End of Year Singles Chart on 8/1/2016

mate, you should see the bb's hot 100 ;) and all this year...it was mostly the crappy songs that became the smash hits :/

yeah. I swear the no1s are even longer at no1 in America? I mean this years lengths have been by a million miles the longest ive experienced so this isn't the length we normally have (15 wks, 8 wks, multiple 4/5 week songs in 2016) when in previous years few songs reached a month

unlucky ;) but for me personally 2016 was the worst year for no1s in a good few years. good songs reached top 5 but the no1 spot was so hard to reach as songs like annoying one dance kept them away. :(

btw, isn't Bad Things a big hit in America? I heard it was no1 on iTunes at one point. its my fave song and I'm still patiently waiting for it to be a hit over here. 98 peak at the moment should re enter next week

well, it's been a long while since any song reached #1 for 15 wks here ( in 1996, mariah's one sweet day notched 16 wks, the others behind her would notch 14 #1 wks) but yeah, here are the crappy songs that were the real big #1 hits: riri-work (9 wks); designer/panda (2 wks) and drake's/one dance (9 wks).

but it's been terrible for just about all of us hot 100 addicts :D i've been following the hot 100 for a # of yrs and this is def. one of the most boring years ever! do you know 'juju on that beat'? mate...it's been a top 10 smash going on 3 straight mos.! and then you got artists like niall horan and little mix that can't budge the top 10...and 'juju' won't leave??! :D

hahaah!! i can't believe one dance notched 15 wks @ #1 in the uk!! over here, all heck would break loose :D he does have a handful of fans on bb, but most of us dreaded each and every week (i know i certainly did) when he was #1. and yeah, over here, notching a top 10 is a lot harder than it looks. but it never ceases to amaze me when the really crappy songs outperform the better songs on the hot 100 chart.

are you gonna be on the uk singles article on friday? i usually do bb chart throwbacks to uk acts that have achieved success over here. i did some on past articles (the uk singles updated chart article) of little mix, george michael, the beatles, wham, genesis...i'm doing some new ones this friday ;) be sure to check them out :D

well, it peaked @ #9 and is #12 this week...so about 1 wk in the top 10, i don't consider it a big hit right now...but we'll see what happens next week. if it keeps falling down and out of the top 40, then i would consider it a minor hit.

yeah I know juju on that beat it only got to 37 here

ok ill check them out :)

it seems like rap songs always do so well in America I mean most of the songs u just mentioned are rap. rap is getting bigger here but one dance was one of the only rap songs which got to number 1 recently :)

if a song reached top 10 here I would say its a big hit tho :) its still top 10 of every song existing

just looked at the bb top 100- good to see bad things and starving quite high but theres a LOT of rap in there isn't there? theres basically no dance except closer and rap and rnb dominates everything else. it must get boring for u especially if u don't like rap ;)

don't really understand how one dance got 15 wks anyway bcos rap doesn't usually do too well here in the uk, rarely top 5

mate, count your lucky stars ;). over here on bb, it's been in the top 10 going on almost 3 whole mos. *pukes*. and it's looking to stay in the top 10 about 4 more wks.

well, the hot 100 always count radio airplay as a huge chart component. and rap songs can also be heard on the r &b, hip/hop, and even pop stations, incl. the rap stations. so when you add all those 'spins' that impression tally could be larger than say a song that would only be played on pop radio. but it also depends on the situation. for example a rap artist like eminem, lil' wayne and drake can generate high downloads and streaming...and the hot 100 chart also count that as chart components. drake had huge streaming percentages week after week over here...and yet other songs could've had more downloads than his. i can't say i know the exact hot 100 formula...but you get my drift ;)

but yes, rap has done amazingly well over the years and esp. on the hot 100 singles chart...i even recall seeing eminem lock the #1 spot for something like 10 wks straight with 'lose yourself'. and esp. back then, he was the biggest rap artist here in the u.s.

well, over here you gotta remember, we can have top 10 mainstays where a song is just un-budgable in the top 10 for a good length of time. i don't consider 1 wk in the top 10 a big hit and when the song keeps falling down the chart. i consider their song a top 10 hit, but when we currently have songs that remain in the top 10 for mos. @ a time...jt's 'can't stop the feeling' would be in the top 10 for a long time and has remained in the top 30 ever since it's first week. he was even in the top 3 for a solid 2 mos, if i recall correctly. now, i consider his song a 'big hit' morseo than theirs...sorry ;)

well, i do like rap, but i don't like ;) and the crappy songs aren't always the rap songs...but remember bb considers streaming and downloading as chart factors. lots of rap songs tend to get high downloads and streaming...and with juju, i believe cuz it's also a viral hit, that's what's keeping it in the top 10.

but yes, this past year with just a few exceptions, was a very boring year to be following the hot 100 week after week. but what also almost always happens, when we have a boring and crappy dryspell, the music scene turns around ;) jt is supposed to be releasing new music and other artists like katy perry, tay-tay...so, maybe this year will have more better music.

does the uk singles chart count streaming as a chart factor? but yeah, i was very shocked to see that :D if he'd notch 15 wks over here, i'd prob. have a word with the bb editor in chief :D

Of course, all of this is the slightest bit moot in this discussion because Bad Things has had *2* weeks in the top 10: 17-10-14-9-12. So don't count it out to return to the top 10 for a longer run. It only got pushed down this week because a lot of songs got boosts from the radio doing year-end countdowns/retrospectives, namely Broccoli which zoomed 15-10, and a new song is becoming a streaming meme: Bad and Boujee, which is vying for the top in a 13-2 move. Once the less stable long-stayers drop (e.g. Let Me Love You, Side to Side), Bad Things could continue in the zone.

yeah, streaming is a huge factor. ha ha! I wish I could get them to make it fairer! bcos downloads are getting less and less and streaming is getting more and more

hope so- last time jt released an album it was great fingers crossed ;)

I get what u mean- anyway bad things is only growing a a global hit- it may climb yet ;)

i thought ours was complicated- but urs sounds impossible to follow! we have no airplay included.

yeah, but what i'm saying is, i still don't consider it a 'big hit.' jumping up and down like that also tells me radio airplay, streaming and downloading increases and decreases each week. remember, on the hot 100 we've had songs remain locked in the top 10 for many mos. so, it'd be hard for me to personally say that this song is a 'big hit' when i've seen bigger hits in the past and esp. that didn't have any internet advantages like this song has.

and i didn't 'count it out' that it'll never go back in the top 10....again, we have to wait to see how the song will progress on the chart.

oh ok, i hope we weren't going to argue or anything :D and yes, anything can happen on the hot 100 chart, where a song can fall way down and then go way up the next week. but currently, i can't call it a 'big hit'...if it were, esp. in the first month, it'd remain in the top 10 and where it'd be predicted to stay in the top 10 the next un-updated week. if a song goes from: 10-17-12-9-15 (example) just tells me it's barely getting in the top 10, there's a somewhat sharp decrease in sales, streaming, etc., slowly increases and then falls back again. it's like: fans and radio aren't sure what to do with the song every week.

whereas a single like 'can't stop the feeling' can remain in the 3 for many weeks and maybe fall up and down in the top 10. but the response would be pretty much the same week after week. like, everyone likes it this week and also next and looks like the week after too ;)

well, the current chart method is a headache for me to try and understand :D before streaming and youtube and downloads, it was strictly radio airplay and sales. and sometimes, just radio airplay alone. i always depend on my bb chart geek mates to explain it to me on the bb articles :D. but yes, nobody really knows the exact formula, but some of them can make pretty good predictions for the whole chart (esp. the top 10) each week.

sorry mate, another poster responded to me in our chat, rime, and i confused him with you... where i said 'i hope we're not going to argue'. i thought you had written his post, but now i see it was another commenter ;)

oh ok :)

yeah when i got your post about 'i totally get what you're saying', i was like 'he already changed his opinion??' and then i saw that other post was from someone else :D.

oh don't know if you liked the wanted or 1D, on the uk singles chart i put up some past throwbacks on each group's debut single over here. i usually do a set of throwbacks on uk acts that have achieved any kind of success over here, tell me what you think ;)

ok ill check them out :)

agreed. by late 2014 I was really bored of it

Eh I was surprised by that

One would think being the top song for the final 8 weeks of the year- traditionally in the past times when sales were higher would have it higher. Or are these just made up at a whim?

because its only new. but then say you wont let go, only like a month older, shouldn't be 19. wierd

The summer was an especially strong season for singles, and the fall (not as much the holiday season) was especially fallow this year. This meant that Rockabye could coast on a lower lead than usual to take the top for so long, while Say You Won't Let Go both led for several and then was tailing Shout Out to My Ex rather closely, which was an especially strong topper iirc.