Billboard Hot 100: 01/28/2023

[Wolfy]

Shakira's #'s

Spotify Global

Day 1: 14,393,342
Day 2: 13,692,427
Day 3: 12,861,996 (Record 3rd day)
Day 4: 10,636,235
Day 5: 11,327,164
Day 6: 10,931,322
Day 7: 10,777,422

Total: 84,619,908

She just needed 330,092 more streams to beat Adele's record (84,950,000). It's still amazing she's able to be competitive with Adele & Taylor.

Spotify US

Day 1: 923,975
Day 2: 1,231,900
Day 3: 1,162,256
Day 4: 995,656
Day 5: 1,078,529
Day 6: 1,175,367
Day 7: 1,208,551


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Miley had another huge day! Miley is definitely going to break the record.

Day 1: 7,716,102
Day 2: 9,631,8896
Day 3: 10,975,946
Day 4: 15,768,832
Day 5: 17,077,686
Day 6: 17,380,410

Total 78,550,865

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Jan 18, 2023 23:36:34 GMT -5 rnb said:

Jan 18, 2023 23:34:26 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

2020 wasn’t that huge. Maybe critically praised to some degree but it didn’t have the hits his album before that had. CSTF had a better start than “Roar,” which was a single actually coming off of a major radio hit album by a radio darling.

In any case, for Miley sometimes the cards just align. Radio friendly song with a lot of buzz by an artist everyone is already familiar with on an upswing in her career that has often been polarizing. It’s kind of a perfect storm in a lot of ways.

ah yes the biggest album of 2013 wasn’t huge got it

Yes because the massive number of radio hits was surely indicative of how well a generic soundtrack single would do out of the gate.

gghunt.utasites.cloud/charts/justin_timberlake.htm

[explicit]

Everybody's talking Shakira this and Shakira that without crediting Bizarrap.

I know, Shak is amazing and her longevity is outstanding but part of the success is also thanks to the huge platform the BZRP sessions are in the Spanish speaking countries.

Everybody is waiting for the next session and which artist is going to shine, and in this case you add Shakira and the divorce scandall... and you got the perfect storm.

Bizarrap is a marketing genious. From making beats in his bedroom 3 years ago to topping global charts in 2022.

[andrebra]

Lizzy McAlpine in the top 200 on Spotify?? Hell yes!

[explicit]

23(=) RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. 663,367 (+50,736)
57(+3) RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. (Sped Up) 425,108 (+40,633)

Wow! This would put Raye in top ten territory. Hopefully she gets the chance to reach those heights in the Hot 100.

[iHype.]

Jan 19, 2023 4:06:48 GMT -5 Codex said:

Jan 18, 2023 19:24:16 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Can’t Stop the Feeling seemed to have a mega big radio deal. I remember it was doing like Hello numbers almost first week on radio… it was surprising a bit but with that much budget first week it was understandable it would pull numbers out the gate.

Problem was still the most random comeback smash ever imo. And I was a big Ariana supporter then.

How? The Way debuted top 10 just a year earlier, despite the EDM craze, so it was clear she had interest. They figured out her image for album 2 and released a Max Martin smash as the lead.

I’m reading through the thread now to fact check myself. but people seemed pretty convinced that Problem will be a smash, once they saw the single cover and the teasers. To quote icon surfy:

Apr 21, 2014 17:49:02 GMT -5 surfy said:

Ummm... YYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS! It sounds like she's found a way to modernize her sound without having to sacrifice her old-fashioned soul! I smell legend! This will be a hit *hopefully*

Several people posted about it being a future #1 before it was even released

The Way debuted top 10, and that was that. It sold barely 200K first week and the follow up singles bombed on arrival.

To go from that, to essentially debuting #1 (blocked by like 1%) against two of the biggest hits ever with 450K sales first week was unheard of.

Nobody expected her to suddenly be debuting with peak Gaga, Taylor, and Katy lead single numbers in 2014 after ONE moderate hit her entire career. Sure someone could’ve predicted the song to sound like a #1, but I doubt nobody thought it would’ve been able to basically debut #1 right out of the gate. It’s definitely revisionist history to claim Problem’s first week performance was expected lol

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 13, 2023 7:35:12 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Mid-Week Releases:

Notable Singles:
boygenius - $20 / True Blue/ Emily I’m Sorry
Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
Fall Out Boy - Love From the Other Side
The National - Tropic Morning News
Rebecca Black - Sick To My Stomach
Model/Actriz - Crossing Guard
Wednesday - Chosen to Deserve
Arlo Parks - Weightless
Screaming Females - Brass Bell
Skrillex with Bobby Raps - Leave Me Like This
Deerhoof - Sit Down, Let Me Tell You a Story.
Låpsley - Lifeline
McKinley Dixon - Tyler, Forever
Kelela - Contact
YENA - Love War / Wash Away
Andy Shauf - Telephone
Che Lingo feat. Roger Taylor - My Radio
Vitesse X - In The Balance
Marlon Craft - I Still Don't Cry
HKT48 - 君はもっとできる
Boys World - Mantrum
CMAT - Mayday
cignature - AURORA
Enter Shikari - (pls) set me on fire
Yaeji - For Granted
Dean Blunt - NOLA Freestyle
Overmono - Is U
A$AP Rocky - Same Problems
Anna B Savage - Crown Shyness
Knosis - 星砕 [SEISAI]
The Ocean - Preboreal
Amber Arcades - True Love
Heartworms - Retributions Of An Awful Life
Softcult - Dress
Hamasaari - Bleak
Hollow Hand - All My Love
Dutch Uncles - Tropigala (2 to 5)
Club2020, Oki & Otsochodzi - Malibu Barbie
Occurence - Fudge
Luvdes - lack
MSPAINT - Delete It
B. Cool-Aid - Cnt Go Back (Tell Me)
GhostMinus - Where Nothing Happens
Hulvey & Lecrae - WALK
Entheos - I Am the Void
Kid Lords - Newport Shawty
Cowboyy - Tennis
Yellow Days - Soul Smile
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Easy Now
Sleaford Mods - UK GRIM
Haken - Taurus
Hiro Ama - Ultramarine
Suicidemoon - I’m Back
Akeem Ali - Keemy Casanova: He's BAD
In Flames - Meet Your Maker
Jacob Dsouza - Take Me Away
MORE MORE JUMP! - Ai no Material / Ice Drop
Shadu-Nar-Mattaru - Premonition of Doom
Afourteen - BEAUTY IN THE BREAKDOWN
MIGYO - STAY
Scarlet Revolver - Matador / The Sign To Love
Gloria Groove, Valesca Popozuda & Anitta - Proibidona
J. Cole - procrastination (broke)
Valaire - BEZU
Lunchbox - Alright, Pt. 2
MARAUDA - SINEWS
Michael Kauffil - Mortal
NOIA - eclipse de amor
DECO*27 & PinocchioP - (Not) A Devil
DJ Impala - Red Walls
MAGECRVFT - Lavish
Pogány Induló - Pogi Hip-Hop

Notable Projects:
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
GOT the beat - Stamp On It
Cignature - My Little Aurora
Myke Towers - Sweet & Sour EP
Kota the Friend - Lyrics to GO, Vol. 4
Back Number - HUMOR
Object Permanence - Are You Home?
Choyoung - A Chapter
CHAI - ジャジャーン EP
Blossom Caldarone - Maybe in Love (Maybe Not) EP
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - V
君島大空 [Ohzora Kimishima] - 映帶する煙 (Eitai suru kemuri)
Koda Kumi - WINGS EP
The Motet - All Day
Craies Blanches - A l'ombre d'une souris EP
Jinyoung - Chapter 0: WITH EP
Kraków Loves Adana - Oceanflower
Hoshina Anniversary - Hakkyoushisou
Will Jay - Someone on the Internet
Taku Sugimoto - Some Ancient Chants EP
Fraktur - Dark world
Sari - Ending
LCY - /Y\ EP
Vampirblut - Ausrottung EP
Vladislav Delay - Hide Behind The Silence EP
Sabu Toyozumi, Lao Dan & Hisaharu Teruuchi - Five Rings Secret
Tårar Över Skåne - 3
Adati - Adati & Ancient Relic Split EP
Rainbow Island - Moonlit Panacea
Paleman - Veiled
Muslimgauze - Turn On Arabic American Radio
Nedrugh - Depersonalize
Manget - Delta
Surnud - In the Arms of Despair EP
Kink Gong - Myth 神话
Krachwerke - Sorites
Kareem Castro - Kareem II EP
Holsen & Cassiers - Walking In Circles EP
Anocht - Anocht
Al Divino - POWER PACK EP
Jx.Zero - I Only Came Here To Be Myself
Ka'Bandha - Warlords of the Icy Void EP
*teeth - Lost Memories
Hellevate - The Purpose Is Cruelty
Manny Laurenko - TACTICAL
Ryona Hime - Ritv​ō​s Hrapta EP
Mordant Rhed - Hatred of Humanity EP
Debashish Bhattacharya - The Sound of the Soul



Got a ton of exciting comebacks mid-week

[otaviohmg]

[HamedM1 💔]

Kali don't miss wow, just another vibey slice of neo psychedelic soul. I sure hope it gets some traction on the charts but I'm not holding my breath.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2023 » / « 01 » / « 19 »

1(=) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 100.22(-0.36)
2(=) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) 91.18(+0.55)
3(=) Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy 86.88(-0.10)

4(=) The Weeknd - Die For You 81.64(+0.36)
5(=) Harry Styles - As It Was 65.16(-0.11)
6(=) Beyoncé - CUFF IT 61.40(-0.32)
7(=) Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' 59.79(+2.19)
8(=) Meghan Trainor - Made You Look 53.66(+0.48)
9(=) Post Malone - I Like You .. f/Doja Cat 49.14(-0.18)
10(+1) Sia - Unstoppable 48.00(+0.07)

32(+10) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 32.45(+4.66)

38(+5) SZA - Kill Bill 29.91(+2.48)

50(+6) Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock 24.96(+1.55)

72(+2) Bailey Zimmerman - Rock and a Hard Place 18.30(+0.72)

81(+5) Coi Leray - Players 15.24(+0.76)

-(-) RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. 9.57(+0.81)

-(-) Bizarrap & Shakira - Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 8.80(+1.02)

[lukin80]

What! Laroi's new track is just the intro to his new album.

[Gary]

The Contenders: SZA, Miley Cyrus & Shakira/Bizarrap All Real Possibilities for Hot 100 No. 1
While SOS likely remains unmovable as the No. 1 album, SZA's "Kill Bill" fights challengers new and old to be the No. 1 song.

www.billboard.com/pro/sza-miley-cyrus-taylor-swift-shakira-hot-100-no-1/
BY ANDREW UNTERBERGER



WWelcome to The Contenders, a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming charts dated Jan. 28), SZA’s SOS is expected to easily fend off challengers on the Billboard 200, but there will be more of a contest to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where she faces stiff competition from Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Shakira & Bizarrap as she seeks her first No. 1 .

SZA, “Kill Bill” (Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA): As SZA’s SOS spends its fifth week atop the Billboard 200, her biggest single yet climbs to a new peak of No. 2 on the Hot 100 (dated Jan. 21) this week. The melancholy (and murderous) “Kill Bill” has ruled Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart for three weeks now, and it’s now also gaining at radio, debuting this week at No. 24 on Pop Airplay and No. 48 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Airplay.


However, “Bill” has yet to appear on the 50-position all-genre Radio Songs listing, which Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” — the eight-week Hot 100 No. 1 currently keeping SZA from the top spot — has ruled for four weeks. (Still, “Bill” is just below the survey this week and likely to debut next week.) Also to help get the breakout hit over the top and score the first Hot 100 No. 1 of her career, SZA released a new four-song “Kill Bill” pack to streaming services last Friday (Jan. 13), adding sped-up, instrumental and a cappella versions to the original — all of which are currently for sale on her website, and discounted to 69 cents.

Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” (Columbia): Whether or not “Bill” overtakes “Anti-Hero” this week, it could face entirely new roadblocks in a pair of much-hyped singles that came out last week. The bigger of those is likely “Flowers,” Friday’s first taste of veteran pop star Miley Cyrus’ upcoming Endless Summer Vacation album that’s due in March. Produced by regular Harry Styles collaborators Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, the mid-tempo kiss-off immediately won fans for its sunny pop-rock groove, self-reliant message and Bruno Mars-echoing (possibly Liam Hemsworth-referencing?) chorus.


After the song went viral on TikTok over the weekend, it bounded to the top of both the Spotify and Apple Music daily charts, as well as the iTunes song sales chart — and top 40 has also quickly seized onto the track, with a splashy debut sure to come on Radio Songs next week. It’s the kind of multi-platform dominance that has largely eluded Cyrus, despite her continued household-name status, over the past decade; she hasn’t reached higher than No. 8 on the Hot 100 (as an added performer to The Kid LAROI’s “Without You” remix in 2021) since she topped the chart in 2013 with “Wrecking Ball,” her sole No. 1 so far.

But Cyrus’ timing is right with “Flowers” — released last Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. EST, five hours ahead of the tracking week for next week’s Hot 100. She’s taking advantage of an early-year pop landscape that’s relatively light on impactful new releases, as evidenced by the Hot 100’s top 40 currently being overrun by songs from 2022 (or even longer ago). But just as importantly, she’s riding positive momentum from her popular and well-received Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party NBC special, in which she dueted on old hits with godmother Dolly Parton and teased new music to come, with her full album announcement arriving less than a week later. It all adds up to Cyrus having her best shot in 10 years at a return trip to No. 1 next week.

Bizarrap & Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” (Dale Play): Before “Flowers” arrived, the buzziest debut of last week was easily Shakira’s incendiary team-up with in-demand Argentine DJ/producer Bizarrap. The propulsive electro-pop banger lit up the internet upon its release last Wednesday (Jan. 11, at 7:00 p.m. ET), particularly for its shots-fired lyrics aimed directly at the superstar’s footballer ex-husband Gerard Piqué. “Vol. 53” quickly surged to No. 1 on YouTube’s Trending chart, and also reached the top 10 and top 20 on the daily Spotify and iTunes U.S. charts, respectively.


Despite coming out six days into the prior tracking week, “Vol. 53” already debuts on several Billboard charts this week, including an impressive No. 12 bow on the Global 200. It misses out on the Hot 100, but with its streaming momentum staying strong, it’s certain to crash the chart next week. However, with stateside radio not yet embracing the Spanish-language track as much as it has “Flowers” and “Kill Bill,” it may end up lagging behind those front-runners.

Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (Republic): While the threats to its reign are numerous, you can’t count out Taylor Swift and her incumbent eight-week No. 1. Swift and her team have made all the right moves to extend the Midnights single’s reign to career-best lengths, including releasing a number of remixes for the track for sale exclusively on her website — and, most recently, discounting those remixes to 69 cents from last Monday to Thursday (Jan. 9-12). Does she have any last-second tricks up her sleeve for this chart week?

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Jan 19, 2023 9:27:07 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 19, 2023 4:06:48 GMT -5 Codex said:

The Way debuted top 10, and that was that. It sold barely 200K first week and the follow up singles bombed on arrival.

To go from that, to essentially debuting #1 (blocked by like 1%) against two of the biggest hits ever with 450K sales first week was unheard of.

Nobody expected her to suddenly be debuting with peak Gaga, Taylor, and Katy lead single numbers in 2014 after ONE moderate hit her entire career. Sure someone could’ve predicted the song to sound like a #1, but I doubt nobody thought it would’ve been able to basically debut #1 right out of the gate. It’s definitely revisionist history to claim Problem’s first week performance was expected lol

The Way was a nice little hit for her, it debuted with 220k and had a good longevity (26 weeks overall, 4 in the top 10) and the album debuted at #1 with 140k, which proves she had a huge fanbase and a lot of people excited to hear the next project.
If she sold 220k with her debut (and R&B) single, I don't know why it's surprising to see huge numbers for a much more radio-friendly modern bop like Problem, and the fact that she had Iggy on it didn't hurt either (Fancy was #4 when Problem debuted at #3). And like Codex said, people already knew it'll be a smash based on a cover, I remember it was really controversial for some LOL.

As for Timberlake, he had like 5 top 10s in 2013-2014, and it was expected (to me at least) to see his first song in 2 years debuting at #1, especially if it's the most radio-friendly song of all time.

[85la]

Jan 19, 2023 8:08:36 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Jan 18, 2023 23:36:34 GMT -5 rnb said:

ah yes the biggest album of 2013 wasn’t huge got it

Yes because the massive number of radio hits was surely indicative of how well a generic soundtrack single would do out of the gate.

gghunt.utasites.cloud/charts/justin_timberlake.htm

Not really sure what those statistics prove. Yes, the 2020 Experience (I'm combining Parts 1 & 2, as they were really part of the same era) didn't have 5 smash radio hits like the FutureSex/LoveSounds era, but it had 3 very sizable radio hits (The #1 Mirrors and the #2's Suit and Tie and Not a Bad Thing), plus the #3-peaking Holy Grail with Jay-Z not included in that chart, so combined with Part 1 being the best-selling album that year and the high critical acclaim, he built up a pretty substantial legacy by that point that shouldn't have made it all that surprising CSTF opened big. Plenty of other artists have had 3 (or fewer) big radio hits but from a very well-selling album and then smashed out of the gate with follow-up singles.

[iHype.]

Jan 19, 2023 15:32:56 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Jan 19, 2023 9:27:07 GMT -5 iHype. said:

The Way debuted top 10, and that was that. It sold barely 200K first week and the follow up singles bombed on arrival.

To go from that, to essentially debuting #1 (blocked by like 1%) against two of the biggest hits ever with 450K sales first week was unheard of.

Nobody expected her to suddenly be debuting with peak Gaga, Taylor, and Katy lead single numbers in 2014 after ONE moderate hit her entire career. Sure someone could’ve predicted the song to sound like a #1, but I doubt nobody thought it would’ve been able to basically debut #1 right out of the gate. It’s definitely revisionist history to claim Problem’s first week performance was expected lol

The Way was a nice little hit for her, it debuted with 220k and had a good longevity (26 weeks overall, 4 in the top 10) and the album debuted at #1 with 140k, which proves she had a huge fanbase and a lot of people excited to hear the next project.
If she sold 220k with her debut (and R&B) single, I don't know why it's surprising to see huge numbers for a much more radio-friendly modern bop like Problem, and the fact that she had Iggy on it didn't hurt either (Fancy was #4 when Problem debuted at #3). And like Codex said, people already knew it'll be a smash based on a cover, I remember it was really controversial for some LOL.

As for Timberlake, he had like 5 top 10s in 2013-2014, and it was expected (to me at least) to see his first song in 2 years debuting at #1, especially if it's the most radio-friendly song of all time.

140K was not huge album numbers at all. It was not much more than Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato who never went anywhere towards selling 450K first week with a lead single. It would’ve been absolutely shocking if Selena/Demi did 450K first week with a lead single and they were *more* established Pop names than Ariana at the time lmao.

And The Way was not really an R&B song. It was a Pop song with an R&B feel. It was not some outlier for 2013’s landscape when Suit & Tie, Blurred Lines, and various other blue-eyed artists covering Urban were amongst the years biggest hits. 😭 It was completely radio friendly for that year. This is a bunch of revisionist history lmao.

The only other females who did 430K+ with lead singles first week:
Taylor, Shake It Off - (following the monstrous Red era)
Katy, Part Of Me/Roar - (following the monstrous Teenage Dream era)
Adele, Hello - (following the monstrous 21 era)
Gaga, Born This Way - (following the monstrous The Fame Monster)


All the other women were coming off of some of the biggest eras in modern history. Ariana was coming off… Yours Truly? Lmao.

If you don’t see how her performing similarly to their comebacks was a complete surprise at the time then it’s honestly just arguing to argue at this point.

[kcdawg13]

Seems like Made You Look has peaked, it's streaming highs seem to be well in the past and it's radio has been pretty stagnant lately. I don't really see it going much further, especially with incoming competition from SZA, Miley, Metro Boomin, Gaga, etc.

[mms82]

Nothing like spending two pages during the first interesting week in 2023 talking about… Problem debuting 9 years ago

never change pulse lmao

[iHype.]

Jan 19, 2023 17:30:42 GMT -5 mms82 said:

Nothing like spending two pages during the first interesting week in 2023 talking about… Problem debuting 9 years ago

never change pulse lmao

We've been talking about Flowers doing well for 5 days straight. How DARE anyone venture off to slightly discuss something different

[NeRD]

Jan 13, 2023 1:29:48 GMT -5 Caviar said:

“Kill Bill” #1 this week.

The fact that we all thought this :(

[kindofbiased]

the Kill Bill situation can really only go two ways at this point, either it peaks at #2 and becomes one of those iconic #2 hits OR it hits #1 sometime after Miley's run showing how consistently popular it's been

ofc I prefer the latter scenario but if it comes down to it, I wouldn't mind SZA joining the iconic #2 club

[mms82]

Jan 19, 2023 17:42:20 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 19, 2023 17:30:42 GMT -5 mms82 said:

Nothing like spending two pages during the first interesting week in 2023 talking about… Problem debuting 9 years ago

never change pulse lmao

We've been talking about Flowers doing well for 5 days straight. How DARE anyone venture off to slightly discuss something different

Lol sorry my comment was meant to be positive (ie “never change Pulse”).

I think it’s fun and funny to see the random topics that get brought up here, like I didn’t really follow the charts that much in the early 10s so it’s fun to see people talk about random chart stuff like that (for instance it’s always great to see Soulsista’s posts looking back at this week in chart history)

[mms82]

Jan 19, 2023 17:30:19 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Seems like Made You Look has peaked, it's streaming highs seem to be well in the past and it's radio has been pretty stagnant lately. I don't really see it going much further, especially with incoming competition from SZA, Miley, Metro Boomin, Gaga, etc.

What’s Gaga got?

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Jan 19, 2023 16:06:07 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 19, 2023 15:32:56 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

140K was not huge album numbers at all. It was not much more than Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato who never went anywhere towards selling 450K first week with a lead single. It would’ve been absolutely shocking if Selena/Demi did 450K first week with a lead single and they were *more* established Pop names than Ariana at the time lmao.

And The Way was not really an R&B song. It was a Pop song with an R&B feel. It was not some outlier for 2013’s landscape when Suit & Tie, Blurred Lines, and various other blue-eyed artists covering Urban were amongst the years biggest hits. 😭 It was completely radio friendly for that year. This is a bunch of revisionist history lmao.

The only other females who did 430K+ with lead singles first week:
Taylor, Shake It Off - (following the monstrous Red era)
Katy, Part Of Me/Roar - (following the monstrous Teenage Dream era)
Adele, Hello - (following the monstrous 21 era)
Gaga, Born This Way - (following the monstrous The Fame Monster)


All the other women were coming off of some of the biggest eras in modern history. Ariana was coming off… Yours Truly? Lmao.

If you don’t see how her performing similarly to their comebacks was a complete surprise at the time then it’s honestly just arguing to argue at this point.

my point is that Ariana's career is hyped since the first second she released her debut single, unlike Taylor/Katy/Adele/Gaga. If she did 220k in the first week with no previous songs and albums, she really couldn't go down from that, especially with a song like Problem, plus she didn't wait too long after Yours Truly.

I understand someone would be confused from this point of view, but there was a huge buzz around the song before the release. Fans choosing the cover artwork, the song available for pre-order 7 days before, those teasers were everywhere, and she performed it on Radio Disney Music Awards (people were surprised by her choreography) and iHeartRadio Music Awards (viral moment with Rihanna) during the first week. Even I was hyped for the song and I didn't touch her debut album.

[NeRD]

Jan 19, 2023 18:48:05 GMT -5 mms82 said:

Jan 19, 2023 17:30:19 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Seems like Made You Look has peaked, it's streaming highs seem to be well in the past and it's radio has been pretty stagnant lately. I don't really see it going much further, especially with incoming competition from SZA, Miley, Metro Boomin, Gaga, etc.

What’s Gaga got?

Bloody Mary I'm assuming?

[HamedM1 💔]

Jan 19, 2023 19:04:20 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Jan 19, 2023 18:48:05 GMT -5 mms82 said:

What’s Gaga got?

Bloody Mary I'm assuming?

I mean unless America decided to dig out Hold My Hand from its grave then yes it most definitely is Bloody Mary.

[TakeMe]

I don’t think there’s any worse song being a “nice little hit” for Ariana than Focus....now what was THAT???😭

[JukeboxJacob]

Jan 20, 2023 0:16:00 GMT -5 TakeMe said:

I don’t think there’s any worse song being a “nice little hit” for Ariana than Focus....now what was THAT???😭

Brad Taste In Music described it perfectly: a bad hook on a good song

[JukeboxJacob]

the current hits are bringing me so much joy. Compared to this time last year: not only are there actually new hits, they're also serving quality!

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 01/18/23

1(=) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 3,507,707 (-73,791) 
2(=) SZA - Kill Bill 2,638,462 (-17,805)
3(=) Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage - Creepin' 1,446,087 (-1,455)
4(=) Metro Boomin, Future, Chris Brown - Superhero (Heroes & Villains) 1,403,253 (+55,987)
5(=) Bizarrap, Shakira - Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 1,208,551 (+33,184)
6(=) Drake, 21 Savage - Rich Flex 1,122,648 (+15,096)
7(+1) Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock 910,176 (+5,021)
8(-1) JVKE - golden hour 903,781 (-11,387)
9(+1) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 897,006 (+15,434)
10(-1) Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 886,888 (+3,312)

SZA - SOS
12(=) Low 865,523 (-9,801)
14(+2) Nobody Gets Me 852,406 (+30,368)
15(-1) Snooze 842,101 (-1,971) 
22(-2) Shirt 696,368 (-17,025)
25(-1) Blind 628,861 (-13,306)
44(-3) Good Days 492,649 (-10,619)
54(-2) Love Language 428,398 (-10,809)
77(-4) Ghost in the Machine 387,351 (-8,590)
78(-4) Seek & Destroy 385,663 (-9,723)
99(-3) Open Arms 350,731 (-3,041)
100(-7) Special 348,847 (-10,219)
105(-6) I Hate U 343,978 (-4,814)
113(-6) Used 331,020 (-7,270)
180(-10) SOS 282,473 (-6,406)
195(-14) Gone Girl 273,915 (-7,675)
Total Streams: 10,148,746 (-4%)

Others:
11(=) The Weeknd - Die For You 865,523 (-13,119) 
13(=) Miguel - Sure Thing 856,660 (-6,604)
16(+1) Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 813,642 (+5,085)
17(-2) d4vd - Romantic Homicide 811,568 (-10,730)
18(=) Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera - Bebe Dame 809,289 (+19,116)
19(=) Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy 800,686 (+23,701)
20(+5) Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense 779,127 (+148,104) (+24%)
21(+1) Harry Styles - As It Was 699,922 (+12,115)
23(-2) d4vd - Here With Me 694,385 (-10,092)
24(-1) RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. 679,623 (+16,256)
26(=) J. Cole - No Role Modelz 625,338 (+2,503)
27(+1) Hotel Ugly - Shut up My Moms Calling 604,583 (-8,743)
28(-1) Tory Lanez - The Color Violet 603,486 (-19,049) 
29(+1) ThxSoMch - SPIT IN MY FACE! 601,927 (+11,732)
30(+1) Carin Leon, Grupo Frontera - Que Vuelvas 598,545 (+15,441)
31(+2) David Guetta, Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) 597,189 (+22,085)
32(-3) NewJeans - Ditto 603,274 (+88,528)
34(-2) The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather 578,616 (-1,650)
35(+1) NewJeans - OMG 546,658 (+6,380) 
36(-1) Mac DeMarco - Heart to Heart 540,191 (-21,182)
38(=) Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze 528,117 (+12,072)
41(+1) Metro Boomin, Future, Don Toliver - Too Many Nights 501,494 (+3,414)
42(+9) Bailey Zimmerman - Rock and A Hard Place 499,647 (+55,195)
43(=) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 499,250 (+7,286)
46(-1) Arctic Monkeys - 505 483,872 (+4,416)
47(=) Arcángel, Bad Bunny - La Jumpa 480,449 (+5,820)
48(-2) Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, 21 Savage - Niagara Falls (Foot or 2) 477,492 (+1,891)
50(-1) Yeat - Out thë way 461,256 (+758)
53(=) Beach House - Space Song 432,635 (-5,344)
55(+5) Grupo Frontera - No Se Va 426,911 (+5,712)
56(+1) RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. (Sped Up) 426,005 (+897)
58(+6) Beyoncé - CUFF IT 421,829 (+8,174)
59(-3) Brent Faiyaz - Clouded 421,543 (-4,437)
60(-5) Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse 420,630 (-6,441)
61(-2) Stephen Sanchez, Em Beihold - Until I Found You [Duet] 417,867 (-3,572)
64(+2) Manuel Turizo - La Bachata 415,383 (+3,049)
65(-4) Ñengo Flow, Bad Bunny - Gato de Noche 412,381 (-3,522)
67(+1) Cults - Gilded Lily 411,607 (+3,367)
68(-1) Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 407,080 (-4,956)
69(+12) Rema, Selena Gomez - Calm Down 405,032 (+23,665)
70(+2) Taylor Swift - Midnight Rain 402,916 (+6,934)
72(-3) Billie Eilish - TV 399,283 (-2,945)
75(-4) Zach Bryan - Heading South 394,768 (-3,101)
80(-1) Tyler Childers - Lady May 380,725 (-7,282)
82(+4) Meghan Trainor - Made You Look 378,511 (+7,516)
83(+4) Drake, 21 Savage, Travis Scott - Pussy & Millions 376,196 (+7,474)
84(+4) PinkPantheress - Boy's a liar 374,586 (+9,009)
85(-1) The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey - Stargirl Interlude 373,641 (-435)
88(-8) The Weeknd, Gesaffelstein - I Was Never There 371,800 (-10,500)
89(-7) Brent Faiyaz - ALL MINE 367,602 (-12,800)
90(-1) Tom Odell - Another Love 365,171 (-196)
91(+22) Omar Apollo - Evergreen 363,700 (+32,794)
94(+1) Chris Brown - Under the Influence 358,031 (+328)
96(-5) Miguel - Girl With The Tattoo Enter.lewd 356,108 (-4,694)
97(+9) Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary 354,704 (+15,283)

103(+1) Zach Bryan - Sun to Me 345,098-342,923 (+2,175)
104(-3) Freddie Dredd - Limbo 344,181 (-3,001)
106(-6) PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break from Toronto 341,576 (-6,640)
110(+6) Taylor Swift - Maroon 331,614 (+1,281)
112(+20) Gucci Mane, Kodak Black - King Snipe 331,055 (+13,928)
115(+3) Taylor Swift - Karma 330,287 (+1,107)
116(-5) Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 329,563 (-3,783)
121(+2) Taylor Swift - Bejeweled 326,537 (+2,207)
122(-10) Future - Solo 324,825 (-7,751)
125(+37) Libianca - People 322,278 (+25,399)
128(-6) Steve Lacy - Static 321,136 (-3,286)
129(-19) Oscar Maydon, Junior H - Fin de Semana 320,533 (-13,353)
132(-4) Lil Baby - Freestyle 317,616 (-2,104)
133(+25) Coi Leray - Players 317,413 (+16,990)
137(-4) Joji - Die For You 314,975 (-2,139)
138(-11) Beach Weather - Sex, Drugs, Etc. 314,812 (-5,580)
139(+5) Oliver Tree, Robin Schulz - Miss You 314,411 (+7,388)
141(-7) Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection 313,984 (-1,874)
150(-8) Vundabar - Alien Blues 308,162 (-601)
151(-10) Baby Keem - HONEST 307,297 (-2,149)
153(+45) Tiësto, Tate McRae - 10:35 304,493 (+34,700)
155(=) Morgan Wallen - Thought You Should Know 304,251 (+2,590)
158(-19) Mac DeMarco - For the First Time 303,168 (-7,300)
159(+2) Natanael Cano, Peso Pluma, Gabito Ballesteros - AMG 302,863 (+4,570)
162(+3) Hotel Ugly - Shut up My Moms Calling (Sped Up) 300,158 (+4,266)
165(-12) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 299,042 (-3,255)
170(DEBUT) Fall Out Boy - Love From the Other Side 294,192
171(+2) Kate Brown, Katelyn Brown - Thank God 292,865 (+5,370)
173(-2) Megan Moroney - Tennessee Orange 289,741 (+1,319)
176(+1) Mr.Kitty - After Dark 286,470 (+1,224)
177(+7) Lizzy McAlpine - ceilings 285,070 (+6,683)
179(-10) Childish Gambino - Les 282,929 (-7,617)
182(-2) Shakira, Ozuna - Monotonía 281,826 (+181)
184(+7) Fuerza Regida, Edgardo Nuñez - Billete Grande 279,608 (+5,900)
196(-4) A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Secrets 273,685 (+18)

Total Streams for Escapism.: 1,1056,28 (Would be #7 with combined streams)
Total Streams for Shut up my Moms Calling: 904,741 (Would be #8/#9 with combined streams)
Total Streams for Until I Found You: 747,430 (Would be #21/#22 with combined streams)

Biggest Gains (50K+): Rock and A Hard Place, Nonsense, Superhero (Heroes & Villains)

[jasper0102]

Haven't done this in months but here's a small briefing on what i think goes recurrent this week:
Hold Me Closer (isn't even gaining on the radio so it won't get the pass so many got over the holidays)
Fall In Love (i mean, it's country radio run is over, Jimmy Cooks has already left, and it's literally at #50. i'd be shocked if it doesn't leave this week)
Victoria's Secret (the radio has pretty thoroughly peaked for this one, and it's not like it has the streaming to hold)
Son Of A Sinner (yeah, the usual fall-off for a song after it peaks on country radio likely means this one's leaving)
As for some other songs that might come close but likely won't:
Unstoppable (yeah this one actually gained on the radio this week. yeah the gains were incredibly small but still, yikes)
About Damn Time and Vegas (these 2 are losing too slowly on the radio to really be in the running for recurrency)
I Ain't Worried and Sunroof (same as above, just with the added bonus of being higher on the charts as the other two)