2023 Predictors Cup - This week: 4X POINTS FINAL WEEK

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

1.
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Post Malone


2. B (2-5)

3. D (11-20)

[rainie]

just to double check: chemical and princess diana are off the table in terms of counting towards one's fantasy team correct ?

[enwhy]

Apr 17, 2023 18:55:41 GMT -5 rainie said:

just to double check: chemical and princess diana are off the table in terms of counting towards one's fantasy team correct ?

correct!

[1^∞]

If Kill Bill is credited to Doja this week will Doja voters get points?

[enwhy]

Apr 18, 2023 18:03:46 GMT -5 1^∞ said:

If Kill Bill is credited to Doja this week will Doja voters get points?

Yup! Would count for Doja but not SZA. Since for Doja, it's essentially a "new" song she's joining on.

[khan]

1. Future, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj - Ariana and Nicki aren't guaranteed to drop an actual pushed single this year, but if they do, then it'll definitely be a big hit that'll net me a good chunk of points. Also, I'm shocked Future hasn't been chosen already.

2. C - I have no idea lol, the Jimin thing came out of nowhere.

3. E - Also super hard to predict, but I don't know if Kim Petras has that pull yet. Unholy's success wasn't exactly because her name drew people.

[enwhy]

1. Pick 3:
1) Post Malone - Chemical feels like a turning point for him. After his last album looked like a career-killer, this new single makes it seem more like a blip. The song sounds great, like a nice pop rock evolution from Circles, and it's still doing 1M+ streams nearly a week after release.
2) Halsey - Kind of my off pick, but she has said her next album will be a pop record. "So Good" was great and I'm hoping she sees more success with her next single.
3) Travis Scott - New album supposed to come out in 2023. 5 years since his last album and his first big release since the festival incident...I think this could be huge.

2. B: #2-5 - I think BTS stans will mass buy this up to at least Top 5. He's not as big as Jimin, but Army haven't been able to buy Jimin's song as much due to the new rules, so maybe they're more eager to push another single to a high debut.

3. E: Below #20: This sounds super dated and uninteresting from the snippet - like it sounds like a 2019 Kim Petras B-side. Barbz are also just coming off of what looks to be an all-out selling campaign for Princess Diana too. I don't think the motivation is there for this.

[85la]

1. Post Malone, Nicki Minaj, Rod Wave
2. C
3. D

[rainie]

1. future, post malone, travis scott (honorable mention to nicki, really wanted to include all four lmao)
2. c
3. e

[joshtheking]

1. Future, Post Malone, Nicki Minaj
2. E
3. E

[ephelia]

Q1: Pick 3 (Final Round!)
Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Travis Scott

Q2: Suga
D: #11-20

Q3: Nicki & Kim
B: #2-5

[💙𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖋𝖆𝖓]

1. Bebe Rexha, Jonas Brothers, and Nicki Minaj
2. E
3. B

[Deleted]

1. Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Travis Scott
2. B
3. D

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

1. Nicki Minaj (I assume the Barbz will Alone debut in the top 10 next week), Ariana Grande (outside of jumping into The Weeknd's song remixes, she hasn't release any single of her own in just under 2 years), Future (hopefully Double Fantasy helps here)
2. B
3. C (I see slightly less sales than in Princess Diana's case since I don't assume Alone will get as many versions, but don't think it will have streaming that's quite as strong)

[enwhy]

Time for another 2-week update on the Pick 3 artist game!

• Morgan Wallen (rainie, renfield75) continues his streak of having the biggest updates. He has increased his lead by another 40 to 545 points! “Last Night” is continuing to rack up the points, gaining +22 for a new total of 144.
• Drake (joshtheking, mms82, 1^∞, Au$tin, Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, ephelia, rnb) dropped a single, and it debuted at #2. That’s good for his first 35 points, which puts him in 3rd place overall.
• Tyler, the Creator (rainie, kindofbiased) jumps to 5th overall after earning 23 points thanks to 3 tracks off his deluxe album charting. He is up to 28 points total - and with how big he is right now, fans suspect he may be releasing more music later in the year.
• Luke Combs (Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, jasper0102, mms82, renfield75, ephelia) jumps gains another 19 point, rising to 69 points total. His momentum right now is primarily from “Fast Car” which rose into the Top 40.

Here are the artist-by-artist point totals to-date:
545 (+40) - Morgan Wallen (Selected by rainie, renfield75)
69 (+19) - Luke Combs (Selected by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, jasper0102, mms82, renfield75, ephelia)
35 (+35) - Drake (Selected by joshtheking, mms82, 1^∞, Au$tin, Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, ephelia, rnb)
34 (+1) - Miley Cyrus (Selected by 1^∞, jasper0102, rnb, big2000, 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎, fengyu, khan, kindofbiased)
28 (+23) - Tyler the Creator (Selected by rainie, kindofbiased)
25 (+0) - Rihanna (Selected by ephelia, jayhawk1117)
25 (+9) - Lil Baby (Selected by khan, mms82)
19 (+2) - Taylor Swift (Selected by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, big2000, gikem, kindofbiased, 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎, 1^∞, 85la, enwhy, fengyu, jayhawk1117, renfield75, imhappy259, jasper0102, joshtheking, mms82, rainie)
18 (+3) - Ed Sheeran (Selected by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, ephelia)
15 (+2) - Zach Bryan (Selected by khan, gikem)
14 (+5) - YoungBoy NBA (Selected by imhappy259)
13 (+2) - SZA (Selected by Rose Wintur)
10 (+0) - Lil Uzi Vert (Selected by 1^∞, joshtheking)
7 (+2) - Latto (Selected by Rose Wintur)
6 (+0) - Bad Bunny (Selected by khan, jasper0102)
5 (+0) - J. Cole (Selected by gikem, atg)
5 (+0) - Polo G (Selected by enwhy, mms82)
5 (+0) - Rawu Alejandro (Selected by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan, annoymous1)
5 (+5) - Peso Pluma (Selected by 1^∞)


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Just a minor scoreboard update this week, no huge jumps.

Scoreboard
1 (=) renfield75 858
2 (=) rainie 802
3 (=) mms82 482
4 (=) ephelia 447
5 (=) jasper0102 374
6 (▲1) Baby Yoda Hot100Fan 365
7 (▼1) enwhy 324
8 (▲1) joshtheking 311
9 (▲2) rnb 291
10 (▼2) fengyu 285
11 (▼1) kindofbiased 282
12 (▲2) 1^∞ 263
13 (▼1) imhappy259 255
14 (▲1) khan 229
15 (▼2) atg 224
16 (=) 85la 217
17 (=) annoymous1 211
18 (=) Rose Wintur 193
19 (=) 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎 166
20 (▲1) Au$tin 121
21 (▼1) jayhawk1117 115
22 (=) M5AGTS 85
23 (=) JukeboxJacob 82
24 (=) Music Fan 68
25 (=) big2000 63

[enwhy]

This week's questions (Deadline Thurs, April 27)
Let's play some Predict The Peaks! For each song, guess what its peak position will be by Dec 30th. 25 points go to the closest predictors(s) - or 50 if you guess it exactly!

1: "La Bebe" - Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma (#17 Peak so far)
Peaks from each of the last 4 weeks on the chart (goes older -> newer): 77 - 34 - 26 - 17
What position will "La Bebe" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

2: "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (#23 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: 44 - 32 - 23
What position will "Fast Car" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

3: "Snooze" - SZA (#29 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: - 36 - 37 - 35 - 34
What position will "Snooze" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

4: "Jaded" - Miley Cyrus (#56 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: 56 - 97 - OUT
What position will "Jaded" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

5: "Chemical" - Post Malone
Last 4 weeks: - Not yet charted, Projecting for Top 20 debut
What position will "Chemical" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

6: "Cruel Summer" - Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s 2019 album track “Cruel Summer” has been surging on streaming lately thanks to its inclusion in her tour set. For reference, it’s now outperforming “Lavender Haze” on Apple Music & Spotify, which means it’s likely racking up 10M+ streams per week. This would place it just outside of the Top 50 on the Hot 100, however old songs need to go Top 50 to re-chart. With summer almost here, fans are anxious for her to promote this as a single.
For this question, we will focus on the 2023 peak for the song - “Won’t Chart” is a valid response, if you do not believe it will chart this year.
What position will "Cruel Summer" peak at in 2023? (By 12/30 chart)

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[1^∞]

Wow this is a difficult 1, probably got some of these very wrong
1. #3
Peso Pluma sweep!!!
2. #4
Country usually charts longer rather than gets high peaks, but this is having a viral moment, I could see this staying in the top 10 a bit
3. #12
The next single off of SOS, this could be way bigger or it might not even peak higher but hovering in the top 15 makes sense
4. #15
This album isn't doing too hot I could totally see this not peaking higher but I have hope, I think this is fan favourite so it might do well, also River deserved to smash wtf
5. #9
Malone
6. #18
Idk if this'll chart or if it'll be a top 5 smash so I'm just going with 18 lol

[renfield75]

1. #8
2. #15...I could see this lingering like Kane Brown's "Thank God" but not quite going top ten in any single week
3. #24...hopefully will get a new peak and will stay around for a long time but probably won't get a high weekly peak. I'd be happy to be wrong though!
4. #56...momentum for this project (outside of "Flowers") already seems to be fading
5. #8...radio may get it into the top ten but Post's streaming for new tracks is a wild card these days
6. #32...my gut says "Won't chart" since Swifties have been talking about it charting for literal years now with nothing happening but its streams are really picking up

[joshtheking]

1. 8- These regional mexican songs don't seem to be slowing down
2. 8- Manifesting it!
3. 26- Will have incredible longevity though
4. 56- I don't even expect this to re-enter at all lol
5. 13- Feel like this will sadly underperform
6. Won't chart- Want to be optimistic but I fear I must be realistic and I don't see them sending this to radio

[fengyu]

1: "La Bebe" - Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma (#17 Peak so far)
#7

2: "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (#23 Peak so far)
#10

3: "Snooze" - SZA (#29 Peak so far)
#18

4: "Jaded" - Miley Cyrus (#56 Peak so far)
#56

5: "Chemical" - Post Malone
#5

6: "Cruel Summer" - Taylor Swift
Won't Chart

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

1. "La Bebe" - #7

2. "Fast Car" - #8

3. "Snooze" - #13

4. "Jaded" - #50

5. "Chemical" - #4 (wishful thinking it manages to get #1 at some point)

6. "Cruel Summer" - #21 (better late than never I suppose)

[shadowthehedgehogfan]

La Bebe: #11
Fast Car: #6
Snooze: #4
Jaded: #39
Chemical: #14
Cruel Summer: #29: It could re-enter, but i don't see it outpeaking it's original run. I'm betting it'll maybe get to the thirties

[jasper0102]

1. #6, not gotta peak as high as Ella Baila Sola but it could get close.
2. #5, i’m probably being optimistic here but considering the streaming gains and the radio push, it could get there, just sayin.
3. #14, tbh i’m more interested in how long this lasts than it’s peak.
4. #56, sorry I don’t think Miley’s getting a second hit this album cycle.
5. #5, the streaming’s solid and I think the radio’s getting him there. It’s not gonna do as well as I Like You but I think it’ll still do well.
6. #24, this is not gonna be as big as Sure Thing, that’s for certain, but this could have the streaming to get here while Karma’s getting the radio push.

[kindofbiased]

1. #5
2. #10
3. #17
4. #47
5. #3 (might peak higher but who knows atp)
6. #29

[khan]

1. #6 - Why does the worst Peso Pluma hit have to be the biggest one? Stream Rosa Pastel.

2. #5 - If pop radio is really getting on board, it's inevitable.

3. #15 - Could be anything in the 10s range tbh, I don't see radio carrying it all the way, but it'll have some great longevity.

4. #40 - I have shockingly low expectations for this album after seeing how it performed week one, but Jaded is really good and I think radio will do something with it.

5. #3 - It's gonna be another I Like You.

6. #30 - I'm done doubting Tiktok's love of old hits, and it's just unbelievable how much streaming this song already has. Dream come true tbh, a testament to how good it is that I think it's overrated but still adore it. But I do have a distinct feeling Taylor's team will focus a lil too much on Karma, preventing this from getting on the YE list. 

[💙𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖋𝖆𝖓]

1. #7
2. #9
3. #18
4. #48
5. #2
6. #27

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

1: "La Bebe" - Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma (#17 Peak so far)
Peaks from each of the last 4 weeks on the chart (goes older -> newer): 77 - 34 - 26 - 17
What position will "La Bebe" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

#6

2: "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (#23 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: 44 - 32 - 23
What position will "Fast Car" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

#8

3: "Snooze" - SZA (#29 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: - 36 - 37 - 35 - 34
What position will "Snooze" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

#5

4: "Jaded" - Miley Cyrus (#56 Peak so far)
Last 4 weeks: 56 - 97 - OUT
What position will "Jaded" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

#21

5: "Chemical" - Post Malone
Last 4 weeks: - Not yet charted, Projecting for Top 20 debut
What position will "Chemical" peak at? (By 12/30 chart)

#4

6: "Cruel Summer" - Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s 2019 album track “Cruel Summer” has been surging on streaming lately thanks to its inclusion in her tour set. For reference, it’s now outperforming “Lavender Haze” on Apple Music & Spotify, which means it’s likely racking up 10M+ streams per week. This would place it just outside of the Top 50 on the Hot 100, however old songs need to go Top 50 to re-chart. With summer almost here, fans are anxious for her to promote this as a single.
For this question, we will focus on the 2023 peak for the song - “Won’t Chart” is a valid response, if you do not believe it will chart this year.
What position will "Cruel Summer" peak at in 2023? (By 12/30 chart)


This is the hardest one.... I'll just throw #31 out there

[mms82]

1: "La Bebe" - Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma (#17 Peak so far)
#6

2: "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (#23 Peak so far)
#9

3: "Snooze" - SZA (#29 Peak so far)
#29

4: "Jaded" - Miley Cyrus (#56 Peak so far)
#56

5: "Chemical" - Post Malone
#8

6: "Cruel Summer" - Taylor Swift
Won't Chart

[rainie]

when you say thursday deadline ,,,, when on thursday were you talking abt ? i was hoping to submit my predictions some time by the evening if that's aight !

[enwhy]

Apr 26, 2023 23:25:59 GMT -5 rainie said:

when you say thursday deadline ,,,, when on thursday were you talking abt ? i was hoping to submit my predictions some time by the evening if that's aight !

If you get them in by 11:59pm Eastern US Time, that's fine!