[Kings.]

LOTB and Bounce Back climbing into the top 20 and 40

Starboy could go #1, Abel just needs to keep pushing it
He should pull and Ariana and upload an acoustic lyric video

[simmnfierzig]

Nah Starboy is over.

[prollyallmyfault]

Wow, Kelly - the only one doing promo for this, really having power

[fridayteenage]

Originally posted by iHype.

The #1 song is gonna sell like 65K this week according to Kworb.

That's the lowest since 2005. Sales will be less than 30% of points for all songs in Top 20 I assume

I don't even think 1 song on Hot 100 will have mostly sales (50%+) be its points this week

LIES.
Jan 28, 2006 1. 61k CHECK ON IT - Beyonce ft. Slim Thug

The only position thus far that went back to 2005 levels is #2 I believe, last week.

Based on kworb's estimates, #6 will join it this week.

[brianc33616]

Originally posted by simmnfierzig

With my numbers highest % of points form sales this week

Million Reasons 60%
Play That Song 60%
Black Barbies 48% (might underestimate it's streaming)
Hallelujah 41%
Better Man 37%

Lowest

Too Much Sauce 2%
Tiimmy Turner 2%
False Alarm 2%
My Sh*t 2%
Rockin 2%

Average is 14% for the Hot 100 (15% for the top 20)

As a sales stalwart who still strongly believes real fans will buy music from their favorite artists, possibly because my age group doesn't believe everything should be free, I hope (and still think) sales will rebound. This happened around 1990, when physical single sales suddenly surged after years of decline.

RIAA had actually cut certification levels at the beginning of 1989. Platinum was cut from 2 M to 1 M, and Gold was cut from 1 M to 500k in January 1989. Only two songs reached Gold under the previous criteria in 1988. Tone Loc's 1989 smash Wild Thing was the first single to go Double Platinum under the new rules.

Unlike some ATRL members who are actually trying to eagerly hasten the end of the download era, and even want BB to remove sales from the H 100 formula, I believe streaming plays an important part in the current state of the music business. I just refuse to give into the belief streaming should count for virtually everything on the charts.I'm not giving up all hope yet, as the music business goes in cycles.

Maybe the quaintness of physical singles will lead to a rebound in the manner vinyl has reemerged in the last couple of years. Until then, I impatiently wait for a return to actual music consumers instead of just streaming it at virtually no costs to those who like, and even actually love, the artists they supposedly "stan" for. A song only getting 2% of its chart points through actual sales doesn't register as an actual "smash." If the song is truly a big hit, people will actually buy it instead of just streaming it.

[simmnfierzig]

Hot 100

1. Black Beatles (=)
2. Starboy (=)
3. Closer (=)
4. 24k Magic (+1)
5. Side To Side (-1)
6. Juju On That Beat (=)
7. Don't Wanna Know (+1)
8. Let Me Love You (=)
9. Heathens (=)
10, Bad Things (+7)

13. Scars To Your Beautiful (+2)
17. All I Want For Christmas Is You (+6)

[alexanderao]

ARTICLE

1. Black Beatles (=) *5th week*
2. Starboy (=)
3. Closer (=)
4. 24K Magic (+1)
5. Side To Side (-1)
6. Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) (=)
7. Don't Wanna Know (+1)
8. Let Me Love You (-1)
9. Heathens (=)
10. Bad Things (+7) *new peak*

Streaming Songs
1. Black Beatles (=) (38M, -10%) - 23.4M YT, 9.6M Spotify *5th week*
2. Starboy (=) (30.7M, -8%)
4. Closer (=) (21.6M, -1%)
8. 24K Magic (+2) (14.6M, +9%)
12. Bad Things (+18) (11.4M, +50%)

On-Demand Songs
1. Starboy (=) (17.4M, -15%) *3rd week*

Digital Songs
1. Black Beatles (=) (70k, -16%) *lowest #1 since Jan. '06*
2. Starboy (=) (60k, +13%)
3. Bad Things (+4) (58k, +45%)
4. 24K Magic (=) (52k, +12%)
7. Closer (-2) (43k, -5%)

Radio Songs
1. Closer (=) (133M, -4%) *11th week - ties LY & Hello for longest #1 run of 2016*
2. Starboy (=) (120M, -4%)
5. 24K Magic (-2) (117M, -1%)
8. Black Beatles (+1) (87M, +19%) *greatest gainer for 4th straight week*
20. Bad Things (+7) (47M, +27%)

[alexanderao]

Hot Rock Songs
1. Heathens (=) *18th week*

[Starkboy]

20. Love On The Brain (+10)

Yesss it made it

[istan4badgalriri]

LOTB top 20

[Mark Rih]

LOTB top 20 Impressive. It would be such an easy top 10 with the video

[illuminated]

[Cz!]

Mariah is coming.

[Letters From Adi]

Can AIWFCIY go Top 10 this week?

[MissedTheTrain]

Kelly ha promo paying off

[Starkboy]

So happy LOTB had the honor to become Rihanna's 40th (!!!) top20 hit.

[Ivan_brit]

LOTB already top 20! this is a potential #1 hit! Riri where is the video??

[FAN]

Bad Things top 10

Love On The Brain top 20

Starboy still not #1 though

[Paola Bracho]

[ClashAndBurn]

So umich. "Don't Wanna Know" has officially peaked higher than any song by Lady Gaga and Britney Spears since 2013. Thoughts?