Okay -- Here are my predictions for the Top 20 for this week's Hot 100. I posted this in the I-Tunes thread too.
A= Airplay Songs Rank, D=Digital Sales Rank, S= Streaming Songs Rank for Top 10
I tried to do A/D/S rankings for 11-20, but it was taking me hours without Vevo available, and I need to get to bed.
|Pos|+/--/=|Title|Artist|A|D|S|
| 1 | = | Uptown Funk | Ronson/Mars | 1 | 1 | 1 | [15-20% Lead] Wk 13 @ #1
| 2 | = | Sugar | Maroon Five | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | = | Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | = | Love Me Like You Do | Ellie Goulding | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 |+1| Earned It | The Weekend | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 |--1| Four Five Seconds | Rihanna/McCartney/ West | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 |+1| Trap Queen | Fetty Wap | 37 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 |--1| Style | Taylor Swift | 3 | 14 | 41 |
| 9 |+1| G D F R | Flo-Rida et. al. | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 |+3| Somebody | Natalie La Rose/Jerimiah | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| 11 |+4| Shut Up And Dance | Walk The Moon |
| 12 |--3| Time Of Our Lives | Pitbull & Ne-Yo |
| 13 |--2| Blank Space | Taylor Swift |
| 14 |--2| Take Me To Church | Hozier |
| 15 |--1| Truffle Butter | N. Minaj et. al. |
| 16 |+11| Want To Want Me | Jason Derulo |
| 17 |--1| One Last Time | Ariana Grande |
| 18 |NE| BBHMM | Rihanna |
| 19 |+1| Chains | Nick Jonas |
| 20 |+1| Take Your Time | Sam Hunt |
Uptown Funk is very strong, and Sugar and or TOL are strong too. The reason the Top Ten may seem week is because the strength of the songs at the top have prevented much movement in the upper tier of the Hot 100 over the last two to three months.
Throwback!
Baauer's 'Harlem Shake' Stats when it debuted Atop Revamped Hot 100
Streaming = 103 million which then was equivalent to over 2 million downloads(5 million streams = 100,000 downlaods). LOL
Digital Sales = 262,000
Radio = 2 million audience impressions
What was its lead against Thrift Shop? Like 80 to 90 %? Something like that? Where were you when you found out about this news and what was your reaction?LOL
2nd week at #1
98 million streams = 1.96 downloads
3rd week at #1
54 million streams = 1.04 million downloads
1. Uptown Funk = (25-29% of lead)
2. Sugar =
3. Thinking Out Loud =
4. Love Me Like You Do =
5. Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) +1
6. Trap Queen +2
7. FourFiveSeconds -2
8. Style -1
9. GDFR +1
10. Somebody +3
11. Time Of Our Lives -2
12. Shut Up And Dance +3
13. Truffle Butter +1
14. Take Me To Church -2
15. One Last Time +1
16. Blank Space -5
17. Bitch Better Have My Money HOT SHOT DEBUT
18. Want To Want Me +9
19. Chains +1
20. Take Your Time +1
UF's 14th week is pretty much on-lock even though it's only Wednesday. Assuming Earned It will be the song to dethrone it, as it's shaping up to be, I definitely think it will tie One Sweet Day at this point, and beating it by a week is actually likely. LMLYD isn't doing it, Sugar isn't doing it, and there's no way Rihanna will have the necessary AI and streaming within three more weeks (not to mention sales might not hold up anyway).