I've been watching VH1 the last few mornings (I just have basic cable which in my area means I get MTV and VH1 but I do not get MTV Hits or any of the other channels that supposedly play more music--country, Latin, etc.). There are so many bad power-ballads and faceless heartland pop-rock hits here. Ugh.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd take Kesha over this junk
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Hearing the second Ke$ha single "Blah Blah Blah" with 30H!3 on the bridge makes me think that perhaps she should be grouped with them and Cobra Starship etc. more than Lady Gaga.
"Blah Blah Blah" is basically a companion piece to "Starstrukk".
It's def. the kind of stuff that makes me feel uncomfortable and self-conscious about growing older when it comes on the radio.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Since this is the de facto chart-geek thread, I thought I'd mention this letter I just sent to the New Yorker:
John Seabrook writes in Talk of the Town (Feb. 1) that four singles from Lady Gaga's first album "have gone to No. 1 on the Billboard chart--a remarkable, first-ever feat for a debut effort." This is somewhat misleading. Billboard publishes a wide range of charts, and the one for which Lady Gaga set the record is the Mainstream Top 40, a chart that monitors airplay on only a few dozen radio stations and has existed for less than 20 years. While Gaga's sudden success is certainly impressive, her performance on the older, better-known, and more-comprehensive Hot 100 chart is not quite as exceptional: there, two songs from her debut album have reached No. 1, which puts her behind eight artists, including Paula Abdul, George Michael, and Mariah Carey, who share the record of four.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't say I'm surprised at the omission, though. Journalists do this all the time when talking about Billboard. One of my biggest pet peeves is when a song or album is said to have topped "the charts," when it's usually only the Hot 100 or Billboard 200 that's being referred to. I get that not everyone is an expert about this stuff and so it probably seems pedantic to specify an actual chart, but it just seems sloppy otherwise. Even just saying "the Billboard album chart" would be fine -- in that case, it's implied that it's the general comprehensive chart and not one of the genre-specific ones.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
People don't take "#1" as seriously as they used to (back in my day etc etc); I think the Destiny's Child album "#1s" was particular egregious - they've only had four #1 Billboard hit songs and there were 16 songs on that album, you figure it out.
― musically, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I hope that Shinedown song "If You Only Knew" with its melodramatic croaking vocals listing off the time with a kind of when I need you now in the middle of the night theme does not rise higher up the pop chart. Iyaz "Replay" may be formulaic r'n'b but I like that formula better than Shinedown's.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 January 2010 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
"Replay" is awesome.
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2010 06:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I like both the Shinedown songs I've heard...like Nickelback if they were good
― musically, Thursday, 28 January 2010 06:49 (fourteen years ago) link
You can have both groups. I don't hear much of a difference.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 January 2010 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
can someone post charts plz >:(
― wtf lebron, that chick doesn't need a gatorade bath (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 February 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the Ke$ha album. It has more than a few really catchy, bouncey new Max Martin jams.
― Popture, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 <3 <3 the Ke$ha album
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Did we ever figure out what this was all about?http://www.youtube.com/user/iamamiwhoamiWhat thread was that in?
― Popture, Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:10 (fourteen years ago) link
nobody knows yet
― musically, Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure it's goldfrapp zzz
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/42727309.html
― autotuna fish (Tape Store), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Ok, I hated Train's "Hey Soul Sister" on first listen but less so on subsequent listens. Kinda Plain White Tees feeling maybe. It's 9th on the Billboard Hot 100.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/charts/hot-100
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 February 2010 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
god, "carry out" is such a dogshit song -- fuck both of them for that
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope trey songz jumps into the top 10 somehow
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:21 (fourteen years ago) link
can't believe this new boyz song is a hit
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:22 (fourteen years ago) link
"o let's do it", "lemonade" & "men lie, women lie" are all rising on hip hop/r&b & roscoe dash/soulja boy is in the big boy top 100
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
fuk this earth if "bad romance" gets denied a #1 spot because of "tik tok"
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:46 (fourteen years ago) link
it won't be half as bad as all the shit that got denied #1 by BEP
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i was gonna note the "blame it"/"you belong with me" parallel
where is "lemonade"? fuck clicking ten times to find it, why can't they just lay it out? or can someone w/ access or whatever just post it plzzz
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:52 (fourteen years ago) link
dude it's so easy
at the top click "charts" & then on the drop down menu click "hip-hop/r&b" and then you can scroll through the top 50
ACT LIKE YOU'VE USED THE INTERNET BEFORE
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
well i meant the hot 100 and it's still broken up into tens, where to brainwasher & co get the simple lists they c&p? if i have to pay for a list of songs then fuck it
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:02 (fourteen years ago) link
do*
― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:03 (fourteen years ago) link
they get it from some other board, or you can spend 3 mins scrolling through the songs by tens
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 07:03 (fourteen years ago) link
>:(
ukmix.org, "Lemonade" is #1 on the heatseekers chart iirc
― The Reverend, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:32 (fourteen years ago) link
@jordan New Boyz?? is that still the Ray J joint?
― The Reverend, Friday, 5 February 2010 11:33 (fourteen years ago) link
It says New Boyz and Ray J on Billboard.
Yea, that Timbaland/Timberlake "Carry Out" number has Timba by numbers beats, dumb lyrics, and cliched flow from both of them.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 February 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
roscoe dash/soulja boy is in the big boy top 100
Yesss. Just heard it for the first time last night.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 February 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Friday, 5 February 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctc6WCWGIns
I keep trying to find fun pop-rock songs in the charts but I am not succeeding. Roscoe Dash/Soulja Boy is way more vibrant to me than Train or Shinedown. Although I can see "All The Way Turnted Up" being annoying after awhile in its repetition
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard that on the radio in Chicago a bunch when I was there for Thanksgiving. Slowly starting to hear it in NYC now.
― maciej recognizing trill, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
are we talking pop-rock as in 'poppy/popular rock' or 'pop and/or rock'?
shamefully my favorite song on the rock charts right now is 30 Seconds To Mars
― some dude, Friday, 5 February 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
hah that soulja boy is awesome
― dyao, Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't believe these kids wear fucking american eagle
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
soulja boy is one of the most consistently interesting artists in rap, for real
yeah I was just thinking that I love nearly all his singles, he's like 5/5 or whatever for me
― dyao, Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
his last album was pretty boring on the whole -- but the stuff he puts on youtube/mixtapes (ie this lil b stuff) is kinda just fascinating to me. he's a completely independent force pretty much -- he gets beats from outside producers nowadays but he's still a really singular force to me -- in a time right now where a lot of rap is homogenized (even a lot of the good stuff) soulja boy songs are often instantly recognizable & identifiable. that's why him pretty much saving his career with "kiss me thru the phone" was particularly u_u to me
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Either/or; just curious about the state of popular non-rap, non-r'n'b, and non-dance. Just hoping to find stuff that does not sound like Daughtry or Nickelback.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:17 (fourteen years ago) link
the big pop rock thing that comes to mind for me is orianthi. i quite like her. i haven't seen much discussion of her on here (or really anywhere else), so i have no idea how she's being received otherwise.
― kaygee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm usually into that kind of girly guitar pop when it makes its way onto the charts but i dunno, something about that song rubs me the wrong way
― goodness gracious great walls o gina (some dude), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
cant believe 'all the way turnt up' is just peaking now. so tired of that song
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
lol omg at you - you're such an asshole somtimes
― vincent gallogina (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
you realize that it took "wasted", for instance, like a whole 5 months to peak?
& btw "all the way turnt up" hasn't peaked yet
― vincent gallogina (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
all the way turnt up is a song i loved at first but dude, its totally one that wears u down & becomes kinda annoying
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's britney spears, max is kind of a given, no?
― katherine (katherinesta), Thursday, 23 December 2010 05:12 (thirteen years ago) link
it will probably be some childish sexual innuendo like they did for "3" and "If U Seek Amy". :/
she should just work with bloodshy & avant
― prolego, Thursday, 23 December 2010 07:43 (thirteen years ago) link
+ danja
― plax (ico), Thursday, 23 December 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
There has been so many rumours and incorrect reports
is this an official press release
christ
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
lol no
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
At No. 1 on Digital Songs, Bruno Mars' "Grenade" sells 559,000 downloads (up 164%) -- the third biggest sales week for a digital song in history. Right behind him this week at No. 2 is Katy Perry's "Firework" with 509,000 (up 165%) -- the fourth largest frame ever.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
fuckin gift cards man
i'm beginning to think that "grenade" is a near classic tbh
― a snooki and a killer (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 December 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
so top 10 is:
1 Grenade2 Firework3 We R Who We R4 What's My Name5 Raise Your Glass6 Black & Yellow7 Tonight (I'm Fucking You) *smh at this*8 Bottoms Up9 The Time (Dirty Bit)10 Just the Way You Are
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
really happy about wiz finally breaking the top 10
i have no beef with "grenade"
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
but like oh hey, a rap song that is actually a rap song in the top 10. never thought i'd see that.
i guess "6 foot 7 foot" was in the top ten last week. that's good too.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
but it doesn't feel like nearly as much of a huge hit as b&y does
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought it was called 6'7" but i'm seeing it listed as six foot seven foot everywhere, which kind of makes no sense
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:10 (thirteen years ago) link
the sample goes "6 foot, 7 foot, 8 foot, hut"
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like "bottoms up" hasn't dipped below #11 for two months or something
― a snooki and a killer (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
def happy for wiz
― a snooki and a killer (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ha i can't even remember how it goes. haven't listened since that first underwhelming time.
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link
and you're probably seeing it called that because that's what it's called.
http://www.lilwaynehq.com/images/blog/wayne-gunz-6-foot-7-foot-single-cover.jpg
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, "bottoms up" feels like it's been huge but really has just kinda been hanging there
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:16 (thirteen years ago) link
the first single cover probably threw some ppl off
http://www.hiphopmusicdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lil-Wayne-ft.-Cory-Gunz-67-Single-Cover.jpg
― a snooki and a killer (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, hadn't seen that
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:30 (thirteen years ago) link
it's sort of minor i guess but i like that it's called "six foot seven foot" instead of "6' 7"" -- the former sort of leans more on wayne's lovable playful side as opposed to generic swagger stuff
― a snooki and a killer (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
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lol @ finally -- a rap song with no R&B singer by a rapper who's never had a major chart hit before rising to the top 10 about two months after the song's release is pretty damn fast.
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Thursday, 30 December 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
it had been hanging just outside the top 10 for 2 or 3 weeks.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 30 December 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
LEX: Chery Lloyd signed to Roc Nation!
― the nutwasher (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 30 December 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah just saw! hoping it's true, there are always so many rumours doing the rounds about x factor contestants and roc nation would have had to buy her out of the syco deal :/
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 30 December 2010 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
will.i.am tweeted that he'd recorded a song with cher while he was in london, too
Yeah, Jordan, and others who commented, very much welcome with any contribution at all over at the dedicated k thread.
― abcfsk, Friday, 31 December 2010 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't see the two or so rap songs getting plays from pop stations as being a new renaissance for the genre or anything though -- rap still has an audience and might be integrated with the current aesthetic but i doubt it'll ever again be the driving force it was in the 00s
― chilli, Friday, 31 December 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think anyone claimed that?
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 December 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just saying, it seems to be a popular sentiment among the fratboy demographic that wiz and kid cudi are part of a "new movement" in rap which i don't think will manifest itself in any real sense
― chilli, Friday, 31 December 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Keke Palmer has put her 'lost' second album from 2010/11 up on soundcloud:
http://kekepalmer.com
― Jeff W, Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link