August 10, 20205 yr they announced a rule change, but I don't think it is in effect just yet, which is how Harry (and Taylor last week) have still been able to take advantage. why it wasn't effective as of the announcement is another question. Honestly as dumb as what's going on is, I can respect Billboard doing it, rather than just springing up a new rule out of the blue along with the chart, eg "Harlem Shake" debuting at #1 or "Thinking Out Loud" being kicked out because of the 52 week rule being seemingly made up on the spot. Gives time to put things in perspective.
August 10, 20205 yr Worth noting that the reason 'Watermelon Sugar' is (possibly) going to #1 in the US this week is just because of him running a physical/digital bundle as has been the case with a lot of Hot 100 #1s recently. That's not to undermine its success, it was already a big hit and will continue to be one (will just likely drop back down to the lower half of the top 10 next week like it was before), it just wouldn't have been a #1 without that (at least not yet, it could still continue growing more organically). I’m not a big Harry fan but I’ve enjoyed the quick turnover on the Hot 100 this summer. Beyoncé, Gaga, Taylor, Nicki etc all got #1s from it and it’s much more fun than having the usual male hit being #1 from April to August (this year it would’ve been Rockstar which I still haven’t heard). And it’s fun to see artists actually care about their chart position and try to take advantage of it... it’s not exactly manipulation if there’s a genuine demand for the physicals? It’s no more manipulative than passive streams from being on TTH. This summer has been fun, guess it’ll be back to the usual as soon as this rule goes into effect
August 10, 20205 yr I'm pretty sure Harry was close to reaching the upper echelons of the Billboard Hot 100 without the cassette etc release anyway.
August 10, 20205 yr the problem is the you're buying something that still doesn't exist yet and hasn't been manufactured and the song goes to #1 thanks to this non-existent physical I think it's only fair those sales count when the CD is shipped but actually the new rule doesn't stop them releasing bundles, they just need to manufacture them in advance and have them ready
August 10, 20205 yr http://i.imgur.com/zf9EQCp.png Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100 Source: OCC Missing Data: unknown Top 100 Singles 1 Joel Corry feat. MNEK - Head & Heart (31,861) 2 Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) (22,044) 3 Nathan Dawe feat. KSI - Lighter (16,135) 4 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (14,109) 5 Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP (13,426) * 6-10 8 Jubël feat. NEIMY - Dancing in the Moonlight 9 Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy 11-20 11 Pop Smoke feat. Lil Tjay - Mood Swings 12 DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch - ROCKSTAR 13 Becky Hill & Sigala - Heaven On My Mind 15 Topic & A7S - Breaking Me 16 Nathan Dawe feat. Jaykae - Flowers 17 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 18 Ava Max - Kings & Queens 19 Juice WRLD & The Weeknd - Smile * 20 Little Mix - Holiday 21-30 21 Bugzy Malone - M.E.N. III * 24 PS1 feat. Alex Hosking - Fake Friends 27 Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It 28 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomaz - Looking for Me 31-40 31 D-Block Europe - We Won * 34 Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing * 38 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Top 100 Albums 1 Taylor Swift - folklore (6,700) 2 Glass Animals - Dreamland (6,135) * 3 Deep Purple - Whoosh! (5,977) * 4 Pop Smoke - Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (2,950) 5 Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die (2,597) 6-10 6 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 8 Harry Styles - Fine Line 9 Bob Marley & The Wailers - LEgend 10 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 11-20 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 12 Queen - Greatest Hits 13 Elton John - Diamonds 15 Mabel - High Expectations 16 BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ~ THE JOURNEY * 17 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 18 The Beloved - Happiness ^ 19 Ed Sheeran - ÷ 21-30 21 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 23 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 25 Pixies - Bossanova ^ 26 Willie J Healey - Twin Heavy * 27 David Bowie - Legacy 29 Joe Bonamassa - A New Day Now * 31-40 31 Nicola Benedetti, London Philarmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Jurowski - Elgar * 32 Diana Ross and the Supremes - Essential * 33 Michael Jackson - Number Ones 34 Another Sky - I Slept On the Floor * 39 George Michael - Twenty Five ^ Click on the above relevant links.
August 10, 20205 yr Good to see Glass Animals and Deep Purple up high! I thought BTS' physicals would put them higher
August 10, 20205 yr Poor Taylor - she would've had to have a 1-2-1 run if she lost last week to that very famous and popular Irish alternative band everyone ever knows about. : ' (
August 10, 20205 yr and I just saw on the website that Hallucinate is #38 :cheeseblock: I hope it manages to stay Top 40 all week!!!
August 10, 20205 yr and I just saw on the website that Hallucinate is #38 :cheeseblock: I hope it manages to stay Top 40 all week!!! Yesss really hope it stays there (or goes higher). I wonder if the Levitating remix coming out on Friday will block it from going higher :unsure: Edited August 10, 20205 yr by CloseDatMouf
August 10, 20205 yr I hope Cardi B can overtake Harry, that Hallucinate can go top 40 and that Kygo can go top 30 Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Hadji
August 10, 20205 yr Great to see Kygo x Tina and Paul Woolford both Top 30 :D I guess Kygo won't be the huge smash I originally predicted it to be but Top 20 seems within reach!
August 10, 20205 yr Lots of good things happening in this update! WAP at #5 is a pleasant surprise, LM back in the top 20, Hallucinate top 40 and Glass Animals at #2 in the album chart, would love to see them get a number one! I can’t remember how their other albums did but this sounds a lot better from what I can remember.
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