1. Beyoncé - Ego (0.509)
2. Young Money - Every Girl (0.522)
3. Pink - Please Don't Leave Me (0.619)
4. Miley Cyrus - The Climb (0.631)
5. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (0.662)
6. Darius Rucker - Alright (0.664)
7. Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West - Knock You Down (0.734)
8. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas (0.735)
9. Billy Currington - People Are Crazy (0.771)
10. Mario ft. Gucci Mane - Break Up (0.784)
11. Lady GaGa - LoveGame (0.784)
12. Rascal Flatts - Summer Nights (0.802)
13. Jeremih - Birthday Sex (0.815)
14. Beyoncé - Halo (0.881)
15. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (0.885)
Payola rating is sales divided by airplay. The lower the rating, the more payola the song receives.
1. Beyoncé - Ego (0.509)
2. Young Money - Every Girl (0.522)
3. Pink - Please Don't Leave Me (0.619)
4. Miley Cyrus - The Climb (0.631)
5. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (0.662)
6. Darius Rucker - Alright (0.664)
7. Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West - Knock You Down (0.734)
8. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas (0.735)
9. Billy Currington - People Are Crazy (0.771)
10. Mario ft. Gucci Mane - Break Up (0.784)
11. Lady GaGa - LoveGame (0.784)
12. Rascal Flatts - Summer Nights (0.802)
13. Jeremih - Birthday Sex (0.815)
14. Beyoncé - Halo (0.881)
15. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (0.885)
Payola rating is sales divided by airplay. The lower the rating, the more payola the song receives.
^lmao seriously, I will agree with some of those... but The Climb, I'm Yours and others on that list have huge digital sales... and for songs such as Ego, urban-only radio hits never seem to attract digital sales, I have no clue why.
^lmao seriously, I will agree with some of those... but The Climb, I'm Yours and others on that list have huge digital sales... and for songs such as Ego, urban-only radio hits never seem to attract digital sales, I have no clue why.
A huge Urban or Country hit is not necessarily a big "mainstream" hit. Urban and Country airplay simply do NOT move sales at ALL. And since sales are influenced 90% of the time by Pop + Rhythmic + Hot AC radio formats its a wonder why Urban and Country radio are even apart of the Hot 100 Airplay.
However, both the urban and country formats are huge album sellers. Keyshia Cole, Jazmine Sullivan, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Sugarland are just a few examples.
^Country doesn't move sales? Country artists have some of the highest selling albums of the decade, plus...
5. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
21. Big Green Tractor - Jason Aldean
38. Alright - Darius Rucker
43. Toes - Zac Brown Band
44. People Are Crazy - Billy Currington
49. Summer Nights - Rascal Flatts
60. Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band
65. American Ride - Toby Keith
67. I Run to You - Lady Antebellum
71. Love Story - Taylor Swift
76. Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
82. Small Town USA - Justin Moore
89. It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You - Tim McGraw
93. She's Country - Jason Aldean
96. Then - Brad Paisley
97. Out Last Night - Kenny Chesney
That's just in the top 100. Taylor is an exception of course, but all the other have no spins on pop, rhythmic, or hot ac or just few spins (30 or less). The only other exception is Rascal Flatts', which is slowly climbing hot ac. Don't underestimate the power of country. However, I agree with Urban. Urban-only singles due tend to flop terribly in sales.
Over the course of this decade, the Hot 100 has become incredibly tiered based on genre. A song will only go to #1 these days if it has heavy Rhythmic AND Urban support, although there've been some shocking exceptions (I still don't understand how Hey There Delilah blew up...)
Pop & Hot AC support will get you into the Top 40 for sure, Top 20 if you're being *****d, and Top 10 only if you've got the sales to back you up.
Country support will only be enough to get you in the Top 50. Unless you're Taylor or Carrie, hope for a miracle.
Active Rock/Alternative support will get you nowhere unless some station randomly "discovers" you and you get the golden ticket that is crossing over. Seriously, "success" for rock songs these days is pretty much getting on Bubbling Under for a week or two.
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