You Da One hits radio Friday. I really hope We Found Love can still get big updates. I won't be happy till it spends multiple weeks at #1 and on the overall airplay chart.
It doesn't really look like there's anything even remotely close to Rihanna on overall airplay for us to worry about. The Christmas freeze is going to help kill SLY and MLJ (both AC format hits) faster too. Doesn't look like TOTGA or IWR are going to do damage on radio songs until much later in the year.
Not necessarily. There are a buttload of songs 2005-2008 that went #1 in sales not Hot 100. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Switch", "Beverly Hills", "Don't Phunk With My Heart", "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (), "Pon de Replay", "Just The Girl" (Click 5 ), "Photograph" (Nickelback), "Hung Up", "When I'm Gone".
That's just from 2005 alone. 2006 it got better, and more in 2007 when they began weighing sales more into a song's chart position. And yes there was the Hot Digital Tracks chart that began tracking songs in 2003.
Day 1: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 3.289
Day 2: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 5.441 (+ 2.152)
Day 3: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 7.317 (+ 1.876)
Day 4: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 9.037 (+ 1.720)
Day 5: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 11.012 (+ 1.975a)
Day 6: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 13.344 (+ 2.332)
Day 7: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 16.885 (+ 3.541) (Highest AI Update So Far).
Day 8: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 17.746 (+ 0.861)
Day 9: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 20.335 (+ 2.589)
Day 10: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 23.491 (+ 3.156)
Day 11: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 26.469 (+ 2.978)
Day 12: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 29.283 (+ 2.814)
Day 13: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 32.198 (+ 2.915)
Day 14: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 34.190 (+ 1.992)
Day 15: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 35.931 (+ 1.741)
Day 16: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 37.670 (+ 1.739)
Day 17: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 39.702 (+ 2.032)
Day 18: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 41.232 (+ 1.530)
Day 19: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 42.844 (+ 1.612)
Day 20: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 44.736 (+ 1.892)
Day 21: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 46.753 (+ 2.017)
Day 22: RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 49.119 (+ 2.366)
Day 23: (20) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 51.085 (+ 1.966) ▲
Day 24: (20) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 53.395 (+ 2.310)
Day 25: (19) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 55.348 (+ 1.953) ▲
Day 26: (19) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 57.239 (+ 1.891)
Day 27: (17) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 59.417 (+ 2.178) ▲
Day 28: (16) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 61.274 (+ 1.857) ▲
Day 29: (14) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 62.684 (+ 1.410) ▲
Day 30: (13) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 64.216 (+ 1.532) ▲
Day 31: (12) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 65.686 (+ 1.470) ▲
Day 32: (12) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 67.989 (+ 2.303)
Day 33: (12) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 69.484 (+ 1.495)
Day 34: (11) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 71.180 (+ 1.696) ▲
Day 35: (11) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 73.057 (+ 1.877)
Day 36: (10) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 75.469 (+ 2.412) ▲
Day 37: (9) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 77.609 (+ 2.140) ▲
Day 38: (8) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 79.588 (+ 1.979) ▲
Day 39: (7) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 81.384 (+ 1.796) ▲
Day 40: (7) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 84.487 (+ 3.103)
Day 41: (7) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 86.395 (+ 1.908)
Day 42: (7) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 89.204 (+ 2.809)
Day 43: (7) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 91.531 (+ 2.327)
Day 44: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 93.921 (+ 2.390) ▲
Day 45: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 96.821 (+ 2.900)
Day 46: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 99.185 (+ 2.364)
Day 47: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 101.611 (+ 2.426)
Day 48: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 104.620 (+ 3.009)
Day 49: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 107.319 (+ 2.699)
Day 49: (4) RIHANNA - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris: 107.319 (+ 2.699)
vs.
Day 49: (8) RIHANNA - Only Girl (In The World): 92.668 (+ 1.618)
), "Pon de Replay", "Just The Girl" (Click 5 
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He hasn't been in rotation there since NOY.
