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Originally posted by Mediabase
2005, 2006 MESS. The massively INFLATED airplay hip-hop, rap, RnB got from rhythmic and urban blocked legendary songs on the hot100 like Boulevard of Broken Dreams without even hitting no1 on sales. MESS. Thank god that got fixed and Rhythmic and Urban are where they should be in terms of influence.
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"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" was and is still a musical masterpiece. Not only did it top HDS for several weeks, it also hit #1 on Active/Alternative/Heritage/AAA Rock and Top 40 & Hot AC/Adult Top 40. IMO BOBD's in the T5 of the 00s.
At that point it became obvious real Rock songs couldn't reach #1 on the Hot 100 anymore, because "Photograph" hit #1 on HDS late 2005/early 2006 & #1 on several Rock Charts and T 40 (& I think Hot AC), but peaked at #2 too. Later in 2006 and early 2007another Rock song that topped HDS & T40, "Lips Of An Angel" got stuck at #3. Only "Radioactive" has made the T3 since then.
BOBD did outrank "Candy Shop" on 2005s year end chart, but I'd like to know with the song hitting #1 at six formats (it was first, not Happy, I called BBs attention to this and got ignored) how close BOBD was from hitting #1 on the Hot 100 behind a crappy and forgettable song like CS.
The Urban format's impressions aren't inflated anymore, but T40 now refuses to acknowledge real Rock music even exists, keeping real Rock out of #1 on the Hot 100.