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Chart Listings: Billboard Hot 100 Singles (September 4-11, 2013)
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I have an interesting question. I was thinking about the Black Eyed Peas' domination in 2009, and I Gotta Feeling blocked "Party In The U.S.A."
But.. Did Miey have a chace against BEP? I mean, the difference between #1 and #2 was close?
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Actually, the week when "Down" dethroned "I Gotta Feeling," it was the closest bid for #1 for the entire top 5:
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The battle for Hot 100 supremacy this week was extra fierce, as the chart's top five titles are separated by the tightest point margin in more than six years. Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." pushes 3-2, while also reaching the top 10 on Radio Songs/Hot 100 Airplay (12-9). Jay-Z rebounds 4-3, with help from Rihanna and Kanye West, on "Run This Town," while Jason DeRulo ascends 5-4 with his debut effort, "Whatcha Say."
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...t-100-top-five
So, in essence, Miley was "close" to getting the #1.
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I think she had more chances to top Hot 100 with PITUSA
Thank you guys 
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What other #1's have had massive leads over their competition? All I know of are "Blurred Lines" and "Harlem Shake."
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Originally posted by Tekken_Guy
What other #1's have had massive leads over their competition? All I know of are "Blurred Lines" and "Harlem Shake."
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Scanning the past two decades, three other cases stand out where the percentage gap between the Hot 100's top two songs was as large, or larger, as that between "Shake" and "Shop" the past two weeks. And, both, like now, involved monster pop culture smashes at No. 1.
In 1992-93, for multiple weeks of its 14-week command, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" sported a lead of approximately three times as many chart points as the No. 2 songs. The not-so-close challengers in those frames? '90s R&B flashback alert: Shai's "If I Ever Fall in Love" and Wreckx-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker."
Five years later, Elton John's tribute to the late Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997," backed with "Something About the Way You Look Tonight," likewise racked a 14-week reign. It blocked Usher's "You Make Me Wanna…," which peaked at No. 2 for seven weeks, from the summit by a large spread in that span, including a massive lead of more than six times as many points the week of Oct. 18, 1997. That week, "Candle" sold an incredible 1.2 million physical singles, according to Nielsen SoundScan, as fans memorialized Diana's passing.
And, 15 years ago this week, Celine Dion bowed atop the Hot 100 with "My Heart Will Go On." The love theme from "Titanic" seemed like it would … never … let … go … of No. 1, leading the No. 2 song, again by Usher, "Nice & Slow" (which had already led for two weeks by then), with about three times as many points.
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...-on?page=0%2C1
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Poor Usher. 
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Poor Usher indeed.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
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Was it ever close to overtaking BEP while the latter was #1, though?
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Originally posted by Apollō
Was it ever close to overtaking BEP while the latter was #1, though?
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I couldn't find anything in the archived Billboard articles that talk about her being close to BEP. 
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6x times as much points. 
I would have done Mariah tactics for that #1.
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My prediction for next week's top 10:
1. Roar =
2. Blurred Lines =
3. Holy Grail +2
4. We Can't Stop =
5. Royals +3
6. Wake Me Up +1
7. Applause -1
8. Summertime Sadness +2
9. Hold On, We're Going Home +3
10. Berzerk -7
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OMG Usher
But "My Heart Will Go On" and "Candle In The Wind"  Beautiful classics
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I'm rooting for Bonnie McKee's "American Girl" to ascend gracefully like Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" did! <3
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
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But in that case the entire top 5 was close so it's misleading to single Cyrus out and say SHE was close and was blocked by BEP - cuz in reality she was as close to going down a bit as going up to the top spot.
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Originally posted by Raiden
But in that case the entire top 5 was close so it's misleading to single Cyrus out and say SHE was close and was blocked by BEP and bla bla bla, cuz in reality she was as close to going down as going up.
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Whatever, the thing is that she HAd that chance, as the others, but she still has it, and I'm sure if Radio was more supportive with the song it would have gone #1
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Originally posted by Ger-55
Whatever, the thing is that she HAd that chance, as the others, but she still has it, and I'm sure if Radio was more supportive with the song it would have gone #1
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Radio was supportive of "Party In The USA". It's just same situation as "We Can't Stop" in that, "I Gotta Feeling" already had super strong airplay (being in its 8-9th week) while "PITUSA" had to build + didn't have huge sales or something. "WCS" would've still been blocked had radio were supportive of it as well, since it also never had any immaculate week to week sales to combat the summit's combination of high sales+airplay, or in "IGF" high airplay+consistent sales.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
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That's a really memorable top five, though. Haven't all of those songs sold at least three million?
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Originally posted by CBXC
That's a really memorable top five, though. Haven't all of those songs sold at least three million?
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Yup!
IGF - 8.4 million
PITUSA - 5.3 million
Down - 4.4 million
Whatcha Say - 3.9 million
RTT - 3.4-3.5 million
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Where do you guys think Wrecking Ball will land this week? 
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