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Originally posted by waryofothers
To be fair, the amount of AI currently isn't the same as it was when WBT reached its peak.
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Yes, Rhythmic and Urban numbers were extremely inflated back then so it is MUCH more difficult NOW to get such high numbers.
Mariah was in the top3 on 4 formats when she peaked so high. Pop, Urban, Rhythmic, Urban AC. Robin is gonna be in the top3 on ALL those formats, PLUS HOT AC! 5 formats! WBT was not even in the top20 on HOT AC when it peaked. It eventually peaked at no16 weeks after it had peaked on other formats. It has the support of one more big format that WBT did not have.
Blurred Lines is the first song EVER to be in the top5 on HOT AC, POP, RHYTHMIC, URBAN, URBAN AC and it looks like it's gonna hit no1 on ALL of them! If this had happened in 2005 when WBT was released, Blurred Lines would have hit at least 270-280million on Mediabase.