BB: "See You Again" 400k+, Mariah stills the Queen
Ahead of the unveiling of the Hot 100 (dated April 25) on Billboard.com next Wednesday, April 15, when the top 10 will be revealed (with the chart to update in full the following day), the race, as of now, looks close, with "Again" trending to wind up the leader. The Hot 100 measures songs' sales, radio airplay and streaming data.
According to the latest industry projections, however, "Again" is posing a serious threat to the rule of "Funk," as the former could sell more than 400,000 downloads in the week ending Sunday (April 12). Helping fuel sales: continued high interest in Furious 7 at the box office, as the action film has soared past $500 million in worldwide receipts in its first seven days.
Helping fuel sales: continued high interest in Furious 7 at the box office, as the action film has soared past $500 million in worldwide receipts in its first seven days.
Streaming is still a wildcard for the SYA/UF! battle. The official video will probably end with 25-30M global streams by the end of Sunday night, which will equate to at least 8-10M US streams, and it's rapidly gaining on Spotify (whose numbers have been frozen since Apr 7, so we can't check to see how much it has been gaining per day).