Billboard Hot 100: 02/24/2024

[Choco]

Feb 16, 2024 9:20:18 GMT -5 mms82 said:

I hope Carnival goes number one somehow then gets pulled from streaming this morning so it goes 1-off or 1-92

Honestly same, so we can finally stop pretending just because a song went #1 on a single overhyped week it's really a hit.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 16, 2024 10:22:53 GMT -5 Choco said:

Feb 16, 2024 9:20:18 GMT -5 mms82 said:

I hope Carnival goes number one somehow then gets pulled from streaming this morning so it goes 1-off or 1-92

Honestly same, so we can finally stop pretending just because a song went #1 on a single overhyped week it's really a hit.

But would a song that fell hard in large part because it was removed from services really be proof of that?

[clsvltn]

I'm not sure if I should support Ty Dolla Sign or be mad at him for partnering with Kanye for this release... Anyway, I still have not listened to it. It just shows how little excitement I have for a Kanye album these days anyway .

[avamaxstan]

I tried listening to the album, and I regret it. When he lost his mind, he also lost his talent.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

‘World’ Record: Nate Smith Ties for Longest-Leading No. 1 in Country Airplay Chart History

2/16/2024

By Jim Asker

The song matches the 10-week reign of Morgan Wallen's "You Proof."

Nate Smith’s “World on Fire” leads Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 24) for a 10th week, tying for the longest domination in the survey’s 34-year history. It matches Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof,” which began its rule in October 2022.

Previously, two hits shared the mark for the longest Country Airplay command – eight weeks each – for nearly 20 years: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” in 2003, and Lonestar’s “Amazed,” in 1999.

In the Feb. 9-15 tracking week, “World on Fire,” released on Arista Nashville/RCA Nashville, drew 30.8 million in audience, according to Luminate.

The song, which Smith wrote with Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips and Lindsay Rimes, the lattermost of whom solely produced it, is the second straight career-opening Country Airplay leader for Smith. The Paradise, Calif., native first ruled with “Whiskey on You” for two weeks last February. Both songs are on the deluxe edition of his debut self-titled LP. The set arrived at its No. 6 high on Top Country Albums last May. 

“The crazy thing about this song is that it wasn’t even supposed to come out!,” Smith recently told Billboard. “It was starting to gain a lot of traction on social media and the demand was high. I’m so lucky to have a team that knew how to strategically release it alongside my debut album by releasing the deluxe version the same day [April 28, 2023] that the debut dropped. This song completely anchored the album.”

Smith, meanwhile, debuts at No. 40 (2.5 million) on the latest Country Airplay chart with his newest single, “Bulletproof,” released Feb. 8.
Gwen & Blake Are Back

Also notably, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton debut at No. 35 on Country Airplay with “Purple Irises” (2.7 million). The song is the pair’s third collaboration to have hit the chart, following two No. 1s in 2020: “Nobody but You” (for two weeks that May) and “Happy Anywhere” (one week, that December).

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Beyoncé Makes Her Country Radio Chart Debut With ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’

By Jim Asker, Gary Trust
02/16/2024

"There is plenty of room for great artists, even from other genres," says one country programmer. "It's a big country tent."

Pop and R&B/hip-hop superstar Beyoncé made a surprise announcement during Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11, releasing two tracks noticeably different in sound from the bulk of her catalog: “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.”

The former is officially being promoted to country radio, as announced in a Columbia Nashville email to stations Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. ET, and arrives as Beyoncé’s first entry on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 24), starting at No. 54 with 1.1 million in audience via 100 stations at the format in the tracking week ending Feb. 15.

The Country Airplay survey reflects songs’ audience impressions on nearly 150 U.S country radio stations as monitored by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate.

“We immediately added it [in] a sub-power rotation, which is where we put top-trending new music,” Alpha Media-owned KBAY San Jose, Calif., program director Bo Matthews tells Billboard of “Texas Hold ‘Em.” “I want people to hear it. One of the biggest artists in the world delivered a great country record for us to have fun with, and the song is really good. We are in the business of creating excitement for our listeners and I’m embracing the moment. Plus, there is plenty of room for great artists, even from other genres. It’s a big country tent.”

Beyoncé has banked eight No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 as a soloist, starting in 2003. Plus, Destiny’s Child, with her as a member, logged four leaders on the Hot 100 and two on the Billboard 200, beginning in 1999.

As a soloist, Beyoncé boasts 12 career No. 1s on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, 11 on Rhythmic Airplay, seven on Pop Airplay, five on Dance/Mix Show Airplay and three on Adult R&B Airplay.

Concurrent with its Country Airplay entrance, “Texas Hold ‘Em” opens at No. 38 on Pop Airplay, with its plays on 98 chart reporters translating to 1.3 million audience impressions at the format.

Notably, Rhiannon Giddens plays banjo and viola on “Texas Hold ‘Em.” She hit No. 6 on Country Airplay in 2017 as featured on Eric Church’s “Kill a Word.” (She has charted one No. 1 on the Americana/Folk Albums list, Tomorrow Is My Turn, in 2016, and, as part of Carolina Chocolate Drops, two leaders on Bluegrass Albums.) 

“We put the Beyoncé directly into a strong rotation so it can be heard. I want the station to sound as interesting as possible, because the opposite is boring,” muses Dave Parker, pd of Sinclair’s WUSH Norfolk, Va. “This song is sounding great and doesn’t sound like anything else. Plus, the feedback from listeners and even fellow staffers so far has been very positive.”

Says Tim Roberts, pd of Audacy’s WYCD Detroit, of “Texas Hold ‘Em”: “I think it’s a good record, and country is so popular right now, it’s great that she wants to be here. Just like we do with any song on our playlist, now the listeners will decide.”

All charts dated Feb. 24 – including the Hot 100, reflecting songs’ streaming, airplay and sales Feb. 9-15 – will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Feb. 20 (a day later than usual due to the Presidents’ Day holiday in the U.S. Feb. 19).

[theonlyone]

Supposedly Texas has sold over 100,000.

link

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 02/15/24

1(=) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL 2,689,839 (+142,025)
2(=) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD EM 2,002,864 (-140,954)
3(=) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 1,601,827 (-33,014)
4(=) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 1,544,801 (-46,683)
5(=) 21 Savage - redrum 1,270,291 (-29,448)
6(+1) Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 1,242,218 (-17,511)
7(+2) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 1,160,846-1,186,799 (-25,953)
8(-2) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - BURN 1,131,705 (-133,188) (-11%)
9(+4) Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 1,080,508 (-15,016)
10(+1) Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 1,066,646 (-58,147)

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1 [15/16]
11(-3) FUK SUMN 1,043,965 (-201,992) (-16%)
13(-3) BACK TO ME 968,952 (-184,673) (-16%)
25(-4) STARS 739,105 (-118,692)
29(-7) DO IT 715,008 (-142,716)
32(-12) TALKING 699,601 (-205,305)
47(-16) PAID 620,376 (-137,793)
49(-16) VULTURES 605,560 (-135,133)
64(-25) BEG FORGIVENESS 567,528 (-126,590)
68(-27) PAPERWORK 544,387 (-137,025)
73(-26) KEYS TO MY LIFE 534,269 (-121,507)
74(-23) PROBLEMATIC 533,407 (-112,082)
96(-32) HOOD RAT 470,482 (-124,228)
162(-73) KING 391,471 (-101,714)
Total Sixth Day Streams: 12,255,655 (-13%)

Other:
12(=) Xavi - La Diabla 1,025,073 (-75,299)
14(=) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 968,165 (-81,700)
15(+3) SZA - Snooze 934,318 (+9,702)
16(+1) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 926,825 (-8,501)
17(+2) Rich Amiri - ONE CALL 907,295 (-14,014)
18(-2) Lil Tecca - 500lbs 897,325 (-38,662)
19(-4) Tate McRae - greedy 889,038 (-46,967)
21(+6) Xavi - La Victima 767,000 (-33,173)
23(+13) Drake, Sexyy Red, SZA - Rich Baby Daddy 751,312 (+42,532)
26(+6) Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - FE!N 731,603 (-18,411)
27(+1) Noah Kahan - Forever 725,688 (-71,011)
30(-7) Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES 714,467 (-139,924) (-16%)
31(+4) JID, 21 Savage, Baby Tate - Surround Sound 702,167 (-15,001)
33(+5) Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 676,611 (-23,597)
34(+9) The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp - One of the Girls 662,085 (-8,852)
35(+9) Drake, Yeat - IDGAF 661,905 (-5,636)
36(-12) Usher, Ludacris, Lil Jon - Yeah! 661,868 (-192,084) (-22%)
37(+3) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 661,607 (-23,307)
40(+10) 4batz - act ii: date @ 8 638,573 (-9,215)
41(+5) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 637,620 (-19,495)
42(+11) Don Toliver - Bandit 632,969 (-8,203)
43(+15) Luke Combs - Fast Car 629,800 (+6,614)
45(=) TV Girl - Lovers Rock 622,516 (-37,373)
46(+8) YG Marley - Praise Jah in the Moonlight 622,314 (-14,047)
48(+1) Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma - Igual Que Un Ángel 613,025 (-38,612)
50(+9) Good Neighbors - Home 603,676 (-17,419)
52(+3) Frank Ocean - Pink + White 597,529 (-29,881)
53(+3) Drake, J. Cole - First Person Shooter 591,485 (-33,615)
55(+5) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 581,843 (-33,451)
56(+5) Ariana Grande - yes, and? 581,674 (-24,919)
59(+3) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 577,284 (-22,919)
61(+9) Zach Bryan - Heading South 573,440 (+233)
62(+5) The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 572,364 (-18,903)
65(-2) Ice Spice - Think U The Shit (Fart) 560,377 (-34,568)
66(+2) Tate McRae - exes 557,677 (-24,555)
67(+2) Megan Thee Stallion - HISS 545,252 (-32,953)
71(DEBUT) KAROL G, Tiësto - CONTIGO 537,921
75(+65) Djo - End of Beginning 523,521 (+97,860) (+23%) *NEW PEAK*
76(+2) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? 519,950 (-13,238)
77(-4) Calle 24, Chino Pacas, Fuerza Regida - Que Onda 519,423 (-32,974)
78(+5) Ritchy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 510,764 (-329)
79(=) TV Girl - Not Allowed 506,553 (-15,464)
80(-43) Usher, Alicia Keys - My Boo 503,922 (-201,429) (-29%)
82(+16) BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm 500,790 (+14,677)
85(-1) 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin - née-nah 491,817 (-15,646)
88(+18) Bad Bunny, Feid - PERRO NEGRO 485,578 (+10,290)
90(-5) Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start 475,356 (-30,078)
91(+2) Noah Kahan, Post Malone - Dial Drunk Remix 474,662 (-17,364)
93(-5) Fuerza Regida, Marshmello - HARLEY QUINN 473,314 (-20,685)
94(+5) Blake Roman, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg - Poison 471,244 (-13,717)
95(+6) Travis Scott - MY EYES 471,005 (-5,071)
98(+10) Morgan Wallen - Spin You Around (Morgan's Version) 465,950 (-5,878)

103(+24) The Red Clay Strays - Wondering Why 461,132 (+11,848)
105(-11) Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 459,764 (-30,566)
106(+4) Nicki Minaj - FTCU 455,829 (-15,667)
107(-10) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Keith David, Blake Roman - Loser, Baby 455,094 (-31,095)
109(+6) Muni Long - Made For Me 454,792-463,966 (-9,174) (+17%) *NEW PEAK*
110(+18) Peso Pluma, Anitta - BELLAKEO 454,583 (+7,170)
115(-11) Tyla - Water 449,116 (-26,436)
117(+7) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor 444,389 (-11,584)
118(+48) Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy 444,307 (+41,594) (+10%)
120(+2) Kenya Grace - Strangers 441,030 (-15,871)
121(-5) PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break from Toronto 440,173 (-23,559)
127(-14) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 432,878 (-32,330)
128(DEBUT) Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants 429,897
130(+15) Noah Kahan - All My Love 427,650 (+6,169)
132(+9) Jessie Murph, Jelly Roll - Wild Ones 426,364 (+1,647)
133(+13) Dua Lipa - Houdini 425,333 (+6,910)
136(+14) Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow 424,671 (+7,757)
144(-12) Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty - Let the Light In 412,296 (-30,935)
146(-7) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 410,915 (-15,303)
148(-6) Dylan Gossett - Coal 406,869 (-17,844)
153(+10) Hozier - Work Song 401,470 (-5,481)
159(-2) Xavi, Los Dareyes De La Sierra - Poco A Poco 396,393 (-14,260)
160(+27) Feid, ATL Jacob - LUNA 395,170 (+10,167)
161(+4) TV Girl - Cigarettes out the Window 394,725 (-7,995)
167(-6) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Erika Henningsen, Kimiko Glenn - Hell's Greatest Dad 388,258 (-19,519)
168(-13) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Christian Borle, Amir Talai, Joel Perez - Stayed Gone 386,782 (-26,967)
170(+8) Brent Faiyaz - Best Time 386,615 (-4,887)
180(+1) Key Glock - Let's Go 378,806 (-10,609)
181(+8) Travis Scott, Swae Lee, Chief Keef - Nightcrawler 377,961 (-6,344)
182(-3) Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 375,729 (-15,452)
187(-17) Victoria Monét - On My Mama 370,826 (-27,113)
188(-92) Usher, Jeezy - Love in This Club 369,483 (-118,603) (-24%)
194(re-entry) Steve Lacy - Some 364,982
199(=) 21 Savage - all of me 361,487 (-14,485)

Biggest Gains (50K+): End of the Beginning, CARNIVAL

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - Week 02/15/24

1(DEBUT) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL 13,625,689
2(=) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 11,205,319
3(-2) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 11,134,129
4(-1) 21 Savage - redrum 8,996,735
5(=) Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 8,837,536
6(DEBUT) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD EM 8,680,551
7(-3) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 8,421,058
8(-2) Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 7,823,533
9(=) Xavi - La Diabla 7,524,405
10(DEBUT) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - FUK SUMN 7,489,217

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1 [15/16]
12(DEBUT) BURN 7,219,214
15(DEBUT) TALKING 7,152,035
16(DEBUT) BACK TO ME 7,092,237
20(DEBUT) STARS 6,229,028
27(DEBUT) DO IT 5,324,222
28(DEBUT) PAID 5,279,563
34(DEBUT) KEYS TO MY LIFE 4,927,468
36(DEBUT) VULTURES 4,813,145
44(DEBUT) PAPERWORK 4,472,608
47(DEBUT) BEG FORGIVENESS 4,325,204
59(DEBUT) HOOD RAT 4,174,357
69(DEBUT) PROBLEMATIC 3,841,374
113(DEBUT) KING 3,082,274

Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Forever) [8/30]
13(DEBUT) Forever 7,218,470
92(-6) Dial Drunk Remix 3,319,888
120(DEBUT) All My Love 3,007,063
137(re-entry) Dial Drunk 2,853,383
145(re-entry) Northern Attitude 2,781,293
183(re-entry) You're Gonna Go Far 2,538,910
188(DEBUT) Homesick 2,502,452

11(-3) Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 7,297,239
14(-3) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 7,202,178
17(-7) Tate McRae - greedy 6,463,415
18(-5) SZA - Snooze 6,368,167
19(-7) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 6,286,391
21(-7) Rich Amiri - ONE CALL 6,203,562
22(=) Lil Tecca - 500lbs 6,013,919
24(DEBUT) Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris - Yeah! 5,654,162
25(-1) Xavi - La Victima 5,355,498
29(-11) Drake, Sexyy Red, SZA - Rich Baby Daddy 5,192,885
30(+4) Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - FE!N 5,072,466
33(-13) JID, 21 Savage, Baby Tate - Surround Sound 5,001,876
35(-6) Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 4,833,658
37(-18) The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp - One of the Girls 4,672,341
38(-6) Drake, Yeat - IDGAF 4,602,015
39(-22) Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma - Igual Que Un Ángel 4,586,063
40(-13) 4batz - act ii: date @ 8 4,529,512
41(+4) Luke Combs - Fast Car 4,525,309
42(-14) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 4,494,900
43(+4) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 4,482,876
48(-33) Don Toliver - Bandit 4,319,829
50(-43) Megan Thee Stallion - HISS 4,308,367
51(-28) The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 4,282,209
52(-11) YG Marley - Praise Jah in the Moonlight 4,251,408
53(-18) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 4,245,890
55(-17) Good Neighbours - Home 4,219,830
56(-16) Drake, J. Cole - First Person Shooter 4,215,207
58(-27) Frank Ocean - Pink + White 4,191,624
60(-30) Ice Spice - Think U the Shit (Fart) 4,166,399
61(-36) Ariana Grande - yes, and? 4,165,263
63(-14) TV Girl - Lovers Rock 4,035,683
65(=) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 4,003,457
66(-13) Zach Bryan - Heading South 3,937,976
67(DEBUT) Usher, Alicia Keys - My Boo 3,924,116
68(-20) Tate McRae - exes 3,904,834
70(-20) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? 3,795,406
71(-13) Calle 24, Chino Pacas, Fuerza Regida - Que Onda 3,784,320
77(=) Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy 3,546,501
78(DEBUT) Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES 3,536,332
80(-34) 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin - née-nah 3,495,828
81(-22) Fuerza Regida, Marshmello - HARLEY QUINN 3,493,987
82(-19) Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start 3,444,584
83(-23) TV Girl - Not Allowed 3,436,790
84(-18) Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 3,407,149
85(DEBUT) Usher, Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love 3,401,011
87(-51) Nicki Minaj - FTCU 3,369,495
89(-7) BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm 3,327,393
91(-13) Blake Roman, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg - Poison 3,323,558
93(-42) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On the Dancefloor 3,319,130
94(-23) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Keith David, Blake Roman - Loser, Baby 3,316,305
96(-26) Tyla - Water 3,296,666
98(-43) Morgan Wallen - Spin You Around (Morgan's Version) 3,255,952
100(-28) Travis Scott - MY EYES 3,197,162

101(-28) Bad Bunny, Feid - PERRO NEGRO 3,180,531
102(-21) Kenya Grace - Strangers 3,180,059
106(-37) Peso Pluma, Anitta - BELLAKEO 3,143,231
108(-20) Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 3,101,166
109(DEBUT) Maren Morris - Deeper Well 3,096,470
118(-33) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 3,029,973
119(-43) PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break from Toronto 3,021,738
121(-24) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 2,993,879
126(-47) Jessie Murph, Jelly Roll - Wild Ones 2,960,798
128(-37) The Red Clay Strays - Wondering Why 2,943,206
131(DEBUT) Usher - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) 2,905,660
136(-34) Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow 2,856,355
139(-25) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Erika Henningsen, Kimiko Glenn - Hell's Greatest Dad 2,823,538
141(DEBUT) Usher, Jeezy - Love in this Club 2,807,377
142(-13) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Christian Borle, Amir Talai, Joel Perez - Stayed Gone 2,803,392
143(DEBUT) Muni Long - Made for Me 2,786,667
144(+14) Dylan Gossett - Coal 2,784,170 *NEW PEAK*
150(-37) Dua Lipa - Houdini 2,760,522
153(-12) Xavi, Los Dareyes De La Sierra - Poco A Poco 2,741,444
154(DEBUT) Victoria Monét - On My Mama 2,726,593
155(re-entry) Key Glock - Let's Go 2,725,178
160(-36) TV Girl - Cigarettes out the Window 2,697,221
161(-28) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 2,693,100
169(DEBUT) Madison Beer - Make You Mine 2,629,841
171(DEBUT) Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty - Let the Light In 2,617,638
175(-13) Brent Faiyaz - Best Time 2,603,381
178(-4) Hozier - Work Song 2,572,066
179(-9) Warren Zeiders - Pretty Little Poison 2,569,939
184(-86) 21 Savage - all of me 2,538,169
191(-2) Feid, ATL Jacob - LUNA 2,487,312
193(-12) Zach Bryan - Tourniquet 2,484,954
197(DEBUT) Travis Scott, Swae Lee, Chief Keef 2,473,098
199(-74) Nicki Minaj, Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody 2,467,374

Well I guess I should've asked for more than just Benson Boone to not stay on top. Because unfortunately, debuting at #1 with only 6 days of streaming was Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's CARNIVAL with 13.6M streams. The two actually had another debut in the Top 10 with FUK SUMN debuting with 7.4M. All in all, VULTURES sets the biggest debut of 2024 so far with 89M streams, let's see how this holds in the next following weeks (hopefully it doesn't stick for long. The song that otherwise would've gone to #1 - Stick Season - was up in streams, by 6.93% thanks to Noah Kahan's new deluxe(?) of Stick Season, the album. It actually was a tight race for #2 as Beautiful Things was only down 2.09%. But Kanye wasn't the only big mid-week debut as Beyoncé dropped two songs, properly confirming an ACT II for RENAISSANCE. TEXAS HOLD EM which seems to be the lead single debuts with 8.6M at #6.

And with all these big debuts, it's easy to forget the Superbowl was last Sunday and this caused various Usher hit songs to enter the weekly charts for the first time ever. We also saw debuts for Madison Beer's new single and Kacey Musgrave's lead single although unfortunately not as high as it should be considering how big of a hit I Remember Everything still is. Let the Light In and On My Mama also debuted as continued momentum from the Grammys pushed them to have a decent first week. The only big debut last week, Bandit fell by 26.7% and HISS sadly drops out of the top 10 as it crashes in its third week by 47.19%

Notable Gains:
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 - 24.29%
Lover - 18.64%
Nonsense - 16.16%
500lbs - 12.21%
Flashing Lights - 11.19%
Flowers - 10.62%
Heartless - 9.68%

Albums Bombs of 2024

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1: 89,047,635
21 Savage - american dream: 79,493,203
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2: 40,732,029
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Forever): 35,426,778
Tate McRae - THINK LATER: 27,386,204

[velaxti]

Feb 16, 2024 21:56:37 GMT -5 theonlyone said:

Supposedly Texas has sold over 100,000.

link

If it's sold that much I think it might be able to go #1.

[Darkest Hour]

Feb 17, 2024 3:24:49 GMT -5 velaxti said:

Feb 16, 2024 21:56:37 GMT -5 theonlyone said:

Supposedly Texas has sold over 100,000.

link

If it's sold that much I think it might be able to go #1.

SPS units, not pure sales.

[theycallmedualian]

Feb 17, 2024 2:34:47 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

US Spotify - Week 02/15/24

1(DEBUT) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL 13,625,689
2(=) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 11,205,319
3(-2) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 11,134,129
4(-1) 21 Savage - redrum 8,996,735
5(=) Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 8,837,536
6(DEBUT) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD EM 8,680,551
7(-3) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 8,421,058
8(-2) Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 7,823,533
9(=) Xavi - La Diabla 7,524,405
10(DEBUT) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - FUK SUMN 7,489,217

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1 [15/16]
12(DEBUT) BURN 7,219,214
15(DEBUT) TALKING 7,152,035
16(DEBUT) BACK TO ME 7,092,237
20(DEBUT) STARS 6,229,028
27(DEBUT) DO IT 5,324,222
28(DEBUT) PAID 5,279,563
34(DEBUT) KEYS TO MY LIFE 4,927,468
36(DEBUT) VULTURES 4,813,145
44(DEBUT) PAPERWORK 4,472,608
47(DEBUT) BEG FORGIVENESS 4,325,204
59(DEBUT) HOOD RAT 4,174,357
69(DEBUT) PROBLEMATIC 3,841,374
113(DEBUT) KING 3,082,274

Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Forever) [8/30]
13(DEBUT) Forever 7,218,470
92(-6) Dial Drunk Remix 3,319,888
120(DEBUT) All My Love 3,007,063
137(re-entry) Dial Drunk 2,853,383
145(re-entry) Northern Attitude 2,781,293
183(re-entry) You're Gonna Go Far 2,538,910
188(DEBUT) Homesick 2,502,452

11(-3) Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 7,297,239
14(-3) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 7,202,178
17(-7) Tate McRae - greedy 6,463,415
18(-5) SZA - Snooze 6,368,167
19(-7) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 6,286,391
21(-7) Rich Amiri - ONE CALL 6,203,562
22(=) Lil Tecca - 500lbs 6,013,919
24(DEBUT) Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris - Yeah! 5,654,162
25(-1) Xavi - La Victima 5,355,498
29(-11) Drake, Sexyy Red, SZA - Rich Baby Daddy 5,192,885
30(+4) Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - FE!N 5,072,466
33(-13) JID, 21 Savage, Baby Tate - Surround Sound 5,001,876
35(-6) Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 4,833,658
37(-18) The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp - One of the Girls 4,672,341
38(-6) Drake, Yeat - IDGAF 4,602,015
39(-22) Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma - Igual Que Un Ángel 4,586,063
40(-13) 4batz - act ii: date @ 8 4,529,512
41(+4) Luke Combs - Fast Car 4,525,309
42(-14) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 4,494,900
43(+4) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 4,482,876
48(-33) Don Toliver - Bandit 4,319,829
50(-43) Megan Thee Stallion - HISS 4,308,367
51(-28) The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 4,282,209
52(-11) YG Marley - Praise Jah in the Moonlight 4,251,408
53(-18) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 4,245,890
55(-17) Good Neighbours - Home 4,219,830
56(-16) Drake, J. Cole - First Person Shooter 4,215,207
58(-27) Frank Ocean - Pink + White 4,191,624
60(-30) Ice Spice - Think U the Shit (Fart) 4,166,399
61(-36) Ariana Grande - yes, and? 4,165,263
63(-14) TV Girl - Lovers Rock 4,035,683
65(=) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 4,003,457
66(-13) Zach Bryan - Heading South 3,937,976
67(DEBUT) Usher, Alicia Keys - My Boo 3,924,116
68(-20) Tate McRae - exes 3,904,834
70(-20) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? 3,795,406
71(-13) Calle 24, Chino Pacas, Fuerza Regida - Que Onda 3,784,320
77(=) Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy 3,546,501
78(DEBUT) Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES 3,536,332
80(-34) 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin - née-nah 3,495,828
81(-22) Fuerza Regida, Marshmello - HARLEY QUINN 3,493,987
82(-19) Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start 3,444,584
83(-23) TV Girl - Not Allowed 3,436,790
84(-18) Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 3,407,149
85(DEBUT) Usher, Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love 3,401,011
87(-51) Nicki Minaj - FTCU 3,369,495
89(-7) BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm 3,327,393
91(-13) Blake Roman, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg - Poison 3,323,558
93(-42) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On the Dancefloor 3,319,130
94(-23) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Keith David, Blake Roman - Loser, Baby 3,316,305
96(-26) Tyla - Water 3,296,666
98(-43) Morgan Wallen - Spin You Around (Morgan's Version) 3,255,952
100(-28) Travis Scott - MY EYES 3,197,162

101(-28) Bad Bunny, Feid - PERRO NEGRO 3,180,531
102(-21) Kenya Grace - Strangers 3,180,059
106(-37) Peso Pluma, Anitta - BELLAKEO 3,143,231
108(-20) Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 3,101,166
109(DEBUT) Maren Morris - Deeper Well 3,096,470
118(-33) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 3,029,973
119(-43) PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break from Toronto 3,021,738
121(-24) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 2,993,879
126(-47) Jessie Murph, Jelly Roll - Wild Ones 2,960,798
128(-37) The Red Clay Strays - Wondering Why 2,943,206
131(DEBUT) Usher - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) 2,905,660
136(-34) Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow 2,856,355
139(-25) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Erika Henningsen, Kimiko Glenn - Hell's Greatest Dad 2,823,538
141(DEBUT) Usher, Jeezy - Love in this Club 2,807,377
142(-13) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Christian Borle, Amir Talai, Joel Perez - Stayed Gone 2,803,392
143(DEBUT) Muni Long - Made for Me 2,786,667
144(+14) Dylan Gossett - Coal 2,784,170 *NEW PEAK*
150(-37) Dua Lipa - Houdini 2,760,522
153(-12) Xavi, Los Dareyes De La Sierra - Poco A Poco 2,741,444
154(DEBUT) Victoria Monét - On My Mama 2,726,593
155(re-entry) Key Glock - Let's Go 2,725,178
160(-36) TV Girl - Cigarettes out the Window 2,697,221
161(-28) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 2,693,100
169(DEBUT) Madison Beer - Make You Mine 2,629,841
171(DEBUT) Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty - Let the Light In 2,617,638
175(-13) Brent Faiyaz - Best Time 2,603,381
178(-4) Hozier - Work Song 2,572,066
179(-9) Warren Zeiders - Pretty Little Poison 2,569,939
184(-86) 21 Savage - all of me 2,538,169
191(-2) Feid, ATL Jacob - LUNA 2,487,312
193(-12) Zach Bryan - Tourniquet 2,484,954
197(DEBUT) Travis Scott, Swae Lee, Chief Keef 2,473,098
199(-74) Nicki Minaj, Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody 2,467,374

Well I guess I should've asked for more than just Benson Boone to not stay on top. Because unfortunately, debuting at #1 with only 6 days of streaming was Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's CARNIVAL with 13.6M streams. The two actually had another debut in the Top 10 with FUK SUMN debuting with 7.4M. All in all, VULTURES sets the biggest debut of 2024 so far with 89M streams, let's see how this holds in the next following weeks (hopefully it doesn't stick for long. The song that otherwise would've gone to #1 - Stick Season - was up in streams, by 6.93% thanks to Noah Kahan's new deluxe(?) of Stick Season, the album. It actually was a tight race for #2 as Beautiful Things was only down 2.09%. But Kanye wasn't the only big mid-week debut as Beyoncé dropped two songs, properly confirming an ACT II for RENAISSANCE. TEXAS HOLD EM which seems to be the lead single debuts with 8.6M at #6.

And with all these big debuts, it's easy to forget the Superbowl was last Sunday and this caused various Usher hit songs to enter the weekly charts for the first time ever. We also saw debuts for Madison Beer's new single and Kacey Musgrave's lead single although unfortunately not as high as it should be considering how big of a hit I Remember Everything still is. Let the Light In and On My Mama also debuted as continued momentum from the Grammys pushed them to have a decent first week. The only big debut last week, Bandit fell by 26.7% and HISS sadly drops out of the top 10 as it crashes in its third week by 47.19%

Notable Gains:
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 - 24.29%
Lover - 18.64%
Nonsense - 16.16%
500lbs - 12.21%
Flashing Lights - 11.19%
Flowers - 10.62%
Heartless - 9.68%

Albums Bombs of 2024

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1: 89,047,635
21 Savage - american dream: 79,493,203
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2: 40,732,029
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Forever): 35,426,778
Tate McRae - THINK LATER: 27,386,204

is kanye's 90M partial tracking or 7 days tracking?

[musiclife]

Feb 16, 2024 10:22:53 GMT -5 Choco said:

Feb 16, 2024 9:20:18 GMT -5 mms82 said:

I hope Carnival goes number one somehow then gets pulled from streaming this morning so it goes 1-off or 1-92

Honestly same, so we can finally stop pretending just because a song went #1 on a single overhyped week it's really a hit.

Exactly like Yes And? week 5 and already in the 30s. ☠️

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[parrotparent]

Feb 16, 2024 12:28:03 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

‘World’ Record: Nate Smith Ties for Longest-Leading No. 1 in Country Airplay Chart History

2/16/2024

By Jim Asker

The song matches the 10-week reign of Morgan Wallen's "You Proof."

Nate Smith’s “World on Fire” leads Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 24) for a 10th week, tying for the longest domination in the survey’s 34-year history. It matches Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof,” which began its rule in October 2022.

Previously, two hits shared the mark for the longest Country Airplay command – eight weeks each – for nearly 20 years: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” in 2003, and Lonestar’s “Amazed,” in 1999.

In the Feb. 9-15 tracking week, “World on Fire,” released on Arista Nashville/RCA Nashville, drew 30.8 million in audience, according to Luminate.

The song, which Smith wrote with Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips and Lindsay Rimes, the lattermost of whom solely produced it, is the second straight career-opening Country Airplay leader for Smith. The Paradise, Calif., native first ruled with “Whiskey on You” for two weeks last February. Both songs are on the deluxe edition of his debut self-titled LP. The set arrived at its No. 6 high on Top Country Albums last May. 

“The crazy thing about this song is that it wasn’t even supposed to come out!,” Smith recently told Billboard. “It was starting to gain a lot of traction on social media and the demand was high. I’m so lucky to have a team that knew how to strategically release it alongside my debut album by releasing the deluxe version the same day [April 28, 2023] that the debut dropped. This song completely anchored the album.”

Smith, meanwhile, debuts at No. 40 (2.5 million) on the latest Country Airplay chart with his newest single, “Bulletproof,” released Feb. 8.
Gwen & Blake Are Back

Also notably, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton debut at No. 35 on Country Airplay with “Purple Irises” (2.7 million). The song is the pair’s third collaboration to have hit the chart, following two No. 1s in 2020: “Nobody but You” (for two weeks that May) and “Happy Anywhere” (one week, that December).

It's really strange how World On Fire has spent 10 #1 wks on BBs Country Airplay Chart with such mediocre consumption. Even on Hot Country Songs the song stalled at #6. TOTC predicts WOF will fall to 54 this H100. I can't think of any other 6+ wk BB CAC #1 without some sort of support.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 65, 60, 55, 50, and 45 years ago:

February 16, 1959 (For the week ending February 21)

01 01 Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price (2nd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 02 16 Candles - The Crests
03 03 Donna - Ritchie Valens
04 04 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
05 05 All American Boy - Bill Parsons
06 06 My Happiness - Connie Francis
07 07 Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
08 09 Goodbye Baby - Jack Scott
09 08 Gotta Travel On - Billy Grammer
10 10 Manhattan Spiritual - The Reg Owen Orchestra


February 22, 1964

01 01 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (4th of 7 weeks at #1)
02 03 She Loves You - The Beatles
03 11 Dawn - The Four Seasons
04 02 You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
05 09 Java - Al Hirt
06 05 Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance
07 04 Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Cords
08 14 California Sun - The Rivieras
09 10 What Kind Of Fool - The Tams
10 21 Navy Blue - Diane Renay


February 22, 1969

01 01 Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (2nd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 02 Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
03 04 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
04 03 Touch Me - The Doors
05 06 Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis
06 05 The Worst That Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge
07 07 You Showed Me - The Turtles
08 12 This Magic Moment - Jay & The Americans
09 21 Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 11 I'm Living In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes


February 23, 1974

01 01 The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand (3rd and final week at #1)
02 12 Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
03 04 Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
04 05 Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
05 02 Love's Theme - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
06 08 Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
07 09 Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
08 10 Rock On - David Essex
09 03 You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
10 07 Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John


February 24, 1979

01 01 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 04 Fire - The Pointer Sisters
03 03 A Little More Love - Olivia Newton-John
04 05 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
05 02 Y.M.C.A. - The Village People
06 19 Tragedy - The Bee Gees
07 07 Le Freak - Chic
08 08 Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson
09 09 Somewhere In The Night - Barry Manilow
10 10 I Was Made For Dancin' - Leif Garrett

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 40, 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

February 25, 1984

01 02 Jump - Van Halen (1st of 5 weeks at #1)
02 01 Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
03 04 99 Luftballons - Nena
04 09 Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
05 07 Thriller - Michael Jackson
06 03 Joanna - Kool & The Gang
07 12 Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
08 10 Let The Music Play - Shannon
09 14 Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
10 13 An Innocent Man - Billy Joel


February 25, 1989

01 01 Straight Up - Paula Abdul (3rd and final week at #1)
02 04 Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
03 02 Wild Thing - Tone Lōc
04 05 The Lover In Me - Sheena Easton
05 03 Born To Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
06 07 She Wants To Dance With Me - Rick Astley
07 10 You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block
08 08 What I Am - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
09 16 The Living Years - Mike + The Mechanics
10 09 Walking Away - Information Society


February 26, 1994

01 01 The Power Of Love - Celine Dion (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 03 The Sign - Ace Of Base
03 05 Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa feat. En Vogue
04 02 All For Love - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting
05 04 Breathe Again - Toni Braxton
06 07 Without You / Never Forget You - Mariah Carey
07 06 Hero - Mariah Carey
08 10 So Much In Love - All-4-One
09 08 Understanding - Xscape
10 16 Now And Forever - Richard Marx


February 27, 1999

01 01 Angel Of Mine - Monica (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 03 Believe - Cher
03 04 Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
04 02 ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
05 09 Angel - Sarah McLachlan
06 05 Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
07 06 All I Have To Give - The Backstreet Boys
08 21 (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You - *NSYNC
09 07 Have You Ever? - Brandy
10 08 Slide - The Goo Goo Dolls

23 56 I Still Believe - Mariah Carey


February 21, 2004

01 02 Slow Jamz - Twista feat. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx (1st and only week at #1)
02 04 Yeah! - Usher feat. Ludacris & Lil Jon
03 01 The Way You Move - Outkast feat. Sleepy Brown
04 06 Me, Myself And I - Beyonce
05 03 Hey Ya! - Outkast
06 05 You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
07 08 Hotel - Cassidy feat. R. Kelly
08 07 Someday - Nickelback
09 09 Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
10 13 Sorry 2004 - Ruben Studdard

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

February 21, 2009

01 78 Crack a Bottle - Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent (1st and only week at #1)
02 03 Heartless - Kanye West
03 04 Just Dance - Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis
04 01 My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
05 02 Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyonce
06 06 Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
07 05 Love Story - Taylor Swift
08 07 You Found Me - The Fray
09 11 Dead And Gone - T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
10 10 I'm Yours - Jason Mraz


February 22, 2014

01 01 Dark Horse - Katy Perry feat. Juicy J (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 08 Happy - Pharrell Williams
03 04 Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
04 07 Say Something - A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
05 06 Let Her Go - Passenger
06 03 Timber - Pitbull feat. Ke$ha
07 05 Counting Stars - OneRepublic
08 02 Drunk In Love - Beyonce feat. Jay-Z
09 10 Team - Lorde
10 11 Pompeii - Bastille


February 23, 2019

01 01 7 rings - Ariana Grande (4th of 8 weeks at #1)
02 NE break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored - Ariana Grande
03 07 thank u, next - Ariana Grande
04 03 Without Me - Halsey
05 04 Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee
06 02 Happier - Marshmello & Bastille
07 05 SICKO MODE - Travis Scott
08 06 High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco
09 09 Wow. - Post Malone
10 11 Eastside - Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid

14 NE needy - Ariana Grande
17 NE NASA - Ariana Grande
21 NE imagine - Ariana Grande
22 NE bloodline - Ariana Grande
25 NE ghostin - Ariana Grande
26 NE fake smile - Ariana Grande
27 NE bad idea - Ariana Grande


February 25, 2023

01 01 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (5th of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Kill Bill - SZA
03 05 Creepin' - Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
04 14 Boy's a Liar Pt. 2 - PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
05 03 Last Night - Morgan Wallen
06 04 Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras
07 08 Die For You - The Weeknd
08 07 Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift
09 06 CUFF IT - Beyonce
10 09 I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

15 NE Love You Anyway - Luke Combs

[imbondz]

Makes no sense Thriller never went to #1

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 19, 2024 9:13:54 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Makes no sense Thriller never went to #1

Wasn’t it something like the last single from the album?

[HolidayGuy]

^Indeed. "Thriller" did hit No. 1 on Radio & Records' CHR/Pop chart, though.

[renfield75]

Feb 19, 2024 9:29:38 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Feb 19, 2024 9:13:54 GMT -5 imbondz said:

Makes no sense Thriller never went to #1

Wasn’t it something like the last single from the album?

Yeah, the 7th physical single from an album that had itself sold millions by that point. And the single was released over a month after the video premiered (which is why it debuted so high at number 20 on the Hot 100, an early example of withholding a single). In the context of the time it makes perfect sense that "Thriller" didn't go to number one, and it's a testament to how huge it was that it still managed to get to number 4.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes.

The Thriller album was certified 20x Platinum on Oct. 30, 1984.

The Thriller video debuted on December 2, 1984.

It was released as a single 2 months later on February 1, 1984.

[SPRΞΞ]

it still could one day, or even outpeak #4.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Feb 19, 2024 10:25:58 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

Feb 19, 2024 9:29:38 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Wasn’t it something like the last single from the album?

Yeah, the 7th physical single from an album that had itself sold millions by that point. And the single was released over a month after the video premiered (which is why it debuted so high at number 20 on the Hot 100, an early example of withholding a single). In the context of the time it makes perfect sense that "Thriller" didn't go to number one, and it's a testament to how huge it was that it still managed to get to number 4.

Also, the physical single version of 'Thriller' was a 4:00 edit that did not include the Vincent Price rap. That version was also issued to radio as a promo DJ edit.

I'm guessing the main goal was just to get 'Thriller' to chart since that was a requirement back then.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2024 » / « 02 » / « 19 »

1(=) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 85.38(-0.00)
2(=) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 71.69(+0.42)

3(=) Tyla - Water 66.07(+0.41)
4(=) Tate McRae - greedy 64.81(+0.15)
5(=) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 58.28(-0.52)
6(=) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] 54.05(-0.04)
7(=) SZA - Snooze 49.66(-0.06)
8(=) Luke Combs - Fast Car 48.85(+0.04)
9(=) Dua Lipa - Houdini 47.88(+0.30) +
10(=) Nicki Minaj - Everybody f/Lil Uzi Vert 45.03(-0.26)

51(+5) Muni Long - Made For Me 19.45(+0.72)

56(+3) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 18.71(+0.75)

88(+10) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 11.52(+1.20)

89(+29) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM 11.49(+3.12) +

-(-) Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 7.15(+0.78) +

-(-) Zhamira Zambrano - Estrellita 2.50(+2.18) +

[clsvltn]

Is there no reveal today because of Prez Day?

[parrotparent]

Feb 19, 2024 15:04:39 GMT -5 clsvltn said:

Is there no reveal today because of Prez Day?

Yes

[Studio Cart]

Feb 19, 2024 15:04:39 GMT -5 clsvltn said:

Is there no reveal today because of Prez Day?

Day of Prez Hilton?!

[lazer]

President's Day is not even a holiday where people get a day off.