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Post by adam31 on Jul 25, 2019 13:09:02 GMT -5
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jul 25, 2019 16:07:20 GMT -5
Adam,
Comparing the way Billboard figured charts from the 1940's-1991 (pre-Sound Scan and pre-monitoring era) to today is like comparing sports from 100 years ago (basketball, baseball or football) to today. I know songs from the 1960's for example, didn't stop selling (or getting played on the radio) just because they fell out of the Top 40--but nearly all the trades dropped singles from their charts when they fell out of the Top 40 positions on their charts--if the song reached the Top 10. Since Billboard has to keep tweaking the criteria for their charts (sales, streaming, downloading, physical sales, etc)--it is almost really unfair to compare one era to another. My feeling is that only time will tell if these songs that dominate the airwaves (or youtube or spotify, or whatever) will stand the test of time if future generations actually still listen to the music (let's say 50 years from now--the way people still listen to songs from the 1950's through the '70's today).
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Post by adam31 on Jul 26, 2019 7:46:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the comment Joe. As I put in the other board - the streaming is probably not weighed correctly. Memes, clips, Facebook postings, even YouTube should be taken out of the equation and only paid streaming should be counted, maybe this would get the Hot 100 more accurate. There needs to be some responsbility of "owning" the song, as in the older days when tabulation was based on record sales and radio airplay. In this instance, the song would prove its popularity by someone buying it, (digital or otherwise), choosing to stream it, or Program/Music Directors placing it on their playlist.
"Despacito" has not stood the test of time, no one plays or hears it anymore, and I bet neither will "Old Town Road". Billboard is just trashing their reputation trying to say those two songs are the biggest of ALL-TIME! Crazy stuff!
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Post by adam31 on Jan 28, 2021 9:22:46 GMT -5
This year's Super Bowl halftime entertainment The Weeknd is STILL in the Top 5 at #4 with "Blinding Lights". He extends his record in the Top 5 to 37 weeks and the Top 10 to 46!
Now been on the Hot 100 for 59 weeks! I looked that record also and thought it was close but it's not. "Radioactive" from Imagine Dragons had 87 weeks in 2014.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Jan 28, 2021 10:21:03 GMT -5
This year's Super Bowl halftime entertainment The Weeknd is STILL in the Top 5 at #4 with "Blinding Lights". He extends his record in the Top 5 to 37 weeks and the Top 10 to 46! Now been on the Hot 100 for 59 weeks! I looked that record also and thought it was close but it's not. "Radioactive" from Imagine Dragons had 87 weeks in 2014. It fell off the Hot 100 during the holidays because of Christmas songs but then re-debuted on the Hot 100 at #3 a month ago setting a record for highest re-entry. The chart REALLY is a joke including the trash #1 song.
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Post by adam31 on Jun 27, 2021 19:36:24 GMT -5
Alright, this is getting ridiculous. The Hot 100 just cannot be trusted anymore and this has been going on since streaming was introduced as a factor in calculation. Olivia Rodrigo had 10 of the Top 29 songs on the June 5, 2021 chart. I still count 9 of these on the Hot 100 this week, thank goodness only 3 in the Top 40. WTH?!!!!
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Jun 28, 2021 18:19:14 GMT -5
Better yet is that BTS SH!T is still #!! Why would anyone with ANY music taste listen to that Alvin & The Chipmunks BULL-S! Don't forget Blinding Lights is STILL Top 20 after 75 weeks.
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Post by adam31 on Sept 21, 2021 19:30:39 GMT -5
Alright, if I wasn't done before, I'm definitely done now with the Hot 100. Week ending 9/18/21, it's a complete joke: See a problem here? Attachments:
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Sept 22, 2021 11:57:06 GMT -5
Honestly I'd rather it be Drake instead of Bieber or BTS. On the plus side Blinding Lights is FINALLY off the Hot 100 after near 90 weeks.
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Post by Jeff Michaels on Sept 22, 2021 17:59:41 GMT -5
None of this matters because it's all figured differently. If they went back and did all the Beatles songs that were bought every time someone bought an album then they would have had every song chart too.
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Sept 23, 2021 1:28:40 GMT -5
Just think if they'd had it when Thrller was out. The whole album would've charted for 2 years.
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