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two months pass...
new to the top 10 since last update to this thread:
drake "nonstop"
drake "in my feelings"
drake "i'm upset"
drake "emotionless"
drake feat. mj "don't matter to me"
6ix9ine feat. nicki minaj & murda beatz "fefe"
tyga feat. offset "taste"
dj khaled feat. justin bieber, chance the rapper & quavo "no brainer"
travis scott "sicko mode"
travis scott "stargazing"
ariana grande "god is a woman"
almost all of them either debuted in the top 10 due to heavy streams right out of the gate (either as an album cut or, in the case of "fefe" and "no brainer", as standalone singles) or due to a massive streaming boost during the release week of a top-tier star's album ("god is a woman", "i'm upset"). the one exception is tyga's "taste" which steadily rose to the region based on strong streams and solid airplay gains courtesy of rap and crossover, but not pop radio.
many of those new top 10s would not stick around, with two of them ("emotionless" and "don't matter to me") having already fallen off the hot 100 entirely. of the ones that are likely sticking around, only "in my feelings" has been fully embraced at radio, with "fefe" and "sicko mode" still in the early-breaking stages, buoyed by their comfortable perches near the top of the streaming lists. ("no brainer" quickly became a bona fide radio hit but is not likely to stick around for long, as its sales and streaming stats are a bit tepid compared to last year's #1 hit "i'm the one", which had nearly the same artist roster.) "nonstop", which departed the top 10 immediately after its entry, is also seeing solid airplay gains and could return.
so what's actually gonna rise into, rather than debut in, the top 10? it wasn't tswift's "delicate", which stopped at #12 even tho it nearly topped the all-format airplay chart. no, nowadays you actually have to have decent streams (sales are nearly negligible).
right below the current top 10 is "love lies" by khalid and normani. it's been pulling respectable streaming numbers ever since its release back in february but was nearly ignored by radio for months and consequently spent the first 3 months of its charting career below the top 40. early in the summer crossover radio got firmly on board, with pop radio (surprise surprise!) holding out for another 2+ months after that. now that the airplay picture is finally in place and its streaming numbers remain as solid as they ever were, it may at long last get its chance to sneak into the top 10. this is its second week at #11.
other strong contenders: 5 seconds of summer's "youngblood" is #15 right now. who would have thought that they would actually get another hit, much less the biggest of their career? like "love lies", it had good streaming numbers from the get-go, but only took like 2 months to break at pop, compared to 6 months for "love lies".
"eastside" by benny blanco, khalid & halsey is #31. it too is aimed at pop radio, though still in early stages of breaking, and is already pulling strong streams. you may remember benny blanco as the dr. luke protege who co-wrote/-produced hits like "teenage dream" during the luke heyday.
yg's "big bank" reached as high as #16 so far and is currently #24. its commercial picture is similar to that of tyga's "taste" and i think it could rebound. tbh i'm rooting for it!
"breathin" by ariana debuted at #22 this week. it seems to be the public's fav from her new album based on streaming stats and is apparently being pushed to radio now even tho current single "god is a woman" is not fully established there.
i find myself wondering how far recent edm tunes to have hit the hot 100 will go. the calvin harris/sam smith collab "promises" has just debuted at #65, plus "jackie chan" (yes that one does rhyme its title with japan smfh), "solo" and "side effects" are all posting solid gains. particularly interested in the latter (which i actually kinda like!) because basically all of the chainsmokers' many singles have bombed since last year's coldplay collab. but honestly if "one kiss" could only reach #26, the ceiling for these might not be that much higher. who knows!
― dyl, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
two weeks pass...
its success is unsurprising but i don't like "lucid dreams", it's meandering and adolescent and not even in a ~compelling way
now that radio has gotten on board it has finally reached a new (#2) peak. given that it still has a lot of room to grow in airplay it could rise all the way to the top. its early streaming momentum hasn't let up either, as it has returned to #1 on the streaming songs list.
post malone has just released a video for "better now" so its significant airplay advantage + the inevitable streaming spike could also catapult it to the top -- it's #3 now.
so basically, two songs that have basically the exact same aesthetic are next in line.
or "mona lisa" from lil wayne's album could crash in at the top, depending on just how huge its first-week streams ended up being.
― dyl, Saturday, 6 October 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link