For Radio Airplay, 1 Hot 100 point for every 1 million impression. (Example: 36 Million Audience Impressions = 36 Hot 100 Points)

For sales, 1 Hot 100 point for every 1,000 sold. (Example: 24,000 sold = 24 Hot 100 Points)

For streaming, 1 Hot 100 point for every 10,000 streams. (Example: 500,000 streams = 50 Hot 100 points)

Once you have the Hot 100 points for each, then you have to weigh them. Airplay has the highest percentage, which is 55%. Next would be sales at 35%. Finally, streaming has the remaining 10%.

So, using the examples from above the formula would read as follows-

(36 x .55) + (24 x .35) + (50 x .10)

or

(19.8) + (8.4) + (5.0) = 33.2 Total Hot 100 Points

Using the most recent Hot 100 (published August 2, 2012):

#1. Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
179,000 in Sales = 62.65
915,000 in Streaming = 9.15
109 Million in Audience Impressions = 59.95
Grand Total of 131.75 in Hot 100 Points

#2. Katy Perry "Wide Awake"
151,000 in Sales = 52.85
580,000 in Streaming = 5.80
117 Million in Audience Impressions = 64.35
Grand Total of 123.00 in Hot 100 Points

#3. Maroon 5 "Payphone"
119,000 in Sales = 41.65
763,000 in Streaming = 7.63
128 Million in Audience Impressions = 70.40
Grand Total of 119.68 in Hot 100 Points

#4. Flo Rida "Whistle"
237,000 in Sales = 82.95
614,000 in Streaming = 6.14
53 Million in Audience Impressions = 29.15
Grand Total of 118.24 in Hot 100 Points

#5. Ellie Goulding "Lights"
122,000 in Sales = 42.70
848,000 in Streaming = 8.48
109 Million in Audience Impressions = 59.95
Grand Total of 111.13 in Hot 100 Points

Using the Hot 100 from the week prior (published July 26, 2012):

#1. Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
164,000 in Sales = 57.40
819,000 in Streaming = 8.19
117 Million in Audience Impressions = 64.35
Grand Total of 129.94 in Hot 100 Points

#2. Maroon 5 "Payphone"
131,000 in Sales = 45.85
811,000 in Streaming = 8.11
134 Million in Audience Impressions = 73.70
Grand Total of 127.66 in Hot 100 Points

#3. Katy Perry "Wide Awake"
170,000 in Sales = 59.50
653,000 in Streaming = 6.53
111 Million in Audience Impressions = 61.05
Grand Total of 127.08 in Hot 100 Points

#4. Ellie Goulding "Lights"
134,000 in Sales = 46.90
867,000 in Streaming = 8.67
99 Million in Audience Impressions = 54.45
Grand Total of 110.02 in Hot 100 Points

(#5 this week was Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know" & stats were not given of the song.)

#6. Flo Rida "Whistle"
210,000 in Sales = 73.50
584,000 in Streaming = 5.84
44 Million in Audience Impressions = 24.20
Grand Total of 103.54 in Hot 100 Points

This should give everyone a MUCH clearer understanding of the Hot 100 and how it works. As you can see, Katy Perry "Wide Awake" moved up to #2 in the most recent week but it was really her prior week (when she was at #3) that she was closest to Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe".

Ohh gracias!

This should be stickied.

Good job.

Where's the source?

Yeah. I would like to know the source as well.

Is that all they do? Ground breaking.

Billboard themselves said this a lot of months ago.

I believe this, I don't need the source.

Thank god Lights has a lot of streaming.

Thanks

Wait if you can easily get the hot 100 points...why weight them? Also are they weighted in your example, not seeing it

This is the real deal. We need to implement this when we calculate the BB Hot 100.

This song needs to stop

Great thread

Thanks so much for this

Carly's getting that 9th week

What about YouTube views? How does that factor in, or do they not use that anymore?

Check the Examiner.

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Thank you DivaDown!