Where things get a little more exasperating for me comes in the returning entries and gains, especially for the former category where 'My Old Man' by Zac Brown Band made another return to 86. And to round things out, 'If I Told You' by Darius Rucker down to 76, where I think my surprise comes that this song picked up as much as it did altogether. Now it's not all good news: gains for 'Love Galore' by SZA and Travis Scott fell to 81 off the debut, as did 'Do I Make You Wanna' by Billy Currington to 93, and I'd be remiss to say I'm not concerned that 'Sign Of The Times ' by Harry Styles took a big loss down to 42 - I'm not worried it's going to miss any year-end lists, it's got several more weeks to accrue points, but still, not a great sign. '2U' by David Guetta and Bieber down off the debut to 26, 'Butterfly Effect' by Travis Scott losing its gains to 95, 'Woke Up Like This' by Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert down to 94, 'To The Max' by DJ Khaled and Drake just flatlining at 78, 'Swish Swish' by Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj losing all of its pickups to 84, it was a rough week for a lot of people. okay those last two are mostly passable, but still, I'm not complaining about this. Suffice to say the top 10 is not stable going into the summer, and a well-timed disruption could blow at least a third of these songs away.Īnd on that promising note, losers and dropouts! Now most of this was good news in the latter category: 'Swang' by Rae Sremmurd, 'Heavy' by Linkin Park and Kiiara, 'Gyalchester' by Drake, 'Bon Appetit' by Katy Perry and Migos, 'Hometown Girl' by Josh Turner, 'Black' by Dierks Bentley. Compare to 'Something Just Like This' by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay, falling to #9 as it loses in all categories and especially radio, or 'Stay' by Zedd and Alessia Cara, which is barely clinging to its radio despite even weaker numbers. This seems like good timing for 'Congratulations' by Post Malone and Quavo, which rose up to #8 on just having some modest gains in every category - unlike other songs here, it's stable. Similar case for 'Mask Off' by Future, where the sales are even worse and radio's been in free fall, pushing it down to #7. and honestly, it may have peaked on the radio and while its decline will be slow thanks to YouTube, it is going to start declining. Then we have 'HUMBLE' by Kendrick Lamar also down to #6. It almost makes even talking about 'Shape Of You' by Ed Sheeran seem perfunctory - yeah, I still really like the song, but even I'm getting tired of watching it die slowly at #5. I'm curious to see how momentum continues but for now, this is potent. I will have more thoughts about this song's actual quality much later in the show, but let me say that if there's a song to challenge 'Despacito' right now, it's this one: it's racking up strong sales and streaming numbers, YouTube is rising fast, and most importantly, it's got radio momentum, because Rihanna is a radio darling. But what could be an interesting challenger is our newest arrival and a top five debut at #4: 'Wild Thoughts' by DJ Khaled ft. Then we have 'That's What I Like' by Bruno Mars at #3, pretty much all thanks to declining but still massive airplay and YouTube that just won't die despite a bad sales week. What caught me a little off guard was the momentum shifts for 'I'm The One' by DJ Khaled and his posse at #2 - sure, between strong streaming, sales, and YouTube it's not going anywhere, but it did have a bit of an airplay hiccup, although the reasoning why is fairly obvious. And this should surprise nobody - it's dominant in nearly every category and still has radio momentum, and I don't see what stops it before it becomes entrenched as the summer songs of 2017 - which I don't mind, because when you consider the original minus Bieber, it's not a bad song. Whatever, it's far more of your loss than it is mine, so let's instead take a look at the top 10, where once again 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Bieber is at #1. And yet, not a single new song from Lorde on the Hot 100, and only one on the Bubbling Under charts - for perspective, Canada had four, and do I even need to say the catchphrase anymore before I decide to get it printed on merch? well, even despite the lack of an obvious pop single, it's not like anything on Pure Heroine was an easy crossover either. Because when I made the prediction that Lorde topping the sales charts with Melodrama on the Billboard 200 album charts meant that she'd have something that'd cross over. Granted, I think I've been saying that for most of the past two years, but in this case it's particularly - and for the most part confined to the United States, I should. In retrospect, maybe I expected way too much from the American public.
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