[Chivas]

Originally posted by gabbanana

Nope, One Sweet Day stayed at #1 for 16 weeks.

No song has spent exactly 15 weeks on top.

[GoodMusicLover]

Originally posted by Manchs

I see my fave has made you mad

How did I know this was coming

And yes, yes she did.

Mariah was my queen in the 90s and too see such an amazing comeback after the disaster that was Glitter...I thought she was gonna tie her OSD record. Although in the end it didn't change much...

[GoodMusicLover]

Originally posted by Chivas

No song has spent exactly 15 weeks on top.

That's what I meant. Thanks Chivas

[MusicTalker]

2006 had a ton of #1s. I'm currently reviewing that years Hot 100 & i think Grillz, Check On It, So Sick, You're Beautiful, Temperature, Bad Day & SOS had all hit #1 by the end of April.

It's so interesting to see the intricacies of how songs charted. Remember Be Without You? It only peaked at #3 for one week, yet it was a massive hit. I know why you think that. It was a huge #1 hit on radio, but struggled to even hit the Top 20 digitally. It didn't sell very well at all. So Sick by Ne-Yo was also ridiculously repressed by Def Jam (the record label who used repression the most by far). The song was in the Top 10 with AirPlay alone for a couple weeks before zooming from #9 to #1, but after 2 weeks at #1 it fell a bit fast. It's so stupid to repress songs until they're Top 3 on radio. Think of how much sales were lost.

[csybeyking]

Repression is stupid...the thought that labels care about #1s more than sales(money) is beyond me

[vatsal sharma]

Originally posted by castrobabytiger

I actually find it exciting when two songs keep flip flopping...like T.I with whatever you like and live your life or j.lo and alicia with fallin and im real or even bleeding love with lollipop

I find those to be fun

yeppp....thats the most interesting...like grenade and firework....they literally did so many flips...!!! even SLY MLJ was cool....!!! but that kinda stiff fompetition keeps iit fresh and interesting...!!

[Walk_Away21]

Originally posted by csybeyking

Repression is stupid...the thought that labels care about #1s more than sales(money) is beyond me

UK market anyone? You'd think the people who do this for a living would see the success of MLJ and Jar of Hearts there

[Bad Wolf]

5. What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) - Kelly Clarkson

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by csybeyking

Repression is stupid...the thought that labels care about #1s more than sales(money) is beyond me

I think that is why repression has stopped - the labels finally realized they were actually losing sales money.

I find it ironic that WFL is like the only song DJ didn't repress for Rihanna & it ended up spending the most weeks at #1 anyway.

[Rigalo]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

I think that is why repression has stopped - the labels finally realized they were actually losing sales money.

I find it ironic that WFL is like the only song DJ didn't repress for Rihanna & it ended up spending the most weeks at #1 anyway.

It really makes you wonder

[MusicTalker]

Def Jam, as a label, repressed all of their artists to a ridiculous extent.

Mariah Carey's Don't Forget About Us & Touch My Body until they were huge on radio. They got to #1 easily, but neither had great longevity.

Ne-Yo's So Sick was repressed for a long time - it was a Top 10 hit before it was even available for sales, & then it got to #1 before falling out of the Top 10 a little more than a month later.

Rihanna had the most songs repressed, but only because she released the most first singles. SOS blasted from 34 to 1 & was already #8 on radio songs. I'm pretty sure Umbrella was repressed (an obvious foolish move), & Take a Bow a well. Even just last year.

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Repression was extremely common back from 2005-2010, & so many people used it to chart higher. It was still going on until about 2009-2010ish. Now, immediate digital releases are the thing.

I remember waiting WEEKS for a favorite song of mine to be added, & it didn't come until ridiculously late. Listening to a good in crappy quality because there's nothing else available SUCKS.

[biomind101]

Originally posted by Rigalo

I love SFTTR but I hope it spends only ~3 weeks at one. As MT stated I like it better when multiple songs have shots at #1 rather than one song at #1 for 10 weeks. It just gets so boring. Unless said song is from one of my faves.

THIS!!!

[biomind101]

Originally posted by Chivas

Sometimes the one thing better than seeing your fave succeed is seeing your fave block someone else's success, like when Mr. Know It All blocked Dev from the top 10 of the Hot 100

[rihannabiggestfan]

Originally posted by Chivas

Sometimes the one thing better than seeing your fave succeed is seeing your fave block someone else's success, like when Mr. Know It All blocked Dev from the top 10 of the Hot 100

nope. i like kelly clarkson, but i know which song deserved top 10 more. at least the song that didn't deserve top 10 dropped off the top ten the next week though. so that's good

and only a really rude person would think like this (see bolded)

[Chivas]

Originally posted by rihannabiggestfan

nope. i like kelly clarkson, but i know which song deserved top 10 more. at least the song that didn't deserve top 10 dropped off the top ten the next week though. so that's good

and only a really rude person would think like this (see bolded)

Where is In the Dark now on the Hot 100? And where is MKIA? It's clear which one "deserved" the top 10 more.

[rihannabiggestfan]

Originally posted by Chivas

Where is In the Dark now on the Hot 100? And where is MKIA? It's clear which one "deserved" the top 10 more.

which one had the more longevity? i'll give a hint: In the Dark. It's clear which one "deserved" the top 10 more.

[tj hazuki]

Originally posted by rihannabiggestfan

which one had the more longevity? i'll give a hint: In the Dark. It's clear which one "deserved" the top 10 more.

no MKIA defiantly had more longevity. HECK, its still #1 on Hot AC radio!

[Chivas]

Originally posted by rihannabiggestfan

which one had the more longevity? i'll give a hint: In the Dark. It's clear which one "deserved" the top 10 more.

MKIA has spent four and a half months in the top 40 of the Hot 100 and is still sitting safely at #27. It's still going. Plus, it topped the HAC chart for several weeks (and still going) and hit the top 10 on POP and AC. Additionally, I believe it's already outsold In the Dark and is still selling more than it on a weekly basis.

It's cute that you tried though

[rihannabiggestfan]

Originally posted by Chivas

MKIA has spent four and a half months in the top 40 of the Hot 100 and is still sitting safely at #27. It's still going. Plus, it topped the HAC chart for several weeks (and still going) and hit the top 10 on POP and AC. Additionally, I believe it's already outsold In the Dark and is still selling more than it on a weekly basis.

It's cute that you tried though

in the dark has been doing well for a long time when it was released way back in april. the reason MKIA is doing better now is because it's newer. heck, it was released in september.

also, don't say stuff like "It's cute that you tried though" because it doesn't make you cool and makes you seem like a jerk and i lose respect.

[potent]

Originally posted by rihannabiggestfan

in the dark has been doing well for a long time when it was released way back in april. the reason MKIA is doing better now is because it's newer. heck, it was released in september.

But "In the Dark" started blowing up in around the same time as MKIA so it is fair to compare.

That one song may have had a similar success but honestly Dev really can't be compared to Kelly, success or talent. it's not even in the same league.