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Chart Listings: Billboard Charts (March 4-11, 2015)
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Originally posted by UNNAMI
What's your prediction for overall Uptown Funk weeks at #1?
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12 weeks on lock, story is going to be different in week #13, depends if "Sugar" is strong enough or Ellie keeps putting big Streaming numbers
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^ Sugar's on top of Spotify now, so I would say it has a better chance at going #1 than LMLYD at the moment. They're pretty much deadlocked in sales with Sugar slightly ahead on radio with more HAC support.
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Originally posted by alexanderao
^ Sugar's on top of Spotify now, so I would say it has a better chance at going #1 than LMLYD at the moment. They're pretty much deadlocked in sales with Sugar slightly ahead on radio with more HAC support.
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It's gonna be an interesting scenario. Sugar and LMLYD are selling about the same, and Ellie is 1.5M above Sugar's streaming. Then, you have Sugar being the Airplay Gainer although I'm interested to see if it has longevity on radio. If it peaks fast, then LMLYD is the next hot thing gaining hard on radio. It's going to be a lot of fun coming up. I would love if both songs top the States
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You have to pay for a subscription to view the top 100 now?
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Originally posted by T-Swizz
You have to pay for a subscription to view the top 100 now?
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No, it's visible on the free desktop client (although I remember someone saying that a new update prevented this).
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#1. Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney - "FourFiveSeconds" - 156,098 (961,685)
#2. The Weeknd - "Earned It" - 103,004 (649,858)
#3. Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini - "GDFR" - 71,474 (756,330)
#4. Common & John Legend - "Glory" - 66,851 (182,453)
#5. Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - "Truffle Butter" - 66,184 (374,722)
#6. Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett - "You're So Beautiful" - 55,054 (55,054)
#7. Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih - "Somebody" - 54,814 (239,188)
#8. Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen" - 53,073 (207,851)
#9. Usher feat. Juicy J - "I Don't Mind" - 51,965 (757,552)
#10. Drake - "Energy" - 49,152 (189,406)
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#3. Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini - "GDFR" - 71,474 (756,330)
Another platinum single for the digital king.
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I'm not here for Ellie getting blocked at #3
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I can't believe we're halfway into March and there's been only ONE new #1 song..
It's not even because of streaming, I think songs like Take Me to Church and Thinking Out Loud would still be blocked. Music is just stale in general right now and the competition is weak. The saddest part? Even with the old rule, UF! would still be going on its 10th week..
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"Uptown Funk" is very strong too.
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Originally posted by Mattyboy
I can't believe we're halfway into March and there's been only ONE new #1 song..
It's not even because of streaming, I think songs like Take Me to Church and Thinking Out Loud would still be blocked. Music is just stale in general right now and the competition is weak. The saddest part? Even with the old rule, UF! would still be going on its 10th week..
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Music is not stale and the competition is not weak.
It's just that UF is insane.
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Usher and Nicki Minaj wasting 2 easy top 10 hits for not releasing official music videos
Nicki still has a chance to send Truffle Butter to top 5 though.
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Originally posted by M i x
Music is not stale and the competition is not weak.
It's just that UF is insane.
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THIS. Just accept UF is one of the biggest songs of all time, period
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I think music is great at the moment and there's a lot going on and new songs coming out all the time. As others have said, Uptown Funk is simply huge, and also it's not all about the #1 spot anyway. Even a typical #100 hit will probably be known by millions of people. I do wish the charts would move faster, however.
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People above me have already said it, but there is plenty of great music out right now and it is really just that UF! is a massive hit and one of the biggest of the decade. Look at Thinking Out Loud, which had to get to #2 on the all-time most spins leaderboard on pop just to get the #1 there.
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Originally posted by Green
Usher and Nicki Minaj wasting 2 easy top 10 hits for not releasing official music videos
Nicki still has a chance to send Truffle Butter to top 5 though.
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She's not going to shoot a video, blame the tour.
Uptown Funk is HUGE, the competition is strong tho. Like Thinking Out Loud would have reached #1 at another time, it's actually bigger than like half of the #1's of the last years. Same for Take Me To Church.
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I thought Nicki wasn't going to do a video because she hates "Truffle Butter" (reason why barely made the album)
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Originally posted by ForeverNow90
#1. Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney - "FourFiveSeconds" - 156,098 (961,685)
#2. The Weeknd - "Earned It" - 103,004 (649,858)
#3. Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini - "GDFR" - 71,474 (756,330)
#4. Common & John Legend - "Glory" - 66,851 (182,453)
#5. Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - "Truffle Butter" - 66,184 (374,722)
#6. Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett - "You're So Beautiful" - 55,054 (55,054)
#7. Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih - "Somebody" - 54,814 (239,188)
#8. Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen" - 53,073 (207,851)
#9. Usher feat. Juicy J - "I Don't Mind" - 51,965 (757,552)
#10. Drake - "Energy" - 49,152 (189,406)
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R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Sales are holding well, when you factor overall Digital has declined for 2 years. T10 doing over 50K.
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Originally posted by Ger-55
I thought Nicki wasn't going to do a video because she hates "Truffle Butter" (reason why barely made the album)
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Why does she hate Truffle Butter?
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Originally posted by Ger-55
I thought Nicki wasn't going to do a video because she hates "Truffle Butter" (reason why barely made the album)
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Wtf? She doesn't hate it.
They just don't have the time to shoot a video.
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