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Many of those Voice songs are cover versions, so I'm not surprised they don't get any airplay. They are very much "here today, gone tomorrow."
Yet another reason to use the Airplay chart, IMO.
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Sort of like a few years ago with the Glee cast.
Sure was simpler determining what the "hits" were in the
old days (even though the sales/airplay figures are a lot
more accurate now)!
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I think a couple of the Glee Cast songs still get
airplay at Christmas for those all Christmas formats but
that's it.
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Did a search for the acts that had the most songs on the HCS chart without making the Airplay chart:
The Voice Cast 105
Luke Bryan 23
Nashville Cast 18
Florida-Georgia Line 16
Blake Shelton 11
Cole Swindell 8
Kane Brown 7
Carrie Underwood 7
Everybody else 134
On the Airplay chart Thompson Square had 4 songs that made the Airplay chart but didn't make the HCS chart. 10 others had 3 and there were 20 Xmas songs that only made the Airplay chart. The Airplay chart's recurrent rules meant a lot of songs peaked in the top 3 only to drop off the chart in a couple of weeks. "You Look Like You Need A Break" by Justin Moore took 47 weeks to finally hit #1 on 10/8/16 only to drop completely off the chart the next week!
#1 songs per year per chart:
Year Air HCS
2013 31 11
2014 35 13
2015 38 11
2016 40 8
Signed, someone with way too much free time!
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Oops
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Oops again
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Chartman, that pretty much confirms my suspicions about the HCS chart. Between The Voice and Nashville, that's what, about 40% of the non-Airplay hits. The ones by the big name artists are album cuts that weren't promoted to radio. For instance, when Luke Bryan releases a new album, nearly all of the cuts make the HCS chart right away. The only ones that stick around for any length of time are the ones promoted to radio.
I can understand the reasoning behind Billboard's recurrent rules for the Airplay chart. It can take several months for a radio single to hit its peak. If those songs are never dropped, then the newer songs never get a chance to move up. IMO, a song that's been on the charts for nearly a year should be considered a recurrent!
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Paul, the book is great.
VERY glad the checkboxes are back; Very helpful for collectors.
Is there a way to provide feedback if we notice errors?
(eg - 1975 Isley Bros Fight the Power spent more than one week in top 10)
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That Isley Brothers error is a long story. I just went in and fixed it in the database.
Hopefully there aren't too many more mistakes, but if you do find any, just drop me a PM here or contact me at paul@recordresearch.com
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Paul Haney wrote:
| Chartman, that pretty much confirms my suspicions about the HCS chart. Between The Voice and Nashville, that's what, about 40% of the non-Airplay hits. The ones by the big name artists are album cuts that weren't promoted to radio. For instance, when Luke Bryan releases a new album, nearly all of the cuts make the HCS chart right away. The only ones that stick around for any length of time are the ones promoted to radio. |
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Take a look at those songs on the Hot 100 (2016 from the Pop Annual) out of 419 songs, 98 only charted for one week, while 46 others only charted for two weeks. That's 34% of the total. Some reasons, when a pop star passes many download a few of their previous hits on iTunes (i.e. Prince, David Bowie) and when a star release a new album, nearly all of the cuts make the Hot 100 right away. Examples include Beyoncé, J. Cole, Drake, Ariana Grande, Meek Mill, The Weeknd and Kanye West.
On 4/8/2017 Drake releases a new album and all of a sudden he has 21 new "hits" on the Hot 100, all peaked on the entry date and 14 are gone in two weeks or less.
Of course there's the infamous Glee Cast. 208 Hot 100 and 75 bubbling under entries during their career. All but 35 of these charted for only one week.
The same issues that plaque the HCS also are inherit in the Hot 100. In fact many of my colleagues believe the Hot 100 has become a joke. Think there is a better chart that represents the state of popular music than the Hot 100?
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Why would you say it's a joke? What can be said today that cannot be
said in the past is that the Hot 100 more accurately reflects which
songs people are listening to the most right now. Some of those
songs are popular only temporarily, like the album cuts, while others
stick around for many weeks, like the airplay hits. I see nothing wrong
with this, but you can't compare today's charts with those of the past
when singles were pressed on physical media.
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I get what you're saying, Aaron. But while the current Hot 100 rules do reflect the moment, I know a lot of professionals in the music business have a problem with the way it's compiled, and I completely understand that side, too. Let's say you're a label and you have a single you're promoting and it's bulleted at #75. The next week, it has more airplay and sales but drops 22 notches because, say, a Drake album was released that week and it has 22 debuts. Something like that hurts the momentum of a single, which will likely move up somewhat the next week, but this can repeat a few weeks later when another superstar's album comes out. I feel the current rules cause all sorts of chaotic movements. I think it's ok to have a chart like this - as a secondary chart in Billboard; call it a Pan-US chart - like Billboard used to have the Pan-European chart in their international section. But I think Billboard should have a main chart that only includes songs that labels are promoting as singles (in some way).
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I agree with Aaron completely. No way you can compare the charts of 2017 with those from decades back. The music business has evolved and changed so much in recent years. Airplay seems to be more important than ever before.
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EdisonLite wrote:
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Do they no longer have a Hot 100 Airplay chart? It seems this would be the
more "traditional" chart that reflects what record labels are promoting to radio.
But frankly, if I was in charge at Drake's record label, I'd be happy as can be to
see 22 different Drake cuts make the Hot 100 upon the album's debut.
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Santi Paradoa wrote:
I agree with Aaron completely. No way you
can compare the charts of 2017 with those from decades back. The
music business has evolved and changed so much in recent years.
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Exactly my point, but the Hot 100 doesn’t always reflect that. Not to
pick on Drake but most of his songs received little or no AirPlay - that’s
why their chart life was abbreviated. And it seems that people are
primarily just buying the album but each song is treated as if people
were purchasing that one specifically. After a week or two the album
sales drop dramatically which is reflected in the Billboard 200. And
magically all of those “hits” are also gone. Maybe a majority of Drake’s
song were falsely charted. That’s one reason why some of my
colleagues don’t believe the Hot 100.
Over in the U.K. they follow similar chart logic as the Hot 100. A new Ed
Sheeran album came out and not only did they all make the chart, but I
think he occupied something like 17 of the top 20. That caused a chart
rule change. Something like only 5 songs could make the chart.
Of course, I always get upset when Billboard compares chart
accomplishments of the past 10-15 years with those of the first 30
years or so if the chart. Totally different chart philosophies.
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Some very interesting points being discussed here.
The difference between the Hot 100 and the whole Country situation is that the Hot 100 has been the Hot 100 since August 1958. That's nearly 60 years! The HCS chart was started in October 2012. Prior to that the Country Airplay chart WAS the HCS chart, and for over 20 years at that.
There have always been tweaks to the Hot 100 formula over the years. Granted, the changes made in recent years are much bigger in scope, but the options for people to consume music these days are also much bigger. If this technology had been around in the 1960s, I'm sure that just about every Beatles album cut, for instance, would've charted. Billboard did try the Pop 100 chart, but they discontinued it due to lack of interest.
In addition to the Hot 100, I always followed the Radio & Records CHR chart, because that one gave a better picture of what I was actually hearing on the radio. With so many different charts published by Billboard each week, it's pretty easy to follow which ones you feel are the best.
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Chartman wrote:
[QUOTE=Santi Paradoa] And it seems that people are
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I would be curious to know if this is true. Does a complete album purchase
also count a "single" sale for each cut? Given the way most people consume
music these days, it wouldn't surprise me if most are just cherry picking tracks
from new albums rather than buying the whole thing.
Streaming data gets incorporated into the Hot 100, too, right? That is another
explanation for why album cuts temporarily appear on the chart after a hot new
release. Again, this doesn't really bother me, because it is accurately showing
what's popular in the current week.
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Paul Haney wrote:
In addition to the Hot 100, I always followed the
Radio & Records CHR chart, because that one gave a
better picture of what I was actually hearing on the
radio. With so many different charts published by
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I know American Top 40 started switching which chart
they were using for their countdown because the Hot
100 just wasn't reflecting what their subscriber base
was listening to.
Also remember the the Pop Singles book started showing
Airplay Only and Sales Only singles for those songs
that didn't make the Hot 100 but charted on the other
charts. Then you got rid of the Sales Only which was
the proper move because these were so minor and not
really "hits" in any form of the word. Just like many
of those songs that chart on the Hot 100 due solely to
digital downloads now!
You kept the Airplay Only songs for 1987-1998 until
these songs were eligible to make the Hot 100, however
you treated the Airplay peak positions as equivalent
to the Hot 100. Not really a fan of that decision. I
know "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia and "Iris" by The Goo
Goo Dolls actually made the Hot 100 but you have them
listed as peaking at #1 for 11 and 18 weeks
respectively based solely on Airplay. And then for
1996 you have "Don't Speak" by No Doubt as the top
song of the year - 16 weeks at #1 on the Airplay chart
with "Macarena" at #2 - only 14 weeks at #1 on the Hot
100 plus platinum X 4 seller. Not sure about that!?
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Chartman wrote:
I know American Top 40 started switching which chart
they were using for their countdown because the Hot
100 just wasn't reflecting what their subscriber base
was listening to.
Also remember the the Pop Singles book started showing
Airplay Only and Sales Only singles for those songs
that didn't make the Hot 100 but charted on the other
charts. Then you got rid of the Sales Only which was
the proper move because these were so minor and not
really "hits" in any form of the word. Just like many
of those songs that chart on the Hot 100 due solely to
digital downloads now!
You kept the Airplay Only songs for 1987-1998 until
these songs were eligible to make the Hot 100, however
you treated the Airplay peak positions as equivalent
to the Hot 100. Not really a fan of that decision. I
know "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia and "Iris" by The Goo
Goo Dolls actually made the Hot 100 but you have them
listed as peaking at #1 for 11 and 18 weeks
respectively based solely on Airplay. And then for
1996 you have "Don't Speak" by No Doubt as the top
song of the year - 16 weeks at #1 on the Airplay chart
with "Macarena" at #2 - only 14 weeks at #1 on the Hot
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But, unlike those Sales-only hits of the CD singles era, those downloads are selling enough to get the songs on the Hot 100.
There were so many HUGE hits that were Airplay-only cuts, especially during the 1990s, that we had to acknowledge them somehow. As long as we designate them with the special symbol, the reader can either use them or ignore them. BTW, both "Torn" and "Iris" were at the end of their Airplay runs when they were suddenly eligible for the Hot 100. If we listed "Torn" as peaking at #42, it would raise some serious questions.
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