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Originally posted by Retro
The fact that a song can sell 425k+ (nearly 3 times what the #1 on the Hot 100 is projected to have sold) and probably not debut #1 illustrates exactly how inaccurate the overweight of airplay has become in determining the top song of the week.
I'm still on the no-airplay-at-all side but whatever.
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lol.
"Problem" is not the #1 song in the country. It would make the Hot 100 hella inaccurate if that happen.
I don't care if it sold 400k, if a song was heard 200 million times on radio alone it's more popular and not's that debatable. Hot 100 measures popularity.
The most useless aspect on Hot 100 IS sales tbh. Sales do not measure any popularity on their own. One Direction, Taylor, etc can sell 500k while 95% of the country is not aware of their single. + most of the times, sales just correlate with airplay.
Most people you know aren't even aware of "Problem", why should it be the #1 song in the country? Hot 100 should also not rely mostly on a category that is dying...