no.

# of Songs which first hit #1 per year apparently, 2015 to 2000:
8
9
10
12
13 (-4)
17 (+5)
12
14 (-3)
17
18 (+10)
8 (-3)
11
11 (+4)
7 (-7)
14 (-3)
17

We don't try to look at 2002 or 2005's #2s as #1s.
2006's jump is crazy as sales made their impact fully felt and dominated the formula.

It felt more like one than Bad Blood

Yas! Call the Billboard Hot 100 BB99 now!

No

So we should consider #2 as #1 because the #1 this year has been occupying consecutive weeks on the Hot 100? Uh no. Example if Uptown Funk is on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks, and if no one is able to dethrone that single, then good job to Uptown Funk.

And also, it's not about QUANTITY it's about QUALITY. Example the 2006 list you listed:

1. "Laffy Taffy" D4L
2. "Grillz" Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
3. "Temperature" Sean Paul
4. "Bad Day"dagger Daniel Powter
5. "Do I Make You Proud" Taylor Hicks
6. "I Wanna Love You" Akon featuring Snoop Dogg

and the list goes on, all those reached #1 in 2006. I'd rather have only five different songs that reached #1 on the Hot 100 then 20 different songs that all suck.

No. There's more to a song's chart performance than its peak.

A lot of classics didn't go #1 historically. And a lot of #1s are forgotten.


So really, it doesn't matter

No

Having the #1 title tagged to your song is an amazing feat. But it's just a number. Impact and longevity are what matter most. Some songs that haven't even charted or even gone top 10 have had more impact and importance in the world of music. With that said a #2 song should be a #2 song still. It doesn't make it less of a song because of it

No.

Stop trying to make "Anaconda" happen.

Some number two hits are bigger than some number one hits. Like Thinking Out Loud and Shake It Off (by Taylor) spent 8 week at number two. They were massive. It's close enough for me personally. You're had songs debut high and then drop off the charts like bricks. I say no, since peak definitely isn't everything.

There's no formula to be fixed really. Songs like Uptown Funk, Happy, Blurred Lines, Hello, etc. will always be because they were perched because they were massive in all metrics. That's one of the main misconceptions about streaming and the formula, they were large in all components - evident in their reign on other charts too.

There's been no real injustice done by the formula and the #1 recently. If the #2 song can't deal then.. it's #2. It's mainly about impact anyway.

No.

Lol a mess

ffff no because #2 is still one position behind #1 this is not logical.

The OP ain't even a barb, calm your #19 peaking booty.

No, but its not like being #2 is bad.

no none of the songs in OP deserved to be called #1 except Thinking Out Loud, i don't know how huge Take Me To Church, other than that no