You said "BL" had more life since its been in the TOP 3 longer, when thats obvious considering it came out before "TMB" and "4M", and they've been holding it for the past few days anyways, not including the time to build up to the top spot and whatnot, and with the exception of falling a spot out a few times.
Well maybe I should of phrased my words better
Basically I feel Leona has more life with 'Bleeding Love' based on the time it spent at number one on iTunes which is mainly why aswell as being in the top three for so long which even Mariah hasn't even maintained with 'Lollipop' pushing it down to four for a short period of time
I thought with the "supposed mistake" that she & him were tied at 18 (considering the one Elvis song that was believed to be the 18th # 1 charted on a different billboard chart - the Top 100 or whatever)?
As for the Elvis situation, I believe the story is that the Billboard Hot 100 wasn't even a chart when that 1st number one started, so therefore only 17 are counted for him.
Billboard Hot 100 - Top 50
15 1 Mariah Carey Touch My Body
2 2 Usher Featuring You Love In This Club
68 3 Madonna Featuring J 4 Minutes
1 4 Lewis*leona Bleeding Love - Single
6 5 Jordin Sparks Duet No Air
3 6 Ray J Feat. Yung Berg Sexy Can I
9 7 Lil Wayne Featuring Lollipop
4 8 Chris Brown With You
5 9 Sara Bareilles Love Song
7 10 Flo Rida Low/jealous
8 11 Rihanna Don't Stop The Music (jody Den
40 12 Trace Adkins You're Gonna Miss This
12 13 Onerepublic Stop And Stare
14 14 Miley Cyrus See You Again
11 15 Timbaland/onerepublic Apologize - Single
13 16 Fiasco*lupe Superstar
16 17 Webbie, Lil' Phat & Independent
17 18 Keys*alicia No One
20 19 Yael Naim New Soul
18 20 Buckcherry Sorry
27 21 Danity Kane Damaged
-- 22 Fall Out Boy Featur Beat It
19 23 Flo Rida Featuring Elevator
21 24 Sean Kingston Take You There
10 25 Lil Mama Shawty Get Loose
22 26 Taylor Swift Teardrops On My Guitar
29 27 Jonas Brothers When You Look Me In The Eyes
37 28 Ross*rick Boss
26 29 Caillat*colbie Bubbly - Single
24 30 Alicia Keys Like You'll Never See Me Again
25 31 Jordin Sparks Tattoo
32 32 Daughtry Feels Like Tonight
39 33 Taylor Swift Our Song
28 34 Linkin Park Shadow Of The Day
43 35 2 Pistols Featuring She Got It
23 36 Snoop Dogg Sensual Seduction
31 37 Finger Eleven Paralyzer
57 38 Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful Of Sunshine
30 39 Carrie Underwood All-american Girl
33 40 J. Holiday Suffocate
44 41 Cherish Killa Feat. Yung Joc
35 42 Keyshia Cole I Remember
42 43 Lifehouse Whatever It Takes
36 44 The-dream Falsetto
51 45 Taylor Swift Picture To Burn
41 46 Mario Crying Out For Me
34 47 Fergie Clumsy [feat. Soulja Boy Tell
49 48 Colbie Caillat Realize
52 49 Colby O'donis Featu What You Got
55 50 James Otto Just Got Started Lovin' You
Interesting Moves & Debuts
63 52 Panic At The Disco Nine In The Afternoon
-- 54 Nelly Featuring Fer Party People
-- 55 Plies Featuring Ne- Bust It Baby (part 2)
66 60 Maroon 5 Won't Go Home Without You
59 63 Britney Spears Break The Ice
73 70 Ashanti The Way That I Love You
-- 73 Disturbed Inside The Fire
-- 79 Day26 Got Me Going - Single
-- 89 Death Cab For Cutie I Will Possess Your Heart
Bubbling Under
11 2 Amy Adams That's How You Know
17 7 Enrique Iglesias Donde Estan Corazon
-- 8 Carrie Underwood Last Name
-- 18 Rihanna Take A Bow
-- 23 Metro Station Shake It
-- 24 Estelle American Boy
24 25 Fergie Finally
R&b 100
2 1 Usher Featuring You Love In This Club
1 2 Keyshia Cole I Remember
8 3 Mariah Carey Touch My Body
5 4 Ray J Feat. Yung Berg Sexy Can I
3 5 The-dream Falsetto
21 18 Ashanti The Way That I Love You
47 30 Jordin Sparks Duet No Air
45 37 Mary J. Blige Stay Down
58 45 Blige*mary J. Work That
60 57 Mary J. Blige Hurt Again
78 63 Alicia Keys Teenage Love Affair
59 71 Janet Luv
-- 74 Chris Brown Take You Down
-- 90 Nelly Featuring Fer Party People
Wow! Paula Abdul is flopping, she has Idol promotion yet it hasn't even helped her crack the top 100.
i think she made it into the 80's a few weeks back..
Actually, Paula made it to #62 on the Hot 100 a few weeks ago, #48 on the Pop 100, #21 on Hot Digital Songs, #29 on Hot Dance Club Play (Still Climbing) and #29 on Adult Contemporary
Well that was the only promo on Idol which helped it achieve the peak that it currently has. Her technically being there doesn't count as promo, cause its her job to be there to judge not promote her career continuously.
I have a question, I hadn't been here for months, so I wanted to know if billboard changed the rules for the hot100. Is airplay more important now? Last year when Rhianna's Umbrella was #3 on the hot 100 airplay chart her single was only #44 on the hot 100. However, I noticed that Mariah Carey was # 15 on airplay alone w days ago. So, does airplay count more?
I have a question, I hadn't been here for months, so I wanted to know if billboard changed the rules for the hot100. Is airplay more important now? Last year when Rhianna's Umbrella was #3 on the hot 100 airplay chart her single was only #44 on the hot 100. However, I noticed that Mariah Carey was # 15 on airplay alone w days ago. So, does airplay count more?
No, but just her being there techncally counts as promo. Unless they have commericals during Idol for the song.
Well they are def using Idol as a platform...they have mentioned the song and its various iTunes peaks several times on Idol...its not HUGE promo, but its DEF promo...they also have it sectioned at iTunes with the Idol songs, using the Idol name again to promote it and advance her career and Randys album