No, Rehab won't be eligible since it chart since it already peaked on 9 on inital release. There's some kind of a rule, I think if a song if over a year old then it can't chart. Iirc, Mumford & Sons couldn't re-chart with Little Lion Man earlier this year, even though it was top 5 on US iTunes. Really crap rule really :( Back To Black hasn't charted on the Hot 100 previously, but I'm not sure if the rule counts if the song hasn't charted.

Edited July 26, 201113 yr by Liаm

No, Rehab won't be eligible since it chart since it already peaked on 9 on inital release. There's some kind of a rule, I think if a song if over a year old then it can't chart. Iirc, Mumford & Sons couldn't re-chart with Little Lion Man earlier this year, even though it was top 5 on US iTunes. Really crap rule really :( Back To Black hasn't charted on the Hot 100 previously, but I'm not sure if the rule counts if the song hasn't charted.

 

Little Lion Man did rechart earlier this year :P It wasn't old enough to be disqualified, I think the cutoff point is 18 months?

 

Dunno if it applies to songs that never charted before. It is of course a completely retarded rule anyway but they already have loads of those for the BBH100 so why not add another one. I'll be following the Digital Songs chart thanks :P

Little Lion Man did rechart earlier this year :P It wasn't old enough to be disqualified, I think the cutoff point is 18 months?

 

Dunno if it applies to songs that never charted before. It is of course a completely retarded rule anyway but they already have loads of those for the BBH100 so why not add another one. I'll be following the Digital Songs chart thanks :P

I'm pretty sure there was something from the Grammys that was stupidly disqualified, obviously not Mumford & Sons then :lol:

 

The BBH100 is retarded in general tbh, it's like the random Uk Hot 40 they show on 4Music :lol: I just look at the Digital Songs rather than the Hot 100 anyway, bar the top 10 of the Hot 100 which I do look at.

I'm pretty sure there was something from the Grammys that was stupidly disqualified, obviously not Mumford & Sons then :lol:

 

Was it Need You Now by Lady Antebellum? I recall that going top 10 on iTunes again after the Grammys.

Fantastic to see:

 

Bad Meet Evil at #3!!! :cheer:

Otis at #5!!!! :w00t:

Drake at #14! I thought he'd be frontloaded (at least initially), but he's still climbing! It would be brilliant if he can get in the top 10!

Someone Like You at #60! Honestly, this is going to be huge! :D

'Till I Collapse by Eminem/Nate Dogg at #85?! :blink: It's been constantly in the top 1000 for a while now, as have a few of Nate Dogg's other songs. Same in the UK aswell. I commented on it a while ago, but for it to be as high as #85 now, surely there has to be some reason? I know it's a phenomenal song, but...

50 Cent at #111.

Was it Need You Now by Lady Antebellum? I recall that going top 10 on iTunes again after the Grammys.

Probably, I know there was something but I really can't remember what :lol: All I know is that it just reminded me how stupid the rule was.

Probably, I know there was something but I really can't remember what :lol: All I know is that it just reminded me how stupid the rule was.

 

Don't forget when none of MJ's songs were allowed to rechart after his death.

I don't really remember that, I didn't follow the American chart then. But the rule is still incredibly stupid, I'm sure joinwithus would be happy with it though!

I love the rule Billboard have, I mean the chart is so same old as it is, like the top 10 will stay the same for months on end.

I love the rule Billboard have, I mean the chart is so same old as it is, like the top 10 will stay the same for months on end.

 

That's BECAUSE of Billboard's stupid rules. The Digital Songs chart should be the main chart but with whatever negligible physical sales there are in the USA added on as well.

 

Besides, the rule of not allowing in old songs would make no difference to the top 10's staleness. You don't exactly get songs which are 18+ months old in the top 10 very often :unsure:

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That's BECAUSE of Billboard's stupid rules. The Digital Songs chart should be the main chart but with whatever negligible physical sales there are in the USA added on as well.

 

Besides, the rule of not allowing in old songs would make no difference to the top 10's staleness. You don't exactly get songs which are 18+ months old in the top 10 very often :unsure:

 

No, but you do get them in the chart often reoccurring (see.. "Chasing Cars", "Fireflies")

Actually any old song can still appear on Billboard IF it is currently promoted by its label. Thou nowadays it is harder to tell what that exactly means since there are no physical single releases. Like when the film Ghost was released and the label released Unchained Melody as a single again (and also a re-recording so that there were two versions of the song inside top 40 the same time). I guess nowadays it means that radio stations start to play an older song as a current for some reason (instead of recurrent). Little Lion Man reappeared since it was still current (at least on adult top 40) and just now Don't You Wanna Stay reappeared because it is current still in several formats and after its initial 20+ chart weeks it has now gained enough points to enter inside top 50. But since there are no physical single releases it is harder to figure out which song is promoted again by the label since such things as Grammy win do not count as active promotion.

 

People have complained about this rule for Billboard and their answer has been simple: the charts are not made for fans and chart followers etc but for music industry. And, of course, for industry faster turn-over is preferred so that more songs will get the exposure from being featured in the charts. They had the same thing for Billboard 200 until Michael Jackson's death but when the no 1 album was missing from Billboard it was too embarrassing for BB and they changed the rules for albums.

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q588/britster_popbars/US/US_2011/itunes_us_2011-07-27_0145.jpg

 

 

Drake up to #11!! COME ON DRAKE! :cheer:

Otis Redding will have a great chart comeback...His previous Top 40 hit was in 1969, probably a record.

 

Lighters will be another hit this year I can see...

I know nobody else will probably care, but I think the reason Till I Collapse is back in the top 100 is because it was used in Entourage.

 

I was a bit confused, as to why an album track from 10 years ago was back in the chart. :lol: It was a very popular album track, but I don't think I've ever seen a song that wasn't a single at the time be resurrected like that after so long before.

No, but you do get them in the chart often reoccurring (see.. "Chasing Cars", "Fireflies")

 

You get that in the UK too and no one complains about that.

 

People have complained about this rule for Billboard and their answer has been simple: the charts are not made for fans and chart followers etc but for music industry.

 

If it's not made for 'fans and chart followers' why the hell do they post it online?

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You get that in the UK too and no one complains about that.

If it's not made for 'fans and chart followers' why the hell do they post it online?

 

Because it's a great marketing tool to sell more records/downloads/music related stuff... :rolleyes:

And anyway, surely it's worse they're making a twisted, inaccurate and meaningless chart specifically for the industry...