I've seen in other threads recently people pointing out there have only been 9 #1s this year and that they're shocked by it.
I think we will continue to have few #1s each year now, since the charts are so slow. Only thing we can hope for more songs getting 1-week surges to #1 next year. However, if so few songs are getting #1 each year now, should we lower our standards and think #2s are incredible too?
The #2 hits this year are:
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Drake - Hotline Bling
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Let's be honest with ourselves, all those songs were hugely successful and some people probably assume they were #1s, and they probably would have been if we had a faster moving chart like in 2006-2008. Why not just pretend #2s are #1s from now on? Everybody would be happier.
#1 hits in 2006:
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
D4L - Laffy Taffy
Nelly - Grillz
Beyonce - Check On It
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Sean Paul - Temperature
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Rihanna - SOS
Chamillionaire - Ridin
Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
Fergie - London Bridge
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
Ludacris - Money Maker
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Akon - I Wanna Love You
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
#1 hits in 2015 if we delude ourselves and pretend #2s are like #1s:
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Wiz Khalifa - See You Again
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
OMI - Cheerleader
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
The Weeknd - The Hills
Drake - Hotline Bling
Adele - Hello
Justin Bieber - Sorry
See what I mean? So much better.
It's depressing knowing that not most likely not many songs will go to #1 next year. I think we'd be better off pretending whatever songs get to #2 next year are really just as good as #1s, it'll make up for so few songs getting to #1 nowadays and it'll feel like the chart is faster. Anybody agree with me?
Except for Christina's Beautiful which was blocked by Omarion's band and Mariah's Can't Let Go, which is better than almost all the actual #1s of that decade
Oh, you can sort of add Problem to that list. It felt HUGE and it only lost by like 0.0000001% so w/e
Also, back in 2006 a lot of songs weren't up on iTunes straight away, and would get released after their airplay was fairly high which meant some of them could jump to #1 on the Hot 100 easier on their digital release weeks.
I actually get your point though and you're absolutely right. It used to be significantly easier for a song to go #1. Whereas today, you have a monster smash that stays perched on top for weeks, blocking all the other huge smashes. So, some of the older #1s feel so much less successful than the current #2 hits. Billboard needs to work on ha formula, maybe
And if you live in Belgium how would you know what feels like a #1 hit in America no offense.
Just basing that on what I've seen on the internet. And it sold less than the other #2 hits besides Sorry, but that song will outsell it in the long run.
No. But I think the substantialness of a #2 peak is really underrated. It's incredible to have your song peak there and will always be an amazing achievement despite being so close to #1. Unless the song was a quick viral meme for two weeks or something, of course.
It completely depends.....peaks aren't the tell all of how big a song was.
Since U Been Gone peaked at #2, yet it was one of the biggest hits of the 2000's. My Life Would Suck Without You peaked at #1, and it was a big hit but not as big as SUBG.
Bad Romance peaked at #2, and it was a much bigger hit than several #1's.
Part of Me peaked at #1, and it wasn't as big as plenty of other songs that peaked other places in the Top 10. Same with Hold It Against Me.
And it sold less than the other #2 hits besides Sorry, but that song will outsell it in the long run.
