lmao. Rihanna vs. Pitbull is the most random stan war we've seen on here in a while!!
I prefer Rihanna overall, but out of the two particular songs in question I prefer Pitbull's.
A couple of pages ago, someone was asking whether streaming might decrease the amount of #1s compared to previous years. I think it will, although we'll have to wait a few more months to see for sure. The previous years had this many #1s:
2000: 18
2001: 15
2002: 9
2003: 12
2004: 12
2005: 8 (the lowest number of ALL TIME apparently!!!!)
2006: 19
2007: 18
2008: 14
2009: 13 (pretty impressive considering the BEPs took up half the year lol)
2010: 17
2011: 14
2012 so far: 7
We should at least beat 2002 and 2005 for #1s.
We are set to beat 2011 even, since we're less than halfway through the year, and already got half the amount of #1s (and the current one is close to the end of its run), but of course streaming might slow it down from now on. We'll have to see I guess.
What I do find strange is how there were 8 #1s and 2005 and then a massive 19 #1s in 2006. I did think 2006 and 2007 were very "chaotic" years in pop music, with so much going on, but I still think it's strange. They started including downloads in the chart in 2005, so you would've expected the big jump between 2004 and 2005, if anything.
(my friends started to despise me 
