35(-9) Post Malone, Roddy Ricch - Cooped Up 3,035,758
36(-15) Drake - Massive 3,035,151
37(-1) Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You 3,029,728
38(-11) J. Cole - No Role Modelz 3,009,708
40(-2) Bad Bunny - Tarot 2,959,531
42(-1) Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 2,832,427
45(+2) The Weeknd - Die For You 2,803,841
46(-7) Sleepy Hallow, 347aidan - Die Young 2,737,763
47(-10) Harry Styles - Music for a Sushi Restaurant 2,736,727
48(+1) Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 2,720,604
49(+128) Yung Gravy - Betty (Get Money) 2,687,239
51(+103) Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. 2,604,161
53(-9) Joji - SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK 2,565,120
56(+133) Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried 2,492,037
57(+19) Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 2,484,523
58(-3) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 2,460,177
60(+9) Imagine Dragons, JID - Enemy 2,411,912
61(+26) Bailey Zimmerman - Rock and A Hard Place 2,411,502
62(-6) Bad Bunny - Un Ratito 2,392,751
63(-5) Bad Bunny - La Corriente 2,350,117
67(-8) Latto - Big Energy 2,423,468 2,277,992
68(+37) Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't 2,247,028 
69(+29) Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie 2,240,474
74(-10) WILLOW - Wait a Minute! 2,211,670
76(+5) Childish Gambino - Me and Your Mama 2,199,599
79(-5) Cole Swidell - She Had Me At Heads Carolina 2,163,297
85(-1) Bad Bunny - Neverita 2,110,193
87(+44) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 2,103,351
88(DEBUT) j-hope - MORE 2,102,545
92(-17) Bad Bunny - Yo No Soy Celoso 2,083,758
96(-29) Quavo, Takeoff - HOTEL LOBBY 2,039,557
97(-11) Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 2,033,334
98(+47) Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey 2,004,386

104(-1) Morgan Wallen - Thought You Should Know 1,959,367
110(+65) Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 1,896,260
112(DEBUT) Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix) 1,864,731
113(-11) Elley Duhé - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 1,852,005
114(re-entry) Nate Smith - Whiskey On You 1,845,762
115(+38) Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 1,835,185 
118(re-entry) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 1,811,388
121(DEBUT) The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey - Stargirl Interlude 1,808,625
123(+32) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 1,787,348
125(-2) Ruth B. - Dandelions 1,785,228
126(re-entry) Darrius Rucker - Wagon Wheel 1,784,106
129(+5) Bailey Zimmerman - Fall in Love 1,774,517
135(re-entry) Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 1,749,389
137(re-entry) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son 1,747,161
140(-106) Lil Nas X, YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Late to Da Party (F*CK BET) 1,729,471
144(-50) Tyler Hubard - 5 Foot 9 1,695,071
153(-10) The Kid LAROI - Thousand Miles 1,668,451
154(+25) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 1,666,590
155(DEBUT) Calvin Harris, 21 Savage - New Money 1,660,783
163(+7) Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) 1,634,398
165(-43) Kendrick Lamar, Kodak Black - Silent Hill 1,621,771
171(-15) Shakira, Rauw Alejandro - Te Felicito 1,600,883
184(re-entry) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 1,579,104
185(+14) Polo G - Distraction 1,575,833
186(+1) Mr.Kitty - After Dark 1,575,442
189(re-entry) Luke Combs - Beer Never Broke My Heart 1,567,722
192(DEBUT) Eagles - Take It Easy 1,555,176
193(DEBUT) AJR - World's Smallest Violin 1,553,522
197(-68) SleazyWorld Go - Sleazy Flow (Lil Baby Remix) 1,547,829
199(-58) Lil Baby - Right On 1,539,341

The big story this week, somehow bigger than 4th of July or Cardi B's comeback single, was Metallica's 1986 classic being rediscovered thanks to what else, the season finale to Stranger Things. Tis marks the two firsts in the streaming age: the first time that a metal song was the biggest debut and the first time a Metallica song was the biggest debut. At 8:35, it is also the longest song to have massive streaming since the 10 minute version of All Too Well.

The finale also boosted Running Up That Hill by 23%, hopefully being enough to nab the top spot.

Beyond that, You Proof gained 19%, I Ain't Worried continued up momentum with a 22% rise, Rock and a Hard Place rebounded 12%, but the biggest gain came for Betty (Get Money) which rocketed up a whopping 61%

4th of July Boosts:
Party in the U.S.A. - 49%
Chicken Fried - 53%
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - 12%
Pass the Dutchie - 7%
Dreams - 14%
Tennessee Whiskey - 12%
Don't Stop Believin' - 13%

[areyoureadytojump]

Oh, there's a lot of 2022 albums/singles that need to be certified.

The RIAA needs to offer a "buy one cert, get one free cert" sale. LOL

[renfield75]

Jul 8, 2022 11:44:19 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Oh, there's a lot of 2022 albums/singles that need to be certified.

The RIAA needs to offer a "buy one cert, get one free cert" sale. LOL

There are a ton of older albums that need recertification too. The 'Grease' soundtrack was last certified at 8x platinum in 1984 but it has sold more than twice that. 'Purple Rain' was last certified at 13x platinum in 1996 but should be around 17x platinum now. Some artists/labels don't pay for the re-ups and their certifications are ridiculously outdated. Maybe the RIAA SHOULD give them a BOGO deal lol

[chingaling]

Jul 8, 2022 12:24:18 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

Jul 8, 2022 11:44:19 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Oh, there's a lot of 2022 albums/singles that need to be certified.

The RIAA needs to offer a "buy one cert, get one free cert" sale. LOL

There are a ton of older albums that need recertification too. The 'Grease' soundtrack was last certified at 8x platinum in 1984 but it has sold more than twice that. 'Purple Rain' was last certified at 13x platinum in 1996 but should be around 17x platinum now. Some artists/labels don't pay for the re-ups and their certifications are ridiculously outdated. Maybe the RIAA SHOULD give them a BOGO deal lol

What are they waiting to copy the UK model and apply the "automatic" certification?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2022 » / « 07 » / « 08 »

1(=) Lizzo - About Damn Time 111.55(+0.69)
2(=) Jack Harlow - First Class 107.45(-0.34)
3(=) Harry Styles - As It Was 99.36(+0.21)
4(=) Latto - Big Energy 66.80(-0.14)
5(=) Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug 65.98(+0.46)
6(=) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 61.23(-0.18)
7(=) Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) 61.13(+0.37)
8(=) Dove Cameron - Boyfriend 60.10(-0.08)
9(=) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 56.27(+0.21)
10(=) Justin Bieber - Ghost 52.07(-0.07)

11(=) Harry Styles - Late Night Talking 49.97(+1.08)

12(+1) Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL 46.86(+2.09)

19(=) Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof 39.61(+0.92)

24(+4) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) 34.66(+0.81)

66(+7) Cardi B - Hot Ish f/Ye & Lil Durk 16.16(+1.85)

[Groovy]

This will be our top 3 for some time, right?

[85la]

Jul 8, 2022 12:27:07 GMT -5 chingaling said:

Jul 8, 2022 12:24:18 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

There are a ton of older albums that need recertification too. The 'Grease' soundtrack was last certified at 8x platinum in 1984 but it has sold more than twice that. 'Purple Rain' was last certified at 13x platinum in 1996 but should be around 17x platinum now. Some artists/labels don't pay for the re-ups and their certifications are ridiculously outdated. Maybe the RIAA SHOULD give them a BOGO deal lol

What are they waiting to copy the UK model and apply the "automatic" certification?

It's just how they operate, it's a non-profit organization but I'd imagine they still wouldn't be able to make enough money if they automatically certified everything without labels having to pay.

But yeah it's really mind-boggling how some labels are so slow or completely negligent in certifying albums. The cost cannot be so prohibitive that it would outweigh any positive press or bragging rights from receiving higher certifications. Unless it's some obscure, defunct label or something that really doesn't have the money, but those would be a very small number of cases I'd imagine, and most records that do well enough to reach certification levels in the first place are on the majors anyway.

[renfield75]

Jul 8, 2022 13:40:33 GMT -5 Groovy said:

This will be our top 3 for some time, right?

Considering Ghost, Heat Waves, and Stay are still in the top ten I bet one or two of the current top three will still be in the top ten in 2023.

[iHype.]

UK goes directly off the Official Charts Company (OCC is the UK equivalent of Billboard/Nielsen/MRC/Luminate, compiles their numbers and also compiles their chart) data and numbers for certifications, that's why they are automatic.

RIAA is outdated and goes off store shipments, numbers sent to labels from streaming services, etc. They do not go off of Billboard/Luminate numbers. They require audits for the numbers (costs a few hundred dollars per cert only) since they are not directly from one source, which is why certifications aren't automatic.

[jenglisbe]

Jul 8, 2022 14:11:16 GMT -5 iHype. said:

UK goes directly off the Official Charts Company (OCC is the UK equivalent of Billboard/Nielsen/MRC/Luminate, compiles their numbers and also compiles their chart) data and numbers for certifications, that's why they are automatic.

RIAA is outdated and goes off store shipments, numbers sent to labels from streaming services, etc. They do not go off of Billboard/Luminate numbers. They require audits for the numbers (costs a few hundred dollars per cert only) since they are not directly from one source, which is why certifications aren't automatic.

Since 'shipments' aren't much of a thing anymore, I wonder if we can get to a point where the RIAA uses old certs as a base and then has automatic updates using the Nielsen/MRC/etc data.

I know for certifictaions, labels can either submit lifetime consumption or consumption since last certification when applying for a new cert. For some albums the RIAA has "on hand" data (this mostly depends on what was submitted back then and also the release date), but not for all. For things certified more recently, the consumption since last certification could potentially happen automatically.

[areyoureadytojump]

About the UK, certs are automatic for post 1994 releases.

Anything before that, the label has to start the certification process.

RCA just certified 8 Gavin Degraw albums/singles. Good for him, but what about Britney Spears, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Kelly Clarkson? Each have 10+ singles that need updating.

[phieaglesfan712]

[iHype.]

Jul 8, 2022 14:44:46 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

RCA just certified 8 Gavin Degraw albums/singles. Good for him, but what about Britney Spears, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Kelly Clarkson? Each have 10+ singles that need updating.

Labels make it the responsibility and financial burden of the artist's teams/management to request certifications. 

Obviously those artists can afford a few thousand dollars for updating certifications, but when it becomes their own team's responsibility and their team does not care they won't be updated. 

Beyonce's certifications were all updated through 2009-2010 when her father was her manager still (he was very industry driven and always made her promote, made sure she had radio hits, etc), then in 2011 she fired him around the 4 era, started doing things her own way, and none of her 2011 music has been updated since lol. 

Drake's certifications were all mass updated in 2018, then in 2019 he officially left Young Money once his contract expired and now releases his music under his own label and owns his masters. He hasn't certified a single song this entire decade. 

Britney is practically retired and her 'team' (does she even have one at this point?) is people she doesn't even talk to so her certifications are probably never getting updated.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Same with Adele? She left XL and her album/singles have not been updated.

21 should be 16xP.
25 12xP.
19 4xP.

Rolling In The Deep is 8xP, but should be 13xP.
Hello is 7xP, but should be 12xP.
Someone Like You is 5xP, but should be 11xP.

That's 3 Diamond singles she could have.

[rimetm]

[fridayteenage]

i mean, certifications don't mean anything anyway now.

Platinum means...you have x # of streams and y # of sales, with x and y varying widely.

"Sold a million copies" is a concrete achievement so it made more sense before to bother to apply for certs.

[iHype.]

It means you have moved the equivalent of one million units.

[areyoureadytojump]

^^Yet the RIAA G&P program is more popular than ever. Some weeks 30+ singles/albums are certified.

Doja Cat Just certified 22 singles/albums.

Bruce Springsteen certified 17 albums/singles in May.

Eminem certified 64 albums/singles in March.

[mikerivera]

Is that a Cruel Summer revival I’m seeing? Is that becoming a new July 4th staple? Because if so, here’s your daily reminder that it should have been the lead single for Lover

[areyoureadytojump]

^Bananarama? lol

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

It would definitely be cool if Master of Puppets debuted this week. It would be Metallica's first song in the Hot 100 in over 13 years and would stretch their charting there to over 32 years.

[phieaglesfan712]

Speaking of Master of Puppets, it’s predicted to be #25:

[ontopofthis]

Jul 1, 2022 18:11:15 GMT -5 Music Fan said:

Jul 1, 2022 16:37:40 GMT -5 ontopofthis said:

There is nothing hip hop about Break My Soul, and that is not even true. Kendrick Lamar’s album performed way better on the Spotify charts than the Apple ones. It just depends on the artist. Hot s**t is surely a top ten, though

Of course it depends on the artists and there's no one clear cut rule. But historically, Hip Hop artists tend to perform better on AM than Spotify. There will always been outliers and exceptions to the rule. I will actually note Cardi may be the exception to the rule because she does not just appeal to the hip-hop demographic but the pop audience, as well. The better comparisons would be Cardi's prior AM / Spotify numbers to see where she's higher.

Hip hop is the most streamed genre on Spotify, and that is from the company’s own statements, so what are you even arguing?

[gikem]

Insane to think of the prospect of Metallica being the ones to knock Bad Habits off the Hot 100 for good this week lol (yes, I know Cardi's new song is helping too)

Speaking of which, we should also see MAMIII go recurrent this week.

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Jul 8, 2022 17:21:08 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

i mean, certifications don't mean anything anyway now.

Platinum means...you have x # of streams and y # of sales, with x and y varying widely.

"Sold a million copies" is a concrete achievement so it made more sense before to bother to apply for certs.

It seems like this is becoming more the case, otherwise artists and their teams wouldn't be so lax in certifications. Even though it's supposed to comprise "equivalent album units" or "equivalent song units," I agree that it's confusing and hard to conceptualize combining two different things, streaming and sales, into one number.

It's odd because in the days of pure sales, things seemed to be the opposite, when labels would kill for higher certifications, often over-shipping albums upon release and even bribing or forging phony sales numbers.