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Chart Listings: Billboard Hot 100 Singles (July 31-August 7, 2013)
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1. One Direction - Best Song Ever (322,000)
2. Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. - Blurred Lines: 312,000 (-9%)
3. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop: 191,000 (-8%)
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I like this top 3
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Drop but everybody in the top 10 sans the debuts
Anyway, 1D will debut in top 5 or at least it seems so.
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Same Love top 10.
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Originally posted by HausofKen
They decreasing for Gaga's Comeback to snatch that #1 !
- Miley is doing so good !!!
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Except it's only bound to increase this week.
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Miley and Ariana
I wasn't expecting 1D to debut so high Congrats to them too
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Originally posted by ClashAndBurn
Except it's only bound to increase this week.
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Im sure by mid/end August, it will be selling south of 250K. & slightly decreasing every week. There is hope for future releases The only thing keeping the song above 300K now is the promo, so once that fades it will probably drop quick for one or two weeks, then gradually fall afterwards
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Originally posted by LostInStereo100
Im sure by mid/end August, it will be selling south of 250K. & slightly decreasing every week. There is hope for future releases
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Gaga's coming too early (or waited too long, whichever way you see it). She will get blocked due to Robin's immense airplay no matter how much she ends up selling.
Eminem can do it though, and Katy has the capability to climb. Plus, Rihanna's lead single for R8, if it is really on the way.
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Whoaaa!!! really surprised at 1D!!!
and yesss Ariana!!!
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After y'all dragged one direction....they sold more than BLs with only being # 1 for like 2-3 days
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I think people are underestimating Gaga, but nobody can really say anything till we hear the song, and see how it performs on iTunes and radio Streaming in 2011 was different than it is now, and I remember someone saying that she did very well streaming, at least in the beginning of the chart run for BTW. Hopefully that means she can do well with it now. How is Katy with streaming? She should have a good chance at a #1 debut as well. Eminem is almost set in stone
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Originally posted by LostInStereo100
I think people are underestimating Gaga, but nobody can really say anything till we hear the song, and see how it performs on iTunes and radio Streaming in 2011 was different than it is now, and I remember someone saying that she did very well streaming, at least in the beginning of the chart run for BTW. Hopefully that means she can do well with it now. How is Katy with streaming? She should have a good chance at a #1 debut as well. Eminem is almost set in stone
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Gaga's got it in the bag tbh, in my opinion.
Robin's gonna see a steep sales decrease after this week because his promo will be done.
Gaga debuts on August 19th, she'll have a massive radio deal thanks to Interscope, and she'll get millions of views because it should be obvious she's going to release her video or a lyrics video.
I see her releasing the music video the day after the VMA's.
It'll be interesting to see how close One Direction got in terms of percentage.
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Originally posted by LostInStereo100
I think people are underestimating Gaga, but nobody can really say anything till we hear the song, and see how it performs on iTunes and radio Streaming in 2011 was different than it is now, and I remember someone saying that she did very well streaming, at least in the beginning of the chart run for BTW. Hopefully that means she can do well with it now. How is Katy with streaming? She should have a good chance at a #1 debut as well. Eminem is almost set in stone
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The song has a possibility of being tied to a preorder. Those never do well on iTunes. She will reach number one on iTunes for sure, but probably not as fast and with not as big of an initial lead as everyone is expecting.
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Originally posted by MuhMuhMuhMarry
Gaga's got it in the bag tbh, in my opinion.
Robin's gonna see a steep sales decrease after this week because his promo will be done.
Gaga debuts on August 19th, she'll have a massive radio deal thanks to Interscope, and she'll get millions of views because it should be obvious she's going to release her video or a lyrics video.
I see her releasing the music video the day after the VMA's.
It'll be interesting to see how close One Direction got in terms of percentage.
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I said this before, but I think Interscope will be more interested in breaking Mariah's record with OSD than giving Gaga another number one.
I could be wrong though.
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Originally posted by ClashAndBurn
I said this before, but I think Interscope will be more interested in breaking Mariah's record with OSD than giving Gaga another number one.
I could be wrong though.
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They could, but I think Gaga will receive enough digital sales and streaming to pass Robin, even if just one week.
It all depends on how well the song does digitally. Can she break 500k?
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Originally posted by LostInStereo100
I think people are underestimating Gaga
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Have you considered that maybe you're underestimating Blurred Lines? Over 200 million in airplay is a lot to catch up on in Hot 100 points, nevermind that it's still going to sell in the >300K area for most of August (only in the last week will it fall under 300K in my estimation.) Robin also has a good amount of streaming because his video is also quite a viral hit, plus the uncensored version of the video was recently unblocked from YouTube. Let's not forget his on-demand subscriptions. I believe he's also leading in Spotify. Blurred Lines has too many things going for it, and Applause only has sales and streaming.
Edited to add: Of course, there's still that outside chance of Applause netting a first-week sales of close to a million, but tbh I don't think people are here for her as much as they were during BTW.
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Have you considered that maybe you're underestimating Blurred Lines? Over 200 million in airplay is a lot to catch up on in Hot 100 points, nevermind that it's still going to sell in the >300K area for most of August (only in the last week will it fall under 300K in my estimation.) Robin also has a good amount of streaming because his video is also quite a viral hit, plus the uncensored version of the video was recently unblocked from YouTube. Let's not forget his on-demand subscriptions. I believe he's also leading in Spotify. Blurred Lines has too many things going for it, and Applause only has sales and streaming.
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This week will be telling. So far music video streams have not proven to be very successful when it comes to pushing songs up the Hot 100. If I was a lil monster I would be watching 1D's streaming numbers this week very carefully.
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Originally posted by ClashAndBurn
I said this before, but I think Interscope will be more interested in breaking Mariah's record with OSD than giving Gaga another number one.
I could be wrong though.
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You think Interscope is that thirsty?
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Originally posted by highwind44029
Have you considered that maybe you're underestimating Blurred Lines? Over 200 million in airplay is a lot to catch up on in Hot 100 points, nevermind that it's still going to sell in the >300K area for most of August (only in the last week will it fall under 300K in my estimation.) Robin also has a good amount of streaming because his video is also quite a viral hit, plus the uncensored version of the video was recently unblocked from YouTube. Let's not forget his on-demand subscriptions. I believe he's also leading in Spotify. Blurred Lines has too many things going for it, and Applause only has sales and streaming.
Edited to add: Of course, there's still that outside chance of Applause netting a first-week sales of close to a million, but tbh I don't think people are here for her as much as they were during BTW.
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Not if Interscope deletes BL for a day but i know Gaga will get atleast 1 week at #1 !
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There is also the fact that Gaga's US streams might not be high enough at all. For lack of a better word, her fan base is global, after all. Just like 1D.
500K won't be enough.
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