Billboard Hot 100: 11/19/2022

[Choco]

Hopefully I'm wrong but Cuff It is the exact type of underpromoted song that gets lost in the holiday freeze.

[Groovy]

Hopefully I'm wrong but I think Cuff It might get caught between years.

[Envoirment]

I'm hoping "Cuff It" will gain steadily into the new year and then rise a lot on the Hot 100 when the Christmas songs drop out. Maybe Beyoncé will finally release some music videos as well? Apparantley the visuals for the album will be out soon - possibly end of year/beginning of 2023 and will be a visual film with each track having its own music video. Could give the album a really nice boost in streaming as well if they get all the music videos uploaded individually to her youtube channel as well as the entire film.

[fengyu]

taylor really trying for that #1...

[thegreatdivine]

Nov 7, 2022 16:30:35 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Brave of you guys to assume she doesn't have 15 other remixes ready to go.

2 aimless remixes in 48 hours. This is serving secondhand embarrassment.

[king_billboard_100]

Nov 9, 2022 16:12:30 GMT -5 fengyu said:

taylor really trying for that #1...

She should let Drake tie Madonna & The Supremes

[cooper]

Nov 9, 2022 16:21:34 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Nov 7, 2022 16:30:35 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Brave of you guys to assume she doesn't have 15 other remixes ready to go.

2 aimless remixes in 48 hours. This is serving secondhand embarrassment.

So shameless about it too lol. She doesn’t really need to be doing all this.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I'd still rather remixes than 8 different covers and all the other random stuff tried over the years.

[thatpolishboy]

At least she's making an effort. We should appreciate artists playing the charts game.

[firefox]

Taylor, it's so hard to defend you sometimes. 😩 I'm rooting for Drake this time (Drake will still be #1 though, no matter how hard she tries).

[jodakyellow]

Nov 9, 2022 11:06:05 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Nov 9, 2022 11:04:46 GMT -5 king_billboard_100 said:

looks like Unstoppable has peaked

So as it turns out, it was, in fact, stoppable after all.

I’ll see myself out. 👋

My joke about the song has been, "Sia claims to be unstoppable, but we have to at least try."

[Deleted]

I don’t get it. Literally every pop artists releases remixes for their songs. From Dua Lipa to Beyoncé with Break My Soul to The Weekend. Some even do entire EPs and albums. I’m starting to realize that perhaps nobody cares enough about them to drag or keep tabs on their releases because it’s weird that Taylor always gets singled out and called desperate. As if this hasn’t been in the works for weeks, before her or Republic knew about Drakes album

[👑 Eloquent ™]

She literally isn't going #1 this week, regardless of remixes (we know that's the real concern). She has been releasing remix after remix for lead singles like this for years at this point and we are in an uproar every single time?

"SHAMELESS!!!!!! PATHETIC!!!!!" Like, garnering such extreme responses as these over remixes? It's just a music chart at the end of the day. You'd think she shot someone. Can it be a bit excessive? Sure, but man. lol

[jayhawk1117]

Y’all not tired from losing y’all minds over something so inconsequential?

“Shameful, embarrassing” if the song was FIGHTING for its life to get number one for the first time sure but it’s been number one for two weeks and will almost certainly be number one the week after this and is already back to number one on global Spotify. It’s not exactly like she’s tryna fake a hit

[thegreatdivine]

Say whatever y'all wanna say. I'm just glad my fave doesn't have to resort to aimless remixes (for whatever purpose) and understands the place of simply putting music out and getting out of the way. That's all I have on that.

[kcdawg13]

Idk why Taylor even has to do this, like the song will be back to #1 next week anyways, it has massive radio and still surging, huge streams, etc. It's a real hit, she doesn't need to do these bizarre tactics, this isn't like ME! or her other tracks from the last four years where it's entirely frontloaded and doesn't stick around very long, there's actually momentum with Anti-Hero.

Don't hate the player, hate the game I guess.

[Deleted]

Nov 9, 2022 18:36:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Say whatever y'all wanna say. I'm just glad my fave doesn't have to resort to aimless remixes (for whatever purpose) and understands the place of simply putting music out and getting out of the way. That's all I have on that.

Who even is your fave? 

Anyways, as a Swiftie, I can't wait to run to Anti Hero Roosevelt Remix tomorrow at the gym like I did with the bleachers one today 

[Deleted]

Nov 9, 2022 18:37:09 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Idk why Taylor even has to do this, like the song will be back to #1 next week anyways, it has massive radio and still surging, huge streams, etc. It's a real hit, she doesn't need to do these bizarre tactics, this isn't like ME! or her other tracks from the last four years where it's entirely frontloaded and doesn't stick around very long, there's actually momentum with Anti-Hero.

Don't hate the player, hate the game I guess.

Have you seen the recurrent streams and consumption for most of those "frontloaded" tracks? 

Cardigan is literally pulling like 800k daily

[korbel16]

roosevelt remix… be serious girl 😭

[wavey.]

My sis really posted at #7 on Radio.😥💗

[jayhawk1117]

Nov 9, 2022 18:36:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Say whatever y'all wanna say. I'm just glad my fave doesn't have to resort to aimless remixes (for whatever purpose) and understands the place of simply putting music out and getting out of the way. That's all I have on that.

“resort” is a WILD way to put it Lmao.

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Nov 9, 2022 18:50:10 GMT -5 jayhawk1117 said:

Nov 9, 2022 18:36:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Say whatever y'all wanna say. I'm just glad my fave doesn't have to resort to aimless remixes (for whatever purpose) and understands the place of simply putting music out and getting out of the way. That's all I have on that.

“resort” is a WILD way to put it Lmao.

Yes because the *only* way "Anti-Hero" would have hit #1 or been a hit is due to its many remixes guys! We been knew this!! Thankfully she pathetically resorted to these tactics like the lowlife she is. lol

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Nov 9, 2022 18:36:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Say whatever y'all wanna say. I'm just glad my fave doesn't have to resort to aimless remixes (for whatever purpose) and understands the place of simply putting music out and getting out of the way. That's all I have on that.

But you're still bothered so clearly it's not about just the music for you.

I'm glad most of my favs are flops so I don't have to worry about how well they perform because most will never chart in the first place :kii:

[kimberly]

Nov 9, 2022 18:52:31 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I'm glad most of my favs are flops so I don't have to worry about how well they perform because most will never chart in the first place

when Tove Lo dropped my favorite album of the past month:

[otaviohmg]

At this point, I have to thank Taylor, Drake, and 21 for doing something because Xmas songs would probably fill the album's bomb placements way earlier than we imagine.

[Music Fan]

Nov 9, 2022 17:51:52 GMT -5 thatpolishboy said:

At least she's making an effort. We should appreciate artists playing the charts game.

Somebody please quote this, if I forget, whenever BTS releases multiple remixes. Thanks.

[atg]

2022 in pop music really just had only 2 big moment periods, involving either back to back album bombs or huge streaming singles. One in April/May (Harry/Jack/Bad Bunny/Future/Kendrick) and the other happening right now in Oct/Nov (Lil Baby/Taylor/Drake and 21). The rest of the year just fell flat with barely anything going on.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 9, 2022 18:11:04 GMT -5 @stateofgrace said:

I don’t get it. Literally every pop artists releases remixes for their songs. From Dua Lipa to Beyoncé with Break My Soul to The Weekend. Some even do entire EPs and albums. I’m starting to realize that perhaps nobody cares enough about them to drag or keep tabs on their releases because it’s weird that Taylor always gets singled out and called desperate. As if this hasn’t been in the works for weeks, before her or Republic knew about Drakes album

Historically those remixes would come at one time (a maxi-single, or an EP as you said). These Swift ones are all released separately, and timed to benefit her at specific points in chart runs. She's done this a lot. And yes others do it, too, and they receive criticism here as well. Taylor might get it more, but it's probably because she does it more often (if only because she releases music more often).

I also think in general people prefer an "organic" hit, though most #1s aren't necessarily that so it's more that it's refreshing when it happens.

As for this all being in the works for weeks, that actually makes it worse IMO. That means they didn't have real faith in the song itself and were planning all of these ways to keep it going. So, again, not organic.

[85la]

Nov 9, 2022 20:14:14 GMT -5 atg said:

2022 in pop music really just had only 2 big moment periods, involving either back to back album bombs or huge streaming singles. One in April/May (Harry/Jack/Bad Bunny/Future/Kendrick) and the other happening right now in Oct/Nov (Lil Baby/Taylor/Drake and 21). The rest of the year just fell flat with barely anything going on.

I would also definitely add We Don't Talk About Bruno/the Encanto soundtrack, as well as Running Up That Hill (depending on how exactly you define a "big moment").

[chartfreak]

Lol, can't wait for Drake to drop a remix. But in all seriousness, has Drake never released a remix?? I find that odd.