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Chart Listings: Billboard Hot 100 Singles (March 7-14, 2012)
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I've no explanation, honestly..it usually just works that way? This may be one of the times where the percentage compiling comes into play harder. We'll see when BB/Paul updates.
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Shouldn't we know if there's a new #1 in like an hour or so? Billboard usually reports early if there's a new #1. If we don't get confirmation soon, then Kelly has the #1.
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Well, I do think you're probably right that Fun will steal #1, and I'm okay with that as I love that song and they deserve to be #1. Just working the numbers with what we know, that's all.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Shouldn't we know if there's a new #1 in like an hour or so? Billboard usually reports early if there's a new #1. If we don't get confirmation soon, then Kelly has the #1.
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Yep. In the vein of 12:45-2:30pm.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Shouldn't we know if there's a new #1 in like an hour or so? Billboard usually reports early if there's a new #1. If we don't get confirmation soon, then Kelly has the #1.
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yea, they usually report new #1s around 12:30-1:30PM (Eastern Time)
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Cool then.
I'm hoping WAY gets it as "Stronger" has spent enough weeks at #1. If fun. don't get it this week, then next week is definitely a lock with WAY surging in airplay and still slaying in sales.
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1. fun. featuring Janelle Monae "We Are Young" (302,000) (1,480,000)
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amazing sales
hoping its #1
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Yep. In the vein of 12:45-2:30pm.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
yea, they usually report new #1s around 12:30-1:30PM (Eastern Time)
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Cool then.
I'm hoping WAY gets it as "Stronger" has spent enough weeks at #1. If fun. don't get it this week, then next week is definitely a lock with WAY surging in airplay and still slaying in sales.
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They reported "SFTTR" and "Stronger" at 11:50 EST, though. So hopefully it's sooner than usual if it's for sure.
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197k for kelly? Damn weeks above 200k are over
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10. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars "Young, Wild & Free" (109,000) (2,046,000)
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3. Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (197,000) (1,930,000)
1 or not, this is going 2m next week, 3m is not that much of a strech
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Even if we go by 45% for sales, 50% for Airplay and 5% streaming,
Kelly = 197 * 0.45 + 118 * 0.5 = 147.65
Fun = 302 * 0.45 + 31 * 0.5 = 151.14
The 5% streaming won't be able to take Kelly over Fun.
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Fun. becomes the first rock band in more than a decade to send a debut Billboard Hot 100 hit to No. 1, as "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, ascends 3-1.
The song spends a third week atop the Digital Songs chart with 302,000 downloads sold (up 19%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. The track claims the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award, as it bounds 61-41 in its second week on Radio Songs (30 million, up 60%, according to Nielsen BDS). "Young" rises 3-2 on the Alternative Songs radio airplay chart and roars in as the top debut on Pop Songs (No. 24) and Adult Pop Songs (No. 33).
With its coronation, fun. becomes the first multi-member rock band to conquer the Hot 100 with its first entry on the chart since Nickelback arrived with its four-week No. 1 "How You Remind Me" in December 2001/January 2002. The song went on to become Billboard's top title of 2002. (Electronic/alternative act Owl City ruled the Hot 100 with debut single "Fireflies" in 2009, but the name served as an alias for its only member, Adam Young).
Until this week, no rock group had led at all since Coldplay topped the June 28, 2008, Hot 100 with "Viva La Vida."
The ascension of "Young" also grants the 16-year-old Fueled By Ramen imprint its first Hot 100 No. 1. (The song is being promoted to radio by the Roadrunner Records label). Fueled By Ramen had previously risen as high as No. 2 with Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" in 2007.
Since Chevrolet's Sonic ad featuring "Young" aired during the Super Bowl on Feb. 5, "Young" has exploded at radio and retail. In the four full sales weeks following its massive TV exposure, the song has sold 1.1 million downloads, or 77% of its total (1.5 million) dating to its September digital release.
Adding to the song's profile, the "Glee" cast's cover of "Young" has sold 360,000 downloads since the Fox TV troupe performed the song on the series' Dec. 6 episode.
"Young" pushes Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" down 1-2 after three non-consecutive weeks at the Hot 100's summit. "Stronger" slips 2-3 on Digital Songs (197,000, down 18%), although it pushes 3-2 on Radio Songs (116 million, up 7%). The song becomes Clarkson's fourth No. 1 on Adult Pop Songs (2-1).
Adele's former two-week No. 1 "Set Fire to the Rain" drops 2-3 on the Hot 100, while the Wanted's "Glad You Came" rises 5-4. "Glad" climbs courtesy of a 3-2 advance on Digital Songs (206,000, up 10%) and a 22-17 jump on Radio Songs (55 million, up 23%). The boy band's debut single lifts 10-9 on Pop Songs.
After Katy Perry's "Part of Me" launched at No. 1 on the Hot 100 two weeks ago, the lead single from her "Teenage Dream" deluxe edition, "The Complete Confection" (due March 27), slides 4-5. On Digital Songs, "Part" descends 4-7 (142,000, down 55%). Airplay continues to build, however, as "Part" powers 19-14 on Radio Songs (58 million, up 16%).
Nicki Minaj's "Starships" rockets 10-6 in its third week on the Hot 100 (after debuting at No. 9 two weeks ago). The track flies 7-4 on Digital Songs (161,000, up 4%) and 49-38 on Radio Songs (33 million, up 28%).
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free," featuring Bruno Mars, rises 9-7 on the Hot 100, leapfrogging David Guetta's "Turn Me On," featuring Minaj (8-8).
Fun. isn't the only alternative act enjoying Hot 100 success on its first try, as Gotye (aka, Wally De Backer) soars 16-9 with "Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra. The song, which has topped 15 surveys on Billboard's international charts menu, pushes 8-5 on Digital Songs (148,000, up 11%) and 56-50 on Radio Songs (26 million, up 15%). "Somebody" leads Alternative Songs for a third week.
Rihanna's former 10-week No. 1 "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, rounds out the Hot 100's top 10, falling 6-10. Harris's first solo Hot 100 hit, "Feel So Close," meanwhile, jumps into the chart's top 40 (46-34).
Check billboard.com tomorrow (March 8), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety and the Digital Songs and Radio Songs charts, will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday.
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You beat me by a second! I deleted mine. Congrats Fun.
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Congrats Fun!
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HOT 100
1. fun. featuring Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" (+2)
2. Kelly Clarkson, "Stronger" (-1)
3. Adele, "Set Fire to the Rain" (-1)
4. The Wanted, "Glad You Came" (+1)
5. Katy Perry, "Part of Me" (-1)
6. Nicki Minaj, "Starships" (+4)
7. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, "Young, Wild & Free" (+2)
8. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On" (=)
9. Gotye f/ Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know" (+7)
10. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, "We Found Love" (-4)
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34. Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close" (+12)
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Congrats. This will definitly be song of the year.
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"Take Care" must be at #11 this week. It should go top ten next week.
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Kelly's AI was off by 14 pts. Fun. beat her by 19 pts. (332 vs 313)
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I knew Fun would be at 30M and Kelly around 115M.
Janelle gets her first #1, too!
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