what's the barometer for telling if people actually like the song? 3 weeks @ #1? 4?
― kgb (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I see what you did there, Brainwasher. How clever of you.
― © 2008 (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I know. I try.
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone please explain the chart success of Love Lockdown to me
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
iTunes
― jaymc, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
kanye is really popular
― kgb (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
That's probably a better answer.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 22:51 (fifteen years ago) link
BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 5080 1 T.I. LIVE YOUR LIFE1 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE2 3 PINK SO WHAT4 4 RIHANNA DISTURBIA15 5 RUDOLF*KEVIN LET IT ROCK6 6 KATY PERRY HOT N COLD-- 7 CHRISTINA AGUILERA KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER7 8 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT5 9 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT-- 10 NICKELBACK GOTTA BE SOMEBODY11 11 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT8 12 NE-YO CLOSER9 13 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY18 14 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME3 15 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN12 16 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS-- 17 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON13 18 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER22 19 LIL WAYNE FEATURING MRS. OFFICER14 20 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY21 21 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME16 22 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA24 23 THE GAME FEATURING MY LIFE10 24 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY20 25 DAVID ARCHULETA CRUSH25 26 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU17 27 AKON RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA)19 28 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS36 29 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES23 30 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER26 31 JAY-Z & T.I. FEATUR SWAGGA LIKE US-- 32 THE KILLERS HUMAN63 33 PITBULL FEATURING L KRAZY28 34 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG32 35 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE31 36 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL (REMIXES027 37 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME30 38 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW35 39 DARIUS RUCKER DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOU39 40 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD43 41 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM45 42 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED40 43 LUDACRIS CO-STARRIN WHAT THEM GIRLS LIKE34 44 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'33 45 YOUNG JEEZY PUT ON44 46 KENNY CHESNEY EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVE42 47 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE(REMIXES)29 48 THE ROCK HEROES ALL SUMMER LONG38 49 METRO STATION SHAKE IT37 50 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP
INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS54 56 DAUGHTRY WHAT ABOUT NOW - STILL BULLETED67 66 LADY GAGA,COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP75 70 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD ANGEL83 74 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)-- 76 T.I. FEATURING JUST DEAD AND GONE-- 78 CIARA FEATURING T-P GO GIRL81 79 FALL OUT BOY I DON'T CARE92 82 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN-- 88 JESSE MCCARTNEY IT'S OVER-- 89 HINDER WITHOUT YOU-- 93 BUCKY COVINGTON I'LL WALK-- 94 RASCAL FLATTS HERE-- 95 CHUCK WICKS ALL I EVER WANTED-- 96 BRITNEY SPEARS WOMANIZER-- 99 JAMEY JOHNSON IN COLOR-- 100 LUIS FONSI NO ME DOY POR VENCIDO
BUBBLING UNDER15 2 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS-- 3 KELLIE PICKLER DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE BEAUTIFU-- 7 JACK WHITE & ALICIA ANOTHER WAY TO DIE23 10 NEW KIDS ON THE BLO SINGLE-- 11 THE ALL-AMERICAN RE GIVES YOU HELL-- 19 T.I. MY LIFE YOUR ENTERTAINMENT-- 23 T.I. 56 BARS (INTRO)-- 25 LADY GAGA POKER FACE
R&B 1001 1 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE3 2 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES2 3 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT4 4 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD6 5 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT16 8 T.I. LIVE YOUR LIFE13 9 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT12 12 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN28 17 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS23 23 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)26 29 CIARA FEATURING T-P GO GIRL58 39 USHER HERE I STAND48 46 USHER TRADING PLACES59 48 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN61 53 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT-- 89 RIHANNA DISTURBIA-- 93 KEYSHIA COLE FEATUR PLAYA CARDZ RIGHT-- 94 ESTELLE FEATURING S COME OVER
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
15 5 RUDOLF*KEVIN LET IT ROCK
???
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
featuring T-Pain or something. It's not bad.
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
It's this white guitar pop dude on Cash Money. Uh huh.
― © 2008 (The Reverend), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
T-Pain wfb
― © 2008 (The Reverend), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Love Lockdown starting to descend. I didn't know TI still had this in him. Excellent question here: "what's the barometer for telling if people actually like the song? 3 weeks @ #1? 4?" Having a Billboard top 10 isn't very meaningful anymore in and of itself.
― matt2, Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i just mean in relation to the old idea of "OMG #1 SINGLE" i.e. when "whatever you like" jumped 800 spots or w/e to #1 i thought it was going to be a flash-in-the-pan or for lack of a better term "fake #1 single" but it stayed up there for a bit so it's a legit #1 in my book. if "live your life" falls off next week or there after i would consider it a fake #1 for all intents and purposes
― kgb (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah iTunes has basically made the singles chart more like the album chart, where the size of an artist's fanbase and how big their last record was determines what's big, not whether the song itself is really well liked and getting listened to and requested by everyone everywhere.
― some dude, Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Both of you OTM
― matt2, Thursday, 9 October 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
You're just summarized the Jonas Brothers' chart career beautifully.
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 10 October 2008 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link
That Pitbull song sounds like "Love Rollercoaster"
― First Dude (The Reverend), Friday, 10 October 2008 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha did I call Lil Wayne T-Pain?
hahahaha
― ILX MOD (musically), Friday, 10 October 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
they want you to not be able to tell the difference between them. you're falling right into their plan!
― some dude, Saturday, 11 October 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 5096 1 BRITNEY SPEARS WOMANIZER2 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE1 3 T.I. LIVE YOUR LIFE - STILL BULLETED3 4 PINK SO WHAT6 5 KATY PERRY HOT N COLD4 6 RIHANNA DISTURBIA5 7 RUDOLF*KEVIN LET IT ROCK - STILL BULLETED8 8 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT11 9 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT9 10 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT14 11 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME15 12 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN12 13 NE-YO CLOSER13 14 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY16 15 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS10 16 NICKELBACK GOTTA BE SOMEBODY7 17 CHRISTINA AGUILERA KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER19 18 LIL WAYNE FEATURING MRS. OFFICER21 19 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME18 20 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER20 21 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY25 22 DAVID ARCHULETA CRUSH23 23 THE GAME FEATURING MY LIFE22 24 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA26 25 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU27 26 AKON RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA)29 27 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES24 28 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY30 29 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER33 30 PITBULL FEATURING L KRAZY28 31 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS31 32 JAY-Z & T.I. FEATUR SWAGGA LIKE US42 33 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED37 34 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME34 35 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG43 36 LUDACRIS WHAT THEM GIRLS LIKE41 37 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM40 38 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD35 39 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE-- 40 AKON FEATURING LIL I'M SO PAID49 41 METRO STATION SHAKE IT39 42 DARIUS RUCKER DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOU46 43 KENNY CHESNEY WITH EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVE51 44 SHONTELLE T-SHIRT38 45 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW36 46 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL (REMIXES052 47 ZAC BROWN BAND CHICKEN FRIED56 48 DAUGHTRY WHAT ABOUT NOW54 49 TOBY KEITH SHE NEVER CRIED IN FRONT OF ME47 50 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE(REMIXES)
INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS32 52 THE KILLERS HUMAN66 60 LADY GAGA,COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP17 66 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON70 67 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD ANGEL88 68 JESSE MCCARTNEY IT'S OVER74 69 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)79 73 FALL OUT BOY I DON'T CARE-- 74 FALL OUT BOY HEADFIRST SLIDE INTO COOPERSTO81 79 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU-- 81 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS-- 82 DIERKS BENTLEY FEEL THAT FIRE82 87 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN-- 91 LADY ANTEBELLUM LOOKIN' FOR A GOOD TIME-- 93 OASIS THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING-- 96 THE OFFSPRING YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID-- 100 BEYONCE IF I WERE A BOY
BUBBLING UNDER-- 4 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC WHATEVER YOU LIKE13 5 LIFEHOUSE BROKEN-- 8 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I15 10 KINGS OF LEON SEX ON FIRE10 14 NEW KIDS ON THE BLO SINGLE11 15 THE ALL-AMERICAN RE GIVES YOU HELL
R&B 1002 1 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES1 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE5 3 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT3 4 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT4 5 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD17 11 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS12 12 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN-- 20 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I23 22 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)51 27 THICKE*ROBIN SWEETEST LOVE48 29 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN52 35 MARY MARY GET UP46 36 USHER TRADING PLACES39 39 USHER HERE I STAND29 42 CIARA FEATURING T-P GO GIRL53 45 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT93 59 KEYSHIA COLE FEATUR PLAYA CARDZ RIGHT-- 61 BEYONCE IF I WERE A BOY-- 67 50 CENT GET UP84 71 WAYNE BRADY ORDINARY94 86 ESTELLE FEATURING S COME OVER89 88 RIHANNA DISTURBIA
― Put A Ring On It (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 16 October 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Brit biggest jump to #1 ever as expected.
charts are becoming meaningless arent they
― kawał dobrej piosenki (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 October 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
17 66 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON
if I am reading that correctly, lol ouch
84 71 WAYNE BRADY ORDINARY
88 68 JESSE MCCARTNEY IT'S OVER
This song is terrific, btw
― ILX MOD (musically), Thursday, 16 October 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
ft. laura hall and linda taylor
― kawał dobrej piosenki (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 October 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 17 October 2008 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
(Has anyone here actually heard his album?)
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 17 October 2008 07:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey Brainwasher, do you have a billboard.biz subscription? If so, can you e-mail me? I need access to some info for work.
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
no, I don't sorry. I get the chart updates from a message board.
― Put A Ring On It (The Brainwasher), Friday, 24 October 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, thanks, anyway.
― jaymc, Friday, 24 October 2008 00:44 (fifteen years ago) link
jaymc, i have billboard.biz access if you want me to look something up.
― some dude, Friday, 24 October 2008 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I <3 this week's top 10:
1. "Whatever You Like" - T.I. *7 weeks*2. "Live Your Life" - T.I. feat. Rihanna *airplay gainer*3. "If I Were A Boy" - Beyoncé4. "So What" - Pink5. "Womanizer" - Britney Spears6. "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry7. "Let It Rock'" - Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne8. "Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo9. "Disturbia" - Rihanna10. "I'm Yours'" - Jason Mraz *sales gainer*
Minus "Miss Independent" though. But even Beyonce's new song is growing on me.
― ILX MOD (musically), Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone know of a book or good long article that talks about how the US chart came to be so dominated by rap and R&B?
― Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, thanks, Al. I didn't see this until now, so it's a little late, but if I have another question I'll e-mail you.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
"Miss Independent" and "Live Your Life" are the only songs in the top ten I like right now : /
― Gene Amondson (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
man that is a hilariously awful top 10
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
miss independent is the best song on there by miles
I kind of hate that the default for pop in '08 is this stompy 4x4 that doesn't have enough syncopation going on above it to feel like house or disco
― Gene Amondson (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
'whatever you like' is the best, duh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
It's the best, but I've come around to "Live Your Life."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
92 NEW 1 My President, Young Jeezy Featuring Nas 92
XD
― launch me into spaaaaaaaaaaace (The Reverend), Friday, 14 November 2008 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah the other day i noticed that that sneaked into the itunes top 100 and i was all XD
― t-t-totally some dude (J0rdan S.), Friday, 14 November 2008 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Let It Rock is just tedious.. Def in my 10 worst of this year.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 15 November 2008 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i18.tinypic.com/6ki7x3t.jpgLady GaGa feat. Colby O Donnis - "Just Dance"http://i18.tinypic.com/6ki7x3t.jpg
― t-t-totally some dude (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
the remix of it is the best...hccr's bambossa mix. not a dramatic mix but punches it up.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 5 December 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 5 December 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
G'n'R down from 3 to 18, more a case of 'out of sight out of mind' than 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'.
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Colby O'Donis owns that song! I find Lady Gaga's voice irritating...reminds me of the (whiny) girlfriend i never had ;_;
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Thursday, 11 December 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
- anyone know why "can't believe it" was the sales gainer this week?
- lady gaga looks certifiably insanehttp://media.villagevoice.com/2842152.28.jpg
― robschneiderMk2 (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 December 2008 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
omg
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 19 December 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link