February 22, 201312 yr Author If the likes of GaGa, Beyonce, Katy Perry, etc, simultaneously release to iTunes & Youtube with new offerings, and keep debuting at #1, I guarantee Billboard will tweak the formula again to slow down the chart.
February 22, 201312 yr ...whilst the dreadful garbage called 'Laffy Taffy' was a US #1. Apart from Eric Blob, I don't know a single person (on here or in real life) who actually likes that song. I know a few people who liked that 'Crank Dat Soulja Boy' monstrosity though, sadly. -_-
February 22, 201312 yr If the likes of GaGa, Beyonce, Katy Perry, etc, simultaneously release to iTunes & Youtube with new offerings, and keep debuting at #1, I guarantee Billboard will tweak the formula again to slow down the chart. Which would further prove that Doctor Blind is right and the chart is just one big steaming pile of mess. I get the impression they decided to include YouTube streaming to speed up the chart. If they then decide in the not too distant future the slow it down again then... :drama: I can only echo that the US charts between 2002-2006 were shocking. It only started looking more natural when downloads were added. Adding Spotify streaming sales completely killed the US charts to the point that Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen and Flo Rida had pretty much peaked in every other country before America (and you should see how painful Sweden and Norway's official charts are but they still peaked there first). They will never get the balance right.
February 22, 201312 yr They already included VEVO (and a few other websites) plays before I believe. Had Gangnam Style been on VEVO I reckon that would've pushed it ahead of One More Night for at least 1 week, since they were really close a few times. I wonder if record labels will pay people to make parody videos, and then secretly promote them (in a way that people wouldn't realize a record label was behind it, and think that they had "discovered" the video themselves). There are actually some whispers going on that this whole viral thing about "Harlem Shake" was a very cleverly orchestrated stunt by Mad Decent (the song's label).
February 23, 201312 yr Author It would be great if 'Harlem Shake' stayed at #1 for the next 3 months, just to embarrass Billboard :lol:
February 23, 201312 yr Case in point Britney Spears's "Toxic" which was a #1 hit in a lot of countries but only got to #9 on the Hot 100 Billboard has f***ed up a lot of Britney's releases. Billboard is a joke, and should be replaced. Or ran by another group of people. It should be 65% sales / 25% radio / 10% streaming (youtube being included in that). The 40% would give the stability they are looking for, but how you can make SALES not the most weighted thing for your chart formula is BEYOND me. Edited February 23, 201312 yr by Tyler
February 26, 201312 yr Something I noticed in flatdeejay's thread (but I'm posting it in here as it's more likely to be seen) - I'm not sure why AWOLNATION's 'Sail' has been allowed to re-enter? It reached the 20 week longevity cap and I thought songs can then only re-enter if they do enough to be top 50 overall? Which 'Sail' clearly hasn't.
February 27, 201312 yr ...whilst the dreadful garbage called 'Laffy Taffy' was a US #1. Apart from Eric Blob, I don't know a single person (on here or in real life) who actually likes that song. I know a few people who liked that 'Crank Dat Soulja Boy' monstrosity though, sadly. -_- I loved Laffy Taffy too... :) but didn't like Crank Dat Soulja Boy.
February 27, 201312 yr Is it possible Taylor could be in with a chance of #1 this week, thanks to that goat thing?
February 27, 201312 yr This video by a popular Youtuber has over 153k views since Monday and features the official audio of Rihanna feat. Chris Brown - Nobody's Business - are those views counted? cDuugrIXBFs
February 27, 201312 yr Billboard has f***ed up a lot of Britney's releases. Billboard is a joke, and should be replaced. Or ran by another group of people. It should be 65% sales / 25% radio / 10% streaming (youtube being included in that). The 40% would give the stability they are looking for, but how you can make SALES not the most weighted thing for your chart formula is BEYOND me. Record companies were also at fault when they didnt release songs commercially. Its why Oops was never a number one hit. At least by 2000 it was allowed to chart on airplay alone, had it been 1998 and it wouldnt even chart.
February 27, 201312 yr Record companies were also at fault when they didnt release songs commercially. Its why Oops was never a number one hit. At least by 2000 it was allowed to chart on airplay alone, had it been 1998 and it wouldnt even chart. It depends when in 98 because for airplay only songs it's been allowed to chart since Dec of 98.
March 1, 201312 yr Well then the vast majority of 98... I was giving an example of the rules back then, the date was just a minor point
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