Saturday, August 9, 2014

Chart Highlights: "Anaconda" Slithers Onto Hot 50, Maroon 5 Self Replaces At Summit


Meanwhile, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" vaults, and Iggy Azalea's collaboration with Rita Ora scales the Hot 50.

The Hot 50 chart is counts points from Saturday to Friday and is formulated using the following:
  • Official US Radio plays that I listen to count as 1 point each. Referred to as the Radio Songs Chart.
  • Plays through my iTunes or Spotify (mainly the former) libraries count as 2 points each. If the track is not available to purchase at a given moment, plays of the track's official audio on Youtube or Soundcloud also count for 2 points each. Referred to as the Streaming Songs Chart.
  • The release of a track's official music video sees the song in question receive a one time bonus of 5 points if I watch the video within its first two weeks of release. If a song first charts over two weeks after the video's release, it is eligible to get the five point bonus within its first two weeks of charting. There is no component chart for this category given that it awards a one time bonus.
  • The top 10 most voted for songs on the "Vote For Your Favorites of the Week" chart receive points. #1 gets 10 points, #2 gets 9 and so on and so forth. If voting reaches a certain threshold during any given week, the 2x multiplier will be unlocked. If the 2x multiplier is unlocked, #1 gets 20 points (instead of 10), #2 gets 19 points (instead of 9) so on and so forth. #11 gets 10 points (instead of none), and #20 gets 1 point (instead of none). Referred to as the Social Songs 100 Chart.
As I do every weekend, let's dive deeper into the numbers and how things played out on this week's Hot 50 chart. But before we get into that, I'd like to point out that it will be impossible for any song to pass Platinum status (1000+ points) by the end of 2014 if they do not debut by next week. In addition, said song would pretty much have to remain in the top 5 for the next 20 weeks to reach that level. 

For those of you that are not aware of how the point system works:

The #1 song each week receives 50 base points and a weekly bonus. #2 receives 49 points and a bonus and so on and so forth. #50 receives 1 point and a bonus. The bonus is determined by how many weeks a track is listed on the Hot 50. In week #1, any given track will receive .01 extra points, regardless of position. In week #2, they'll receive .02 and so on and so forth until they end their chart run.

As another note, the Summer Songs Competition will run for another 4 weeks (ending with the Hot 50 issue dated September 11th). The top 40 Summer Songs will be revealed in a special post on September 7th, so get ready!

Maroon 5's "It Was Always You" jumps 4-1 to crown the chart for the first time. With the jump to the summit, Maroon 5 becomes the first artist or group this year to replace themselves at the top slot (previously, "Maps" had led the list for 5 weeks before being replaced by "It Was Always You"). Additionally, they log a 12th overall week at the summit since the chart's 2012 inception. These 12 weeks are of course spread across 5 #1's (which ties Rihanna's sum of 5 as the most for any artist or group). Among all acts, Maroon 5 ranks 3rd for most overall weeks at the summit behind Rihanna's record 20 and Lady Gaga's 18 (all of which came consecutively at the tail end of 2013).

Here's a quick look at Maroon 5's #1 reigns on the Hot 50 since its 2012 inception. The bolded track is the current leader ("It Was Always You").

Weeks - Title - Start of Reign
5 Weeks at #1 - "Maps" - July 10th, 2014
4 Weeks at #1 - "Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)" - April 19th, 2012
1 Week at #1 - "It Was Always You" - August 14th, 2014
1 Week at #1 - "Love Somebody" - September 20th, 2012
1 Week at #1 - "One More Night" - September 13th, 2012

Back to "It Was Always You", the track posts across the board gains on the Streaming Songs chart, the Social Songs 100 and the Radio Songs chart. It gains 6-2 on the Streaming Songs chart (behind Kiesza's "Hideaway" which holds the top slot for a 15th consecutive week), jumps 8-4 on Radio Songs and soars 47-14 on the Social Songs 100. The cut takes over the Pop Songs list (dethroning "Maps", which led for 5 weeks) as well as the subsidiary Adult Pop Songs and Adult Songs lists (dethroning "Maps" on both).

Kiesza's "Hideaway" holds 2-2 on the Hot 50, tallying a 9th consecutive week in the runner up slot (after leading the list for 6 weeks beginning in early May). With 9 weeks in the runner up slot, the track ties Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)" for the second most amount of weeks in the position with 9 apiece. The honor of the longest time spent in the second place slot is bestowed upon OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" which wrapped an 11 week run in the slot back in early 2014. Interestingly enough, all songs to spend at least 8 weeks in the position hit #1 immediately following or immediately preceding their time at #2. Even more twisted, all tracks to reach #1 after spending at least two months at #2 wound up with extremely short reigns at the summit. In fact the longest time spent at #1 after spending at least 8 weeks at #2 is a mere 3 weeks (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us").

In addition to that, "Hideaway" notches a 15th consecutive week within the top 2, which rewrites history in the fact that it has now spent the most consecutive weeks within that 2 position region for any song to date (15), and ties for the most overall weeks in the 2 position region (Lady Gaga's "Applause" spent 15 non-consecutive weeks in the region across 2013-2014) . OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" previously held the most consecutive week title with 13 (all of which were in 2014).  With "Hideaway" still in a great spot, it's highly likely that the track winds up with a final point cume around the same level as both "Applause" and "Counting Stars" (both of which ended with over 1500 points and currently rank among the All Time top 5). With approximately 750 points earned through week #15, "Hideaway" is bound to become one of the most successful singles of 2014, if not the most successful.

For those of you that have been paying attention, you'll note that Maroon 5's "Maps" (which led last week) has indeed landed at #3 this week, which marks a two position drop from the top (1-3). This week ends the 5 week command of "Maps", which along with "Hideaway" has pretty much ruled this Summer. Racking nearly 400 points across its first eight weeks, the track will without a doubt pass 900 points and continue Maroon 5's massive success streak. As a side note, however, Maroon 5's next single ("Animals") will debut within the next two weeks and could wind up stealing the show from both "It Was Always You" and "Maps". I'm expecting "Animals" to eventually wind up with a #1 stint, but whether or not it will directly follow up "It Was Always You" at the summit is beyond me. Maroon 5's forthcoming album, V, will debut on September 2nd and could end up producing another instant hit just like 2012's Overexposed did ("Lucky Strike" followed by "Love Somebody").

Back to "Maps", the cut slides 1-2 on Pop Songs (which it previously led for 5 weeks), slides 2-3 on the Streaming Songs chart (where it previously bulleted at #2 for 4 weeks) and bullets yet again at #1 on Radio Songs (which it has lead for 8 consecutive weeks). The track bullets 40-9 (a 31 position gain) on the Social Songs 100, becoming one of this week's greatest gainers. It previously led the mentioned chart for a single week. Additionally, "Maps" slides 1-2 on Adult Pop Songs and on Adult Songs. It led the former for 5 weeks and the latter for 7 weeks.

Kiesza's "Giant In My Heart" slides 3-4 after peaking at #3 for 4 consecutive weeks, to notch a 8th consecutive week in the top 10. Previously, her debut single "Hideaway" reached the summit of the Hot 50 chart for 6 consecutive weeks. "Giant" ups 4-3 on the Streaming Songs chart, and charges 42-29 on the Social Songs 100. At this point, it is highly likely that Kiesza's "Giant In My Heart" ends up joining "Hideaway" in the Summer Songs top 10. We'll know more about where it could rank in just a few weeks, as the competition will gruel on for 4 more weeks.

Sia's "Chandelier" reaches the top 5 for the first time in its 21 week run on the Hot 50 by climbing 7-5. With the move, the track becomes Sia's second highest peaking single to date and second to ever rank #5 or above. Her only other journey to the top 5 came when her collaboration single with David Guetta ("Titanium") reached the pinnacle of the Hot 50 for two consecutive weeks back in August 2012 (almost exactly two years ago), while her collaboration with Flo Rida ("Wild Ones") reached #8 several weeks after the inception of the chart (early 2012). Also to note, "Chandelier" becomes just the third song ever to reach the top 5 after spending at least 19 prior weeks on the chart. Kelly Clarkson's #3 peaking "People Like Us" (which holds the record for the longest climb to the top 5) took 22 weeks to reach the platform, while Marina & the Diamonds took 20 weeks to land "How to Be A Heart Breaker" in the region. It's safe to say that "Chandelier" is extremely unlikely to summit the Hot 50: no act has ever reach this milestone and reached the top of the chart.

Vita Chambers' "A+D" holds 6-6 during its 15th week on the chart. The song, which previously peaked at #4, was the 4th single from the artist to reach the CDS Music Chart Hot 50's top 5. It followed "Fix You", "Masquerade" and "What If?", which peaked at numbers 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj bound 9-7 with "Bang Bang" thanks mainly due to a 2-1 rise on the Social Songs 100 and a 10-8 rise on Streaming Songs. With the lift, the track becomes Ariana Grande's highest charting single ever (her only other top 10 singles, "Problem" and "The Way", both stopped at #9) and the highest charting single ever from a 3-pack of solo artists.

Nico & Vinz crash 5-8 with their debut single "Am I Wrong". The track, which peaked at #5 for two consecutive weeks, is the only song by an Norwegian group or solo artist to reach the top 5. Unfortunately, this track didn't hold as well as initially expected, elevating over 30 positions and crashing downward all within a 10 week span. Hopefully the September 16th release of the group's debut studio album (Black Star Elephant) can help regenerate some momentum for the song.

Clean Bandit's "Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)" dips 8-9, spending an 18th non-consecutive week in the top 10. To date, the track has scored just over 1060 points to date, which is just 80 points under the amount of points scored by the #1 song of the year to date (One Republic's "Counting Stars"). In just about two more weeks, "Rather Be" will become the most successful single of the year to date.

To round out the top 10, Secondcity's "I Wanna Feel" climbs 11-10 on the CDS Music Chart Hot 50. With the move, the track becomes Secondcity's first ever top 10 single, as well as the 4th and final deep house song to rank in the upper tier this week.

Below the top 10, "Satisfaction Guaranteed" by Alyssa Reid rebounds 24-19 on the CDS Music Chart after leaving the top 20 for several weeks. Thanks to a large gain at the end of this week, it could end up reaching the top 10 next week. Röyksopp & Robyn's "Do It Again" is in a similar predicament. It rebounds 20-15 on the Hot 50 as well, and should be able to crack the top 10 next week.

This week's top debut arrives courtesy of Nicki Minaj. The rapper arrives at #29 with her just released new single, "Anaconda". With the debut, the track becomes the artist's 21st entry onto the Hot 50. That ranks 1st all time (since the chart's 2012 inception).

Genre Based Top 5's:

Pop Songs
#1(+1) "It Was Always You" by Maroon 5 (1 week @ #1)
#2(-1) "Maps" by Maroon 5 (5 weeks @ #1)
#3(+1) "Chandelier" by Sia
#4(-1) "Am I Wrong" by Nico & Vinz
#5(+1) "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

Notable Gainer"All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor

Hip-Hop/Rap Songs
#1(=) "She Came To Give It To Yo (feat. Nicki Minaj)" by Usher (2 weeks @ #1)
#2(=) "Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)" by Iggy Azalea (13 weeks @ #1)
#3(+1) "Pills N Potions" by Nicki Minaj
#4(-1) "Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)" by Ariana Grande
#5(=) "No Mediocre (feat. Iggy Azalea)" by T.I.

Notable Debut: "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj

Dance Songs
#1(=) "Hideaway" by Kiesza (13 weeks @ #1)
#2(=) "Giant In My Heart" by Kiesza
#3(+1) "Chandelier" by Sia
#4(+1) "Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)" by Clean Bandit
#5(+1) "I Wanna Feel" by Secondcity

Notable Gainer: "Ready For the Weekend (feat. Ayah Marar)" by NERVO & R3HAB

Electronic Songs
#1(=) "Hideaway" by Kiesza (15 weeks @ #1)
#2(=) "Giant In My Heart" by Kiesza
#3(=) "Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)" by Clean Bandit (7 weeks @ #1)
#4(=) "I Wanna Feel" by Secondcity
#5(+1) "Do It Again" by Röyksopp & Robyn

Notable Gainer: "Ready For the Weekend (feat. Ayah Marar)" by NERVO & R3HAB

On The Bubble/Next Up:
New tracks you'll see on the chart soon.
#51(NEW) "Dirt" by Florida Georgia Line
#52(=) "0 to 100/The Catch Up" by Drake

#53(=) "Big Girls Cry" by Sia
#54(=) "Go (feat. Blood Diamonds)" by Grimes
#55(=) "Stolen Dance" by Milky Chance
#56(=) "Gecko (Overdrive)" by Becky Hill
#57(=) "Bo$$" by Fifth Harmony
#58(=) "Happy Little Pill" by Troye Sivan
#59(=) "Rainbow" by Sanna Nielsen
#60(NEW) "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith

Out:
X (60) "Ordinary Human" by OneRepublic

In the Mix:
Tracks that are just starting to surge in popularity. You'll see 'em on the Hot 50 real soon! Bold indicates that the track is one of the largest movers of the week. Red tracks are falling off.

- "Lovers On the Sun" by David Guetta
- "Go (feat. Blood Diamonds)" by Grimes
- "Big Girls Cry" by Sia
- "Ghost" by Ella Henderson
- "UP!" by Samantha Jade
- "Bartender" by Lady Antebellum
- "Hurricane" by Alyssa Reid
- "Happy Little Pill" by Troye Sivan
- "Another's Arms" by Coldplay
- "Rainbow" by Sanna Nielsen
- "Wait On Me" by Rixton
- "Cellophane" by Sia
- "Waves" by Mr. Probz
- "Back to the Shack" by Weezer
- "Chains" by Nick Jonas
- "Battle Cry" by Imagine Dragons
- "Chimes" by Hudson Mohawke
- "Paralyzed" by Mystery Skulls
- "Turn Down For What (feat. Lil Jon)" by DJ Snake
- "Bo$$" by Fifth Harmony
- "Glow" by Ella Henderson
- " This Is How We Do" by Katy Perry
"Dirt" by Florida Georgia Line
"I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith

Falling Off:
- "Try" by Colbie Calliat
- "Flipside" by Lana Del Rey
- "Smoke (feat. Trey Songz)" by 50 Cent
- "Eye of the Needle" by Sia
- "Gore & Glory" by Lorde
- "A.K.A (feat. T.I.)" by Jennifer Lopez
- "Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass)" by Clean Bandit
- "Rainmaker" by Emmelie De Forest

Voter's Top 10:
The top 10 most approved songs by the public across all platforms. Red tracks didn't reach the Hot 50 this week. Bolded tracks debuted on the Hot 50. Italicized tracks were on Hot 50 last week and are listed again. Vote for your favorites each week.

#1(+1) "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
#2(+19) "She Came To Give It To You (feat. Nicki Minaj)" by Usher
#3(+21) "Pills N Potions" by Nicki Minaj
#4(NEW) "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj
#5(NEW) "Flawless (feat. Nicki Minaj) [Remix]" by Beyoncé*
#6(+3) "Hideaway" by Kiesza
#7(+19) "2 On (feat. SchoolBoy Q)" by Tinashe
#8(+77) "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX
#9(+31) "Maps" by Maroon 5
#10(+77) "This Is How We Do" by Katy Perry

Top 10 Dropouts:
#12(-4) "Ready For the Weekend (feat. Ayah Marar)" by NERVO & R3HAB
#13(-12) "Superheroes" by The Script
#16(-6) "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor
#21(-17) "Strange Enough" by VÉRITÉ
#32(-26) "Satisfaction Guaranteed" by Alyssa Reid
#64(-61) "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" by Paloma Faith
#69(-64) "Angel In Blue Jeans" by Train
#77(-70) "First Love" by Jennifer Lopez*

*Charted as "Bow Down/I Been On" in May 2013.

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