Starboy really deserves #1 spot
I think Billboard needs to find more relevant formula. I mean, Black Beatles may top for over 10 weeks again like another song this year even though we all know Starboy feels bigger than Black Beatles
Starboy really deserves #1 spot
I think Billboard needs to find more relevant formula. I mean, Black Beatles may top for over 10 weeks again like another song this year even though we all know Starboy feels bigger than Black Beatles
And AIWFCIY missed the Top 10?
The formula is relevant. Sales are as low as they were 10 years ago.... Of course Streaming is weighted heavier. If Weekend was selling 300k he'd be #1.
I'm more upset about Daft Punk getting blocked a second time after the whole "Blurred Lines"/"Get Lucky" fiasco where the superior song clearly lost. Again.
Starboy really deserves #1 spot
I think Billboard needs to find more relevant formula. I mean, Black Beatles may top for over 10 weeks again like another song this year even though we all know Starboy feels bigger than Black Beatles
And AIWFCIY missed the Top 10?
Obviously it's not bigger if it's not charting higher despite how it feels.
Weighing down streaming because sales are dying is the opposite of the point of the chart - measuring songs' popularity. We need to just let sales continue to be less relevant in the formula and accept that no one buys music anymore.
DWK is the first radio #1 to miss the top 5 on the Hot 100 since Gaga's Paparazzi just seven years ago (to the date, although that hit #6 and performed better digitally than DWK). Goes to show how much Interscope is forcing DWK down everyone's throats.
Omg this is where all the MR payola $$ is going to
I'm more upset about Daft Punk getting blocked a second time after the whole "Blurred Lines"/"Get Lucky" fiasco where the superior song clearly lost. Again.
Starboy isn't #1 because Black Beatles has more points and is being streamed more than Starboy, and even the sales are similar, it is as simple as that. Both Closer and BB did pretty good in all formats so they are worthy of their chart performance.
2016 sales:
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38 - 0.91 - STARBOY - The Weeknd
49 - 0.78 - BLACK BEATLES - Rae Sremmurd
And starboy was discounted twice so their sales should be much more closer.