Billboard Hot 100: 05/18/2024

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 05/07/24

1(=) Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 6,812,361 (+219,314)
2(+1) Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY 4,534,610 (+736,260) (+19%)
3(-1) Kendrick Lamar - euphoria 3,801,160 (-407,923) (-10%)
4(=) Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 3,081,565 (+93,329)
5(+2) Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 2,682,991 (-35,235)
6(+2) Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar - Like That 2,664,787 (+185,910)
7(-2) Kendrick Lamar - meet the grahams 2,528,154 (-379,602) (-13%)
8(-2) Drake - Family Matters 2,295,330 (-461,046) (-17%)
9(=) Taylor Swift - Fortnight 2,146,380 (+6,366)
10(=) Hozier - Too Sweet 1,927,856 (-31,268)

Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department [16/16]
11(=) I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 1,682,560 (-35,283)
15(=) Down Bad 1,387,553 (-15,876)
18(-1) So Long, London 1,107,667 (-26,230)
20(-1) Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? 1,079,909 (-15,889)
24(-2) Guilty as Sin? 1,042,909 (-22,087)
25(-2) My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 1,026,793 (-5,951)
29(-2) But Daddy I Love Him 998,039 (-23,418)
30(-5) Florida!!!! 995,743 (-28,463)
35(-3) The Tortured Poets Department 921,954 (-36,087)
42(-3) The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived 810,575 (-27,518)
47(-3) loml 754,184 (-27,518)
49(=) The Alchemy 727,390 (-17,941)
51(-1) Fresh Out the Slammer 718,809 (-21,216)
75(-12) I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) 617,731 (-25,218)
84(-9) Clara Bow 578,370 (-18,141)
Total Nineteenth Day Streams: 16,596,566 (-1.99%)

Taylor Swift - THE ANTHOLOGY [13/15]
54(=) imgonnagetyouback 698,616 (-17,735)
64(-9) So High School 664,364 (-28,779)
67(-9) The Black Dog 644,220 (-19,801)
82(-10) The Prophecy 581,843 (-21,913)
98(-13) How Did It End? 539,058 (-24,089)
113(-13) I Hate It Here 488,987 (-18,647)
114(-13) The Albatross 487,861 (-19,684)
115(-11) thanK you aIMee 486,907 (-13,084)
129(-4) I Look In People's Windows 463,880 (+1,073)
135(-18) The Bolter 456,602 (-15,772)
136(-21) Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus 456,536 (-16,911)
139(-21) Peter 452,491 (-15,927)
197(-30) Cassandra 391,542 (-14,531)
Total Nineteenth Day Streams: 6,812,907 (-3.21%)

Overall Nineteenth Day Streams: 23,409,473 (-2.35%)

Other:
12(=) Drake - Push Ups 1,477,804 (-70,020)
13(+1) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 1,452,826 (+24,589)
14(-1) Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 1,438,766 (+7,364)
16(=) Chapell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 1,224,192 (+6,577)
17(+1) Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 1,146,595 (+30,964)
19(+7) Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 1,096,394 (+74,479)
21(-1) SZA - Saturn 1,079,711 (+1,109)
22(-1) Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - Type Shit 1,075,295 (+264)
23(+1) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 1,056,684 (+27,375)
26(+3) FloyyMenor, Cris Mj - Gata Only 1,010,072 (+29,849)
27(+4) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 1,006,554 (+33,073)
28(+2) Djo - End of Beginning 1,005,691 (+26,181)
31(+38) Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. 982,318 (+369,331) (+60%)
32(-4) Sexyy Red - Get It Sexy 975,096 (-13,633)
33(+1) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL 965,403 (+14,226)
34(-1) Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend 933,639 (-19,311)
36(-1) Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants 920,886 (-20,666)
37(-1) Benson Boone - Slow It Down 912,628 (+5,778)
38(-1) Dasha - Austin 905,022 (+21,437)
39(-1) Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - FE!N 875,959 (+8,163)
41(=) 21 Savage - redrum 824,245 (+30,044)
43(-3) Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS) 803,305 (-25,713)
44(+1) Don Toliver - Bandit 792,001 (+31,473)
48(=) Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start 740,281 (-8,855)
50(+1) Rich Amiri - ONE CALL 720,335 (-10,578)
53(-1) Mark Ambor - Belong Together 710,616 (-20,062)
55(+19) Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock - Money Trees 698,388 (+98,158) (+16%)
56(+4) GloRilla - Yeah Glo! 694,925 (+35,863)
58(+7) GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion - Wanna Be 684,736 (+47,253)
59(-13) BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm 684,381 (-73,117)
60(+4) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 683,827 (+43,741)
61(-5) Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 679,774 (-10,356)
65(+15) Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar - family ties 663,709 (+85,069) (+15%)
70(+8) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 634,706 (+46,295)
73(+6) Ritchy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 622,360 (+34,782)
77(+6) Zach Bryan - Heading South 608,462 (+31,050)
79(-9) d4vd - Feel It 593,871 (-14,241)
80(+2) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 590,091 (+12,629)
83(-7) A$AP Rocky - Sundress 580,917 (-12,716)
85(+7) Jessie Murph, Jelly Roll - Wild Ones 571,697 (+31,744)
86(+9) BigXthaPlug - Back On My BS 566,980 (+41,438)
89(+4) Zach Bryan - Sun to Me 562,472 (+26,281)
90(+56) Kendrick Lamar - Alright 561,055 (+134,619) (+32%)
94(-3) Yeat - If We Being Rëal 546,827 (+4,533)
95(RE) Kendrick Lamar - DNA. 541,636
99(-5) Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott - Cinderella 534,359 (+8,586)

101(-3) Dominic Fike - Babydoll 527,894 (+3,604)
105(-2) Bakar, Summer Walker - Hell N Back Remix 504,498 (+2,960)
106(-7) TV Girl - Lovers Rock 504,112 (-11,956)
111(-6) Tucker Wetmore - Wind Up Missin' You 490,510 (-6,940)
112(-5) Myke Towers, Bad Bunny - ADIVINO 489,494 (-3,404)
120(-10) Natanael Cano, Oscar Maydon - Madonna 478,942 (-7,127)
122(+6) TV Girl - Not Allowed 477,538 (+23,096)
126(=) Chappel Roan - HOT TO GO! 469,250 (+11,664)
127(=) Dua Lipa - Illusion 467,620 (+12,634)
128(-12) Fuerza Regida - TÚ NAME 467,253 (-5,265)
130(=) Good Neighbors - Home 463,721 (+13,952)
137(-3) Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 455,074 (+11,157)
138(-7) A$AP Rocky, Imogen Heap, Clams Casino - I Smoked Away My Brain 454,270 (+4,560)
141(-5) Luis R Conriquez, Neton Vega - Si No Quieres No 448,093 (+11,487)
144(-3) ILLIT - Magnetic 441,205 (+8,333)
148(-3) Xavi - Corazón de Piedra 437,769 (+9,871)
151(+14) Yeat - Breathe 433,473 (+26,150)
157(+1) Rvssian, Rauw Alejandro, Ayra Starr - Santa 420,197 (+4,877)
163(+7) Brent Faiyaz, FELIX!, Tommy Richman - Upset 415,820 (+13,135)
168(+1) Zach Bryan - Revival 410,966 (+6,250)
170(RE) Key Glock - Let's Go 401,922
176(+15) Marshmello, Kane Brown - Miles On It 400,954 (+13,769)
177(-1) Dua Lipa - These Walls 400,274 (+1,959)
179(-29) Gracie Abrams - Risk 400,118 (-22,746)
184(-18) Daya - Hide Away 397,585 (-8,967)
190(-8) Artemas - if u think i'm pretty 395,827 (+5,986)
193(-6) Benson Boone - Cry 393,585 (+4,785)
194(+2) Bryan Martin - We Ride 393,049 (+10,381)
199(-14) Dua Lipa - Houdini 391,043 (+1,912)

Total Streams for MILLION DOLLAR BABY: 5,337,915 (would be #2 with combined streams)

Biggest Gains (50K+): The Spins, Nonsense, Alright, family ties, Money Trees, See You Again, HUMBLE., we can't be friends (wait for your love), Espresso, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, Not Like Us

[After Minutes]

The beef is entirely covering up the fact that Million Dollar Baby is about to become the biggest hit of the streaming era lol

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Y'all imagine a diss song gaining GLOBALLY on its FIFTH day of release




And btw, this was only 150K away from breaking GWG's record for the Biggest Streaming Day for a Rap Song globally of all time!

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Apologies to double post but I really think it needs to be put into perspective just how monstrous of a debut Not Like Us is doing worldwide.

In just five weeks of release, NLU is tracking to do 65-70M WW. Currently, the biggest debut by rap song ever is God's Plan with 82.4M streams in its first week. If we include it first 7 days of release, NLU is on track to get more than God's Plan.

Also Not Like Us is the first song to get 6M for MULTIPLE DAYS in the U.S.. Drivers License couldn't do this, neither could As It Was, Flowers, or Anti-Hero. I know some of y'all don't like rap beef or the diss tracks but you can't deny how big this is now. This is more than a fluke or the fad of the week, this is general interest.

EDIT: thanks to some friends of mine for getting this data. If we exclude all of Taylor Swift's songs that debuted high as well as all peaks for Christmas songs, NLU's current peak is one of the highest daily peak in Global Spotify history.

#1. Easy On Me - 19,749,704
#2. Flowers - 18,424,325
#3. As It Was - 16,103,849
#4. Seven - 15,995,378
#5. Bzrp 53 - 14,393,342
#6. Drivers License - 13,714,177
#7. Good 4 U - 12,586,645
#8. Monaco - 12,445,382
#9. Girls Want Girls - 12,384,750
#10. Not Like Us - 12,228,739

[Enigma.]

Don't shout lmao, we get it and are happy for Kendrick

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

May 9, 2024 4:38:33 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

The beef is entirely covering up the fact that Million Dollar Baby is about to become the biggest hit of the streaming era lol

the song is hugeeee! It almost has 6M in the US with two versions combined.

[wavey.]

May 8, 2024 16:20:48 GMT -5 lurker2 said:

May 8, 2024 15:59:39 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Akademiks alluded to someone was going to drop yesterday(during his stream), but didn't reveal a name. So we'll see.

If it's Ak, that implies to me that it was probably Drake. Since he was cagey about names, maybe someone off to the side (Rocky? Ross? The Weeknd?), but probably not Kendrick - Ak supported Drake pretty heavily

I forgot to add that he said it wasn't Drake not Kendrick, so it could/will be interesting once we actually know who it was and who it was for!

[fridayteenage]

As a comparison point, first 7 days of Drivers License:
1.5M
4.6M
7.5M
11.5M
13.4M
13.6M
13.7M

Lower start, but at least so far higher peak.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

May 2, 2024 23:00:02 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Mid-Week Releases

New Singles:
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
파란노을 [Parannoul] - Gold River
Arooj Aftab - Whiskey
Bonny Light Horseman - Old Dutch
Opus Kink - I Wanna Live With You
CMAT - Aw, Shoot!
Origami Angel - Fruit Wine
Megan Thee Stallion - I Think I Love Her Freestyle
Martha Skye Murphy - Pick Yourself Up
Half Waif - Big Dipper
Hinds with Beck - Boom Boom Back
Wand - Smile
Big Hit, Hit-Boy, and The Alchemist - Foreclosure
Thou - Unbidden Guest
Amen Dunes - Rugby Child
Lary Jue - Meet Me in Napa
Macklemore - HIND'S HALL
Koreless - Seven
GUM with Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times
Eels - IF I’M GONNA GO ANYWHERE
Gurriers - Close Call
Metro Boomin - BBL Drizzy
Clara La San - Talking to You
Cola - Albatross
Mach-Rommy with KAYTRANDA and 03 Greedo - RICHAXXHAITIAN
Lucy Redroque - Amy
Raveena - Pluto
The Story So Far - All This Time
MOTHICA - Red
O. - Micro
Billy Cobb - Charlie Chaplin Ate My Son
Eades - Liquid Gold
Leanna Firestone - Black Box Warning
Reese LAFLARE feat. Foggieraw and PM FRVR - Pink Range Power
Red Handed Denial - My Demise
Kaeto - Hero
&TEAM - Samidare
BEAUTY BOX - Shine On
Kinrose - damn
emorave - pull/toxic
heylog - flare
Esteman - Cartagena
Sokoninaru - Endless me
Mute Frank - The Landlord Song
Myles Cameron - Softboy
Ezekiel - lost + found
TK from Ling tosite sigure - Tagatame
Coheed and Cambria - The Joke
Palaye Royale - Just My Type
Vended - Nihilism

New Albums and EPs:
tripleS - ASSEMBLE24
Snow Strippers - Night Killaz Vol.2 EP
21 Lil Harold - Sick of Myself
sammythefish - American Anthems.
D.O. - Blossom EP
KIM JAE HWAN - I Adore EP
LEE DONG YEOL - HOWLING EP
WILYWNKA - 90's Baby
ももいろクローバーZ [Momoiro Clover Z] - イドラ
Climbgrow - LOVE CROWN EP
Tani Yuuki - HOMETOWN EP
RUNG HYANG - CLASSIC EP
竹本健一 [Kenichi Takemoto] - You and I EP
The Jazz Avengers - 8 STEPS
BM - Element EP
My First Story - The Crown
眞名子 新 [Arata Manako] - カントリーサイドじゃ普通のこと EP
Extortion - Threats
THE BLSSM - PUPPY BREATH EP
Tona Glover - Honorable Mention EP
Masamoon - B.I.D.S. (Blissfully Ignorant Disrespectful Shit)
deathbrain - A Slice of Life
Joanna Wang - 破爛酒店 [Hotel La Rut]
87dance - Youth Heritage EP
Jaymie Silk - For the People EP
En-Vitro - En-Vitro

[85la]

We really are witnessing the golden age of Spotify. The question is, will numbers like these be sustainable and be the norm, or is the past 3 weeks possibly the largest we will ever see in Spotify history?

[mms82]

May 9, 2024 9:33:08 GMT -5 85la said:

We really are witnessing the golden age of Spotify. The question is, will numbers like these be sustainable and be the norm, or is the past 3 weeks possibly the largest we will ever see in Spotify history?

I figured 2018/2019 would Be the peak with old town Road and scorpion, and then the pandemic got rid of the monoculture temporarily for about five years. I didn’t expect us to repeak Again, and I am so happy we are having hits and a monoculture. Hopefully, this is the start of onwards and upwards!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kwowrb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2024 » / « 05 » / « 09 »

1(=) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 82.54(+0.53)
2(=) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 71.76(-0.23) -
3(=) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 56.89(-0.15)
4(+1) SZA - Saturn 56.73(+0.82)
5(-1) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 56.40(-0.48)
6(=) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 54.08(-0.25)
7(=) Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 51.61(+0.46)
8(=) Luke Combs - Fast Car 46.25(-0.11)
9(=) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 45.28(+0.29)
10(+2) Jordan Davis - Tucson Too Late 44.80(+0.67)

20(+3) Hozier - Too Sweet 35.52(+1.20)

-(-) Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 3.68(+2.08) +

-(-) Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY 1.08(+0.75) +

[jayhawk1117]

Hopefully this is the new norm. I’m ready for number ones to be BIG again lmao.

[clsvltn]

Spotify has been growing quarterly consistently and has not "peaked" yet so I think it is going to still grow at the very least through 2024.

[jasper0102]

May 9, 2024 4:38:33 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

The beef is entirely covering up the fact that Million Dollar Baby is about to become the biggest hit of the streaming era lol

Its gonna be very funny when it and Not Like Us monopolize the top 2 for the next like 3 months. If they stay stable that will probably happen.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

May 9, 2024 8:06:28 GMT -5 wavey. said:

May 8, 2024 16:20:48 GMT -5 lurker2 said:

If it's Ak, that implies to me that it was probably Drake. Since he was cagey about names, maybe someone off to the side (Rocky? Ross? The Weeknd?), but probably not Kendrick - Ak supported Drake pretty heavily

I forgot to add that he said it wasn't Drake not Kendrick, so it could/will be interesting once we actually know who it was and who it was for!

Just like to say Ak always says some shit by big names might be dropping so take his word with more than a little pinch of salt

[lurker2]

Personally, I'm a bit hesitant to say this'll be the new normal. I went on Wikipedia to find the total streams for different streaming number ones going back to 2020, with the following weeks having more than 35m streams per week (5m per day).

2020 (33)
12 - The Box
2 - Toosie Slide
1 - The Scotts
1 - Savage <-- 16 by now
1 - Gooba
7 - Rockstar
1 - Come & Go
6 - Wap
1 - Laugh Now, Cry Later
1 - Positions

2021 (19)
3 - Drivers License
1 - What's Next
2 - Call Me By Your Name
2 - Rapstar <-- 8 by now
5 - Good 4 U
1 - Industry Baby
2 - Way 2 Sexy
2 - Easy On Me
1 - All Too Well

2022 (13)
2 - We Don't Talk About Bruno
2 - As It Was
1 - First Class
1 - Wait For U
1 - N95 <-- 7 by now
1 - Jimmy Cooks
2 - Anti-Hero
2 - Rich Flex
1 - Kill Bill

2023 (12)
4 - Flowers
6 - Last Night < -- 10 by this time
1 - Vampire
1 - First Person Shooter

2024 (7)
3 - Like That
1 - Too Sweet
1 - Fortnight
1 - Million Dollar Baby
1 - Nor Like Us

In other words, this is a very normal amount of weeks for songs to be peaking this high at this point in the year. Early spring is usually pretty hit-heavy in recent years, and this year may be no exception. I hope this year is as big as 2021 (or better yet, 2020) as much as the next guy, and Million Dollar Baby/Not Like Us probably have at least a couple more weeks posting big numbers, but this could just be a good start to the year followed by a drought like last year and 2022. Then again, there are some good signs - I want to say Shaboozey and Sabrina aren't that far off, indicating it's a broader uptick and not just a couple flukes. But I'm still betting this year is fairly slow. Hopefully better than 2022, but still not quite as big as 2021 or 2020.

[Enigma.]

I think it's more like "sales" era where songs start very high and go down from there, not increasing more slowly like some of the biggest streaming hits of our time (Flowers, Last Night, Old Town Road etc.) have done. And frankly, we don't need any Old Town Roads (19 weeks at #1 on Hot 100).

[Mayman]

May 9, 2024 11:28:21 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I think it's more like "sales" era where songs start very high and go down from there, not increasing more slowly like some of the biggest streaming hits of our time (Flowers, Last Night, Old Town Road etc.) have done. And frankly, we don't need any Old Town Roads (19 weeks at #1 on Hot 100).

Have you not been paying attention because Not Like Us and Million Dollar Baby has been gaining all week...

[clsvltn]

Post Malone x Morgan Wallen should (hopefully) have some pretty big streaming numbers this weekend.

I've seen some rumors(?) that Eminem (lead single?) will feature J. Cole as well which could be interesting.

[Deleted]

As I've said before, Billboard's chart year is a very poor representation of the actual year in music. Half the chart year is already done and half the year-end list is full, including songs like Used To Be Young that are clearly 2023 hits (it fell off in February IIRC). It honestly would make more sense if the Year-End started in February than it starting in October, since January tends to be pretty slow and full of hits from late in the previous year. Obviously the actual new year is the best starting date.

[Enigma.]

May 9, 2024 11:30:36 GMT -5 Mayman said:

May 9, 2024 11:28:21 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I think it's more like "sales" era where songs start very high and go down from there, not increasing more slowly like some of the biggest streaming hits of our time (Flowers, Last Night, Old Town Road etc.) have done. And frankly, we don't need any Old Town Roads (19 weeks at #1 on Hot 100).

Have you not been paying attention because Not Like Us and Million Dollar Baby has been gaining all week...

I am not saying these two tracks will not become huge hits in the long run, but it's still early days. MDB reminds me a bit of OTR though, with its two versions and everything.

[Mayman]

May 9, 2024 11:39:15 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

May 9, 2024 11:30:36 GMT -5 Mayman said:

Have you not been paying attention because Not Like Us and Million Dollar Baby has been gaining all week...

I am not saying these two tracks will not become huge hits in the long run, but it's still early days. MDB reminds me a bit of OTR though, with its two versions and everything.

I wasn't saying that, I'm just saying that the two songs right now didn't debut high... they started out smaller and are slowly reaching new heights - which negates your original point.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^I guess the fact that those recent weeks have happened consecutively is probably giving us a bit of a distorted view of things, since the previous song before that was ROTC, 13 weeks before Like That came out.

[Enigma.]

I don't think they are increasing slowly, more like in a couple of days time - in my books "slowly" is like 3-4 weeks.

[bbfan97]

fingers crossed that wallen gets blocked from #1 by NLU or MDB

[morgan96]

Hope 20 weeks at 1 for i had some help Morgan x post.

[After Minutes]

The rest of the year might be a drought because all the big artists are releasing now. The only ones left that are likely to have big hits off their albums are Abel (practically confirmed to drop this year) and J. Cole (it will be an album bomb for sure but idk if he'll have a hit). Carti is probably going to drop but how well his solo music performs is yet to be seen. Post Malone might drop too, and I do think that he's again becoming an a-lister, but that is to be confirmed. SZA might drop also? But other than that, there is nobody that didn't either release or have a confirmed release (like Billie Eilish) who could score a hit out of the gate that looks likely to release this year

[Music Fan]

May 9, 2024 12:18:35 GMT -5 bbfan97 said:

fingers crossed that wallen gets #1

Fixed.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

May 9, 2024 12:28:04 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

The rest of the year might be a drought because all the big artists are releasing now. The only ones left that are likely to have big hits off their albums are Abel (practically confirmed to drop this year) and J. Cole (it will be an album bomb for sure but idk if he'll have a hit). Carti is probably going to drop but how well his solo music performs is yet to be seen. Post Malone might drop too, and I do think that he's again becoming an a-lister, but that is to be confirmed. SZA might drop also? But other than that, there is nobody that didn't either release or have a confirmed release (like Billie Eilish) who could score a hit out of the gate that looks likely to release this year

the rest of the year looks dry but at the same time, who 5 weeks ago would've predicted:

- Hozier would have a #1 single
- Kendrick would drop several diss records against Drake and have a song do 6M for three days in a row (and that this beef would be the biggest music event of the year)
- Someone like Tommy Richman would debut jn the Top 5 and be doing 10M a day (if u combine both versions of MDB)

Hell even with Billie Eilish being the only remaining high profile album release of May, who knows how big it'll be. And who knows if Gunna or Future can have a viral song from their projects.

The best case wouldn't just be to look at what big releases are coming, it's that oddities like this month don't have long droughts in between.