Never Say Die: AWOLNATION's "Sail" jumps from #24 to #22 in its 54th week
"Sail" by AWOLNATION rebounds 24-22 in its 54th week on the Hot 100, earning its highest peak to date. Its unusual longevity is due to rock and alternative-only airplay during its initial run (in conjunction with TV adverts and other sporadic promo). It has been slowly ascending the pop and hot AC airplay charts recently.
As of this posting, "Sail" has sold over 3.7 million copies since its release in January 2011.
It's quite funny that this song was released before BTW, HIAM, MLJ, PRA and other hits, that are practically forgotten by now.
I'm quite curious how far can it get.
AWOLNATION's "Sail" jumps from #22 to #20 in its 55th week. This is one of the biggest sleeper hits in pop history. The song was released in May 2010. It first entered Hot Digital Songs at #198 in the week ending May 8, 2011. It has sold 3,822,000 copies—and it got there the hard way: It has never sold even 80K copies in any one week. (Its tally this week, 77K, is its highest to date.)
"Sail" by AWOLNATION rebounds 22-20 in its 54th week on the Hot 100, earning its highest peak to date. Its unusual longevity is due to rock and alternative-only airplay during its initial run (in conjunction with TV adverts and other sporadic promo). It has been slowly ascending the pop and hot AC airplay charts recently.
As of this posting, "Sail" has sold over 3.8 million copies since its release in January 2011.
Other songs which missed the top 20 like Bad by Wale, Gone Gone Gone by Phillip Phillips, Body Party by Ciara, Rich As **** by Lil Wayne, Poetic Justice by Kendrick Lamar, Bugatti by Ace Hood, Next to Me by Emeli Sande, I'm Different by 2 Chainz, Troublemaker by Olly Murs, Carry On by fun., Hall of Fame by The Script I can see being in the year-end top 100. People on here act like only songst aht peak in the top 5 are hits, but lots of songs that don't even get top 20 will be in this year's 100 biggest hits.
Probably a lot of country songs that missed the top 20 will make it too.