Billboard Hot 100 EARLY predictions: Hold Me Closer at #12

[pablitonizer]

“Hold Me Closer” surpassed 20 million (21.01 M to be exact) in audience on the United States Overall Radio. If we keep this trend for today and tomorrow, we might reach 25 million in audience. That number will exceed the expected prediction of 19.2M for radio for BBHOT100 

 

 

[Luminous]

For some reason my brain didn't read the most important part of the title "By my calculation"

This is me right now! 

[Urbanney]

This is great if it happens. In my opinion, charts are way more accurate now than they used to be. Yes, sales are impressive, but just because a song sells the most in one week doesn't mean it should be #1. That's why it's #1 on the iTunes sales charts, not the Billboard Hot 100. The Hot 100 should be a chart of the biggest songs in pop culture right now. As It Was, About Damn Time, Super Freaky Girl and others above HMC on this list are more well known and more often played song right now. Why should HMC be considered #1 if other songs are having broader cultural impact rn?

[bitbitboi]

3 minutes ago, TomasBR said:

You talk like this is something new. The same as always. The only difference is that, back then, radio dominated the charts and now is the streaming. The same way the were money being injected in radios to make numbers, there's money being injected in the streaming. Nothing was never organic.

And it's not that hard to understand: you need big streaming numbers to be successful. And it's not about the first impact, like it was back then, it's about longevity. That's why those campaigns to buy songs is innocuous. Sales don't have the same impact, nobody buys music anymore. Depending on the day, you can hit #1 on ITunes with just 1000 sales. That is nothing, and it won't impact charts.

Don't simplify my statement. What isn't new is record labels paying money to promote their artists and their songs, but how that is done is completely new, and it's even more damaging because now it permeates many aspects and spaces of life. Back in the day, you had to turn on and actually listen to the radio to be exposed to whatever was being promoted, but now as soon as you hold your phone you cannot escape ads, so there's a big difference. And it's not easy or clear how it really works either: streaming is just a part of it, otherwise vinyls wouldn't be so popular and important now for example, and even streaming is a lie because in many occasions those numbers cannot be true. Even Britney fans telling others to stream and teaching people streaming tricks is cheating. I don't want to cheat, it should be organic. If we cheat, we're only being part of the problem, and we're perpetuating this awful system.

[bitbitboi]

4 minutes ago, Urbanney said:

This is great if it happens. In my opinion, charts are way more accurate now than they used to be. Yes, sales are impressive, but just because a song sells the most in one week doesn't mean it should be #1. That's why it's #1 on the iTunes sales charts, not the Billboard Hot 100. The Hot 100 should be a chart of the biggest songs in pop culture right now. As It Was, About Damn Time, Super Freaky Girl and others above HMC on this list are more well known and more often played song right now. Why should HMC be considered #1 if other songs are having broader cultural impact rn?

I totally agree. If HMC debuts within the top ten, that would be great, but it shouldn't be number 1 either because my freaking grandma isn't talking about it or humming it in her sleep, so no number one allowed (yet).

[G-unit]

I can’t at y’all acting like a #12 debut is bad.  We been knew she isn’t a good streaming artist…America only cares about rap music.

[One More Time]

3 hours ago, TOUCHMEANGEL said:

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[BlackoutITZ]

10 hours ago, zone said:

Why this is Huge?

Is 12 a good number?

In 2022 debuting at #12 is very good

[pablitonizer]

10 hours ago, zone said:

Why this is Huge?

Is 12 a good number?

Katy has over 43 millions monthly listeners. In the United States, "When I'm Gone" was released on December 29, 2021 and charted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100, before debuting on the primary Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 97 in the week dated February 22, 2022 (almost 2 months after it was released). It peaked at number 90 and that was it

 

Debuting #12 is pretty HUGE!

 

 

[One More Time]

22K of sales = 3.300.000 streams? is this serious  

stream and request! 

[Almost Mystical]

27 minutes ago, pablitonizer said:

Katy has over 43 millions monthly listeners. In the United States, "When I'm Gone" was released on December 29, 2021 and charted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100, before debuting on the primary Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 97 in the week dated February 22, 2022 (almost 2 months after it was released). It peaked at number 90 and that was it

 

Debuting #12 is pretty HUGE!

 

 

I think Beyonce Break My Soul also debut at #15 in primary Billboard Hot 100.

[pablitonizer]

6 minutes ago, Almost Mystical said:

I think Beyonce Break My Soul also debut at #15 in primary Billboard Hot 100.

Correct and then the song climbed higher! She's also a streaming beast, she's #25 on Spotify list of artists with the biggest listeners 

 

 

[pablitonizer]

1 hour ago, One More Time said:

but that is WW streaming on spotify. on the US are less than that

Correct! One thing is Spotify WW numbers and another thing is US filtered numbers. The latter is what counts for BBHot100 together with Apple music, YT music, Deezer, Amazon music, Pandora and Tidal

 

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

1 hour ago, pablitonizer said:

Katy has over 43 millions monthly listeners. In the United States, "When I'm Gone" was released on December 29, 2021 and charted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100, before debuting on the primary Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 97 in the week dated February 22, 2022 (almost 2 months after it was released). It peaked at number 90 and that was it

 

Debuting #12 is pretty HUGE!

 

 

That’s Soo Badd.. What an unfortunate queen.. She’s FAB tho.     

[IamMax]

OMG YOU'RE BACK

[ThisMeowBiteback]

Welcome back 

[Kletus]

By my calculations it’s debuting at #1 across the entire universe 

[Martian_M00d]

[la_land]

6 minutes ago, Martian_M00d said:

*30 year olds. 

[MasterMindz]

It is way better to debut at #12, maintain longevity, and slowly move up to the top 10, instead of debuting inside the top 5 and dropping out of the charts in a couple of weeks.