I see, so Em/Rih hold the video until the song goes to #1. just to lock more weeks at #1. and I hope it'll start next week....

Why? Its not like we all didn't see this coming.

The Monster will go #1. Chill boo.

Another day, another top 10 for Legend X

Billboard is going to have to change its formula.

Othewise, there could be a 10 second viral video of a kitten doing something funny which happens to have an Avril Lavigne song playing in the background that reaches #1.

Or someone could take 5 seconds of Bieber's "Baby", loop it, and put in the background of a video of a baby biting his brother's finger, and get another Billboard #1!

Someone is pressed. lol.

Everybody CALM DOWN. Eminem and Rihanna WILL get #1. I don't like seeing everybody arguing. Please everybody, just be patient. They will definitely get #1. Trust me. They just will. They have to.

Deep breaths everybody.

You seem to be the one all up in arms.

Lemme just make a parody video for Timber really quick like.

No, you seem really pressed. Stop trying to belittle Miley and her accomplishments. That's all I see you do in these threads. The viral video was a success because it reflected Miley's original video, so the #1 is well-deserved. People would not click on the video if Miley's name was not on the video.

And weren't you the one that said it doesn't matter how many weeks The Monster will be at #1 as long as it gets to #1?! Because it's obvious The Monster will hit #1 next week. So why are you acting all pressed about Wrecking Ball getting #1 this week? The Monster will get it next week, and Eminem and Rihanna will still have more #1s.

Give this week to Miley because that viral video was gold, and she has the radio airplay and digital sales to back up her amazing success this year.

Sorry, end of rant.

People do need to calm down though. It's like how Call Me Maybe was stuck behind Somebody That I Used to Know for a bit and people were panicking thinking it would get permanently blocked, etc. It ended up getting 9 weeks. The Monster will be high in sales, streaming and airplay for probably a couple of months longer, we don't need to worry if it gets blocked for one week. It's not going to go into free-fall anytime soon.

Timber is the song people need to worry about getting blocked. The Monster will trash it in airplay and streaming.

You guys have been saying this for months and it has yet to happened. That Chinese Food song got a ton of streams, but didn't come anywhere near the summit of the Hot 100.

And you all are acting like Wrecking Ball jumped from 78-1, she's been #3 on the Hot 100 for 2 months with great radio support and sales. Get over it.

Miley and Wrecking Ball deserve the #1 this week, mainly because the parody uses the entire original audio and its relation to Miley's famous video is why it's so popular.

I have more of an issue with what happened with Harlem Shake, which reached #1 for weeks based on parody videos using 30 second snippets.

That's getting into stupid territory, since the parodies used about a seventh of the total song, and because that parody could have happened with any random electronic dance music track.

Billboard really needs to clarify its rules. Otherwise it's inevitable that the situations I describe will occur, and a song will come out of nowhere to get the #1 spot based on a 5 or 10 second clip playing in the background of a viral video that's completely unrelated.

I'm so HAPPY!!!! MILEY @ #1!!!!



Dont worry Monster will get #1 Soon, love that song too, even hoping TIMBER would also be #1...

but right now, iTs WRECKING BALL!!!!

I think Harlem Shake was already quite famous beforehand, since I saw this list of the biggest trap songs from 2012 and Harlem Shake was #1, and then whoever wrote it was saying how he heard it everywhere, etc. Also, they were going to get Juicy J on the remix, and I don't think they'd get a famous rapper on a remix for an unknown song. This was all before the viral videos as well. I understand what you're saying though.

Timber already has a video and it's behind in streaming and getting lower updates on radio. It would be extremely difficult for it to overcome The Monster in the next month.

Arbitrary Momento-graph:
1. The Monster
2. Timber
3. Counting Stars
4. Do What U Want (pending video)
5. Say Something
6. Burn
7. Demons
8. Let Her Go
9. Story of My Life
10. Team or White Walls

Please tell me how The Monster has the highest momentum when its decreasing in sales and streaming? Timber is increasing on radio, streaming and digital so I would say its momentum is higher. Plus, Monster is having unsustainable updates on radio which will only lead to a premature peak.

Are these predictions for future number 1s?

"Immediately" =/= months

Yeah the theory sounds cute in hindsight, but the views would have to be Gangnam Style huge to go #1 just based off of streaming. And by then, if something had that much impact, the song itself would to.

People watched the video because it had to do with Miley. It's fair.